11872/Summer Days at Xavier's

From United Heroes MUSH
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Summer Days at Xavier's
Date of Scene: 30 July 2020
Location: Swimming Pool - Xavier's School
Synopsis: Indi finds the pool and everyone gets to hang out and talk for a bit. No one got electrocuted!
Cast of Characters: SpyderByte, Nightingale, Nightcrawler, Faraday, Pixie




SpyderByte has posed:
It's a hot, but beautiful day at Xavier's and Jeremy is spending it outside again. He's starting to sneak more and more outdoors to get fresh air, but his clothing is still the same. He's buried in his hoodie and black jeans, listening to music on a handheld device. His feet are wiggling a bit, barefooted for a change as his shoes and socks are off to the side next to the plastic lawnchair he is sitting in.

At times, he'll look around, reaching up to tap a finger against something in midair, then gives it a light tug. Humming to himself, he bobs his head a bit with a smile appearing along his face.

Nightingale has posed:
     A hot and beautiful day, where one isn't cooped up following a battlezone in Metropolis? Yes, please, and thank you! A joyous whoop echoes through the air, followed by the pattering of bare feet, a flash of black fabric and white feathers and....

     SPLASH!!!

     Oh yes. The mansion's resident healer in training was in fine form today, taking to the water like a cannonball.

SpyderByte has posed:
Letting out a loud noise of surprise, Jeremy flinches at the splash of water in his direction. As he peeks out over to Shannon, he lets out a laugh. Not a bear. He lifts a hand up and waves in her direction.

Pulling his hood back, he unzips his hoodie a bit to let some air in, revealing a black t-shirt beneath it with a NIN logo under it. "Hi!" He calls out. A single word is easy enough to not stutter out.

Nightingale has posed:
     Coming up for air, Shannon tosses her head back, her wings tucked against her back. Oddly, they do not seem to be waterlogged, despite being almost totally submerged. She's wearing her black bandeau-style bikini, with ample coverage both front and back, but midriff, arms, and legs quite bare. She's laughing as she swims over to the edge of the pool where Jeremy is sitting, holding on to the side and resting her chin on the edge.

     "Hi!" she calls out, pale azure eyes twinkling merrily. "Didn't splash you too badly did I?"

Nightcrawler has posed:
    There's the sound of rapid air displacement, and perched in a crouch at the end of the diving board, Kurt Wagner, wreathed in unusual amounts of light for the daytime, makes his appearance. His tail cur,s its forked end pointing upwards. His toes hang over the edge of the board, which he's sticking to handily, and he is wearing a bright blue pair of swimshorts, along with a FACULTY T-shirt with a little X on the arm.

    "I would give that a solid seven-point-five. Good form!" he calls out, and draws to a sit.

SpyderByte has posed:
Shaking his head, Jeremy rises up and tucks his phone into his pocket. His feet toes at the wet pavement a few times. "I-I-I am d-dry." He stammers out as he finds his cheeks flushed brightly, rubbing the back of his neck a bit. "The b-b-bear mmm-mmmaakes a b-b-bigger sssp-p-plash." He tilts his head down towards her for a moment, then moves his eyes to the appearing form of Kurt.

He lifts a hand, waving over towards the teacher as he rocks back and forth on his bare feet. He taps the puddle in front of him. Splash. Splash. "Hi!"

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon turns at the sound of the familiar, well-loved accented voice, and grins. One hand is raised in salutation, and she calls out. "Then why don't you show us a proper ten, Herr Wagner?" Having met him in the danger room, with a circus simulation running, and also trained with him, she had a pretty fair idea what he was capable of. Yet it never ceased to amaze her, nor to bring a smile to her face.

     Turning to Jeremy, she whispers, "If he goes for it, we're in for a treat. I've never seen anyone with such a zest for life, having so much fun with this kind of stuff." Pausing, she raises her eyebrows, her wings starting to spread out as if she could somehow shield Jeremy. "Wait... a bear?"

Nightcrawler has posed:
    Kurt gives a toothy grin, and then draws to a stand. He bounces a little on the board, and then using his full weight, swings it down...

    And when he comes up, he teleports! There's a BAMF below, and a BAMF above the pool at high-dive level.

    Curt is, at his heart, an acrobat. He gracefully spins and tumbles, nearly suspended in the air, his tail following behind him as he falls gracefully (with style) from the sky, and then brings his body into a proper dive, arms out stretched, and knives into the water like he was born to do so!

