6540/Highway To The Danger Zone

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Highway To The Danger Zone
Date of Scene: 16 February 2019
Location: Xavier's School - Danger Room
Synopsis: Negasonic and Kitty fight the Serpent Society in a Danger Room simulation
Cast of Characters: Shadowcat, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Rage




Shadowcat has posed:
Rattler and Anaconda, two members of the Serpent Society, search through the maze that this unfinished section of underground sewers has become. Rattler's tail, capable of delivering punishing blasts of sonic waves, twitches about, ready to unleash destruction on his enemies. He whips his head around a corner suddenly, trying to catch an adversary offguard, but no one is there.

Meanwhile, Anaconda hears something. A footstep, or maybe an unwary person that nudged something on the ground? The large woman, strong as an Amazon and with arms that can extend to deliver her blows at long range, dashes forward, aiming to smash right through the intervening wall to surprise whoever made the sound on the other side!

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
This is a new scenario to Negasonic. She did say she was feeling pretty rusty but she wasn't sure what would be queued up for them to deal with.

Serpent Society, sounded a bit like a joke until Ellie read the briefing before going into the scenario. The goal isn't a hard one though. Stop them. Don't get stopped.

Still when the wall explodes a bit in front of Negasonic she is surprised. Damn that is her trick and having your trick thrown in your face never feels good.

Still NTW makes eye contact with Anaconda and starts her charge, blast shield up and trying to guage how big a blast won't just bring down the sewers as she throws the blast at Anaconda. Not about to launch herself, yet.

Shadowcat has posed:
The exploding wall reveals the Serpent Society's choice prey of the evening. A mutant who stumbled somewhere she should be. Anaconda lets go a punch, her arm extending only to find Negasonic's blast coming back the other way. It hits her and sends the bio-engineered woman flying backwards. Bits of rubble and debris from the wall blow with her, and a crack spiderwebs across the ceiling in an alarming fashion, though the sewers seem to hold.

Though Rattler isn't one to let pass an opportunity like Negasonic being focused on his comrade. Crouched down nearly on all fours, his red, sonic weapon-tipped tail comes up and takes aim at the already-occupied mutant. Only to have a fist suddenly come flying up from the ground beneath, phasing back into reality just in time to strike him with an uppercut that knocks him backwards and bounces him off the wall.

"I thought snakes were supposed to be solitary animals. No ganging up, Rattler!" Kitty Pryde says as the follow through of her uppercut carries her above the ground level until she's phased back in, standing on the ground.

The two villains are momentarily stunned, but not out.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie trusts kitty to have Rattler under control. Though she is definitely eyeing the ceiling of the sewer tunnel not sure how this is going to play out. The girl is a bit rusty and is trying to make sure she doesn't explode so big it all comes down. That said it depends on a lot of factors that are hard to account for like age, water damage, and materials.

Good practice.

"I'm pretty sure some snacks do live together, like rattlesnakes." Negasonic notes as she steps after Anaconda. "I could use a new set of boots but unfortunately black is my color... any black vipers or mombas here?"

With that said Ellie brings up her charge again, really only a split second here and there as she launches a couple more blasts at Anaconda, trying to keep her from punching or getting up. If she goes a few seconds this place will so come down on their heads.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde sticks on Rattler. Without a doubt Negasonic is better equipped for dealing with the powerful Anaconda than is Kitty. Kitty rushes to follow up her punch, but Rattler whips his tail around, using it as a weapon and hitting Kitty across her stomach before she can phase. It sends the Shadowcat flying, headfirst towards a wall. But rather than crash into it, she just ghosts through it and disappears. Rattler sends a trio of sonic waves at the wall, but just manages to send bricks flying and raises a cloud of dust.

Anaconda sees Negasonic about to prepare a charge. Rather than rising, the super villain sweeps a rapidly extending arm out, snaking it along the ground to try to whip at Ellie's ankle in a hard chop, hoping to send the charged blast off some direction other than Anaconda-ward!

