3652/That New Girl

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That New Girl
Date of Scene: 14 January 2018
Location: Unknown
Synopsis: Summary needed
Cast of Characters: Redstar, Arc, Rift




Redstar has posed:
It is a crisp, cold, winter day in Westchester. The sun is out though the cold still hugs the air, it's crisp edge nibbling at exposes fingers, eats, and noses. Despite this plenty of the student body is outside, it is a Sunday after all, enjoying the sun. The different between most of them and Vicky, however, is that Vicky is wearing a spaghetti strap unitard and hikng boots, but no jacket or gloves or really anything. Yet she doesn't appear cold or bothered even when a wind blows through, chilling to the bone.
    Instead she sits a ways off from the basketball court, watching the other kids play. Her knees are drawn up to her chest, arms crossed over, and face half hidden behind them. Her eyes, the color of permafrost ice, watch with great interest. Behind her those giant, draconic-like wings twitch and jump with the action, showing a certain excitement in the game even if she is trying to stay apart.

Arc has posed:
The dragon-winged girl is not the only one running around in semi-unseasonal wear. At the track, a raven haired girl is running wearing an Xavier's sweatsuit. She's jogging right now though it looks like she's running at a normal speed. She seems to just be warming up.

Suddenly, the sound of rushing air is heard as the young girl takes off at high speed. Going around the track is a blur of Black and grey with violet and yellow lightning arcing off of it. She's not breaking the sound barrier thankfully. She's learned before not to do that here. No more shattered windows for her!

Redstar has posed:
Vicky's eyes are drawn to the sudden blur of motion out of the corner of her eyes. She turns her head and watches Rikki blaze about the track. Or rather, she watches a blue of violet and yellow lightning streak around in large ovals. Clearly she is impressed, "Wow," She says to herself as her brows climbs towards her hairline. She stands then and dusts her back end before walking over to watch up close the speedster.
    Like many who first encounter a speed of this nature her eyes try to follow the main density of the blur, but she just can't. Instead her head just shakes minutely back and forth, her eyes flicking back and forth. It's a fun game to be sure and after a moment she takes a sudden leap, huge wings snapping out to sweep down, launching her into the air. She doesn't go too high, only about fifteen or twenty feet, and then she circles and watches Rikki from above. The dust and dirt raised from her liftoff, however, flurries onto the tracks from a sudden gust of wind.

Arc has posed:
The speedsterspots the dragon winged girl as soon as she walks over. Part of her wants to go say hi but something else seems to get in her head. Showing off! She accelerates! A air begins forming in front of her. She's at the edge. With a smirk she tries to pull a quick stop.

Oh look, ICE! She hits the small patch of ice. She was cautious over it the whole time she was running but now, she was showing off. Her feet go out from under her and she goes rolling at high speed. Right into a snow bank. Snow is launched sky high. Times like this she'd be thankful for that lovely aura that forms around her at high speed... if she actually knew about it. Quietly she digs herself out and shakes herself off.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky isn't quite sure what she sees at first, given the high velocity at which it occurs. But one moment Rikki is speeding and the next she is a tumbling body plowing into a snowbank. She smacks a hand over her mouth and quickly comes in for a landing. The track itself is used for a landing, her feet hitting at a smooth run while her wings close behind her. "Are you okay?" She asks in what appears to be genuine concern. Of course she manages to miss the patch of ice, so it doesn't quite become a comedy of errors.

Arc has posed:
Rikki winces a little as she grabs her wrist. "Oof! Okay that was stupid of me." She looks at Vicky and snickers. "I'm alright. Might have broke my wrist but I'll live. I heal quick. Just gotta keep my wrist from moving." Sh walks over to Vicky and offers her noninjured hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Rikki. No flashy name or anything. Just Rikki." She sighs a little. "Nice wings by the way. Very cool!"

Redstar has posed:
Vicky frowns in great worry for a moment, her eyes going to the wrist, then back to Rikki's face in surprise. "You...oh. Heh, I heal fast too but not -that- fast," She admits and shakes the other student's non-injured hand. "I'm Vicky. No fancy name either," She says with a little chuckle. The mention, though, of her wings means she looks over her shoulder. They lift and fan slightly, opening and closing, and then Vicky looks back with a sheepish grin. "Thanks. You're one of the first people I know besides myself to describe them as cool," She admits, face scrunching up in distaste.

