9232/Meanwhile, back at Mansion Alpha

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Meanwhile, back at Mansion Alpha
Date of Scene: 17 September 2019
Location: Mansion Alpha, Tamarind Island, British Columbia
Synopsis: Nita and Dinah cross paths in Mansion Alpha, and also do a little catching up.
Cast of Characters: Namorita, Black Canary




Namorita has posed:
Alpha Flight's headquarters may be an actual -Mansion-, but the place still has a business-like air about it. True enough there are all the formal rooms one would expect in a mansion, but there are also places like the training rooms and the control center.

The latter is where Nita happens to be at the moment. Barefoot, the swimsuit-clad Atlantean flips idly between display consoles while sipping a lemonade. Yes, there are problems all over the world. But most of them are simply -elsewhere-. Right now she's tuned one of the vid screens into an American news broadcast about recent Sentinel activities.

Black Canary has posed:
Dinah Drake has been out of the country, as it were, for some time now. With Black Canary gearing up for a new album release in the next few months, Dinah has been making the rounds of the media circus, er, circuit. TV and radio talk shows. The morning shows broadcast across the US from New York city. Add to that, she has been working out of Gotham City to give the Birds of Prey some extra boots on the ground given the (constant) issues there.

Even so a wordly wise traveller needs to come home sooner than later. Emerging from the portal room, the blonde glances into the control center and lightly raps her knuckles against the doorframe.

"Looocy - I'm hooome!" she sing songs with a light grin.Walking into the room she looks from the many displays to Namorita. "Hi Namorita. Anything going on?" she inquires curiously.

Namorita has posed:
Namorita turns her head at the sound, pausing with lemonade raised to her lips. Those lips pull back into a small smile at the sight of the shorter teammate. "Well look who it is. The prodigal blonde returns." she quips back. Setting the glass down carefully, she leans away from the console.

"Don't you have some world tour to prepare for? Signing boobs and butts of crazed fans, trashing hotel rooms, and generally misbehaving? Isn't that what you rock-stars do?" Giving a soft chuckle, she adds. "Good to see you again, Dinah."

Black Canary has posed:
Dinah Drake laughs. "That's exactly what we do. I went to the Keith Moon school for Badly Behaved Rock Stars" she says with a cheeky grin.

Once the glass of lemonade is set down, Dinah goes and helps herself to a sip. Bad behavior after all. "mm. Remind me to have you handle drinks at the next Alpha family picnic. That's some good stuff. It'd be better with some vodka. Just sayin'" she winks.

"And yeah. I figured I'd almost forgotten how to find my way back here so I should show up before I had to call Triple-Eh to get directions. That would be embarrasing!"

Looking to the other woman again she tilts her head, "How've things been Nita? Anything going on on this side of the continent?"

Namorita has posed:
Nita doesn't seem to mind having her lemonade poached, and she leaves it to Dinah. "I'm sure the vodka would help, yeah. But I've been known to get... out of control... when I get too drunk." It's just a slight mood-dampener, then her expression brightens again.

"All's quiet on the Western Front, as they say." The Atlantean shrugs. "But I suppose that's why we're up here, really. In case the Sentinels decide to fly over the Arctic Circle or something."

Black Canary has posed:
Dinah Drake sets the glass back down after her sip. Just being impish it seems. She nods. "Alcohol is the great equalizer. It'll make everyone pay eventually" which is probably a first hand affirmation.

"Quiet is good until the walls start closing in. Or giant killer robots show up and start attacking."

Namorita has posed:
Namorita lets out a theatrical sigh. "Oh, what I would't -give- for a giant killer robot invasion..." she replies with a twitch of her upper lip. "We can always hope, I guess." She reaches for the lemonade to take another sip, then. "Seriously, though, when does your tour start? And what would it take to persuade you to add a couple of roadies to your entourage? I promise you that I can carry my own weight."

Black Canary has posed:
Dinah Drake grins. "I hear you sister. I wouldn't mind screaming at a dozen or so myself.."

A groan and nod are followed by her reply, "I came home to try and forget the tour is coming up. The album release is in two weeks actually. They want us to start touring no more than five weeks after. The rest of the band wants to start three or no more than four weeks after release." A resigned chuckle slips out. "Well we always need roadies. Maybe even a backup dancer or two.." she muses while eyeing Nita in the swimsuit. "At the very least I'm pretty sure backstage passes and front row tickets are in your future. If you want." Dinah winks and yawns spontaneously. "oh man. I'm more worn out than I realized. I think I'm gonna go crash for a few hours? If you're free maybe we can catch dinner then or at least get takeout if you're still on duty."