9378/Weight Of The World....

Weight Of The World....
Date of Scene:	30 September 2019
Location:	Kitchen - Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Sam and Shannon celebrate the outcome of Shannon's meeting with Jean and Scott; they discuss life, cooking, origins, and gods.
Cast of Characters:	Nightingale, Cannonball

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Nightingale has posed:
     It is a very familiar sight on the kitchen counter to anyone who knows Shannon--a large bottle of root beer, and the tallest glass she can find. The freezer door is open and Shannon is mostly shielded from view by her wings as they are spread out, her head stuck inside the fridge as she hunts for the ice cream. There's mostly silence, but for some sniffling, the state of her wings giving little hint as to her current mood.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie comes walking in from the kitchen area. The young man had to go into work to handle some things, and is just getting in. Seeing the wings drooping he will walk over "You ok sis?" He asks putting a hand gently on her back between her wings.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods quickly, though she doesn't turn around for several seconds. When she does, the tears are streaming down her face--but she also has a smile bigger than one he's seen in several days spreading across her face. She hugs Sam tightly, caught between tears and laughter.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie 's brow raises a bit and says "Did doug put someone's undies in there to freeze again?" He asks her, and keeps an arm around her. "You ok?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon bursts out in giggles at the thought. "Oooo... no, but thanks for the idea!" Uh-oh. She might be a bit of a terror, come April Fool's Day! "Yeah, I'm actually okay for once. I just got out of Jean's office, had a long talk with her and Scott. Brought those pieces to them. This whole thing... I've been terrified it'd get someone hurt or worse. And I thought for sure I'd be expelled. But no... y'all are stuck with me a while longer."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles a bit at her, and says "Well Ah knew you weren't going to get thrown out Ah told ya that, not trusting your big brother " He sighs and subtley reaches for a piece of ice from the freezer.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon catches that sigh and flinches, immediately regretting saying anything at all. She hugs him tightly, her wings now actually drooping with sorrow. "I'm sorry..." She has no inclination to let go. "This whole thing's had me messed up real bad, but that's no excuse..."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles at her and says "It is ok, I will just have to find a way to get ya back." He says and the ice cube goes down her back.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon lets out a squeal and does the funniest little dance as she tries to get the ice cube out of the back of her t-shirt. Unfortunately, it's tucked in, and takes some more wiggling and dancing around, with her pulling the hem of her shirt out of her pants, so the thing can finally drop to the ground. "Why you STINKER!!!!"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks to her, and says "Well, I do believe someone else start that little war in here the other day." He smiles at her, and says "Just be glad did not pick ya up for a hug after dropping it." He grins at her

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon smiles to herself and goes back to the fridge, finding what looks to be a can of whipped cream. But... on a root beer float? She smiles oh-so-sweetly and innocently at Sam, shaking up the can and uncapping it....

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie calmly reaches over and puts his hand in front of the can, and says "Your gonna make a mess and remember I know a teleporter or two." He grins at her.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon pouts, and settles for a healthy--or not so healthy--helping of the whipped cream in her own mouth, giving Sam a 'what did you think I was going to do' type of look. Really, would someone who looked like an angel do such a thing?

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and lets his guard down a bit but not totally "So what did they say to you in the meeting?" He will ask her, and does move to get himself a glass.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon takes advantage of any opening in Sam's guard she can get, squirting some of the whipped cream onto the end of his nose, giggling. She does leave it there, though, putting the cap back on the can and putting it away. "A lot of it was that they wanted to hear from me what'd been happening in my own words. I also turned over the pieces of the pendant." She sighs softly, hanging her head. The loss clearly stung her, regardless of the original source of the object. "It's probably pretty useless for me to use an image inducer around you-know-who. I asked about that, and they think it could be possible for the Trickster to see right through tricks. Can't prank the prankster, you know?" She smiles a bit more then. "How often does Scott admit to being proud of anyone?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie makes a so so motion. "Not alot but it does happen, when he gives a compliment though it is earned He said he was proud of you?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods. "Yeah. Kind of floored me. Said he was proud I tried to learn from this and make it right." She does puff up a little bit, ruffling her wings and preening them.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie wipes his nose off and says "See, what did Ah tell you, hell Ah think we must be related somewhere Ah used to worry they were going to throw me out cause Ah was not making progress with my powers like the others."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles a little bit, and shrugs. "That's kind of different from a royal screw-up like healing someone and having it possibly put the whole school in danger. Though... is it wrong to be maybe just a tiny bit proud, that I managed to survive something that laid a god low?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles and reaches over ruffleing her hair and says "No, but lets not try that one again if we can avoid it." He teases a bit to her

