8792/Aren't Schools Gun Free Zones

Aren't Schools Gun Free Zones
Date of Scene:	14 August 2019
Location:	Garage and Kitchen at Xaviers
Synopsis:	Ellie and Noriko almost blow up the garage and destroy Betsy's home. Thankfully they did not.
Cast of Characters:	Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Surge

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Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie is up to no good in the Garage. Mostly because that is where the tool and work benches are for working on machinery. Well the normal ones. She doesn't have super access to Hank's lab or anywhere else like that in the lower levels yet.

Of course if she was really thinking she would have taken her newly scavenged toy to Titan's tower instead of the Garage at the mansion, but it might have been quite hard to explain on the Ferry or Train she usually has to take to get down there.

She really should have taken advantage of that fixer up motorcycle business Kitty and others arranged as a summer project. I mean yes there is a bike she could fix up but she hasn't gotten around to it and all.

So that leaves our heroine carefully opening up something that looks like a space age energy weapon in the Garage, alone for the moment at least.

Surge has posed:
Noriko tip toes... through the window... by the window... that's where she'll be.. she tip-toes through the tulips, towards E.

Ducking behind Rogue's super sports car, coming up so just her shock blue hair is visible and squinting eyes are visible... a rather terrible effegy of a ninja roll towards some tools that was probably entirely too loud to be effectively stealthy and she's her back up against one of the rolling tool boxes.

Both knees walking it backwards with a hand on either side, using the reflection of Rogue's super shiny super car to keep tabs on Negasonic doing whatever the hell it is Negasonic's doing.

HARDLY MATTERS to Surge.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie is just messing with an Atlantean Plasma Rifle and trying to figure out if it has to be recharged somehow or if it is self contained. Mostly she doesn't want to shoot it like twice and then have a very unusual shelf display.

What could go wrong by startling her as she is carefully removing an access panel in the housing and moving it off to the side like that. It isn't like there are anti-tamper devices built into this futuristic piece of Atlantean engineering and jerking something wrong might set it to overload or something.

Right.

Right?

About the time the toolchest squeaks as it moves across the floor she pauses and turns around confused giving the panel a bit of a jerk against a filament wire attached to it.

Which is about when the power manifold in the rifle starts to hummmm behind her "Fuck.."

Surge has posed:
Noriko has no idea what Ellie is doing, but it is a safe bet she'd throw caution to the wind anyways. That's sort of her bag, isn't it? Disregarding all the safety measures for the sake of doing whatever boneheaded thing she was going to have in her head to do anyways? SQUEEK...

Dammit, no way she didn't hear that... A blue head pops out around the side to find Nega, at least for a second right?, looking at her... then glances up at the sound of something humming on the table.

"What the fuck is that?"

This is an important, very important, way more important than startling Negasonic, kind of question.

She pops up and rushes over to look at whatever's on the table, hip bumping the other teenager in the process with her brow furrowed down between her eyes. "I think this is about to explode." Real matter of fact.. totally not alarmed enough.

"Do they give you detention for exploding the school?" Glancing to Ellie as if she's absolutely, without a doubt, certain the other knows the answer to this question.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie is definitely started and yes eye contact is made. also really fair assumption about the throwing caution to the wind. Definitely a disregard of all sorts of safety measures for the idea she got into her head. I mean this may be worse than the time she rigged a drone with a painful gun.

Definitely worse.

Ellie pivots when Noriko comes up and stares at the humming plasma rifle, only a little disassembled since this was at the removing the access panel stage.

"I am pretty sure this is going to explode." she concurs with some concern. "Also yes. We will definitely get detention for this if it explodes...." she peers at the wire attached to the panel. "Trapped.. figures... I wonder if just putting the panel back on would work... maybe disconnecting the power source." mmm "also could throw it in the pool."

Surge has posed:
Total disregard for all things remotely related to safety, that's Noriko Ashida all the way. Staring down upon the crazy futuristic looking weapon with wide eyes and a little frown, she cannot help wondering if today is the day that turns around to bite her on the ass.

"What even is this?" She muses as if that's any kind of important given the nature of their situation right now. She should be thinking up solutions! Ellie is thinking up solutions. Nori is just a little sluggish right now... either her charge level is low or, more likely, she's been in the pot..

Both fingers slide back into her hair and one gauntleted hand sets down upon the energy weapon with her palm flat against the butt of the rifle... At which point she begins to drain the energy out of the power source directly into herself. Provided it doesn't fry her brain with some crazy futuristic, lowkey magical, probably not safe for mutant consumption ampage.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
In whose pot. Who has a stash of pot. What the heck. Who is holding out the pot. Maybe it is Noriko's pot.

All things Ellie would ask if she knew there was pot or edibles around.