Rage has posed:
As she watches from the control booth, Andrea is in her uniform, taking notes here and there on an iPad as she watches. Her hair is pulled up behind her in a high pony tail to keep out of her face. She's quiet, not bothering to speak into the microphone to distract them.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Did we mention that Negasonic is a bit rusty. The extended arms hits her low on the blast shield, which since she is charging and firing, means it doesn't hit her but it does still have physics behind it.

"Ellie exclaims "Aw fuck!" as she is knocked back and the blast flies up and hits the ceiling of the sewers between her and Anaconda.

Which goes to show the snake lady may honestly want to be careful what she wishes for, because now this tunnel at least is coming down on bth of them.

Ellie is beating feet trying to get back to the other tunnel, she could launch herself but then she would blow up there as well. "Fucking hate being underground." is muttered by the panting teenager.

Shadowcat has posed:
Anaconda charges after Ellie. Is she fleeing the rumbling noises from the ceiling? Or chasing Negasonic? Or both? A large fist pounds a wall right beside Negasonic, sending shards of stone flying.

Question answered.

Anaconda's feet pound the ground as the roof begins giving way. The immense woman curses, "I'm going to rip your head off and use it for a Brillo Pad, mutant!"

Up ahead Rattler jumps around a corner, tail aiming back at Ellie. The two Serpent Society members have her bracketed, and who knows if she is even clear of the section that is collapsing now.

A few steps ahead of Ellie, the head of Kitty Pryde pops up above ground and she reaches out a hand towards Negasonic. "Let 'em have it!" she suggests, waiting to grab hold of her teammate.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Well hell. Negasonic ducks her head to the left away from the punch beside her. Then looks up at the offered hand. "hells yah." and brings up her blast field and extends her arms.

One one thousand.

Then she cuts loose large in both directions down the sewer tunnel at the snakes before leaping to take the offered hand. "EAT THIS!" though it doesn't really have the sting it should over the giant explosion ripping down the sewer tunnel.

Honestly Kitty may need to phase them both, that was about a one ton explosive there.

Still teamwork and trusting another person. Wild for Negasonic.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde's hand grabs Negasonic a few split seconds after the blasts being delivered. The two go out of phase, Ellie pulled down to be hugged by Kitty as they watch the blasts slam into the two super-villains. The section of sewer collapses as well, making sure they will not be escaping anytime soon.

Kitty moves them along, Ellie getting her first glimpse of what the inside of a cave in looks like. They pass Rattler lying beneath rubble, until they emerge in a safe section of the tunnel.

Kitty phases them back into being and says, "Great job! Perfect timing. Let me go retrieve them before they suffocate." Not that they are real, but you treat the training scenario as real. It won't take long for Kitty to retrieve each and bring them back to where Ellie waits, the two standing over their vanquished foes. The Danger Room scenario completed.

Kitty looks to Ellie and grins softly. "Brillo Pad? I swear I didn't program this one," she says, holding up her hands.

Rage has posed:
Tapping in the last few notes into her tablet, Andrea puts it to the side for uploading into the New Mutant protocols for an A.I. digestion. She leans forward, tapping away at the glass once the room clears and gives them both a thumbs up from up above.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Yeah Ellie stays very close to Kitty for this journey out of the collapsed sewer and into a safe section of tunnel. She definitely doesn't want to unphase right into the middle of 'rock' or a hard light projection. That would suck to lose a leg and have to explain it.

I mean sure the safety protocols would probably kick in fast enough, but who wants to test that.

When they are safe, or safer Negasonic notes amused "You are coming with me whenever we have to fight underground."

Ellie checks her phone for a moment while Kitty retrieves Anaconda and Rattler, and she gives the downed Anaconda a good kick to the shin, not to hurt just to be like, hah, before the holograms fade out leaving them in an empty room.

"That was probably FrostedFlake if I had to put money on who would put that line in, or maybe Scott." her eyes narrowed. Then she shoots Andrea a wave.

This whole scenario was mostly for CannonBalls benefit, and to shake loose any rust. She is glad Kitty and Andrea are helping. Though a thankyou may be too much to expect.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde gives Andrea a thumbs up gesture back. "You got it. We can work out some combo moves specific for underground if you like. Make sure I know where to be to scoop you up if you need to do a charge. That sort of thing," Kitty says to Negasonic.

