1406/A Rec Room Duet

A Rec Room Duet
Date of Scene:	11 July 2017
Location:	Xavier's School, Westchester, New York
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Tendril, Deadzone

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Tendril has posed:
    Even with summer hours (or maybe because of it), the rec room is fairly busy in the evening, with some kids playing a complicated looking board game, some others on the couch watching the latest Netflix series (Castlevania, specifically), and a few others scattered around, chatting. There are some quiet areas, but they're harder to find. Unless you really work at it.

    Which explains why Alexia is currently hanging from one of the supports, via small but strong tendrils that have grown out of her hips. It looks a lot like she's sitting on a swing, almost, with purple ropes holding it up, as she idly kicks her legs, rocking back and forth. She has a look of concentrate on her face as she peers down at the book in her hands, but also a certain amount of growing frustration.

Deadzone has posed:
Tatum doesn't have much in the way of students for the summer. If kids are going to take summer courses, they want as few as possible, so that means just the essentials. She walks around the mansion, greeting students and teacher alike. When she gets to the rec room, some of the students seem happy to see her. Others, not so much. Well, when ones power is to turn off other people`s powers, it`s not a surprise about the mixed reaction.

She brings out a book and sits down to read, just being a presense in the rec room

Tendril has posed:
    As it happens, Alexia does notice the new entry and watches her head over to sit down. There are several reasons for this: 1) Typology is stupid but is required to actually learn archeologist, and her eyes are starting to cross from trying to figure it out; 2) She hasn't seen Tatum before, so her natural curiosity is aroused; 3) Tatum happens to sit down under (but not directly under) where her 'swing' is hanging. Oh, and 3 1/2) Striking gothy woman.

    The tendrils holding her in place lengthen smoothly, before dropping her as she lands lightly on her feet. "Hello..." the mauve-skinned girl says. "I haven't seen you before....are you a teacher?"

Deadzone has posed:
Looking up from her book as she is approached, Kenzi smiles and nods her head. "I am indeed a teacher. I teach home ec. though I do help Ms. Blaire with music from time to time." She dips her head in a bow. "I'm Ms. O'Neal," she tells the student that she has not met before. "Who are you? What year?" She holds her book in her lap. "You'll excuse me for not touching you. I don't like taking peoples powers away if I don't have to or they actually want it."

Tendril has posed:
    Alexia blinks. Mostly at the home ec part. This is not something she has had much experience with after all. "Oh. Um, hi." she offers, tucking the book under her hand. "I'm Alexia...I guess junior year? They haven't tested me yet to see where they're gonna place me." she admits. She watches her uncertainly. "...wait, so, you're like Marie?" she says curiously. "Is that like a common thing here or something?

Deadzone has posed:
Tatum shakes her head. "No no, not like Marie. I only take it away while I'm touching you and I don't drain their life energy when I do it eitehr. And I don't need touch. I can do it from a distance. I can nullify this whole room if I want to." She chuckles. "I also don't get to keep people's powers. I'm known as Deadzone"

Tendril has posed:
    There's a long blink from Alexis. Someone who can take away her powers...what would that mean? Would she look...normal? That's....that's a weird and honestly something that hits her fairly hard. Not that she longs for it, more that she hadn't even considered that as a possibility. "Oh. Well. Yeah, let's not do that then..." she agrees, pulling over a chair and plopping onto it crosslegged. "So...ya can shut down people if their power goes wonky or something? That seems good, I guess." she says, frowning thoughfully as her book ends up on her lap. Her gold eyes regard Tatum curiously. "...okay, so what...exactly is home ec, anyway?" she says after a moment. "Cuz I know it exists, and stuff, but I don't know exactly what it's for, other than maybe it's like a cooking class?" she says tentatively.