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Tweak says, "The secret is fresh pork."

Felicia Hardy (felinefelicia) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-07-21 16:02:00

Entry tags:

arrival, complete, day 8, felicia hardy, terry mcginnis

Who: Felicia & Terry
What: Surfs Up, Arrival
When: Early Morning
Where: Beach, A building
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

The first night here had been enjoyable. As much as she would like to get home, she had no way of actually doing that on her own. She'd have to find help, find out how she'd been brought here in the first place. Until then, why not enjoy herself? Besides, there were worst places to be trapped. At least this one gave her nearly everything she wanted, including her kittens, one of which followed close on her heels as she strode out of the bedroom. Felicia grinned down at it and continued on her way, deciding to figure out what else this place offered.

Stepping outside, her brow furrowed together in mild confusion. She realized it had been dark when she arrived the night before, but it hadn't been a beach resort. That much she was sure of. Still, she shrugged it off and returned to the room. You'd hear no complaints from her. Felicia preferred the beach to some old ranch any day.

A day at the beach required a change of clothes though. Black and white bikini, a pair of flip-flops, a towel, and a surf board she'd found leaning against the wall by the door upon returning. She'd learned to surf a bit in L.A. because she'd never been the sort to just lay out in the sun, preferring to be up and moving. That and the guy who'd offered to teach her at the time was pretty cute.

Felicia grabbed a bagel for breakfast and had one of the golems pack her an old school bag lunch before heading down to the beach. She'd known a few surfers who would be out at the crack of dawn for the best waves, beaches free of tourists. She figured it was still early enough, clear morning sky, and not quite as hot as it would be later. She kicked her shoes off in the sand and set out the towel, making sure to put of plenty of sunblock before paddling out into the water. The first few waves were puny, but afforded her the chance to get in some practice before trying for anything bigger.

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batmanbeyond
2008-07-30 12:46 pm UTC (link)

Terry smiled when Felicia offered her lunch and his mask moved to show the expression. “Thanks but I’ll not quite hungry yet”. When she moved further into the cave to take Bruce’s traditional seat, Terry was amused. As he thought before, Felicia’s presence was a change from the usual sights of the batcave and seeing her in the boss man’s chair was bizarre in a funny way. He wondered how Bruce would have handled it. The mention of her kittens brought his mind back to Ace. It was tempting to wish for the dog, if only for company but he couldn’t do it. First, the dog was Bruce’s only company and Terry couldn’t fathom taking that away from the older Batman and second, it made Terry feel a bit better knowing that Ace was watching out for Bruce.

“That’s amazing”, Terry finally said. “I’ll have to remember that, who knows when it could be useful? I wonder if it would work for a map?” he mused as he moved to large computer system Felicia was sitting next to. Terry remained standing as he turned on the computer and checked through some of the less secret files. Everything seemed to be in order except the camera’s around Gotham. “Computer, do you have a file on the layout of Mirage?” Thankful the computer worked just like Bruce’s and responded to voice commands; otherwise Terry would have just looked like an ass talking to a computer.

The computer screen flickered as it brought up a large map that showed the main resort, the surrounding buildings, the beach, the ocean and a wooded area. There were some schematics about the land that Terry briefly glanced over before giving another command. “Computer can you get a map that covers the whole planet?” The screen flickered and another map spread across the screen, an image that caused Terry to stand up straight and made his eyes widen. Outside of the resort area there was absolutely nothing on the planet from what he could see.

Just miles and miles of desert.

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felinefelicia
2008-07-30 06:45 pm UTC (link)

Felicia shrugged as he refused the lunch, and set it down casually beside the chair. She crossed her legs and leaned forward, watching as he moved towards the computer. A brow quirked interestedly as the computer responded to his voice, mildly amused. He was like a dark, young Tony Stark. If that was a good or bad thing, she wasn't sure, but she'd always had a bit of a weakness for a man in a mask. Her attention turned to the screen as a map came up, committing as much as she could to memory, but more just for a basic idea of the resorts layout for when she explored properly herself.

The idea of the rest of the planet being covered entirely with desert was kind of strange. "What a waste of space." Felicia commented, wondering what was hiding the desert. There had to be something else out there, right?

"Do you suppose you could get any other information on the planet?" Chances are they wouldn't get anything more, but no harm in asking. She leaned back again casually, letting her legs hang over one of the arms of the chair, waiting to see what else Terry could come up with. Looking at the villains costumes with mild interest, wondering what sort of nutjobs this guy dealt with, how they compared to the baddies she'd heard of or seen.

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batmanbeyond
2008-08-04 06:45 am UTC (link)

Terry typed a few things into the computer, performing scans on the desert area in hopes of finding something but nothing came up. There were no other life forms, no large bodies of water, no structures…nothing. Just miles of wasteland. The only thing Terry seemed to find where large deposits of energy surrounding the outside of the resort. “There’s not much but there seems to be a large amount of electricity on the outskirts of the resort”, he finally replied. “Do you know if anyone has tried to leave the resort yet?” Terry glanced over his shoulder at Felicia, noticing that she was looking at the old costumes.

