4500/To Buy a Blu-Ray Player

To Buy a Blu-Ray Player
Date of Scene:	23 May 2018
Location:	New York City
Synopsis:	Diana and Moon Knight are customers at Bjorn's Electronics. He puts computer parts in his mouth! Its funny!
Cast of Characters:	Wonder Woman, Crusader, Moon Knight

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Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana Prince, or Wonder Woman as she's more widely regarded, was always attempting to help children in the community and one such child had sent her a rather adorable letter about how her father's laptop had recently broken and that all she wanted was to have it fixed. Her father had passed away a few months ago and one of her favorite memories was sitting with him while he played video games on his laptop. So getting a new laptop wasn't the same thing to her, she wanted to have her father's.

While the girl was at school, Diana had made arrangements with her mother to pick the laptop up and take it to an electronic repair store, and as it so happens... Bjorn's is that very store that was the first to pop up on her phone's search for local businesses. Supporting the small chains was always more satisfying than going to the 'big guys' as well!

So a non-descript black luxury sedan pulls up outside of Bjorn's Electronics, and the 6-foot tall Diana steps out of the vehicle wearing a black and white tshirt and black jeans over simple white running shoes. In her arms she carries the laptop and her sunglasses-covered eyes look up to the store.

She moves to enter the building, while then taking her glasses off of her eyes and she looks around once inside, searching for help most likely!

Crusader has posed:
Bjorns' eletronic repair shop, in light of recent and past events has undergone some changes. A skinny young man in a suit was organizing parts in the store. Some might recognize him as a former thug,some won't.
    Helping out in the store was also Crusaders 'daughter' who was floating up to reach the higher shelves, as a corgi below watches with his tail wagging. Spotting Diana she waves excitedly "Hello Diana! It good to see you!" she smiles still glowing as usual....a fully grown woman to be exact. Considering the proximity to Mutant Town, it may not be surprising to see stores nearby more willing to take on 'mutant help' as far as the star-childs cover story goes.
    And of course...there was the larger than life Bjorn! He prods open a door with his foot carrying a massive pie of boxs "Bjorn has mooooooooooore!" he sings out happily! There was a grown from his two helpers. Parts day was happy day to a repair man!
    But than he blinks as he sees Diana...and for such a large man nimbly navigates the rather messy layout of the store "Oh! Diana!" he says and gives pause "Ermm....how can Bjorn be of the help to you?" what WAS wonder woman doing in his store. he rarely got famouse folks here!

Moon Knight has posed:
Life as a vigilante wasn't easy. A few days ago out on the streets, he'd been cleaning the trash like anyone in a cape would do when he'd come across a couple of...actually, Marc wasn't sure what to call them. They were men in business suits and animal masks, a couple of wormy cowardly sorts who ran at the first sign of trouble. Their henchmen weren't as smart, though, and the fight had been vicious. Marc won, but in the process he'd ended up destroying most of their sensitive equipment for whatever crime they were running.

That's why he was here now. Not as the Moon Knight, no that would be absurd, and not as Steven Grant, that would attract far too much attention. No, he was just an anonymous customer, coming in with a duffelbag full of broken and busted up pc hard drives, and at least two halves of one whole laptop. He was dressed in a way to attract as little attention as possible, a black ballcap with an American flag on the front, with a pair of sunglasses hiding his brown eyes. Covering his frame was an olive green jacket and a faded pair of jeans. He still didn't know how eager the CIA was to find him as Marc Spector, and he didn't want to take any chances.

When he entered the store there were a number of amazing sights. The six foot beautiful woman, the rows of people, the flying girl...really in a place like this, keeping a low profile wouldn't be all that difficult!

Wonder Woman has posed:
Mutant Town is certainly a place where its easy for people who often 'stand out' to suddenly find themselves blending in.

Diana is a few steps into the store when Bjorn bursts into the room with a joyous air about him that is refreshing compared to the rather dour nature of most people in this world. It gets a good smile upon Diana's red hued lips too. She puts her eyes between Bjorn and his daughter the Star-child. "It is good to see you as well." Diana says to them.

