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| - * Gert's codename "Arsenic" and the name of her pet dinosaur "Old Lace" were chosen as a reference to the 1944 dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Frank Capra. Based on the play of the same name, the film is about a man that learns on his wedding day that bride-to-be has homicidal aunts and a family history of insanity.
* Old Lace was originally mistaken as a Velociraptor, when she is in fact seemingly a Deinonychus. This misunderstanding is likely a reference to the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Whereas Velociraptors are generally a small breed of dinosaur, the film depicts them as a larger/human-sized species more closely resembling the Velociraptor's distant genetic cousins, the Deinonychus or the Utahraptor.
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| - Undisclosed location in/near Los Angeles, California; formerly Dinosaur World; Malibu House, Malibu, California; Manhattan, New York City, New York; The Hostel, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California; The Hostel, Bronson Canyon, California; Los Angeles, California; 87th Century
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| - Tail, fangs, scales; nose piercing on nostrils
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| - Origins
Old Lace was a genetically engineered dinosaur from the 87th Century. Dale and Stacey Yorkes used their 4-D Time Portico to travel into the future and commissioned Old Lace. They originally planned to have the dinosaur act as a protective weapon for their daughter, Gertrude Yorkes.
Runaways
Although Old Lace was designed to be activated after Gert's 18th birthday and/or if her parents died, but while searching for evidence and the body in the Yorkes basement, the Runaways stumbled onto a holographic message from Gert's parents, the Pride's Abstract, and Old Lace. Although Old Lace was originally left at the Yorkes, she followed the Runaways to the Stein's home and saved Gert's life.
After rescuing Molly, narrowly escaping their parents, and taking refuge in The Hostel, Gert suggested taking on new codenames to start over without the influence of their parents. She chose the codename Arsenic and named her new pet velociraptor Old Lace. The pair were immediately connected, and their bond continued to strengthen with time.
When facing off with The Pride in the Marine Vivarium, Arsenic had instructed Old Lace to follow Alex's commands if anything happened to her. Unfortunately, after taking down the Deans, Arsenic was incapacitated by Alice Hayes. Luckily, Arsenic and the others were able to escape in the Leapfrog before the Gibborim destroyed the Marine Vivarium killing Alex and all the members of the Pride.
After narrowly escaping the destruction of the Marine Vivarium, the Runaways were immediately apprehended by Captain America and placed into foster care. Additionally, Old Lace was taken away from Arsenic. Weeks later after a text message from Karolina, the Runaways reconvened at the Griffith Observatory. Together they decided to retrieve Old Lace and the Leapfrog, and runaway again.
Gert's Death
During the Runaways' mission to rescue Molly Pride, Chase ran into the burning Griffith Observatory to rescue his friends. However, Nico, Xavin, and Molly had already escaped, leave Chase to face off with a young Geoffrey Wilder. Gert and Old Lace went in after him resulting in Geoffrey throwing a knife directly into Gert's chest. Before she died, she successfully transferred her telepathic connection with Old Lace to Chase Stein.
After Gert's death, Chase began using Old Lace in a much more angry and aggressive manner, even going so far as to command Old Lace to rip an enemy's throat out. When Chase ordered her to keep the other Runaways from interfering with his deal with the Gibborim, Karolina managed to talk Old Lace out of it, saying that everyone can choose to disobey.
During Chase and Nico's absence, Old Lace became very melancholic and barely ate.
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| - Brian K. Vaughan; Adrian Alphona
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| - Old Lace is a genetically engineered Deinonychus from the 87th Century commissioned by the Yorkes using their 4-D Time Portico to protect Gert in case of their deaths. Old Lace has the following abilities:
* Telepathic and Empathic Link: Old Lace is telepathically and empathically linked to Gertrude Yorkes. This empathic bond between Old Lace and Gertrude allows for mental communication. Additionally, Old Lace is fiercely loyal to Gert, and has been programed not to harm any member of the Yorkes immediate family. Old Lace can feel the emotions of her owner, such as sadness when Karolina left, and anger when Nico and Chase's kiss was revealed. However, Gert and Old Lace also share the pain any injuries they other sustains. Later the link was psychically pasted onto Chase Stein just before Gert's death.
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