3866/Making the Call

Making the Call
Date of Scene:	12 February 2018
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Dazzler, Green Lantern (Rayner)

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Dazzler has posed:
    Back in Xavier's School, Alison Blaire spots a guitar case she hasn't opened since her return. Music has always been an outlet for her, even before she learned about her powers. Opening the case, sitting right on top of the Fender Strat is a drawing. It's a picture of her, and the memory takes her back to a guy she met in a bar.

    A guy named Kyle. He signed the sketch, after all. Peering more closely, she finds the phone number hidden in the crosshatch of the hat, right where he said it should be. What the hell, why not?

    Finding her cell phone, she punches up the number and waits for it to pick up. "Hello, Kyle? Yeah, this is Alison. We met in a bar a while back, and you said you were my biggest fan. And not a creep."

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    He'd not forgotten having a beer with Alison Blair. I mean, his younger self would have been so happy and proud that he had. But then, his younger self would have looked at his current life and been torn. Cool superpowers? Sleeping with amazing models, then getting dumped by them? That last bit is the sucktastic part. Technical term there. He picks up the phone, even though it is an unknown number.

    Then, well, it's alison Blair. How does he handle this? Kyle pauses for a moment longer than is maybe ideal. It might be ego bruising. "Ms. Blair. It's really nice to hear from you. I am not a creep. Actually I just finished moving into my new place. It's rent controlled, so that is cool.  Umm, been a couple of months, seems like. Umm, i am glad you called."

    He pauses a moment. "Look. my youtube channel really took off, and Jen dumped me again. For a change, i didn't do anything wrong. My ego is a bit bruised. Hows about I buy you a couple of drinks, and you pretend you think I am cute, and you get free drinks, and I get to unbruise my ego? How does that sound?"

Dazzler has posed:
    Alison can't help but smile at the sound of his voice, kicked back on a beanbag chair with her legs stretched out. She lets out a couple 'mm hmmms' along the way, mostly to let him know the line hasn't gone dead. By the time he makes his pitch she chuckles softly.

    "That has got to be about the most low-maintenance offer for a date that I've heard in a really long time." Ali replies. "The answer is yes, by the way. And it was really that bad? No, wait. Don't share without the proper liquid anisthetic." She rises, and the sounds are heard over the phone.

    "So where am I meeting you, then? I'm up in Westchester, like I said."

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "I can meet you almost anywhere. I'm like that." Kyle replies back. He adds, "Also, I told you I am not a creep, and as a man of my word, I have to be casual about it. Otherwise, well, I could make you start to doubt me, then i'm shot. You're only willing to talk to me because as yet, I have yet to let you down."

    He pauses for a moment. "I mean, I can meet you meet you in White Plains or wherever. Or I can come pick you up, take you to a dive bar?" he pulls out his power ring, and juggles the phone and his battery. The flair of green light fills his newly unboxed flat. He stows the lantern back in subspace, even as manifests a little songbird with the ring to get his keys and his wallet. He checks his watch. "I'm easy, Alison." he pauses.

    "Giggity." he adds, finally.

    "But, you must be doing well if you moved up to Westchester. Big houses and all that out there. Good for you." There is this feeling that he is not saying some things, like he wants to flirt more, but is actually trying to behave. he actually admits. "I kinda regret the not a creep thing now. I mean, I really have to behave myself."

Dazzler has posed:
    "No, I'm willing to talk to you because you answered the phone." Alison replies. "And because you're cute." The wink is almost audible. "But don't be too impressed by the Westchester address. I'm working as a teacher at a school for the gifted."

    Mutant, remember? Anyone with even a little bit of access to the 'net can fill in the blanks. Publicly declared mutants don't just teach in the public school system.

    "Call me old fashioned, but I think I'd like to be picked up tonight. And I'll stop bringing up the creep thing, if you think it'll help my chances." Is the former pop-star, Hollywood starlet flirting back?

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "Miss Blair. You don't need help with your chances. Your biggest conundrum is how much or how little to take advantage of me.' he squeezes his eyes shut as he flirts back. He looks at his ring. It scans his phone for a moment. Indeed, the only reason he has such good service is because the ring is boosting his phone. "Be right there." you know what? He doesn't care tonight. He just doesn't. She's blown her identity, but no one else's. He's lonely, she's gorgeous. He's willing to make a mistake. "Just don't freak out." He doesn't seem to appreciate that she lives about an hour or so away by car and without traffic.

    His uniform flares on, and out the window he goes. There is a moment of air, and then that stops as he manifests a green, glowing bluetooth attachment inside his force field. Over the phone she can hear a faint peal of thunder or something; it's actually him causing a micro sonic boom as he goes hypersonic. Windows survive only because he's so relatively small. "How swanky do you feel tonight? Do I need a shirt and tie, or should i show up with a sixer of Pabst?" He is teasing there. "How does this gate thing work?" he asks as he alights outside it. "There like an intercom button? Or do I have to hurdle this wrought iron fence and call to your window like you are Rapunzel?" His questions get terribly specific. 