"This is an Atlantean Plasma rifle that I took home from some of the mercenaries that tried to kill a bunch of us in Salem Center the other day when we were getting Ice Cream... they were trying to kill Rogue with them."

She watches unsure how this is going to work when Noriko puts her hands on the device and starts to drain it's energy from the power source. I mean it is a pretty standard energy battery hooked up to the device to produce plasma bolts. Just a simple (cough) futuristic batter made from Atlantean technology that can juice a gun to shoot plasma energy.

In other words yes the trick works but wow it gives Noriko one hell of a surge.

"Okay.. I think it might not blow up.. it isn't humming anymore."

Surge has posed:
Blue energy crackles up and down her gauntlet, along her arm up to the shoulder, and then along the back of her neck to make her hair stand on end. Eyes alight with it, fists clinched in it, she looks like she's amp'd up and ready for bear.

"Holy /fuck/ dude..." Her voice even sounds electric.. hollow like some synthetic reproduction of a voice.

Even once she's got a handle on it, her brain is moving several hundred miles a minute. Gone are all indications of her otherwise pot induced listlessness, replaced with some kind of super charge. Practically vibrating. Energy everywhere, drumming her fingers, glancing around quickly, looking like a proper crack head after a fix.

"Yeah man, I htink we're GOOD! Holy /fuck/ I want three of these!" Indicating the plasma rifle by picking it up and swinging it around like she'd seen people do in movies.. Are the X-Students trained in the use of technologically advanced blaster weapons?

Probably not right?

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie turns to watch Noriko supercharge herself up like that. "Okay you look a bit like you are going super saiyan from an anime." she pauses "I hope that didn't sound racist I meant it in an awesome sort of way." she notes seriously, mostly because well Noriko could probably wallup the hell out of her with that charge and also she didn't mean it in a bad way right.

"I only have this one... though I guess it is safe to keep taking apart now and work on getting the booby traps out. I mean that and figure out how to recharge it now that .. well the charge is all in you now."

There is a smirk. "How long can you hold that in you?" curious really.

Also no there isn't a class on blaster weapons, which is why this was covert and extracurricular.

Surge has posed:
Noriko is pretty hard to offend, at least by the handful of people that manage to get along with her. "Holy shit, I do..." Glancing around for something reflective to look at herself, crackling with energy, fists going down by her sides, hair standing up on end, and... yeah totally Goku'n tf out.

"I wonder if I can hold this pose for like six weeks worth of episodes and then.. BOOOM FUCK YOU SCOTT'S MOTORCYCLE..." She'd never do that. It's just right there and would be a really good target.

Bouncing around as if she's so very jazzed, Nori breaths rapidly and watches Nega with the gun once she's laid it back down upon the table. "Oh ... probably not long. I'll have to blow off some of this charge eventually or I'll go fucking crazy or... accidentally blow some god damned body up.. or something. Like Scott's motorcycle."

Fidgeting, tugging at her top, twitching her neck as the energy courses through her. "Lemme see that thing... I might can recharge it if I let off a small charge at a time..."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Waaait." she picks it up, studies it then carefully restores the access hatch after reseating the wire filament she had loosened. She is working fast but pretty good under pressure there. "Want to make sure it doesn't just self destruct when you try to charge it back up a bit."

There was a flicker of darkness in her eyes at the mention of losing control and blowing people up. It was very brief and then she was on to working on the plasma rifle.

"I mean in my experience BOOM Scott's motorcycle seems totally valid as far as life choices. Then again I spend most of my life in detention and more often than not Scott sends me there.. sooo I may have some sort of skewed take on reality by now."

Little fittings, then snap back in place.

"Man you look like you are doing an eight ball of meth and coke at the same time."

At which point she holds the gun around where she believes it is charged up.

Surge has posed:
Noriko continues bouncing, foot to foot, like a boxer before a fight. Arms down at her sides wiggling, just too much energy in her. "Dude, if this works, we should go smoke a bowl." Which makes her think of food, "Oh shit, I want some lucky charms..." Which makes her think of Atlantic City, "OH MY GOD, I bet I could predict the place the roulette will hit!" Which makes her think of fighting, so she knuckles Negasonic in the shoulder. It's playful, but she did it.

"Man, he caught me with a cigarette out by the lake and I thought he was going to shit several fully built brick houses.. Bro, dude guy, I'm 18, I can smoke... but no, no we're a smoke free campus, he said.. Wait, no that wasn't Scott, who was that?" Her mouth twitches, head cranking from side to side, "OH SHIT, did I mention I have a bowl?"

This is why she shouldn't be allowed to overcharge herself.

Thankfully Ellie is there with the weapon held out for her to take in fidgeting, certainly not dangerously unstable, hands. "If this blows up, definitely delete my browser history, okay? Promise.. and I'll delete yours."

