blameless mingle

[beathach]

Who: Blameless crew and visitors!
Broadcast: if you want
Action: Blameless
When: All of February

[it's a mingle! And of course, there's an activated device which may or may not be causing hijinks]

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Winn Schott | OTA

[winn]

a. anywhere~

[ winn has plenty of reasons to visit the blameless, it houses some of his favorite people on the fleet. so you can find him in hank's lab, waiting for him or cisco, hanging out in the cargo hold waiting for one of his friends, or poking into the kitchen - especially if something smells promising... ]

b. closed to hank

[ winn called ahead to make sure hank was free, but he's been pretty skimpy on the details. this is definitely not the kind of thing he wants to talk to on the network.

he knocks on the lab's door briefly mostly to announce himself before letting himself in. in his jacket is the blood sample he's taken from mon-el, marked plainly test against lead to protect his identity. ]

Hi - thanks for squeezing me in.

[athru]

[ It doesn't take long for Raven to find Winn, and she grins, rushing up to wrap her arms around him from behind. She's... Definitely been influenced by the device, not that she's entirely consciously aware of it. ]

Winn! Hi. [ She smiles, stepping back. ] How are you?

[winn]

Oh - [ he jumps a little as she caught him off guard, but smiles and turns, and you know what, if she's in a hugging mood he's going to hug right back! ]

Hi Raven - you're in a good mood!

[athru]

Is that a bad thing? [ She raises her eyebrow, leaning back and watching him for a moment. ] I don't have a reason to be upset right now.

[winn]

Of course not, it's got good right there in the title!

[ he loves seeing her happy, and he's always a fan of hugs ] Don't jinx it.

[athru]

I'm not jinxing anything. [ Her nose wrinkles and she shakes her head. ] I just feel like I have energy to burn.

[winn]

It was a - joke. Are you sure you're feeling alright?

[ she's acting kinda weird, he's not sure how to take it. is this a glitch? feels too harmless to be a glitch...oh shit he just jinxed it didn't he. ]

[athru]

... Yes?

[ Though she does frown a little, stopping to just... Think for a moment. ]

I'm just... Happy.

[winn]

[ he smiles warmly at that, hey, that makes sense. she's engaged! that's plenty reason to be happy, he'll be over the moon if he and kitty ever get somewhere stable enough for that. ]

Happy's good. I'm happy for you.

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[beathach]

[he already has what equipment he needs ready by the time Winn arrives, the rest of the things he works on during the day packed away or set aside. He glances up when he knocks on the door]

Hi. You say that as if I have a full schedule.

[winn]

Hey you got a fiance now, I don't know.

[ he shrugs with a smile. sitting next to him, he takes out the vial of blood. ] Okay here's the deal - a friend of mine, who we'll refer to as Y, cuz you guys get dibs on X, can get seriously poisoned from any traces of lead. So I was hoping by analyzing their blood, we can figure out a cure in case it happens...a vaccine would be amazing, but I don't know if that's possible...I can get more, if we need it.

[beathach]

Not a thing has changed. At least, not that I know of. [he just put a ring on her finger.

As Winn explains the situation, though, Hank sits back and crosses his arms, frowning thoughtfully] Well - a vaccine is used for biological threats to the body, like disease. You're essentially introducing the body to a very weakened form of it so that it learns to recognize it as a threat and build the proper defenses. Lead poisoning isn't a disease, though - it's a poisonous metal. So the body's defenses work differently when it's introduced into the system.

[he scratches at his cheek] There are treatments for it, if someone is poisoned - chelation therapy or activated charcoal, depending on the severity of it. I can run some tests - [he nods to the vial] - to see how quickly it builds up and if there are any other effects. I know how it works for humans, but - is "Y" human? Mutant? "Other"?

[winn]

Wow, Hank, you're such a romantic.

[ you are so lucky you got her, bro. ]

I'm not sure how to treat it, like poisoning or an allergy, or what, I've never seen it happening and it's really out of my field, so I'm totally in your hands here. [ he nods ] Um, other. Alien, so, we're dealing with a different physiology that comes from a different environment. [ no it's not kara ] Hope you're in the mood for a challenge.

[beathach]

What's that supposed to mean?

[he is totally a romantic u shut ur mouth]

Well - you've got a sample, so we can run some tests to see if it should be treated like poisoning or an allergy. [that seems like the place to start, honestly] I'm always in the mood for a challenge - especially one like this.

[it's maybe a step down from cocky but it's about as confident as he'll ever sound]

As for a solution - a vaccine might be out of the question, but there might be a way to build up an immunity another way. We'll have to see what the results say first, but we don't have to rule that out just yet.

[winn]

[ just a look at that, hank, you know what it means.

he listens intently, and claps hank's back gratefully. ]

I knew I could count on you! So how do we do this?

[beathach]

[no he doesn't know ok nothing has changed!!

He grins, and reaches over to grab the microscope to pull closer]

Well first, we look at the sample itself. I'm familiar with human blood and - well, mutant blood isn't that different - but alien blood is a new one. So we look, note the differences and anything else, and then . . . well, take a sample of the sample.

[. . . he pushes the microscope in front of Winn, then reaches into a drawer for the slides] Ever studied a blood sample before?

[winn]

[ no wonder you keep needing his help. ]

Yeah, not in depth, but yeah. [ raven showed him hers, and he's been studying with beverly. ]

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[nowyouseeit]

[now this is an unfamiliar face on the Blameless. nevertheless, when Kaito spots him waiting near the lab, he gives the visitor a cheerful wave and a wink]

Hey there! What a nice day to visit our ship, huh? And it's pretty great to get visitors, too!

[he's so. . . happy]

[winn]

[ this is one of the only unfamiliar faces the blameless has to offer winn - and it seems like a pretty happy face, so he's excited to change that. smiling, he offers a cheerful wave in return. ]

Looks like I got great timing, I'll add it to my resume! I'm Winn Schott, I'm friends with, well, Hank, Raven, Cisco, and Kate. [ so basically your entire ship. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[sweeps an arm in front of himself and takes a dramatic bow]

Kuroba Kaito, at your service~ Professional pilot. And. . .

[he stands up, snaps his fingers, and pulls a yellow rose out of thin air. magic!]

Professional magician. ♥

[winn]

Cool! Cool - [ leaning in. it's a pretty impressive trick, but the word magician isn't associated with real magic for him (real magic, still so weird and awesome that it's a thing!) ] are we talking like, real magic, or slight of hand? [ either way he's impressed that was well performed! ]

[nowyouseeit]

[a scoff, and he twirls the flower around his fingers]

Sleight-of-hand is real magic, c'mon! It might be better to differentiate by calling one "sorcery" and the other "illusions."

[defensive, is he? but even that isn't enough to shake his good mood]

[winn]

Sorry, no offence meant - it's really good slight of hand. Seriously.

[ he's very impressed and already trying to figure out where the flower came from because that's who he is. ]

[nowyouseeit]

[waves his hand, as if to say "no hard feelings." and before Winn can really figure out where the flower appeared from, Kaito covers it with both hands and makes it vanish into thin air again]

Why, thank you. But of course it is-- I learned from the best in the world, which naturally makes me the best.

[winn]

[ a couple claps at that trick ]

Does that mean you've exceeded your master, or are you giving yourself a tie?