8897/Two if by sea

Two if by sea
Date of Scene:	21 August 2019
Location:	Room E2 (Vacant, East Halls), Xavier's Schools
Synopsis:	Noriko goes to find Negasonic to unload the meeting with Jean. Quentin needs to meet Shannon. Fin.
Cast of Characters:	Surge, Negasonic Teenage Warhead

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Surge has posed:
Noriko was told to come straight back to /her/ room, but she didn't do that. She went instead to Negasonic's, knocked once upon the door frame, and then slipped inside without waiting for much of a reply. There in she pulls a chair, turns it around backwards and dropped down into it with her arms folded across the backrest and forehead laid down upon the gauntlets... at least until skin meets metal. With a snap and a growl, she's dialing in the release codes and throwing both gauntlets backwards to clatter across the floor...

Hopefully Ellie wasn't sleeping.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Well Ellie had been trying to stay up to find out what Jean wanted with Noriko but she fell asleep on her bed with her phone in her hand.

Honestly she may end up dying with a phone in her hand.

When the gauntlets hit the floor she jerks awake "Whaaaaat no.... " and she looks like she might explode. Jumpy startled awake... but she doesn't.

Surge has posed:
Nori glances up over her arms and brushes the palm of her hand across them where it's absolutely clear that she might be crying, which is so /not/ Nori behavior. All at once she's out of the chair and cross the short distance to the bed to sit nearer to Ellie, unafraid of the jump startled mutant who looks like she might explode.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to..."

Quiet, not loud and excitable as per usual.

One hand lays on the other mutants arm, just above where she's gripping her phone, thumb brushing the knuckles. "That could have gone better."

It also could have gone worse... but.. she's dramatic.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Well Ellie didn't blow up, the moment of danger has passed now.

She watches Noriko sleepily but concerned and by the time she gets up to sit on the bed the sleepy usually much more spiky mutant teenager is hugging Nori. She sets the phone side swapping from one hand to the other.

"What did Firebirb do?"

Surge has posed:
Noriko lays her head sideways against Ellie's shoulder, then turns her face to bury it into a sleepy, usually spikey, mutant teenagered shoulder. It doesn't take long and her arms are wrapped around the others waist, "She.. wasn't as bad as I thought, but she made me think about things that I didn't want to. Things I haven't thought about in a long time. My father... those people I hurt. Everything before I got here." Her voice is muffled, but loud enough, with proximity to Ellie' ear.

"Told me I should have gone to bed rather than fall asleep at the counter." Ughing quietly and lifting up to yank the headband/goggles from her head to throw at her gauntlets. "She made me feel like a fucking child." Which she is, "And it fucking sucked."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Well." she considers that and just hugs Noriko a bit tighter. "As much as I hate to say it.. Firebirb has been good to me in my years here in mutant military school. I know she isn't a dick like Dorkmeister. She cares but yeah... she does tend to make people think or talk about shit they would rather leave buried.."

Trust me Ellie knows by the tone of her voice.

"I'm sorry that sucked Nori."

Surge has posed:
"She wasn't harsh." Nori admits with a quieted sigh, shifting around so her feet are on the bed and her back is to Ellie's chest, kind of slumped down like the lazy ass that she is, "She did smack me, but I was being a little shit... mostly she wanted me to think and.. I don't know it just-" Glancing back and up palms resting, hopefully, on arms wrapped around her, "-I hate thinking about that shit or looking like I've got flaws even though they're all fucking obvious and shit."

Head back, eyes closed, "It's cool though. She said we'll work on my power control... Maybe I can finally stop wearing those mother fucking gauntlets."

Bulky ass bitches.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Well those gauntlets are an amazin workout that lets you bench me." bright side, but a grin.

"So how and why did she smack you..."

"Also... um.... what did she make you think about?"

Surge has posed:
"You weigh like forty pounds soaking wet, Ellie." That is empirically untrue, but the cocky grin is coming back so that's probably what Nega was intending.

