4819/Adamantium fists. You don't have them.

Adamantium fists. You don't have them.
Date of Scene:	04 July 2018
Location:	Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Copying X-23's fighting style.. not the greatest plan, in hindsight. Erika, Josh, and Tyler talk in the nurse's office.
Cast of Characters:	Elixir, Souvenir, Twitch

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Elixir has posed:
Josh is back in the Wellness Centre after the bbq. He has quietly come to arrangement with the nurses that he helps out with healing and in return they teach him what they do.

Right now though the Wellness Centre is empty except for the nurse, Jamie, and Josh. He is sitting in one of the chairs studying a chemisty textbook, with a few more books dumped in a second chair beside him.

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir wanders down, damp and a bit red from a hot soak and a hot shower, wearing a tank top and with both arms wrapped up in Ace bandage up to the disposable plastic kitchen gloves on her hands. Those are wet too. She is carrying a plastic bag full of slowly melting ice. What you can see of her hands looks much more black and blue and swollen than they should be. She looks down at the ground and bites her lip, reaching up to pull her bangs down over her eyes. "Hi..""

She shifts back and forth awkwardly. "Um. Me and Laura kind of beat the crap out of each other for like forever. Um. She heals fast." Embarrassed. "She thought it was fun.."

Elixir has posed:
Josh puts the book down and gets up, looking concerned. "You were training with /Laura/?" he asks. "I dunno if I should be impressed or scared for you. Come on, have a seat over here."

Josh gestures to one of the beds. He looks to Jamie, who nods. "So... what did you hurt? Your hands... Anything else?"

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir wanders over and starts unwrapping her arms. They're pounded into jelly from the elbow down, bruised all over the place. "I think she hit me a few other places, but she was going easy. I wasn't." She winces. "Then I used some ice and stuff, but this happened..."

She makes a face. "I just hate feeling useless..."

Elixir has posed:
Josh picks up one of the chartboards and starts writing, filling in the form. He crosses out a few things like blood pressure and pulse, simply marking 'Erika' as the explanation.

."Useless?" he asks, looking up and giving her his full attention. "What do you mean?"

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir sighs deeply and lets you fiddle. "You guys are getting shot and and blown up by bigots and stuff that hate all of us, and I'm just sitting around feeling useless." She fumes a bit. Ow. Ow. "You know the part that really pisses me off?" She makes a face.

"I don't remember ANYTHING I was doing. All I remember was I was blocking stuff and hitting back, but I don't remember HOW."

Elixir has posed:
Josh looks sympathetic. "Hey, hey, you're not useless. You're 15, starting life at a new school and have barely started learning about your powers. You're not /supposed/ to be out there getting attacked and fighting. Heck, I'm sorry you had to see us like that yesterday."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir fumes. "Well, it still sucks. I know I can do more." She looks down in annoyance and grimaces because her arms hurt. A lot. She tries to straighten her swollen and banged up hands that should probably get X-rayed or something. Those knuckles are approaching hamburger consistency.

Elixir has posed:
Josh smiles a bit. "You'll be able to, give it time," he says. "And find your role. You know? Not everyone's like Laura."

He considers her hands. "So, I can fix those, but I have to touch you to do it. Is that gonna be okay?"

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir nodsnods. "Yeah, go ahead.. They were swelling up really bad and I can't move them very well." She whines a bit. "Owww.." and looks kind of pitiful and pained. "It huurts.."

Elixir has posed:
Josh takes the ice from Erika and sets it aside. He /very/ gently lays his hands over hers and closes his eyes. As soon as they touch, there is a golden glow. A soothing warmth spreads out from where he touches Erika to each of her injuries. The pain fades, the swelling recedes, and very soon her hands and the rest of her are back to the way they were.

He exhales and lifts his hands away from Erika's. He smiles, looking tired. "That better?"

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir swallows and looks a little bit teary eyed. "..Yeah. I'm sorry for being silly. I probably shouldn't be trying to spar AS Laura... I just hate feeling like this. I had nightmares..." She looks down and slumps a bit.

