(if he were really cool, he'd roll up 15 minutes late with aldribucks. but, he isn't cool, and he hasn't found a Starbucks knock-off, so here he is, five damn minutes before the time established, because keeping someone waiting is rude as hell. his aunt taught him better.
this place is actually very comfortable for peter. the lightning being dim, the music low, it's not an assault on his senses, like he'd expect a bar to be. finding her is also pretty easy, so he'll come to sit next to her, hands making a gesture of 'here i am'.)
[He's treated to one of her signature bright smiles, one that looks genuinely pleased to see him. As promised, she is working, wiping down some glasses behind the bar -- but that's not the only reason for the abrupt invitation. She knew it wouldn't be busy tonight, and he seems like the kind of guy who might get nervous if it were too lively and bustling. The quieter atmosphere hopefully will make him feel more comfortable, and it's early enough that everybody should keep well enough to themselves.]
Uh, yeah, I mean. I finished what I had to do for the projects earlier, and it's not like it's a school night or anything, so I thought - no harm in checking something out, like you said, totally, right? And, I guess I have some stuff to ask you too about this place, so might as well.
(he's such a chatterbox, is she sure she wants him as company, because he's half-expecting to be kicked out, and that makes him talk even more.)
Uh, Scott's shades, for one. Running some math to make sure the surrounding material can withstand the lasers, it's a lot more theoretical right now before I can start building, I wanna make sure it's all like, sound before I test so we don't waste material. Uh, jet fuel, also working on that, and other few things. This android came to see me too, so she's next up on the list, I should start making easy temporary replacements for her in case something happens.
(robotics club nerds like him would be amazed. either way, he's going to take those peanuts, because the menu-- oof, he has no idea what to pick...)
... Alright, you pick, okay? You got experience with customers and everything, let's see if you're good.
They're not lasers, they're optic blasts. Force, not heat.
[Said immediately, because if this guy is trying to do something for Scott, he'd better at least know what he's working with! Also jet fuel, weird, but okay, there's no jets here as far as she knows, but whatever, everybody needs a hobby. And then-]
When you say android, are you talking about Aigis? [She pulls the menu back, and before he can answer, also adds,] What kind of flavors do you like? Juice, not alcohol.
(also faster to say. he doesn't say 'i have a sense in which my brain processes information before i consciously do and then reacts to it automatically', he says '6th sense', which kinda just sounds like he sees ghosts, really.)
Uh, lemonade-- and, yeah, that's her. From, uh, experience? Something breaks and you have a big problem, so it's easier to have a replacement that's available and fast than to wait until a real one is finished to get up and go.
[She's biased because she thinks Scott's cool, but that's neither here nor there. Anyway, if he likes lemonade, then she'll just make him a simple cocktail with lemonade, a bit of vodka, and a lemon-lime soda with crushed ice. Emphasis on a bit, because based on their earlier conversation, she's about 99% sure he's never drank anything alcoholic before, and she doesn't want him to have a bad time. She learned her lesson from Akechi several months ago!]
Have you worked a lot with that kind of stuff? Optic blasts and robots?
Uh, not really by myself. I don't have the money to make any of this really happen at home, I know how things work and if I had the means, I could do it. Mr. Stark-- though I think you probably don't have him in your world... Well, he made the-- uh, the thing. He's a multi-billionaire, so I'm not even close to that.
(scholarships saving his future since 2001, but it's fine. it never really bothered him, it's a fact of life.
his eyes do watch the vodka, and he gulps a little bit. god bless her, he'll do it, but oh god. he's never done it. would his weird DNA make it worse? make it nothing? he has no idea.)
Oooh, wow. Kind of like Kirijo-senpai's family, then!
[Kotone's picturing a private beach, actual maids in frilly dresses, secret projects into the human unconscious-- okay maybe not that last one, but still! Sounds like the Kirijo Group as far as she's concerned, so she doesn't even bat an eye. Why wouldn't a multi-billionaire give a teenager crazy powerful tech?
Anyway she mixes the cocktail with all the ease of someone who's literally been doing this job for almost a year, sliding it across the bar to him with a smile and a wink.]
(... sure, kotone... stark would actually love the maids in frilly dresses - does miss pots care about it? he never really asked, a little out of his reach.
alas, peter breathes a bit, nodding before he takes a sip. his senses are more enhanced than the next person, so even with a little bit of alcohol, he can taste is perfectly against his tongue. after he swallows, a little cough follows - goddamnit, spiderman.)
