Shopping in Soho (Open to New Yorkers)

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander Aaron's visit to his sister  went well, but now he needed to actually get settled in and the first thing he needed to do was buy clothing and get to know the competition. Humans had issues with nudity and Alex figured it best to subscribe to their rules for as long as he was on their plane of existence. He also needed things like a car and a more permanent place to live, but one thing at a time.

He headed to a tailor and get his measurements done and look over his choices. Eventually, he'd design his own clothing but he also needed to go over materials as well.

The attendant helping him was clearly fawning over him but Alexander ignored it, hoping he could get through this shop and head to the next one as soon as possible.

"Can you bring over something in grey? And a few ties as well?" he asked her. She hastened to obey.

Sometimes, Earth wasn't so bad.

The fitting ended and Alexander left with several suits and the attendant's phone number.  Finding himself hungry, Alex stopped at a local restaurant to get something to eat. He remembered that all of the really terrible Earth food was really good, but the pricier items left a lot to be desired. He sat down at a table started out with some tea, deciding that he'd have something stronger in a bit.

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[frostfurlady]

"Och, that's wonderful," she tells Marcelo. " 'Tis a great school. My mum went, and her classmates teach there now. What's her name, th - yuir friend?"

"Aye, ver' confusing." Then she shook her head. "It was just on the way to my cousin Nicky's and smelled nice."

[vesper_verde]

"Stephanie Shaw," he answered. Though all the information he had just been given about Danielle's mother and mother's classmates did not mean a thing to him. It was a school for mutants in his mind and as long as Danielle didn't try to eat his head, shoot lasers into his chest, or something else personally destructive, he was fine.

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander listened to the two discuss this school that Marcelo's friend went to. He knew nothing about it but it seemed that Marcelo did and that was of interest.

The waiter returned with Marcelo's and Alexander's meals, and indicated that the first part of Danielle's would be brought out shortly.

"Tell me, Marcelo, how do you feel about fashion? You look like a man who knows how to dress. Do you enjoy suits, casual wear or something else?" he asked.

[frostfurlady]

Danielle had shared the information merely to explain the school was a family affair for her. "Oh. I don't really know her, I'm afraid." The Shaws weren't family.

And now they were talking about clothes. Totally out of Danielle's expertise. What she was wearing was respectable and clean, and that was all she needed to know. So she'll just smile politely and, eventually, sip her ginger ale.

[vesper_verde]

"She graduated a bit ago, if you just got there last Christmas, you probably hadn't met her. Nothing to be politely 'afraid' about." He gave the white-haired girl an understanding grin.

He turned to Alexander with his brow furrowed slightly. "I feel someone other than me should design it, and if I like it, I'll buy it. I wear suits only for business. And I tend toward bright-colored casual wear outside of work."

And he was studiously not mentioning the kevlar-lined suit he wore for his nightly duties.

[call_me_phobos]

"Good choices, those. I'm fan of suits during work and sometimes, during nights out. Okay, most of the time. I only do casual around the house or before I buy new clothing." he said.

"What about you, Danielle? Do you have any particulars regarding how you dress?" he asked.

[frostfurlady]

"Och, I dinna ken much about clothes, but, well, dresses with ...'unstable molecules' in them are nice." She thinks she remembers the word right.

[vesper_verde]

"I usually work late, so there are not many nights out for me. Simplifies my wardrobe." He was all work and no play since he had parted ways with Stephanie. It should have bothered him, but it didn't. He knew he had a lot to get done before his inevitable messy death due to being Vesper.

His eyebrows rose at what Danielle's dresses are made from. "Well, if that isn't futuristic fashion..."

[call_me_phobos]

"I'm afraid yo both have me at a loss. What are unstable molecules? I wasn't aware such a thing could be used in clothing." Alexander said, feeling momentarily out-of-touch. He needed someone to look up these things for him.

"Marcelo, I get the feeling that you're missing out a big part of life, my friend. You should get out more. You could end up at more lunches like this one!" Alexander said in a friendly tone.

[frostfurlady]

"Och, they're ver' handy. Normally, with shifters, we have totake the dress off, shift, shift back, put the dress on, it's dreadfully tedious. But the fancy stuff just shifts with."

[vesper_verde]

Marcelo rubbed his chin thoughtfully. The realized he needed to shave before patrol tonight.

