[ We find a bunch of mutie freaks sitting around the large breakfast table at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. It's a large kitcheon with big professional-grade stainless steel fridges and all that neat stuff (Yeah, great description), so there's no shortage of things to eat. Even eith Eric here. ] (GREAT STUFF!) ( Right, Boo? *Squeek!* ) [ Today, the X-men are out saving the world from something or other, leaving you guys alone in the mansion. As if that weren't asking for trouble. ] ( Of course it's not! O}:) ) (*looks innocent. She's good at it*) [ There's even some new kids Hank brought in last night. He took the minivan that nobody on the grounds claims ownership to, so it's just called 'The Professor's Car', despite the fact that the Professor cannot drive a car. ] (He can drive it. With the POWER OF HIS MIND.) ( No, that's Jean. ) (Claire can, too!) ( He can still drive it, thanks to ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. ) [ The new guys came in really late last night, so you haven't actually had a chance to meet yet. So do that now! Session Start! ] (That utilizes the POWER OF HIS MIND?) (What about MAD SCIENCE?! XD) ( Okay, okay. It's MAD ALIEN TECHNOLOGY, that uses THE POWER OF HIS MIND! But that's the yellow wheeless wheelchair, not the minivan. The minivan only has an automatic transmission. ] * Sally yawns and stretches as she walks into the kitchen, wearing a black robe over some purple PJs and grey, nondescript flip-flops. Oh, and she's got on sunglasses. Her hair's jet black, too. Probably a dye job. Maybe. * Daegal is sitting at the table, downing some combination of cold cuts stacked onto rye bread that really should be too tall for him to bite into. Yet he does it anyway. Is that his mutant power?! ... probably not. * Eric is busy helping clean out the food. Todays menu consists of: Burgers, ice cream, hash browns, onion rings, and quesidillas. ( Mmm, burgers and quesadillas. ) 'morrrrrning. *yawns out that word quite lazilly* What's this place got for breakfast, anyway? * Eric has food on the table and it's already sizzling in two big piles. One for you guys, one for him as he, um, eats. Lots. Is that his mutant power? Probably one of them. * Daegal is a pretty big guy... over 6', 200 pounds or so, solidly built, but not cut... has unruly shocks of curly black hair, piercing metallic blue eyes, tannish skin, vaguely Eastern European features... * Alex is only barely a "kid" in that he's technically not yet an adult. While not very tall, somewhere between five and six feet, he's blond haired, blue eyed, and well muscled, though more in the style of a quarterback than a linebacker. Even this early, he's fully dressed and looking good. He must be a morning person. Ugh. It looks like anything you could ever want. * Daegal is wearing his usual tank top/track pants combo. Also notable: a small circular scar about an inch above his right eye, and a similar one on his right shoulder. [ Welcome to the Xavier school, newbies. ^_^ ] Oh, good. I'll have some whole milk, some coffee and creme, and a side of sausage, then. *procedes to acquire these items. Her sunglasses don't seem to hinder her seeing what she's doing at all* ( NOOBS. ) * Sally is, by the way, ~5'10" and probably in her late teens. But you never know with these mutant types. If she is a mutant. But she's here, so she must be, right? I believe it's continental style, Miss...? * Eric is a skinny, 5'6" white Canadian (Not French). Rather nondescript, he has musty blonde hair and blue eyes, and wears blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt. Short? Yes. But since when did size mean didly? * Harry slowly walks into the room. He's short for a guy, and looks sorta thin too, with blue eyes and brown hair. He's wearing a damn beaten up, to the point of tears, t-shirt, and some frayed and shredded jeans. Very punk, if he didn't look sorta frail. We're out of sausage. ( To the point of tears? His jeans are crying? COOL! ) * Sally chuckles. "I wish I could say my name was Alice, but 'mafraid nothing so poetic. Name's Sally. Sally Manners. Laugh at the last name all you want; I think it's stupid, too." (TEARS. Like torn. I'm going to slap you with my frail weak arms.) ( =P ) Will you forgive me if I don't, Miss Manners? No saussage? Hm... Eggs, then, I suppose. You do have cheese, yes? *digs around in the fridge* * Eric eats one of those mexican things he mentioned earlier. "Only American." [There is egg and cheese in abundance. Eric must really like sausage.] * Daegal continues working on his sandwich. He must be a New Yorker; he's eating pastrami for breakfast. Forgiven, Mr....? * Miya appears in a flash of white, literally out of nowhere. She's young, well under five feet, and underdeveloped, but definitely in shape. Her hair is chin- length and black with bangs, she's wearing sweats and a t-shirt, and she's obviously been working out. No shoes. Oh, and her eyes are a blank white. If that and her enterance doesn't mark her as a mutant... Wilke. Alex Wilke. * Alex smiles brightly at Sally. * Miya glances around before her eyes settle on Eric. With horror, maybe. He's probably used to it. * Harry tries to look around Sally and says in a surprisingly deep, although not that deep, voice, "Do they have anything--ey!" He swivels towards Miya. * Sally winces and hisses a bit at Miya's entrance, but calms quickly. "Pleased to meet you, Mr. Wilke." * Alex jerks to one side as he turns to look at the new entrant. 'ey Miya. Workout go well? * Miya yelps as Harry swivels towards her and rather gives the impression that she's trying to blend into her surroundings. ... She probably doesn't have chameleon powers, since she does a bad job. "Um. Pretty well." Japanese accent? Yes. * Sally might be staring at Alex for a moment before returning to her search for food, but those sunglasses make it hard to tell -what- she's looking at. * Harry says sorta quietly, towards Sally, who's nearby, "Is that sorta thing normal around here?" [ Oh, and if anyone who *does* have a finished sheet would DCC me a copy, please? That'd be great. Thanks. ^^ ] * Eric finishes eating his portion. Must've been enough for around ten or so people, probably more. The fact that he finished it in such a short time should be some kind of record. "Eh, what now?" * Daegal tosses a bread crust at Miya. "Earth to Miya! Come in, Miya! Over!" * Miya catches the crust at the last possible instant. She blinks at it. "What?" * Alex takes a moment to make breakfast for himself. Two pieces of toast, without butter. Mmm? *turns her head towards Harry* I wouldn't know, kiddo. Just moved in myself. You were the one who Dr. McCoy had to carry in last night asleep, were you? * Sally sets about scrambling some eggs and brewing some coffee. The eggs have a libral amount of cheese in them. Workout. How go? Anyone else want scrambled eggs while I'm at it? I told you. It went pretty well. * Miya blinks at the other people, then scurries to make herself some breakfast. * Harry blinks, and says, a little indignantly, "I wasn't that asleep. And I could use some, thanks." * Eric grins. "Sure. " * Miya stops when she realizes the stove's being used and just sort of looks at loss as to what to do. Sure thing. *adds a couple more eggs, and another chunk of cheese* No thank you. * Alex eats his toast slowly. * Sally smiles at the bright-making kid. "What can I get for you, missy?" * Daegal blinks. "You did? Sorry, didn't hear ya." *grins* "Ya gotta project, Miya. Talk loud'n proud." (Should I say: 'Just give me one... dozen.' ? :P) Yeah. Nobody'll hear ya if you talk like that. ~_^ Sometimes, it's best to be seen and not heard. Eh, and other times you gotta play it out loud. ^^ * Miya blushes. "Missy?" She looks around. "Um." (Play it loud. XD) ( Play it clear. XD ) ( *snicker* ) * Miya points at herself. "Me?" What's your name, then, sweetie? Mine's Sally. I'd offer to shake your hand, but am busy with the eggs at the moment. Only time it ain't good to be heard is when it ain't good to be seen, either. * Miya smiles nervously. "Miya." She bows. "Nice to meet you." Um, it's okay. I can come back later. I'll take a shower or something. * Harry sorta steps out of the wayish and rubs his head slightly as he looks around at people. Okay, suit yourself. Please to meet you. Almost done here - the eggs just need a bit more stirring. * Daegal walks over to Miya, leans over, and sniffs. "Eew! Stinky Miya!" *grins* * Alex looks down at Miya from his spot against one wall. He polishes off the last mouthful of his toast, then steps forward and offers his hand. "Alex Wilke. I understand your name is Miya?" * Miya jumps a little at that, then turns and glares at Daegal. "Hey!" She steps on his foot before looking at Alex and