"I was being a chafe.. she said I should stop lying to her. I said she knew I was lying... and knew that I knew she knew I was lying, so asking me a question she already knew the answer to was like asking me to do what she already knew I would... I felt like I was preforming, so I didn't want to disappoint." A brief pause. "She did not approve."

Then there's quiet. Brow furrowed, eyes down on Negasonic's arms, "I hurt some people. I was living on the streets after my father kicked me out and I... I was trying to get something to eat at a coffee shop.. The barrista got a little rude, very rude.." She shakes her head slowly, "I was hopped up on so many amps, it's the only sustainence I was getting at the time except that shit they throw out at the end of the night at McDonalds.. and I blew the fucking place up. Part of it anyways.. maimed that woman, I think she lived, but I've always been kind of worried to check."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Definitely empirically untrue, she weighs 110lbs soaking wet but yeah easily benched.

"I'm not sure I ever gave her that level of shit... I was more silent.. sullen... and she just talked at me mostly when I was first having trouble."

"I get that Nori..." she squeezed you very tightly around the middle and rests her cheek on your side. "I get it." she sighs "I think I told you I blew up my family when my powers were manifest... I was 13 on a vacation in America in a rental car. I wanted to see America for my birthday and they did it. They took us on vacation. And ... I just lost control because I wanted to stop at an amusement park and they wanted to go to the hotel. I got mad... so just a tantrum ... and then boom... everyone disintegrated."

Surge has posed:
"I don't know how to be silent." It is true. If Nori isn't talking shit, she's sleeping. Ellie being the only person who's ever seen the sullen, at least without some kind of powers. "I tried to be agreeable, but she didn't like that either. Bitch is hard to please."

Then she's silent, nodding slowly that she had been told /some/ of what happened, but not the details. Hearing them, she proves that she is entirely capable of quiet, rubbing her hands lightly across Ellie's forearms around her midsection. "That sucks." it's about as emotional as she gets, but Negasonic has a direct link to that shit when it comes to Surge. "Was it a cool amusement park?" Side glancing over her shoulder, a weak smile. She isn't /really/ making light of it, so much as trying to get the other teenager to laugh at the absurdity of such an inappropriate question.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
What Noriko gets is a punch up to her upper arm, it isn't bruising hard or anything. "God Nori..." she sounds less dark and dire though, not a laugh but it seemed to help. "You are the worst..." in a tone that denotes she does't mean it at all.

Also she is still hugging.

"Did I mention my foster family?"

Surge has posed:
Nori jerks a little with the punch and wrinkles her nose around a huge grin up at Ellie. Immediately she settles back against the other mutant and picks at little fine hairs on Nega's arm with the ends of her nails. Not pulling them, just picking at them.

She's a pest.

Rather than answer, she shakes her head, necklaces clattering around her neck noisely.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie mmms at the head shake and just sighs a little. "I hid it... I mean I was from Genosha and before Magneto seized the island.. I just pretended it didn't happen and all the nightmares well.. trauma and PTSD.. and they put me in a foster home. They were really nice and sweet people... couple of other foster kids and all too. Nothing hinky or anything just people who wanted to help kids."

God this is dark.

"I held it all in, bottled it up, total denial.. which made it way worse.. no practice.. no release.. a ticking time bomb but like super literally."

Christ fuck.

"The whole house was blown to splinters that time... everyone died... my foster parents.. foster siblings.. the rescued dogs... just nothing left." her voice is distant, kind of emotionless as she talks, eyes closed. "Professor Xavier found me with Cerebro that time... it was a big blip."

Surge has posed:
Despite her many faults, Noriko is surprisingly good at listening. At least once someone has broken down the wall that protects her, anyways. She's quiet while Ellie speaks, absently playing with those little hairs on her arm as if they're they most interesting thing in the room, but really it's just something to do with her hands.

There's never enough things to do with your hands.

The story unfolds and the asian mutant nods understanding, adding only a quiet 'huh' at the description of Negasonic as a timebomb, since it's obviously going some place pretty dark.

