3796/A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Danger Room

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Danger Room
Date of Scene:	03 February 2018
Location:	Hank's Secret Lab
Synopsis:	Ellie goes snooping in the restricted level on her way to a student scheduled training session in the Danger Room, finds Hank's secret lab and learns how awesome he is.
Cast of Characters:	Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Beast

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Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
As a member of the New Mutants, Ellie got to train in the Danger Room, it was the most exciting thing ever to happen to her in this school. Other than attending Rogue's unfortunate wedding to Gambit of course. Now there were no more New Mutants, instead there was Dorkmeister's lamed up version called 'faXion' or something supremely lame like that. While she hasn't fully decided on whether she's in with that retardized kid team, Ellie was still allowed to continue her training in the use of her powers.

Today, however, she felt adventurous. Rather than keeping to the well practiced path to the Danger Room in the snazzy limited access level, which did make her feel rather badass, she figured she'd explore and see what else could possibly be so very 'classified', so she took a bit of a road trip. An Academic Exploration if you will. One wrong turn here, one wrong turn there, one door left just slightly ajar sparing her a biometric or keycard bypass test, and she finds herself setting foot in Hank McCoy's real un-kiddified lab. "Wow!" She exclaims as the place looks positively outside of a science fiction book, "badass!"

Beast has posed:
The rumors about this lab are many. Some say it is a perfectly normal laboratory (these are very few) while others have contradictory guesses. That it's a wonderland of alien and future technology. (Probably). That there is a working time machine. (Possibly). That this is where he clones students that have perished in a variety of 'accidents'. (No Comment) That it's like Frankenstein's laboratory, except with less lightening and more antimatter...

More of those are true, than not.

Right now, however, most of the lab is given over to a holoprojection table that is currently projecting an anatomical representation of a human being, with highlights of specific areas, especially the heart. Hank sits perched on his stool, looking up at the skinless figure, making gestures to move the scene around, to zoom in on places.. small side bars popping up in the air to show tings like blood chemistry result and DNA analytics.

Is the lab Secure? Of course it is secured..and shielded! What kind of mutant scientist who has worked with (and fought against) countless telepaths and beings able to phase through walls (some of them his STUDENTS, not just villains) would NOT secure his lab?!?

The one who is sometimes scatterbrained and forgot to CLOSE the damned door.

So the blue furry man of science lets out a loud GAH and spins around on the stool, eyes wide as he zeroes in on the unexpected source of distraction.

"Miss Phimister! /What/ are you /doing/ here?!?" he asks, still looking startled.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Seeing the human body in such a fashion with the holoprojector is about the illest thing that Ellie ever seen with her own eyes, that wasn't in a movie, "sick!" She snaps, as she comes closer for a better look, so focused on the various layers of body parts and organs, she doesn't at first notice the Doctor is in!

"Oh, me?" She's caught off guard, so an excuse doesn't pop in her mind right away, causing a slight delay, before she suggests, "I'm supposed to do a session in the Danger Room, I think I took a wrong turn...?" Damn right she did, through a door that was supposed to be secured and was left ajar by some meandering mind already focused on one research or other. "Glad I did though, this place is badass! So is that what a heart really looks like?" She asks while pointing a hand through the holoprojected heart.

Beast has posed:
Hank quickly looks at the Holoprojection, which is PRETTY high definition if he does say so himself all rendered in 3D and animated in realtime, then back at the wayward student as she walks deeper into his domain and sticks her hands in the projection. He lets out another 'Gah' and quickly presses a floating interface and the entire projection pixilates liek it has become censored and the words "Privacy Filter Engaged" pop up in mid air.

"It is what the /patients's/ heart looks like, Miss Phimister, and since the patient is obviously human you can be be sure that your own heart looks much the same though of course not identical since every heart has unique qualities.." he states.

Then he look at the door, brow furrowed. "And you got lost.. Following a red line that was painted on the floor from the elevator to the training room?" he asks, suspiciously.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Aw, come on, I'm not a kid, I can handle this kind of shit," Ellie groans as Hank's first course of action is to engage the privacy filter. But as Dr. McCoy continues to explain the variance of hearts from one person to the other, she looks pretty impressed, "that's pretty cool actually, like, we each have our own heart and it's unlike any other? I like it, I dig individuality," like she needed to say as much, considering how she's likely sports the most distinct look amongst the students, choosing this dark 'get away from me shut your face' unfriendly goth appearance.