She goes over to grab a towel to wipe some perspiration off. "Feel like brewing up any of that coffee? Speaking of, if you like it I can get a friend to pick some up and send it over." It does have a pretty good punch to it, as coffees go.

Rage has posed:
Giving a smile to them, Andrea heads down the stairs and into the room as the doors swish open. "That was fun to watch." She says with an amused grin on her face. "You did great, Ellie. You still got it, even with a bit of rust to work off. I bet it felt good to cut loose." She swivels herself about to loosen herself up.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie walks over and grabs a gym towel as well and wipes down her head, it is easy to get the sweat without messing with her hair style after all. "Do you think they could send one of those traditional brewer things over too. I mean .. can probably just order them off the net but I would actually like to try to do it very traditional vs. in a pot sometime."

Negasonic flips the towel over her shoulder, wearing her New Mutants gear for this like all exercises in the danger room. May as well be very familiar fighting in your field gear after all.

"Thanks Andrea and I wasn't that rusty!" the protest is accompanied by a frown. "I mean.. we won... and yeah blowing stuff up honestly always feels good..." that says a lot about Ellie.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde turns to Andrea to give her a smile. Kitty is wearing her old X-men uniform. She tugs at it a little bit on her torso. Perhaps after a year away, the fit isn't quite what it was anymore. "Yep, she did great," Kitty agrees with a soft smile for Ellie. "Appreciated you letting me join you. I don't know about you, but /I/ have a bunch of rust to knock off. I can't even dodge a boat blaring music anymore," Kitty jokes.

Kitty gives a small, quick nod. "Sure, I'll have them include one," she says of the coffee brewing supplies. "So Ellie, do you ever run out or wear down? If you use your powers too much? Or get plain fatigued? Or are they kind of endless?" Kitty inquires.

Rage has posed:
Pinching her fingers a bit close together, Andrea grins. "A /teeny/ bit rusty. But it's okay, combat situations in tight knit quarters is rough on anyone. Next time we should run it again with innocents that you have to protect to see how finesse you can be with your discharges." Popstar or Mini-Slim? She sure talks like him at times.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Negasonic will wobble her hand at Kitty there. "I .. mmmm well The Adults." said like it is a grand conspiracy. "Have forbid me to see how far I can push my explosions. theoretically I could go nuclear levels of blast but .. yah that's hard to test and all." there is a shrug.

"I did though once launch myself up into the air and come down like an actual warhead.. it really speeds up the explosion but the combo of the two and the resulting crater.. it knocked my ass right out. But that has been a few years.. I might be able to do it without passing out." she sounds confident, maybe she shouldn't be.

Directed to Andrea. "Fuck you too Rage... the only thing I hate more than fighting underground is the simulations with civvies..." which is probably why Ellie should do them more often, she is explosive. How do you fight in a crowded mall when your name is Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Fuck.r

Shadowcat has posed:
"Getting the innocents out of the way is often one of my priorities," Kitty mentions. "Depending on the scenario. Jean will usually get them to leave on their own if possible. But something that they can't leave easily? Underground without an easy way out, or a hostage situation? Usually my first move for the team," Kitty tells Ellie.

Kitty gives a small smile over to Andrea. "Thank you for monitoring it, Andrea." She hangs her towel about her neck and rests her hand on Ellie's shoulder. "You aren't the only one who doesn't know her limits. I'm not quite sure where I might end up if I let myself go fully," Kitty says. Kitty's eyes sort of search the air in front of her like she's thinking about it. They look a little troubled at the thought, to be honest.

Rage has posed:
"Love you too." Is Andrea's response as she gives a slight roll of her eyes. "And you're welcome, Miss Pryde. It was fun to watch you use your powers. I've heard so much about you from the others, so it was neat to see how you actually pull it off." She rocks on her feet a bit. "I can't let myself cut loose or else I up eating a cat or something, or worse, a teammate. It's a real struggle bus at times to get the wolf under control and all her impulses that go along with it."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
NTW will return the eye roll at that sass back from Andrea. Then her look is more thoughtful to Kitty. "Well that sounds like an existential crisis and best not directly confronted. Especially when we can get coffee and raid the snacks." because yeah she is always hungry after blowing up a lot.