nodding. "Yeah." Ow. * Eric laughs. "Why else would ya take a shower, eh?" * Daegal ruffles Miya's hair! "Nobody stomps on my foot! Prepare for hair mussage!" * Sally lifts the pan from the stove, turns off the heat, and scoops half the heaping mountain of eggs onto one plate, half onto another. "Come and get it...uh...I didn't catch your name, either," she says to Harry. * Miya half-squeals. "Stop it!" She flickers out in a flash of white, and immediately reappears in another flash on Daegal's shoulder, impossibly balanced since she crouches down and gets him back. * Harry looks between all the people who seem comfortable with eachother, then looks over at Sally. "Oh? Sory, I'm Harry. You're Sally, right?" He suddenly covers his mouth, as if he were going to cough. * Alex looks confused and withdraws his hand. ( *POWERSNERK* ) ( Had that movie even come out yet? ) (*nearly dies*) (... Ha ha ha ha ha ha.) ( It had. 1989. ) (Yes, it had.) (Sorry, Alex, but Daegal is thoroughly monopolizing Miya's time. ;P) ( HAHA. ) Hey! * Daegal reaches up to grab Miya, then starts spinning around. "AIRPLANE SPIN!" * Sally cringes and hisses, and you can almost see a shadow around her, at the flash, but once again calms quickly. (... there's not enough room in here for that.) Yes, I'm Sally. Enjoy. Want ketchup for you eggs? It's sinfully good. ^^ ( Well, then, get outta the way! =P ) * Alex ducks. ...it is always this... active here? * Eric snickers. "Hey, hey! No airplane spins in the kitchen! You should at least take it into the living room where the prof keeps all the breakables, eh?" He grins. * Miya laughs. And screams. And disappears before Daegal can get a long spin going, reappearing and landing ungracefully on the other side of the kitchen. * Harry grabs his eggs and does get out of the way, saying to Sally, "No thanks. Just having eggs is enough right now, yeah." * Sally cringes, but manages not to hiss. "Miya, dear, could you -please- refrain from doing that so...brightly?" ( Dude, this is the kitchen of a huge mansion. The kitchen has more than sufficient room for an airplane spin. ) * Miya blushes as she picks herself up on the floor. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry. Um. Sorry. I can't help it." * Daegal keeps spinning for a moment, then realizes Miya's no longer on his shoulder, and stops. He woozes for a second, then regains his balance. "The Airplane Spin triumphs again! Now back to pastrami." *resumes eating* ( How he can eat after spinning is beyond me. ) * Sally chuckles. "I understand." She pours herself about half a mug of coffee, then proceeds to fill it the rest of the way iwth half-and-half. Then pours herself a glass of whole milk. "I think I'll like it here, if meals are always this good," she says, balancing a plate and both drink containers impressively as she saunters over to the table. (Me too.) Eh, they are if ya make'em. Most of the folks are horrible cooks and eat that concoction that Daegel's stomachin' right now. * Harry finds a fork and starts eating eggs, although he hasn't sit down yet. "Any place where I get fed is a place I can live with." * Daegal eyes Eric, chews thoughtfully, and swollows. "You insultin' pastrami, roast beef, and corned beef?" [ Daegal is, in fact, eating a sandwich. Mmm, sandwich. ] * Miya looks around for a little bit, then works up her nerve and walks over to Alex. "Um. I'm sorry. I didn't catch your name." Heh. I'm just glad to be someplace where these *points to her sunglasses* are only a comfort requirement, not a social one. * Sally adds a dollop of ketchup to her plate, and begins eating her cheesy eggs after dipping each bite in a smidgin of the red condiment. ( Everybody here looks pretty normal, right? ) A social requirement? ( The Ketchup Advisory Board has claimed another soul. ) * Harry looks at Sally oddly for a second, then nods slightly, eating more eggs while standing. Ah, you got the funky eyes. * Eric grins and makes a pie out of thin air. "Yup. Banana cream's much better." He spluts Daegal in the face with it. s'pretty common around here. ( *passes out bottles of Grandma Stieren's Habanero Catsup.* ) * Sally reaches over and beeps Daegal's nose. "Got it in one!" ^_^ (Only really abnormal thing about Miya, outside of being tiny and flat as a board is completely white eyes. No pupils or anything.) * Daegal gets beeped... and promptly splutted. The pie hangs onto his face comically for a moment before falling off, leaving him covered in pie. * Miya catches that and starts giggling. * Eric grins. Can I have one too, Eric? It's a bit bright in here for my tastes, so you'll all just have to wait to see what they look like. *you get the distinct impression she winked, despite not being able to see her eyes* * Daegal wipes pie out of his eyes. "... of course you know, this means war." * Alex hums a few bars of Eye of the Tiger. * Eric snickers. "Sure!" A pie appears above Miya and tries to land on her head. Let's see how much she's paying attention. ...oh, dear. At least wait until I'm done with my breakfast? Okay, if there's going to be a food fight, I'm leaving. * Miya steps aside without seeming to really think about it. It spluts on the floor. She eyes Eric. "That's not what I meant." * Daegal grabs Eric and puts HIM into an airplane spin. This outfit costs too much to get pie all over it. (The pie that smacked Daegal disappears by now.) Hey, hey! I just ate! No fair twirlin' a guy who just ate, eh! ( Including the banana cream on his face? ) * Harry frowns where he stands, and says, "How can you people throw food around like that? Really." All's fair in pies and war! ... But Eric, you always just ate. * Miya blinks at Harry. "It's not real food." * Daegal spins Eric s'more, but puts him down before he gets all Linda-Blair-in- The-Exorcist. No faaaaair stating the obviiiious! * Miya laughs. * Harry looks confused. "It's not? Hell, I figured it could be. Anything goes around here." * Sally eyes this impending battle of comestables, and pushes her chair to a wall, carrying her coffee with her and abandoning her half-eaten eggs and half- drunk milk. * Miya points at the pie that landed on the floor, which isn't there anymore. "Nope." I mean, it's real, but then it goes away? * Eric steadies himself. "Eh, yeah." * Sally is, by the way, conveniently close to the light switch. Weird. [ Eric fails to throw up. Which is good. ] * Eric has a stomach of ADIMANTIUM! I mean, how ELSE does he stomach all that? ( He failed his upchuck skill check? ) * Miya says, like it explains everything, "It's not my power." She goes to make herself breakfast. Yay! * Sally finishes her coffee, and sets the mug on a counter. "So, what do we 'gifted youngsters' do here all day, when not in school?" * Harry chuckles a little, then stares at his plate of partially eaten eggs and sets them down. Try not to break the really expensive art, mostly. * Eric looks at Miya, Daegal, then grins. "Wanna take'em to the danger room?" * Miya looks up from the fruit she was spooning out and smiles nervously. "We could..." [ Suddenly, the doorbell rings. ] I'll get it! * Miya vanishes. Yo- do that. ...well, that's a nice, obvious power. * Sally winces at the flash again. You'd -swear- there was a cat in her lap that winced, as well. But that must have been a trick of the light. Eh, yeah. So's a lot of others. (Is Miya the only really obvious mutant here? Really now. I should have given her fur and a tail and called her Nightcrawler Dos.) Yeah. Eric, for instance, has the proportional strength and speed of a spork. ( Apparently, yes. Except for Catgirl. ) ( She reminds me of the hypnocat from Powerpuff Girls. ) * Sally grins -REAL- big. "Mine's obvious, too, but generally not all that useful." (@_@) (Dude, I just downed enough food to put Old Country Buffet and can make pies out of thin air. :P) (Err, put it out of business.) * Harry blushes faintly, then says, "I'm not all that obvious. It's good for me." [ Miya opens the door! On the other side is a man who has to be nine feet tall. He's really muscly and has rust-colored armor in bands around his arms, in a single massive plate around his torso, and in a large, vaguely domed helmet that completley covers his head, except his eyes and mouth. His eyes are red, like he's about to cry, and his mouth says, "I-is Charlie home?" ] * Miya looks up at him. And up. And up. And up. And up. * Miya looks up some more, while she's at it. ( JUGGY! ) No? [ The huge titan of a man quivers. "But! But I gotta talk to 'im!" ] ... Oh. Um. I guess we could try to call him? Are you okay? [ The human behemoth sniffles. "No, I'm really not." ] (For the record, Juggy's about twice as tall as Miya. Seriously.) ( ...I don't think I can deal with crying juggernaut. ) Do you need kleenex? I can get you