Dazzler has posed:
    Alison finds herself laughing with every one of his quips. She also finds herself standing and pacing around her room. The blonde figures she's got time, right? "Are you in your car...?" she muses thoughtfully, hearing the rumble. "Not much of a Pabst girl, but I -definitely- don't feel very swanky tonight."

    Then he's talking about the gate and the fence. "Hold on a sec... you're here already?" Shit-shit-shit. "Let me pull on my boots, at least. Are you really outside, or are you...?" She looks out through her window towards the front gate and spots the green glow.

    Alison drops the phone. A moment later there's a click as security is shut off and the gate slowly opens. The front door opens, and she is waiting in the doorway with a really big grin.

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    "You don't need your boots. I'm sure you have very cute fe--". Well, she dropped the phone. Hell. Here he was just about to lay it on real thick. The green field is muted and barely visible. Like bad special effects from a movie-- a bare green outline. As he approaches, he gestures at his face. The mask melts away revealing Kyle Rayner. "Most people are disappointed I'm not the other one. The one with the gray hair. I mean, I get that. I know him. He's my friend. But I mean⦠I'm the pretty one." HIs left hand rests over his heart, fingers splaying as he indicates himself.

    He smile is almost coy. "You know why flying heroes like to fly around with their girlfriends? They get to touch their butts. Unfortunately for me--" He gestures at her, and a glowing green, soft cushioned chair forms behind her. "--my abilities are more comprehensive." His cheeks redden. "I am Kyle Rayner. I'm the deputy Green Lantern for this sector, #2814. One day I staggered drunk off my ass out of a bar into an alley and a little blue man told me 'I guess you'll do' and he gave me what amounts to a ring that is such advanced tech it might as well be magic. If anyone in the world can understand what being a mutant means without actually being one. It's me. I get that sometimes we have no control over our circumstances." His voice is resonant. He's flirting, yes, but he's also laying himself bare before her.

    "So, you got a curfew? Where on this world or any other do you want to get me drunk and hopefully take advantage of me?" Kyle's green eyes sparkle as he asks her. He clears his throat, nervously.

Dazzler has posed:
    Alison steps out onto the front porch of the mansion and she's laughing. Steadily. Then he starts to explain himself, who he is and what the Green Lanterns are about and she gets herself under control. Mostly. She wipes the tears from her eyes, stepping closer as he approaches.

    "Come here, you. Believe it or not, you're not the first Lantern I've met. Although I wouldn't exactly call you more pretty than Jessica." Alison is wearing jeans and western boots again, with a KISS t-shirt that's drawn up and knotted about her midriff. "But you're still the cute one."

    "No curfew for me, since I'm faculty. Doubly so, since I'm not teaching tomorrow." She looks at the soft, cushioned chair construct behind her then shakes her head. "But if we're going to fly, let's do it the old-fashioned way as well."

Green Lantern (Rayner) has posed:
    He totally touches her butt then. It's tentative, then he kinda cups and picks her up then. He's in pretty good shape, actually. He also has fresh breath. Minty. His cheeks are actually flushed. "It's a shame that I am not the first one. I would try to make you think I am special." Kyle's field starts to expand around her, and she can feel her feet leave the ground. It's very smooth. A robotic hand manifests, and shuts the  door. "So? New York? Boston? Japan? Tahiti? Maui? THis little place I know on Tau Ceti Four? It's not the nicest place, but it has a certain stark beauty." His right eyebrow lifts. "Or just my new apartment, I guess. If you want to be low key." He clears his throat. "I just unpacked. So, don't judge my refrigerator for being ketchup, mustard, beer, and a box of baking soda."

    He gently adds, "Oh. And the cat. I kept the cat. If I get recalled to some space duty, she'll go back to my mom. Definitely kept the cat. She can have Paris. I get the cat." Cat is apparently a big deal. "Teenage me, by the way? He cannot believe this." Funny. The hand is there, but it isn't gripping or taking liberties. It is just present. His smile is a little shy and slightly tilted in this manner that makes it clear that he really is on his best behavior. 

Dazzler has posed:
    Alison settles comfortably into the comfortable seat. Ahem. And when he mentions making her think he's special, she turns to kiss his cheek as her feet leave the ground. "Yeah, you're definitely the cute one." she replies, with a warm smile.

    "I want to get to know -you-... Kyle, the Lantern, the whole package. Because that little ring is a part of who you are now, just the same as you're a part of it. I've spent years denying my identity, hiding behind a mask and a light show. So I want to get to know both sides of the coin: the Lantern from Sector 2814 and Kyle Rayner, starving artist with a cat."

    The blonde looks thoughtful for a moment, then she wriggles a little. Perhaps because she wants to get more comfortable, but it could be because he's being on SUCH good behavior. "Last time you offered to give me a tour of New York like I've never seen before. How about we start with that? And afterward? Well, let's see where we end up..."