Downtime 7: Stranger Danger...Room

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina leads Wanda into the Danger Room, "And here we are!"

[Wanda Johansen]

Wanda looked around, "Seems kind of empty, but cool looking all the same."

[Nina Madaraki]

"Well, you have to fill it with something first," Nina says, walking over to a console, "What's your poison?"

[Wanda Johansen]

"I don't care, so long as it has ceilings higher than 8 feet," she said, watching Nina.

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina nods and begins humming a bit as she plays with the console.

After a few minutes, the room comes to life and displays an impressively large ruin in some sort of deep jungle.

[Wanda Johansen]

Wanda looked around in wonder, "Okay. This is amazing." She walked over, putting her hand on the stone. "And it feels real."

[Nina Madaraki]

"It is pretty neat," Nina agrees, hopping up on a stone step and balancing, "And you can make pretty much anything. Although the safety programs will keep you from doing anything too dangerous."

[Wanda Johansen]

Wanda bent down and picked up a loose piece of stone nearly as big as Nina. She hefted it experimentally, though without much obvious effort, before setting it back on the ground. "And weighs about like it feels it should too. So what sort of stuff do you do in here?"

[Nina Madaraki]

"All sorts of stuff," Nina says, "I used to do research. Now I've been working on physical training."

"I also like to use it recreationally. Sometimes it's nice just to hang out in a pleasant simulation."

[Wanda Johansen]

Wanda pulled herself up onto one of the stones and sat, looking around at the jungle. "I could get used to this."

[Nina Madaraki]

"It's definitely a benefit of studying here," Nina says.

[Wanda Johansen]

"And at least you don't get hassled for being what you are while you're inside the campus, I'm guessing."

[Nina Madaraki]

"Except for the occasionally rampaging robot," Nina says.

[Wanda Johansen]

"Yes, I had seen some things about that. Does that happen very often?"

[Nina Madaraki]

"Only about once a month," Nina says, "You get used to it."

[Wanda Johansen]

"I suppose you would have to." Wanda picked up a rock and threw it well out of sight into the jungle.

[Nina Madaraki]

"So, is that why you came here?" Nina asks, "So you wouldn't be hassled?"

[Wanda Johansen]

"Sort of. I outed myself by doing the right thing. I came here hoping I could figure out where to go with the rest of my life without dealing with the mutant haters picketing on my parents' front lawn."

[Nina Madaraki]

"What happened?" Nina asks, looking curious.

[Wanda Johansen]

"Pushed a stalled school bus off train tracks... by myself. Not exactly something you can blame on adrenaline."

[Nina Madaraki]

"Yeah," Nina says, "That's tough."

"So, you're abnormally strong as well? You must have a really high muscle distribution. That might explain why you don't have common problems most people with your sort of height have."

[Wanda Johansen]

"Strong and tough and freakishly tall, that's me," Wanda said, picking up another rock and winging it into the jungle.

[Nina Madaraki]

"Very impressive," Nina says, clapping gently.

[Wanda Johansen]

"You seem to be very interested in how my insides work. Why is that?"

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina takes a seat at the feet of a large statue, "I'm a healer. I used to want to be a doctor."

[Wanda Johansen]

"What changed? If you don't mind the question."

[Nina Madaraki]

"I met myself from the future," Nina says, "She was a monster."

[Wanda Johansen]

((Sorry, I missed this somehow.))

"Doesn't mean you'd be the same," Wanda said, looking at her.

[Nina Madaraki]

"No, but it did make me rethink some things."

[Wanda Johansen]

"Life has a way of doing that. Often when you least expect it," she said, standing up and winging a virtual stone hard into the virtual jungle.

[Nina Madaraki]

"It is pretty sneaky like that," Nina says with a giggle.

[Wanda Johansen]

"Life is what happens when you least expect it, or something like that. It sounds reasonable at any rate."