2019-12-17 - Got Time For A Chat?

Minerva's usually in the shop given it's December and for some odd reason people like buying others weird things. She's closed up for the moment, but the door is unlocked for those that know it is. She's seated in the middle of the floor with her two dogs and going over some notes that she had made. But she's currently not doing much of anything else. Just relaxing.

First comes the polite knock on the door before Devlin enters even though he is aware of it being unlocked. "Dr. Kosimar, this a good time to come by to talk?" Devlin asks politely.

Minerva gives a look over her shoulder as the dogs go bounding for the door, they are in their huge gangly teenager state of life. "Incoming." she chuckles. "And no Doctor needed. You can call me Irvriya or Minerva either one." she admits. "Come on in and we'll have a seat in the parlor. Everything okay?" she asks him.

"Just my giving due respect, Minerva." Devlin kneels to take a moment to ruffle the heads on the dogs as they come up, "Yes, you've greeted me. Now, lets go to the parlor so you two can guard us." He then rises, "I am doing pretty well. Even.. gasp.. dating." He holds up his hand, "Even got rid of the decoy.. new start and all that fun." He follows you into the parlor, gracefully shifting as he steps to avoid being jumped on. Each of the jumps a near miss for an enthused canine.

Minerva whistles for the dogs, "Azrael, Dumah, come on. Bones are in here for you." she calls. The dogs go running after her, but she doesn't get bowled over. "Dating? That's a nice thing. Wish I could find someone to date." she muses to that as she has a seat. "I'm glad that you're getting a new start though, they can be just what we need." she admits.

Devlin settles in as he gives you a charming smile, "I am afraid that my dance card is occupied at this time. I'd say that when the time is right, you'll encounter the right person, Doc." He pauses a little before moving on, "Oh, getting through my being recertified, so far so good. Should be done soon. One new wrinkle, they may have a psych eval done.. seems Senator Gomez's friends felt the need to send some paperwork up here." He rolls his eyes, "I'll be ok. Pretty sure of it. So as to why I am here, just wanting to figure a few things out about Glimmer or Shine as you called it. Been going over my field notes from deployments and thinking about what happened. I have a feeling I have been using these abilities without realizing it." He stops there, but clearly has a bit more to ask about.

"Well, if it opens up just let me know." Minerva tells him with a chuckle. Then she's moving right along! "And yeah, I'm sure some tall handsome stranger will wander in here someday and not mind a one eyed weirdo." she grins. "And if you need a psych eval...I mean, just come to me. There's nothing wrong with you." she points out. Then she nods, "I mean, depending on what sort of power it is it's easy to use without noticing." she frowns to that. "Can you give me an example?" she asks him.

Devlin nods with a smile, "Nothing wrong with only having one eye, Doc." He nods, "I may just ask you to do one just to beat some people to the punch. It is tempting." He then takes a breath, "Ok.. direct examples.. there were many times when I was under fire and that to be honest.. I should have been hit, not grazed a few times." He hmms, "Actually, more than a few times.. and same for some of the wounded I was treating during a fire fight."

"The offer is open, not like they know anything about us or anything of the sort." Minerva replies to that. Then she listens to him and there's a bit of a nod as she takes in the information. "So healing?" she asks him. "Might be that you have some Spirit." she admits.

Devlin hmms, "More like a round deflected more than it should have for myself. I have a good understanding of how bullet's fly having been on the receiving end a few times. As to the healing, looking back it seems was happening while I was bandaging people, etc. You saw those records on the discrepancies between my handoff records and what the surgeon's saw." He takes a breath.. "Plus, you helped me realize that I am pretty emphatic with people. I guessed.. if I can send it.. may be I can receive.. so..I experimented."

"Ah, I got the wrong impression at first. When you get higher up the track in Physical I think you can deflect or do a force field of sorts?" she looks to him. "That would account for injuries not being more and the missing bullet holes." she adds.

Devlin nods, "That would kind of make sense.. not something I really want to directly test though. I earned two purple hearts.. frankly, both times.. that hurt a lot." He doesn't realize it but some of that remembered pain of being injured, once by an IED and the other time being shot are being lightly projected on his part. He gets a touch of that should I be guilty look as he asks, "Do you know anything about Dark Men? And why they would be angry if you try to help heal even a minor burn to give someone relief from their pain?" Good guess.. he has done so.

Minerva listens to him and there's a bit of a look to him, "Definitely don't test it right now, but we could do it another time." she admits. "As for Dark Men, they are...these nebulous creatures that I've never seen, but I know they are there. Just waiting." she tells him. "And our powers and using them give them...little beacons to follow to us. Then they use our weaknesses against us." she frowns. "So if your girlfriend is not a Glimmer user...I suggest being extra careful with her." she adds. "We just found out that my niece has powers...and we're going to have to be extra careful around her." she chuckles.

Devlin hmms, "Not sure if she does.. how to check or even ask? I admit, I came here because.. I just did not trust, conventional people to take me seriously. Any suggestions on how to approach her or figure it out? She is a local.. if that helps." He takes a breath.."Anything I can do to help your niece, let me know." Easy to read.. messing with kids around him is a serious no no. "Oh.. if I am successful in bow season, would you like some Venison?"

"Just ask. If she's from here originally I'm going to guess she's had a run in with it or at least knows about our weird little town." Minerva admits. "And sometimes the conventional people are the ones that will listen first." she points out. Then there's a smile, "I'll take you up on that should Ciprian or I not know what to do." she grins. "And ooo, venison sounds lovely, really. But don't trouble yourself a lot." she smiles.

Devlin nods, "Only so much freezer space and I have two deer tags.. One open and one buck. Still have 16 days till the end of the year." He smiles, "Won't be a problem at all." He then hmms, "Is there a way for me to learn about what is known about the dark men.. and the .." He pauses.. "Veil?"

"We've got some files and things that we started, but, I'm not the biggest person with the information on the Veil and Dark Men. Ruby Cavendish does a good amount of Veil Research and she's crazy power wise. Might look her up." she tells him. "It's not hard to drag people out really. Just have to know where to shake." she muses. "Should I show you what information I have?" she asks as she stands.

"Oh.. yes please.. as cornie as that old G.I. Joe cartoons sound.. knowing is half the battle.. a lot of wisdom there." Devlin smiles, "And Doc.. if you are game to shrink.. just no more than about a quarter hat size please.. I figure best defence in my end game for certifications will be to be offensive here." And with that, you have Devlin's full blown attention to learn what you can offer.