Nightingale has posed:
     "Hey! You're messing up my hair!" Shannon makes a big show of trying to straighten her hair out after Sam musses it up, only making it more of a poofy mess atop her head in the process, with bits of it flopping down between her eyes. "Yeah. I'd rather not try a major healing like that for a while. It'll happen sooner or later, but maybe later rather than sooner."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Well, aint that tough." He says about the hair but grins. He gets his tea, and says "So, how ya feeling, physically all healed up now?"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, getting the ice cream from the freezer and plopping the container down on the counter. "Mostly. The cuts are gone, I've got full use of my hands, just a little bit stiff overall. But I soak my hands in warm water and put in a little extra practice on the piano to work through that." She shudders a little bit. "If you'd have seen the full extent of how badly the Trickster was hurt, you'd wonder how either one of us managed to survive the whole thing."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Well you know one thing gives you an idea on how well and how much you can heal, but Ah would prefer we don't stretch that." He starts looking for left overs."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods slowly, looking down at her hands for a second. "Yeah, I'm not keen on pushing that too far too often. And it just confirms what I've been suspecting for a while about my healing factor. It's been improving since I've been getting more practice. Things are taking a little less time to heal on me, which is leaving me in a better position to handle more than I could." She chuckles a little bit, scooping some ice cream into her glass. "You had trouble working with your gifts? Seriously?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Oh yea, Ah could not turn worth a darn, Ah was hell on wheels in a straight line, but you side stepped and I was SOL."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and chuckles. "Yeah, I remember you showing me some of your early training sessions in the danger room, the first time I was in there. Come to think of it... it's been a little while. Wonder who else on the team might be up for a go at it sometime?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "I sm hoping to get everyone in there soon and each person is going to have to do a session or two as team leader." He tells her as he starts to make a meatball sub."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head very quickly on that one. "Oh hell no... noooooooo no no no no... I am SO not ready to even try being a team lead!" Plop, plop, go a couple more scoops of ice cream into her glass, and she slowly pours in some of the root beer, still shaking her head.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks to her, and says ""Your going to do it, Ah want you doing it, Sam, Pixie, Andrea, there is only one Ah am unsure about and Ah am going to talk to Kitty and Jean about that one. Your big thing will be just remember tot ake away things you learn from it and not beat yourself for stuff you aint learned or aint figured out yet.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon tilts her head. "Bean, I'm pretty confident would do well as a team lead, going by how he performed in the last encounter with the Sentinels. My only concern with him is the same one about myself, in that he might let his emotions and wanting to help get the better of him. Sort of like he did with that little stunt he pulled with Captain Rogers the other night." She shakes her head, going a little bit red with the memory. "Still can't believe he went and did that. But moving right along... Pixie, well... I haven't worked with her enough in the field to really know, but she does seem to work well with a team, given half a chance. Andrea, I pretty much don't know from a hole in the wall, she's an unknown factor there. Me... ha. Okay, maybe there's a shot there, but honestly, I'm not all that confident in my ability to lead. Okay, so I jumped on it, getting those younger kids out of there on the field trip. Maybe I got Brian and Bean to help cover things and get them back on that bus. But I think they might have done equally well without me poking and prodding at them to do it."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Ah want Colt, Ellie, Hisako, Brian most everyone to do a couple with it. Will be good for you and me learning stuff both

Nightingale has posed:
     "Colt? Who's that?" Shannon gives him a mildly confused look. "Ellie, never worked with her in the field, but I've seen her plenty around here. Noriko... she's got some pretty potent powers, but seems to get angry real easy out there. If she channels that it could be good, but it might be something for her to work on." Good god, was someone already starting to think like Sam? Were they indeed somehow related, somewhere along the line?