Energy begins bleeding off, right into the spot Ellie seems to believe the power goes. Blue energy crackling up her back, and out of her hair, down into the weapon at a slow, but steady pace to keep from causing a meltdown or... explosion... or whatever the fuck happens when you do something like that.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie starts a bit when she is knuckled while trying to lock the gun back together and undo the whole wire filament boobytrap business.

Other than that though she half listens to the rambly stream of consciousness that is Noriko basically high on Atlantean life, not high on pot.

"I am pretty sure we are also a drug free campus, which is why I stick to edibles that won't smell up the place. Also pretty sure we are a gun free campus... which makes this whole maybe disaster of blowing up his bike with a plasma rifle awkward AF..."

She holds the gun very still and watches it closely, trying to listen for the humm rattle of the impending self destruct. "I think ..."

She doesn't jinx it though she shuts her damn mouth and holds the gun still while it continues charging without blowing up.

Surge has posed:
"But not a sex free campus." Noriko points out, "You see how many people are dating and/or just bumping uglies?" As if it's at all safe to be having this conversation while bleeding off Atlantean energy into a plasma rifle. A weapon neither of them is educated on. Nori skipped the whole computer science course, even. She's not fit to program a VCR... and not just because nobody uses VCRs.

Well maybe hipsters?

"Damn, this feels like LIFE..." The last of that crazy high level energy finally put safely back in the weapon. She doesn't look drained, just.. back to a normal energy level. Which varies on the same coin as her intoxication level... which at present is reset. Much to her disappointment.

A metal gauntlet clanks against the work bench, hair now laying flat despite the rediculous amounts of hair gel she puts in it to keep it all spikey, "And this feels like death... I hate this part...." Long, exasperated sigh.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I think that dork of a science teacher is dating Kitty right now, which is lame. I mean her last boyfriend was one of the heirs to Wayne Industries in Gotham for fucks sake. Peter couldn't even find two pennies in the couch cushions from what I observe.. I mean unless he is one of those secret rich people who don't spend money on stylish clothes or looking good...."

Ellie didn't skip the computer courses, and she has been messing around a lot with electrical engineering as a hobby this year, well as electives so far this year. She is thinking about doing that for college courses next year maybe if she sticks around.

Though where would she go, she blew up her family (both of them).

When Noriko lets go of the gun she looks it over and listens for a whine of impending doom. "Okay I think we are safe..." she lets out a very slow breath there. "And no detention!" she holds out a fist for the dapping. "Wait... why death.. did you put too much into it?" she squints "Should we have you stick a paperclip in the power outlet?" she gestures with the non-dapping hand to a power outlet.

Surge has posed:
"Huh, really?" Nori blinks at this revelation, "Kitty and Dork McAdams are dating now too?" Nori cannot actually say this persons name and finds it inappropriate that she must avoid it! She thinks perhaps Negasonic should feel guilty for putting her in this position!

"Well, I did see him without his shirt on once.. so I /guess/ I can see what she might see in him if you're into that sorta thing?" She shrugs, it's a listless motion of her shoulders, not necessarily looking tired or worn out so much as.... not as energized. Which takes its own kind of toll on her too.

Living on high street for even a few minutes makes the real world seem low and boring. That's how addiction works, right?

It is not.

But it sounds good.

It is also ironic that the girl who drains electricity does not know more ABOUT electricity. The hits keep on coming.

Thankfully her good pal Ellie does.

"Maybe..." Glancing around for an outlet.. wiggling her fingers a little, this idea clearly appealing to her on a visceral level. "Then we go find Shannon and/or one of Shannon's cakes? I fucking HUNGRY dude."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
There is no guilt. Guilt would require having a conscious. I mean she is only guilty when she is asleep having wicked nightmares about people she has blown up.

That doesn't leave much for other times.

"that does sound like a pretty good plan." she picks up a paperclip from a container on the workbench, quickly bends it into two prongs and offers it to Noriko.

"Fluttershy does seem to make excellent baked goods.... I mean I wish she would make some edibles but no she seems way way too straight laced."

Surge has posed:
Surge goes over to the socket and lays her gauntlet palm against it to draw out just enough energy to give her a little amp and looks relieved for it when she bounces back over to hop up on the edge of the work bench. "So, Salem Center, plasma rifles, hitmen after Rogue... That sounds fun.. Why no text?" Head cant, meta jokes.

Once again there's mention of Fluttershy, "Dude, she made this peanutbutter chocolate.. thing.. I don't know what it was, but it was fucking dope... and now I want one." Fishing around in her pocket until she comes out with a bag of gummy bears, one of which she tosses in her mouth before holding the bag out and open to Ellie.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Well mostly because we were being shot at with plasma weapons, sniper rifles, and Rogue got hit with a lot of claymores. The damage to her clothes was impressive. I admit I looked." she whistles softly. "Still it was a little hectic and I figured tweeting about it would maybe incriminate myself since I exploded a car onto a guy and crushed his legs... even if he deserved it."