She probably wasn't expecting how dark.

When the revelation is laid out, Nori lays there, quietly unpacking it. There's not a lot a person can say to sooth that kind of frayed emotions.. I'm sorry for your loss certainly doesn't do it. It's all part of Gods plan is just condescending nonsense.

Nori opts for something altogether different.

"Cool." It isn't. It isn't at all and she immediately regrets saying it as she's twisting around until she's sitting facing Ellie and reaching over to take her hands so she can lay them together between her own against both of their legs. "You didn't do that on purpose." She's no Jean... saying nice things comes difficult for her and she chews at her bottom lip with the smeared black lipstick trying to figure the way through it, "I think you're pretty awesome, Ellie. I like you a lot... you make me feel good about everything and being around you makes me feel better about myself. I'm not very good expressing myself at all.. and I'm even worse at telling people the bright side of shitty situations. They're shitty, that's why we call them shitty situations, but you fucking rock in my book. So..." She shrugs a shoulder,

"I'll be your family... no, fuck that: I /am/ your family."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
There is a sad smile there and she rolls up now to sit up and face Nori as well. She doesn't pull her hands away.

"I know it wasn't my fault.. I mean mostly I get it. I had a healthy dose of therapy I guess you could call it.. guidance when I got here not just training. I mean I've been here four years now since then."

"I'm pretty bad about it to, but I figured you out to know that even with four years of practice and training... if I slip up like you did with the stove.. people will probably die and I have to be very careful."

Which may be why she pushes so many people away from her with her bullshit.

"Thanks Sparky." she teases lightly, but it seems heartfelt. "And .. I know.. this is my family.. my wierdo adopted family and .. I tried leaving last fall semester but missed everyone."

"If you tell them I will blow up your shows tho..." a half smile.

"I also know this isn't a whose life is worse contest.. but you shared so I .. thought I should recprocate and .. also warn you a bit since I do really like you." hand squeeze, double hand squeeze.

Surge has posed:
"Yeah, I shit the bed on that one." Nori agrees with a glance down at the bed, "I just didn't want to leave. I had a shitty night that night, fought that Spawn fucker and you were there so..." She bounces her shoulders, necklaces jingling a little, "I should have fucked off to bed, but I didn't and that's on me."

She has no problem admitting when she's wrong, at least with a few people and most of them are in the room right now.

She's a really odd woman.

"I would leave, but.. I don't want to. Most of the people get on my nerves, most of the time, but they accept me despite my being a total bitch, which feels pretty cool I guess." As for sharing, Nori smiles and turns hands over to lace fingers with Nega's, "I'm glad you told me.. I mean, maybe put an ESRB rating that it includes dead dogs next time, but.." Quiet joking, seriously it's just what she do. "Seriously.. there's nobody at this dumb ass school I'd rather talk to you than absolutely anyone. Been that way for longer than a few nights ago, but maybe a little bet even more so now, I guess."

Surge snorts, "You don't scare me, blow my boots up and I'll shock your knickers." Still grinning, "I knew what you were capable of.. and I know my own. It aint a whose life sucks the most balls contest, I get it." One, brief, pause, "I like you too. Like a stupid amount. You see this dumb grin?" One of their linked hands comes up so she can point at it, "You see this shit? That's all you.. You did that." Double return squeeze.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Yeah it would totally fail DoesTheDogDie test.... probably a few other content warnings... ESRB for Grim Dark..." she is already deflecting all those sad or disturbing memories with humor and snark.

"Man... I hope it isn't contagious." the dumb grin after Nori points it out. Yup back to teasing.

"So did Jean assign anything other than working with her on shit?"

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

Surge has posed:
"Oh, there she is, welcome back Ellie, I was worried you'd need a hanky." Nori isn't worried about sharing emotions with Nega, but she doesn't do any better deconstructing them than the other teenager. Now that the moment has begun to fade back into their usual weird banter, Surge shifts back around and lays against the other, pulling arms around her with a little yawn.