"Unstable molecule clothing was developed by Dr. Reed Richards. Unstable molecules are typically utilized in fabrics for superhero costumes. They allow the fabric to conform with the wearer's form and to not succumb to the wearer's powers." He sat back a bit in his chair. "My company has looked at the idea more for clothing to shift to a bullet proof form on impact. For police use. But we're a bit far behind the Future Foundation in terms of research."

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander finds himself slightly taken aback by Danielle's description of shifting. He knew many who could assume the forms of others, but he couldn't do it himself. He puts the idea of clothing for shifters on his list of ideas. He also keeps his mind away from the idea of a naked Aesir. The last time had been a lot of fun but the messy consequences left a bitter taste in his mouth.

"That sounds like a good thing to research, Marcelo." Alexander said, staring to eat as the first of Danielle's meals was brought to her. Alexander enjoyed his lobster bisque. It was delicious. He'd have to bring Roxanne back here.

[frostfurlady]

Danielle honestly thinks nothing of it. Her different forms weren't even what made her a mutant, just the natural way to be in her family.

She eats happily and listens.

[vesper_verde]

Marcelo sat forward a bit so he could start his lunch without slopping all over himself.

"Well, Colombia has Miguel Caballero and his bulletproof clothing. Though his clothing feels light, you can make out the bulletproof plating in it. We're working so undercover police could be wearing something similar and not look like there's plating sewn in. From what Stephanie has told me, unstable molecule clothing is not particularly bulletproof itself."

He started to dig into his food.

[call_me_phobos]

"Police officers are subject to a plethora of dangers in this city, even though there are more heroes in this city than almost anywhere else." Alexander said between bites of food.

"And if it's being researched for our everyday heroes, one can only imagine that the bad guys are getting it done for themselves." he said.

[frostfurlady]

"Och, aye, it's not normally bulletproof." Danielle frowns slightly. Unpleasant family stories there. Some people could be so fragile. One of the reasons she wanted to be healer.

[vesper_verde]

"I'm sure some American companies are doing it for both sides. We'd like ours on the police in the favelas of Rio and São Paulo as soon as possible." Marcelo decided today's special was not the best thing he ever had, but it was serviceable. Also, he had stopped looking for and eating lots of good food when he stopped dating.

He nodded toward Danielle. "I'm sure some of the superheroic set probably wish the material were more impervious to outside damage."

[call_me_phobos]

"Well, war is a profitable business no matter which side you're on." Alexander said lightly, having a bit more intimate knowledge of the matter than most. Often times, Father set it up just that way. He won no matter who claimed victory.

"How long have you been in America, Marcelo? What about you, Danielle?"

[frostfurlady]

Danielle canted her head. "That doesn' make any sense. 'Tis rarely profitable if it's yuir land getting trampled. But anyway, just a couple of months. America is very strange."

[vesper_verde]

"Veridian tends to supply for the police rather than military. There are no serious external or internal threats to my country, so we work toward the civilian side of life." He cast an appreciative glance toward Danielle before continuing eating. He was glad someone saw war as not profitable.

[call_me_phobos]

Alexander mentally kicked himself. Yes, war was profitable but many mortals didn't believe so. They were appalled by it. He'd learned to see such things from a different perspective but he'd forgotten his present company when making his comment.

He decided to shift the conversation a bit.

"What's your favorite thing about America, Danielle?" Alexander asked the young woman.

[frostfurlady]

Danielle believes her entire family -- the pack, not the mortal side -- are going to die holding off her grandfather when Ragnarok comes, and she's fine with that. It will build a better world, a better peace, than any that came before. But it will take destroying the old one; war was inherently destructive. Midgard wars rarely even included the 'building a better peace' part, so they often didn't gain the participants anything at all. It was sad.

But oh, good, a lovely new topic. "Well, there's always lots of new information. Used to being at Granny's--" when she's on this plane of existance at all. "-- and just learning things alongside my brothers in sisters, and there's nobody around but us and Granny's tenants. But with so many different people, you pick up the information differently."

[vesper_verde]

"That is true. In my few years here in America, I've picked up quite a bit of information." Lots of it on drug dealers and shipments. It helped having low notice powers like his.

[call_me_phobos]

"I've learned a lot about fashion and how to start a business in just a few days. It's all very interesting. I also enjoy American football. And basketball. Both of those are a lot of fun." Alexander said.

[frostfurlady]

"If Americans would ever like to start playing real football, I'll try to pay attention."