"I appreciate your control Rage, never want to see you eat a cat and if you try to eat me I'll singe your furry butt." Ellie says it lighthearted though, she has known Andrea for a long time now.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde tells Andrea, "I haven't checked out all of Scott's rules since I returned. But I feel confident that consumption of teammates, or general acts of cannibalism, are against them." She grins and it's Andrea's turn to get clasped gently on the shoulder.

"Ellie's already got this stuff down cold. Simulation over? To the kitchen. Mas rapido." Kitty declares. She finishes up with the towel and tosses it into a laundry chute. Laundry chutes. The Danger Room has EVERYTHING.

Kitty will start walking towards the door if the others do, heading for the room with the eats.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie heads to snag a pot down, she changed out of her New Mutant gear, a whole lot of the students don't know about the teams or danger room really. She sets the coffee tin aside as she adds water. "I figured you were just moving your molocules out of phase with the rest of the matter around you... is it something else?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde stopped to change as well, the two making the walk to the kitchen together after Andrea begged off of Turkish coffee and... probably cereal, knowing Kitty. "Well, that's the start. I just don't know how far I can go," Kitty admits.

She goes over and gets a box of cereal. Chocolate rice krispies and shakes the box as she looks to Ellie to see if she wants some. "It isn't like I go out of phase and I hit that point of being out of face and it's over. I stop there. What happens if I keep going? I know enough about other dimensions and things to wonder where would I end up? Or is there even a where? Might I just... end up with so out of phase even my own body doesn't stay together?" Kitty says.

"Kind of existential, yes. But also very very real for me," the brunette says. She pauses for a moment, looking around the kitchen. "When... Rachel mentioned Piotr died in her world? I..." Kitty says, looking down at her hand. "I not only wanted to phase I just wanted to go all out and... thankfully I didn't."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"It does seem ..." and then Negasonic trails off and looks at Kitty. "I get that. Thankfully though there is not here, it seems to be a very different world. Like I said that night we won't let it happen here. Ever." she eyes the pot of heating water.

"I'll take a bowl of sugar death." a smile trying for humor though the kitchen got dark. The goth usually likes dark though. "Also no phasing out of existence, I need you if we ever get stuck fighting in the sewers Kitkat."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde gets two bowls and two spoons and brings them over to the table. She heads for the fridge, passing behind Negasonic standing at the stove. For a moment Kitty leans over, and if it not stopped she wraps an arm about Ellie up on her upper chest nearer to her throat than not. A quick snug from behind. "Thanks," Kitty says, and will begin letting to go immediately. Barring anything from Ellie, Kitty would continue on to the fridge to get milk.

"No phasing out of existence. I think that's a good enough rule I may make it a policy," Kitty says with a grin. "So can you think up any other situations we pair up well, working with each other?" she asks.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie is, prickly. Not like physically but she sort of starts at the show of thanks and contact. Thankfully not enough to dump in the tin of coffee or spill boiling water. "Uh... no problem." dangit, where is the witty or biting reply. Maybe she is getting soft. The real test would be Bobby and not insulting him.

"I think we could white board that out.. maybe an online listicle. 1. Don't phase out of existence. 2. Don't blow up the mansion. 3. Don't blow up anything valuable except for Scott's convertible."

Ellie tilts the froth into the cup, foam really repeating the stages for the coffee while Kitty gets cereal. "Well the scenario with civilians.. if you can tackle them and phase out so I can blow up the bad guys big.. that seems really valid."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde pours cereal into the bowls, but doesn't add milk to Ellie's. Because those first seconds of the milk contacting the chocolate rice krispies are crucial. There is maximum crunch which means maximum flavor. They are still good when soggy, but it just. Isn't. The. Same.