kleenex. Um. One second. * Miya runs off to get kleenex. * Daegal wanders out to see who's at the door... then stops, blinks... "Hey.. aren't you the Juggernaut? * Eric is with the rest of the crew. * Miya skids to a stop as Daegal wanders in and waves. "Where's the kleenex?" [ Another sniffle. "Yeah. Did Charlie say when he's gonna be back?" ] Bathroom. Get them fast, please. ...shall we all go see who's at the door? Miya's been gone a bit. Okay. * Miya runs off to the bathroom! She's awfully fast for someone who teleports all the time. * Daegal nods at Miya, then walks over to the door. "Not really. He's out on a mission or something. We can call him or somethin'." * Harry says, "Well, I haven't been here long. How do we answer the door? Mutants Anonymous?" ... I read in the newspaper that you made Thor cry once. That true? Nah, they're like this usually. You'd be amazed who pops up here. * Miya comes running back with a box of kleenex! She is victorious. She takes a few out and hands them up to Juggernaut. Mr. Xavier's a pretty popular man. ^^ [ "Yeah. See, we were fightin' an' I-- aww, I don't haveta' act tough in front of you, do I?" ] Well, let's go find out. *rises, and walks out of the room, towards the entry hall* [ It seems like the thought breaks his heart. Which must be twice the size of your head, Daegal. ] Um, I have tissues. Hello? Me? No, no. Was just curious. Really. >_> <_< [ Juggernaut takes some tissue and dabs his eyes with it. "Thanks, little girl." ] * Eric shrugs and walks to the entrance too. Umm... wanna come in? We're eatin' breakfast... * Miya smiles nervously. "Yeah." * Harry looks at his plate of eggs again, coughs a few times, then follows Sally out. * Sally arrives, and walks up to about the middle of the hall, eyeing the newcomer from behind her shades. [ "Aww, thanks." ] * Miya gets out of the way so Juggernaut can come in! [ Juggernaut squeezes in through the door, although it seems just large enough to fit him - come to think of it, the front door is unusually large. ] * Harry looks at the large man and he whistles. * Daegal nods, and leads Juggy to the kitchen. "Everyone... erm... this is Juggernaut. Juggernaut, everyone. He's here to see the Chuckster, who ain't home. I'm gonna go call him. Be right back!" *ZOOM* Hey hey Sally, he's just a big man. Don't stare. Eh Juggernaut, whazzup? * Daegal runs for a phone, trying to remember the emergency contact number the Prof gave. He IS rather large. Even for a large man. [ The Juggernaut's footsteps go 'thoom thoom thoom' as he lumbers dejectedly in. ] Um. You can sit here. Or maybe over here? * Miya looks for places that Juggernaut can stay without breaking things. [ The Juggernaut has a seat on one of the sofas, which creaks loudly and comes up off the ground on either side of him. ] * Harry winces, but seems to have a thoughtful expression on his face. * Eric scratches his head and makes a triple-reinforced sofa. "Eh, Maybe ya should sit there." * Miya goes to perch on a sofa arm and holds the box out for Juggy to grab more tissues if he needs them. "So, um. Is something wrong?" [ "Huh? Oh, okay." He gets up, thooms over to the new sofa, and sits on it. You could sweat the other sofa sighs as he does so. ] * Miya blinks as he thooms over and decides to make herself comfortable on the arm of the other one. [ "Yeah, somethin's wrong. My boss blew up at me again. He... he said..." he sobs and grabs another kleenex. ] * Miya lets him do that. * Daegal finds a phone... finds the number... dials! * Eric turns to Sally. "Eh, welcome to the Xavier institute. This is perfectly normal, honest." * Eric looks over at Harry and Alex. "You too." ^^ * Sally watches from a nice comfy armchair in a shadowy corner. "I'm sure. It's more interesting than my last school, at least." * Alex looks kinda... lost. ... erm, hi. This is Daegal, at the mansion. Is the Prof around? We got somethin'... interestin' goin' on. * Harry walks over towards where the people are, finally. "Yeah, but it's still... lord, he's huge." Eh, I'm sure it'll be. That's the idea. And he's the biggest they get... I think. Aboot the biggest, anyways. * Miya also pats Juggernaut on the arm. Aww, poor giant villain that's twice her height and more than twice her size and in crazy metal armor. * Miya idly wonders how he managed to wipe his eyes through those little slits, but maybe that's why his helmet's so rusty looking. Does this sort of thing happen often? And if it does, why doesn't the Xavier guy have stronger couches? Yes, and he can afford to lose a couch or ten or twenty. Anyways, that thing I made isn't the most comfortable thing ta sit on. If ya know what I mean. "Umm, hi Prof. Guy just showed up at our door asking for you. Ten feet tall, about as wide, big red armor. Goes by Juggernaut?" * Harry nods slightly and says, "Ah." So, I know you're Sally, but, eh, I never caught your names. * Eric gestures at Harry and Alex. * Sally seems to think her corner is dim enough, 'cause she takes off her sunglasses. Her eyes are definitely wierd: golden-yellow, with vertically slit pupils. They range up and down the red-armored guy, and that huge grin of hers returns. * Harry smiles a little, "Well, I don't know yours either, but I'm Harry." * Sally 's eyes, in fact, almost glow in the shadows. * Alex tries very hard not to stare. I see. A social necessity. "One in the kitchen. Juggernaut's over there on a couch Eric made. We're offerin' him breakfast... seems pretty upset. Something about his boss?" * Harry doesns't seem disturbed by Sally at all. Talking to Eric now. * Eric smiles. "I'm Eric. And, eh, yeah." It's either that or they hand out name tags at the door. * Daegal blinks, and his eyes go wide. "The Red... holy fucking shit." *listens s'more* "Okay. So what do you want us to do?" Well, it'd make it easier. How many people are here? * Sally belatedly looks at Alex, still grinning abnormally wide. "Yes, 'social necessity'. I am told they're not so striking in bright light, but it hurts too much to open them in such, so I wouldn't know." Well, I suppose there are worse physical mutations. I'd say... more than lots. * Miya looks at Alex curiously, with a blank white stare. "What's wrong with them?" Nothing. They're rather fetching, actually. Very exotic. * Sally winks at Alex. "Flatterer." You're gonna like it here. Great place. ^^ That doesn't make it any less true. "I mean, he seems like a decent enough guy, but I've seen him on TV smacking around the Hulk..." And I certainly do hope I like it here. Finding work has been... difficult. I already like it here. Have my own room - bigger than my one at home, have a good kitchen with food my parents always never stocked - health nuts, you see, and a place to park my car that's not outdoors - had to park it on the street in front of my house, back home. I am? * Harry chuckles a little. "Well, it can't be all that bad, if there are so many people. And there is food." * Daegal blinks at the phone, then turns back towards the room. " ... right. *deep breath* Okay, Daegal. This situation calls for bein' subtle, cool, and fulla tact." ...I do need to find out if smoking's allowed inside, though. * Daegal pauses. "... oh, we're boned." [ We are all doomed. ] ( Am not! ) ( We're all DOOMED. ) Health nuts? That sucks. Lemme tell ya, that really sucks. How can ya live without your daily alotment of deep fried foods? * Daegal walks back into the room, over to Juggernaut. "Juggernaut? Just talked to the Prof. He kinda has giant rocks attacking his plane right now, but I'm gonna call him back in five minutes, and you can talk to him then." Eh... I think it's okay outside and in some of the rooms. Most places aren't really smokin' zones, thought. That okay? ... Giant rocks stink. Giant rocks? What's this about giant sucking rocks? Big giant columns of rock, specifically. Sounds fun. I'm not sure I want to know. Perhaps you should elaborate...um...I didn't catch your name either. No, wait. I'm definitely sure that I don't want to know. [ "Aww, no. He's gonna be okay, right?" ] * Eric points at Daegal. "Daegal." Prolly. He didn't seem too worried. * Daegal looks back, and waves. Ah. *chuckles* You have no idea how hard it's going to be not to call you "Bagle", Daegal, dear. [ "Okay. ...so, who are you guys, anyway? I thought I knew all of Charlie's students." ] Mmmm.... bagels... * Daegal turns back to Juggy. "We're the newbies. m'Daegal." * Miya waves. "Hi. I'm Miya." She smiles. Must not know who Juggernaut is. ( X-N00bs! ) * Eric shakes his head. "Oh, right. I'm Eric." He grins. * Sally fades from view, all except her eyes and large grin. "Call me 'Cheshire'." Memorable. [ "Daegal? Oh, I head of you. Went fifteen minutes with Tombstone, right? ...aww, nuts. You're a superhero." ] ( Like Shadowcat ) ( So there's our shadowcat clone. ) * Harry glances over at Sally, then says, "I'm.. uh... nobody. But you can call me Harry." ( You keep thinking that. ) Me? Superhero? Nah. You see me wearing spandex, with my underwear outside my pants? ( Shadowcat, if I recall, phased through walls. She didn't vanish from sight. ) [ "...you sure you're not a superhero? 