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles a bit as he sees her thinking things through and says "Colt is another student, super strong, made of stone, looks sorta gargoyalish. He is a nice fellow from Texas, Doug and Ah brought him in after ihs change was not the most pleasant thing for him.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods and smiles somewhat. "I wouldn't mind meeting him sometime. A change like that can't have been easy for him. Besides... it'd be nice to make another friend." Whatever happened to the shy little thing that had come to the school just a few months ago?

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "He is another of the ones interested in music as well, ah think you and he would get along pretty well." He says as he starts to pick his sandwich up, stops cuts it in half slides her half and starts to eat.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon raises her half of the sandwich in salute, and nudges her root beer float over to him to share, if he wants. "Salut." She smiles some and chows down on the sandwich. "You know, I bet if such a thing could ever exist, leftover fried chicken a la Sam might make some killer sandwiches."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles a bit at this after a bite, and says "Ah aint sure, it is ok cold, but not sure how well the crunch of it cold would be in a sandwich, now maybe doing some chicken tenders and using them in something like a poor boy.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and grins, sighing happily at the memory. "I remember once when I was little mom took me with her down to New Orleans. Loved it there, except for the heat. Music on just about every street corner... gorgeous old buildings... yeah, you can tell we stayed in the French Quarter. Also found out the hard way on that trip that pecans are a bad idea for me when I got real sick on some pralines. But I had a killer po'boy down there, with shrimp. Heaven on a piece of bread."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks to her and says "Your alergic to pecans? Oh thats a sad sad thing. Ah am sorry.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon grins a little bit, making a soft murring noise in the back of her throat. "Yeah it IS sad. Confirmed it on a piece of pecan pie. Too damn bad, because pralines and pecan pies are sooooo freaking /good/. I don't stop breathing or anything if I have them, but if I eat pecans, well... you'd better make sure I'm not too far away from a bucket."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and nods his head a bit to this and says "Is it just pecans, or all nuts? If just pecans we might have to try a few unussual things.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods. "Yeah, it's just pecans. Tricky thing is with that, though, is they look and taste pretty much just like walnuts to me, so it's real easy for me to get them mixed up. I'm fine with all other nuts that I know of, including walnuts."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "We will have to try to see how pralines and pie come out if we try cashews, or hazzle nuts, maybe even try black walnuts.""

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon perks up at that thought. "Ooooo, cashews? Those are some of my favorites, and hazelnuts, too. Maybe walnuts could work as a substitute, since they really pretty much taste the same?" She rolls her eyes and chuckles. "Why do I have a feeling this is going to give your ma fits?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles, and says "Na, she might find it interesting, she has done a few substitute things for some of the neighbors who could not have something. She makes a pretty good sweet tater pie, for those who can't have pumpkin pie.

Nightingale has posed:
     "And she didn't send that recipe along?! Gaaaah! I love both sweet potato /and/ pumpkin pie!" Shannon giggles, more herself since the meeting with Jean and Scott had taken a huge weight off her shoulders. She does sober just a little bit though, her expression turning a bit more solemn. "Sam... when you were still where I am now... did you ever have anything go seriously wrong with your powers? Like me healing the wrong person did here. If you did... how did you get over it?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and says "Not sure if the same but you have heard the story of how Ah came to be part of the team, Ah sorta started there. Just friends and trying to do good."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head. "No, I've never heard that one. Please?" She perches on a stool to munch on her sandwich, and listen to Sam's tale. She does smile a little bit, thanking her lucky stars to have him among her adopted kin.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks to her, and nods. He gets himself some more tea. "Well, Ah was back home, working in the mines. Hating every minute of it, but it needed to be done to help Ma. There was a cave in, my powers kicked in and saved me and another. Few days later this guy comes up and offers me a job working security making about half again as much as Ah was making at the mine. Ah jumped on it."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon tilts her head, listening closely. Her brows furrow slightly, and she asks, "So that was the first time your powers kicked in? How old were you?" The sandwich is almost forgotten as she listens to his story.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Ah was 16m Ah was a late bloomer ah guess." He admits "Well, this fellow Mr Pierce, tells me about this bad man coming in and we needed to stop him. So had me blast into the guys jeep. Well Ah thought the guy had someone with him, but did not see anyone just this wolf. We took the bald gentleman in and back to Mr. Pierce's building."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon leans over and gives Sam a hug with one arm over his shoulders, and a wing wrapped around his back. "Hey, nothing wrong with being a late bloomer. What was a wolf doing there, anyways? And who was the bald gentleman, did you ever find out?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Oh yea, well, I was guarding the building, and while the bald man, and Mr Pierce was inside, and these kids attacked the building. The Guy who could turn into a black form that was super strong, a native american about my age, who could make you see your greatest fear or desire. This Vietnamese young woman who could take control of your body, and this young red headed girl who could turn into a wolf." He lets that sink in.