Twitch has posed:
From around the corner Tyler comes barreling into the Wellness Center. When he catches the end of Josh's light show and frowns deeply as he takes everything in. "Uhh... Hey guys." The young man waves at the pair as he comes closer to them, "I heard Josh was on his way here and I figured I'd come check in to make sure everyone was alright." Looking over the pair once more he nods, "I'm guessing you guys are good, then?"

Elixir has posed:
"Nightmares... Aw crap, I'm so sorry, Erika," he says, sitting down on the bed next to her. "You're not being silly. Not at all," he assures her. "It's a lot all at once."

Josh looks up when Tyler runs in. "Hey Ty, yeah, we're good. I've actually been starting to spend more time in here, helping out," he says with a nod to his backpack and pile of books sitting on a couple of the chairs. "Sorry to get you worried."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir uhhhhms.... "I had nightmares, and then Laura met her dad and he made Laura cry, and I helped her feel better, and she gave me a sock and wanted me to spar, and she's really hard on herself when she fights and I hurt myself." She hmms.

Twitch has posed:
"Okay, man," Tyler tells Josh, letting out a sigh. "I guess it makes sense for you to be here. Gotta come in really handy." THen he looks over to Erika and nods his head slightly, "That makes sense. Laura's a beast and she's got metal on her bones so she's got to hit super hard. If you want to spar with someone again let me know and I'll make sure you've got proper equipment. I can even show you how to fight, if you'd like."

Elixir has posed:
Josh listens to Erika and nods as she... unloads. He mouths <Laura cried?!> to Tyler, then turns his attention back to Erika. Josh looks utterly jetlagged.

He nods in agreement with Tyler's suggestion. "Seriously, Ty is really good, I've seen him fight. And if he teaches you, you'll remember, you know?"

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir nods. "She hits really hard, so I hurt my knuckles." She sighs a bit. "And I don't remember any of it. I have to work on that.."

Twitch has posed:
When Josh mouths the words to him Tyler looks at his friend, opens his eyes wide and shrugs.

Tyler looks Erika over and says, "You probably didn't wrap your hands or wear gloves, right?" He sidles over and says, "One of the more important things about training is to use proper equipment the whole time. We should see about getting you some protective gear. Plus, I'm not really sure how your powers work but if it's your gear your using and it's new you probably won't be picking up a whole lot from other people so you can learn how to do stuff yourself."

Elixir has posed:
Josh smiles. "See? You'll be earning belts in no time. But seriously, it's also not something you /have/ to do. Like, this school is one of the safest places in New York. All you have to worry about is keeping up with your classes. That's all almost everyone here has to worry about. This other stuff?" he shakes his head. "Don't worry about it. Really."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir kind of wobbles back from stream of consciousness. "The hurting my knuckles bit. I was wearing my usual gloves, she let me wear one of her socks."

She thinks a bit. "And yeah, he made Laura cry, because he's about as good at being a dad as Laura is at being a daughter. I gave her a hug and talked to her. Then she let me beat on her and she felt a lot better. So it helped! Just not so much me."

She frowns and puts her hands on her hips. "I'm just supposed to hide here forever? That isn't going to help anyone else."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir hmph. "Look, now that my hands work, I need to use the bathroom really bad. Back in a sec."

Twitch has posed:
"Yeah, what Josh said is true," Tyler says with a smile. "This place is safe as houses, but if you want to get out of here hit me up if I'm around, I'll keep you safe."

The young man chuckles gently about the gloves, "I was talking about boxing gloves. They're more for saving your hands than saving the other guy's face. I'll take you to where I buy my stuff if you're interested and we'll get you squared away. I wear gloves, a cup, mouthguard, shin guards, ankle support wraps, head gear and hand wraps."

"Maybe I'll try to talk to Laura if I run into her. I worry about her. She brings up strange emotions," Tyler says. Then he nods, "Alright. Don't let me hold you up."

Elixir has posed:
Josh watches her go then turns to Tyler. "Yeah, I hear you. That poor kid's got issues, but like, how could she not, you know?"

He picks up the chartboard and goes about finishing it. "Gotta wonder who her...." he looks up at Tyler. "You don't think it could be /that/ obvious, do you? The claws and stuff, is she Logan's /kid/?"