When the door opens again and the man in the sunglasses enters, Diana's blue eyes look over onto him, she gives him a soft smile as well before she just steps forward then and moves on a course toward Bjorn...

"I have a special case here." She says then in her Greek accented English. "A laptop for a girl who misses her father. I was... -hoping- that you might be able to breath new life into it for her?" The computer is offered over to Bjorn then.

Crusader has posed:
With so many people, Borgi is barking like mad clearly excited. The dog runs between Diana and Moon excitedly sniffing at them both. Fluffy tail all aflutter.

"Oi thar be a real shame" he tsks "Well consider this one on the house" he sets aside the boxs with a heavy thud and takes the laptop. "Hmmm. Real brick of a laptop, probably as old as me." he turns it over "Fried disk drive...but the data should be savable" he was mumbling as he mentally dove into what he could of the computer

Jason, the man in the suit, walks over to begin taking care of the boxs. Clearly repairs were left up to him. Solar, the star child speaks up "Papa bear, you still got another one!" she says as cheery as Bjorn!
    Bjorn snaps out of it "Oh! Yes, another good customer. Please, tell Bjorn what it is you need while Bjorn works on this laptop" he tells him with a smile. A far less formal store, he doesn't mind shareing the space and even enaging customers togeather. He takes the latop Diana handed him to the front desk and breaks out the tools, cracking the laptop open "Ain't nothing Bjorn cannea fix!"

Moon Knight has posed:
Marc was barely taller than Diana, and when she gave that impossibly charming smile of hers, he turned and looked at her with what looked like an -attempt- to give something like a friendly look. Given the hat and shades, it probably looked more suspicious than anything else. Though he didn't look ugly exactly, with a square jawline and a layer of brown stubble across his chin and cheeks indicating that he was between shaves at the moment.

Really, he was doing his best to ignore the whispers that increased in volume when he saw the Amazon before him(not knowing what she was, not even knowing that her kind were real). He ignored the way they sounded like a Greek choir, shaking his head in an attempt to 'throw' what he heard physically from him before being approached by the white-haired mountain of a man.

It was then that Marc got closer, shifting that duffel bag from his shoulder to place it against the counter, and unzipping it as he spoke in a quiet tone of voice. He didn't want the entire world knowing his business, after all.

"I had a bit of an accident with these hard drives. I want to know if I can still get whatever was inside them. For a, you know, for my business I'm starting."

From the looks of things, maybe his business involved throwing computers off of building ledges. Because that's about the condition these things were in.

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana's eyes drop down to the corgi barking so adamantly up at the new arrivals and she smiles all kinds of big down to the little doggie. "Oh yes, I see you! I do!" Diana tells the corgi in that voice that people use when talking to cute animals... or babies. She laughs a little too before her eyes raise up again and she turns the laptop over.

Once her hands are free she sets her sunglasses up ontop of her forehead where that golden tiara often rests when the woman is in armor and then she drops her hands down to her hips. She glances over to Solar and the other employee and grins a little at the both of them but its Bjorn's words that draw her attention back. "Oh no, I must pay you for your work... I would loathe taking your time and not reimbursing you for it. Especially if it can be fixed!"

Diana would then glance back to Marc as he moved to work with his dufflebag. She got a strange feeling from him, but then again she often did when people weren't as openly kind as say Bjorn or Solar are here. "Looks like we have similar needs." Diana comments to the man, unable to not over hear his words as her ears and hearing are, well, Wonderous.

Crusader has posed:
"...whit do yer do? Take a bat ta em?" Bjorn asks, laughing with a deep voice that fills the store. Bjorn was anything but ordinary, sure he looked normal...but he had the brain of a dozen minds....litterly. Several people make him up. The oddities of alien hood.

Solar whispers to Jason "I say shattered" Jason says "Whole" they need and say in unision "Usual bet?" what the bet ment is anyone guess.