Mitsuru Kirijo-senpai! Japanese, red hair, really beautiful, has like... a rich and elegant air about her. [Kotone waves her hand abstractly. You get it. If you saw Mitsuru, you'd know without a doubt what she means about the rich atmosphere.
Still, she almost looks confused at his reaction. There's not even a full shot in there, but it doesn't stop her from reaching across to try to steal a sip from his drink herself. It shouldn't be that strong!]
I don't think so... Are you sensitive to certain tastes?
I... Haven't met many people. Been super busy with STEM, you know? Meeting people with specific needs, and other people who can build and stuff. And-- uh, people from alternative worlds of mine, that's also happening. I'll say hi if I see her, though.
(maybe. he has foot in mouth disease, so he might not.
but either way, he is a little surprise that she goes for his drink, he's not at all stopping her from it, but should she be drinking on the job...)
Uh, my senses are a bit crazy. Maybe... It'll take a while for me to get used to it.
[Drinking on the job isn't the problem -- her former boss was Dazai!! -- but drinking customers' drinks definitely should be...
There's so little actual alcohol that she barely tastes it, though, leaving her frowning with a little disappointment. Not because she wanted the alcohol taste, but because that means whatever's wrong with his senses means that he might not enjoy the drink she made. That's too bad.
At least she doesn't call him out on the lie, sliding the drink back to him with a shrug.] Well, if you don't like it, I can make you a new one without any. Maybe alcohol here is different from your world.
No, no, it's just-- I need to get used to it, it's all!
(please, don't make that face :( he likes it, he's just not used to it, but here, see, he's taking another sip, and his face is way better than before! it was just the first one he wasn't expecting!!)
See, all good!
And, uh. Quill. Making jet fuel, so that's been actually pretty fun. He's also got these boots, he flies around with them, they're pretty cool. Uh, an android also came around, her name is... Aigis? She wanted to check if I can fix her in case it's needed. I have plans of making easy replacements for her, so in case something does, she doesn't have to wait till we are all done with making another as good as. Making screen readers that are a bit more intuitive than the one on the phones, we got quite a few blind people. Uh, making the webs for myself and Spider-woman, too. They're synthetic, so it's fun. We gotta take things as they are, then chemically break them down into the pure elements, so we can use it, so I'm making a little lab to make everything easier.
[Well, it's nice that he's trying, at least! Luckily for him, Kotone's not the type to call him out on the obvious lie, so she'll just let him have this, even if she hums a little doubtfully. Alright, if he says so...
Jet fuel, though, huh? Sounds like it might blow up her building, so hopefully that doesn't happen. Screen readers would be really useful, she knows Toph needs that, and then webs for him and Spider-Woman -- lame codenames still, but ok! -- and of course the most important-]
I'm glad you met Aigis! You gotta take really good care of her for me, okay? She's really special.
(he wouldn't be surprised - kotone is just so friendly, so nice, that it doesn't shock that she might have met aigis here, and decided that they're friends now. considering how she got peter in a bar, her power must be acknowledged.)
I mean, yeah, of course. She said she was made to fight, and I can imagine she hasn't been programmed for living a "normal" life-- wait, did you say teammate?
[Did he expect more answer than that... sorry bud, just because he talks a mile a minute doesn't mean she has to. She tends to take whatever the opposite conversational strategy is with whomever she's speaking to.]
She went to school with us for a few months, but normal human stuff can kind of be hard for her. Don't teach her anything too weird, okay?
[Clearly a joke, because Peter seems like a good boy.]
I wouldn't teach her anything weird, what kind of weird things are you even talking about, Kotone?!
(wait, he's getting side-tracked again, he had something to ask and she skated right through it! if he doesn't pay attention to things, she's going to play him so easy...)
What did you mean by teammate? Why are you teammates with a war android, Kotone????
[Does he... she's sure Junpei could think of weird things to teach Aigis if Mitsuru and Yukari weren't around, but Peter seems too much of a good guy to do stuff like that.
Also drat, she almost got away with it! But she laughs and shakes her head, because,] Aigis isn't a war android. She's an Anti-Shadow weapon.