Faraday has posed:
Word was there was a new student among the ranks and after a night to settle in she's finally emerging. She's got on a close fitted, cropped black tank that looks like it's more in line with athletic wear as opposed to swimwear and black shorts with red stripes down the sides. There's black shades on her face with reflective lenses that gleam orange when the sun hits them and her hair is pulled back in a low ponytail.

She's taking a drink from a bottle of water as she rounds the walkway towards the pool while bobbing her head to music she must be listening to in the earbuds she's got in. Upon spying people, she pulls out her phone and taps the pause before tipping her chin down to look at the faces over the top rim.

"So is this a school or a resort? Pool, trails to run, horses, free-range fridge; so far I'd leave top reviews on Yelp if places like this were actually on it."

Nightingale has posed:
     It's impossible to resist. Shannon's grin is as wide as the sky as she looks up at the high-dive board, the young mutant starting a drumroll on the edge of the pool. Laughter and cheering are likely muffled by the water as Herr Wagner cuts cleanly through the surface in perfect form, as if he were a child of the waves. "Wunderbar!" she calls out, echoing his appraisal of one of her early flights in the DR that day, all those months past.

     The sound of an entirely unfamiliar voice catches her attention, the winged teen turning to look at its source. Her smile remains, and she raises one hand to wave at the other girl.

     "Hi!" she calls out. "Tell me about it. I wasn't sure what to make of it all when I first got here, either!" She pulls herself up over the edge of the pool, the rest of her black bandeau style bikini no longer hidden by the water, in stark contrast to the snowy white of her wings. Her long, pale gold hair is darkened by the water, and plastered to her back and face. She holds out her hand to Indira and smiles. "Name's Shannon. What's yours?"

SpyderByte has posed:
Watching Kurt show off, Jeremy's eyes are wide behind his thin glasses. He gives a quick burst round of applause for the teacher who makes a perfect and showy dive into the water. He blows some hair away from his face, tucking some of it back behind his ears. At some point he will get it cut, maybe.

Turning to spy Indira, his smile brightens and he waves a hand over towards her, then settles himself back down into the plastic chair again. He takes his earpods out and tucks them into his pocket once they go into a small charging case. "Hi!" He's going to stick to mostly one word replies today.

Nightcrawler has posed:
    Kurt errupts from the water, and nimbly pulls himself up to the side of the pool with one arm. The water's made his tee stick to his chest and stomach, and he gives a shake of his head, water going everywhere and his hair standing up all over the place, and his tail gives a curl as he regards Indira.

    "Ah! 'Allo Indira, how are you settling in?" he questions brightly.

    He is, notably, not wearing that holographic projector in the water, and is his normal blue fuzzy elf self, tail curling then lowering behind him.

Faraday has posed:
"Indira, but you can call me Indi." Says the new girl as she looks to the offered hand and gives Shannon a tip of her head and a sheepish grin. "I'd shake your hand, but wet hands and electricity don't mix. Don't wanna give you worse of a shock than I might normally do. It's the prime reason why I burn through personal electronics like they were from the dollar store."

She does raise a hand to give a wave towards Jeremy and Kurt in turn. "Hey, guys. Doing good. Being able to stay up as late as I want without anyone yelling at me was worth the price of admission."

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon grins at Indira, nodding and letting her hand come to rest at her side. "No problem. We've all got our own gifts that have their little quirks that way. It's pretty amazing sometimes." Spreading her wings out, she flutters them to shake what remaining droplets of water there are free of her feathers; given her wingspan, there is quite a 'splash zone'.

     "Ha. You stay up as late as you want now, but trust me, when it comes time for classes and other things, you learn to balance your time so you can get enough rest. Otherwise you're a zombie in class the next morning."

SpyderByte has posed:
As he makes his way over to them, Jeremy, who is barefoot, offers up a smile to the trio of other mutants. He pulls out his phone from his pocket, turning it about in his fingers slowly.

<< I have not gone to class yet. I just arrived. So, we will be figuring this out together. I do not plan on sleeping in on the first day. >>

His voice comes out of the phone, but it sounds a bit more robotic. He's still working on it.

Nightcrawler has posed:
    The former teacher crosses his arms a moment, and gives a small shrug of his shoulders as he looks over the three students.

    "That is true; you have a lot of freedom here, but also a lot of responsibility. No one of the staff and faculty like to give punishments, but we do have high expectations of how you conduct yourselves." he smiles, reaching into his swim trunks and pulling out a pair of equally wet sunglasses as he frowns at their state of being. "Pun fully intentional."

