I13DT - Perhaps You Can Fix Things

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:57 pm

"Because I don't understand them. Maybe that's just how she gets her jollies, but I don't really know. There's something going on there and Weaver copped to it being at least a little bit carnal, but she claimed it was mostly something else. And then we're right back into the goddess bullshit."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 12:59 pm

"So call her on it. Set some boundaries that she has to respect or you'll walk. Or ride, as it were."

"She's got to act like a bloody human being sometimes."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:02 pm

Allison leaned back against the wall and looked at the ceiling. "Corporate was so blessedly uncomplicated compared to this."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:03 pm

She snorts.

"I used to be a spook. This is a bloody holiday, for me."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:11 pm

"I'd imagine so," she said, looking at Dee with some additional respect.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:14 pm

"And that was excluding Pete Wisdom being a horrible lech in the equation."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:25 pm

"I'd heard rumors, but never talked to him directly."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:26 pm

"Perhaps for the better. I think he'd come back less a hand."

She holds up the repaired part.

"That ought to do it."

"Tell you what, I'll show you my baby if you show me yours."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:33 pm

"Sure. I owe you a 'thank you' for putting this back together for me anyway."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:42 pm

She holds the part out to Allison as she steps out into the workshop, making her way to a corner of it.

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:45 pm

Allison takes the part and follows along quietly, careful not to bump anything.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:49 pm

Reaching a console, she inputs a code, then places her hand on a metal panel. It doesn't seem to be a hand scanner, and she closes her eyes for a moment before hydraulic pistons hiss and a panel raises from the floor. It soon reveals itself to be a cradle for a suit of armor bearing the Union Jack. There are elements of it that are similar to Stark's designs, including a repulsor power source in the chest, but the helmet in particular has been redesigned to evoke the crested helmet of Britannia.

"Admittedly, no wheels."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:51 pm

"Very nice," she said with admiration. "Definitely not something you take out on joy rides though."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:59 pm

"Not without filing a flight plan for the most part. I usually do the performance trials in the Danger Room."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:01 pm

"It's not quite the same though. Just from personal experience."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:03 pm

"Of course it isn't, but I get less complaints," she smirks.

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:06 pm

"But complaints are half the fun sometimes. I can't tell you the number of times someone's giving me the finger when I'm on my bike."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:07 pm

"Tends to be a bit harder to see that at Mach 2."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:10 pm

"But they're there in spirit," she said with a chuckle. She held out her hand towards the suit, "May I?"

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:13 pm

"Be my guest. I'm sure anything will buff out," she chuckles.

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:15 pm

"Just proper etiquette you know," she said, putting her hand on the suit and tracing some of the lines on it.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:19 pm

"I think the helmet was the biggest part of making it my own. Stark tends to favor certain lines when he designs, so that was one of the first things I changed when I left."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:21 pm

"You can see the influence, but it's definitely different."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:25 pm

"By now, I think the repulsors are the only bit that's still his design. I wasn't looking to reinvent the wheel, there."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:31 pm

"He does know his way around some things," she agreed. "I promised to show you my baby, though she is admittedly far less impressive, especially in her currently injured state."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:39 pm

"Get a last good look then. Have to lock it up to keep it away from the kiddies," she says as she steps back over to the metal panel.

"I swear, one of these days I'll hear that blasted AI talking out of it."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:42 pm

Allison just looked at her for a moment, "No... no... don't want to know." She stepped back away from the suit.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:45 pm

"You'll meet her eventually. I could call her here now, if you really wanted."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:54 pm

"One weirdness hurdle at a time," she said. "It might overload my feline sensibilities otherwise."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:55 pm

"Suit yourself. She's quite friendly," she says as she closes her eyes for a moment, hand on the plate.

Shortly, the hydraulics hiss and the armor retreats back into the floor.

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 2:59 pm

"Mine's out in the garage," she said, turning towards the door. "Surroundings aren't nearly as cool."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 3:04 pm

"As a half-dark workshop? We'll see," she chuckles as she goes to follow Allison out.

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 4:58 pm

The majority of the bike frame is intact, but the engine's been removed and is currently in a state of dis-assembly. "I had another one in the states, but I decided shipping one across the pond was going to be expensive enough."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 4:59 pm

"And as you said, you're in a hurry."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:10 pm

Allison sighed, "I'm kidding myself if I think this thing is going anywhere any time soon. She's in horrible shape."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:12 pm

"There is a certain drama to it though, isn't there?"

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:16 pm

"One previous boyfriend and one previous girlfriend got the ride off into the sunset treatment," she nodded. "Sometimes it's good for what ails you."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:17 pm

"Simply have to plan ahead, or the timing doesn't work out."

by **Allison Rogers** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:21 pm

"And in one case, I lived in the complete opposite direction, but sometimes you have to put form over function."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon May 05, 2014 5:23 pm

"There's just something dreadfully American about it all," she smirks.

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