10549/Bowling for Dollars, Or Dollars for Bowling

Bowling for Dollars, Or Dollars for Bowling
Date of Scene:	27 December 2019
Location:	Garage - Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Negasonic, Rogue and Kitty find Hambone's underground bowling alley constructed in Xavier's garage during Christmas break
Cast of Characters:	Shadowcat, Rogue, Negasonic Teenage Warhead

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Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde has on a bit of a bleary look, having just rose from a nap up in her room at the school. She's wearing jeans and a too-big sweatshirt that says "Midtown High School" on it. Her hair is pulled back into a pony tail, but it's a little sloppy of one, stray strands falling about here and there. The look works for her. Especially with the purple dragon on her shoulder.

Kitty gets herself a cup of coffee, moving through the halls giving little nods to people passing the other way, but not engaging anyone in conversation yet. She's nearing the end of the school closest to the garage, on her way to check on something, when she hears an odd sound. A low, steady rumble that ends in sort of a clattering sound. It sounds very familiar.

"Is that... a bowling alley?" she asks herself.

Kitty soon opens the door to the garage. Most of the cars have been moved to clear the bulk of the space. They look like they weren't so much parked as probably picked up and gently set aside. Making way for... an impromptu four-lane bowling alley. There are walls of metal separating them. Bowling balls, returned by hand by students down at the far end, and bowling pins, with a full fifteen students participating or watching.

One of the students moves forward, rolling the bowling ball down the lane and scoring a 7. "Nice toss," Hambone says as he enters it into a computer that is projecting the scores up onto the wall. Kitty covers her face with her hand. "I should have known," she says as she starts walking over towards them.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue had moved out, into Salem Center, just down Greymalkin Lane and a few minutes off of the highway. So not that far.

But, she'd volunteered to take the Professor to his appointment today at his personal Dentistry Dr. Ivan Baumbauer. Doctor Baumbauer works out of his home, a fancy affair about 30 minutes north of here. It was a... it was a really boring time for Rogue.

The two men were almost the same age, though the Doctor was a handful of years younger. They spent at least an hour gabbing with each other before they even got to work on the point of the trip.

Rogue tried to play nice, sat around with them, commented here and there on it all that they were talking about, but otherwise just stared at her phone.

Now, they're arriving back to the school. Rogue's black van is pulling down the driveway. When it parks, the sound of muffled classic rock music can be heard. Charles got to pick the music on the trip out, Rogue got to pick on the way home... they swapped misery, essentially.

The side door on the van opens and the little wheelchair ramp extends and lowers down to the pavement. Charles starts to wheel out to the sounds of Pink Floyd playing behind him, almost like he's eager to get out of the vehicle!

Rogue steps out of the Driver's side and rushes around to help him, but he doesn't really need it... still though! she's there, in her navy peacoat and blue jeans, with a beanie on her head, gloves on her hands and a scarf around her neck.

"Thank you, Anna-Marie, again... it was a lovely day." The Professor tells her, to which she grins and nods.

"You betcha. Remember now, no eatin' solid foods till tomorrow!"

"Yes yes, of course." Charles says as he starts to wheel his way toward the home and school.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Right now Ellie is watching, and on her phone sitting on one of the work benchs against the wall.

I mean is anyone surprised Negasonic is on her phone and busily splitting her time between the school social media site and the real world social media sites.

Probably not.

She looks up when the student gets a 7. "That was mostly marginal not nice Hambone." she notes with an arched eyebrow. Not being mean per say but definitely being herself. "More practice is needed really.... we should install one of these things somewhere permenant next time..."

When Kitty steps in she lifts a can of Rockstar energy drink, diabloical berry flavor "You want to jump into the next round on lane three.. they are just about up I think..."

Then she pauses and looks down at her phone, yeah she rigged a webcam up near the front of the garage and it has detected motion. "Ooo.. Professor and Rogue are back..." she warns the room. "Headed inside .. I think though... did Kitkat shut the door so the Prof doesn't hear the noise?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty stares at the setup. "What the..." she says, censoring herself as another bowling ball makes close to its distinctive rumbling sound, only off a little because it's not a wood floor beneath it, before smacking into the pins at the end. In the next lane over, students are resetting the pins for the next toss, while the other student is trying to pick up his 3 he left.

Kitty walks over, spotting Ellie and giving her a nod. "Let me guess," Kitty says, eyes going to Hambone. The youth shrugs and says, "I figured, we're on vacation, it would be a lot of fun. Ralph did the lanes and Jenny shaped the pins for us," he says, mentioning two mutants whose powers would be right up the alley. So to speak.