'Cuz if you are, we're gonna have to fight." He sniffles. "That's always how it is." ] ( True 'nuff. ) * Sally reappears, and oggles Daegal. "Well, if you want, I can imagine it, Daegal dear." Well, if you're going to fight, could you take it outside first? * Eric pats Juggy on the back. "Eh, we're not really wantin' ta fight. Ya know, could break a few hundered things in here... as well as 'here' itself." Nope. I don't even have a code name. Or something. * Daegal GLARES at Alex, then turns back to Juggy. "Definately not a superhero. That was just tryin' to help out in my neighborhood a bit... ended up fightin' with ol' Big, Mean and Pasty." Yeah. If we were superheroes we'd have codenames and somethin' like that. [ "No, but I gotta. Union rules. ...well, it's okay if you're not superheros." ] No superheroes here, I'm sure. That's kinda crummy. What happens if you're not in the union? Eh, yeah. They're outta town. NOt a stitch of spandex in this room. ( Please don't squish us. ;_; ) (Harry barely refrained from yelling, "No superheroes here! None! Not a one! No!") [ "If I'm not in the union, I can't get any good jobs. They normally help pay for lawyers and bail, too, but I don't really need that." ] ... so, you hungry? * Sally [grins]. Then stops, and puts her sunglasses back on. [ "...yeah. Famished. Got any pastrami?" ] ... an excellent choice. *grins* * Eric eyes Daegal. "Ya didn't eat the last of the pastrami, did ya?" I believe so, yes. This way, Mr....? * Miya eyes Eric. "You're the one who ate all the sausage." * Daegal runs over to the fridge. "You kidding? I ordered like thirty pounds of it a few days ago." * Harry rolls his eyes and mutters, "Not even I'm desperate enough to eat pastrami for breakfast." Yeah, but I ate at least twenty pounds yesterday. ... which still leaves us about seven pounds. * Miya facepalms. * Eric whistles. * Daegal pulls out two pounds of pastrami. ... correction. Two pounds. ...GOD man, what DO you use for mouthwash? Don't make him answer that. Eh, why not? * Daegal eyes the meat, then Juggy's mouth, then commences sammich making. Because you always say stupid stuff whenever somebody asks you that question. It might be easier to eat if you took that gawdawful helmet off, dear. Like last time, with the shaving cream and water. And they believed you ate shaving cream. *that was directed at Juggy, by the way* * Eric grins. I'd believe it. Especially if you substituted it for whipped cream. I doubt he would notice. [ "...aww." It's almost a whimper. "It's not an ugly helmet, is it?" ] * Miya looks up at it. "Well, um..." Eh, I can tell the difference. For instance, american cheese is nasty stuff. Not really? But the color could use work, maybe. You should try painting it. A nice blue would go a long way. * Sally sighs. "'Fraid so, big guy. I mean, I'm sure it's functional, but it's definitely a fashion no-no." * Miya nods. "Yeah! Blue." That dried blood look is very villainous, but it's not very fashionable. [ The helmet is, put bluntly, an eyesore. But you're not gonna tell poor, poor Juggernaut that, are you? ] Wouldn't he have to paint his whole body blue? (They already have.) (No, I just want to paint daisies on it.) * Daegal blinks, and his eyes go wide. He rushes the sammiches over to Juggy, hands them over, grabs Sally, and DRAGS her out of the room. "Be right back!" ( Sally can be quite blunt when she needs to be. ^_^_v ) * Sally is dragged! @_@ [ "Blue? Y'think so, huh?" ] * Miya ends up holding sandwiches. She hands one to Juggernaut. "Yeah." * Eric hmmmms... "Blue? Eh, could work. Wanna see?" Oh. Oh! Yeah, Eric can help. We need a mirror. * Daegal waits until they're out of earshot. "Hi. We haven't really met. I'm Daegal. That's the Juggernaut. He fights the Hulk for fun. He could smush us like bugs. Please don't make fun of his clothes?" * Miya sets the plate on Juggernaut's lap and hops off the couch. "Be right back." Flicker and gone! * Eric makes a mirror! Oh, I've heard of him. But he seems rather harmless right now. Besides, I'm only trying to help. Does a guy that strong really -need- a helmet? Blue, with black and silver highlights, I think. [ The Juggernaut takes the sandwich. "Thanks." He takes off his helmet, refealing a broad, thuggish face with a nose that looks blunted from numerous breakings. ] I'd say just silver, but that blue and silver is so heroic. * Miya shows up again with a mirror. It's a big one, and she looks rather commical carrying it. * Miya looks around her mirror at Eric's. "Hey! Mine's better." Oh, and I'm Sally. Pleased to meet you. * Eric blinks and his mirror vanishes. "Eh, whatev." * Miya nods. She won. ( Miya ALWAYS WINS. ) Now stand it up so I can start makin' helmets. * Miya sets the mirror up so Juggernaut can see himself in it. * Miya gives Eric a thumbs up. Blue? How dark... (I so do.) Dark blue! Just a tad darker than Captain America, I think. If he wears one, he obviously thinks he needs it. And since I'd rather not die, that's good enough for me. m'gonna be calling back the Prof in a minute or so, and he'll prolly be able to calm him down... so please, *please* try not to say anything even remotely mean to the gigantic man? * Miya nods. "Gotta be dark." [ The Juggernaut gets to his great feet and finishes off the sandwich. "Okay." ] * Harry looks at the mirror, and rubs his head. "This is crazy." * Eric hmmms, looks at the other helmet, then makes a navy-blue helmet which plops on Juggy's head. ( I can't believe we've got a Dress Me Up Juggernaut. ) (It rocks. XD) (There was the session where Thor came by for powdered milk...) ( Everyone is like 'Oh, cool. Juggernaut.' Daegal's like 'Oh crap, if we fight him, I've gotta be the meat sheild...' ) (Miya could be meat shield for a little bit!) (You laugh, but it's true.) * Sally pats Daegal on the shoulder, looks at him over her sunglasses, and winks. "Sure thing." She [grins] again, fading from view. Her eyes are the last thing to vanish.... (Hey, I'm with Daegal. He crush me.) (Eric could meat shield!) (For maybe one round while his force field gets pummeled.) ( Sally could lead him on a merry chase! ) (Teleport or invisibility?) ( I could be the meat shield! ) * A cat, with Sally's eyes, hops up next to Juggernaught, [grins], and purrs as it curls up next to him. Cats always make people feel better, right? (Unless he's allergic!) (... You know he's allergic.) ( SHH! ) ( ... oh, that'd just be perfect. CATS! I HATE CATS! RRAR! ... I'm just gonna sit this one out, okay? ) ( ;sides, he's got that spell of invincibility. I KNOW that must include an allergy cure. ) ... right. Okay. She creeps me out. * Daegal heads back to where the others are. * Miya blinks. She looks at the cat. Something seems wrong, but I can't put my finger on it. * Miya points. "Um. I didn't know the professor had pets." * Sally is a dark purple cat, for the record. * Harry sees the cat too. "Hey, whose is that--okay, maybe it's nobody's." [ "Awww, what a cute kitty. Cats usually don't like me, tho." ] I'm not sure we're supposed to have pets here at all. [ Juggernaut uses one finger to rub the cat's head. ] * Sally the cat [purrrrrrrrrs]. I dunno, it's cute. * Sally is now known as CheshireCat Probably 'cuz it's not a normal cat. Normal cats can be cute. Anyways, what'cha think Jugster? * CheshireCat [grins] at Eric and Miya while purring. (Woot! Jugster!) Normal cats can't be purple. Can so. Cannot. They can. Can so. See? But only with particularly cruel owners. " Yeah, but ya ever see any OTHER purple cats? Yes. Really? Where? ( Watch Live Action Sailor Moon! Luna's kinda purple! ) A fashion show. Eh, I'm talkin' about non-dyed. (Aboot, my bad.) They had one made to match an outfit. The animal rights activists went berserk. Didn't you hear about it? [ "Well, it is awfull... blue. 'S good and dark, but I think that's a hero color." ] Mmmm... Maybe a bit more red then? Now add the black at the edges, Eric. [ He sighs dejectedly. "And I can't be a hero." ] Why not? ( Fangirls would go nuts! ) ( Juggy has fangirls? ) (Pfft, if we could convince Juggy to become a hero, we'd be the awesomest X-Team evar.) ( Juggy + Face Turn = Too fucked up to believe. ) Probably one of those union things. (Maybe it's part of the Spell's contract: You Must Be A Bad Guy.) ( Screw that. Someone recruit Galactus. =P ) * Eric hmms and makes another helmet with said black around the edges. "Try this one on." ( Not in this universe they didn't. >.