"Mam, with all due respect you are not taking Bjorn time. Bjorn lives to work with this stuff! But....as you do seem well known." a pause "Well, Bjorn would like to request something to help with mutant town. Bjorn not have much....errm..." Solar whispers 'Experience' at which bjorn pipes up "yes! Experince wit gettin help, und am hopin fer some advice"

The computer open, he removes the hard-drive, which looks backed. Several chips covered in dust, wires and saata cables from within. It was alot, but he would fix it. He says to Moon "As fer yer....Bjorn can...either repair those drives directly, or Bjorn can transfer them to new drives...which, judging by the amount yer have is probably better. And if et be just infomation...Bjorn SHOULD even be able to get it on a lighter load!" he offers.

Moon Knight has posed:
Marc looks around, giving a humorless chuckle at Bjorn's joke. When Diana spoke, revealing her remarkable ability, the man turned slowly to look at her, his eyes widening. "That's, uhh...that's very impressive, your hearing."

He was starting to sweat a bit now, but that might have been something to do with the jacket. Although, if someone were observant enough, maybe they could notice how Marc kept the brim of his head in front of a security camera at all times, making it extremely difficult to get a clear, whole picture of his face. And thus far he hadn't touched anything with his bare hands, instead just leaning against the counter with his elbow. At Bjorn's suggestion the man nodded.

"Yeah, that sounds great. Should I wait here, or do you want me to pick them up later, or...?"

As he spoke he looked back and forth at the man, and Diana next to him. Every once and a while he noticed the Corgi on the ground and then and only then would he give anything close to a genuine smile. It didn't last long, though, as he kept wondering about the incredible woman studying him. Was she a spy, was she with Uncle Sam? Was that the vibe he was getting right now?

He just couldn't be sure.

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana cannot help but lightly grin at Bjorn's words, she lowers her pointed chin down as she stares at him and his co-workers, listening closely. Then she raises her chin and nods a single time to them. "Advice I can give. Help within Mutant Town I am always willing to try and provide. I know that the distract has gone through a lot lately and though I may not be a Mutant, I am willing to offer what I can to those who are. It is my pleasure and duty to do so." She says, finishing her words with a little smile then.

Her eyes drift back over to Marc who is definitely acting a bit suspiciously, she even notes the perspiration rising on his skin.. she would've made a hell of a spy, if life had somehow taken her down that route, but no, she was much more up front about who she is and what she does. "Why thank you." Diana says about her hearing when Marc speaks of it and then she shows him a sly grin.

"It has helped me tremendously throughout my life, I am very grateful for it." She glances over to Bjorn then. "We have to give thanks for the good things in our lives, yes?" She asks the store owner.

Crusader has posed:
"Considering Bjorn has been aroond 64 years" well terran years, his actual age is harder for him to figure out "Bjorn is in the inclination to agree! Course....Bjorn willnea lie...it has gotten alit bettar! Even....twenty years ago the world was quite a bit worse if yer ask Bjorn. Bjorn lucked out a bit though in terms of events und thar norm"

He didn't seem to mind Marc suspiciouse air. Or mabey he didn't care. After all, he was not here to judge, only to repair. Course if you run out of his store he might chase you down. "Well Sir, that depends how patient yer are...und how fast Bjorn kin eat.."

"Jason...hand me" he eye the duffle bag "...a teraflopper." Jason tosses him one...and Bjorn swallows it...whole, his throat distorting as he does so. Solar and jason watch in anticpation. And Bjorn begin picking up the computer drives and eating them one by one. Whole. As if they were pop tarts. Jason holds out a hand "...pay up" Solar snaps her finger and grumbles as she hands over a five dollar bill. They knew this was comming! But how will everyone else react
    "Well Diana, there has been recent robberies of the enrichment center lately. Specficly the computer center. The criminals were caught...but the parts are long since gone. Do yer know any companies that might be willing to donate to them? Bjorn kin build computers...but the amount needed ta replace what was lost is a bit too much for Bjorn. Only been able to donate a few" he didn't want payment...but for help to make sure the enrichment center stays an enrichment center.

