10906/Who Jogs Like This

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Who Jogs Like This
Date of Scene: 28 January 2020
Location: Danger Room - X-Men Base
Synopsis: Kurt and Rahne have a race in the Danger Room, more to come?
Cast of Characters: Nightcrawler, Wolfsbane




Nightcrawler has posed:
Who the hell jogs like this? Kurt for certain - though he's on all fours as he moves across a corridor akin to something from a platformer game. Poles, suspended platforms... Swinging arms and other fun things.

Kurt has tricked Rahne into joining him and gave only a few moments to stretch before looking to Rahne and declaring, "RUN!" before he's off... And Pac-Man is chasing.

Pac-Man

Kurt is laughing at least.

Wolfsbane has posed:
"Whit?"

It's a reaction that's not uncommon out of Wolfsbane, with or without Kurt around. When she's confused or caught off-guard, by surprise, it tends to be her first response.

Sure enough, as she looks over a shoulder, she sees the oversized Pac-Man, about as big as one would expect for two people needing to be on the run. "Where in th' world did ye come up wi' this idea?" she demands to know.

But, she's running.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"I'm put on surveillance a lot! It get's boring!" He's moving on all fours, leaping to grab bars, bounce off a side wall, over a gap. It keeps shifting, adjusting, swinging and doing all he can to keep ahead of the dreaded *Wakka-Wakka-Wakka* behind them.

"It adapts! Use everything you have!" at one point Kurt has to teleport, grab, swing, teleport, and then hip slide to get through a point that changes to create a barrier allowing for someone only half Rahne's size to be able to get through, unless she was smaller.

Wolfsbane has posed:
It's been a while since she did a real Danger Room session, and while the technology of the place never fails to impress her with its realism, it's easy for Wolfsbane to forget about some of the ways it can truly be used.

"Everything?" She's had to use some of her speed and agility, which is not that far off from Kurt's, to get through some of the obstacles, but one forces her to consider for just a moment before shifting to a wolf so she can wriggle her way through.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Everything!" Kurt says before he is hit by... well more or less a punching glove in the shape of a hunk of brick wall concealed in other. Bouncing and rolling with a coughing sound, he's forced to teleport again to get out from under set of slashing bars that rake the area he was just in.

"We'll need to team up too, when it gets used to both of us!" he's still excited, and part of his maneuvers have placed him along her side." he's breathing a little harder, from the exertion of porting, but he looks no less excited.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane is going more on instinct, just using what she knows and is capable of to keep moving, to prevent that big Pac-Man from gaining any ground. Is this what the ghosts felt like when he had the power-up going, chasing them down to gobble them up?

Her eyes go wide at the needed teleport to avoid the bars that cut through where he'd been, calling out, "Whit setting did ye put this a'? Tha' looked dangerous!"

Nightcrawler has posed:
"I put it at standard for someone with a healing factor." He appears without warning and states, "Be a wolf! before he's rolling back to monkey flip her over him towards a hole in the blockage big enough if her were tucked up tight or if she were in the appropriate form.

He keeps going, teleporting if she needs his help or if she's safe, tail lashing excitedly. Little thrill seeker.

Wolfsbane has posed:
He is the thrill-seeker. She is not. "For someone wi' a healing factor?" She'd already returned to her midform so she could talk, but it looks like it's wolf time again before she's being tossed toward the hole. She twists and turns herself so she can fit through it, springing further ahead after getting her paws beneath her.

This is the way she stays for now, which has the direct result of her being silent for the time being. Maybe if Pac-Man tries to bite her, she'll bite back.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Ja, you heal - not like Logan, but you heal!" laughing still as he keeps pace with her. Letting his body stretch out with each stride, leaping forward to twist and spin through a swing of bars and what might have been a blade to hit in a roll and keep going full tilt.

"Slow point coming! Bark twice or call if you need me for help! I'll just hollar!" Boy is enjoying himself immensely though, that's for certain.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane doesn't want to have to heal from a Danger Room session. Besides, it's all meant to be simulated anyway, from what she remembers.

She does get to show just how quick and nimble she can be as a wolf, which not many get the chance to witness, but she keeps to that form and doesn't call out in any way. There's a duck under something that swings out at her from above, then she leaps over another obstacle that pops out to try to grab her from both sides.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Hundred more yards. It's going to get hard." Kurt's warning is on time for him to yelp and teleport when what looks like a block the size of a classic VW Bug hits where he just was, and then he is wacked in the ribs even as he reappears, knocked to his side and forced into a roll that is setting him up now for worse to happen without help.

Two toed feet scraping on the ground, Kurt does his level best to try and get his bearings. There's another swinging bar coming at him now.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane covers the entire ground without shifting back to normal, maybe as much to prove a point that she can do it that way as any other reason. The way she looks back at him as he reacts to the hit he takes..well, if a wolf could emote a 'you asked for it' expression, this one is. 'Now what?' seems to be her current look.

Nightcrawler has posed:
One more teleport gets him to the ground alongside Rahne, and regardless of her being a wolf, with big fangs and pointy death feets, the fuzzy blue elf gives a sigh and curls up with his head against her flank. A little rest - for getting whonked so hard at the end.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane kept up a solid pace, even able to climb over some of the obstacles without needing to shift. She had to over-exert herself a few times, but got through in one piece. There's a nudge from her snout when Kurt moves in for a little cuddle, though her body language shows that this was not entirely expected given her current form. She's still looking around the room as if expecting another danger to pop up. Could it be she misunderstood what he said about the distance?