Another student adds, "And he's only charging people $4 a game." Kitty rests her hands on her hips, Hambone shrugging. "What? A guy's gotta earn, Miss Pryde!"

The announcement of the Professor's arrival causes Kitty to glance outside through a window. A student goes over to close the door that Kitty left open. "I suppose if you don't hurt anything. Once you pay the money back, it's ok," she tells them. Getting grins from most of the students. And an, "oh man!" from Hambone.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue follows the Professor to the front door, chatting with him a bit more before handing him his little plastic bag of dental papers and sample tooth paste with little tooth brush and she grins at him and parts ways. On her way back toward her van she sees the garage door get closed, which definitely means somethings going on in there...

Her eyes narrow.

Needless to say, Rogue glances this way and that as she walks over to the door to investigate. One gloved hand leaves her coat pocket and extends to twist the knob and shove the door open.

"What the hell is goin' on here!" She says really quickly upon entering.

Her eyes narrow again at what she sees.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"What kind of message are you sending Kitkat ... Hamboneand Ralph and Jenny should be compensated for their tiem and artist efforts... I mean otherwise you are telling them they should just work to bring joy and good will to the student populance for what... exposure...."

A pause for a beat.

"That is surprisingly capitalistic of you Miss Pryde." using her last name and all official like.

I mean seriously though Ellie is just shit posting verbally here, her eyes are a dead give away to the amusement she actually is having.

"Incoming Rogue but she ditched the old man." is announced right before Rogue makes her entrance.

When Ann Marie looks around, Ellie has this innocent expression on her face as she types in her phone. Letting everyone else look more guilty.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty crosses her arms and Hambone groans and starts paying money back. "But if anyone wishes to VOLUNTARILY donate for the effort? That would be appropriate too," Kitty says, prompting Hambone to hold out both hands to the students he's passed money back to, in a 'come on guys!?' gesture.

A few dollars go back to him, if not as much as before. "And make sure Ralph and Jenny get their share," Kitty tells him before shaking her head and moving away, over to join Ellie. As Rogue comes in, Kitty waves over to her. "Figures, underground bowling alley pops up and Rogue shows up like a bloodhound near a hot dog. A good one. Like Nathan's Famous, not Oscar Meier or the Kroger generic," Kitty says with a grin.

Another ball is sent down the makeshift lane. Strike! And there was much rejoicing. Kitty asks Rogue, "How's the Professor?"

Rogue has posed:
Once inside, Rogue hangs on the door for a second, letting her eyes go over the students who seem most engrossed in this underground bowling alley, and then over to Ellie. Rogue grins for a second at Ellie before she looks back to see Kitty approaching and talking about hotdogs.

Rogue shuts the door behind her then and smirks at Kitty. "Can't compete with your in depth knowledge on all things hotdog, now can I?" She teases her friend. Then she nods her chin toward the bowlers.

"What prompted all'a this?" The Southerner asks. "Ya'll couldn't afford the lanes down in Salem Center?"

She glances back to Ellie, then to Kitty again. "Professor's fine. Just got numbed up gums, so he sounds kinda funny. Its a good time t'ask him for one'a his speeches in fact."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I'm surprised he even has teeth and not some sort of whale bone dentures." yup Professor X is very old.

"Hambone is an entraprenaur extrordinaire and all that... I think Kitty should probably be running the snack bar and selling hot dogs at this rate... at least since her metaphors are making everyone hungry while they get a workout throwing large heavy balls around..."

There is a blink and then Ellie snorts a bit. "Why the hell didn't we just load up a bowling alley in the danger room... my fucking god..." she just cracks up.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty breaks out in a soft laugh at the mention of getting a speech from the Professor while he's under the effects of the Novocain. "It would help some of those economics lectures be more entertaining," she says, keeping her voice down so the majority of the students don't hear the comment. Just Ellie. She gets a little more leeway than the other students. Most of the time. But then she's earned it.

Kitty shrugs towards Rogue and says, "No clue. I just heard the sounds and came to see what was going on. Thought maybe Thor and Ororo were out here duking it out or something." A ball rolls across the floor, the sound a little off from that of a real bowling alley, but still a bit thunderous.

The young woman's lips curl up in a grin at Ellie's comment. "Yes, they could have. If they had someone to run it, which wouldn't have let Hambone try to be a little Carnegie over there. Or maybe PT Barnum is more accurate. But still, there IS something nice about constructing something like this yourself, and not just summoning up a hard light construct, isn't there?"

