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Mutant High Issue 2: A Hard Lesson

Shayuri said:
"Oh my GOD, Temper! How can you be so smart and so THICK?" Calypso demands.

"I don't understand your position: it seems contrary to itself," she says coldly.

"We're not pretending there's agreement! It's recognizing that we ARE in agreement about the important things. Things like rights and responsibilities and...all the things we learn about in classes...and what it means to be mutants? And with all the things we DO agree about, the disagreements you're...obsessing over are tiny and...stupid."

"Seriously...who CARES about politics when people are trying to KILL us?"

"Rights and responsibilities are hardly apolitical topics. Other related values have a great deal of impact on how a person should deal with people trying to kill her. Politics also has some impact on why people would trying to kill us in the first place. A political stance generally isn't something that exists in a vacuum," Temper replies. "Besides, I haven't attended any classes yet. I don't know exactly what rights or responsibilities are emphasized here. It also sounds as if you value 'being a mutant' in a way I don't." Of course people are trying to kill you. It follows from this school's reason for existence.

"Based on your actions, you do seem to agree that these matters are important - if they were as trivial as you declare, then why invest so much emotion and raise your voice?" she adds calmly.
 

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"Because I'm frustrated with you. This is a time we all need to pull together, and you're just standing there, arguing with everything everyone says to you, trying to pull everyone apart."

She shakes her head and starts off after Miranda and Kitty...if they're still in sight.

"Whatever...good luck with your arguing. I think I'm going to stick with my friends."
 

"Eggshells and Thin Ice..." Miranda absentmindedly said as she walked a few steps behind Kitty. "That was the name of an episode of HBH that I was called back to Los Angeles to film last month. All I did in that episode was sit on a bed and act like I was listening to what someone was saying on the phone then say 'You know, I think the best thing you guys could do is get yourself a capachino and talk.'" She chuckled. "I think that's the problem this school has... it seriously needs buy a drink and have a heartfelt talk."

Miranda glanced towards Kitty (then to Pyro*) then smiled impishly. "They're supposed to air that episode within a few weeks and hopefully the producer didn't notice that I was wearing one of those 'X-men emblem' lapels that the institute hands all the students as part of their enrollment package." Miranda giggled for a moment as she thought about the wildfire reaction that her action would cause if the lapel managed to be undiscovered until the episode aired.

Miranda closed her eyes for a brief moment as she sensed Astrid approaching within 30 feet of them. "I just wonder how Cyclops expects to get us all to work as a unit once he forms a team."


*If Pyro joined Miranda and Kitty.
 
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Xi'an starts towards his room, intent on spending as much of the as possible on his computer, trying to forget about Temper's comments. He makes it about half-way, and then changes his mind...

If I'm ever going to be part of a team, I might should start spending some time with the others...

Xi'an turns around, heading back towards the school's exits, hoping to find Alchemist before he gets away.

Talking him into staying would be a good first step...
 

Shayuri said:
"Whatever...good luck with your arguing. I think I'm going to stick with my friends."


"Tell Miranda that I'll catch up in a few minutes." Eric says.

But right now, someone had better play damage control with Temper. And it looks like I'm elected.


"You know, Temper, it's kind of unusual for people to be calm and rational all the time. Especially when they're our age. Professor McCoy can probably show the biochemistry of why with some nice 3-d models."
He says.
 

drothgery said:


"You know, Temper, it's kind of unusual for people to be calm and rational all the time. Especially when they're our age. Professor McCoy can probably show the biochemistry of why with some nice 3-d models."
He says.


"It is important to be able deal with one's emotions, even if it's difficult. Acting rashly with a firearm is not a good idea.," Temper replies.

"Biochemistry is very complex. Would a visual model really be that informative? If so, that would be very helpful."
 

-Wilderness- Spike and Wolverine rest for a while, and in the morning are on their way again, Logan tracking the speedster. They stop again in the early afternoon. "Shouldn't be too far now, I'm smelling a lot of people around here, and this aint exactly prime vacationin area. Stay hidden and be careful". With that said, they continue on, slowing their pace somewhat.

-SCHOOL-
(Xi'an)
Xi'an wanders around tying to figure out where Alchemist is, hoping he hasn't left yet. He manages to find out from various students that Nicolas was seen heading to his room, and Xi'an finds out where that room is.

(Miranda/Astrid/Pyro/Kitty)

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Fangor - whoops, forgot 'bout that, thought I was waiting on YOU. Pls roll Stealth + notice.

Kirinke -
Serena heads off to the Danger Room, after getting directions from a passing teacher. For now, she's happily talking to anyone who wants to strike up a conversation, without committing to anything or anyone, seeing who is who and trying to garner what the social hierarchy at the school is.
Which is it, are you going to the danger room, or trying to talk to students? (You do find out that the danger room is currently offline, a big round empty room, until the computers are fixed)
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A little of both, she's just basically trying to get the lay of the school, mostly on her own. She'll probably wind up back with Miranda/Astrid/Pyro/Kitty after she's done some exploring on her own. Basically, she's following her parents advice. Before you settle into a place, reconnoiter it. ;)
 

Stealth and Notice (1d20 2=9, 1d20 17=24)

Spike isn't as adept as Logan when it comes to remaining silent, as he can easily hear himself in this stealthy tracking. Hopefully the others won't hear him... He does, however, try to get a jump on any surprises, as he hones in on the direction Logan is tracking. Just to be on the safe side, his spikes are now extended, and his hearing triggered on the direction they are headed.

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Hearing [Extended 1, Acute 1, Accurate 2], Tremorsense 3, Danger Sense 1, Ultra-Hearing 1[/sblock]
 

Neither of the groups would find it difficult to locate Alchemist's dorm room. While notoriously private when it came to his room, a few questions or the guidence of Kitty allowed them to find it rather promptly.

The door was a contradiction in and of itself, posted with all manner of signs ranging from 'Keep out' and 'Construction Zone' to 'Beware of Biohazard', it lay half open, soft humming echoing from inside.

The room itself was just as much a paradox as the doorway. One half was a monsterous workshop to match the warning signs of the door. Tools were strewn everywhere upon a small desk, circut boards and raw materials strewn everywhere, along with a handful of 'completed' devices that one could only imagine the purpose of. Though none of that dwarfed the mechanical man, a full, six foot tall suit of armor, some bastardized half breed of a Stark Enterprises guardsman suit and a tiny sentinal.

Yet mere feet from that cluttered workspace lay a teenager's room, albiet a meticulously clean one. All the usual were present, the massive overpriced stereo system, the singles bed, a handful of posters dotting the walls including one for 'Heart Break High.' It was even so typically cliche that a careful observer might note the corner pages of a stack of 'magazines' tucked carefully behind the bed.

Alchemist himself was busy standing before his dresser, squinting into the mirror. While it might seem absurd, almost arrogant to be so worried about his appearance so shortly after the 'big fight' the flash of light off the scissors in his hand would call attention to his hair or the lack there of. Most of his once long wavy hair lay at his feet now, his head shaking as he focused into the mirror, priming his now close cropped, spiked hair, oblivious to his 'guests.'

[Sblock=ooc]The above assumes that Xi'an and Miranda/kitty/pyro/astrid/Phase arrive at roughly the same time. If not I'll edit the everliving hell out of it ^_^[/sblock]
 
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