4340/Glad you're not still crazy

Glad you're not still crazy
Date of Scene:	25 April 2018
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Boris's 'adventures' in kidnapping get coaxed from him by Tony and some Mansioneers.
Cast of Characters:	Iron Man, Erddrache, Kaydin LeGraize, Hellion, Spanner

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Iron Man has posed:
    Boris got a very special call on his phone. Very 'personal'. From an assistant, calling on behalf of the Avengers. Would Boris be available to talk about his experiences during his recent horrible hostage situation? The Avengers seek a follow up, depending on his availability, and whoever has some time will come visit, if Boris is agreeable. It was vague, and unclear exactly what would happen, except that somebody would turn up close to 4pm in the next afternoon.

    That brings it to the afternoon at present, just past four, and the sleek yellow sportscar that has pulled up around into the driveway. 'STARK 12' plate, of course. It parks conspicuously in front. Nobody gets out right away, Tony's fiddling around with his phone-like-device after he parks: relaxed, unhurried. Finally, Boris's phone rings again, as Tony hops out, yawning, and snaring a small case out of the passenger seat.

Erddrache has posed:
A phone call from an unknown individual....on behalf of the Avengers? Well shave his beard and name his a sceptic, but he wasn't too keen on this. Not after being recently snatched up, experimented on and than set loose for destruction and disarray. But....the school should be safe enough right? Curiouse, he did agree to it, and of course brought this up with the staff folks, who would be watching just incase.

And like a timly dwarf he was out in the yard waiting. Well sort of. He wasn't immediatly visible, but his presense would be felt by anyone in the yard. The ground was shaking, trembling lightly. The dwarf tell-tale sign he was around. As Tony steps out and he doesn't sense anything particular dangerous, the stout student climbs out of the earth, satchel sling across his chest, and for once, not completly covered up. He looks over Tony and says "....Hello Mr. Stark" sounding nervous as usual

Kaydin LeGraize has posed:
    Kaydin spent the night in near Seattle. Due to his powers he can make it home almost every night, and after getting told again by his brother to quit vandalizing buildings, the teenager just leaves and runs. It is a matter of minutes by the time he gets back and he stops once the ground rumbles, trying to get a proper foot hold on the shaking ground and slowing enough down to be seen. It is then he sees the car and looks to the person coming out of it. He then blurs over to Boris and stops. "You alright?" He asks as he watches stark. "Because thats Tony stark." He says as he reaches into a pocket to pull out a phone.

Iron Man has posed:
    Well then. Tony ends the call, looking up and over, and flashing one of his immediate smiles, like he always does on TV, during whatever statement he's giving about how everything is fine. Surely that means everything is fine. "Wow, punctual; making me look bad. I deserve it, though. Hey there. Is it 'Boris'? Or some other descriptive name?" Tony asks, smile still bright, striding around his car, heading directly over, as if this was entirely normal, for billionaires/Avengers to visit. Maybe it is. He looks curiously at Kaydin, not having heard him talk to Boris.

Erddrache has posed:
The dwarf jumps starteled, the ground jumping with him "Bah mah beard! Donnea be sneakin up on meh like vat Kaydin!" yes he was still getting used to powers and abilities. But than Boris crosses his arms "Ah be fine" the ground lurches heavily to the left. No he was not fine, he was the opposite of fine if the lurching earth was any indicator. It was not Tony persay....and while the school was informed of the kidnapping, Boris hasn't exactly talked about it
    Boris looks to Tony "Pa says bein punctual is importent" he muses. He rubs the back of his head hesitating and offers a hand, not wanting to be rude "Ermm...Aye, Boris Brietbarth" he offers. He doesn't exactly smile back, not yet anyways

Kaydin LeGraize has posed:
    Kaydin looks to Stark and grins. He then looks to Boris and moves a hand to his shoulder. "You want to talk about what happened, just let me know. People like you and me need to stick together." He says as he waits for Stark to come. "Wow its Tony Stark." He says when tony comes close enough.

Iron Man has posed:
    Tony accepts the handshake without pause. "Tony, please," Tony clarifies. Not Mr. Stark. He wings the smile towards Kaydin, smiling into being introduced. "In person, no less. No holograms today. Well, fewer." But moving on.
    "So. I /might/ be owed a lunch at the cafeteria here-- from last time when I had to rush off," Tony admits cheerfully to Boris, as if partially unaware (or uncaring) about others being nervous. His relaxed manner suggests he's entirely the opposite of nervous. Though the reality is that nervous people can sometimes just relax if he does. "If you're up to walk and talk," Tony adds. He looks over his sunglasses at Boris, a sharp awareness there. "Or just listen if you'd rather. I've been told I'm decent at talking," Tony says, pushing the glasses up with a sly half-smile that purses lips just a hair.

