10305/Leftover Turkey

Leftover Turkey
Date of Scene:	03 December 2019
Location:	Rec Room - Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Things get Frosty as Emma and Lorna spar verbally, with Megan, Vi and Blink listening on.
Cast of Characters:	Vi, Blink, Polaris, Pixie, Emma Frost

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Vi has posed:
Thanksgiving was a new experience for Vi. Or a new set of experiences. From the meal at the school, to being taken to the mall for Black Friday, and all of the hijinks that students get up to while they are on vacation, but still together.

Today she's getting familiarity with another Thanksgiving staple. Leftover turkey. This time it takes the form of a sandwich on a white sub roll, with gravy on it. It smelled and looked so good when one of the other students was making one that Vi took a stab at one herself.

Now she's in the Rec Room with the sandwich, sitting on a couch with the plate on a coffee table. She picks up the remote, her level of familiarity with it requiring looking at it close to find the right buttons. She eventually gets it figured out though, and tunes it into Animal Planet. One of the channels she's familiar with. It's a commercial at the moment though, showing puppies and kittens and asking for donations.

Blink has posed:
Being here in the school means Clarice can go just as she likes it, purple hair held up in a long tail that shows those elven ears proudly, markings and eyes fully in sight and an easy smile to her lips. Yes, she indeed can enjoy being here from time to time. Not toooo long though, as afterall she is a Genoshan, and of the Brotherhood. Vic says this softens her and she likes taking his advice ..., at least partially.

And so she steps into the Rec room, her eyebrows shooting up. "They really got things rolling over here, haven't they?" apparently she hadn't been in the Rec Room for a while. She nods her approval but then her eyes set on someone she doesn't know, watching Vi with undisguised interest. And then a simple offer of, "Hello." followed by an owlish blink.

Polaris has posed:
The Princess of Genosha had moved out of the Mansion.. ish. She had moved in with Roberto in Manhattan for her stays in New York, but still came in to visit from time to time. Mostly, trying to stay on top of the reports and training in the Danger Room. She came up from said training, wearing a pair of sweat pants and a tank-top, her hair damp.

She came about looking for snacks after her work out, a bag of chips in her grip and a soda in her other hand.

As Lorna entered the rec room, she spotted Clarice, and changed her steps toward the other mutant. "Hey, sometime, I gotta head over to Genosha today. Likely after my hair dries," She sighed, "Roberto suggested I start doing it at least every day.. if that's not too much for you?"

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn had fallen asleep on the sofa after a long day of pop quizzes and essays and other exhausting non-fun stuff that she'd rather forget about. She has her bookbag next to the sofa, snoring softly and mumbling in her sleep - something about flying pink cats or other. When the tv is abruptly turned on, she blinks and jumps to her feet, peering around in confusion. "Wah..?"

Vi has posed:
Vi looks to Megan's sudden waking. "I'm sorry!" she says quickly. "The volume was turned up already when I turned it on," she says, hurriedly stabbing at buttons on the remote. And getting the wrong ones. So the channel changes, and then the guide pops up. Vi hits more buttons and finally gets the sound to lower, though it takes her a bit to get it back to Animal Planet. There's a show on about ancient sharks at the moment.

Vi looks up then as Blink and Lorna arrive. Blink is given a friendly smile back after her greeting to Vi. "Hello. I don't know if I've met you before or not," she says. "I'm Vi, if not. And if so... I'm sorry. Still putting faces and names together," she adds.

The sight of Lorna causes Vi to sit up a little straighter. The woman who pushed on Vi's metal. She rises slowly, wiping her hands off on a napkin she brought with her, moving over near Blink and Lorna, but not interrupting them yet.

Emma Frost has posed:
    "Lorna, she's aparently a busy woman herself, give the elf some space. My god." Emma says as she steps up behind Lorna and touches the green haired woman's shoulder lightly with a simple tap as if to warn Lorna to get out of the way or maybe is a germaphobe as some might have rumored some time ago. Either way, Emma is stepping into the rec room with purpose.