Kitty glances over towards Rogue. "We had a few of these sorts of things ourselves. Remember when Bobby made the floating palace in the middle of the Lake that one summer? I think he nearly killed half the fish, but once we had it covered over with blankets so you weren't standing on ice, it was pretty awesome."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue saunters over to one of the cabinets near by to get some items out of it that she'd put in there fairly recently, stuff for her car. "Yeah well, when you're as rich as he is, you can probably always get the work done on your teeth t'keep'em." She responds to Ellie's surprise at the Professor even having any choppers left in his mouth at all.

"I don't think Hammy is allowed in the Danger Room either. After he got caught tryin' t'create a program with all the female faculty members in it." Rogue is grinning ear to ear after saying that outloud for all to hear.

After stuffing those items into her jacket pockets she looks back to Kitty. "I remember that, yeah, that was my first summe'ah here. It sorta blew my mind that he could do that... that ice power'a his is... pretty damn impressive, as far as mutations go. When he's not bein' a full on jerk with it that is, droppin' ice flakes down the back'a your shirt'n such."

"So what else is goin' on around here? No injuries or nothin' lately?"

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"That does sound pretty awesome as far as something Frosty could do...." yeah the wheels are now turning in Ellie's head with ideas. I mean she did get Bobby once to make a winter wonderland in July in the yard with snow forts, snowballs, and a wicked spiked castle for her personally to assail younger kids from. "Why didn't I think of the lake.."

She shakes her head. "And I suppose you're right.. something about inguinity and experience and all... that and Hambone was very persuasive but then he wants a new game for his switch XLS pro..."

The bit of .... dirt dropped on Hammy has her mouth dropped open for a moment. "Wow... yeah... only adult supervision for that one then..."

"As far as excitement... it has been very quiet with winter break and us poor hogwart students without families stuck in the castle."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's expression is wry at the mention of Hambone's Danger Room exploits. Or attempted exploits. "He's just lucky I wasn't the one who found him out. I'd have reprogrammed it to... well, it would have been funny," Kitty says, giving a rather evil smile by Kitty standards. "No injuries. Been kind of quiet for the holidays. Warren is back, though was on his way out when I saw him so only got to say hello," Kitty says.

She pulls out her phone and starts digging through it as she replies to Ellie, "Were you at the 4th of July thing down at the Lake? Bobby made a huge ice slide down all the way from the school to it. About froze your butt off by the time you made the lake, but it was still fun."

Kitty looks up and sees that Hambone still has his computer projecting the scores for the bowling games. She does some stuff on her phone and commandeers half of the screen. "So this was Doug's present to me on the first day of Hanukah this year," she says. Up on the display projected onto the wall, comes a copy of a painting of Lockheed. He's wearing a velvet smoking jacket and looking over his shoulder with a come hither look. The real Lockheed just lounges on her shoulder. Content to have her showing him off.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue's hands go back into her coat's pockets, she watches the bowlers do their thing, not wanting to interject on it as its kid's bowling, she'd embarrass all of them!

Her eyes go to Ellie, then to Kitty. She laughs lightly at the picture that Doug gave Kitty of the purple dragon. Slowly she shakes her head at the Dragon in question. "Such a heart breaker... like me." She grins at the Dragon before looking back to Ellie. "Ya'll are welcome over at my new place any time. Its not very big, but hey, its out and about away from all'a this, so thats a bonus, right?"

"Carol said I could use her New York Apartment whenever I wanted too... not even sure what its like, haven't been there before." That reminds her of something. "Carol gave me her red sash from her old uniform, wants me t'wear it whenever I want t'add a little flare t'my outfits. Its pretty sexy, admittedly."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I missed that I think... I did get him to make a snow wonderland with snowmen and forts that one time in summer. That was fun... he is useful sometimes." burn against the iceman and he isn't even here right now.

".... wow ... does Doug have a thing for Lockheed?"

Then she nods to Rogue "I definitely want to see your new place down the road... so I'll definitely take you up on that. Also you will need to show the sash sometime... spice it up." amused.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty grins and reaches up to give Lockheed a little scritch. "Oooo," she says of Rogue having been given Carol's sash. "You and Jean are going to have to have a sash-off. Heck, show Janet and I wouldn't be surprised if sashes became the big fashion thing this year," she says, flashing a quick grin towards her friends.

