9316/Trouble with a T for Titans

Trouble with a T for Titans
Date of Scene:	25 September 2019
Location:	Lobby, Titans Tower
Synopsis:	Zach Zatara, Robin, and Danger help scope out Negasonic's sketchy birthday presents.
Cast of Characters:	Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Robin (Wayne), Zachary Zatara, Danger

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Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
The towers systems will alert anyone who is paranoid or just wired in that Negasonic has entered the lobby. Along with an unidentified person. That unidentified person is easily six and a half feet tall, built like an ox. He is basically a giant among men and could easily be mistaken for a Russian Bodybuilder in the Olympics.

"Ugn... okay so .. I do not see why you can't wait in the car Piotr. I mean I am right here. Things are fine." there is a pause "There is totally a waiting area though.. you can.. I dunno read a book or watch a movie on your phone."

"Is not so bad Ellie. Is good you meet new people. Make friends, da?" is the reply from the Russian giant. "I entertain self while you take care of whatever business you have with your friends and then we get back before too late. Is school night."

There is a groan from Negasonic then she taps her t-comm "Is anyone home that can take a look at what may or may not be a magic doohicky of malicious consequences for me?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian doesn't comment on com, but very shortly after Ellie finishes asking about some help, Robin spreads his cape and cushions his landing.

  "What is it?" He asks, not that angry, just matter of factly. His white eyelets, just for a moment flash wide as he sees a rather unusually large Russian. That flash of surprise, a rare thing to see from the Titans leader, was not hidden by a hood or anything more than his mask, which shows all of his facial expression.

  Robin walks at a steady pace to the two, stopping just short enough that he won't have to look too far up to speak with the mountain of a man. "Negasonic." He comments, with a nod.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Did someone say ~magic~?"

The voice comes simultaneously from the t-comm and the room at large, and seems to herald the presence of a growing purple plume of smoke that crawls to the lobby's center, expands, and reforms into an impeccably dressed teenage boy with a soft *poof*.

"Figured this doohicky out," Zachary Zatara flashes his own communicator to Robin, recognizing him as the leader of the group and probably the one who sent it his way. "And I didn't even cast a spell!" Yes, he's very impressed with himself, for following his elder cousin's advice not to cheat.

"What's your issue...?" He doesn't recognize Negasonic and leaves a conversational blank for her to fill with her name.

Danger has posed:
Walking in, Danger smiles as she has taken on the guise that someone suggested and it is...likely quite weird. She looks fairly similar to Alita. Straight out of the movie. She smiles as she walks in, considering the room and tilting her head, "Someone needed something magical looked at? I have experience with this." She states and nods her head as she approaches Nega as well as Damian, "I once analyzed a being that was saturated with magic down to the cellular level right before he ripped my head off." She nods her head a little.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Well... Ellie definitely recognizes two of the three who answer the T-com but not the third. She glances at Piotr and then at the three who have so far showed up.

"Right.. uh... this is Colossus. Colossus this is Danger... and Robin." indicating. "We had some incidents at school recently and no one can go out without a buddy... which is really a pain in the ass.

Piotr with his russian accent. "Not pain. Security. Hopefully be over soon da and then we can all get back to doing normal lives." he will pause in what sounds like teacher lecture mode as Negasonic just looks sullen at him. "Nice to meet some of Negasonics teammates, good young heroes." then raise his hand in a wave and then head over to the reception area and settle his frame into a chair.

Which is when Ellie turns back to the team members who showed up. "Maaybe magic. It was my birthday yesterday and a couple people sent me some wild presents and ... I want to see if they are messing with me or if they might be the real deal and dangerous if misused."

There is a smile to Danger "No one should be ripping off heads...and ..." to Zachary "Who are you.. I'm Negasonic Teenage Warhead.. but you can call me Negasonic like most people...." she waves a hand to where the smoke has wisped away. "Do you do the magicks then?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian nods to Piotr. "Strasvitya." He comments before the man takes a seat.

