[h1][b][i][color=CC99FF][center]Dorian Gray[/center][/color][center][color=E948FC]Danni Kingston[/color][/center][center][color=00ffff]Victoria Van Dyne[/color][/center][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/363556781537886208/1110015040666468393/tree-d-wannabe.png[/img][/center][center][/center][hr][center][color=CC99FF][b]Location[/b][/color]: Kree Ship
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A lot was going through Dorian's mind as Vicky began to speak. It started with a smile as he began to extend his hand out towards her as she introduced herself. But then, he caught the eye roll. The introduction clearly wasn't a genuine one, prompting Dorian to pull his hand back, at first slowly but then with a snap. Her tone was coated with sarcasm as she went on to degrade all of his friends and acquaintances for how they handled the situation. It was very the pot calling the kettle black. According to her the sensible option was to back away and do nothing yet she made it seem like Diana’s choice to teleport out wasn’t the same as what she had just suggested. Her speech was hypocritical and at best bitchy. The more she went on the more upset Dorian got. It was a mixture of anger and anxiety, a fine line of wanting to snap back at her and wanting to hide away. She claimed she was only human, but her previous punches in training suggested otherwise. With her strength she could’ve easily lifted a large rock and slammed it on the flaming assholes. As soon as she got up to match his gaze Dorian phased out into the Astral Realm. It gave him just a moment to think and collect himself as he could hear Teddy trying to talk to him about his birthday. Right. How could he forget? Dorian scrubbed his face with his hands in frustration before he allowed himself to be seen, still intangible in his ghostly state so that if Victoria had decided to throw fists it at least wouldn’t be capable of landing.

Dorian gently kicked off of the ground, hovering an inch above the grass before lifting his legs up and crossing them criss-cross as he floated in front of Vicky thinking of what best to say. Peeking over her shoulder he shouted back towards Teddy awkwardly. [color=CC99FF]”Uh…I’m seventeen now?”[/color] He didn’t mean to make the statement into a question but the big gallook was confusing him more than his reading earlier when he was told the short angry imp would be he destined love. Dorian’s attention went back towards Vicky as he crossed his arms and looked her up and down. [color=CC99FF]”You say you’re only ‘uman, which ok t’at's kinda weird not gonna lie. Most everyone ‘ere is some kinda non-’uman, even t’e ones t’at were ‘ave ‘ad some sort of chemical alteration to give t’em powers. But t’at’s not really ‘ere or t’ere. You’re in a super [i]’ero[/i] school, so act like it. You can’t sit ‘ere and t’ink you’re taking t’e moral ‘igh ground while acting like a coward t’at just doesn’t get involved in ot’ers affairs just because t’ey [i]’ave[/i] powers unlike you. Oh, and t’at suit? Can’t you just, I don't know, call it? If not t’at’s a pretty poor design flaw to ‘ave to go and suit up each time t’ere's trouble. Even Iron Man made portable suits and pieces for on t’e go crime when ‘e couldn’t be bot’ered to call up a full suit.”[/color] Dorian squinted as he stared at her closely before shifting his position, legs still criss-cross as he flipped himself upside and examined her. [color=CC99FF]”No, I t’ink t’ere’s somet’ing more to t’is t’an you're being unprepared for an attack.”[/color] He replied, his tone level and full of curiosity as he spoke. 

Danni blinked as his magic eight ball [i]poofed[/i] into the Ara Ara realm or whatever it was (Dee reminded him everytime but honestly, he didn't care enough to remember). He gestured exasperatedly at the blank space Danni once occupied, but it wasn't empty long. Danni nodded along with Dee, mostly because besties and not that he was particularly engaged in the conversation but when Dee was done, Danni fixed Vicky with a look-what-you've-done look. [color=E948FC]"It's 'is birt'day and look what you've done, upsetti t'e spaghetti. First, a nasty freshie, t'en [i]bees[/i], and now you."[/color] Danni whined at Vicky. [color=E948FC]"I t'ought you just… vibed, or whatever. Why we gettin' spicy? It was just a question."[/color] 

Frankly, Danni didn't really know much about Vicky other than tough in a fight. He'd been happy with his friends but she'd always seemed to stay firmly on the sidelines, regardless of how large he grew that group. It was her loss really. Who wouldn't want to be his friend!