"We'll have to throw you an apartment warming party," Kitty says at the mention of the new digs. "By the way I've decided to go ahead and get a keyboard. Figured I'd give them the business, long as the price is reasonable enough," she says as she pulls up something else on her phone.

"Second day of Hanukah gift," she says, and the image of Lockheed changes. It's another painting. This one is Lockheed reclining on a bearskin rug in a reproduction of the famouse Burt Reynolds naked poster, the dragon's arm arranged to cover himself in the painting in similar fashion.

A groan goes up from the students. Many of them may not even know who Burt Reynolds is, let alone pick up on details. "Everyone has a thing for Lockheed. It's a part of the natural order of things," she says, giving the dragon a little head rub. He looks back at Ellie, yellow eyes without pupil or iris just looking at her as if to confirm Kitty's words.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue leans back against one of the workbenches in the garage and she watches Kitty swipe the image to Lockheed Reynolds. "Yep. Doug has a thing for Lockheed. I mean, yeah, we all do... but... we don't go around paintin' him like one'a them French girls."

With a grin she softly shakes her head. "Are all your holiday's presents gonna be this theme? If so... we might need'ta have a sit down with Doug someday."

"But yeah, I might incorporate the sash inta one'a my black suits. Don't really like red goin' with green and gold. But hey, not like I'm tryin' t'make a buncha fashion statements really. So we'll see, Maybe I'll turn it inta a scarf." She grins then for a moment or two.

"My place can hold probably six people before we're gonna be wall ta wall and bumpin' awkwardly and ya'll know bumpin' inta me ain't such a wise idea."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"What Rogue said.... because okay yeah everyone has a thing for Lockheed in the fact he is an amazing dragon and adventurer Kitty... but not everyone has a thing for Lockheed like Doug apparently does. He shant be living this down anytime at all...."

"Apartment warming party does sound fun." to Kitkat and then she laughs. "Man .... I think you are going to be running out of walls to hang those on.. you may need that magic dude to make you a gallery in a planar pocket or some sort of thing at this rate..."

She glances at Rogue "Red Green and Gold would be very christmas festive though..."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde laughs and says, "They're adorable!" of the paintings. "And he knew how much I'd love them." Kitty swipes forward and third present is a painting of Lockheed in a bubble bath. "He got someone to paint them for him, not sure who. Went to a lot of effort. He knows how important he is to me," Kitty says, giving Lockheed a little nuzzle with her cheek.

The fourth is Lockheed doing a George Costanza 'Timeless Art of Seduction' pose on a couch. Kitty breaks out in giggles and then returns control of the computer back fully to Hambone. "That's some weird stuff, Miss Pryde," he tells her, getting a stern look back that causes the student to refocus on keeping score of the games, while counting in his head all the money he'd have made if they weren't discovered. Next time he'll have to find a way to silence things.

"This is the great thing about Hanukah though. I've got one of these to open every day for eight days. Not that I don't like Christmas. We're kind of doing both at the apartment. Hanukmas. Or Christkah? Anyway." Kitty glances over to Ellie. "You been doing any more costume designing on your end? Not long until you'll be graduating."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue crosses her arms over her stomach now, her gloved hands grasping at the back of either of her elbows while her eyes just stare at the images that Kitty is putting up on display. "Fifty Shades'a Lockheed is goin' on in this garage, with an underground student bowlin' league... this is definitely shapin' up t'be the weirdest day'a this year, and this year is almost over. That means its a hell of an accomplishment!"

She shoots a grin over to Ellie then and then back to Kitty. "I'm not much of a festive Christmas person this year either, I didn't even get the neighbors sled out this year t'haul students around in. Heck, my Reindeer costume is still in a box somewhere."

At Ellie though, Rogue quirks an eyebrow. "You're makin' costumes? You wanna design me one that'll go with Carol's sash?"

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Okay Ellie can't help but giggle at the George Constanza pose. "Christ sake...."

"Ive been thinking about it yeah Kitkat... I like my street look and the .. mmm other suit." probably referencing the New Mutant suit she has which is pretty X-Themed. Not X-Rated Themed thankfully.

"I do think I need something good for the Titans though.. .but man it is not my major talent costume design..." she looks apologetically to Rogue. "Though now I am curious about the reindeer costume.... " she sips her energy drink. "I have been working on my tinkering though... I got the drone to fire paintballs from a canister I put on it the other day and still fly... probably going to go into electrical engineering."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty motions to her phone from whence the Lockheed paintings were stored. "These are ART," she announces. "They'll be hanging in the Louvre one day, mark my words," she says with a grin before pocketing the phone and looking for where she set down her coffee.