  Robin looks to both Zach and Danger as they add in their own observations. "One of our newest recruits, he passed the test it seems." He comments on Zach's presence at Titans Tower.

  Robin let's the others take the lead on here, for sure Zach has more experience when it comes to magic, even though Damian has fought more than his fair share of magic.

  He slips behind the group, just behind them to allow them full access to what it was Ellie brought.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Zachary Zatara, in the flesh," The boy magician approaches and scoffs, "Pffft. Do I do magic, she asks. Did Doug Henning have a cheesy mustache?" A beat.

"The answer is yes. It was atrocious," A pair of white gloves float from his pocket and fit themselves onto his slender fingers. "First off, Happy Birthday, Negasonic! I hope you got everything you asked for and more. How old did you turn? You look young. I suppose that's why you're on the Titans."

A smile plastered on his face, Zach continues, "Second. Do you have this item? Are they candles? If so, do not blow them out under any circumstances."

Danger has posed:
Watching Negasonic, she turns for a moment to smile at Piotr and hmms, "You are quite large." She states simply to him before she nods, and looks back over to Negasonic, "It is ok, I built a new one." She nods her head, "Very easy, really." She then looks to the side and hmms, "Oh, not allowed to leave without escort and such. I see. I was once told not to do so as well. I did it anyway." She nods her head, "Apparently, it was the right thing to do or something. I am not fully sure I understood. I met two men, one in a mask with a cape and the other in a mask that moved like an ink blot. They fought a strong lady as big as that man."

She nods to Piotr, "They proceeded to hurt her." She then looks back at Negasonic only to notice Zachary's trick and look at it with fascination, "Magic is always amazing to me. Such wondorous things happen in many spectrums when it happens."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I turned 18.. I'm just not tall... and man if they were candles my bag would be on fire.. where the fuck would I hide lit candles..." she gives Zach a bemused look.

"Language!" from over in the seating area, with a russian accent, then the big guy nods to Danger "Da, I am told I am quite large." and he is back to reading a magazine.

"Aren't you the guy with the magic streaming channel?" she studies Zach then nods and crouches down slinging her backpack off and opening it up. "Okay item number one, probably maybe not magic but.. eeh..." she pulls out a leather necklace, it has five very large teeth on it, they look like dinosaur or teeth maybe, the central tooth has a ruby in it. "Okay so what do you think about this item... I know a bit but I want the unbiased answer." showing them to Danger and Zachary.

Those are not dinosaur teeth. Those are very much not a random thing from a gift shop. Those are quite literal dragon teeth, five of them, and one with a precious stone. There is a legend about that if someone is knowledgable about Greek mythology.

"As for the buddy system, I don't want to flunk out or live in detention so I figured playing by this rule .. with all the Sentinels running around.. not to bad an idea."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Robin keeps to himself, he's seen dragon teeth, but that was about the extent of his knowledge on that matter.

  A hand reaches to a pocket on his belt, palming something and keeping his hand at his waist while the others talked. He waited and paid attention to what was going on.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Naturally, you'd have to light them first," Zachary nods, smiling wider, "That is I. What I do there isn't quite the same, as what I figure I'm going to be doing on this team, though. Still magic, if you ask me. Just a different sort. Can I touch it?"

If allowed, he comes closer and lets one of the hanging teeth rest on his palm. Whether he is able or not, he hums and begins to pull out his phone and type something in it. "Don't worry, I'm not googling it," He gives Nega a little wink, before regarding Danger for the first time. "You think that parlor trick's cool? Oh, I have sooo much to show you."

"Okay, I'm gonna try something," He reads over what he wrote a few times, then slips it back into his pocket. His hands come out, a golden glow pulsing through his arms, as he draws magic from his very soul, and when he speaks again, there is magic, an echo that pushes against reality itself. "Htoot dna walc. Nommus eht s'tsaeb egami!"

The spell summons forth a great beast, massive and winged, coiling and quickly stretching out to consume most of the occupied space in the lobby. It is the ancient Dragon, creature of Ares, and it roars.

