4762/Let's talk about our future.

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Let's talk about our future.
Date of Scene: 29 June 2018
Location: Andrea's Condo
Synopsis: A phone call turns into a get together for the New Mutants. A tiny thread is tugged, starting to unravel.
Cast of Characters: Rage, Mason Steele, Twitch, Elixir, Hellion




Rage has posed:
It is almost 11 at night when Mason's phone rings. Andrea is in her room at her condo, sprawled out on her bed and flipping through the channels of her TV as the phone rests on her chest on speaker, listening to it ring.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason would rather not say where he is, mainly because he's digging in his back yard in the dark. His fingers claw at the dirt, and he looks over his shoulder. When the phone rings, he jumps, and scrambles to pull the phone out of his pocket. He meant to hit the hang up, but in his haste, he hit answer. Making a face, he looks to see who it is. Andrea. "Yeah?" he answers, his voice in a whisper.

Rage has posed:
"Hey. Whatcha up to and why are you whispering?" Andrea pauses, then frowns through the phone. "You got a girl over?"

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason looks back at his mother's window. "Uh...sure..." he says, the admission given as something that sounds simpler than explaining what he's actually doing. "What do you want?" It isn't said with any particular anger, but more of the tone someone uses when they are trying to change the subject.

Rage has posed:
There is a loud sigh, one of pain and emotion in the back of her throat. "It's ... nevermind ... I guess it's not a big deal. Maybe we can talk later or something."

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason pauses, "What? What is it?" he asks, seeming to focus as he hears that familiar upset tone. He rocks back onto his butt, sitting in the grass.

Rage has posed:
"We were talking, the team.. and we are wondering if you will come to school with us." Andrea says after a minute of silence. "So you won't be alone anymore. So that you can be with your friends and learn and get better at your stuff."

Mason Steele has posed:
    "I...yeah, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Been busy with class stuff." Perhaps a weak defense now that his class has finished. He reaches and grabs a rock that is mostly buried in the dirt, pulling it free. He shifts the phone to his shoulder, then cracks the rock in half, resonating a sound like something dropping on a hard floor.

Rage has posed:
"So you /want/ to come to Xavier's?" Andrea asks curiously. "It would really mean a lot to me to have you there .. with me."

Mason Steele has posed:
    "I know. I'm just...I'm gonna, okay?" he asks, holding the rock up to his nose and smelling it. He bites it, and there is a deafening crack heard over the phone. He winces, glancing back to the house. "It's just kind of a big deal, ya know?"

Rage has posed:
"I know it's a big deal and I was terrified at first. But I also know I can't just wolf out anymore. I need to learn to control it. What are you doing back there?" Andrea asks after the second noise. "Are you eating a jaw breaker?" She pauses again. "You don't have a girl over, do you?"

Mason Steele has posed:
    "Um, yeah, kind of like a jaw breaker," Mason acknowledges. *CRUNCH CRUNCH* He winces with the loud sound, and drops the rock to mute the mic for a second. He finishes chewing, and swallows, then a few seconds later he unmutes. "Sorry about that. No, uh, I don't have a girl over." He says it as if he's not sure why she would think such a thing. Apparently he wasn't paying attention to his own admission earlier. "I'm just eating. I was hungry."

Rage has posed:
"Jawbreakers are not food. Do you want to come over and I can make you something instead?" Andrea asks curiously. "We can get some of the guys together and watch movies all night too, unless you .. just wanna crash with me instead?"

Mason Steele has posed:
    "Jawbreakers are food, they have sugar which is glucose, biology class said we need glucose to survive." Perfect logic. "I guess we can call Tyler or that Josh guy or whoever. They don't ask for autographs," Mason suggests.

Rage has posed:
"I could call them, yeah. Unless you wanted some alone time also. We can just hang out." Andrea says softly with a bit of nervous hint in her voice. "I .. am feeling a bit lonely tonight and I've missed just chilling with you."

Mason Steele has posed:
    "Sure, let's call them, we can all just chill together," Mason says with a sidestep. "Go ahead and pick something out. I'll see ya soon."

Rage has posed:
After hanging up with Mason, Andrea texted Tyler and Josh that they are welcome to come over and have a late night midnight hangout at her condo in the city with her and Mason. She is currently in her pajama shorts and a simple t-shirt, making popcorn in the kitchen on the stove.