“Ah the old days”, Terry said with mock nostalgia. “Do you have many costumed freaks in your city?” he asked after a few moments before turning back to the computer screen. The young man had put out a few more searches but hadn’t discovered anything of interest. He was a little disappointed to see that the computer no longer had any video surveillance like it did back in Gotham. Terry could bring up semantics and scans of the terrain but could not view what was actually happening around the resort like he used to do back in Gotham. “So what city do you work in anyway? Maybe I’ve heard of you”.

Already Terry was thinking he should start files on the people he met and who better than self-proclaimed crime fighter?

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felinefelicia
2008-08-04 10:46 am UTC (link)

"Probably but I can't say for sure. Like I told ya -- I got here last night. I've met you and some rock fellow that didn't talk." She shrugged. It seemed likely that others were trying to get off the planet if they were taken here like she was. Assuming they were brought here with more then the clothes on their back. That's all Felicia came here with, but luckily she'd had the right set of clothes on her back. It seemed unlikely that the planet would bring them here and provide means of escape either.

"You have no idea." She chuckled at the thought of all the costumes that passed through her city. Of course, she was pretty low profile compared to most of the others, and doubted (as nice as it would be) that he'd heard of her. "I'm a New York City girl. Spiderman, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Avengers -- I'm small time compared to them." Felicia had no problem with that, it also kept her under the radar when she fell into her old ways snatching up pretty things that didn't exactly belong to her.

"How about you, sweet heart? I don't know that I've heard of anybody dressed like a bat. Where you from?" The blond stood, letting an arm hook around Terry's own, fingers playing over the suit material curiously. The costume, the cave, computer -- she'd have to make an ally out of him. Back home the Black Cat was more then content to work alone, but she didn't know this place or anyone else in it so a friend and ally would be nice. Maybe she'd start collecting information of her own, assuming he would with this big old computer.

Her gaze flickered to the screen, 'surveillance' catching her eye, and pulling a grin across her lips. Felicia motioned to it casually. "What do you say we get that working?" She said. How hard could it be to set up a few cameras, the planet might even give them helping hand, offering the equipment.

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batmanbeyond
2008-08-05 11:14 am UTC (link)

“Can’t say I heard of any of them either. At least I don’t think I have but then again, New York is a big place”. It wasn’t too surprising that she hadn’t heard of him since the original batman had been retired for a couple of decades now and a lot of people in Gotham had forgotten about Batman. “I work in Gotham”, Terry replied, tensing slightly when Felicia hooked her arm into his until he forced himself to relax. It wasn’t that Terry was uncomfortable around people, far from it but he had been burned by a pretty face before. Terry followed her gaze to the surveillance window on the computer screen. “Worth a shot”, he agreed although he had yet to master the computer system like Bruce.

“We’d need camera’s though to set up around the resort to hook the computer up to”. After a moment’s thought Terry remembered that Bruce kept extra parts and tools for the computer in the back of the cave. “We might be able to find something in the back”. The cavernous room was as large as the original batcave and if Terry didn’t know better he would have assumed he was back home at Wayne Manor.

“I can believe all this stuff is here”, Terry said as he walked further back into the cave. “Is it the real cave or just a copy?” he wondered. Silently Terry hoped it was just a copy since he’d hate to see Bruce robbed of the cave he had spent years in. “The only thing missing is my car”, he noted but that only made sense. Why would Terry need a car in such a small place? Especially when he had the batsuit to glide around in. Another thought came to Terry then as he looked back at Felicia.

“You know, you never told me your name either. Your costume name I mean”.

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felinefelicia
2008-08-05 04:32 pm UTC (link)

"Really?" She stared in surprise for a long moment before shrugging. He did live underground in some cave, after all. Felicia didn't know about any place called Gotham, either. It sounded kind of familiar, but she didn't strain herself trying to figure out why. Instead she just shrugged it off, distracted for a moment at noticing him tense at her touch. He did relax a bit though shortly after wards, which was good as he'd have to get used to that sort of thing around her. She was just naturally a touchy-feely sort of girl.

"I think it's just a copy because it does get some things wrong. Like I found a copy of my suit in the room it gave me, and there were details that were off. The rooms change as you need them to as well." She explained as they wandered off further into the cave. It was impressive. She had to give him that, and it brought up the question of who and how old again. This was awfully big and no doubt expensive -- young, rich upstart like she used to be? Maybe just a sidekick to someone bigger?

"No, I didn't." She smiled at him and kept going. Why give everything about herself away now? He could find out for himself later. No doubt they'd cross paths again when she was all dressed up -- dressed in general, for that matter, she noted her own lack of clothing not really all that concerned about it though.