Kitty settles into a seat, adding milk to her own and digging in though. "Yes, any kind of hostage situation, I can try to get them away. Also if anyone is grappling me or the like, though I can also just phase out of such situations on my own. Though... if it is someone who doesn't know my power, letting them get occupied dealing with me can help make them an easier target for you," Kitty proposes.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"What like bait?" the buzz-cut teen glances over at Kitty. "Stand there all phased.. get the bad guys to come out in the open to get you.. and I blow them up but good from the shadows?" well that may not have been what Kitty meant by occupied, but it is what pops into Negasonic's head and out of her mouth. "Lit." she notes amused and adds the coffee to the cups and cranks the heat for the final boil phase. Damn this stuff is strong.

"So Spikybirb said that the Sentinels happened in her world too. Assassinations. Sentinels. Big problems that all contributed to things going to shit there." then adds "But no Justice League."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde gives a little wave of her spoon. "Yeah, kind of like bait. Depends on who it is. I mean, Juggernaut won't go for me if unless he has the drop on me. But someone who doesn't know me, yes, might draw their attention."

Kitty takes in another bite of cereal. "Yes. And they are something we need to be worrying about. I mean, we won't even know if we're doing enough to prevent something like that, will we? But there is probably more that we can be doing," Kitty says. She doesn't share just now some of the thoughts that she's had there. Maybe later. After she pokes around on her computer.

"Have you had any run ins with them the time I've been gone?" she asks.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
The coffee is juggled through the last step next, pouring the concentrated boil into both cups and then Ellie is picking them up and heading over to join you at the table. Setting one down in front of you and one for herself by her milkless bowl. "Okay so sort of a fool me once bait... new villains and bads or just really stupid ones."

"No they definitely didn't come to Genosha.. pretty sure King FridgeMagnet would have stuck himself to them and scrambled them all sorts of upside down. It was mostly beaches and tropical vacation in Genosha if I am honest." a shrug, no remorse for blowing off a Semester it seems. "We definitely need to make sure they are stopped though. The Sentinels. The videos I am seeing online are utter bullshit."

Shadowcat has posed:
"And, this is like Emma's lectures on compounding interest almost," Kitty says. And she can't suppress the little tick she gets mentioning the woman's name. "The longer that we leave them out there, the more of them we will have to eventually deal with."

Kitty takes the coffee with a big smile. "Thank you so much. I don't have the patience to brew it so well as you do," she says. Kitty takes a sip of the strong coffee. "I'm also a little worried about what Rachel indicated they came up with, forcing mutants to do," Kitty says, shaking her head. "We need to make sure that never happens here."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie pours milk over her cereal "Uff... big mood Kitkat." the thought of Rachel's future has the teenager really quiet for a moment. "Yeah we definitely need to make sure just about everything from the darkest timeline does not happen here. Except Rachel. She can happen here just fine."

"I'm pretty sure the Sentinals don't make themselves.. why don't we or the Avengers or someone .. Justice League just go out and shut down the factories and take out the command centers. Turn them all dark and mothball the whole thing... I can't believe this is all really legal. That Russian Video was fucked up."

Shadowcat has posed:
"I think that's what we're going to have to do," Kitty agrees. "I mean, I'd love it if one of those groups would take responsibility for stopping what is going on. As much as I like them, I just don't know if it's high enough on their radar or not." She murmurs something under her breath. Was it, "Maybe I can find out?" It was tough to make out.

Kitty takes another bite of her cereal. "You seem to be doing really good. With your power. Developing some touch with it. That first one today? Seemed perfect for the enclosed space."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
The murmur makes Ellie look up and narrow her eyes a moment. "Doesn't Firebirb know a lot of them though, enough of them sometimes come and guest lecture. I imagine she could bring it up to them and see what the hell we are going to do."

The praise, well it isn't from a grownup, not really, so Nega lets it slide a bit, no blushing though. "I did practice a lot before hitting the beach.. I also a motivated by not wanting to be crushed. I suppose worst case in the sewers I could just launch straight up with my blast shield and blow myself an exit. I didn't want to do that though unless it went all emergency mode." a smirk "Though we kind of did that in the end."

Shadowcat has posed:
"Yes, I was a little worried about what might happen on the surface," Kitty agrees. "If we're in New York for example? Now if we're deep enough I doubt the street is going to cave in. But if we were right below the street, yes, could have been bad."