Twitch has posed:
It doesn't take Tyler and Josh too long to get to the condo. Being the middle of the night there's not much traffic and Tyler is the sort to navigate through it on his motorcycle anyway. When Tyler gets to Andrea's place he finds a spot he can park his bike in quickly and he and Josh hop off with Tyler leading the way to where the buzzer awaits them. The young man hits the button and looks up at the camera so the Andrea can know he's arrived.

Rage has posed:
Heading over in her squeaky wolf slippers, Andrea answers the door with a grin, giving each of them a hug. "Hey guys! Come on in and pick out a movie. I got a bunch of popcorn made up for us. Mason should be over soon. I think. He said he would. Also he says he wants to join the school with us."

Elixir has posed:
Josh gives Andrea a perfunctory squeeze. "He is? That's great, it'll be really good for him. And nice to have a guy around who can swing 800 lbs slabs of rock if any more Reavers ever show up."

He looks around as they come in. "Nice place," he comments.

Twitch has posed:
Hugging Andrea back, Tyler says, "Thanks for inviting us over. I had to take a break from studying or else I was going to go nuts." After they break apart he says, "Yeah, it'll be good for him to go to school with us." The young man steps further into Andrea's home and looks it over, "So, what's the plan? You guys got any movies in mind?"

Rage has posed:
"We should watch the Breakfast Club." Andrea says as she grins brightly. "It's one of my favorites. It's from the eighties though so doubt you guys are familiar."

Elixir has posed:
"Is it a chick flick?" Josh asks, leaning against the island in the kitchen. "'Cause I'll totally fall asleep if it is. Gotta be something newer than the 80's on Netflix."

Twitch has posed:
"Breakfast Club? That's the one you mentioned before that time, right?" Tyler asks Andrea curiously. "I guess I'll check it out. I've got nothing against eighties movies. Raiders of the Lost Ark is like my favorite film." He looks over towards Josh and says, "I don't mind something newer, though. They've got some pretty good horror movies on there."

Rage has posed:
"It's not a chick flick." Andrea laughs as she pokes Josh in the chest. "Though I think you can learn something from it." Snagging the huge bowl of popcorn with butter, she places it on the glass table in front of the large white sofa.

Elixir has posed:
Josh looks a little uncomfortable when Andrea pokes him in the chest but laughs. "Great, school's back in session. Thanks Ms. Jackson," he sings songs like an elementary school kid. He drops himself into the arm chair of the living room set.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Finally, the door opensto announce Mason's arrival. On the other side, it becomes clear what took him so long. He was getting beer. Nevermind he probably paid some guy to buy it for him. "Okay, I'm here, party can start," he announces, tossing his keys on the coat hook as he makes his way in to the main part of the condo. He holds up two six packs of Sam Adams, indicating his contribution.

Twitch has posed:
Plopping down onto the couch, Tyler immediately leans forward to grab a handful of popcorn. The first piece is tossed into his mouth easily so he can chomp down on it as he looks over his friends again and teases Andrea, "I'm not really sure if I'm up for learning anything. Is this one of those 'heroin is bad' movies, because those always get me really down. I already know heroin is bad." At Mason's entrance Tyler's attention swings over to him, "Hey man." His eyes widen when he sees the Sam Adams, "Beer. Thanks man."

Rage has posed:
"It's Miss Jackson if you're nasty." Andrea quotes Janet with a grin to Josh. "It's a /great/ movie. We can watch this, then we can watch whatever dumb boy film full of action and explosions after." Glancing over at Mason strutting in with beer, she lets out a breath. "Classic Mason." She grins.

Elixir has posed:
Josh just chuckles and shakes his head at Andrea. "Fine," he relents.

He waves at Mason. "Hey Mason," he says and raises an eyebrow at the beer. "That'll make the movie better. Hey, Andrea says you're gonna come to the school? Welcome onboard, man."

Mason Steele has posed:
    "Heroin is bad," Mason agrees, "But beer is good." He places the two six packs on the counter, then covers the counter with his shirt as he places the edge of a bottle against the corner, and then pops the top off. "You aren't trying to get everyone to watch Breakfast Club, are you?" she asks. "If you want a good 80s flick you we should totally do Risky Business." Of course he would pick that.
    He glances at Josh. "So," he says, "I guess you go there too?" he asks. "I was gonna join, just...tryin' to keep it quiet, y'know?"

Twitch has posed:
"I'll have to give beer a shot then," Tyler comments to Mason with a little chuckle. "I don't really drink, though, so I better stop at one so I can make sure I can drive straight." He pops more popcorn into his mouth, easily plowing through what he'd picked up. Looking towards Mason he says, "I think you'll like it. I have to work hard as hell to get A's, but other than that and my extra chores it's pretty cool."