    Looking back to Indira, he does give a slight smile. "That being said, should you need anything, we do want you to feel free to come to any of the teachers. Sam Gutherie is a good one, you can find him teaching physical ed and flying classes. Jean will always try to make time for students. And I may not teach, save for covering the odd substitute class here and there, but I try to do my best to support everyone under the roof at Xavier's.

Faraday has posed:
"Benefits of being me, I can live on poor sleep choices. I'm not happy unless it's go, go, go." Indi says with a snap of her fingers with the friction causing a quick spurt of sparks to pop up. "It's either get up early or stay up late, and nothing much funs happens in the hours before the sun's up unless you need to pester someone on the other side of the world. Though it can be a nice time to get in a run, depending on the season. Either way, it's nothing a sufficiently loud alarm can't fix to make sure you're awake when ya need to be."

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon groans at the awful pun, picking up a nearby beach ball and lobbing it through the air at Herr Wagner. "Boooooo! How could you possibly intend something so electrifying? It was like a bolt out of the blue!" Triple pun score!

     Glancing over at Jeremy, she just smiles, a tiny bit rosy in the face. "You need help with any of that stuff come time for the semester to start, I'm glad to help." Looking at Indira next, she just shakes her head and chuckles a little bit. "I suppose everyone's need for sleep is different, but let me know if you need a bit of sleep. I've got a chamomile and valerian tea blend I keep on hand for that."

SpyderByte has posed:
<< I don't sleep much either, but that is because my brain is like a hard drive. Always spinning. I usually am awake working on a project on my computer. But I will make sure when classes start I choose a healthier routine. I do not plan on showing a poor performance. >>

Jeremy gives a bright smile to Shannon, perking up a bit as he rocks on his bare feet, giving his toes a wiggle.

<< Dr. McCoy is my advisor and I have a few classes with him. He looks like a huge blue cat. >> He says as he motions his hands outwards.

Pixie has posed:
It's another hot, steaming day and Megan's just dying for a jump in the pool before she tries to a crisp! Ooh and she's got a new swim suit, an iridescent blue green one piece suit with a short frilly skirt at the hip and scalloped edges. Her wings glisten bright red today as she dives right from the air and into the pool with little warning, "Heads up!" she yells as she splashes in.

Nightcrawler has posed:
    "Sleep schedules can be a little... eeeh." Kurt admits, and he waggles his hand back and forth with another shrug of his shoulders as he glances about, rubbing the back of his neck. "Ah! Yes, Hank is an excellent advisor as well. Plenty of experience, good head on his shoulders. Logan is as well, though it may take some time for him to warm up to any students. Man of few words." he explains, and then there is a sudden attack on the water!

    "ACH!" he calls out, laughing as he brings his hands up to shield his face from the pool, and Pixie's dive!"

Faraday has posed:
"Schools are kind of universal. Once you figure one out, they all run the same. Or so the television makes you believe." Indira jokes with a grin on her face. "Though I guess this one is just a liiitttlle bit different than most."

At the call from above, she jerks her head up and reaches a hand up to slide down her sunglasses more. No need, though. Megan has landed before she can get a clear view. There's a calculating tip of her head as she eyes the pool and slowly looks towards the school building, perhaps mentally calculating the distance between roof and pool. "Hm. Anyway, time to sleep when we're dead, right? If I'm unconscious, then there's something that I could be doing that's I'm not."

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon grins over at Indira, tipping her head in acknowledgement. "Ya think? I went from being homeschooled my whole life, to coming here. And on top of that, it was a school full of mutants. For once, I wasn't a freak. I was.. normal."

     She smiles over at Kurt, nodding once. "He is, one of the best. He and miss Munroe were the ones to bring me into the school last year. I tried to describe my gifts to miss Munroe when she took me aside for tea, so my folks could get things sorted out with Mr. McCoy, but she wasn't so much interested in that. She cared more about the person behind the gifts. That's... something that stayed with me ever since." She pauses, her brows furrowing ever so slightly. "If you see Mr. McCoy before I do, would you be willing to let him know I've been trying to reach him? There's a couple of things I need to talk to him about, and one of them is mildly urgent."