    Clarice gets a simple look with Emma pursing her glossy pink lips as she gives the elf a once over and nods her blonde head, "You need to work on yourself some darling, don't let Lorna here push you around because her daddy is a 'big bad man'." Emma smirks with a look to Lorna as she walks past the duo towards the couch.

    "There you are." Emma says with her icy blue stare locked onto Megan, "Those pop quizzes are much more important than you might think Miss Gwynn." With a look over towards Vi Emma gives the newest girl a slight nod and then back towards Megan whom she hands a piece of paper that might be familiar. "You really do need to make sure to look on the back sides of papers too."

Blink has posed:
Mmmm, ancient sharks. The elven one smirks a touch at those sharp teeth in display. Oh, she has seen a few of those up-close and personal, "I am Clarice. But a lot of people call me Blink." she opens her arms to the side in an helpless 'what can I do' gesture. "Good to meet you." Then she peers briefly at Pixie, asking in a mostly jesting tone. "You aren't skipping class, are you?"

But the arrival of the Princess makes her demeanor sober just a notch up, noticeable, but at least she stops herself from bowing to the Royal. Progress! But her smile is genuine. "Hello, Lorna. Of course, I can help you with that. It is afterall part of my duties." her tone natural. "Done with training?" she questions, watching Lorna curiously a moment.

Emma's arrival makes her lift her brows though. She is caught perhaps a bit off-guard but quickly gets herself back up. "I missed your sharpness, Ms. Frost."

Polaris has posed:
Lorna glanced toward Vi briefly, a faint look of consideration offered for the younger and newer Xavierite that she hadn't actually been introduced to yet. However her focus mostly remained on Clarice and her smiled warmed considerably. "Thanks, I appreciate it. Whenever works best for you, it's not a rush. The Council can wait a while longer." She murmured, and nodded.

"Yeah I had to get some exercise, I figured now was as good a time as any.."

Which is when Emma entered, tapping her on the shoulder and offering her biting remarks. The green haired woman's demeanor rapidly shifted from smiles, to a sharp scowl, and rolling of her shoulders.

"Excuse you," She tilted her chin up, her eyes narrowing faintly. "I asked, it was not a command. Don't try to pass judgement on me. I am not one of your students." Her father had assigned Clarice to be her bodyguard some time ago, but that wasn't a fact that Lorna had ever truly felt comfortable with, and she had tried repeatedly to break down the barriers of duty and obligation with the teleporting mutant.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn yawns and stretches and rubs her eyes, smiling and nodding cheerfully to Vi. She's almost tempted to take the darn remote from her and fix the tv herself, but thankfully, it looks like she's finally got the hang of it. "Hii, Vi! How you doing? You really love the animals, dontcha? Me too.." she giggles, "It's okay, I guess I must have fallen asleep after all that intensive studying!"

She peers at Blink curiously, having only seen her briefly in the halls from time to time, but never having introduced herself. "Hii..Clarice, right? I'm Megan. Nice to meet you." Lorna is also given a nod and a smile, and she bows her head respectfully. "Your highness...Ooh, so what's Genosha like anyway? Can I check it out sometime?" pink eyes fall upon Lorna with the usual awe and reverence she has always held for the princess, watching her curiously.

And finally, as Emma strides in, she sit upright, "Yes Ma'am. I'm not slacking off at all! I totally work hard in classes.." She kinda thinks maybe she's a favorite student of Emma's but one can never be sure. Emma can be strict sometimes.

Vi has posed:
Vi smiles back to Megan and nods. "I'm just amazed at the variety of animals out there. Planning to visit the zoo in the city that someone was talking about. Apparently they have giraffes and all sorts of other animals there," she says in her softly accented English.

The greeting from Blink gets a smile in return. "Hello Clarice," she offers, before looking thoughtful. "A lot of people have extra names like that, I've noticed. So you must be really fast or something, that people call you Blink?" the petite brunette guesses.

Vi looks back to Lorna, and seems about to say something when Emma arrives and the two have their slightly frosty exchange.