"Just an illusion," Zach chuckles. "I hope."

Danger has posed:
A blink and then Danger stares at it for a moment. She looks at the teeth and then considers, "They are real animal teeth from an animal that-" She looks to Zach and then up at hte illusion. She considers it, "Yes, that would be a likely candidate for something that would have these teeth." She considers the size of the dragon, "This is very interesting. How do you make such a thing without projectors of some sort?" She looks around and then reaches out lightly and shakes her head, "It is not there and yet it does show up on several spectrums of light."

She then smiles at Nega, "Sentinels are an interesting creation but hardly seem efficient." She shakes her head. She then looks back at the illusion, "I still need to further study this. It could be important to future endeavours."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Well Robin doesn't seem freaked out by the young magic type so Negasonic carefully extends the necklace and lets Zach handle it a bit and then watches what he is doing.

It sounds really odd listening to someone speak backwards. "Is that supposed to . . o ooo holy shit..." as the illusion fills the whole lobby there and she almost tosses the necklace. She does manage to keep ahold of it in the end and steps back a step looking around. "It better be an illusion or we are totally destroying the lobby I bet in a minute Zatara..." she eyes it "Though.. I guess the necklace is certifiable badass... man Ms. Croft was an odd history teacher."

"Study... it for what Daro?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Robin uses the distraction of the projection to make his move. He palms what he took out of his utility belt and swiftly and gently slips it into the pocket of Ellie's jacket. He moved with the grace and skill of a master assassin, and back to on the other (right) side of Negasonic.

  Robin looks to the necklace and nods. "Badass, yes."

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"It's an illusion," Zachary says, more firmly, and Danger confirms it. "You know. Just a bit of hocus pocus. You can go away now. Ack. Og yawa." And just as quickly as it came, the dragon vanishes. "Those, if I am not mistaken, are the teeth of an ancient dragon. I wouldn't plant those teeth if I were you, but if you do, gimme a call so I can help kill whatever comes out."

His card appears, and he hands it to Elle. Of course, he doesn't notice Robin being a sneaky ninja, or he does and thinks nothing of it. Likely, he's too caught up in his own performance. "The real badass is whoever gave you them."

Danger has posed:
A look over at Zachary as he explains, she awaits his finish before adding, "I do not know for sure what makes a badass but I do know that those teeth are quite the gift. Planting them should have no effect other than putting teeth in the ground." SHe nods her head, "Though that would be a waste." She nods her head before considering, "Unless that is more of that magic stuff in which case I am unclear. As for study, I should study the magic that is done here and in other places to attempt to ascertain its secrets. That is what I was referring to."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie does not notice Robin being a sneaky thoughtful ninja. She ahs and accepts the card from Zach and looks it over there. "Will do Zach.... and well she was a history teacher at school for a while. Lara Croft.. I am honestly not entirely sure what she is doing these days but good to know I made an impression.. she said they can sow discord or something."

Ellie then crouches back down and puts the necklace back in the bag and removes a black box and straightens opening it.

This one is easy, it looks like a monkeys paw "Is this for real like for real and four wishes and liable to curse the hell out of me if I use one?"

Yes. The answer is Yes. Don't wish on a monkeys paw.

"Studying seems legit Daro... not sure if anyone can just study magic though..."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "Fuuuuck, who'd you piss off?" He exclaims once the monkey's paw is brought out. He's seen his fair share of closed paws in his journeys.

  He crosses his arms and keeps watching for now, though he's tempted to just throw that monkey paw in the garbage, nothing good can come from them.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Yeah, definitely don't do that," Zachary takes one glance at the box's contents, frowns, and closes it. "That's a wiiilld thing to give someone on their birthday. And you mean 'the' Lara Croft? The video game character?" She is undoubtedly more than that, and Zach knows this, but he's also just a teenage boy. Who happens to dabble in the occult.