Moon Knight has posed:
Granted, it was weird. But in his short tenure as Moon Knight so far he'd already seen(and felt) weirder. So when he saw Bjorn start to deep-throat that device he was indeed a bit taken aback, leaning away from the event with wide eyes behind his sunglasses, but he wasn't running for the hills like a total tourist might have done.

Instead he stood firm, looking between everyone involved. Inbetween the sounds of...swallowing, Marc actually became a bit animated, speaking aloud when the topic of robberies came about.r
"Yeah, things are getting pretty dangerous all over. It seems ever since the Incident, all the freaks come out to play when the moon starts shining. I certainly hope you've been keeping safe."

That was directed toward Diana, even as Marc slowly took off his sunglasses to meet her gaze. His eyes were brown and intense, unblinking(until he had to) and unwavering, definitely the look of a man who led an...interesting life, to say the least.

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana watches the large man as he devours the tool and the hard drives. It certainly makes her dark eyebrows rise up in curiosity at the sight of the action... but his store has a 5-star rating on the app on her phone she used to find it, so... this is part of the plan right? It is Mutant Town after all! Slowly a grin starts to form on her lips as well and after hearing Bjorn's request, Diana just leans forward on a counter in front of her and places her left forearm down onto it while her right hand rests over her left.

"I know many people who could help with this." She replies to the request. "When I get back home I can place a few calls and see what I can do about the equipment taken... and also about perhaps increasing security at the location." She smiles a little. "Do you have a number for the place and perhaps their address and whom I might wish to speak to directly who operates it all?"

Diana looks over to Marc then when he pulls his sunglasses off and she can see his eyes now. She affords him a soft smile. "It is best not to call others 'freaks', I have found..." She softly tells the man, though she imagines her words won't really effect him a lot, everyone has passionate feelings about such topics. "It was a difficult year last year, a lot of bad things happened and many more try to rise up even yet still. But... we will beat them back. No matter where they originate from. The streets, or the stars."

Crusader has posed:
"Or from beyound?" Bjorn asks with a grin, his eyes doing the laughing this time...but they were never mocking. Bjorn...has had an UNSUAL amount of run ins with the supernatural. He swear he may start carrying a steak at this rate

Bjorn pauses on his repairs and pulls out a peice of paper "Indeed Bjorn does" sure he can just imput the infomation on cell phones and such...but he doesn't even check. First rule of raising a power child is lead by example. If he acts unethical in his power use (technopathy) than Solar may follow. So old fashion it is. he write down a name, a number and the address "Here yer go" he hands Diana the slip of paper

He finally begins putting the computer back togeather. Having found the approaite replacement parts, all that was left was the hard-drive. Was the hardest bit to fix...but due to his own tricks, it looked more like he simply cleaned it. He takes a deep breath and boots the laptop to check it was working. As it turns on he presses enter knowing none was set. The screen shows the little girl and her daddy as the background.
    It also displayed a high score screen of their scores in DOOM. Playing...DOOM with a child is questionble...but hey, no parent is perfect. he has made his fair of mistakes, that he knows. "Well....seems this ones good to go." he rubs his belly "Oi....you got alot of data"
    P.S every one of those stars was earned!

Wonder Woman has posed:
Diana looks away from Marc again and back to Bjorn who's continuing his repairs on the laptop. When the name and number are written down and handed over, she smiles at this. "Paper." She comments. "How unheard of these days." She gives Bjorn a sly grin, teasing him just a little since she's well aware of how the world works today in 2026... there's rarely anything done not on computers or personal devices now.