She picks up the mug and takes a little sip. "Shoot. Hey Roland, would you heat this up for me?" she asks one of the students with some kinetic powers. "Without shattering the mug?" which has a picture of Han Solo with a blaster in hand and the logo, "I know".

The student takes it, concentrating on the liquid then passing it back. Kitty blows on it and takes a little sip. "Now that is some control," she praises him before turning back to her friends. "Oh, I'd be happy to design you both costumes, one for the sash and a Titans one for Ellie," Kitty says with undisguised eagerness.

Rogue has posed:
A slow nod comes from Rogue at Ellie announcing a possible trade or profession for herself. "I knew a guy who used to be a wiz with electronics and engineering. Mutant. He was with the Brotherhood. Called himself 'Gristlefingers'." She grins in memory of him. "Terrible name, yeah, but if ya knew him, it fit him perfectly."

Rogue nods toward the one who just helped Kitty with her drink. "Name could work for Roland there, for that matte'ah."

"But yeah, that'd be a cool thing t'get inta, Ells."

At Kitty, Rogue has to grin and shake her head. "Why don't ya e-mail me those pictures, so I can put them on my various sites too? Might as well spread the art around for all the ladies and boys t'enjoy. As for -you- making my costumes, Pryde?" Rogue has to sigh dramatically and whistle gently through her teeth. "I've seen some'a yours, I'm gonna have t'pass on that, dawg..." She's teasing Kitty, but... is probably serious too.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"That .. is a horrible name." she shakes her head "Well that or computer engineering but man the reading I've done indicates that is dark souls hard mode type bullshit..." she smirks though still typing on her phone there.

"Roland is great." she notes.

As for your help Kitty.. I'd love that.... a lot." she considers "Wonder if we can work in some bullet resistant material into it..." which yeah she thinks about, a lot, at this point.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty sip her coffee now it's warmed back up. "Oh god this hits the spot," she comments before waggling a finger Rogue's direction. "You... just have no taste. And besides, I was like... 15 when I did the roller skates," she protests. As Ellie accepts the fashion help, Kitty motions over towards the younger woman as if to have her serve as an example for Anna-Marie. "Thank you, Ellie. I'd be happy to help," she says with an amount of smugness that has to be humor.

Another bowling ball rolls down one of the alleys and laughter goes up as they completely miss the pins. "Have to say this was kind of ingenious of them," Kitty says. "Didn't want to diminish that. But James is going to turn into grifter at this rate," she says, chuckling and shaking her head as she uses Hambone's given name.

Kitty glances to Rogue. "You been hanging with Erik again? You know you're going to send Lorna to an early grave."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue remains leaned back there on the counter with her arms folded over her stomach which rumples the fabric of her coat and whatever she has on beneath it surely too. She has her eyes on the bowlers up until Ellie mentions the dark souls part which makes her look over to Negasonic, some part of her wondering if thats an Illyana reference... mostly because she's not a video game and doesn't know that game series.

But she does grin, as the idea of that statement still makes sense to her. "You'd own it's ass though, Nega, don't think otherwise neithe'ah."

Another glance is given to the bowlers and Rogue smirks to what Kitty says. "Hey, doin' this is at least doin' somethin' that doesn't involve video games or cell phones. I think most'a the teachers would approve of this... or some of it any how."

Then Marie's eyes go straight to Kitty. "Erik?" She asks. "Magneto?" She assumes, cause one of her friends is named Erik, but Kitty likely doesn't mean him. "Nope." She shakes her head side to side. "Haven't seen him since that floatin' island thing we did awhile back. I uh..." She clears her throat and stands up off of the counter. "Was thinkin' about contactin' Raven though... or try too. I wanted t'tryin' get her help t'track down those guys. The uh, ones that took my mom. I think my dad's at a dead-end on it and its weighin' on him, I can tell."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie considers Hambone. "Well I mean I hope he doesn't go grifter... I mean he is charistmatic when he really wants.. like when money is involved... okay maybe he will end up a grifter. Hmm. What could he do... he could be an scientist with his powers..."

"Video game." she notes at Rogue's odd look. "What did you think I meant?" curious. "And.. I guess but I'd rather build robots than circuit boards ... which seems to be what computer engineers do... "

"Hey .. the whole Sentinel thing got quiet... do we know what is up with them now?" the floating island going back to Genosha thing got her on that train of thought.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde motions towards Rogue as she comments this doesn't have anything to do with video games. "That's what I was saying earlier. Creativity is a wonderful thing. I just worry he's going to use it to conn some idiot out of his life's savings," she says with a soft chuckle that suggests she's not actually worried about it. Not entirely.