Emma Frost has posed:
    Emma pulls out a piece of paper and puts it on the coffee table before Megan and slides it across to Megan, "I need you to finish your test by the end of the school day miss Gwynn." Emma states, pointing out that Megan didn't do half the test, there was a back!

    Emma looks over towards Vi once more and turns towards the new student and places her hand upon a prominant hip, "And you might be?"

    While Lorna gets something a bit more personal from the teacher and Clarice is included in the thought bubble as well, despite Emma standing motionless waiting for Megan to take her quiz and Vi to introduce herself. Though the true purpose of her appearance is still up in the air.

Blink has posed:
When someone else calls Lorna 'Your Highness', and it wasn't her this time it makes her almost grin. Almost, because she notices the interaction between Emma and Lorna and her posture shifts just so. Will there be a rumble? She doesn't expect so but there's just that perked-up attention at the two 'peacocks'. Royalty!

Though just a few moments later there is an ease to her posture, maybe at a thought bubble, she looking up at Lorna. "I do this because I want to, Lorna. But you know it already." then a thumbs-up to signal she will be ready when the Princess is.

A subtle nod (well, not really too subtle) is given towards Emma but then her focus goes to Vi and at her question about her powers. The corner of her mouth quirks up perhaps a bit deviously. "Well, some say I can be faster than light. The others here can attest to it." a small wink given to the new student. But then she seems to realize something. "You have never been to the zoo? We should fix that."

Polaris has posed:
Lorna shot Emma another cold look, her posture rigid and her gaze narrowed, the only repeated thought that Emma would pick up was a prompt, terse. 'Stay out of my head.' Before the green haired mutant shifted her gaze toward Megan. "Please, call me Lorna.. there's no need for that level of formality.. Of course you can come to Genosha. All mutants are welcome there. Just say the word, you're more than welcome to come over with me when I go." She flashed the younger mutant a smile, though her green eyed gaze remained wary and her posture had yet to relax. Despite Clarice's gentle assurances that everything was in fact, okay. The gren haired Princess was clearly miffed.

Vi's presence finally gained traction and the green haired woman approached slightly, "Hey, I didn't catch your name in all of that confusion at the Mall. I'm Lorna." She murmured, offering a hand.

Pixie has posed:
"Awwwe, really?" Megan grabs the test sheet, peering at the back and shaking her head. Of course, Emma could have been mean and just deducted points, and so she smiles and nods. "Yes Ma'am, I'll have teh paper on your desk by end of day! I mean...You ARE Ms. Frost, right? No more, Evil Frost Clones running around or anything, right?" She's only half-joking, half serious. Afterall, Megs never saw what happened to the evil Emma clone once they got back to school.

Glancing at Vi, she smiles and beams, "Heey, a school fieldtrip to the zoo would be super awesome! Could we?" glancing back at Emma a bit pleadingly, it may not be the best time to ask her with the unfinished test in her hand and mention of an evil Emma clone running around, but...

Peering at Clarice, she grins, "Wow, a fellow teleporter? That's soo cool! We should like, have porting races or something sometime!"

Finally, Megan beams at Lorna and nods. "Okay, Lorna! And I'd love to take a guided tour, I've heard wonderful things about that place!" probably a far cry from Mutant Town..

Vi has posed:
Vi smiles to Megan and Blink. "I... I don't know. How do school fieldtrips work?" she asks, looking between the two as she hasn't heard of these before. "Someone else had mentioned they could take me, but, I'd probably enjoy going more than once, honestly."

Vi had slipped back a bit away from Lorna and Emma to be out of the way, when Emma turns and addresses her directly. "I'm Vi. A new student. Mostly new student. Nathan and Brad are newer," she replies quietly to the white-clad woman.

The petite nineteen year old looks back over to Lorna then. The Princess talk doesn't seem to change Vi's demeanor, but there's definitely a sense of a particular desire to talk to Lorna being shown. "Vi," she says as she shakes Lorna's hand. "I'm sorry that I pushed back on you. It just surprised me, and, I guess I'm kind of protective of my pouch," she says. She reaches down to the pouch which she's still wearing, and which Lorna can feel those thin, moderately heavy pieces of metal in. Immense washers actually.