... And what's a Shadow, Kotone? I thought you were just a school girl! Do they have these things here, too? Because there are monsters, but I never heard of Shadows.
(shut up peter
either way, he looks both amazed and a little concerned - there's so many universes he doesn't know yet, a lot he wasn't aware of.)
... Wait, then again, did you have like a secret identity too or anything like it? You seem like you were too desensitized to my thing.
[Oh, Peter... it's funnier to pretend she's just totally normal, but if this guy is going to be helping out Aigis, he should know what he's actually working with. Eugh, can't she get Mitsuru or Minato to explain, though?! This is so much work. Peter gets the short version.]
Shadows are monsters created from the dark parts of the human subconscious. I don't think there's any here, though! At least, not yet. [And a shrug. Who knows what the future holds, after all!] Me and my team fought them. I dunno about secret identity, but it's not like we advertised what we did, either? Most people didn't have any idea we were fighting.
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this place is actually very comfortable for peter. the lightning being dim, the music low, it's not an assault on his senses, like he'd expect a bar to be. finding her is also pretty easy, so he'll come to sit next to her, hands making a gesture of 'here i am'.)
Hey, Kotone.
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[He's treated to one of her signature bright smiles, one that looks genuinely pleased to see him. As promised, she is working, wiping down some glasses behind the bar -- but that's not the only reason for the abrupt invitation. She knew it wouldn't be busy tonight, and he seems like the kind of guy who might get nervous if it were too lively and bustling. The quieter atmosphere hopefully will make him feel more comfortable, and it's early enough that everybody should keep well enough to themselves.]
I wasn't sure you would.
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(he's such a chatterbox, is she sure she wants him as company, because he's half-expecting to be kicked out, and that makes him talk even more.)
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[While he's running his mouth, she's picking up a menu and setting it in front of him, along with a glass of water and a bowl of peanuts. Bar snacks!]
What projects are you working on?
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(robotics club nerds like him would be amazed. either way, he's going to take those peanuts, because the menu-- oof, he has no idea what to pick...)
... Alright, you pick, okay? You got experience with customers and everything, let's see if you're good.
(while he is full of damn shit)
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[Said immediately, because if this guy is trying to do something for Scott, he'd better at least know what he's working with! Also jet fuel, weird, but okay, there's no jets here as far as she knows, but whatever, everybody needs a hobby. And then-]
When you say android, are you talking about Aigis? [She pulls the menu back, and before he can answer, also adds,] What kind of flavors do you like? Juice, not alcohol.
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(also faster to say. he doesn't say 'i have a sense in which my brain processes information before i consciously do and then reacts to it automatically', he says '6th sense', which kinda just sounds like he sees ghosts, really.)
Uh, lemonade-- and, yeah, that's her. From, uh, experience? Something breaks and you have a big problem, so it's easier to have a replacement that's available and fast than to wait until a real one is finished to get up and go.
(because, uh, she knows.)
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[She's biased because she thinks Scott's cool, but that's neither here nor there. Anyway, if he likes lemonade, then she'll just make him a simple cocktail with lemonade, a bit of vodka, and a lemon-lime soda with crushed ice. Emphasis on a bit, because based on their earlier conversation, she's about 99% sure he's never drank anything alcoholic before, and she doesn't want him to have a bad time. She learned her lesson from Akechi several months ago!]
Have you worked a lot with that kind of stuff? Optic blasts and robots?
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(scholarships saving his future since 2001, but it's fine. it never really bothered him, it's a fact of life.
his eyes do watch the vodka, and he gulps a little bit. god bless her, he'll do it, but oh god. he's never done it. would his weird DNA make it worse? make it nothing? he has no idea.)
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[Kotone's picturing a private beach, actual maids in frilly dresses, secret projects into the human unconscious-- okay maybe not that last one, but still! Sounds like the Kirijo Group as far as she's concerned, so she doesn't even bat an eye. Why wouldn't a multi-billionaire give a teenager crazy powerful tech?
Anyway she mixes the cocktail with all the ease of someone who's literally been doing this job for almost a year, sliding it across the bar to him with a smile and a wink.]
Try it! Lemme know what you think.
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(... sure, kotone... stark would actually love the maids in frilly dresses - does miss pots care about it? he never really asked, a little out of his reach.
alas, peter breathes a bit, nodding before he takes a sip. his senses are more enhanced than the next person, so even with a little bit of alcohol, he can taste is perfectly against his tongue. after he swallows, a little cough follows - goddamnit, spiderman.)