Arc has posed:
Rikki snickers, "Yeah. I will be fine in a few hours I think. Not my first accident like that." She snickers a little. "Well they are cool! I might be just a little jealous!" She laughs playfully. "So yeah how are you finding the school? I kinda like it here. Better then spending a bunch of time on my own! Thats for certain!" She giggles in a playfully manner.

Rift has posed:
A red line of light would form in the backyard near Rikki and Vicki. It shimmers then tears open into a rough red portal. Through it walks a girl who looks rather nightmarish. She is glowing with a dull red aura, but inside her arms, legs, chest, and head are bright red lights somehow visible. She is holding a rather large picni basket. "Hey Rikki!" she calls. "Thought you might want lunch. I think there's enough here for us. I was getting bored spending all that time in the cafeteria!" She then blinks. "Oh hello there!" she states as she starts to set up the basket. There is an absurd amount of food in it - it looks very heavy.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky rubs one arm in an absent fashion and looks around the grounds at the question. "I...it's a lot to take in to be honest," She says with a shy smile. "That running, though, that's pretty epic. But I wouldn't give up flying for anything if I'm being honest." She pauses and then lets out a little sigh as she looks around the grounds again. "To say I've been sheltered is putting it mildly. And after these popped into the equation...well that just made it more the case," She trails off and Rift interupts perfectly. Vicky watches the portal open and the other student step out of it. For a second there seemed to be a flash of hope and excitement when the portal opened, but it quickly was hidden. "Ummm..hi," Vicky replies and gives a little wave and that same shy smile. "I'll let you two have your picnic," The wallflower wannabe says and takes a step back.

Arc has posed:
Rikki smiles, "nonsense. You're welcome to join us. This is Kitara. She's awesome. She can mess with gravity. She's also the only person I've seen so far who can keep up with my apetite. Everything is fast with me." She states with a wink. "My metabolism is high enough that if I don't be careful I will wind up looking like I'm anorexic." She moves over to join Rift for lunch.

Rift has posed:
Rift smiles as she simply has everything float out of the basket and deploy on the traditional red-and-white-checkered picnic basket. "Yeah - I'm not a speedster but I am still fast and defying the laws of gravity takes a lot of energy." She smiles. "I'd offer to take you for a flying lesson but it looks unnecessary." She winks. "I have to ask - can they carry you? Is it fun to fly that way?" she asks as she starts munching on some pizza.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky turns her attention to Kitora and nods a little. "Vicky," She says and holds out her hand. "I'm...auditing at the moment. Not sure what the plan is yet. I'm hoping I can actually graduate with a diploma. That wasn't in the card a few months ago." There is a touch of bitterness there and her eyes are sad though the smile stays in place. After a second or two of hesitation she kneels onto the picnic basket and begins to relax a bit. Behind her the wings shift and the spars seems able to curve and bend as they lay against the ground behind her, a total tripping hazard. "Oh...yeah they can carry me. I actually can carry another person. The-" She starts to say something and then stops and bites her lower lip. "I have a whole set of muscles that grew across most of my shoulders and back with the wings. Like uber-abs or something. And...I haven't ever flown any other way, but it beats airplanes? Though I bet you could make it so I could fly super fast and long. My max is about eight hours."

Rift has posed:
Rift nods. "Well... I don't know how long I can go without refueling - I haven't really timed it." She ponders. "That sounds awesome. I can make you weightless or weigh so little that it takes no effort to carry yourself or a heavy load." She smiles faintly. "Of course... I can also do the opposite. I could make you weigh five times as much as you do as well... but... let's not discuss fighting - feel free and have some!" she states.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky looks down at the plethora of food with wide and, obviously, hungry eyes. "Wow...I haven't seen a layout like this since my twelfth birthday," She says with a small smirk tugging one corner of her lips up. "Uhhh..." Finally she reaches for a slice of pizza and a soda. Crossing her legs she tucks the soda between them. "Oh, hey! Let me contribute," She says with a smile and reaches out to touch the pack of soda. The cans suddenly frost over slightly, like super chilled drinks brought out into heat do. Her own can is also showing the wonderful frostyness of truly cold, but not slushy, soft drink. And she sips with obvious pleasure. "That's...amazing. I can control temperature, but only in the negatives. I could make it feel like negative 128 fahrenheit if I wanted. Wish I could warm it up, but that's...not my thing," There is a way she says those last three words, the hesitation, that is odd.

