4830/Germination: Afterparty

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Germination: Afterparty
Date of Scene: 06 July 2018
Location: Stark Tower, New York City
Synopsis: Superman and Spider-Woman ask questions of drunk Tony.
Cast of Characters: Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Woman (Drew)
Tinyplot: Germination


Iron Man has posed:
    The party has primarily ended, and many of the guests have left. There are some that have been given rooms to stay in, courtesy of Stark, but the bulk are down at the tower's base with the valet. Tony Stark himself hasn't been seen out on the party for some time after finishing the fireworks show and absorbing all of the praise related to it. In truth he has taken a little time to medicate and check on his injuries. He's back to the mostly empty party area now to bid a few people goodbye, and moves to the massive windows on a floor below the party, looking out into the city from the balcony there, in the summer night.

Superman has posed:
There is a faint boom in the distance, then sound of fabric in the wind.

"It was a good party," Kal says, coming down to the balcony behind and to Tony's left. He walks up to join him looking out. "You don't do things by half. How're you holding up?" he asks, eyeing Tony.

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
Jessica's been looking for Tony. She's not sure what happened to him, or how he came about those injuries, but she could tell he was in a great deal of pain. Then, there's a boom. She cringes for a moment, looking around to figure out where it came from. Following that sound, and voices, she finds herself approaching the two, and she furrows a brow, but decides to push ahead anyway. If she's not welcome, she'll be shown the door. Or, possibly, thrown off the balcony. At least she has webs.

Iron Man has posed:
    "I'm great. But, mmm, feel like the wall between Mjolnir and Thor, little bit," Tony says, turning with a relaxed laugh and waver on his feet. He snares the balcony rail though to steady. Yes, the man was drinking, and it's more than a little apparent. For the amount he's had, he's remarkably lucid, actually. Practice or willpower. Or 'other'. He's alert enough to see Jessica, and smile at her. She's not unwelcome.

Superman has posed:
Kal looks over, following Tony's gaze. He smiles at Jessica as well.

"You look a little bit like it," he admits, putting one hand on the railing. "You've been pushing hard on this... Just don't push too hard. We all need Tony Stark."

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
"We all do," Jessica chimes in as she joins the two. Then she pauses. She's carrying a pair of strappy black heels hooked on one finger, and looks a little worried. "I was looking for you. Can see that you're in good hands, though," she says, casting an upward glance at Superman and nodding to him.

Iron Man has posed:
    Tony arches his brows at the blatant flattery, but accepts it at face value and laughs ruefully at the two of them. There's some bravado there, though he isn't hiding being injured. More that it isn't slowing him. "Yeah, I'm due for that 'mighty solution' here. I'm on it. /And/ still in one piece. Such as it is." He looks around, puzzled, as if unsure where he left something. His drink is somewhere. He can't find it. He gives up after a few long moments, refocused. "Little party never hurt anything."
    Tony rubs his eyes with a hand, pressing into the sockets some, and then shrugs out of his suit coat, tossing it onto one of the nearby balcony chairs, and pulls his tie off, loosens the top of his shirt. With that done, the mild glow of the arc reactor is somewhat apparent, particularly while outside.

Superman has posed:
"No," Clark agrees about a little party never hurting. He cannot help but notice the glow on his chest. His eyes narrow slightly, but he does not comment on it.

"But what's happening in Mexico might. I heard them talking about someone weaponizing the mushrooms," he says, looking concerned. "Do you know anything about that?"

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
Jessica is paying attention to the conversation. That part of the night was of particular interest, as well. But she is staring at the arc reactor in bewilderment. Social cues go out the window when she's preoccupied. It's not polite to stare....

Iron Man has posed:
    Tony nods slowly, entirely nonchalant about the question. "Mmmhmm. It's all over the place. Various people, and no obvious link, but it's all the same. Somebody's claiming they can control the things, or dispose of them, or make them worse, or whatever it is the government of choice wants to hear." Tony's open and sharing, though he's now mostly looking at Jessica appreciatively. They can stare at each OTHER.
    And then, "Did you see Pepper tonight?" he asks in general, and pulls a device from his pocket, which springs to life in bright orange holographic tech. "I'm still listening," Tony assures without looking up. Listening to himself talk, maybe. "Might be all fake, but I think it's real. Some villain making a mess even worse. The people check out as nobodies. But unconnected to each other. Feels a bit like somebody's playing a little game."

Superman has posed:
Kal smirks every so slightly at the two.

"Where there's smoke," he says. "Even if it's a game, it's a dangerous one. Distracts these countries from doing the hard work they need to do keeping people safe. Is this related to the mutant woman from the other night?"

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
"I didn't see Pepper anywhere. But I think...I was a little distracted..." Her cheeks burn pink, just thinking about it.

"Yeah, what ever happened to that woman? Did she get taken out with the stalk in Central Park? I never heard."

Iron Man has posed:
    "Selling a magic medicine to a problem isn't new, though," Tony shrugs. "I don't see a connection, beyond that she supposedly did try the same thing these others are doing. Maybe she gave them the idea. It's all within the last few days. I've only got the gist of this so far. Meeting with one of these nutjobs would be more useful."

    Tony looks at Jessica with her new question. "She showed up at a hospital, murdered, brought in by one of her people. Unsolved so far."

Superman has posed:
Kal shakes his head. "I wonder what happened there," he says. "I don't think this is something I can look into. But I know someone who might be able to. Unless you could be persuaded to take a Mexican vacation and look into it," he says to Jessica, only half-jokingly.