Though the scenario did involve them sneaking down deep in the beginning. Lots of stairs. Have to keep up the cardio. "Anything else going on?" Kitty asks idly. She's finished her bowl of cereal, drinking down the chocolatey milk left behind and then picking up the Turkish coffee. "The man from Atlantis called me," Kitty adds before taking a sip.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I think we were deep enough. That did mean it would be hard to explode my way up to the surface. I think Rage picked that to just really push my limitations a bit." there is a thoughtful noise from Ellie as she considers that "She is becoming way too responsibility."

The ask about stuff going on. "Rachel is probably the biggest thing going on. Let's see... Kentucky took over the nightclub in Mutant Town and asked me to do social media for it..." Nega trails off "I still haven't entirely heard what happened.. what did the Atlantean say and what's up with that?"

Shadowcat has posed:
"Oh yeah? I need to go check this club out. You and I should go hit it some night together," Kitty tells Ellie. She takes a sip of the coffee and lets out a sigh. Kitty leans back in her chair then, brushing a few strands of hair back behind her ears.

"Well, he asked me to come out and visit him back at his boat," Kitty says. "And I caught an Uber over. He's kind of... really ripped. Blond hair but cocoa colored skin. Light blue eyes," Kitty says. "Turns out he's a royal guard to Aquaman. Who is their king," she adds.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie laughs a bit at that and shakes her head as she scoops up the bowl to get her own choco milk out of it now. Setting it down she looks over at you. "One. We should definitely go clubbing and we desperately need to make sure Kentucky doesn't play country music there."

"Two, if I was twelve I would sing something like KitKat and Fishguy sitting on a boat.. " cough "But I'm not twelve. So tell me some more about this guy. Why isn't he guarding Aquaman and why does he have a boat?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde lets out a soft chuckle. She rises and moves over to start washing her bowl, and to clean up what was used to make the coffee. From the sink, Kitty says. "If you were twelve. Or if you were Bobby." Kitty flashes a soft grin over and then turns back to the chore.

"Well, he serves as an ambassador too. Sometimes he's at the UN, he said. That, and he's curious about the surface world. Said he spends as much as half of his time up here," Kitty adds. "I'm really not quite sure how I feel about him yet. I don't know him well. He's really... kind of hot," Kitty says. Though she doesn't say it in a tone that sounds excited. More like it just makes her a bit more conflicted about the situation.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Ugn... he is so immature. How does Firebirb even let him teach impressionable kids anything.." that would be Bobby. Ellie doesn't make any move to bus her own bowl yet though, curling up in the chair with her turkish coffee and content to talk with you.

"So less royal guard more Ambassador.. or fifty fifty.. huh. I've seen Aquaman on TV, Atlanteans can be hot so I'm not surprised. Does he have gills?" that, that is a tease.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde scoops up Ellie's bowl. She made the coffee so it's only fair. "Not that I've seen," Kitty says, chuckling. But also looking really curious now. "I kept peppering him with questions. It sounds like they are a lot more like us than I'd have imagined. I mean, they have currency, but it's gold, not money. And, people have jobs and... well, it seems they are a lot like us."

Kitty turns away from the sink, facing Ellie and leaning back against it behind her. "He kissed me. And I kissed him back. And it felt kind of... too soon." Kitty adds, "I mean, /really nice/. But, too soon. And he seemed to realize it and was all, gentleman about it."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Well good. I'm glad he was a gentleman and realized it or I would have had to blow up his boat and cause some sort of international incident between the United States and Atlantis." she mmms "I'm fairly certain I would get detention for that for sure." there is a roguish grin though.

"Also I find it funny the twelve year old or Bobby taunting was accurate." then she has to add "Though to be fair to them being just like us..for all we know he could be very Cthulhian or Hentai where it counts." okay .. Ellie couldn't help the teasing.

Shadowcat has posed:
"Starting an international, inter-species war? I'm positive that merits detention," Kitty agrees with a gentle laugh. Though the Cthulu and Hentai comments cause Kitty to gasp and she rushes around the table, attempting to wrap Ellie's head in something between a headlock and a hug, and give a little tug like she were going to pull it off.