Rift has posed:
Rift ponders. "Well, that could be very popular in the summer..." She smiles faintly... but frowns. "Oh, don't worry about using your powers around me. While I'm glowing, cold or heat doesn't bother me." She smiles faintly. "Is something wrong? One of the X-Men uses ice powers... it's nothing to be ashamed of."

Redstar has posed:
"I don't really like using the more...extreme lengths that I'm capable of. I'm always afraid I'm going to hurt someone," There is an almost unspoken 'again' in that comment. Vicky gives a flash of a smile and then takes a large bite of pizza, chewing thoughtfully before swallowing. "No...it just...I reminded myself of someone I can't talk to right now. And it just made me realize that...I miss them. I thought I hated them, but..." She trails off with a frown of thought and takes another large bite of her pizza.

Rift has posed:
Rift nods. "I know your pain. When my powers kindled... they were out of control and tore my house apart. Almost killed my parents... only a ceiling joist knocking me out stopped it from being worse." She sighs. "My parents disowned me once they recovered. I haven't seen them since. Nonoe of my family will accept contact. I miss them - I don't even know where they are anymore."

Redstar has posed:
"Oh...I know where she is," Vicky says quietly as she finished her bite before taking a sip of soda. After it washes down the spicy pepperoni she looks at Rift thoughtfully. "I sent three men to the hospital with severe hypothermia and frostbite. One of them lost four toes and a thumb," She says her eyes unfocused as the memory obviously flashes around. "It makes me sick, but I have to own it too. Makes me work on control so I never do anything I don't want again," This seems to be an important piece. She shakes her head and smiles, "Sorry, I didn't mean to make this such a grim picnic. My parents thought I was insane -and- a mutant so they locked me up in a special institution. I was there for three years and got free a couple months ago now." She shrugs her shoulders and when she does her wings rustle slightly behind her.

Rift has posed:
Rift sighs. "Ooooof... I was just thrown onto the streets... but... most poeple here have a story like that. We just aren't well-accepted - espeically after the presidental assassination which just made tensions worse. For one who is trying to promote mutant causes, Magneto is really terrible at it." She sighs as she keeps shoveling food in.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky nods her head slowly in agreement and finishes off her slice of pizza and soda. She grabs another soda, the addict that she is, and then seems to pause and look at the spread. "I don't know what to try next..." She admits before her hand darts out and snags a fried chicken breast. "Nope, I was wrong!" There is simple delight in her voice and her smile is back. "So...how safe is this place? I mean...I found it in a quick online search as a place for special kids. That means anyone could, right?"

Rift has posed:
Rift nods. "Yes. Anyone could. But if you knew there was a bunch of people with speical powers here, including adults, would you mess with it? Professor Xavier, the headmaster, is one of the world's strongest telepaths. Profressor Grey, the assistant headmaster, is another. If anyone approached with malice, they'd notice. Rumor has it that the X-Men's base is near here... they would be at our defense." She fidgets, as she eats some more. She knows it's not a rumor. She's part of the training group and knows exactly where the X-Men base is.

Redstar has posed:
"Really?" Vicky seems surprised by that, but it also seems to soothe her worry. She chews with thought and then casts about, "Did you by any chance bring napkins?" She asks, one hand and her face covered with chicken grease. "I suppose. Though I doubt that would stop the stupid fanaticals. Jean is...nice. She's trying to help with some...relationship issues I'm having. Not boy ones...family," She says the word and then it seems that it surprises her. To cover it up she takes a long drink from her icey cold soda. "Aahhh! Good stuff. Thank you for asking me to join you. I...only really have one friend. Well, two. But I have no idea where Ellie lives and haven't texted her in a bit."

Rift has posed:
Rift shakes her head. "You don't have two friends. You have four," she muses. "And this is only the beginning." She gestures to the basket - there are a lot of napkins in there. "That's a good idea..." She floats another chickenbreast to her and devours it, glancing Rikki's way.

