4649/While You Weren't Looking...

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While You Weren't Looking...
Date of Scene: 14 June 2018
Location: Unknown
Synopsis: Skye runs into May who isn't surprised her former trainee is now an SO in her own right.. and invites May to dinner.
Cast of Characters: Quake, Melinda May




Quake has posed:
The day was shaping up to be a good one.. well, okay, all except for the coffee machine. It had gone from needing to be hit to deliver a cup of coffee, to eating your change and laughing in your face when you pressed the buttons... Still, Darcy had her gift, and Skye was pleased with that. Especially when she'd told Darce that getting the items made was all part of the gift. She couldn't wait to tell Clint how it had gone.

If he ever resurfaced from the archery range that was..

Skye still had the dregs of her coffee to finish before she needed to head out and check up on Lag. That was still weird.. her having to check up on someone.

Melinda May has posed:
May enters the room and gets that faintest hint of 'ugh, stink' as she steps past the coffee machine and toward where she keeps her tea-making supplies. That only ONE person besides her dares to touch, and she's only allowed because she's British and knows how to properly respect a good tea.

Setting water to boil in an electric kettle there for that purpose, she turns and heads over to where Skye is nursing the dregs of SHIELD's least appealing jet fuel. "Spit the canary out, yellow feathers don't flatter your complexion."

Quake has posed:
Skye blinks out of reverie, and smirks at May. "Canary? Huh. Just gave Darcy her gift. Think we left her speechless. Yours, however, involves a little more planning. Got time to come for dinner soon?"

But she knows that's probably not all May means. Especially given May likely already knows..

"You mean the other, huh? Just thinking how weird it is. You know how you told me you'd lay into me if I sassed Fury like that ever again? Just, he and I, we understand each other in a different way. And this last one I was thinking if Fury didn't blow his stack, you kinda might have."

Skye's grin remains. "I kinda.. well.. made somebody an agent in training without asking permission before the fact."

Melinda May has posed:
May ahs and nods at the explanation about the gift for Darcy. She heads back to the kettle as Skye relates her second piece of news and -- perhaps surprisingly -- doesn't visibly react. "Oh, no. I don't need to get angry about that, and neither does Fury. You've brought that on yourself, and he and I are both only too happy to let you sink or swim with this trainee of yours."

That likely means she has ZERO intention of helping Skye out if she feels like she's in over her head with the new kid. Well, she won't let Skye's flailing negatively affect this new agent's training if it comes to that, but up to that point...

Quake has posed:
Skye laughs, "I knew you knew. Yeah. That was kinda shortsighted of me, wasn't it? I figured he'd blow gasket, not hand me an SO position."

She sobers some, though. "It kinda hit me, this must have been a little like you felt like getting me. Not that you were new to doing this, but the whole she could mess up in so many ways. Only, my future is on the line. He messes up, I lose."

She looks over May's way. "You don't really think I'm ready for this, do you?"

Melinda May has posed:
"If you weren't, Fury would have yanked your trainee away faster than you could blink. Consider this a chance to prove you're ready to do this, and don't screw it up." May fixes her tea in an insulated container, apparently planning to take her drink and leave again quickly. But, despite that, she returns to sit next to Skye.

"And if you mess up now, we all lose. So don't think about it that way. Think of it as a way to prove to Fury that you can hack this just like you've done everything else he's dumped in your lap."

Quake has posed:
"Not really what I asked," Skye answers, also looking to pack up and get ready to leave. She actually does need to check in on Lag before heading off for the day. She might not be back on the roster officially yet, but that doesn't mean she gets to shirk that particular duty. "But I get your point."

Another of her trademark grins is given. "And since when haven't I kicked ass at anything Fury has thrown my way? Huh?" Her things gathered, she shrugs. "Dinner. Our place. This weekend. We brought something back from China for you."

Melinda May has posed:
"When Fury told you to watch your language," May quips back promptly. But it's more of a jest than anything else. She collects her tea as well. "This weekend, agreed. Do I need to bring anything?" She's already mentally planning. Maybe some chrysanthemum tea or a blooming tea flower. That's different enough and usually reserved for special occasions. And she's fairly certain that it's something neither Skye nor Clint will have or think of.

Quake has posed:
"Uh.." Skye pauses, not certain. "I'm ... that is /we're/ covering food. So whatever else?" Dessert. Beverages. She'd not thought that far. Usually May was the one covering food. And she'd be right - neither Skye nor Clint would think of tea for special occassions. And this was certainly a special occassion.

Melinda May has posed:
May nods. "Then I'll bring drinks and dessert. And then you two will have to tell me all about your vacation." She suspect there were at least a couple of surprises along the way. Hopefully they thought to take pictures.

Definitely bringing both blooming tea and chrysanthemum.

Quake has posed:
"Sweet," Skye grins. "And I should make sure Lag is settling in before I round up Clint from the archery range. And yes, we actually got to use our bows on vacation. He is utterly smug about that."

The used their bows. On vacation. Skye wasn't ever going to be allowed to leave home without them again.. not that she /really minded.

Melinda May has posed:
May nods at that. "All right. I'm back in flight rotation, so I'm off with the next Strike team. We'll be back by Fridy at the latest, though. See you this weekend." She is amused that they got to use their bows while on vacation, but by no means surprised.

Raising her insulated cup to Skye, she heads back out of the room. Her quinjet should be redone fueling soon.