16065/Sisters in Claw

Sisters in Claw
Date of Scene:	17 February 2024
Location:	Logan's Cabin - Breakstone Lake
Synopsis:	Gabby and Laura hang out at the cabin
Cast of Characters:	X-23, Honey Badger

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X-23 has posed:
Laura sits on the porch of her father's cabin, only he wasn't really her father, of course. It was all dumb and complicated and so it was simpler just to say 'father' and not bother to explain the rest because it wasn't really anybody else's fucking business anyway.

She's smoking a cigarette, wearing a long sleeved hoodie in black and a pair of ripped up jeans.

She can hear Gabby's approach easily enough, with her enhanced senses, although Gabby could move quiet enough probably to escape them if she tried. But she ain't trying.

Laura stands up as her 'sister' - again, complicated - arrives. She isn't good at affection or sentiment, but the hug she gives is firm and lingers for a moment. "How you doin', kiddo?"

Honey Badger has posed:
Gabby doesn't really worry about complicated things like explaining the family tree to people. She leaves that to people with more of a science background or, given how many telepaths Xavier's has, for someone to mindread her and figure it out.

Could she sneak up on Laura? Hmmm a good question! One she'll probably try find the answer to one day. Just for funsies. Well as fun as trying to set an ambush for X-23 could be. Chances are if it /does/ work she'd wind up getting her butt kicked when she sprung it...

"Heya Laurasaurus!" she calls out during her approach. Not quite skipping through the woods but bounding along excitedly. "I'm awesome. I invented a new type of donut dish and I've been trying to make cupnuts go viral... Whatever that means. But for sooooooooome weird reason I can't get hashtag cupnuts to be a thing."

She mock pouts.

X-23 has posed:
Laura Kinney isn't nearly so much of the social media type as her little sister, grunting a bit, "Cupnuts. Feels like that might have a double meaning," she says, ruffling Gabby's hair a little playfully. She isn't generally playful with people. Gabby is the exception.

"Old Man's out doin' god knows what. Not sure when he'll be back, but he's letting me crash here for now. I couldn't take the mansion. Too many people," she says, crinkling her nose in disgust.

"You hungry or anything? I mean, I can't cook but I think we've got some jerky somewhere."

Honey Badger has posed:
Gabby opens her mouth. Blinks a few times. Then bursts out laughing. "Ooooooooooh," she says with understanding. "I'm talking about putting cupcake frosting in the middle of a slice donut, like a cream cheese bagel, and they think I'm... Uh... Well.."

She is definitely the family hugger and squeezes Laura in response to the ruffles.

There's a nod in response to the info about Logan. It's pretty much expected that some of the family would be out roaming.

"Too many? I kind of like it. All the smells and sounds are good to train my enhanced senses with," she beams a smile. "I can always eat. It's like my powers make me ravenously hungry all the time. But then I'm always going a bunch of active things..." Like leaping off the roof..

X-23 has posed:
Laura Kinney shakes her head, "I've had plenty of training with my senses, I don't need some sixteen year old fish boy's armpit funk to complete my experience," she says. "It just puts me on edge and I want to hurt people and I'm trying not to hurt people who don't deserve it anymore."

She gets out a bag of homemade jerky and tosses it to Gabby, flopping down onto the couch. "I think there's some canned chili in the cabinets, too.

"The donut thing does sound good, kinda but only if it's cream cheese frosting. The regular stuff is too straight up sweet, you need that tangy element."

Honey Badger has posed:
"Yeah but no-one knew I actually had powers," Gabby points out. "So no-one even bothered to try get me to train them before now."

In short she's got to sniff stuff.

Her hand snaps out to catch the jerky and she begins Honey Badgering it down. It's a lot like wolfing something down only even faster. "If the fish boy has forgot to use deodorant again he kind of /does deserve it/. Just a little." She grins. "I could heat up some chili sure. Do we have rice or anything to go with it? Lemme take a look real quick."

