9098/The parents' curse

The parents' curse
Date of Scene:	06 September 2019
Location:	Kitchen - Xavier's School
Synopsis:	9098 Sam and Shannon talk about her first date, abilities, and he challenges her with another 'research assignment'. Things are about to get real.
Cast of Characters:	Nightingale, Cannonball

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Nightingale has posed:
     Shannon wanders into the kitchen in something of a daze. It's as if she's walking on clouds, and not really watching where she's going. Whoever or whatever is in her path, had better watch out, as right now the winged teen seems to be caught up in a world all her own.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie is in the kitchen making a sandwich. He looks up and starts to say something but seeing she is almost walking on air, and in her own little world he will wait a moment, and watches her to see her reaction

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon doesn't react right away to Sam's presence. In point of fact, she almost mows him right down! "Whoops... sorry about that! You okay?" She giggles a little bit and gives Sam a great big hug, wings and all.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie will make sure the knife with mayo on it does not get stabbed or rubbed again her, and says "Hey you, you seem happy, did you get a part time job at a pet store, petting kittens?" Does hug her back, and smirks a bit "Want a sandwich?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and giggles. "Sandwich sounds great. And no on the part time job. Just a tiny little party... you know, the one I got asked to last week." Uh-oh. She climbs up onto a stool and perches there, stretching out her wings a little bit.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and starts working on a second sandwich, and raises a brow "A party around here? Did Ah miss someone's birthday?" he will as her. He does watch her with one eye as works on the sandwich "Fill me in?'

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head. "No, not here. It was at a day spa down in Greenwich Village. It's the one Mason asked me to last week." Oh, my, my. Her cheeks are going rather rosy, and she can't help a little smile. "Probably the most relaxed one I've been to yet. I actually didn't mind it."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie 's brow raises a bit and stops spreading mayo for just a moment. He looks her over and says "A day Spay don't think Ah have ever been to one of those? What did ya do there?" He starts the subtle grilling.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shrugs, and ruffles her wings a little. "It was actually pretty relaxed. There were drinks and stuff there but I didn't have any booze. Let's see... there was a pool, but I had no idea, so I didn't even have a swimsuit." She chuckles a little bit. "Went swimming anyways. Dress and all. You don't really think I was going to do anything indecent, do you?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smirks a bit and says "Not really, but you never know, but honest never been to one did not know if you got the massages and the little cucumber sandwiches. Ah think thats where the cucumbers over the eys came from they just had extra cucumbers and no one there knew how to pickle them.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon wrinkles her nose and makes a funny face. "Oh god... I hate cucumbers. Unless they're pickled or in a sauce." She chuckles a little bit and leans on her elbows on the counter, resting her head in her hands.

And then... she drops the bomb on Sam. "I still can't believe he went and kissed me." Oh, crap. Things were about to get real!

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and plays it cool "Mason kissed you?" He will ask her "So, got your first kiss, well that explains the little song birds floating around your ears." He jokeingly teases.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and has that silly little smile on her face. "Yeah, things still suck... yeah, I'm still pretty bummed about the Sentinel attack... but not everything's all bad." She peeks over to see what sandwich fillings Sam was working with. "Turkey? Looks good to me."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and says "So, you plan on going out with Mason again? He will ask finishing her sandwich and sliding it over to her. "If so promise me to stay on planet." He jokes

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon laughs. "I don't think he can do that," she muses. "Funny, we've never really talked about his gifts. It just hasn't seemed to matter. Guess that lesson from miss Munroe the day I got here stuck more than I thought."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie 's brow raises a bit as he finishing his sandwich and says "And which lesson is that if I may ask?

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon picks up the sandwich and raises it in salute, taking a big bite out of it. She does take the time to make sure her mouth isn't full before she replies, however. "When my folks brought me here, it was Mr. McCoy and miss Munroe that met us. They went with Mr. McCoy to take care of the admissions stuff, and miss Munroe just took me aside and we had a little tea. I tried telling her about my gifts, but to sum it up, pretty much got a 'I care about you, not your gifts' talk." She smiles. "That kind of thing really sticks with you. So I just never asked about his gifts. And when I meet someone, I don't care about what they are... just who they are here and now, if that makes sense."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods his head, and says "Is a good rule for normal chatting and such, but if you think you might be in a fight with someone knowing what they can do is a good thing as well. If you know what your friends are capable of you know how you can work well with them. Not saying their powers are what makes them but it is handy to know in places where ya might be fighting.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and seems to give this some thoughts. "Guess I could bring it up next time I see him. I'm kind of curious about it. I mean... I already know he's a seriously good musician, and the rock and roll stuff actually isn't what he'd rather be playing. But the rest is still a little bit of a mystery."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods a bit and says "Well, Ah could tell you but think it will be better if you figure out how you want to ask him yourself, plus when do Ah ever tell ya things that would make life to easy for you. He will have to make sure to do some reading up on Mason.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and chomps on the sandwich for a few minutes. "Another exercise in research, like the first one you gave me about Magneto?" She chuckles a bit and tilts her head to the side. "Guess there should be no problem asking him, especially if he's gone and kissed me."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Should not be a problem no, and yes, Ah find it is more lasting when you find something out for yourself.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods and finishes up the sandwich. "Next time I see him, I'll ask him, then. I'm actually kind of curious." She smiles wide, thinking for a moment. "I've seen some pretty amazing gifts since I got here. There's you with your flying fast and pretty much being impossible to hit when you do... Lorna with magnetism... Noriko with her electricity, Mr. McCoy... Kitty with phasing... Kaydin with his super speed... it's all pretty damn amazing. I can see why others would be afraid of us... but all I see is a little miracle each time I learn about a new gift."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods his head a bit and says "Many an amazing thing to find out and finding out things about people you care for is always a good tihng even if not power stuff, but just general tihngs about this.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and grins wide. "Like you with your cooking, for example. Holy heck, I don't think I've encountered anyone who's as good at it as you are. Not the fancy-pants stuff either, I'm talking about simple, basic, good homemade stuff."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Thats just a few things, not anywhere near what some folks can do. He grabs his sandwich and says "Ah need to go hit the books a bit for a test tomrmoow, talk to ya later?

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods and smiles, crossing her arms on the counter and resting her chin atop them. "Sounds good. I should hit the books soon here, too. Got to get cleaning up after the horses, too..." She laughs, and just grins. "Okay, maybe an excuse to bring Brightwind another apple. He's been getting spoiled rotten."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles and ruffles her hair and says "See ya later not so fluttershy." He teases and heads out of the room.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon giggles and reaches out to chuck him lightly on his upper arm. "You too, Sam. I'm damn lucky to have you for a brother."