     Just then, Megan pulls a Shannon, diving towards the water. Unlike her feathery-winged counterpart, however, she dives /into/ the water, splashing everyone within range. "Megan! You nut!" Shannon bursts out laughing, her wings spreading open wide to shield Jeremy and Indira, if she's close enough.

SpyderByte has posed:
Holding his arms up to try and cover himself from the Pixie-Cannonball splash, Jeremy is laughing in amusement. He hugs his phone a bit closer to his chest to ensure that it doesn't get wet.

<< If I see Mister McCoy, I will let him know you are looking for him. I can send him an alert. >> He pauses. << Alert sent. >>

Looking over to Indira, he offers her up a smile as well.

<< Are you able to swim without hurting yourself? >>

He rubs a hand over his shoulder a bit, giving a few tugs of his hoodie as he looks uncomfortable from the heat. He's sweaty, but refuses to complain.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn giggles as she pops up a moment later, splashing water everywhere, )Yaaaay! This feels sooo good in this heat!" she grins and waves, "Hows it going all? And ooh! Do we have a new student?" she paddles over to India's, peering at her curiously, dragonfly wings fluttering excitedly, "Hiii I'm Megan!"

Nightcrawler has posed:
    Kurt gives a smile. It does his heart good to see all the students laughing, getting to know one another -- even as the younger X-Men member gets the chance to be a kid. He gives a toothy grin, and then turns to Jeremey, drawing to the side a bit as he looks to the boy and inquires in a soft voice: "Are you going to be all right in the sweatshirt? If you would like, I can come up with a reason for you to go inside that would make them cross at me, and not at yo." he offers, concern creeping into his voice.

Faraday has posed:
"Yo." Says the new girl towards Megan with a chin-bob and a smile. "I'm Indira. Indi. Just got here last night. Sooo, yeup, guess I get to wear the Fresh Meat badge for awhile. Lucky me." Despite her words, she doesn't sound bothered at all. She brushes off some droplets of water that went flying in her direction and looks over to Jeremy. "Oh I can no issue. My powers don't hurt me and to answer the unasked question, yes, I did stick my finger in a socket once."

"Problem would be everyone else in there." She indicates with a point of her finger towards the pool which she then redirects to the patio underfoot. "Which is why I'm here. It probably wouldn't be too bad, but no one likes to feel like they're getting mildly electrocuted. Not worth the risk to find out if it'd be worse, or blow out your fancy pool cleaners and stuff."

Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon tilts her head as she listens to Indira and nods, thinking for a moment. "It couldn't hurt to talk to Mr. McCoy," she says. "I've seen him MacGyver up some pretty neat stuff to help some students keep their gifts in check while they're learning to control them naturally. And if he can't, I'd be willing to bet either he or any other teacher here would know someone to ask." She herself could think of one or two, but at the moment, keeps the thought to herself.

     Too, she's not blind to Jeremy's discomfort, but understands his reasons, too. "You know," she offers, smiling softly at him. "Maybe we could all go inside for some lemonade or something, take a quick break to cool down before braving the sun again. What do you think?"

SpyderByte has posed:
Flushing a bit at Kurt's whisper, Jeremy glances over to him and shrugs his shoulders. He gives a few tugs of his collar, then rubs at his shoulder. He unzips his hoodie and slides it off carefully, then wraps it about his waist tightly. He's just wearing his black shirt now with long sleeves. Each motion he makes is slow and deliberate so not to show off any skin.

<< I am fine. >> The voice comes out softly from his phone. << I don't want to ruin anyone's fun. >>

He knows what they're referring to and he doesn't want to be the party pooper.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn smiles brightly and waves, "Hii Indy! That's a cool name!" although when she describes her powers, Megan's eyes widen, floating back a bit, "Woah, remind me never to piss you off then!" she giggles a bit nervously. Glancing to Shannon, Megan nods thoughtfully, "Yeah, Dr McCoy is super smart, I'm sure he'll think of something." She can't help but glance curiously at Jeremy, a bit hesitant to say something about jumping into the pool. "How you doing Jeremy? Keeping cool?" she smiles, careful not to splash him with anymore water.

Nightcrawler has posed:
    Kurt gives a small smile, and pats on Jeremy's shoulder lightly, giving a soft smile.

    "Shannon is right, perhaps some lemonade." Kurt gives a slight smile, and with a BAMF of rotten-egg smoke, disappears! Where has he gone to?

    There's a BAMF in the kitchen. He drips a bit from his wet swimming suit, but gives a hum as he grabs some items, riffling through the 'free range fridge'.