Erddrache has posed:
    Boris hand was big enough to encases Tony...and the dwarf was quite gentle. Almost as if he wasn't squeezing at all "Ermmm....well....umm....come in?" he asks, unsure of all the protocols and stuff. He looks to Kaydin "...perhaps latar...we...have guests" his head gestures at Tony.
    "Bit....ermm, sure, letz valk und talk." though he might be doing less talking. On the bright side, everything was intact and he leads the way towards the foryr "....wait, yer been here before?" he suddenly wonders looking to Kaydin and than to Tony

Kaydin LeGraize has posed:
    Kaydin smiles and he nods to Boris. "I am not surprised. People working together for the greater good and all." He says as he takes a picture of Tony with his phone and he pockets it. "So Why come all the way out here, Tony?" He asks curiously as he watches the avenger.

Hellion has posed:
     Another day closer to summer break, Julian Keller seems quite enthused at such thought.

  The telekinetic was out after classes, when a yellow car had grabbed his attention. He made his way to the front yard casually. He was not the one to gush, but the rich kid was one to give props where props were due. "Nice wheels." He offers up, and realizes who is visiting. "Why is Tony Stark visiting this place?" Asking mostly to himself.

Iron Man has posed:
    "Yep, I have. You're not on the hook to have to do a tour; Charles provided that." A pause. "Professor Xavier," Tony adjusts. "I consult on projects pretty often. Or 'borrow' your scientists." Some of his attention drops to the device in his hand. He flicks thumb over it, holographic menus materializing above it in a haze of gold as he sifts through whatever messages he was just bombarded with. He pauses as Kaydin aims the phone his way. Without looking up, he notes to Kaydin wryly, "If you want a picture /with/ me, not just paparazzi style while I'm in the middle of a sentence, we can do that."

"A few things, but the one I'm going to tell you about is to check in with Mr. Brietbarth - I get that right? Good. Mr. Brietbarth here. He has some intel I'm interested in. There's a bunch of you, but I got to pick first. Benefits of being in charge."

Erddrache has posed:
Well, frankly, just knowing Tony actually been here before, does make him slightly more calm. Knowing that other folks /here/ trusted him did wonders. The ground trembling lightened significantly "Well! Vat be good to hear" he says happily. he than looks to Kaydin "Well long as the greater good not...."
    And he stops. Tony answer both Kaydin and Jullian question to why he is here. And the ground picks up its rumbling. He...drifted a few inches away from Tony, not likeing where this is going "....whit...intel be vat?" he wonders. As Julian came out, Boris grabbed the door and held it open "...well guess if yer want ta know Julian, may as well come with us...we be headin in"

Iron Man has posed:
    Tony looks down at the ground, at the shaking. Point taken. But Tony isn't derailed by it. "Which Intel? Only what you want to say. First, and most importantly, if you're healthy, or have had any side effects from your adventure. I've brought some antidotes along that I want to give to the school, should they have anybody else I'm not aware of get hit with this garbage. Never let it be known we don't share! So - that's why you're so fortunate to have me in person, this is slightly above 'messenger' grade assignment," Tony talks, open and still relaxed to Boris, gesturing some with his device in a general way to illustrate what he's saying. He's half leading the way into the interior, really: Tony clearly knows the way.
    "Second, just to see if you had anything to tell us. Like where you were, or if you saw anything. So anything you can think of that could help stop these people."

Hellion has posed:
     "Holy shit, Boris, what did you do?" He asks, half joking and half serious. Julian's interest was definitely piqued. "Well, since you asked, sure." Not that he wasn't going to try and snoop either way.

Spanner has posed:
    Alyssa hasn't visited the X-school in quite some time. Rarely, actually, since her graduation, but, hey, that's life of an adult. Little to no time to do what you want, as responsibilities pile up. And since she has a free day today, might as well show up, right? The woman arrives driving her bike, but she slowly decelerates as she notices the weirdly high-tech car parked on the school's grounds. She stops and lifts her helmet's visor, "That's one weird car..." she shakes her head, having not noticed Tony Stark, of all people, and the others with him.
    She turns off the engine and climbs off her ride, and decides to walk around the car to look at it, "Damn. Must have cost a fortune..." she mutters before shrugging her shoulders and deciding to head inside, holding her helmet slung over her shoulder as she turns to head toward the school. "I wonder if they have a teaching position open..." she speaks to heself as she looks up at the school's building.