It's very obvious her energy levels are low.

Probably from /training/ or some equally boring shit she'd rather have skipped.

One of her hands slip down into her back pocket, hip hiking just a little to get it out. Her thumb moves across the screen while she speaks, barely even glancing at the hundreds and hundreds of selfies/videos/and incriminating evidence she's amassed. She's no Negasonic, but her phonejitsu is solid.

"Yeah, she told me to go drink with Logan. Which I intend to do only because she said I could.. uhhh.. she was going to ground me, but I negociated my way out of that by being a bitch. So yay."

The video of Negasonic cooing at the unicorn begins to play, hand holding up the phone for her to see it, "Awwww look't you.. you so cute! Oh muh gawd..." Glancing up and back, grinning.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I'm not sure any of that you just said is accurate at all.. I mean that...." drink with logan and not being grounded. Bah what did Jean do to Nori.

When that video starts to play Ellie archs an eyebrow. "That is a motherfucking Pegasus... I will own my being cute towards the majestic winged pony warrior stead!"

Surge has posed:
"I asked her if I could finish off the bottle of cough syrup I boosted from the drug store." The phone screen goes dark, tossed off to the side on the sheets, "She glared at me and said I could go find Logan for a nightcap, just this once." Which obviously Nori interpreted as getting blistering drunk with Wolverine.

As you do.

"Uh huh." Nestling back hands down against Ellie's arms, "I guess if you're going to geek the fuck out o about something, it might as well be a winged pony ridden into battle by an armored Valkyrie."

Pause, "Oh shit, Quentin's back. Did I tell you?" Glancing up, head craning, eyes rolling so she can look up at Negasonic, "I met up with him in the kitchen the other morning."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Woah.. he actually came back to the school.. I mean shit he is the only person voted more likely to be expelled than we are..."

She considers and while considering adds "A hot valkyrie."

"So yeah we should pencil in double-Q for some hanging out then."

Surge has posed:
Nori's elbow jabs backwards, "Watch it with that hot valkyrie shit." Smirking, "I mean... true though... but fucking watch it." Laughing quietly, head rocking back and forth.

"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I don't know if anyone else knows he's back yet. He'll probably yeet the fuck out before anyone notices, but I got his number just incase. We'll pin him down for some proper hang out time."

Eyes slip closed slowly, "We should prank the fuck out of Samuel. Like /hard/ something that leaves a scar."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"What.... I mean yes we re dating but does that mean I can't check out Dani's ass?" she ponders as if it can't possibly mean that. "I mean .. aren't we going to scope girls out together?"

"Mmm revenge... I mean the easiest would be telling him about Shannon's crush.. but she is a bystander... scar... scar.."

Surge has posed:
"Huh, I don't care if you check out Dani's ass or anyones ass for that matter.. I was just busting your balls." Nori clears the air with an upturned smirk, "Obviously we're going to scope girls together, /speaking of which/ you should have seen Jean's shoes.. They were fucking fire. I almost asked her if she showed up intentionally looking hot just to throw me off, but I figured I'd already fucked the duck bad enough without adding fuel to the fire." Pause, "But in my head she totally did it on purpose."

Nodding, smuggly.

"He cannot /possibly/ be that clueless can he?" Wait, Samuel. "Nevermind, of course he is."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"I don't call her firebirb for no reason, she is hot. But like the milf sort of hot.. also she can light you on fire with her mind.. or your shoes on fire... so definitely be careful but good fire usage in your description."

"Of course he is... he has no clue... but still too mean to Shannon."

Surge has posed:
Noriko: Caution to the wind.

She has no filter and almost no real indication of her own personal safety.

It's one of her many flaws.

Probably makes her a little entertaining too.

"Yeah, I kind of got the impression from the jump that it wasn't the amuse me with your flirting skills kind of meeting." So she went with joke about literally everything and don't tell the truth at all, which is a lot better. "She slapped me in the face with her mind." Her tongue pushes against the inside of her cheek where the TK smack landed, "It was not at all unattractive."