Someone like Megan who has met Vi before, might notice the old pouch that looked hand-sewn out of a thick, discarded rag, is now something store bought. But the top modified with a tapered slot that would let a washer from inside be pulled out of the opening easily.

"It's nice to meet you, Lorna," Vi adds, her hands clasp each other in front of her. "You're the first person I've met who seems to have a power like mine," she says, the tone given to the words making this detail of great interest to Vi. "Would you mind if I come by to talk about it with you more some time?" she asks.

Emma Frost has posed:
    Emma nods sharply as Megan accepts the gift of being able to not score half off immediately as a smart girl should. So Emma then turns to Vi and nods once. "Nice to meet you, and I have yet to meet either of them anyways, so no comparing yourself to anyone. bad things tend to happen to those who do that." Maybe not a one to one correlation, but Emma prefers people to think for themselves.

    Emma's eyes squint in like back to Lorna, but the malice quickly fades away as she can't help but enjoy the company of the princess, it's just like picking on some of the other x-men Emma realizes and she grows a faint smile as she walks around to the opposite side of the couch to allow the students their tv time.

    "I do have matters I wish to discuss with Erik, if you don't mind, Clarice, if you could contact me before you leave."

Blink has posed:
When Lorna seems to accept that Pixie may accompany them to Genosha sometime she smiles at the winged-one, "Remember to pack light. You won't need too much clothing in that tropical island." and while she appears to give a few more looks to Lorna afterwards, noticing how miffed she may still be she makes no further comment. She is certain the Princess can handle it. Instead she looks at Vi and says, "It's fun..., not as fun as seeing them in the wild but..., that can be dangerous." she furrows her brows, perhaps something she has tried in the past. DEFINITELY so for those that know her. "As for details, I don't know..., I am just the exchange student here, but I am sure something can be managed. If not we can sneak past the teachers as last resort." maybe it's a jest, considering there is a teacher present.

But she addresses Megan after at the mention of teleporting. "Well, it's portals. But close enough. You can teleport as well?" that makes her very curious, craning her neck forward to inspect Pixie in a new light. "We will definitely have to touch heads about our powers sometime. We seem to have a lot in common.." their very fey appearance seeming to help with that too. She grins a bit more openly now. A pleasant surprise for her!

And uh oh, Emma wants her to contact before ...., oh, right, she wants to take a ride with them. She nods at Emma then. "Of course. We are but waiting for Lorna's hair to dry."

Polaris has posed:
Lorna's expression softened at Vi's request, "Of course, you're welcome to talk to me anytime about that. We can see how similar our powers might be or not. I'm sure it'll be good for both of us either way." She murmured, and glanced briefly toward Megan again and nodding briefly as she straightened. The princess paused to pick up her soda again, taking a sip from it as she reached up a hand to run through her thick curls of green hair, all of which were still damp.

Emma's request to return to Genosha with her was met with a sharp thought of leaving the blonde telepath behind.

At least until Clarice agreed to take Emma along with them both. She pursed her lips, and took another sip of her soda, clearly contemplating how long she could now putt off her return to Genosha to make Emma wait.

Emma Frost has posed:
    "Not sure where this animosity is coming from Lorna, but I'd appreciate some kindness, I've only ever been ... tollerable at worst to you." Emma says almost making a joke of the situation before she turns her attention back over her shoulder and with the students busy doing their student things. Megan with her quiz and Vi with her Animal Planet, Emma looks back to Lorna and asks, "We all know your hair would dry faster and much more comfortably IN Genosha."

Blink has posed:
Oh, they are at it again. Blink has been around the Royals enough to know..., specially with those looks between Emma and Lorna. This is one of those occasions she is so glad to being a teleporter. She can just whisk away if needed! The only comfort being it's not Magneto. The man's temper can be legendary..

