8896/A JL Chance Encounter

A JL Chance Encounter
Date of Scene:	21 August 2019
Location:	Galley, Watchtower
Synopsis:	A trio of JLers meet, greet, watch Flash eat, and talk old times.
Cast of Characters:	Green Lantern (Jordan), Flash, Red Robin

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Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Floating through the halls of the Watchtower is Hal Jordan, Green Lantern. The eerie glow of the emerald energy set off by his ring casts strange shadows along the halls of the headquarters of the Justice League. It was quiet, too quiet, as the man returns to Earth from his last mission to the the distant parts of the Galaxy.

    Deciding to check in, before Superman or Batman sends him a "stern note", Hal Jordan sighs, and heads towards the mission monitor room. The Earth was calm below then. A quiet day, where so far, few Earth shattering events had happened. Famous last thoughts, indeed.

Flash has posed:
There were times that some in the league privately joked that the Flash had joined the Justice League just for the food. Not a day went by where Flash didn't raid the galley in the Watchtower, or the one down below in the Hall of Justice.

And today was no exception. He sat alone in the galley, as it was late by Watchtower standards, and across the table sat a plate of 8 slices of grilled cheese, on white brad, with a cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda combination, buttered and salted, naturally. There were three bowls of tomato soup, though one of them seemed to have Alphaghetti in it. There were four large chocolate milkshakes, two of which had whipped cream and sprinkles on them. There were five cheeseburgers, with one stacked on top of the others. And sprinkled around them were bowls of French fries. It looked like Flash was about to dig in.

He'd also set up a tablet on a little stand, and had Groundhog Day playing. Seems he was planning to savour this meal, enjoying it, rather than gulping it all down at once. And the funny thing was, Flash knew he didn't need to eat all these calories. It was just habit... and greed.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake has came up to the tower to check on things. He stopped by the monitor room and dropped off a new com channel that he is using with a group he has formed. He then takes a bit of a walk about finding himself walking into the galley seeing whats going on.

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Pausing for several seconds, Hal Jordan listens, and can hear something...coming...from the galley. Smirking, Hal floats in that direction, and peeks around the corner knowing full well what he would be seeing there. Finally seeing what was in front of him, Hal floats closer, his arms crossed across his chest, and laughs at his friend.

    "I see you have been starving yourself Barry. That is quite a spread. I only regret I haven't brought you anything from Thanagar. Now they know how to eat...and abs! I don't know how they keep those perfect figures. Something I need to ask Carter next time I see him..."

    Hal chuckles. "I never get to eat, so that's why I look like this." Hal motions to his athletic figure. As of now, he hasn't noticed Tim behind him, too taken in by the scene in front of him.

Flash has posed:
The Flash had a burger in his hands; he'd removed his gloves, setting them on the table next to some moist wipes, and takes another bite just as Green Lantern approaches. He looks positively like the kid who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie car. It was amazing how emotive eyes and a lower face can be even with a mask.

"I burn a lot of calories saving the world." He kept telling people that. "I think they're on the same diet as I am. 24,000 calories, and patrolling at least one city per day, more on the weekends." And then, just because he could, he shifted the burger to one hand, taking another bite, while his free hand reached for his costume's waist, which he pulled up to reveal his own rock hard abs, "see."

Letting go of the shirt, he then used that hand to wave to Red Robin, "hey, Robin right, like, the 3rd, 4th, whatever, you're the cool one. Come on over, have a burger, soup, whatever you want. Bats hired a fantastic live in chef." Yeah, Barry could have had a state dinner, instead, he's eating fast food.

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Laughing, Hal Jordan lands silently, drops his emerald shield with a flick of his will, and looks across the table at what Barry had stacked there. "Burn a lot of...now that...that is a meal." Shaking his head, he walks forward, and grabs a milkshake. Slurping through the straw, he says, "Where do you even get all of this stuff...and how do you get it all the way up here?"

    Hal ignores the looks at the abs, and shakes his head. That was when he notices the new arrival. Moving a bit to the left so he has both Barry and Tim in view, Hal says, "Hey kid. Welcome aboard. Not sure if we have met, but I'm Green Lantern. This clown over here is the Flash, burgers and all." Hal thumbs in Barry's direction with his left hand and a grin.

    

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and walks over to the two and says "3rd, Red Robin now, how are you two doing?" He will ask as he walks over to get himself a soda, and then heads over to join them "Anything interesting been going on out here in the deep dark?"

Flash has posed:
"Bats," he answers to Green Lantern's question, "he zetaports it all up here, as well as Chef Andre." Barry had become well aquainted with Chef Andre's working hours, going out of his way to make sure he visited when the Chef was on duty.

  With Robin asking a question about the blackness of space, the Flash looked to Green Lantern, "beats me, that'd be one for Space Cop." And then after a pause, he added, "third Robin. So, what happened to the first two? Is this like that episode of Futurama where we learned that the Professor had replaced his first crew and wiped anyone's memories of the event? Hey, maybe you're the third Robin that he'll admit to."