"I don't see what she sees in him... I guess his wholesome matches hers or something, but.. was he the first person to treat her nice? I don't know, we'll figure something out, but whatever it is I want it to fucking hurt. Jean would have found out anyways, but Sam didn't even let me get all my lies in order first. Low blow."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
For some reason Ellie finds that flaw super endearing, if a source of trouble for everyone in a radius sometimes. Not that Ellie is a saint though, she has similar issues with her mouthyness.

"Wow... I'm not sure I've ever pissed her off enough to get a TK slap.. shit even when I Was dating her daughter from the future..."

What

"Shannon is wholesome... or wants to be and Sam is wholesome in a painful Jr. Dorkmeister way... I'm not really surprised."

Surge has posed:
Nori snorts quietly, tugging at the leg of Ellie's pants, "Nobody should ever underestimate my ability to get under someones skin... You think you're tough huh? Well lemme show'ya suh'en." A very bad immitation of a very old comedy skit Fire Marshal Bill.

That.. definitely is a bit of news.

"Rachel is Jeans daughter from the future?" Glancing up and back, blinking, "Wait so you.. that's what's up.." Fist up for pounding. "All I've ever dated was that weird girl with the gills, Michelle. She kept wanting to go swimming, like okay bitch I get it, you breath under water... simmer the fuck down." Patting at the air, hand immediately goes back to tugging at Nega's pants leg.

"I like Shannon. I wish she were less infatuated with Samuel. He is a turd sandwich."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Jesus that is a joke from 16 years before she was born. Ellie peers at Nori now tilting her head. "Okay I know for a fact that is pop culture there but I have no idea what it is.... which is super rare..."

"Yeah Rachell and I and yes she is from a dark apocalypse future where the Sentinels killed us all... .it is .. man you think my story coming here needed a ESRB rating... "

"Eh I am sure they will break up eventually..."

Surge has posed:
"I was watching youtube videos and it popped up.. I don't know, it was a deep dive, I get it." Nori isn't bashful about her hipsterisms sometimes. A little retro popculture never hurt anyone. Besides, she referenced something even ELLIE didn't know.. "That's a win for me." Smug.

"You told me you two were together before, yeah.. and I know a /little/ about her screwed up ass back story.. even if it sounds far fetched aye eff. Like a half goblin, ninja monk from the future who knows telekinesis." It says a lot when a girl who can pull electricity out of the air thinks something is odd. "Whatever, gives her character, I guess."

Slow glance up, "Are they /dating/? Like /dating dating/? Isn't he like twenty two or something?"

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Oh jeeeeeze.. and she is younger than me. I ... yeah I doubt they are dating. That would be gross and Kentucky is too boyscout for it. Which in this case despite how I usually fault him.. thank goodness..." she shakes her head. "Woof.... puppy love.. hopefully she meets someone actually going to school here and gets over her crush then."

Yeah Ellie decides it isn't even a good rumor to spread.

Surge has posed:
Nori is a /lot/ of things, but that could get Kentucky in a lot of trouble and she bobs her head slowly agreeing with Nega, "Yeah, I think he's a dumb fuck, but not /that/ big a dumb fuck.." Mental note, "We should probably talk to her and make her cut that shit out. There has to be /someone/ worth directing her attention at that wont end in ultimate heartache.."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Ellie nods thoughtfully "I'd say Quinten but he is like too old too.. .huh... "

Okay she keeps thinking. "This will need to be a work in process... but yeah need to give her a shake.

Surge has posed:
"Oh jesus fuck, I'd kill an entire kitchen just to see Quentin in the same /room/ as Shannon..." Nori says with a bemused grin, "God, she'll come out the other end smoking crack."

That little tidbit aside.

"Work in progress." She agrees, tilting back and up to steal an under chin kiss, then rolls over onto Ellie's bed, "I'm sleeping here tonight." Not even a question, she's already starting to sprawl out. "I'm not putting those damned things back on until I wake up, either.." Absent point over at the gauntlets.