Twitch has posed:
"Yeah man," Tyler says to Josh. "She's a tough chick, but I have no idea what all she's had to deal with before she got here." He grabs a rolling stool and pulls it close so that he's got something to sit on. "

"I dunno," Tyler shrugs. "Might very well be. I don't know him well enough to just be up front asking him stuff like that, though." He pauses and thinks, "Who else could it be, though?"

Elixir has posed:
"You got a point. She even heals crazy fast like him, I hear. Heard she took a bullet through the shoulder yesterday and didn't even flinch. And there sure wasn't a scratch on her when she came in here," Josh says and shrugs unknowingly, and finishes charting. "Feel for her, too," he says, nodding in the direction Erika went. "Poor kid walks in here yesterday just when Andrea, Mason and Laura got back after the attack. Andrea was covered in blood and Mason looked like he'd seen a ghost. Spooked the hell out of Erika."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir wanders back through. "I heard you. Yeah he is. He sucks as a dad. Maybe he'll get better. And yeah, I had nightmares! I want to be able to help. I haven't even figured out how to do what I do though, other than like, wander around grabbing little silly souvenirs so I can use them later. I mean, that's basically what I do, I think. And I don't how to sleep."

Twitch has posed:
"It's gotta be tough having a kid sprung on you. At least, I'm guessing she was a recent surprise. He wouldn't be working here if he was the deadbeat dad sort," Tyler supposes. Then he follows Josh's directional nod with a frown, "Yeah. It's got to be tough as hell to suddenly end up in this situation out of the blue." Tyler looks at Josh and says, "You can relate to that better than I can. I'd already been exposed to violence before I got here and I came in knowing ahead of time about the school."

A glance is sent Erika's way and Tyler frowns, "We'll figure out how you can help, especially as we learn more about your powers. We can also see about getting you more souvenirs for different situations, like a trauma surgeon's scalpel if Josh isn't around. Stuff like that."

Elixir has posed:
Josh seems to take a moment to decode Erika. "It's not the worst idea," he says of hers and Tyler's souvenir idea. "I mean, it would give you a bunch of stuff you can do. But that's all New Mutants stuff, or might be depending on who leads the team. Those guys that attacked me and Andrea and the others, they're not after just anyone, they're after us for reasons. You're not gonna walk outside tomorrow and run into them."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir frowns some. "Maybe not today! But I mean, I like hanging out with you guys too, and if you ever want to take me out somewhere, and something happens, I don't want to be twiddling my thumbs waiting for you to find the right castle or something." She paces some. "Seriously, if I am going to be having nightmares, I want to kick their asses back, you know? Plus I want to figure out how to sleep without waiting for Miss Betsy to zap me."

Twitch has posed:
"Do you have any idea who the guys were that attacked you? Reavers again?" Tyler asks Josh, his expression doing nothing to hide his curiosity. "If they're back they might need to be handled more permanently. Just plain locked away forever."

Watching Erika pace, Tyler says, "I'll teach you to kick ass without relying on anyone else's stuff as soon as you're ready." Then he considers her other problem, "You want to try to get some exercise? It might tire you out enough to get sleep. We can go for a run, lift some weights or something."

Elixir has posed:
Josh smiles at Erika. "Yeah, getting some sleep without help would be good," he agrees.

"Cyborgs in the attack on me, and the attack on the others. Has to be Reavers," he says to Tyler. "Rogue showed up just in time when they came after me. You should have seen /her/ kick ass. It was crazy," he grins. "Seriously, I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. Broke my back and everything, healed bullet wounds from people, it was insane."

Josh gets up and stiffles a yawn. "I'm serously wrecked, like you don't know. I gotta turn. See you in the morning," he says, gathering up his books. He hands Erika's chart to Jamie and thanks her, then makes his way out with a wave.

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir just... Stares at Tyler. To Josh, "Do you want to explain this one? Because if two sleeping pills, benadryl, melatonin, and staring at the ceiling for three days wasn't enough... I can't sleep when I'm linked to anything, and I link to anything I touch."

She adds, "Anyways, it was mostly that Laura beats herself up when she fights, super bad, and I hamburgered my hands."