As he was talking, Victoria saw Dorian’s power’s antics and cursed in her head. [color=00FFFF][i]Ghost![/i][/color] In hindsight, that should not surprise her, she had information on how his powers worked. Seeing it from up close was something else though. Also, she realized just how close she came to being revealed. If he decided to poke his head through her and saw a bunch of machinery instead of a beating heart, well… Guy might have questions. She instinctively took half a step away from him.

As that was going on, he yelled something and someone behind her, something Vicky could not be bothered to pay attention to right now. [color=00FFFF]“What do you mean, weird? There are plenty of examples even on the Avengers and elsewhere of unpowered humans having a place here. Stark, Rhodes, Burton, Pym, Williams, and that’s just from the top of my head.”[/color] she shrugged, not seeing his point.

The other point he was trying to make though, he was just plain wrong on. [color=00FFFF]“And do what, get stung or set on fire with the rest of you? How will that help. Let me remind you that it’s common practice with any first responders not to go in if it is too dangerous for themselves. Firemen won’t charge into a burning building if the roof might collapse, nor would cops engage a rampaging madman in an uparmored bulldozer with just handguns.”[/color] she said, before giving him a withering look, [color=00FFFF]”And, I never claimed to have moral high ground. I just think a bunch of Supes should be able to handle themselves. I signed up to this place because I want to learn how to protect regular folks from the likes of you, not to save superpowered people from themselves. The first thing is already hard enough.”[/color] she shared, since he seemed so keen on picking her brain.

[color=00FFFF]“As far as the suit goes, you say design flaw, I say security measure. How many times was something of Stark’s stolen? No such issue with my stuff. Not that it’s not a moot point, as making even the entire suit, let alone the individual pieces autonomous, would require so many resources… If you know of a couple hundred thousand dollars just lying on the street waiting to be picked up, I’m all ears. I don’t have Stark money to throw at the problem, you know? My first suit was literally built from scrapyard finds, and arc reactors are famously difficult to find there.”[/color] she pouted, but tapped her finger on her lips in thought, “You might be onto something with some handbag utilities, though. I’ll have to think on that.”

When Danni joined up, she just shrugged him off: [color=00FFFF]“Hey, your homeboy just started mouthing off at me. I literally sat here and did nothing. He’s only got himself to blame for being upset.”[/color]

Dorian felt a prickly sensation as Danni stepped in to help him out in his own way. Nothing he said was wrong by any means, but he wasn't sure how well Victoria would react to those comments. He wasn't the type of person to sit around and collect folios on people's habits, behaviors, and skillets because…really what kind of person does that? Everything was mostly based on vibes, as both he and Danni knew, and you either ran with them or went against them. Vicky, ofcourse, didn't seem too thrilled with anything that came out of his mouth, but he could see the mental gears turning as she switched from chewing them out to actually thinking about what Dorian had suggested. 

As much as Appa always tried to instill some sense of monetary relevance in their life, his dad would simply win over by just creating the thing they needed or wanted. Money held little value to Dorian, as it apparently had back in Genosha as well. He didn't subscribe to the idea of capitalism, but then again why would he when his father could simply make something rather than buy it? So the thought of Vicky being strapped for cash on the makings of a suit managed to click a little light bulb inside of Dori's brain. It was clear that attack Vicky was down and chill Vicky was back in action, which…thank gods because Dorian didn't know if he could handle any more drama on this day. [Color=CC99FF]"It's fine Danni. I t'ink she's calmed down enough to just talk."[/color] He said as he swirled around her before stopping in front of her just inches before her face. [Color=CC99FF]"If you need 'elp with 'andbag utilities I know my way around a few electronics. Built ma PC maself after all. T'ough I don't 'ave money jus lying around no more désolé."[/color]