Kitty hrms quietly at the mention of Raven. "Well. Jester at least seems like he was a genuine gift. I mean, no cortex bombs that we've found yet. Just the same, don't need to mention who has him." She's got enough to worry about Peter's enemies showing up at the door after one made such a threat.

Kitty rests a hand on Ellie's shoulder. "I think engineering is a great field for you to go into. I know Peter thinks a lot of your abilities there," she says, giving a pat before pulling her hand back. "Sentinels. Well, Sebastion was destroyed. There are still some out there, and we don't know where he was making his human-sized ones. Though we have some leads in Canada that still need to be run down," she says. "The threat is greatly diminished at least, but not completely ended."

Rogue has posed:
"Mm?" Rogue looks over to Ellie when she asks her what she thought she'd said. After a moment she gathers the meaning and shakes her head. "Oh, nothin'. I thought... I thought you meant literal 'dark souls' like that tongue flower thing that Magik had cursed on this place for awhile." Rogue shows a grin then to Ellie before the topic of conversation changes.

While they talk Sentinels, the southern belle moves over to the garage fridge to open it and peer inside. She scans over the energy drinks, water bottles, and finally finds a tea in the back corner and reaches for it.

As she shuts the door she smirks at Kitty. "Raven doesn't even remember that dog existed, I assure ya." She pops the tea bottle open and takes a sip. "And Sentinels will never fully go away, so long as humans are out there who want mutants dead and... thats not likely gonna change, not in our life times anyway."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"That explains why it has gotten so quiet about that these days for sure..." one small mystery solved at least as far as Ellie is concerned. "Also.. no.. no demons... just a video game rogue..." she shudders at the thought of some of the things Illyana is up to sometimes.

I mean yeah she is metal AF, but man. That lady is a bit creepy. Even to Ellie.

"Well we will just need to blow em up when they show up then." about the Sentinels.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty looks a little relieved at Rogue's assurance about the dog. The growing pup has definitely earned himself a spot in her heart. "Well, I know you don't need me to say to be careful with her. And you know I'm there if there's anything I can do to help with your mom," she says, reaching over to gives Rogue's shoulder a little squeeze then, being careful to stay on her jacket.

A soft sigh escapes Kitty at the talk of Illyana. The brunette moves to slide up onto a counter to sit, her pony tail swaying a bit with the motion. "She was a really sweet kid," Kitty says. "I mean, still is. But what she's been through? No way to go through that and not be changed. If anything, she's amazingly well-centered given her past, I think." Kitty looks down at her mug of coffee. It's a look Rogue will have seen before during their time as roommates on some of the occasions this topic comes up. Guilt. Guilt on failing to maintain her grip on Illyana which could have saved the girl from what she was put through.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue looks between Kitty, Ellie and the King Pins before she recaps her bottle of tea and frowns for a second at Kitty. She walks past her friend and bumps shoulders (carefully) with her (and Lockheed?).

"Illyana is a tough cookie." The Belle says. "She's doin' okay, last we talked. I helped her fight back a coup to take her throne in Limbo... she's... she's a warrior. I don't think she's unhappy about who she is, so we shouldn't be either, yeah?"

A soft smile is given then before Rogue starts toward the door of the garage. "I'm gonna head out. I gotta get the van back to the Music Center before four, they're takin' it t'the city for a gig t'night."

As the door opens, Rogue movies to step outside. She glances back at them. "Ya'll let me know if ya need me. And if ya want t'get your asses whipped at bowlin too. Doctor Strange gave me a pretty wild bowlin' ball as a Christmas present, its got like a solar system inside've it or some shit. But yeah..."

Rogue turns to head out back to the driveway and front yard where the big black van is parked. Eat your heart out, A-Team.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"She is a tough book to read though, I am not positive if she knows whhat happy is... " she trails off and then nods though to Rogue. "I hope you are right though and yeah... we should take her at her word and deeds I guess." she pauses "Also.. god you get the coolest presents Rogue... shit."

She looks to Kitty and sips her energy drink. Reaching out and giving her a dap to the shoulder harder than Rogue did. "You should go get soem fresh coffee and grab me another Rockstar... I'll watch Hammy and make sure he doesn't start a betting ring." teasing, but oddly responsible as she turns her attention back to watching the students bowl.