Open roleplay—Emergence
It comes out of nowhere. Rory's out and about, looking for groceries she can buy with what's left of the $700 she made from the acting gig she'd managed to land, when she turns into an alleyway and suddenly sees a person holding a knife to someone's throat. Her reaction is immediate, as if her body's doing it before her brain can even think about it. She brings her hand to the assailant's chest, charging it on the way, and "slightly" electrocutes him with a shove. It's a little bit stronger than she'd intended, but he pulls his hand and the knife back either way.
"Leave them the hell alone," she grumbles as she leaves the alleyway, not paying attention to the person behind her.
Carol had been visiting New York for fun, it'd been a while since she really stayed on earth for more than a day. She looked back at the person that had gotten the robber away. She could've handled it pretty quickly but this girl just jumped in. She folloed after Rory.
"Thank you."
Rory startles slightly, but looks over her shoulder at Carol with a small shrug. "No big deal. You okay?"
"I'm fine. Are you okay? That was impressive."
Carol shrugged, putting her hands in her pockets.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Besides a slight muscle spasm, Rory's walked out painlessly.
"And thanks! It was no big deal."
"I gotta thank you for helping me. You like churros? Cause I haven't had a good one in a while."
Carol smiled.
Rory immediately brightens, before managing to mostly school her expression. She shrugs.
"Sure, I love churros."
"Churros it is."
Carol had spotted a stand when she was landing, now walking that way.
Rory follows close behind, trying to pretend she's not as eager as she is. They reach the stand quickly.
"You do stuff like that all the time or was that a one time thing?"
Carol asked, handing Rory a churro, paying for the both of them.
Rory shrugs.
"One time thing, but if a lot of people trade for churros I'd consider it becoming more," she jokes.
She takes the churro.
"Thanks."
"It would be cool if I got a free churro every time I saved someone. Free food always tastes the best."
She took a bite of the churro.
"Yeah I missed that."
"You save people?"
Rory raises an eyebrow. Carol looks familiar, but she just can't place it.
"Yeah. Im Captain Marvel. The whole deal."
Carol took another bite of her churro, she had said that like she was just talking about the weather.
"You're... Oh."
Rory stares at her for a second, then hums and takes a bite of her own churro.
"Well, nice to meet you. I'm Rory."
"Nice to meet you too, Rory."
Carol tended to be a lot less serious when off duty.
"So, you got a real name or am I supposed to call you Captain?"
"Carol is fine. Captain is usually for only when I'm on the job."
"Okay, Carol." Rory takes another bite of her churro, chewing appreciatively. "So... You've been to space, right?"
"Yeah, lots of times."
Carol took a bite of her churro.
"Why?"
Rory shrugs.
"Just think that's cool. New York's the coolest place I've been to so far."
"Space is awesome though. New york beats a good amount of places out on food though."