Even if she isn't fended off, Kitty lets go right away, moving out of retaliation range if possible, and hopping up on a counter, letting her legs dangle over the edge, feet off the floor. "Well, I won't find out anything about that. Anytime soon. He did ask if he might come visit sometime. I'm not quite sure how Jean or the Professor would feel about an Atlantean at the school. I need to ask. But, might just meet him in town at least. If I see him again." She doesn't sound like she won't. But maybe she isn't counting on it either.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Okay the fast headlock, hug, tug makes her Ellie just about snort her coffee. She twists free even as Kitty lets go. Her escape made even easier by the lack of hair, though not by the many piercings.

She ends up laughing though until she has to wipe some tears from her eyes. "Oh christ your face Kitkat..." when she finally recovers enough to listen. "Hell Firebirb will probably just make him our swim coach the way we seem to be accepting all sorts of weirdos to teach here at dorkchster."

Shadowcat has posed:
"Well, to be honest... I mean I don't even know how much I can trust him," Kitty says. "I don't have any reason NOT to trust him, granted. But... I don't know. Honestly I might just be making excuses," Kitty says. She hops down from the counter and moves over to sit next to Ellie. Her fingers slip beneath her top, finding a necklace there and fingers tracing a Star of David that hangs from it. Ellie might not have seen it before.

"My face was that bad huh? Glad you didn't get a picture," Kitty says with a laugh. "There's enough funny pictures of me since I got back already."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I blame FrostedFlake.... the pancake one was super meta though." and Ellie will grin. "I am not fast enough with my instas to catch all the schadenfreude around here." pause "So what other funny pics?"

"And as for AquaHunk ...well I don't trust him and assume he has ulterior motives. Then again I don't trust almost anyone and assume everyone does... so he is probably pretty normal."

Shadowcat has posed:
"Oh, just the one. The one is enough," Kitty says of the picture, waving her hand in the air. "It was a pretty great photo, I admit. Especially with most people not even knowing I was back. Added a certain je ne sais qua, didn't it? Plus he got Lockheed in it." Speaking of which, that dragon is probably off to no good. Kitty hasn't seen him since they started the Danger Room sequence.

"I'm probably just... ah, making excuses. He seems really great overall. I just don't want to get swept up in... you know. Muscles. Beautiful eyes. Great smile..." Kitty says. She trails off and shakes her head. "What were we talking about again?"

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie laughs "Well I can't wait to meet old octopus hips..." yeah can't help it.

"Also muscles aren't everything. Smiles and eyes though, definitely excellent traits."

"Oh.. that does remind me... can I ask a question about Lockheed?" she really has wanted to but never felt comfortable. "What's the sitch there.. I mean.. is he really a dragon?"

Shadowcat has posed:
"Oh, muscles are a lot too," Kitty says with a smile. But hey. Colossus, remember? "But, yeah, smile and eyes are a lot too," she agrees with a soft smile. "He's got some tattoos as well. I didn't really get a very good look at them. Not when I wasn't concussed anyway. Just his... arm I think? Wow, it really is kind of blurry, some of those memories," Kitty says.

She switches gears then. "Lockheed. He's not an Earth dragon. No knights of Camelot, or ones who say Ni! He's an alien. The Brood kidnapped the X-men, took us to another planet. Lockheed, his race are space-faring. He's a pilot, amongst other things. And he rescued me, and helped me rescue the others. We just kind of bonded. He... ah... I don't bring this up a lot. He actually left his fiance behind to leave with us. So... I mean, I owe him not just a lot, but everything. He's as intelligent as we are. More than you and I, even, I don't know about like, Hank though," she says, laughing. "He speaks but pretty rarely, even with me. I didn't know about the fiance for a really long time."

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Okay the stuff about Lockheed is enough to make Ellie forget about the whole Atlantean sealcake.

"I had no idea... man I hope he isn't too insulted I behaved a bit like he was some sort of shoulder dragon pet. Fuck." she doesn't look very sorry, but she sounds it at least. She looks quiet and inverted for a moment. "Aliens. Damn. I'll have to give him some more respect then."