"And I can lend you a few tomes, though magic can be pretty hard to grasp without any inborn talent," He explains. "Still possible, just requires more...scarfices."

Turning to Robin suddenly, he asks, "So when do I get my room? I assume you all have your own rooms."

Danger has posed:
Staring at the thing as it comes out, she considers and stares for a long moment, "An internet search indicates that that is either the paw of an unfortunate monkey or the paw of an unfortunate monkey that will grant you wishes that are typically going to be maligned to make you wish you had never wished them." Danger nods her head and then shrugs, "Either way, I do not recommend holding it." She then turns a little, "I must go and work on things." She then turns and walks back toward her room, pausing briefly to look back, "Oh, and happy birthday." She then walks on.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
The reactions actually say a lot there as she accepts the closed box from Zach. "Well the person who gave me it is the Demon Queen of Limbo... but also a pretty good friend..."

Piotr "She not give you anything that hurt you Ellie but perhaps talk to my sister before you go and use it da?"

"Aaaanyhow... yeah." she ducks and tucks it into her back. "Also yeah.. that Lara Croft I guess... she taught me world history one semester." a light shrug. "Do we all get rooms?"

"Thanks Daro... it was a good birthday... though man our lives are wierd."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian looks fromEllie to Zach and nods. "You do. Some stay here permanently, some use Titans Tower as a secondary home. If I need to be here it is usually easier to sleep here after patrol with Batman." It was no secret that Robin was mostly nocturnal, but he in fact takes two four hour sleeps in the day to keep up appearances as Damian Wayne.

  "Demon Queen...sounds like a case for exorcism, I have the means to contact one of the best, if you need." He comments idly, he didn't think well of demons, of any sort. Even his maternal surname. He also seemed to not hear the part of her being Ellie's friend.

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Demon Queen of Limbo." Zachary's eyes narrow, like he's not sure if Nega is fucking with him or not. Then the giant Russian is supporting the claim, and he smirks. "Wow, and I thought I've been around the ethereal block. Here you are meeting demonic monarchs." That's one he'll have to relay back to Zatanna if she's not too busy.

He looks at Robin, as he speaks, his green eyes lingering a bit on the younger boy's familiar face. Odd! "Noted, fearless leader. I have a few things I should probably move in. Do you guys allow pets? 'Course you do, there's Beast Boy."

Back to Nega, he tilts his head. "Any more birthday artifacts of doom?"

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"My sister is not a Demon, she just rules Limbo. She is good kid. No need for exorcism and she probably cut the poor priests arm off if one tried." at which point Colossus gets up from the couch carefully returning the magazine. "We should head back to school now though. School night."

Ellie looks very put upon, I mean she did say she turned eighteen yesterday right. "Ugn... fine.. fine you're right." she zips her pack closed and slings it over her shoulder now.

"I'll check out the open rooms next time, that sounds rad... also no offense to Colossus but I'll probably have my girlfriend be my buddy for my next visit. She is awesome." stepping away Ellie pauses "Don't forget Vorpal and no more presents of doom.. just a motorcycle and a nice jacket and some stuff.... so and yeah nice to meet you Zach.. I'll have to stalk your channel a bit more."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "Ahh, not a demon. Alright then. But John Constantine is no priest, far from it, she would probably garner more favor if she did cut his arm off." He chuckles before he nods to Ellie and Piotr. "Dasvidanya." He offers, his Russian accent had something to be desired l, but he could speak it, more than hello and goodbye.

  Zach's question about pets gets a laugh. "You have not met Goliath, apparently. But he is no pet."

Zachary Zatara has posed:
"Make sure to subscribe!" Zachary calls after Nega, with a wave. "Happy Birthday, again."

"That's a kick-ass name," He remarks to Robin once Ellie and her huge protector leave. "For a loser, anyway." Yeah, he was raised Catholic and knows that story like the back of his hand. "I was asking for Bunny. Not a very original name, but I was, like, ten. She's also not exactly a pet." Not anymore, at least.