Rage has posed:
"Fine! We'll watch Risky Business instead." Andrea sighs dramatically with a grumpy look on her face. "I just thought it would be a good pack bonding movie for us." Snagging some popcorn, she crams a few into her mouth. "Yeah. Because we apart of the special project at the school, we all have to maintain a four-oh but it's not too hard if you keep up on it." She makes room on the couch for whomever wants to sit next to her.

Elixir has posed:
Josh nods to Mason. "Been there since a couple days after... you know, the thing with Andrea," he says and clears his throat. "It's gotta suck having everyone in your business all the time," he empathizes, moving right along. "But it's a pretty cool place for a school, and you can focus on pretty much whatever you want, they can even do the first couple years of college, which is great for me. And the teachers are hot," he adds with a grin.

He helps himself to some of the popcorn and then gets up to grab a beer for himself and one for Tyler.

Mason Steele has posed:
    "I don't think it's on Netflix," Mason comments, "So you can watch Breakfast Club. It's your place." He grabs a second beer, popping the top off in the same manner as he did for his own, and then wanders over to plop himself down on one side of Andrea, handing her the second beer. His fingernails are filthy, as if he had been digging in the dirt.

Twitch has posed:
"Thanks," Tyler tells Josh when he brings the beer over. He takes a sniff of it, then a sip, appraising it's taste. After shrugging his shoulders he has a decent sized drink. "Not bad."

"I don't really mind watching whatever. It's hard for me to focus on movies sometimes anyway," says the young man as he reaches for more popcorn.

Rage has posed:
"I have Risky Business downloaded already, because you always liked it, so I bought it." Andrea says as she gives a glance to Mason, then peeks down at his hands as he gives her the beer. "What happened to you? You're so dirty." She says as she reaches for another popcorn after placing the beer between her bare knees. "You can wash up in my bathroom if you want. I got my nail scrubber in the medicine cabinet."

Elixir has posed:
"Dude, seriously you're always eating, how're you not like 8000 lbs?" Josh asks Tyler. "And did Ms. Frost say when you guys are done clean-up duty yet? You'd think you'd be off the hook after the other night."

He considers the trio on the couch a moment, then shakes his head just slightly as he takes a drink.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason looks at his fingernails. "Oh, I was gardening," he says casually, taking a drink of his beer and shifting his hand to reach for the popcorn without taking the option to scrub his fingernails.

Twitch has posed:
"I've got a really fast metabolism. I think it's because of my powers," Tyler explains to Josh before he pops more food into his mouth. "Until I got to the school a lot of the money I earned went to food. Now I can eat pretty much as much as I want." Then he shakes his head, "Nope, not yet. I also told her about that other thing that I told you guys about, so I might just stay on it forever. I hope Tommy gets off soon, though."

Rage has posed:
"Mason! Wash your hands. Come on, dude." Andrea says with a sigh as she reaches out to snag his hand, giving him a tug as she pulls herself off the couch. As she does, her wolf slippers squeak loudly as she lands on her feet. Snagging her phone off the table, she uses her free hand to tab the application to turn the massive TV on the wall on, followed by tapping in Risky Business into the search bar as she looks to drag her fellow popstar to the bathroom.

Elixir has posed:
"That's gotta save a lot of cash," he says.

Once Andrea and Mason leave, he pipes up again, more quietly. "You okay with..." he gestures in the direction the two went. "Seems kinda like that's not over," he says to Tyler.

Hellion has posed:
     It's easy to moonwalk if you can move things with your mind. And this was indeed what Hellion was able to do. The young telekinetic slid his way into the living room, and where Josh and Tyler had been. "Risky Business! A classic." He comments before he jumps into an empty seat on the couch.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason rolls his eyes as Andrea drags him toward the bathroom, taking another drink of his beer. "Okay, clean freak," he mutters. "I'll clean my fingernails." He puts the beer down and turns on the water, rubbing his hands under the faucet.

Twitch has posed:
"Yeah, it does," Tyler replies to Josh's initial statement. Then he watches Andrea and Mason head off together and lets out a long sigh, "I don't know, man. I've got feelings for her and Mason says they're through, but..." He shrugs, "It's not like I can turn off how I feel, you know?"