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    "I'm good. Superman was mentioning something about you helping the team out a bit ago. Nice work I think? I haven't read the reports." Like always - he says to Drake. "But I hear you make a fine addition to the team." Sluuurrrrppp. Shake half-disappears from the large container. "Mmmm. More partial to strawberry, but eh, chocolate is good too."

    "The deep dark. Yeah. Had some run-ins with a very interesting set of bad guys. Lantern Cosmic stuff, but has me scratching my head. I was going to ask Batman for help, but maybe we can chat sometime. See your take on it." Hal nods to Tim.

    "Chef...Andre..." Hal smiles. Shakes his head. And letsBarry do the questioning. "

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "We did a pretty good job out there I think, and Flash here and I helped get Superman out. It was my first time to Apocalype. I try to help where I can."

Flash has posed:
The Flash has been eating this entire time, but fortunately, he has the presence of mind to swallow and dab his lips with a napkin between bites, drinks, or spoonfuls. He was raised on a farm in Iowa, but that does not mean he was raised in a barn. "You want strawberry, we can get you a strawberry one." And just like that, he ran to the back, placing the order, and then back to his seat. A few minutes later Chef Andrew would come out with a Strawberry Milkshake for Green Lantern, "your milkshake, sir." It seems Batman didn't spring for an on call waiter.

"Yeah, Apokolips, nice place, if you like hellish areas that'll give you nightmares for a decade. Fire, brimstone, I think it actually rained cats and dogs, like, literal cats and dogs. I wasn't quite certain how they managed that. I mean, did they have someone in a plane throwing helpless cats and dogs out the airlock? Not for the faint of heart."

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    "Right, the whole Apokolips thing. I wasn't there for that...dealing with the jail break on Takron Galtos." Hal actually looks a little guilty for a moment. "I wish I was there, but yeah, you two did an amazing job. Well done." Sllluuuurrrppp. Hal finishes off the shake, and puts the empty glass on the table.

    When the Flash returns, Hal nods. "Well. Thanks Flash. Just what I need. Another shake." With a grin he grabs the strawberry shake, and begins to drink that one. "Better."

    The description of Apokolips was unique. Must be Barry. "It was a tough one for you all, but at least we won and brought the big guy back." Hal quickly finishes the shake.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods his head and says "Oh, speaking of green lantern duties and such, have you heard anything from Jade recently? She was looking to be part of a group I am forming but have not heard from her in a while." He admits "Not sure if I am the right choice to head out there but if I am needed going to do my best to help out. He looks over to Flash and says "Zippy, still running around?"

Flash has posed:
"It's a big Galaxy, don't sweat it. We handled it." The Flash reassured his friend, "besides, I know you - you'd have just made us look like Sam, Merry, and Pippin." Yet more food was consumed. Barry did at least stop to talk and breath between burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, and everything else on the table. Chef Andre would ask Tim and Hal, "would sirs care for anything?"

"Zipppy?" The Flash replied, "I know of a pilot call signed Zipper, there's OG Flash, Kid Flash, Impulse, Jesse Quick, who should really talk about endorsing NesQuick, Speed Demon, though he's not so nice, Quicksilver, who's less bad than Speed Demon, Mercury, the God, Dem-God, I'll have to ask Herc next time I see him, Velocity, and of course Professor Zoom, Inertia, Blue Trinity, Red Trinity, Speed Queen... I know I'm missing some. Can you narrow it down by costume colour, gender, skin tone, or hair at least?"

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    "No I actually haven't heard from Jade in some time." Hal frowns. "Something I need to look into." Hal takes a moment and then floats above the ground once more. "Hmmm." A green hand takes the finished shake and puts the glass on the table. "Anyway gents, I need to fly. Good to see you both."

    Listening as Flash goes on, Hal says, "I'm good. See you later!" With a final salute, Hal Jordan floats out the door, and down the hall. Then, with an emerald flash, he is gone.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks over to Andre "I am good thanks." He looks over to Hal, and says "Hope all is ok if you need something give me a hollar." He looks over to Flash and says "Kid pain in the rear, who we have about had to throw out of gotham.

Flash has posed:
And on that note, Barry has all but finished his meal... which was impressive. The man ate every bit. He hit pause on the tablet, which had been showing Groundhog Day, which he muted earlier when he was joined by company. Picking up all the dishes, he ferried them back to the kitchen at super speed, becoming a blur. He even cleaned them, doing his part to make Chef Andre's day a bit easier.

"Well, I'm sure that there will be someone who needs me down on the surface. And that's gotta be Impulse, supposedly my grandson... from the future, or an alternate reality. I'm not really sure. But I'm only one quarter of his genetic makeup. I'll take responsibility for 25% of him, and no more. The rest is up to his grandmothers and the other grandfather." And with that, he gave them both a salute, before zipping out in a red whirl.