May 7th: Nina's Apartment

[Rachel O'Brien]

"And get you and Will to the infirmary." Rachel said.

[Will Stanton]

"I'm fine--fine," Will demurred.

This may not be clearly true, as his skin was hard and crusty, and he had nails and glass and shit sticking out at random intervals.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"No," Ryan said firmly. "They can stitch me up here, I'm not staying in the infirmary tonight. We'll let them do their job, then we'll go find somewhere to stay."

[Byrna Cooper]

"Will, can't you.. expunge the junk stuck in you? Some people are giving us looks," Bear said, a little uncomfortably.

[Will Stanton]

"I'll get around to it, I'll get around to it..."

[Rachel O'Brien]

"If you're sure." Rachel said, not sounding too happy about Ryan's decision.

[Madison West]

Madison walked over to the group, not looking happy.

"Everyone alright?" Madison asked, "Kid and all?"

[Rachel O'Brien]

"Everyone seems to be ok." Rachel replied.

[Madison West]

Madison nods, looking thoughtful, "Good job on keeping things under control. A lot of people could've gotten hurt in there."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan glanced down, then at Will, then couldn't help chuckling a little. "Yeah, people getting hurt would be bad," he said, managing to force a straight face.

[Will Stanton]

"Yeah, no one wants that."

[Madison West]

"If you don't want the compliments I could lecture you on the godawful stupidity of going in untrained and unequipped to fight a fire instead," Madison says, "Which would you rather?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"I just jumped out a window," Ryan said, shrugging, but he didn't offer any more smartass remarks.

[Will Stanton]

"Sorry, ma'am."

[Madison West]

"Nothing to apologize for," Madison says, "You saved a bunch of people and lived to be idiots another day. That's a good day in my book."

"Arson investigators are going to want statements from you two."

[Will Stanton]

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure they will," Will said, standing up, making quite worrying grinding sounds.

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan sighed and nodded. "Think they can be persuaded to make it quick?" he asked.

[Madison West]

"I told them they'd get their report tomorrow," Madison says, "Get some rest."

Madison turns to leave.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Thanks," Ryan said, relaxing again. "You're the best."

[Will Stanton]

"Yeah, Domo."

[Rachel O'Brien]

"I've got us a hotel." Rachel said, looking up from her cell.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Awesome," Ryan said, "Which one?"

[Rachel O'Brien]

"The Gorgon's Head." Rachel said "Its in Mutant Town."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Good enough for tonight, Ryan thought. And maybe they wouldn't need a hotel for more than a night. "You guys need a place to crash?" he asked, looking at Will and Sara.

[Will Stanton]

"I'm sure we'll figure something out, but thanks."

[Byrna Cooper]

Bear looked weary, even though she had no soot or glass covering her. Chalk it up to empathy, I suppose.

[Sara Stanton]

"But first you're going to the infirmary or at least Dr. Bowen unless you get rid of that stuff stuck in your face right now." Sara says, looking a little worried that Will hasn't shifted back to normal yet.

[Will Stanton]

"Now, Sara, to be fair, it's not just my face..."

[Sara Stanton]

"That's hardly the point."

[Will Stanton]

"It's one of MANY points..."

[Sara Stanton]

"Will this isn't funny." she says, now really sounding worried.

[Will Stanton]

"Right, right, I'll go see Professor McManus..."

[Sara Stanton]

"And I'm having Robin checked out. Just in case."

[Will Stanton]

"Yeah. Meet you up in Professor Bowen's lab in an hour, then?"

[Sara Stanton]

"Mhmm." she nods.