Then Ellie blinks "Hey now.. I am really smart." in protest about the assumption the dragon is definitely smarter than her. "I mean.. don't look at my grades but I'm plenty smart."

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Kitty Pryde reaches over and pats Ellie. "It's really common. He's pet sized, people think he's a pet. I don't think he's ever really complained about it. At least not to me. I do remind people but, sometimes I think he's fine with letting people underestimate him."

Kitty chuckles and says, "Well, as soon as you're successfully piloting space ships on interstellar voyages, I promise I'll make the assumption you're on par with him. And I'm not saying you won't ever be able to, either. I have great faith in you Ellie."

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Ellie laughs and then sips her coffee. "Hey they won't let me fly the blackbird... I am pretty sure I am a long way from them letting me fly an interstellar starfight or ship." she is playing on her phone for a moment.

"Do we have any spaceships in the hangers somewhere?" Ellie looks too curious.

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"If I told you, I'd have to kill you. And then Rachel would be all sad. And I'd have to fill out paperwork. Oh god, you don't know how much I'd hate having to do paperwork. Scott might even frown at me for killing a student," Kitty says, shaking her head and giving a forlorn sigh. She looks over Ellie accusingly, that Ellie might be so inconsiderate to cause Kitty such inconvenience by dying.

"Haven't been to space in... well, it's been awhile. Seems like good things rarely happen there. So, not something I'd be all that excited about, really. Meeting Lockheed, yes, good. Having alien eggs planted in us? Not good," Kitty says, holding up her hands. You can decide how the balance turned out that time.

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Ellie laughs, but flicks her finger at you. The charge that pops near you is the equivalent of a snap cap though, nothing at all dangerous. "Bring it KitKat." is the response, though you did get another genuine laugh out of the sullen teenager. That is saying a lot about her general mood lately.

"Our lives are so odd, just the casual.. I haven't been to space in so long.... and wait.. did you have alien eggs implanted in you." cough "Are you fucking with me?"

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Kitty Pryde gives a start at the pop, then laughs a bit. Kitty gives a shake of her head. "Not kidding. The Brood. Really nasty. Want to pretty much conquer everything. There's lots of aliens that hate them. Wipe them out wherever they can. Parasites that... well, yeah. Eggs."

Kitty leans nearer and then slips a hand beneath her shirt, pushing at the stomach like an Alien is going to come out of her stomach. "Maybe we didn't get them all out!" She says before grinning and leaning back again. "Nah, we were all cured and all. But... yeah, there's messed up stuff out there."

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Okay the talk of Brood Eggs actually makes Ellie shudder a little "Ugn..." though the shirt thing makes her roll her eyes, and yes laugh again. A crooked smile. "Well you got them all out until FishGuy lays eggs at least." going for a call back there.

"Like I said our lives are pretty messed up..." shows her phone for a second. "Sounds like Snoops got a wizard that gave her some sort of unholy cthulhian relic... I swear."

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Kitty Pryde groans softly. "Why does it always have to be magic?" she asks. "I love Illyana, but maybe we can just leave all of that in her court." Kitty rises slowly from her seat. "I think I'm going to and grab a nice hot shower. And then climb into my flannel PJs and turn on a movie. Maybe popcorn. I introduced Rachel to it the other night, by the way. If you want to stop and watch, feel free. We can pick something good out."

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"Well I'm willing to blow it up or something... but yeah I am a no magic fly zone as far as I am concerned. No evil grimoires and demons please and thank you." Ellie stretches.

"Thanks for the partnering up on that scenario.. I'm pretty sure I'd have been in trouble with out you and yeah shower time then a movie sounds great." she laughs "I introduced Rachel to movies the other night... bit by bit that girl will understand popculture."

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Kitty moves over to the doorway, pausing in it, leaning against the archway. "Yes, she has a lot to learn. A lot more just to get used to," Kitty says. "I'm glad she's got you, Ellie," Kitty says. She doesn't meet with eyes with Ellie when she says it, relieving the other young woman from having to have anyone witness if there is a reaction. Kitty gives a little approving nod though before saying, "Alright, stop up if you want." She looks back finally then, waving and heading up.