Nightcrawler has posed:
It's only a moment but he nods and points to Pac-Man still coming and then towards the end of the pathway where it's all bright colors and flashing lights. "Run." He rolls and takes off again with a hiss to his breaths from the damage to his side... And then there is something like an anvil falling towards where he had cuddled up for that brief moment.

"Not much room to stop!" Kurt leaps to grab a floating panel with his feat and then ape swings hard to pick up momentum, teleporting behind himself to build speed for an extra little jolt.

Wolfsbane has posed:
And then it all starts up again, getting increasingly difficult with narrower ledges, tighter spots, closer calls. Wolfsbane just reacts, even if she scrabbles and slips a few times, picking herself back up to race on ahead again. She doesn't have the teleportation on her side to help, but she's fast. Very, very fast.

Along the way, she has little choice but to go back to her midform because some of the obstacles require climbing she can't otherwise pull off, and as soon as there comes a moment where it seems Kurt's bruised side - or whatever it is - slows him any, there she is to actually grab him any way she has to in order to drag /him/ along!

Nightcrawler has posed:
Lifted, with a blink when she takes him off his feet, there's a surprised laugh. Looking over her shoulder and then ahead, Kurt keeps an eye on the obstacles as they grow more complex.

"Think we'll need to port?" looking back and forth again. Waiting for her say so, to give her warning to brace. There's blades coming, swinging arms... Hell it looks like a bear trap

Wolfsbane has posed:
"If ye have tae," Wolfsbane answers, and the look on her face as her head swivels toward Pac-Man then back to him is a wilder one, an idea percolating. "I'm gaunae toss ye," is all she says before he'll feel her hands at shoulder and side, a few running steps taken before she goes to lanch him over the arms that go back and forth, which would let him land, however he does, beyond.

As for her, she ducks, rolls, and leaps her way past after timing the motion of the weaponry, giving him a chuff of some kind on the way past. "Ye're no' always gaunae be there tae teleport."

Nightcrawler has posed:
A flip, twist and turn to land solidly and limp-sprint on with the pain in his side not aided by his burst of laughter.

"Maybe not! But I'm not always to have someone to throw me no?" tail lashing around a pole to pull him forward and up, yards away from the finish, diving beneath saw blades and sliding again to leap over juttering floor posts.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane took no real heed of the side injury. After all, he made the thing for those with healing factors, then got himself hurt. As Pac-Man closes in, she faces another set of obstacles that are more random in their patterns. If there was more time, she might figure them out. Instead, she has to push through and does grimace from a slice down her right bicep, superficial but enough to draw her attention. As she races forward, she flexes that hand a few times and shakes it off as best she can, giving Kurt a sharp look as they come to the end.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Kurt leaps an reappears in the finishing zone to Gary Glitter playing in the Danger Room. Rock and Roll Part II. Tail flicking and snapping to the beat as he hits and lays in the safe zone, the holographics changing to fireworks going off all around them, disco ball reflections and bright lights.

"I always love this part..." laying on his back, staring into the simulated sky.

Wolfsbane has posed:
As soon as things come to an end, safety found, the music playing and the lights going off, the wolfen mutant merely shakes her head and thumps Kurt in his good side with a foot on the way past. "Tha' was too dangerous for muh first time in here in I'm no' sure how long." She /seems/ at least somewhat miffed, if none the worse for wear.

Nightcrawler has posed:
"Mrmmm... It's good for you. Blood is pumping right?" Chuckling at the thump to his side, remaining laid down he motions for her to come close, glowing gold eyes turned to watch her with a dreamy adoration to coincide with the dopey smile curving his features to something more elf than demon spawn. Kurt's tail still flicks in time with the music, razor teeth in his smile.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane /is/ breathing heavily, for the exertion and the need to improvise and react was there. Same with the sting along her arm, which may or may not be any more than just something from the simulation, something that feels more real than it is. "Ye're lucky more o' yuirs isna pumping all over th' place," she retorts with a huff, yet she ends up watching him in spite of his beckoning, studying the look on his face, his laid-back body language, the grin, the motion of the tail...and a small part of her sniffs and smiles in spite of herself.

Nightcrawler has posed:
A hand reaches up to place his fingers against her cheek when she smiles and Kurt leans up to bump his nose to hers, rubbing gently as he gets his heartbeat beating at the regular.

"What do you say we go and hit that fish and chips place you like next, after we have a shower and we have medical check out your arm.... and my ribs." stealing a little smooch while he was at it. "Maybe I'll come up with more scenarios, ja?" laying his head back unless she stops him at the last.

Wolfsbane has posed:
Wolfsbane hmfs, gently facepalming Kurt with a hand of her own following the touch of noses..and lips. "I could go for th' food, but I dinna need this looked at. It's just a cut. I'll be fine. But next time, maybe we'll do something wi' th' safeties on." She's pacing, not really paying attention to the fireworks or the disco ball lights or the music.

Nightcrawler has posed:
Laughing as she pushes his face away, "No fun in that, no learning. Safeties are for students. I've been shot. I can handle a whack in the ribs." Kurt beams and starts to lead for the door of the danger room "Let go get you fed, maybe then you'll let me be cutesy with you." tail bending in a rough heart shape behind him.