Erddrache has posed:
Boris looks sheepishly to Julian when he asked that. And than back to Tony as he followed along. Guess he will be killing to birds with one stone. "Well...ummm...ah were...kidnapped" he says with a tiny voice. "Ah was home fer vee weekend as usual ta spend time wit pa" he says "While oot in mutant town...were late, but it was queit so like ta go oot around vat time. Was very safe in old neighborhood...guess should hauf known bettar" the ground shaking took on a patern...it felt almost like a heart beat "Ah was near that little old church in mutant town ven et happened. Ah saw a van nearby, twas black. As ah walked along ah sensed people following me. Ah...ermm paniked und ran, but they chased efter me. A large man wearing a ski mask tried to tackle me...sorta impaled him" he shudders the ground follow suit "...and another one decided ta toss some canister mah way. Not sure whit it was, bit next thing ah know, there was alot of gas und everythin went black"

Iron Man has posed:
    Tony stops walking to listen to the description from Boris, pulling off his sunglasses and hooking them into his shirt front pocket inside his coat. He sets down the case in his left hand for a minute, to engage on his device and make a few little notes for himself. He taps against a small technological item hooked over his left ear: whish is more obvious now with the sunglasses off. "I want a search through hospitals for an 'impaled' man on the kidnapping date," Tony says to nobody, and keys in a few things in through the floating holographic pad in his other hand. "Mutant town means we might have some footage. Good. This could give some new leads, Boris," Tony assures him, though he's focused on what he's doing.
    "And how about that health? Any side effects? Nightmares while awake?" Tony isn't aware of Alyssa yet, though she'll end up possibly blocked by them, since they are just inside the main door. Tony's turned to face them, and a few other students have stopped nearby to stare.

Spanner has posed:
    Alyssa was still glancing over her shoulder at that high-tech car as she made her way into the X-school, but the ground tremor catches her unaware, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" she gasps in shock and struggles to keep herself from falling. The shaking is short-lasting, thankfully, "What...?" she starts, but stops once she realizes probably it's someone in the school that has the aiblity to shake the earth. It's not far-fetched. Still, she keeps on walking, and by the time she nears the main front door, she blinks and her eyes widen as she recognizes Tony Stark, "What...? Whoa..." she stops there, shocked. She never thought she'd see such an important person so close to her, and she wonders what the billionaire is doing at the school. Is he a sponsor?

Erddrache has posed:
Boris is quiet and says "Guess ah be alrioght in health. Had some nightmares awake." the ground shudders as he thinks about it "Und, et still harder ta ummm...control mah tremors. Dat fear stuff made et harder" he admits as he shuffles uncomfortable as he thinks about the nightmares. He wraps his arms around himself and his spikes come to attention, he really doesn't like them
    He than turns and looks at Alyssa and stares at her. He stammers out "...Ummm...who are sie?" he looks to Tony "Ermmm...she wit yer?" he asks him, as he doesn't recgonie her

Iron Man has posed:
    Alyssa appears while Tony's still looking down at the holographic shapes above his tablet. But he has a radar for good looking women and he glances up despite being busy. An immediate charismatic smile is flashed her way: out of a holster, really. He steps back to one side more, with an expectation that the others around him will come with him to not entirely block the foyer. "Well, on the upside, other people that have had them say they go away in the first week. If they don't, you can call that number you were contacted from," Tony says to Boris.
    But then Alyssa is more directly addressed by Boris. "Is she with me? Well. Not /yet/," Tony jokes. "But I can find out. Hi there. Tony Stark," Tony says to her, in his usual bold way, closing the distance to offer a hand, brows lifted.

Spanner has posed:
    Alyssa was walking up the steps up to the front doors when the second tremor happens. She gasps and flails her arms a bit before she finally loses balance and falls back down on her ass. She yelps in surprise and then blushes madly. Great. What an awesome first impression she just offered ot the two men inside. Closing her eyes as she tries to stand up with what little dignity she still had, and she pats her ass clean as she sighs, "Um..." she says, looking at Boris then at Tony Stark, "Hi, I'm Alyssa." she says, licking her lips a bit, obviously nervous, "I, erm... came to see if the school has any job positions open."

Erddrache has posed:
Boris turns red as he realises his tremors made Alyssa fall, the ground. "Ah be sorreh!" he exclaims, the ground shakes with his embaressment. He than yells at the ground in german <<"FIVE MINUTES! I AM ASKING FOR FIVE MINUTES!!!!!">> his frustration with the tremors hitting a boiling point. FINALLY, the ground just goes still.