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batmanbeyond
2008-08-06 11:00 am UTC (link)

Terry raised an eyebrow when Felicia evaded answering his question but decided against pushing the subject. He had a similar thought that he could find out later. The cave was lit sparsely for the most part but at least there was a large light by the cabinet in the back of the room. Terry opened it to find a tool chest but no cameras. “Maybe there are certain things the planet doesn’t want to give us”, he said out loud. It made sense, who or whatever had brought them here probably didn’t want Terry watching every little thing. “I’m not surprised, there’s got to be stuff happening on this rock that someone doesn’t want witnesses for”, he said out loud as closed the cabinet.

“Guess I’ll have to back to sleuthing the old fashioned way”. That meant things would be more difficult for Terry but he had been watching Bruce long enough and felt he was more than up for pounding the pavement…or sand as it where, he silently added with another glance at the bikini-clad Felicia. He realized then she might be cold in the cave. “I’d offer my jacket but I’m not wearing one”, he joked before looking around. There was villain costume nearby; Two-Face if Terry remembered and it had a jacket that Terry grabbed. One half was black and one half was white, just like the rest of Two-Face’s suit, and matched his split personality.

“Here”, he offered it to Felicia. “Sorry I didn’t offer you something sooner”.

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felinefelicia
2008-08-08 12:25 pm UTC (link)

"Sleuthing?" She laughed a bit at the term, conjuring up images of her new bat friend in a Sherlock Holmes costume. "I take it you're a bit of a P.I. too? I did that for a while in L.A." One of few jobs where she could utilize her talents as a costume for a legit career. That and it also got her in good with the police if she helped them out, which meant when she fell back into her old habits of stealing shiny trinkets, she wouldn't ever linger too long on the suspects list. Not that it happened too often, but old habits are hard to break.

"Thanks." The blond smiled and took the jacket he offered, slipping it on, more amused by the fact that it was some kind of trophy from a defeated enemy then anything. After all, it was a nice jacket, too large for her of course, but sill warmer then walking around in just a bikini.

"Anyways. As for the sleuthing," Felicia couldn't help another stifled chuckle, "I'll see if I can get my hands on any cameras, and if not we can case the joint the old school way like you said. It looks like the desert would be our best bet for anything suspicious though. The resort just seems like a place to keep everyone brought here entertained and out of the way."

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batmanbeyond
2008-08-15 08:43 am UTC (link)

“Good point. The desert is definitely worth checking out. Even though the computer isn’t reading much from it I would like to know why there’s a large source of energy surrounding the resort”, Terry agreed. “I would like to find out why we’re here. I have trouble believing it’s simply to be entertained by a resort”. The young man looked over the cave once more, silently marveling over how much it looked like home but there were a few things missing from the room that Terry noticed and not just stuff he would normally find in the bat cave. For one thing, the room was missing a bed. I’m sure there must be blankets around somewhere. I could sleep-- Just as Terry was thinking about it, a bed suddenly formed out of thin air in one side of the room, giving him a little start but he hid it well.

“Well, that’s something you don’t see everyday”, he drolly remarked as he approached his bed. It looked just like the one from his mom’s house and even had a nightstand next to it with a picture of Max, Dana and him in a frame. Terry picked up the picture and felt a pang of homesickness. He would miss Dana for sure but the pink haired Max would also be greatly missed, as would the advice she often gave Terry. Replacing the picture on the nightstand, Terry touched the bed to confirm that it was real.

“Ask and ye shall receive”, he murmured. “You’re right, the room adapts to what we need”.

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felinefelicia
2008-08-20 04:57 pm UTC (link)

Felicia sat on the side of the bed casually, watching as he lifted up a picture frame. She hadn't had any of those in her room. Come to think of it, she didn't own many pictures in general save the wrinkled old one of her and her father from ages ago. She didn't have too many people she was extremely close to back home, which she figured probably helped. She didn't have anyone back home to really worry too much about, and while she didn't want to be stuck here forever, she could stand to not see her friends for a while.

"What we need, provided it's with good intentions probably. It won't help us spy on everyone, after all." She stated, laying back on the bed, mildly surprised by how high the ceiling was. It was baffling to think that this room fit within the same building. Surprising, but nothing was really all that surprising anymore.

"Alright, Hun...I think I'm going to get going. I'm sure you'll be wanting out of that wet suit soon, and as much as I'd like to see that --" She flashed him a playful smirk, "I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it."

She stood again, pressing a kiss to his cheek lightly, before starting towards the stairs. "Remember. A109. Feel free to drop by anytime." The blond said, a bit of a flirt, but it was in her nature -- especially when it came to people she wanted to get in good with.

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batmanbeyond
2008-08-21 10:44 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, this thing can get a little hot after a while", Terry said, tugging neck a little before Felicia gave him a peck on the cheek. It was a good thing Terry was wearing the mask because he had a slight blush after that. Terry was by no means bashful but it wasn't every day a cute blond gave you a kiss.

"A109", he repeated, memorizing the number. "I will if I need help but thanks for showing me around. I appreciate it. If you ever need help just drop by", Batman further offered.

He watched Felicia make her way out his room and close the door before he finally took off his mask. There had to be some civilain clothes around here and Terry wanted to explore a bit more without sticking out like a sore thumb.

(OOC: Shall we call that a wrap?)

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