When Julian appears Tyler lifts his chin at him, "Hey man. How's it going?" A glance is given towards the television, then he nods, "Yeah, it was Mason's idea." He lifts his beer to his lips and has a swig, then indicates where there are more on the counter, "Beer's over there."

Rage has posed:
"You were /gardening/?" Andrea asks Mason as she gives him a curious look once they enter her huge bathroom complete with jacuuzi tub and walk in shower with multiple heads built into the marble walls. Her bathroom is her favorite room next to her bedroom. It's huge. "You weren't burying a body or anything in that garden, were you?" She asks as she reaches for the liquid soap, then hands him the nail scrubber.

Elixir has posed:
"Best cure for one is the next one, man," Josh says and then waves at Julian when he comes in. "If I knew this was going to be a whole party, I'd have tried to get Sam to come," he grins to Tyler. "Finally got that she's not seeing anyone."

Hellion has posed:
     The dark haired telekinetic nods upwards to everyone in greeting. The location of beer now divulged, Julian gives a smirk, nodding to Tyler as a beer makes its way over to Julian's waiting hand. "Ahh, that never gets old." He says with some smug self satisfaction that he can take lazy to another level.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason takes the scrubber begrudgingly and scrubs his fingernails quickly, the dirt coming out with much greater ease than it should. He rinses his hands clean, and then turns off the water before grabbing the base of Andrea's shirt to use it as a hand towel. "There, finger nazi," he teases, holding up clean hands. "Now can we watch the movie?

Twitch has posed:
"There's another girl I'm talking to, but it's not really the same thing," Tyler tells Josh with a shrug as he has some more beer. Then he returns Josh's smile with his own, "Nice. You'll have to invite her to the next get together." The young man looks to Julian and chuckles, "That does look pretty damn handy. I'm still stuck doing everything the old fashioned way."

Rage has posed:
"Mason! Are you /serious/ right now?" Andrea sighs as she slaps at his hands as he uses her nightshirt to dry off. She gives him a hard poke in the stomach with her finger, then leans in and gives him a peck on the lips. "Yes, thank you, your nails look better." She pauses for a moment, then says, "Thanks for coming over and hanging with us. Bonding is pretty important for the pack." She says with a warm smile to him, then starts out to join the others.

Hellion has posed:
     Julian was glad to have found a good group at the school, it was much different at the Academy. Even if he would never admit it, Xavier's seemed more of a place to live and thrive than the Academy where it felt much more like a boarding school in the most stereotypical way.

  A healthy sip from the beer is taken before Julian holds up the bottle in regards to Andrea. "The hostess! With the beers!" He chimes in with a big toothy smile.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason follows Andrea back out, spotting Julian, "Whoa, more people?" he says, not arguing who brought the beers. He spins back to the hallway, being reminded of his own beer before hopping back out to the main area. "This is getting to be a regular party, we need more girls here, though. Andrea's gettin' herself a regular harem here," he says, taking a swig from his own.

Twitch has posed:
Finishing off his beer, Tyler sets the empty bottle down on the table and grabs a handful of popcorn to start eating again. "We could use some more girls in our little posse, too, not just here at the party." He continues snacking, looking over at Mason and Andrea as they appear again.

Rage has posed:
There is a roll of Andrea's eyes as she hears Mason and Tyler. "Nice to know I'm not enough for you two." She says, amusement teasing at the corner of her eyes. "Mason brought the beers, Julian. Have you two met? I'm sure you know Mason from TV and the radio. Mason, this is Julian. He's apart of our team at the school. He's a telekinetic. You all seemed to luck out with the cool powers. Mason can kinda do stuff with rocks. Geokinetic." She flops down into her plush white recliner, leaving the huge beanbag chair for Mason if he wants it. "It seems that Ellie and Laura may be joining our team by the way guys."

Elixir has posed:
"Yeah? I can see Laura joining us, she's /seriously/ hardcore. Like freaky. But..." he shakes his head and looks sad. "Yeah, poor kid." He says and takes another sip of his beer. "Anyway, that's cool. I hope we can tell people about it soon, though I guess word is getting out."

Hellion has posed:
     "Hellion." He says, not correcting, just informing of his codename. "Thanks for the beer, man!" He offers up. "Are they still saying we need to keep quiet about it? I haven't heard anything else really."

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason's face loses color when Andrea announces his powers. "Jeez Andrea, why not just give out our bank accounts while you're at it," he says. His light tone turning decidedly...less light. The rest of the conversation seems to be ignored, and he motions to Julian, "No problem. Good to meet you by the way, Andrea has a habit of not keeping her mouth shut sometimes." He doesn't move to take a seat. He takes another swig, which finishes his first beer, and he leaves the bottle on the counter, moving to take a second, the last from the first six pack.