> <.< ) ("Do you have any planets in the fridge?" "... yes, actually." "w00t.") ( "You'll have to arm wrestle Eric for them, though. And I wouldn't want to arm wrestle him for food." ) ( *Thor swings by for a cup of condensed milk.* *Galactus swings by for a spare planet.* *Just another day at the Xavier Institute.* ) (MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.) ( That's my food! *STOMP* ... okay, you can borrow it. ) ( He's Galactus. He could De-mutiefy you, really. ) * CheshireCat meows towards one of the uneaten salami sandwiches on Juggernaught's lap. [ "Well, first I gotta get some money so I can cure my buddy Tom. I mean, I can't just borrow it from Charlie. And bein' a hero doesn't pay good. An' I need to pay rent on my apartment, too. An' buy groceries." ] [ Juggernaut idly pets the kitty. And consumes half the sandwich at a bite, chewing carefully before swallowing. ] * Daegal checks the clock, then runs over to the phone, and redials the Prof. Does villainy really pay that well? I mean, you could just get a regular job. * Miya thinks. "Yeah. Um. I mean, I've never tried or anything." [ "Oh, absolutely. This job I'm on now is gonna get me ten mil." ] (Pity, too, because Miya'd make one of the best ninja ever.) (Only if she could get that flashyness out of her teleportation.) * Eric whistles. "That's pretty impressive." (At least it's not a puff of brimstone. ;P) [ "Most of that's gonna go to Tom's cure, and then I'll be doing some other villain's dirty work. Ah well." ] That's quite a lot of money. Have you thought about endorsement deals, though? [ "...endoresement deals? For a supervillain?" ] * CheshireCat has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * CheshireCat has joined #X-Pialadocious Hey, fame is fame. You could sell spinach. Like Popeye! Yeah. Ya know how cool people'd think it is that their shoes are worn by the Juggernaut? * Miya nods. "Big boots." Robot boots. Only you're not a robot. There must be at least a dozen Big and Tall clothing lines that'd pay millions to have you endorse their clothes. ( Nike. Just SMASH it. ) (Damn straight.) * Harry just seems sorta stunned by all this, and so he stands there blinking and mutteing things like, "This is crazy." ( Capitalism triumphs again. ^_^_v ) (^_^_v) ( Juggernaught all cleaned up and in a tux. Now -that-'s a funny image. ) (^_^_v) (^_^_v) ( *puts on a Eiko "Yay, Capitalism!" shirt* ) I bet you could go into sports, too. Like, um... basketball! Nope. They've pretty much banned superhumans. Aww. Like just about everything else, honestly. [ "Naw. It'd be too hard for the other players." ] * Alex frowns, just a little. ( He could work at a flower shop. No, really. ) * Miya scuffs at the ground. "Okay. But you could still sell basketball shoes." ( You do realize Juggy would be better on football than basketball. ) ( He'd be GOD on the football field. ) Eh, what aboot, like, American Football equipment? ( No, Yu, he should work at a CHINA shop. ) "Yup. He's eating... and the others are trying to convince him to make money endorsing shoes, rather than by being a villian." Ya know, like pads and shoes and stuff? Ya could even be the mascot for the team! ... I guess nobody'd know it was him under a costume. "You wanna talk to him now?" * CheshireCat mutters, "Start your own mutant league, or somethin'," around a bout of purrring. * Eric grins at Miya. "Told ya." ( ...there was a cartoon about that, a while back. ) * Miya sticks her tongue out at Eric. * Eric sticks his tongue back at Miya. ( "Mutant League Football" ) (MFL.) ( You KNOW people'd watch it. ) (... Okay, Claire and I can take all of you at just about any sport. ;P) ( Yes, they would. ) (Or... the MLF) (With swords?) (Lots of swords. XD) (And no fair catches. :P) ( Nah. We do not need a Mutant Society for Creative Anachronism. ) (MSCA?) ( In MLF you could cause your opponent to forfeit for not having enough players left alive to continue. ) "Gotcha." * Daegal runs back into the room, and waves at Juggy. "The Prof's on the phone over here." * Harry looks at Cheshire the talking cat curiously and says, "Another mutant?" Just one mutant, unless I miss my guess. [ "Oh, Great! Uh... could you guys leave us ta talk?" ] * Alex quirks one thin eyebrow at the cat, then turns and exits the room. * CheshireCat [grins] at Harry, and winks at Alex. * Miya nods. "Okay." She vanishes. Yeah, sure. Don't break nothin', though. * Eric walks out. * Daegal nods, and heads outta the room, motioning for the others to follow. * CheshireCat hops down, does the cat-rubbing-against-leg thing to one of Juggy's legs, then glides off. * Harry will head out of the room too, then look at everyone like they're crazy. "Are you all crazy?" * CheshireCat is now known as Sally Whatever do you mean? * Alex looks oddly at Harry. Guy whose name I didn't catch has a point. * Daegal waves at Harry. "Daegal, by the way. * Miya comes walking in from another direction. "What point?" What's wrong? * Sally wanders up to the others, stretching langorously and grinning, but not quite [grinning]. Her sunglasses are back on, too, though she's still in pre- shower garb. The thing! With dressing up the giant guy who could probably crush us all! I fail to see your problem. No probably. Yeah? He wasn't in the mood to be violent. Couldn't you tell? * Harry actually seems sorta animated now. "But he could be later!" But a lot of people could crush us all? And he was pretty nice. As in, after he gets off the phone. * Eric shrugs. "I could level this building in a matter of seconds. And I could want to do it later too! Bwahahahaha!" He's not being very convincing. * Harry looks phonewards, and then suddenly has a little coughing fit. * Miya nods. "I could punch a hole in your head," she says seriously. Better he be entertainned by some fun with helmets than getting mad - before- that phone call, right? * Eric nods. Eh, I don't see anythin' wrong with it. DId it work? * Alex directs his question straight to Harry. And, um. He was sad. Not angry. * Harry rubs his throat. "Did what work?" First off, we're not being pounded into the ground, nor is the mansion demolished. He's kinda right. I don't mind the dressin' up, the chatting... but I don't think crackin' jokes and saying anything but nice things about his clothes was a good idea. Second, just the idea that so many companies would want him to endorse their products couldn't help but pick up his mood. Especially since, had he gotten mad, I, as the strong guy in our little group, woulda hadta have been the one standing there getting whomped on by him. * Eric nods. "Third, you never did tell us your name." He grins at Alex. Third, if by some chance he DOES take our suggestions and make his money legitimately, we've accomplished through capitalism what violence has failed repeatedly to do. * Daegal rubs his neck. "I'm tough... but I ain't near *that* touggh." * Miya eyes Daegal. "I could've tried to get him to hit me instead." How aboot you not get hit and just dodge? * Miya nodnods. ... you nut, Miya? I know you're hard to hit'n all, but if he hit you, he'd exploderate ya. ( er, nuts ) * Miya pouts. "If I'm ready, it'd be okay." Bah. How could anyone be mad while petting a cat? *chuckles* Esepcially when they're so -good- at it. Oh! You were the cat. Cool. ... You're awfully logical for a guy who told a man who's bigger than all of us put together to get a 'normal job'. Howzzat feel, anyways? Being petted? Oh, marvelous. Positively rapturous, even. *grin* What can I say, you bring out the worst in me, and we've only just met. I can feel the mellodrama already, ya know? Is it yellow? Yes, and it tastes like cheese. * Eric smiles. * Miya thinks about that. Then makes a face. "Um. I'll be in the danger room. Let me know if he needs more tissues." She flickers away. * Harry smiles a little nervously. "Sheesh. Just tryin' not to get killed the first day here." Always a good plan. Dying hurts. Always a good plan-- Hey, you're not gonna have fun without me Miya! * Eric runs to the Danger Room. *chuckles when she realizes Daegal said the same thing* ...where is everybody running off to? * Sally drapes an arm over Daegal's shoulder. "So, what's this 'danger room' they're talking about?" ...and should I get dressed before visiting it? ... yes. Bathrobe Danger Rooming is just asking for a Madonna moment. ( Hah! ) * Harry smiles very thinly. "Well, if it's a danger room, maybe it's right up your alley." Another cough. "I guess I'll just show the big guy out if he isn't in a smashing mood when he gets off the phone." I -am- wearing PJ pants, but point taken. Meet you back here in 5? Then you can show us newbies where it is. And the Danger Room's like a big trainin' room... they have this nifty