Arc has posed:
Rikki has been devouring food. She was famished. Quietly she just enjoys the company. One small problem though. She's starting to feel the cold. Her body is shaking... At super speed. She looks like a blur. "Umm. Sorry Whats the topic again?" Her voice sounds all funky from it.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky grins at Rift even as she blushes a bit about the friend's comment. Then Rikki starts...blurring and she glances over and frowns a little. "Are you okay?" She asks worriedly as the speedster blurs around the edges. "And..what's a good idea? Working things out? Yeah...it's amazing what space apart does," She swallows an apparent lump in her throat and takes another drink from her soda. "Sorry I can't warm it up..." She does sound genuinely regretful.

Rift has posed:
Rift nods as she stands and tears a portal open to her room. She steps in for a moment and returns with a jacket that she tosses to Rikki. "It takes more energy to keep my aura up, but a good lunch with good friends is worth it." One might even see a red flash in one of the dorm rooms whose window faces the backyard. She lets the portal close.

Arc has posed:
Rikki blinks, "I'm alright. Why do you ask?" Her voice is still really funky sounding. Then Kitora goes to her room and comes back with the jacket. "How could you tell I was cold?" She asks as she quickly puts the jacket on.

Redstar has posed:
"You were...blurring? Like a case of super shivers...also I can see thermal signatures and yours was very low.," Vicky says as she pulls a napkin from the basket and wipes her mouth and fingers, discarding the bones into an empty plastic bag. Rift really did think of everything. Yet as she does she glances to the side, where one of the school ground community cats sits eyeing the trio. "Oh! Kitty!" She says cheerfully, as girlish as any nine year old for a moment. The bones are pulled back out and she begins to pull off the tiny bits of gristle and cartilidge and tosses them at the feline.

Rift has posed:
Rift blinks. "You looked cold..." she muses softly. "Yeah, you were shivering so fast that you were a blur. Glad I made the right call." She grins. "Dusty," she cooooos. "They won't let us keep pets in the rooms... but the black cat with the white speckles, if I could, he'd be my pet. I always toss him food." She smiles softly.

Arc has posed:
Rikki smiles at the kitty. "Awww." She darts over to pet the kitty. "Wait what? I was just shivering you mean..." She starts shaking her body and the whole thing goes a blur again. She moves her hand in front of her face and laughs, "Okay this is kinda cool. A good way to hide who I am I guess."

Redstar has posed:
Vicky jumps as Rikki moves fast and her eyes are wide and blink quickly several times. Her lips are twisted into an amused line. "He's pretty," She says and lays down on her stomach, wings lifting slowly up and over the group so as not to get in the way. She holds her long arm out with a selection of chicken bits. "Here kitty kitty," She says, tempting the feline.

Of course it lives on a campus with weird goings on every day and strange people, so wings and fast people only make him jump a little bit. But food, oh lovely food! "Maaiio," He replies, rubbing against the tree before slinking over to the offered chicken, slipping through Rikki's ankles with a quick ankle rub for good measure.

Rift has posed:
Rift blinks. "You were vibratnig so fast that your VOICE was weird. Like speaking through a fan." She ponders. "Oh well." She continues to eat, just watching the cat and the other girls, going quiet for now.

Arc has posed:
Rikki stops shaking. "Okay that is cool actually. What happens if I vibrate faster?" She asks curious as she pets the cat. The look in her eyes screams of mischief.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky glances from cat to Rift and then Rikki and back to cat, scritching him behind his tattered black ears. "How long have you guys been here?" She asks curiously. The cat purrs as he eats and is scritched.

Arc has posed:
Rikki smiles, "Oh I've been here for about three weeks. Its a really nice place." Then the idea gets to her. She steps back from the kitty and starts vibrating her body even faster. Suddenly all of the clothing she was wearing just drops to the ground. She stops vibrating and blinks a few times. Quickly she covers herself up! "OH MY GODS ITS COLD! I umm... I will talk to you both a little later. Gotta get inside!" She kicks up the speed, grabs the clothes, and is off like a bullet into the mansion to go to her room and get dressed and warm again.

Redstar has posed:
Vicky just gapes at Rikki as she tests her powers and her eyes go wide. "Holy shit!" She says in surprise, trying hard not to laugh. Then she drops her eyes for the other girl's sake, "Go go go!" At least Rikki can go and go fast. She looks slowly over to Rift at this point, lips pursed together for a second or two. And then she starts bursting into giggles once Rikki has left. a fit of giggles that leads to idle chatter about favorite music and other inconsequentual things as they finish eating.