Gabby begins rummaging around what passes for a kitchen. "Like the frosting you get on top of a cupcake. Spread on a glazed donut that's cut in half." Probably this is still going to be very sweet but then of the Kinney sisters Gabby probably has the sweetest tooth.

X-23 has posed:
Laura Kinney shakes her head, "I think I'm happy with donuts as they are. No innovation needed. More for you," she says.

She'll let Gabby clunk around in the kitchen cabinets - she doesn't organize them, it's the Old Man's problem if things get out of place and he whines about it.

"I could help train you with stuff," she says. "Not the way I was trained. Better," she says. The way she was trained was cruel in a wide variety of ways, both physical and mental. Gabby could take the physical stuff, better than Laura probably. But she wasn't hardened in her mind the way Laura had been.

Honey Badger has posed:
"That's what everyone says," Gabby says with a sigh. "I'm beginning to think my plan of Cupnuts becoming a global trend that makes me so rich I can buy Alchemax and close them down isn't going to work..."

On the plus side. More for her sounds like more sweets for her. And could that ever be a bad thing?

It doesn't take all that long to find some cans of food in the kitchen area. It's not all that big a kitchen. "Beer, bourbon, cigars... Ah here we go. Canned chili."

"You would? That'd be pretty awesome!" She bounces with excitement and there's a thud as he head hits the top of the cabinet. Not that she can feel the impact. "I was wondering if it'd be okay to ask but I didn't know if maybe you had missions you'd need to go on."

X-23 has posed:
Laura Kinney shrugs, "I don't really do missions the same way much. Not on my own, anyway. Maybe I should. Sometimes I go hunting, but that's not for anyone or anything in particular. Just waiting for someone to see a girl by herself and think I'm a victim. Then I make sure they don't make that mistake again."

She takes one of the beers, popping the top on it and taking a long drink. Yeah, her metabolism processes it fast, but it also means she can get a quick buzz that doesn't last very long as her body dissolves the hops.

"I can maybe hide some things and see if you can sniff them out. Kind of like training a dog. You wanna be my dog, Gabs?" she grins.

Honey Badger has posed:
"Hunting? Oh like for people? For a moment I thought you meant for lunch..." Gabby says with an impish grin. "It wouldn't surprise me if you and Logan both cooked on camp fires because you didn't know how a microwave works." Well okay she knows Laura can think of a dozen ways to kill someone with a microwave. But cooking with it? She's less convinced.

"I wonder how long these supplies have been here," she muses. "Does beer go off? You wouldn't be drinking it if it was bad right?" She frowns at the can of chili then shrugs. It's better than nothing. Honey Badgers do eat pretty much anything after all.

"So like a game of hide and seek," she wonders. "You're not just going to throw a stick for me? I mean sure it sounds like fun. Buuuuut you gotta promise I'll get treats if I do well!"

X-23 has posed:
Laura Kinney grins, "People eventually. I was thinking of something more simple like...hiding a scented candle int he woods or scent marking an item in a grocery store and seeing if you can find it blindfolded," she says.

"But we can hunt people, too. I'm open to it, if you're feeling bloodthirsty."

"Logan might do some shit wrong, but he doesn't buy shit beer. Now, will you like beer? I don't know. It doesn't taste very good but that's kind of what I like about it."

Honey Badger has posed:
"That does sound like a fun game," Gabby admits. Probably there is a catch, with Laura there usually is, probably the store will sell bear traps or have rakes strewn all over. Or it'll be a front for a major international crime syndicate. And the scented candle will be hidden in with the coffee they use to smuggle drugs.

"I don't really want to kill anyone," she points out. "Not even bad people. But if they /are/ bad and they get hurt.. Well that's okay."

"I didn't say it was bad," she points out. "I said does it /go bad/? Like spoiling because it's left too long while he's off doing Logan things. It doesn't smell yummy? We can do a swaps. You'll get any beer and I'll eat all the frosting."