Two Seconds later

The ground begins rumbling again. But it wasn't shaking too badly, it might mke a few objects wobble, but that was the extent for now. Boris looks to the sky or rather cieling. But none the less he doesn't get between Tony and Alyssa, but he does say "Ermm...ah believe sie be wantin ta See Mr. Princpal Xavier, or Ms. Vice Principal Grey" he tells her wanting to be helpful. Looking back to Tony "First week? Vell vat is good."

Iron Man has posed:
    "Whoa, careful there," Tony says quickly to Alyssa, turning his greeting hand into more of a 'help her up' offer of hand, if she's willing to take it. Or able to. Some people freeze up when the billionaire playboy hero gets right up close to them. There's a difference between seeing him on television all the time (as of recently, saving the Internet... yep, really), and having him present. "I have no idea if they are hiring," Tony answers offhandedly. "I mean, I am. But not teachers, generally," Tony laughs.

    But oh, right, business with Boris. "Could be better, I'd rather have it /zero/ days you have to suffer those, but we work with what we have. Two weeks ago we had /no/ antidote, so. Improvement."

Spanner has posed:
    Alyssa was almost back up to her feet, but she does take the offered hand to stand back up. She needs to work on her reaction times, apparently, as she lets go of Stark's hand and proceeds to brush the dust off herself once she is back on her feet. "Than--" she was in the process of showing gratitude to the billionaire when Boris' sudden outburst in german startles her, "Um... is everything alright?" she asks, turning to face Boris after his explosion. A blink. She forgot, "Ah, sorry, Mr. Stark, um... thanks for the help. And I'm not sure I'd ever fit in your company. I'm not very tech-oriented, I'm afraid."

Erddrache has posed:
Boris looks to Alyssa ".....nae" is his short answer. He been asked that question so many times, its ridiculouse! But at the end of the day, at least people care! But than says "Vese quakes....keep poppin up" he grumbles. "Ermm...sorry. Ah be Boris Brietbarth" he says to Alyssa "Et is...ermm...nice ta meet yer"
    "Ye und meh both. Hauf the time ah jist....want to stay nice and burrowed in vee ground. Bit even vat doesnea help. Yesterday ah....thought ah was drowning in vee earth." he shakes his head "...und ah keep seeing those men. Keep....remembering vee lab." he swallows and growls very quiet.

Iron Man has posed:
    "'Tony' please. Tech-oriented? You know, neither are my chefs, assistants, HR staff, or various other employees. Although we do have classes for those that do want to pick it up. But I digress, as usual," Tony says, waving the thought away, and not pushing her whatsoever. Originally mentioning it was more him just being playful than being serious, though often jokes can rapidly become serious things with Stark.

    Boris brings some centering back to Tony, the smile drops away into a focused look at Boris. "We're going to get them, I promise you," Tony assures Boris, with the confidence of, well, Tony. "And your help will get us closer. You did good."

Spanner has posed:
    Alyssa nods softly to Boris before Stark addresses her again, "I... I thank you for the offer, Mr. Stark.. I mean, Tony." she says softly, rubbing the back of her head, unsure how to parse this. "I mean, it's good to know, but I have zero experience in anything other than teaching, and, well, serving coffee, as it is my current job." she says, before Tony switches to serious mode as he addresses Boris and speak of what she assumes are some bad, bad people, "I have the feeling this is a personal subject being discussed, here?" she asks, but then she shakes her head, "I suppose I shouldn't budge in, then."

Erddrache has posed:
Boris nods slowly swallowing, it clear he was still thinking about it. He holds his stomech "...how bout we get vat food before yer owed twice" he tells Tony, there was a slight twitch to his eye as he kept remembering. But he didn't want to break down (again).
    He looks to Alyssa and says ".....personal...und nit so personal." he gives pause "...be careful oot dere. Dere are folks snatchin up mutants. Doin experiments on dem. Dey took me off da streets, dey kin take yer too" he didn't want to scare her...but in all honesty, he didn't quite feel safe anywhere "if yer goin ta go oot at night...least do nit go alone"

Iron Man has posed:
    "We're getting to the bottom of it, though," Tony assures Alyssa. Meaning, Avengers, though he doesn't say it directly.
    Food? No need to remind Tony. "Good call. What's the best of the fare? Give me the insider advice," Tony encourages Boris, adeptly moving the topic to easier things. Like food. Always great.