"If it's urgent I can also take you and then come back. It's not too stressing for me to make two trips." There, she can be diplomatic when she wants to. Will that be enough? Most likely not.

But that's also as far as she goes for now, she will let them solve their issues, even if her thoughts are very clear with a sense of protection towards Lorna.

Polaris has posed:
Lorna huffed a breath, setting her half finished soda on the end table of the rec room, and keeping her voice low so as to not disturb the students currently taking a quiz, or test.. Whichever it was that Megan needed. The green haired mutant was still pretty sure that a teacher should be present.. but oh well. She wasn't a teacher.

"How about you stay out of my head as a basic necessity if you want to have any kind of respect from me?" The green haired woman made to sit down and the soda can floated to her grip as she did so.

"No, Clarice, I'm not letting you waste your time or energy because Miss Frost has decided to ask for your services. She can wait the five minutes it will take me to finish my soda.." A sip followed, "And then we can all go."

Emma Frost has posed:
    "Not sure I'd go in there if you asked me nicely, not that you seem capable of that in this moment." Emma says, tit for tat. Emma isn't one to back down from anyone or anything. She's a big girl. Independant and strong as hell. "She's gone by the way. Walked out into the hall. I don't think she wants to be around when you're in this mood and someone isn't afraid of calling you out on it." Emma says with a raised eyebrow at the floating soda.

    "Maybe you need to be drinking something else dear."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn flinches a bit, watching the icy exchange between the White Queen and the Princess of Genosha. She can't help but wonder at their history together. Instead, she focuses on Blink and Vi, smiling and nodding. "Ooh Vi, you'd love the zoo, it's full of animals and tropical plants..Although they're all behind cages and glass walls. As for Genosha.."

She turns to Clarice, listening to her description in wide eyed wonder and sighs, "That's sounds beautiful! I wanna gooo! I just love tropical places! I mean, what kinds of animals do they have there? It's an island right? I'll bet it'd paradise.."

As for teleporting, Megan just smiles and shrugs, "Oh, well, it's not really a mutant power. I guess I picked up a few magic spells from Illy..I'm a little awkward at the teleporting though, but I'm getting better. It's pretty fun. Heeey!"

She glances at Emma and Polaris, pondering a way to ease the tension, "I'll bet you two would be really good at pool! How about a game?"

Polaris has posed:
Lorna sat up, set her soda aside, and leveled a chilly look at the blonde haired telepath before her. Slowly, she rose, and made to depart. "Don't you dare start with wanting people to act nice. You swept in here and insulted me before you even said 'hi'. You get what you sow, Miss Frost. And you've done nothing to earn this 'kindness' you're demanding of me." She pursed her lips into a thin line.

The green haired princess stepped out of the room then, cold and filled with no small amount of rage that was barely restrained.

"No thank you, Megan, I think you have classwork you owe Miss Frost, correct? Perhaps another time." She tried to soften her voice, though the chilliness in her posture didn't change as she finally departed through the hall door.

Emma Frost has posed:
    "Dearest Lorna, if I wasted time telling everyone hello in this sardine can of a bomb waiting to happen, I'd never get any work done." Emma says with a lift of her eyebrows as Lorna stands and starts to leave. "I'll catch up with you later princess." Emma says with a faux grin, a smile, and lastly a chuckle. "I love our chats."

    Emma then glances down to Megan and lifts an eyebrow, "You're still here?! --Oh, dear no, I am awful at billiards. Never go near the thing."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn cringes as she watches the chilly exchange between Lorna and Emma. No billiards today then. Not that she's surprised. When Emma glances back at her, she stiffens, and pretends to busy herself with her test paper, even though she's not really in the mood for writing tests right now. But who knows when Emma's mood will change! "Umm! Yes Ma'am! Just..Just working on my test paper here!" she laughs nervously, scribbling down answers furiously, trying not to get distracted. Nope, she's a good student..Most of the time..

Emma Frost has posed:
    Emma sighs loudly as Lorna walks off and Emma is left as the only adult in the room. She walks around and takes a seat on the couch not near Megan or Vi but she does try to relax a little, it's getting rough out there as a mutant and a teacher.