Uh-- strong, isn't it? That vodka.
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Still, she almost looks confused at his reaction. There's not even a full shot in there, but it doesn't stop her from reaching across to try to steal a sip from his drink herself. It shouldn't be that strong!]
I don't think so... Are you sensitive to certain tastes?
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(maybe. he has foot in mouth disease, so he might not.
but either way, he is a little surprise that she goes for his drink, he's not at all stopping her from it, but should she be drinking on the job...)
Uh, my senses are a bit crazy. Maybe... It'll take a while for me to get used to it.
(HIS LIE IS OUT SO FAST.)
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There's so little actual alcohol that she barely tastes it, though, leaving her frowning with a little disappointment. Not because she wanted the alcohol taste, but because that means whatever's wrong with his senses means that he might not enjoy the drink she made. That's too bad.
At least she doesn't call him out on the lie, sliding the drink back to him with a shrug.] Well, if you don't like it, I can make you a new one without any. Maybe alcohol here is different from your world.
[Take the out, buddy.]
Who else are you helping? Besides Scott.
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(please, don't make that face :( he likes it, he's just not used to it, but here, see, he's taking another sip, and his face is way better than before! it was just the first one he wasn't expecting!!)
See, all good!
And, uh. Quill. Making jet fuel, so that's been actually pretty fun. He's also got these boots, he flies around with them, they're pretty cool. Uh, an android also came around, her name is... Aigis? She wanted to check if I can fix her in case it's needed. I have plans of making easy replacements for her, so in case something does, she doesn't have to wait till we are all done with making another as good as. Making screen readers that are a bit more intuitive than the one on the phones, we got quite a few blind people. Uh, making the webs for myself and Spider-woman, too. They're synthetic, so it's fun. We gotta take things as they are, then chemically break them down into the pure elements, so we can use it, so I'm making a little lab to make everything easier.
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Jet fuel, though, huh? Sounds like it might blow up her building, so hopefully that doesn't happen. Screen readers would be really useful, she knows Toph needs that, and then webs for him and Spider-Woman -- lame codenames still, but ok! -- and of course the most important-]
I'm glad you met Aigis! You gotta take really good care of her for me, okay? She's really special.
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(he wouldn't be surprised - kotone is just so friendly, so nice, that it doesn't shock that she might have met aigis here, and decided that they're friends now. considering how she got peter in a bar, her power must be acknowledged.)
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[Sort of. Technically Aigis is Minato's teammate, not Kotone's, but that doesn't change how important Aigis is to her.]
Aigis is still learning how to be human, so help her out, okay? Not just with the technical stuff.
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(what IS this girl, guys.)
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[Did he expect more answer than that... sorry bud, just because he talks a mile a minute doesn't mean she has to. She tends to take whatever the opposite conversational strategy is with whomever she's speaking to.]
She went to school with us for a few months, but normal human stuff can kind of be hard for her. Don't teach her anything too weird, okay?
[Clearly a joke, because Peter seems like a good boy.]
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(wait, he's getting side-tracked again, he had something to ask and she skated right through it! if he doesn't pay attention to things, she's going to play him so easy...)
What did you mean by teammate? Why are you teammates with a war android, Kotone????
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[Does he... she's sure Junpei could think of weird things to teach Aigis if Mitsuru and Yukari weren't around, but Peter seems too much of a good guy to do stuff like that.
Also drat, she almost got away with it! But she laughs and shakes her head, because,] Aigis isn't a war android. She's an Anti-Shadow weapon.
[Totally different!]
We fought Shadows together.
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(shut up peter
either way, he looks both amazed and a little concerned - there's so many universes he doesn't know yet, a lot he wasn't aware of.)
... Wait, then again, did you have like a secret identity too or anything like it? You seem like you were too desensitized to my thing.
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Shadows are monsters created from the dark parts of the human subconscious. I don't think there's any here, though! At least, not yet. [And a shrug. Who knows what the future holds, after all!] Me and my team fought them. I dunno about secret identity, but it's not like we advertised what we did, either? Most people didn't have any idea we were fighting.
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... Oh. OH. Okay. Okay, yeah, ok. That kinda helps me understand. But-- how did they not know? Did you go inside people's brains?!
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