The Themysciran Princess looks the hand written information over while Bjorn finishes the laptop and gets it started up. She then pockets the slip of paper into a front right pocket on her jeans and her eyes light up at seeing it fixed. "Oh... this is wonderful." She says in her husky voice, filled with emotion at seeing the laptop working again. She looks back up to Bjorn. "Thank you... I will send you a picture of her with it when I return it to her." She glances again at the laptop them. "Strange looking game, but... thats video games for you, I suppose."

"And yes, I shall call the curator of the Center and figure out the best way to go about replacing the equipment." Diana adds then, nodding once to the Owner and then to his fellow employees. "This is a nice store. I shall post about it online." And considering how many people follow Diana's various online presences... that could mean a lot of new business!

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn puff up his chest as if about to go on a rant "bah! People these days is rely too much on their computers and devices! While Bjorn is all fer smart conservation, saving vee forest und all vat, et wouldnea kill folks to stahp und write a danr note!" some icelandic may have gotten mix into there. Though it may be a bit Ironic considering he is a techno-organic being....which also may be saying something if a 'machine' is telling folks to put their machines down!

"Vat game is called DOOM. Tis aboot shootin demons from hell. or some such. Very fun.." he chuckles as a bit of the more violent Vorn comes out....before he coughs "Bit none the less, ah hope little girl is happy. Bjorn will appreicate the picture!"

But when Diana mentions posting about it, he slaps Jason roughly on the back the man stumbling from the force "...we may need ta speed up yer repair training." a celeberity writing a gfood review? Thats a solid buisness boom! And as it stands, since he gottne help, his review have gotten better because his store now keeps regular hours.
    He eyes the bag having eaten more than half the drives. One burp latter and the Terradrive comes out "Oi....think Bjorn may need to take a night to finish all of this. Stomech kin only hold so much"

Moon Knight has posed:
Shooting demons, that sounded like what Marc told himself he was doing, long ago. That didn't last.

Diana's comments happened to tick one too many of the vet's "worry" boxes and so when Bjorn gave that answer, Marc decided to cut his losses. Quickly the bag was zipped up, and the big man was slinging it back over his shoulder, speaking as he started to make a hasty exit.

"That's a lot of time. Thank you anyway, but I think try a different place."

The door was swung open violently, and Marc was immediately finding the nearest alley to wind away from this scene. Like a lab rat he ran the maze that was New York City.

Wonder Woman has posed:
"Doom..." Diana Prince quietly repeats before she shakes her head gently and reaches out to take the laptop. "At least you are fighting demons in it, rather than fighting -for- them. I have fought many demons, and they are none too enjoyable. Let me tell you." She shows a hint of a grin then.

Diana produces a $100 bill though and she immediately sets it down on the counter and sliiiiiides it over toward Bjorn. "This is for your stomach." She says. "Er, wait, I mean-- Not to eat, because of the repair work you did for me and for my little friend."

Her eyes glance over to Marc when he makes his exit and she watches him go for a few moments before looking back to Bjorn. "I will contact you as well once I know what to do with the donations to the Enrichment Center."

Crusader has posed:
Bjorn blinks as he holds the teradrive as Marc runs out "But....oi." he sighs. He get out a sticky note and write a note on it. Seem he would be hunting Marc down. How? Thats for him to know, but he didn't want the man to lose half his data.
    Bjorn looks to Diana "Sometimes...bjorn forget such things make people uncomfortable" of course he naturally assumed marc had a bit too much mutant for his liking. As he wasn't as observent as Diana, know could he read minds like a telepath, he only had his prior experince to go off of.
    He eyes the one hundred and well, he already said it was fine. But it would have been an insult to keep refusing a customers money. At least that how it was where he was raised. So he accepts it with no further argument "Thank yer. Und do nit worry, Bjorn does not eat money" okay he does for storage purposes...but that wasn't going to happen here "Und thank yer for looking into this. It is of the appreciated. please, if you have need for repairs or other eletronic needs, do not be afraid to visit Bjorn store once again" and big smile. Despite Wonder woman celebrity status...he treats her just like another person. And perhaps, if one reading his personlity, it may be regardless of weather he knows someone or not.