hologramaphic thing they say they got from aliens that lets 'em make solid thingees that ain't really real. (Meanwhile, Eric's blowing up Miya! All in good fun!) (Oh dear.) (SPLODE!) (Don't make me drop a Volkswagon Beetle on you!) (Come to the Danger Room!) (You know you want to. o/~) Aliens. Impressive. Very well, let's have a look. Lead the way. [ The Danger Room Beckons. It's even better than the Super Nintendo, and that's pretty darn good. ] * Sally returns, dressed in red sweatpants and a purple tank top over a grey sports bra. She's got on dirty used-to-be-white tenis shoes, too. [ Everyone reaches the Danger Room! ] ( Woo! ) (I don't! I'm watching Juggy.) (Because he's still in the house and he makes me paranoid. >_>) [ Fine, everyone but Harry, who's a spoilsport. The control booth door is open. ] (Okay, we need a setting Yu!) (Oh no.) (They're going to control the danger room for us. @_@) (*clings to Eric* Save me!) (... Save ME!) OKay. This is the control room. Lotsa controls. I have no idea how they work. You can apparently use 'em to create trainin' programs... like if you wanted to practice fightin' against a bunch of guys with laser guns, it could create fake, solid guys with laser guns for you to fight. ( "What's this button that says 'Level 100' do?" *push* ) Except that if they hit you, it'd just hurt, 'steada cutting you in half. I see. I'm not sure about this "hurting" business, but I suppose it's better than the real thing. If you wanna fight a dinosaur, it can do that too. If you wanna fight a fifty-foot tall Dan Quayle dressed like a schoolgirl, you could. * Eric is inside the danger room already! It's all misty inside, and looks like it's in the middle of a down-town Miami construction site, and they're confrotning hordes of killer robots like found in Terminator 2 because Terminator 2's cool. ... dunno WHY you'd wanna, but you could. * Alex tries to picture that and fails miserably. (We pick the best simulations.) (Oh hell yes.) (The simulation name is: Miami Vice.) ( X-Men vs Judgment Day. ) (YES.) (Err, yeah. :P) Eric's down there, fighting pretend evil robots. Difficulty level's not set too high, so the robots won't move too fast, aren't too smart, and won't hurt too much. The pros 'round here use nastier workouts. So, what happens if we turn the difficulty up? Hm. Is there a user manual in here somewhere? * Sally starts looking for one. Well, first I punch you. Then I turn it back down. *grins* * Miya is in there too, actually! You can see her, because she appears in a white flash, coming out of a flip and landing on a narrow beam. She glances around from her high position, then jumps off, twists in the air, and vanishes. * Eric grins and punches his hand forward, a series of glowing green pellets streaking forward and impacting a line of robots, knocking them out easily. [Sally finds one! It's in what looks like machine-translated English.] But, if we're talkin' all theory-like... higher the difficulty, the smarter the bad guys, the faster they are, the stronger they are... And the more they hurt ya if ya get hit. s'not real, but it can still do damage if ya set it too high. * Miya reappears, landing on a robot feet first. Instead of pearching on its head, she pretty much plows into and through it before porting again and reappearing behind another, kicking it in the back and towards Eric. Oh, bother, I -hate- these. But! *starts paging through, starting her search with the index, and carefully checking a number of seemingly-random pages* * Eric motions and a spear of metal appears and goes through the robot point- first, vanishing and exploding in a spectacular show of coolness. Well. Eric and Miya are certainly very impressive. * Miya ports out of the way before it explodes. Really now. Ain't nice to mess with the setting when people're in the middle of a session, though. (You know you want to. 9_9) ( Why do you think she's studying the manuel? :P ) ( Hey, robot! This is what stick plus metal equals, eh? ) ( *STABS the GM* ) ( What's going on, EH?!) (WTF? ^^) ( It was worth it. ^^ ) Well, yeah. They been here for a little while, so they've got some trainin'. Plus, Miya's got a fuckton of martial arts training, and'sa damn good gymnast ta boot. * Daegal grins. "Kids' got skills." * Harry stumbles his way into the room with the other curious people. He's wearing a pair of shirt and jeans that aren't so messed up. In fact, they're not messed up at all. ( er, Kid's ) ...I can tell I've a long way to go to catch up with all of you, then. *she [grins]* * Miya dodges a laser blast, almost without thinking, and spins to kick another robot. In the FACE! * Eric runs away from the robots and impales one of them with a beam of phased matter. It vanishes, but its effects are very real. ( I swear, I'm giong to have to buy that [grin] as a mutant power - Features level 1: Abnormally Large Smile ) 'ey person whose name I still don't know. *repeats what he just told the others, 'cause he's too lazy to retype it* ( Just like Mio in PGSM. :P ) It's Harry... *thoughtful* Daegal. Eric! Yeah?! Ah, 'kay. Nice ta know yer name now. *grins* * Miya runs, uses a bot as a springboard, and vanishes. She ends up over a roof nearby, using the time in the air to orient herself and land before stumbling a little and taking off running. "Where are you going!" So... Harry, Alex, 'n Sally. Got it. Away from the robots! ... Why? ( ARGH. PGSM. CAN'T GET WORKING COPIES OF EPS 34 AND 35. ARGH. ) * Harry smiles weakly. "Sure. Nice to have picked up your name randomly." * Eric points up at the large ball of plasma that's going to impact them soon. "THAT'S why!" * Miya runs to a gap in the buildings, does a roundoff, and teleports into the air above it. She lands and turns to look. "Oh." ... so what d'you all do that has ya here, anyway? (The next one, even.) ( PGSM? ) Sorry if that's kinda blunt, but... well, I'm kinda blunt. ( Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. AKA the new live action series. ) ( Ah. ) It is blunt. * Eric shields his eyes as the bomb impacts, decimating a good 15 meter radius area from its impact site. Fortunately, the destination he selected was off on the road and not actually *in* the construction site. Blunt's fine, so long as you're not dull, Bagle dear. * Miya had the sense to put on shades. Ooh, shiny. * Harry ums. "I... uh... well..." Coughing fit. "Get sick a lot, apparently." Weak smile, as if it were a joke. Coulda been worse. I coulda said "Hey, what're your powers!" ... and the name's Daegal. Pops didn't name me no bagel. * Sally flinches at the bright light, and once again, you'd swear there were shadows around her. * Eric grins as a mini-mushroom cloud appears. "And I got the whole sub-atomic thing going too!" ... You made that up. ...sorry, sorry. Told you that'd be hard. ^^; Maybe, maybe not... You did! Did not! * Miya ports down and noogies Eric. "Did!" Hey hey hey! Watch the hair! * Eric tries getting Miya off his head. * Daegal eyes Sally, then relaxes a bit. "s'okay." *turns to Harry* "Your power is to get sick a lot?" * Miya stays right there. On his shoulders. NOOGIE. No, really, it's more.. um... well... * Eric pouts. * Miya wins again! ( It's more that he's a good candidate for Pestilence. ) * Eric thunks Miya in the back of the head with a pie. ... oh, cool! Miya's using the rear shoulder mounted inverted noogie lock I showed her! * Daegal pauses, and turns back to Harry. "Sorry. Get distracted easy by fightin'." * Miya yelps, then falls off of Eric and grabs him by the shoulders, flipping him to the ground, too. * Eric lands on a soft cushy matt, though. * Daegal looks a bit abashed. * Miya gets to her feet. She eyes Eric. No telling what might happen next. * Harry , while Dae was looking away... turned into somebody else. Who's a little taller, black hair, black eyes, asian skin, different clothes... * Eric grins. "There's robots behind you." ... * Miya teleports so she's behind Eric and looks. * Harry says, in a less deep voice. "... I sorta turn into other things." Oh, sure, hide behind me! * Sally lets out a low whistle. Which is impressive, since she's [grinning]. Impressive. ... oh. Cool. Anything you want? You said you could be the shield! I didn't mean it! Did now! * Miya shoves Eric towards the bots. * Eric is shoved and punches forward again, the shot streaking forward and impacting many-a-robot. ... Cool. (Shot as in pellets.) * Miya tries it again! Oh no you don't! * Harry shifts into a fair facsimile of Daegal. "I've never had a problem, really... well, not as long as I've known what I was doing." Nervous smile, which looks sorta dumb on Daegal's face. * Eric dodges! For once. ... okay, that's just kinda freaky. * Miya halfstumbles. She blinks. Cool, but freaky. * Daegal pokes !Daegal in the shoulder. "Even got the scar." * Eric looks up into the control booth. "Hey, think you could take us up there? If two Daegals means anything, it means they're showin' powers." He grins. * Miya looks up. "Ooh." She grabs Eric by the arm and they flicker away, reappearing in the control booth completely without warning. ( That, or Daegal reproduces asexually. ) * Harry shifts back into Harry, although now it's blue eyes and blond hair, then says, "So, what do you do, anyway?" * Alex stumbles away from Miya and Eric. Gah! * Sally winces and hisses, as is her wont, at the flashy entrance. * Eric grins. "Hey guys." ^^ * Miya looks a little embarrassed. "Sorry." 