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[vaccination]

WHO: You, Jesse Pinkman, and some party people.
WHERE: A conveniently located park in Heropa.
WHEN: Saturday.
WHAT: Jesse's birthday! Turning 12. Feel free to tag in wherever or make your own sections.
WARNINGS: God only knows.

NOTE!!! Anyone is welcome to come, whether they replied to Skye's post or not. Stumble into a party, assume they saw the invite, whatever!

[For a last minute thing thrown by a two people who don't have much experience with birthday parties, it's all come together pretty well. Nevermind that they actually didn't have a place to hold the party until not too long ago (minor detail), but hey, that's what public parks are for. Covered seating, a hearty amount of streamers and cheap, brightly colored table cloths, food scattered around the tables--this is probably what a birthday party for a younger kid would look like.

Whatever, it's charming.

There's a man made lake and a few fire pits for cooking nearby, though it looks like meat was probably forgotten in favor of baked goods, chips, dip, pizza, soda, and beer.

If one pays attention, they may catch sight of Ellie and Skye exchanging high fives throughout the party. Well done, ladies.]

Comments

[hostage]

I always love watching somebody open a present, so...

[He tears back the wrapping and opens the box carefully. Once he sees what's inside, he lets out a surprised laugh.]

Sodium chloride and pepper... Cute.

[Mr. White would love this. The thought puts a bit of a nostalgic look on his face.]

[agog]

So you know your chemistry. [ She looks both impressed and surprised, but happily so. She's underestimated him quite a bit it seems.]

I thought it was quite clever.

[hostage]

[When he glances up, he looks for a second like he's been caught red-handed. He backtracks quickly:]

No - No, I don't. Not really. Um. I love it, though! Seriously. Thank you.

[agog]

[ Her brow furrows for a moment, confused. Why would he lie about knowing chemistry? It's certainly not a point of shame. And he has to know a bit of he knows the chemical formulas.

And that look...

She offers him a suspicious smile before nodding.] Of course. Happy birthday.

[hostage]

[Maybe he just doesn't wanna seem like a nerd, Simmons. He gives her a tense smile in return before closing the box back up and turning to set it on the gift table.]

So, hey, um - did you still wanna run those tests on me or whatever?

[He will distract and seduce her ~with science~.]

[agog]

[ She's not used to being around people who don't embrace the things they know, that don't show off in some way or another. Everyone in SHIELD is proud of their know-how and mad skills.

She tries to shake it off but she's chalking it up as peculiar to be sure.]

Oh. Yes. But not today.

[hostage]

[He laughs at that.]

Of course not today. I was just thinking we could do it sometime soon. I can't remember - did I tell you I can heal other people, too?

[agog]

Skye may have mentioned that, yes. [ Hint: she totally did. Jemma is still a little :( about not having a chemistry bonding moment before she completely shakes it off.]

I have to get access to a lab first. They're a bit tight fisted her, it seems.

[hostage]

[Maybe someday, Jemma.]

Skye ain't hooked you up with a gig over at Stark's yet?

[agog]

I haven't asked her. [ And well, Simmons is the do it herself kind of girl in terms of jobs. It's difficult going from being highly sought after prodigy to... this.]

What do you do here?

[hostage]

[He finds it a little weird she hasn't asked, but... Well, he gets why people might not want to work with Tony Stark.]

School nurse at Xavier's. You know, 'cause of the healing thing. Before that, I was pretty much a glorified babysitter down at the Youth Center.

[agog]

[ Simmons is the 'on her own merit' kind of girl.]

And Xavier's is the primary school here?

[hostage]

[Jesse blinks.]

You never heard of Xavier Institute? Charles Xavier?

[He was so sure they were from the same universe.]

[agog]

[ Cue a blank look.]

No, I haven't.

[hostage]

Huh...

[How weird. A Marvel AU without X-Men.]

Anyway, he's a really famous mutant. He runs a school for imPorts here. Specializes in training kids how to use their powers along with all the regular school stuff.

[agog]

A mutant. [ It's said flatly. That's her skeptic voice.] What do you mean by mutant? [ It's a very broad term.]

[hostage]

[...What is this crazy AU? He's seriously running through comic titles in his head trying to locate the correct universe.]

Um, you know. Gifted people. Homo sapiens superior. People with the X-Gene.

[agog]

There's no such thing as the-- [ Then again, this whole place is impossible, mental.] Nevermind. This place seems to surprise me every day.

[hostage]

Yeah... Don't worry about it. We didn't have 'em in my universe, either.

[agog]

I suppose they didn't have the Avengers either?

[hostage]

Nothing like that. No Hulks, no gods, no superheroes. Just regular old humans.

[agog]

Most of the 'superheroes' are just humans as well, just with certain... additions.

[hostage]

Ah, yeah, I know that. Like us here, right? I just mean... People where I come from ain't evolved like that.

[agog]

That you know of. [ She tilts her head with a smirk as if she knows something he doesn't.]

[hostage]

[He dips his head in acquiescence.]

That I know of. True, that.

I guess I just... I dunno. I feel like if we had superhumans, they woulda took over the world already. Or they'd be doing something about all the, uh, crime and stuff. Be taking down Bin Laden or -

[Or himself and Mr. White. For example.]

I mean, it just seems like we woulda heard something about it.