5153/Some Rare Down Time

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Some Rare Down Time
Date of Scene: 11 August 2018
Location: Unknown
Synopsis: Summary needed
Cast of Characters: Slipstream, Captain Marvel (Danvers)




Slipstream has posed:
It's early morning Saturday and Drake is awake and down in the Game Room. The lone arcade machine has nothing but high scores with his initials on it. Asteroid. An old school classic. He is currently standing in front of it, slamming another quarter in, then playing once again as his hands whips along the controller and button in a furious manner of combinations as the little space ship flies about wildly, saving the world from falling rocks.

The youngest Avenger is dressed in a pair of workout shorts and a simple white shirt, a bit of his bandage peeking out from his collar from where he was stabbed in the chest with a short sword by The Foot. Curiously enough, his floating companion Snowball isn't with him and hasn't been seen since the day he was brought in by The Wasp unconscious and soaked in blood.

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
Something unusual just happened, Carol Danvers, out of uniform, walked into the game room. Turns out the woman can unwind, very rarely perhaps, but still can. She's wearing a black crop top, a red leather jacket, and rugged jeans. "I see you're working up a sweat," Carol was quick to tease when she spotted Drake at the arcade, workout shorts.

Slipstream has posed:
Laser focused on the game, Drake's hands continue to whip along the joystick and buttons as his fingers rapidly tap-tap-tap away. He plays aggressive. A style that has won him many awards in the gaming community, and perhaps a style not originally meant to be played in Asteroids, but there is some type of game sense and anticipation with his movements. At the sound of her voice, he jolts himself to attention, turning around to face the Captain, as if expecting some type of mission to be handed out.

His eyes blink a few times as he spies her out of uniform. "Good morning, Cap." He says as he hears his spaceship get destroyed behind him. Darn, he was on a streak too. "I worked out earlier, now I'm just winding down."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Hey, relax, we're in the game room...and this is still not the military," Carol laughs, amused by Drake's jumping to attention, when she's no doubt the only military experience he has is playing Call of Duty or something like that. Peering over at the game he was playing she snorts, "asteroids are a nusance." She looks impressed, at least physically, when he admits to having actually exercised, "so, you're not allergic to workouts? Good to know!"

Slipstream has posed:
".. No, I'm not allergic to workouts. I'm a geek, not a nerd." Drake says as he rubs the back of his neck, then gives her an amused grin. "I almost got a six pack now. It's more of a four and some change, but it's getting there. I try and get at least two hours a day in. Put on fifteen pounds of muscle in the last five months too." He says with a bit of pride creeping into his voice. "I can't be a proper Avenger if all I do is sit in a very expensive gaming chair and tap the mouse button over and over."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Good point, you'll have to educate me about the subtle differences," Carol notes as she heads towards the mini fridge, "can I get you anything?" She offers, while grabbing herself a cold beer. "Hey, you might want to watch it, Steve Rogers would hate having competition," Carol teases because it's what she does. Can't be helped. "Good point, so you do take note."

Slipstream has posed:
"There's like.. huge differences!" Drake says in regards to geeks versus nerds. He rubs the back of his head. "Oh ... um.. I dunno, whatever. Water I guess." Oh, how he longs for his Monster (TM) energy drinks again. It's been a few weeks since he cracked one open. "I doubt Steve would ever think of me as competition." He says with an amused noise in his throat. "How are you doing today? You seem to be enjoying casual Saturday morning. I didn't know you had real clothes."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Is that so? Such as...?" Carol wonders aloud, before grabbing a cold bottle of water and tossing it at Drake, "catch! And you'd be surprised, Steve is very supportive." She laughs as she gets teased in turn, "well played, Drake, and yeah...I actually do, shocking, isn't it? They're more comfortable than uniform, I can tell you that much."

Slipstream has posed:
"I'll make a power point about it later." Drake says as his hand whips around in a blur to snag the water, then takes a sip from it. "Yeah, Steve would be supportive.. probably make me run fifty miles with two hundred pounds of gear on my back yelling at me to hustle harder and get my knees up. I'd have a better chance working out with Logan. At least he'd kill me quickly." His lips twitch a bit. "You look good by the way. You know, in normal clothes. If I wasn't a geek I'd totally come up with some sweet pick up lines such as... on a scale of one to America, how free are you tonight? You know, real lady killer type of cheese."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Wow, you really put the effort into things, don't you? I'll look forward to it," Carol says before opening her beer and taking a few chugs. "Hey, I won't have talk like that about Logan near me, man saved my life a few times." When she hears Drake's sample of a pickup line, Carol looks a bit stunned, "please tell me that's not actually ever in use?"

Slipstream has posed:
"It works at least sixteen percent of the time, every time." Drake says with a good natured grin to her. "It's way better than the whole falling from heaven are you an angel type, or .. give me a quarter so I can call my mom since I just met the perfect girl. You know, the type of crap you hear from a sweaty desperate guy in a bad suit." He leans back against the arcade machine. "I bet Steve would use that pick up line though. About America. If he'd use it, it'd probably work every time. Then again he has that body and jawline and blue eyes and you know ... the whole .. Captain America thing going on. Man.. he's so lucky. I bet it's easy for him. I just keep falling for hot messes and ninjas who get me stabbed in the chest ... after she stabs me in the back." Ouch. Resentment there.