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
With a 'tsk' and a sigh, Jessica shakes her head. "It's all part of their plan. They know humanity too well. It will consume itself by its very nature, even in the face of danger. And the more infighting and fraud that goes on, the better for THEIR cause."

Jessica pauses, still staring at the reactor. "Did one of those things eat your heart? You can be honest."

All Jessica heard was Mexican. And Vacation.

Iron Man has posed:
    "My heart? Nah, this is just my auto-destruct," Tony teases, tapping the reactor through the shirt with a few fingers. Tony stares at Jessica a bit longer and then slides down the balcony rail to ask her, a little bit in her personal space, "Who are you wearing? I feel like I should know it. You smell great. Whatever it is. Compliments, and so on," Tony says. It is his usual grand, smiling charisma, though with a drunken difficulty with focus. It is, but also isn't, a flirt: it's a Tony-ism. He looks to Superman, scratching at some of the bruise near his ear, encountering the small bandage, and fiddling with it unconsciously. "Doesn't she smell great?" Tony encourages, shamelessly. And without missing a beat: "Doesn't have to be Mexico. I have a few countries. But he did seem more open about it than some. Maybe get a meeting. Not so much with me, though. I don't do undercover. If you do, I'll send you to Mexico on a jet," Tony says to Jessica. Because he can just do that. Billionaire resources.
    Tony remembers his phone, and looks back down to it. "She had the flu. Oh." Ohhhhh.

Superman has posed:
Kal looks somewhere between amused and incredulous at Tony.

"Mexico sounds like a start," he says, clearing his throat. "If you have a contact, get it to me and I'll pass it on to my contact. I can give him your number, too, Ms. Drew, if you want to investigate."

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
"Now would be a good time to bring up that I smell irresistible to men most of the time..." Jessica fairly flushes deep pink. "It...could come in handy if I were going undercover. As long as I am meeting with a man. I can cover it up if it's a woman. Otherwise she might smack me in the face with a clipboard..."

Iron Man has posed:
    "Sure. Walk with me. Or float, or ...whatever," Tony says, abruptly walking inside. And addressing what appears to be nobody: "JARVIS. Collect up a contacts list from those asshats with the offers to take care of the Oozymetan. I want all of the countries, with the contact lists and full dossiers."

    "Of course, sir," JARVIS's voice filters in smoothly. "Let's do a physical drive. Consult terminal One," Tony continues, voice almost bored, crossing the party room to some roped off doors. He opens one and wanders through it. There are a few unused rooms with party supplies in them, and some long tech bays along the wall.

    "Completed, Sir. I also took the liberty to include the other information on the local problem at Central Park." JARVIS is polite and direct.

    Tony slides around a table, and picks up a small object out of one of the terminals that came alive as he neared it. "That... I'm not going to touch right now," Tony says, flirty, with Jessica, but underhand-tosses the object to Superman.

    "/I/," Tony says, "am doing to deal with THIS," Tony says, tapping his phone. The Pepper flu thing. "We can address your sex appeal in the morning," Tony says with a finger tipped to Jessica. He discovers an abandoned tray of fresh champagne and snares one.

Superman has posed:
Kal raises an eyebrow at Jessica, not sure at first if she's joking but then realizing she is serious. Now he's just amused at Tony's reaction to Jessica.

He catches the object tossed to him by Tony and turns it over in his hands. Then he holds it up.

"Thanks, Stark. I'll share this with the rest of the Justice League and get it to my contact. If there's something more than copycats to this, we'll figure it out."

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
Jessica groans and rubs her face. "Can't we just call it one of my powers? Especially if we have to discuss it." No one's called it her 'sex-appeal' before. "I had SORT of hoped it wouldn't have to be addressed. But if it can help us with the uh....'asshats'..."

Iron Man has posed:
    "We always do. Figuring it out 'soon enough' is always the crux," Tony says with a snap of fingers. "Technically that's for your buddy. I can just upload direct through the datashare with the JLA." He slips his phone-like object away after breezing his fingers over the surface in a curled swipe. "Call me Tony," Tony reminds Superman with a casually friendly smile, crossing towards them, though he's half aimed towards the elevator. The party area is starting to flood with little cleaning robots and a few human staff. They keep out of the heroes' way after seeing Tony there. Tony continues, as well, to low-key react to Jessica. "Staying over?" he asks her. "I've got places I can put you." High key suggestive.

Superman has posed:
"Tony," Kal corrects himself. "Thanks, I'll just pass it on to him then. Ms. Drew, my friend will be in touch," he promises. Then with a final nod he makes his way to the balcony and takes off.

Spider-Woman (Drew) has posed:
"I had thought I might keep an eye on /you/," Jessica explains, even in light of Tony's flirtation. Tony is intoxicated and injured. A bad combination anyway, even without his fearless bravado. "If Pepper has the flu, she probably doesn't feel up to keeping you off the chandeliers."

Jessica turns then, a little flustered, to Superman. "Thank you. Yes...I'll look forward to hearing from him." And going to Mexico. And finding a beach. Maybe. She flashes him an apologetic smile, anyway. "I'm...so glad I got to meet you."

Iron Man has posed:
    "Okay. Later," Tony says, casual as always, with an easy salute-wave to Superman. Tony takes all things in stride, particularly when alcohol is helping with that. "I'm fine. This is like ...a Tuesday, around here," Tony chuckles to Jessica, but leads to the elevators anyway, entering one without needing to press a button. Personal elevator reservations, of course. His tower, his elevator rules. "Hey. You're with SHIELD. Maybe nab an agent or two to take with you," Tony suggests. "Clint's good. You can tell him I think he should 'vacation' in Mexico if he can't show up to my parties."