'Salright. Welcome, you two. Now that you're out of there... *fiddles with controls a bit, and changes the simulation* ...oh, the danger room thingies can't do anything outside of it, right? Good question. Eric, mind turnin on the trainin' program that Hank worked up for me? Better ta show 'em what I do than ta just explain it. Oh, sure. ^^ Huh? Um, what do you mean by outside? Oh, sorry. Here, have at it. Oh, just the one I brought up says it might not be safe yet. Wanted to be sure it couldn't get at us in here. * Miya shrugs. * Eric goes over to the controls and types in a few things, cranks a couple knobs and... Daegal's program is set up. * Harry rubs his hands together nervously now. When he looks at Sally, he smiles a little and says, "It couldn't have been that impressive." Eh, technically, we shouldn't know how ta use this thing. But that never stopped me before. ^^ * Miya giggles. * Daegal heads down to the danger room, and does a quick stretch. After a moment, a large parking lot materializes, and standing across from Daegal is a huge, albino-white guy, clad in black leather. Your power? Don't downplay it; that can be a scarilly useful one. *smiles (normally, this time) at Harry* Power? Oh. * Miya looks at Harry. "Um, what is it?" Hey, what's he do? Was he the other Daegal up here? Yes, he was. * Miya blinks. "That's neat." A very useful power. I'm impressed. That's rad man. Radical! * Harry nods at Eric and says nervously, "Yeah. I guess it's shapeshifting, unless y'all have big names for it." He blushes. * Daegal grins, and charges at the guy, ducking under a punch and sweeping the guys legs out from under him, leaving the bleached-white guy to tumble to the ground. The man quickly responds with a kick, though, sending Daegal sailing across the room into a parked car. It's nothing. I mean, it's something, but... well. Thanks. Well, um. You'll probably get a superhero- oh. * Miya turns to watch Daegal. * Eric laughs. "Hey, I make stuff and blow stuff up. You don't wanna know what they call it here." * Harry peers out at Daegal. "He's good at getting hit into parked cars." * Miya coughs. "Splodey the Sporkmaster." * Eric looks down. "Oh, ya never seen anythi- AM NOT!" SPLODE! * Miya points at Eric. I'll make you splode! Will not. Where do sporks come into it? * Sally chuckles at Miya's teasing of Eric. Will so. Will not. And he makes sporks. * Miya pauses. That splode! ... How... nice. Do NOT! Do so. Do not. [ Do so. ] Do so. (You stay out of this!) Do not. * Miya is confirmed by the Great Voice In The Sky. ( Did God just speak? ) ( Wow. And nobody had to play Stairway to Heaven. ) Do so- ow, that had to hurt. * Miya looks out the window again. * Daegal gets up slowly. "Ow. Crap. C'mon, stupid powers..." *moves out of the way of a kick by the pasty guy, which knocks the car across the parking lot, and kicks the guy in the back of the knee, causing him to fall to his knees. The knee to the jaw, however, has little effect on the pasty guy, who grabs Daegal and chucks him across the parking lot again, skipping him like a stone across a pond. * Eric mutters "Do not." as he looks out the window again. ( No, not really. That's the narrator talking. You can't hear the narrator. ) ... Do so. Not. He should start glowing soon. So. * Alex watches Daegal in action. Or whatever passes for it. Yeah, he should. Not. He should so. Not. So. Glowing? *raises an eyebrow behind her sunglasses* Not. * Miya nods. "Yeah! He has mutant night light powers." He should start doing something. That looks like it'd have broke me five times over... night light? Um. Yes. Yup. Night-bright-light-powers. * Daegal coughs up some blood, and gets up slowly. A good chunk of skin has been scraped off his arm, and he's also - yes - starting to glow metallic blue. * Miya points. "See?" So, Harry, do you adopt the powers of those you look like? We use him on camping trips. I see. Very handy. ^^ ... okay, now we have some fun. Um. I'm not psychic, and it's not a touchy thing, so I don't know how I could. I doubt he appreciates that, given what he seems to have to go through to start it. * Harry looks at glowy man. * Daegal charges at the pasty white guy, blocks a punch, grabs him, and tosses him through a row of lampposts like a lawn dart. * Eric idly bounces a glowing ball from his hand to the ground and back while he watches Daegal kick ass. ( Oooooh, Damage Conversion in action! ) And, um. He gets stronger and stuff, too. * Sally nods. I see. That also helps on camping trips. ... that's really unpleasant. I'm glad I don't have to be hit to look different. Yeah. We all agree he got the shaft in powers. * Miya nodnods. Still good, though. * Daegal charges after the guy as he tries to get up, picks him up onto his shoulders, and smashes him down headfirst onto the pavement. He then sets about twisting the other guy into several varieties of pretzel. I mean, look how far he threw that guy. * Harry coughs a few times, and nods while he coughs. And people really aren't supposed to bend that way. ( Anyone who watches wrestling will recognize that suplex and some of these holds. =P ) That does look...unpleasent. * Miya looks at Harry, concerned. "Are yu okay?" (you) * Eric hmmms and turns on the radio, putting Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit over the speakers. * Eric puts it nice and loud too. Speak coherent? We don't wanna. o/` * Daegal finally releases the series of holds, picks the guy up, and headbutts him repeatedly into unconciousness. Shaking his head, he waves up to Eric to end the program, then jogs back up. * Alex claps his arms over his ears and screams out a bunch of gibberish. * Miya gets drowned out by the music and the screaming. * Harry smiles weakly, then has to say loudly, "I get sick easy. And I wasn't exactly living in a sterile environment." *cough cough cough* * Miya looks over at Alex. "Uh..." * Eric looks over at Alex and turns down the volume. Eh... Um. Okay. * Miya looks back at Harry. "What do you mean?" Gah, that was obnoxiously loud. * Miya fidgets. "I mean. You don't have to tell me." * Alex screams out more gibberish. The control room also begins to smell vaguely like a a pep rally, with a touch of locker room, and a bit of saturday night party. (What kind of '93 teenager are you? >_<) (Yeah, really. >_<) *enters* So, yeah. I'm strong and tough and stuff, but I can only do it if I get knocked around some first. It kinda sucks... * Harry looks down. "Thanks. I don't think I want to..." he looks over at Daegal and nods. Hi Daegal. I think Alex is going crazy? ( You bastard. I hate you. ) Pity. That's gotta be unpleasent. * Eric turns off the music. "Well, he started doin' this when I turned on the radio." (^^) * Daegal coughs up s'more blood onto his shirt, but is starting to look a bit better. The more perceptive amongst you might even notice the skin on his arm slowly regrowing. ( I just realized ND was playing Alex, when I noticed the effect the music had on the boy. ) * Alex relaxes a bit, and the smell vanishes instantly. * Miya edges over to Alex and peers at him. *still glowing* ... you okay? Please don't do that again? * Alex doesn't take his hands off his ears. Don't like Nirvana? ... I just got thrown halfway through a car, and I'm askin' someone else if they're okay. Crazy fucking world we're in. Yes, please. Or at least choose a decent group. Perhaps a musical or Simon and Garfunkle. * Harry chuckles a little. Hey, I just turned on the radio. * Miya rubs at the back of her head. She doesn't listen to those things. You people are weird. Just leave it off. Please? * Daegal looks down at his shirt. "Dammit. I really gotta stop bleeding all over my white tank-tops." No music. Eh, sure, sure... So, your power don't like music then. (Kick, punch, it's all in the mind. o/~) (I don't either, Miya!) (Awesome!) ( If you ever play Head Like A Hole, I kill you. Assuming I survive. -_- ) (I sing the body electric?) ( And Sally's constant complaint? It's too bright in here!" ) (Hell, I think he needs to hear a little garbage.) (Stroke of Luck.) (Snark.) ( Y'all are gonna torment me. I know