Danni thought this was going to be a thing, but apparently it wasn't? This had been an emotional rollercoaster of a day and he wasn't mentally prepared for [i]another[/i] situation today. [color=E948FC] "Oh, t'ank God. I don't t'ink I could 'ave 'andled anot'er 'situation' today."[/color] Danni sighed with relief. [Color=E948FC] "It's really just been one t'ing after anot'er today, Vicky. Like, carnival's been fun but also when will it end? 'onestly, I'm surprised I'm not breakin' out."[/color]

[color=E948FC] "And just call like, a sorcerer or somet'ing for all your fancy gizmos. Just draw out want you want and t'ey can just, you know, "[/color] Danni wiggled his fingers and snapped in a pathetic attempt to copy Max, [color=E948FC] "T'ey just make it happen! T'ough, I t'ink a little pom pom would be adorable for a handbag, or maybe cluster circles chains you know? Guess it depends on t'e material, but t'ey even make little daggers you can clip onto one if you're feelin' t'e edge. What kind of 'andbags do you 'ave? Are t'ey brand name or are t'ey knock off? Not t'at knock offs are bad, but t'ey are… you know. I can make some recommendations if you 'ave some pics of t'e collection!"[/color]

[color=00FFFF][i]Yeah, sure, let me just call up one of my plethora of sorcerer friends and ask them for a freebie. Oh, and like I am about to take fashion advice from someone who presently looks like the demon love child of Michael Jackson and a clown- No! No. No. Bad Vicky. They’re just trying to be nice in their own way.[/i][/color] Victoria caught herself before she said something else she would regret.

As soon as she took another step away from Dorian while grumbling something about personal space, she tried to rephrase the same without sounding like she wanted to take their happiness and grind it into powder under her heel and feast on their tears. [color=00FFFF]“Well, I have to say I am short on magical friends. Not that I would want to indebt myself to them or that it would not feel bad to rely on the charity of others. Besides, I’m an engineer at heart. Coming up with the thing and building it is my idea of fun past time.”[/color] She smiled, [color=00FFFF]“And for a small bit, I  think I can use some of the spare parts for the armor without compromising my action readiness. We’ll see.”[/color]

She left the note of the day being awful without a note. No need to bother them with the fact that hers was just as bad. Turning to Danni, she fished her phone out of her pocket and quickly found a webstore [url=https://www.katespade.com/products/knott-commuter-bag/K7913.html??orsocode=RAN&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rakuten&utm_term=2116208&ogmap=AFF|RTN|TnL5HPStwNw|STND|MULTI|SITEWIDE|MAIN||10|1168746|||&ranMID=42608&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-JemA94s9ygTXhWSQO_nucw&RSSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-JemA94s9ygTXhWSQO_nucw]link[/url], showing the pictures to him. [color=00FFFF]“Aren’t pom poms for like… cheerleaders? I like to dress for business. I’ve got this thing. It’s sturdy, carries a ton of stuff and it's got a shoulder strap for longer trips. As far as daggers go… Considering how badly I got my ass handed to me by my roommate at the sparring thing, I think I’d rather pistol-whip a bitch if it came to close range. Oh, that gives me an idea already.”[/color] she grinned.

Dorian grinned as Vicky clearly shifted tones and became friendlier, even so far as to indulge them in their helpful ideas for how she could be better prepared for next time. He gently glided backwards until he was floating by Danni's side, attempting to punch him in the arm but finding that his fist phased through Danni's bicep. [Color=CC99FF]"I was worried it'd be anot'er t'ing too but if I've learned anyt'ing it's t'at t'e power of friendship wins every time!"[/color] He beamed with delight, the thought of how he hadn't shown that chance to Percy ate away at the corners of his smile. [Color=CC99FF]"Besides you don't need to know a sorcerer immediately! We're at AA chère, t'ere's tons of people 'ere who might 'ave magic. I know one actually, 'ere names Mads she's …somewhere around 'ere."[/color] He was glad to see even just this conversation was sparking up ideas for her. To him, [i]this[/i] was what AA was all about. Comradery and the pooling of minds to help young heros become great ones. Having outside perspective in one's powers or abilities could show them new ways to utilize them that the person may never have thought of.