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Those sounds like amazing odds..." Carol grins, amused that Drake was actually not being serious, like she was concerned was the case. "I am actually shocked there's any success at all with that one. I mean, it sounds a lot like, I am here, and so are you, so how about it?" She grins as Drake displays more of the variety he's familiar with, and admits is terrible. "I'll admit I actually heard some of them, although in context, I was just landing a jet after being told the angel line. Made it a bit better." She shakes her head when Drake muses on pickup lines Steve might use, and she's quick to correct him, "the only pickup line Steve Rogers needs is to show up....if he gets desparate, he can take his shirt off too." She shakes her head and looks quite judgementally at Drake when he mentions the ninjas, "Drake...what has ever taught you that dating ninjas is a good idea?"

Slipstream has posed:
"Sounds like you got a thing for Steve. Interesting. From what I heard, is that you would like to see Steve with his shirt off." Drake says with a wily grin to her before he sobers up a bit. "Eh, I wasn't dating her. Just had a small crush on her after weeks of somewhat loose and toxic friendship building that usually always ended up with me hurt and her being a smart ass to me." His shoulders lift upwards. "This is why I'm a geek that plays video games all day. I suck at dealing with people. I'd just rather talk to my chatroom where I can't see them and they can only see me on cam. It's easier for me."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
Carol rolls her eyes for a moment, before taking another swig of her beer, and only than levels her gaze on Drake again. "If a woman tells you she doesn't fancy Steve Rogers, she's lying, Drake." That's apparently all Carol will say to that. "So you're telling me toxic friendship and her being a ninja wasn't enough telltale signs you shouldn't be dating that woman?" Carol is quick to shift focus right back to Drake. "You know, I never got how that cam stuff work, but I guess enough people feel like you. That's troubling to me actually."

Slipstream has posed:
"We weren't dating." Drake assures to her. "It was just a small crush. I guess. I dunno.. she .. is interesting.." He rubs the back of his neck, stubbing his foot against the ground. "Doesn't matter now though. She's gone. Bailed on me, on us. She went to another city to join an all girl super group that hangs out with Bat Girl. So... good for her.. I guess. She can get punched in the face by D-list clowns while we fight real bad guys." He grumps.

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"You sure about that?" Carol taunts, "oh a small crush? Let me guess, one sided, on your part...she was just using you, am I in the ballpark?" She then squints as he mentions more, "the Birds of Prey? Who is this ninja girl of yours? She got a name?"

Slipstream has posed:
"Her name is June. She was a Foot Soldier. She was here for a bit. Was interviewed by Rhodes. Stuck a tracker on her but she got rid of it.. I guess. She went off the radar recently." Drake says as he sighs. "She saved my life ... killed her own mentor when they had me up against the wall and was about to do me in. In that moment she made a choice .. the choice I knew deep down she would make eventually." He taps his fingers along the plastic bottle. "She also knew she couldn't stay here in New York because they would come for her. So... she's gone. And as usual, they want to fuck with me because I'm the one who got her in that mess by trying to get her to be a hero instead of a wannabe."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"Foot soldier? Those Hand wannabes? Heard about them, haven't had the pleasure to blast any of them in person yet." Carol at least knows what they are, so they must be doing something right. "Really? Do they double date? You can bring me, my fists would love to meet their faces."

Slipstream has posed:
"I would love to take them down. They've hit a high number of technology corps. I think they're trying to build something. They got these mutated animals with them too. BeBop and Rocksteady. Warthog and Rhino. Real powerful, can go toe to toe with a lot of supers." Drake says as he rocks on his feet. "I would love to hit them back for a change, because I'm tired of being paranoid about stepping outside and getting jumped every week."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"I'm offended that an Avenger is concerned about them...gives me reason enough to want to crush them," Carol half jokes, or maybe half not jokes? Either way, she took note of what Drake had to say. "So, they got any hangouts or favorite targets?"

Slipstream has posed:
"I don't know. Honestly .. they always just attack me at my apartment, and now taking pokes at me across the street from the mansion. June said they're a shadow org and they have hideouts everywhere. They tend to take in young runaway kids though and train them up. Tell them they'll be given a family, food, support... the kinda shit their parents didn't do. Train them to be ninjas. Then ... go into a life of crime under the guise of sticking it to the man." Drake says as he rubs his neck. I can try and get ahold of June and see if she will give up some hideouts."

Captain Marvel (Danvers) has posed:
"At your apartment?" Carol now sounds a bit concerned, as she moves to grab Drake by the shoulders, "that's not cool, Drake, if you need, you should come live at the Mansion for awhile. Heck, I can stay with you at your place for a bit if you like. I don't appreciate any Avenger being attacked in their own home."

Slipstream has posed:
Drake gives a bit of a jolt as he is snagged by the shoulders. "Er -- I mean .. I am living here now. Tony and Cap kinda told me to. In their own .. way.. so.. I got a room here now. I just keep to myself mostly. You know... Geek and all." That and it's still weird for him to live in a huge mansion full of superheroes. His cheeks flush a bit at her concern though, and he steps in to give her a quick hug. "Thanks, Carol. It means a lot. I gotta go though. Team meeting for Overwatch. Gotta tell them that Lex Luthor wants to buy our team and move us to Metropolis." He says with a sigh, then blinks out of sight, the sound of the waterbottle hitting the can and rolling about at the bottom of it announces his exit.