The paperclip is tossed and the gummi bear accepted and popped into her mouth, chews, swallowed and then she continues. "Well we should go find her and shake baked goods out of her then. I think if you spin her around fast enough cupcakes just pop out of her."

Surge has posed:
"I'll give you a pass, I guess." The baggy is crumped up and slipped back in her pocket after she tosses another bear in her mouth. With a hop, she's off the edge of the table and moving with a little spring in her step, "I wouldn't have mind shocking the shit out of someone though. En gee el, I've had some pent up aggression that needed working out for weeks."

Gummi bears help.

Completely legal gummi bears.

That she did not order from California.

"Aight, let's go find her. If she's got baked goods, she should fork them over... and if not... she should get to work. Isn't anybody to heal right now, she has /one/ job." Holding up a metal clad finger, one. Not really, just.. kind of really. "How fast do you have to spin her? I mean metaphorically speaking.. if you were trying to produced baked goods, I mean. Like twenty, thirty revolutions a minute? More...? Don't want to over do it."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie bends down to snag a duffle bag and shoves the plasma rifle in it, then slings it over her shoulders in a sling carry sort of position before looking at Noriko with amusement.

"I didn't even realize she had a power besides baked goods. Are you telling me she can heal and is muscling in on Joshboys turf... I wonder if healers get territorial and shit." she knows she thinks cannonball's is a hack knockoff of her powerset after all.

"I think about thirty a minute does it.. I mean that or .. that may have been the whole coughing up cookies stage not having cupcaked fly out of her wings... which is definitely not what I want to see Fluttershy do."

Surge has posed:
"I figured, anyways?" Noriko shrugs helplessly, "I mean... nightingale? As in Flourence Nightingale... She'll always be Fluttershy, but still." The asian glances at the duffle bag and licks her lips, still kind of hungry for that amped up energy, even if she knows that nothing good can possibly come of having that much power in her body.

"Alright, we're going to figure for thirty five just to be on the safe side. I want brownies right now... and snickerdoodles... and a fucking big ass cookie."

Because she just ate two gummi bears.

It's preparing for the next stage of her evolution.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Is that why she wants to call herself Nightingale..." honestly Ellie seems absolutely stunned at the realization. She had no god damned idea, she thought it was a songbird thing which didn't really make a whole lot of sense. "Definitely still Fluttershy." she notes, not that she has ever watched My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic. Sketchy look.

"Okay lets swing through the house and see if she is in her usual lair of the Kitchen... I mean she might be out after all and then we have to just raid the fridge I suppose."

Surge has posed:
"I /guess/? I don't know, man, I'm pulling most of this out of my ass, if I'm being honest." Noriko shrugs, both hands turned upwards as they start towards the exit back into the mansion, "Oh... dammit, when does school start back?" Just that little bit of extra juice already has her brain bouncing off randomly... a kid in the midst of the worst case of ADHD.

It is entirely possible, sketchy look, that Nori has seen My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic.

It is almost certain.

"Hell yeah.. I know for a fact there's lucky charms and I could mess some lucky charms up right now.. Want to snag some of Logan's beer and hit the boathouse later?" Why not, ya only live once? Or twice in Josh's case.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
I mean shit in Josh's case it may be nine lives. It hasn't been fully tested yet after all.

"I may need to ask her sometime." Ellie is actually curious if that was the lame ass logic involved.

"School starts like .. after labor day I believe.. I'd need to check the intranet for it to be sure. I mean.. we live here year round technically we are still in school Nori."

On any regard she leads to the kitchen. "No Shannon... lucky charms it is.. and no I do not think we should snag his beer and go hit Gambit's boathouse... I mean gummi bears good.. oh hey I think I can con Rogue into taking me to Ireland for my birthday so we can pub crawl. Want to come?" yeah she is turning 18 in a month and change.

Surge has posed:
Nori bobs her head slightly in agreement... "I... well yeah, I guess that's true."

She's been high most of the day, give her a break?

Which is a change from any other day by exactly nothing.

"Does Gambit still live in the boathouse? That's.." She shakes her head and goes for the cabinet to grab the cereal and a bowl, a big bowl, because she's got a big appetite.

"Uhhh yeah?" To the question of a pub crawl, pouring another bowl, "Do you realize how pissed off I'd be if you went /without/ me? To a /pub crawl/... In /Ireland/?" Scoffing at the idea she might would let herself be left out of that. Scooting a bowl of cereal across the counter, then wrapping around to pop up on a stool beside Ellie.

Content to enjoy those charms too. She is going to be /really/ stoned shortly.