Twitch has posed:
"Laura? Sweet!" Tyler exclaims when Andrea says she might be joining the New Mutants. "It'll do her some good to have friends like us. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her." Then he looks at Mason, watching his friend's reaction with some concern. As he goes for another beer the concern on Tyler's face turns into a frown, but he doesn't comment.

Tyler glances at Julian and shrugs, "I think we should probably keep quiet for now. I wouldn't want to piss off Ms Frost by leaking any info if I could avoid it."

Rage has posed:
There is a frown upon Andrea's face as she hears Mason. "Okay, whatever, Mason." She says as she puts her own untouched beer down, then heads down the hallway to her master bedroom, wolf slippers squeaking along the way. "Enjoy the movie and popcorn, guys." One can practically feel the heat of rage oozing from the young shapeshifter as she steps into her room and closes the door behind her with a soft thump.

Hellion has posed:
     The tension is...palpable. And Julian sees this of course. Though with the subtle influence of alcohol, Julian looks around. "I'm guessing Mason wasn't out of the closet then." He offers to ease said tension.

Elixir has posed:
"Yeah, I really need to not piss off Ms. Frost," Josh replies to Tyler. "So you're probably right."

Josh shakes his head and looks to Mason after Andrea walks out. "Want me to talk to her?" he asks.

"Not really," he agrees with Julian.

Mason Steele has posed:
    Mason looks uncomfortably between the other three guys. "I don't just tell everybody I meet," he justifies his complaint, not giving into Andrea's storming to her room. He doesn't even turn to watch her go. "People get crazy on you with that stuff." He motions to Josh. "You know what I'm sayin'," he looks for support, since clearly he knows Josh now has to wear his mutation on his skin. "You can talk to her if you like, I'm not gonna feel bad for her this time." He pops the top off again using the counter, and takes a drink.

Twitch has posed:
"It should be up to you who you tell about your powers," Tyler says softly to Mason. "I wouldn't want people I don't know knowing about my stuff unless I was the one who's going to tell them, like if we're trading info on our powers or whatever." He doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands, so he fills them with popcorn and goes back to eating.

Hellion has posed:
     Julian gives a big shrug. "You ask me, I'm for not keeping hidden. If someone's got an issue with me..." The empty six pack carton rises, floating over in front of Julian, now with his arm and hand outstretched to it. He closes his hand into a fist fast and powerfully, and the carton is crushed into a tight ball. "Then they can suck it." Though this also comes from the guy who has been seen wearing a 'Magneto Was Right' shirt around campus. Both for shock value, and for genuine opinion.

Elixir has posed:
Josh pushes himself up from the chair and sets his beer down. "Yeah, I hear you," he says to Mason. "I don't have any right to complain, but yeah, people get all messed up about it. If you want to keep it a secret, that's your business."

He excuses himself and walks down the hall after Andrea. Josh knocks lightly, says that it's Josh, and lets himself in assuming she says to.

"Hey," he says, closing the door behind him. "What happened there? Can't blame him for being mad, it was kind of a dick move," he says gently. "Not everyone can be Andrea Jackson, champion of the cause, y'know?"

Rage has posed:
Instead of Andrea being behind the door, a large black wolf with white markings is laying on the bed with her muzzle tucked into her paws. She gives a flick of her ears at the sight of Josh, then lets out a loud, noisy huff.

Mason Steele has posed:
    "Yeah," Mason says, watching the crushing of the cardboard dubiously. "Good for you. I gotta say, you being able to do that creeps me out a bit. I mean, it's cool, but kinda scary. I bet people don't mouth off to your face when you do that." He takes another drink. He's certainly drinking that second beer quicker than the first.
    He watches Josh walk down the hall to go talk to Andrea, and looks back at Tyler, "Thanks, I would rather not be letting the whole world know. There's always somebody looking to make money off of dirt they can dig up." He thinks for a moment, arching his brow. "Pun not intended."

Elixir has posed:
Josh trails off when he turns around from closing the door and sees the large black wolf. It takes his brain a second process first what he's seeing and two what it means.

"That's..." he stops and takes a breath, re-considering his words. "Not what I was expecting," he says leans his back against the door. "So does you being like this mean you don't want to talk?" he asks her, part of his brain still catching up with the fact that yes, he's talking to a large predator and it's cool.