"Welp...to be honest, this is like, erm, the 6th time I go to the Danger Room for a solo training session set for me by Dr. Grey, so, I wanted to see if I got the path down by heart....you know, if I'm starting to feel at home here down at the spooky levels where we no doubt keep the bodies of students who failed midterms...that's totally what happens, right?"

Beast has posed:
Hank just continues to stare at Negasonic for a few moments longer.. then sighs and drags his hands down his muzzle, shaking his head. "I swear when I get my hands on Bobby for starting these rumors, some of them /will/ become the truth.." he mutters.. because of course it was Bobby Drake who MUST have started them.

He then drops his hands and and relaxes somewhat and picks up a tablet from the tray next to is stool. "Anyways, I didn't censor the projection because you 'can't take it', Miss Phimster. I censored it because I am a Doctor and thus bound by a certain code of ethics that I swore to. And one of these codes is that of Doctor-Patient confidentiality. Unless released by my client-patient to share information with outside sources, I must do what I can within my power to maintain said confidentiality. I understand that might seem.. strange.. considering this modern world of Tweets and Live Streams but I do take my profession seriously."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie has a glowing grin on her face, amused to no end by Hank's response, "I will of course stand completely behind your decision, Dr. McCoy, but can I watch when you do the deed?" Yes, she's a very inquisitive mind eager for the Academic journey to knowledge! Maybe.

When he goes on about being bound by a code of ethics, Ellie snaps her fingers, "I heard about it! The hypocritic oath, right?" She seems rather sure of herself, "see? I do listen in class! At least some of them, the less boring ones." Rising her hands to show they are smartphone free, Ellie promises, "I told Dr. Grey I won't be twitting nothing about this section of the school, so your secret is safe with me!" Words nobody ever wants to hear out of the social media savvy (addict?) Ellie Phimister.

Beast has posed:
Hank ois and pinches the bridge of his snout, pushing up his customized spectacles somewhat. "Hippocratic, Miss Phimister. Its the /Hippocratic/ oath. Named for Hippocrates, whom is considered the father of modern medicine. Though the oath in the original latin began with a praise to Apollo..." he stops and realizes that she will probably start glazing over if he goes into a full lecture on the etymology.

He then narrows his eyes a bit on her. "And I am sure you will keep your promise to Doctor Grey." he says.. Thats probably as much praise as she will get on that subject. "And contrary to popular belief among some others, you /do/ seem to listen in class. I have seen your grades and they are /not/ terrible." Oooh, Two paises, more or less. "But unless you have listened REALLY well and gone through medical school and spent time in residence I am afraid you could not stand in while I perform any surgery."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Hypocritic, I know, that's what I said, didn't I?" Ellie looks at Hank with a bit of confusion in her eyes, clearly what he said sounding every bit the same to her as what she said. That or she wasn't paying the best of attention to what he said. "Right, father of modern medicine and stuff, I knew that!" She does, however, raise her hand in defeat when the 'Apollo' part is mention, "okay, moment of truth, I really didn't know about the Apollo guy. So, hey, I learned something new. Thanks for the lesson, Dr. McCoy."

She grins as Hank admits her grades are not terrible, and she nods proudly, "I'm smarter than I look, people just think I'm stupid because I shave my head...that just makes them stupid. Besides, it's not the student's fault if the teach is boring as fuck." Her face soon turn crestfallen as he mentions she can't be there to witness his operation, "oh...so, is that like a hint that I should go find the Danger Room for real or something?"

Beast has posed:
Hank 's muzzle becomes a smile, a soft one, and he pats her on the shoulder. "Language, Miss Phimister. As we are not in the school proper, I will over look it his time." he tells her in a friendly manner. "And yes, it is a 'subtle' hint, since you really do need to get to your session on time.. and I need privacy to finish this analysis since I did promise Apollo after all." he says in a jesting manner.

Before he shoos her out, though... "But.. give me more notice sometime and I will let you stand in one a procedure if I can clear it. Not /everyone/ is too shy to let a student see their guts strung out like a string of german sauasages..."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie rolls her eyes at the single word of reprimand she encounters and hates most, "right, right, language, a place of learning and all that shit," she groans, before looking quickly back at Hank, "oops, last time, I swear. Besides, you said you'll overlook this time, and I think it's still 'this' time, technically." She was at the very least clever.

She laughs at the Apollo reasoning, and gives a thumbs up to Hank, "you're one of the cool ones, Dr. McCoy," she laughs, quite amused actually. "Deal!" She is quite pleased at the chance she's offered, and looks quite uplifted when she makes her way back to the actual Danger Room!