it. ) (How about Androgyny.) ( o/~ The world is not enough / but it is such perfect place to start, my love / and if you're strong enough / together we can take the world apart, my love o/~ ) ( As long as you stay away from Dude Looks Like A Lady and Sweet Transvestite, sure. ) (*puts Alex on a Crazy Train.) (Sweet Transvestite is AWESOME. ;_;) ( It is, but you don't want to see Alex in that getup, do you? ) ( *puts on Amish Paradise* ) (Or maybe we can make him a Jukebox hero. :P) (o/~) (With stars in his eyes! XD) (That could hurt.0 ( *snickers* ) ... or red tank tops. That might not be a bad idea... My "power" likes music. It likes music a LOT, in fact. So, don't play it, eh? Um. You're sounding like Eric. * Eric chuckles. "Eh, sure." * Miya facepalms. We needa mutant --oh, really? That could be really useful...or really annoying. I'm guessing the latter, huh. Sorry, kiddo. So, what's goin' on, eh? * Miya steps on Eric's foot. She's not sure why, but she felt the need. Nothing you need to worry about. Just don't turn on the radio around me. * Eric winces. (At least I didn't step on your foot hard!) * Alex relaxes a little and leans back against the wall. Well, I'm still glowing, for one. Someone, try punching me. * Harry smiles weakly, "I'm not much of a music person. I always got stuck with lame radio, so you don't have to worry about me." ( "Confrontation" from Jekyl and Hyde would -really- screw him up, mentally. ) * Eric makes a greatsword. "Maybe this'll be more impressive?" * Miya eyes the sword. "How can you hold that?" * Daegal grins. "Take yer best shot." It's titanium. ^^ My guess would be like that, Miya. *points to how Eric holds it* ... I'll just be very out of the way. * Daegal holds out his arms. * Harry gets very out of the way. In fact, he seems to shrink a little in size. * Miya eyes Daegal. "In the chest?" * Sally just [grins]. Sure. ... Hard or not? ( Sally reminds me of Eyebelisk. ) Hard as you want. ( Who what? ) ( I'll tell you later. ) * Eric grips it in both hands and tries to slice Daegal's arm off. Which... really, it breaks the sword instead of him. * Daegal doesn't move much as the sword hits his arm. And, yup, it breaks. Okay, remind me ta use an alloy next time. * Eric winces and rubs his hands when the sword vanishes. * Sally does her whistle-while-[grinning] thing again. * Miya grins. "Oh, I forgot about that. She jumps up, spins, and literally kicks Daegal across the face. It looks like it *hurt*. (Endquote in there!) (Now, I wonder what Alex would do if you played 'No One Like You' by the Scorpions...) ( Dunno. ) * Daegal has his head snapped to the side... but when he turns back, his face isn't even red. "Nice kick. Felt that a little." ( Does it work if someone just randomly sings near him? ) (Try and see?) ( NOpe. Gotta have at least one instrument accompanying. Though really good acapella might trigger it. DO IT, Rockapella! ) ( If so: o/~ No body likes me / Everybody hates me / I'm gonna eat some worms o/~ ) * Miya lands with an oddly heavy thud. "Yup." That woulda prolly cracked my jaw if I wasn't all glowy. * Miya smiles sheepishly. "Probably. Maybe a little more." (Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego o/~) * Harry rubs his hands together again, then looks down at the danger room. "Does that place mean we do a lot of fighting here? Because I don't know much about fighting. Or breaking peoples' jaws." (I swear, we need to play Sharp Dressed Man.) Huh? Oh. No. Nobody makes people fight or anything. I won't even try hitting you, Daegal dear, while you're like that. My powers and lack-of-training don't give me anything resembling that kind of muscle. ^_~ * Miya blushes. "I just, um. I know how. That's all." Nah, I bet ya could learn to do all kinds of stuff in there. ( No, you don't. Not unless you want an impromptu threesome. ) Good. I'm not really much of a fighter. Ditto. Point is, I think, ta teach ya how ta use yer powers better. If that means fightin', like me'n Miya, then ya fight. If it's not... then ya learn a different way. It's just that's what it's best for. ^^ Oh, sure you are. We just need a good renditon of "Kung Fu Fighting" for you, sweetie. * Alex pales. (I don't think we realized explained his powers matched the song IC, Sally. c.c;) * Eric nods. "One of my powers are to blow stuff up. So I need ta learn how to blow stuff up." Or maybe "I need a Hero". * Harry chuckles a little. "I dunno what I could learn from that place." ( Oh, sorry. Scratch those, then. ) (Yeah, but you can figure that out just from Smells like Teen Spirit.) (... No we can't. Nothing happened. c.c;) (He made it smell like a locker room (teen spirit) and the lyrics were incoherent, just like him.) ( That is a bit of a stretch. ^^; ) ( But anyway. ) ( It is, but what's done is done. ) You don't want to do that. Eh, why not? You don't understand the consequences. ( I can't resist: o/~ We're so loud and...incoherent! / Boy this oughtta...bug your parents! o/~ ) The consequences of some songs are... significant. Heh. And here all I can do is read in the dark. Well, and other things, but even I don't -really- understand how it works. ^_~ * Eric chuckles. "Who needs the dark? Oh, be careful going down there. I think there's some radioactive residue left over from my powers still." * Harry says, "Well, you were the cat, right? That's something, miss 'Shapeshifting is so cool"" * Alex looks relieved that the spotlight is off him. It's not really shape-"shifting" per se... *fades from sight. A cat hops up on Harry's shoulder* * Sally is now known as CheshireCat * Eric scratches Sally behind the ears. (Or the cat, you know.) Since, you see, I don't actually shift from one form to the other. *purrs at the scratching* * Miya stands. And fidgets. * Harry looks over at Sally, and suddenly his _head_ looks like a cat, but he says, in a human voice, "Seems similar to me." Then he shakes his head back to normal. "Egh, I was never good at cat eyes." Ow. Nnh. How do you _see_ through those things? She must just be talented. And that's the kind of thing this place is supposed ta teach. Eh. * CheshireCat [grins], fading until just eyes and grin are visible (and, from the feel of things, physical). "It's how I've always seen, dear. 'Swhy I wear the sunglasses. Normal light's so doggon bright." What about "Ow, I just got my ass kicked" light? * Harry rubs his eyes. "Makes sense." * CheshireCat 's eyes and grin fade, too, and, for a moment, a looming sense of an enormous Presence fills the danger room outside...then Sally fades into view, leaning on the window. * CheshireCat is now known as Sally I won't take off my glasses while you're doing that, most likely. ^_~ * Eric snickers. "I can make light too." Yes, and so can little Miss Miya. (*plays Venus by Shocking Blue for Alex.) ( plays "Light Your Ass On Fire" by Busta Rhymes. ) ( plays Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.) * Miya cringes away a little. "I don't mean to." I've been known to make darkness, but that tends to be too cold for most people's comfort if I get carried away. So I don't do it. At least, not intentionally. She knows you didn't mean it. *light flickers out* Ah, there we go. *eyes arm* Mostly healed. Good. Only mostly healed? You really did get the shaft. * Miya looks at the floor anyway. Pretty floor. I told ya he got the shaft. * Harry starts coughing a little and rubs his sides. So, what'cha wanna do now? But I have to admit, it's fun to do the cheshire-cat thing. *[grins]* I'd like to smash every radio in this mansion? Aw, don't worry Miya, I don't hold it against you, sweetie. But I don't think that's a very good idea. Probably not. We could go see a movie. * Miya fidgets. "Okay." Oh! I have to shower. Damn right I did. Only thing that makes this not suck too bad is that I heal fast. * Eric chuckles. "Let's see a musical." * Alex goes paler. Now now, be nice. * Miya looks up, then blinks, smiles sheepishly, and runs out of the room. *Then* she teleports. But seriously. You think Thor has to let someone whale on him for a few minutes before he can hit them with his magic hammer? ( Aw, she's so sweet. ^_^ ) * Eric starts walkin' out. "Yeah, I know, I know. I gotta clean up too. See you guys later, eh." ( She is! ) Yeah... (Everyone loves Miya. If you don't already, YOU WILL.) (I WANT A MIYA PLUSHIE!) ( I want a real Miya of my very own. *plays Hypnotist of Ladies.* ) (I don't. >_>) ( counters with Pretty Fly for a White Guy.) Uh, bye! I suppose I won't be using the danger room 'til the Prof. tells me what I'm supposed to work on in there. So I'll go shower and get dressed, too. See you later, fellas. *lowers her glasses, winks a golden eye, and fades from view* * Harry looks over at Daegal. "So. Uh. Why the custom pale guy?" [ Session End! ]