    "This is why I like you Megan, you generally don't cause me any grief and try your best."

Vi has posed:
Vi watches the exchange between the two older women as well, happy to drift away from them to stay out of the line of fire. Or words. She manages to get lost in the conversation, slipping back over to the couch. Rather than sit on it, she even slips down to the floor, leaning back against the couch, but relying on the different position to help her go unnoticed, hopefully.

Vi has a lot of practice at going unnoticed. But it goes for naught when Emma moves over to take a seat there. Vi stays quiet, her attention going back to her sandwich which has been forgotten. Leftover turkey sandwich, with gravy. Yum!

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn beams at Emma, but still seems nervous. "OF course not, Ms. Frost. I'd never want to cause trouble. I'm a straight- A student!" okay, not really, but she could be if she weren't so darn impatient. Right now though, as Emma sits between them, she does her best to sit up straight, to act a little like the straight-A student that Emma expects her to be. "Umm Ms. Frost, can I ask you a question? Y'know, about that clone we fought the other day?"

Emma Frost has posed:
    Emma looks down at Vi and lets the girl eat her sandwich and turns to face Megan, turning on the couch to bring a leg up on the cushion and she props one elbow up on the back of the couch and holds her hair up around her ear with her palm. "Yeah, I know about that ... thing... What do you want to know Megan?" Emma asks, looking and acting a bit more, casual.

Vi has posed:
Vi takes a bite of her sandwich. She's never had a sandwich like this. The delicious smoked flavor of the turkey. The comfort-food satisfaction of the gravy. After the first bite, Vi lets out a little sigh, licking gravy from the corner of her lips before going back for another bite.

For quite possibly the first time since she's been at the school, she takes her time eating it. Savoring it. There isn't the habitual hurry to get the food inside of her quickly, before anyone else could take it. Baby steps.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn can't help but grin as she watches Vi munch away at her sandwich. It kinda makes her a bit hungry herself, and she leans over her backpack for a moment, scrounging around for something to eat, eventually pulling out a bag of cashew nuts, offering it up for Emma and Vi if they want any. "Feel free!" she offers cheerfully.

Glancing back at Emma, she bites her lip, "Umm, so like, what is it, and where'd it come from? Are there more? Is there like, a clone of me too? Cuz that'd kinda be cool!" she's still smiling impishly. What could she be up to?

Emma Frost has posed:
    Emma refuses the cashews and keeps looking to Megan and gets a small smirk on her face before she shakes it off. "We have no idea where it came from, and yes, there are more... I seem to recall you helping deal with Rogue's copy of herself as well." Emma says with a soft voice, meaning this is quiet and somewhat private. "I don't think I'd be able to handle two of you dear... so I do hope not."

Vi has posed:
Vi hesitantly takes one of the nuts as if she's not familiar with it. She tries it without delay though, chewing on it and giving a little nod and tell Megan, "Thank you, that's nice." The talk of a clone has Vi listening, but her expression might suggest she's not really sure what they are talking about. Vi continues to eat her sandwich, slow enough she can savor it. Mmm. Gravy.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn watches Vi with amusement. "You like? Have another!" she lays the bag between them, so she can take as much as she wants. "I bought too much, dunno if I can eat 'em all, although I do have a pretty high metabolism!" she falls silent for several minutes as she works on the test paper some more, pausing every so often to chew the end of her pen. "Sooo..Ms. Frost, what happens to the clones? Do they just get, y'know...Ch--" she makes a slicing motion across her neck. "Orrr, y'know, poof!?"

Emma Frost has posed:
    "They just... stop moving... It's odd, as far as we can tell they're basically empty shells." Emma says with a deep frown before she pats Megan's shoulder and pushes up off the couch. "Come find me by myself and we can discuss more freely." Emma states as she walks past Vi and gives the girl a nod. "Welcome to the school miss. I hope to see you around and behaving as you have been, wonderfully." The white queen then makes her way towards the door and out the rec room.