Nightingale has posed:
     Wait... something about a few of those descriptions sound very, /very/ familiar. "Dani... Rahne... not sure about a couple of the others. But those two, would I be guessing right?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Berto, and Xi'an, you aint met Xi'an. She is a librarian at another college now (Unless someone makes her something different). Well, I fought with them, and we broke through the wall. Mr Pierce had the bald man... Professor Charles Xavier." In a device and was fixing to kill them, tried to get me to help, and when Ah realized what was going on Ah would not help him. the Professor was able to use his telepathy to control Mr. Pierce, and we got away, and the Professor and the others left, with the others not trusting me, specially Berto.

Nightingale has posed:
     "And yet now, the way I've heard you talk about him, he's one of your best friends. Haven't spoken with him much myself but he's seemed nice enough." Her jaw drops. "Wait... you've actually met the Professor? You're one up on me, then." She tilts her head, biting her lower lip a little bit. "Guess I know how that feels. I'm scared people won't trust me now, after I screwed up so badly. So... wonder if that's a little taste of what you must have been feeling."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "well the Professor, talked to Ma,a nd me, and invited me up. Ah came up unsure a bit and Berto was all what are you doing here, but Rahne looked at him, and said she was the first one I fought with and if she could give me a chance he could. Berto has a hard time telling a pretty girl no, and even harder back then. He gave me a chance, and as the only two guys on the team for a while we bonded pretty fast. He was only 12 then, Rahne 13, and Dani about my age, Ah started looking after them like ah did the youngens back home."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, and smiles some. "So you didn't exactly have an easy time of it either. Doesn't sound like any of you did, really." She chuckles a little bit, thinking for a moment. "I never knew Dani could do that. Only ever saw her leaning into her powers once, and that was when she was going full-on Valkyrie that first field trip."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Her powers have changed a bit over the years. Now she makes more solid objects or things someone is either wanting or dreading mostly. The Asgardian stuff came a couple years in. When we were stopping one of Loki's schemes."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon grimaces a little bit, as if she'd eaten a very sour slice of lemon. "Do I even want to know why he chooses to come here, of all places?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie shrugs a bit and says "Ah don;t kjnow in all honestly so Ah can't really tell ya."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shrugs. "Worst part is, if he ever came here hurt like that again... damn it, I'd still wind up healing him and I bet he knows it. I'd sure be asking a whole lot more questions, though, especially if I'd be putting myself at serious risk like that."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Could have been he somehow knew about your powers, could have been cause of Dani and Brightwing, maybe he thought he was dieing and going to a valkyrie to try to get in valhala, could have just been cause we have stuff here that has been to Asgard, Ah doubt we will ever know for sure to be honest.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon rolls her eyes. "Normally I'd say just ask the source, but this time I wonder if it's such a good idea. Seems like he could either be an interesting ally... or a real pain in the ass. Take your pick."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Ah think more pain in the ass, but then again, Ah have been out drinking with Thor." He grins over at her as he has a sip of his tea."

Nightingale has posed:
     "Bullshit." Shannon just bursts out laughing, and shakes her head. "You are SO pulling my leg on that one. Get outta town!" Her eyes crinkle up at the corners, and her shoulders shake with mirth.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie shakes his head a bit and says "Nope bull true, got in a little trouble over that one. We had a message needed to get to him to make sure was not a problem. So, Rahne, Myself and another of our students flew out to new Aagard to give him the message. Turned out was not as bad as we thought, but we had dinner and drinks in a meed hall with him there.

Nightingale has posed:
     "And you probably had the mother of all hangovers for your trouble. Serves you right." Shannon giggles at the thought, just shaking her head. Yeah, right. Sam? Tipsy? As if! She sobers briefly as a particular thought flits across her mind, and she seems to be choosing her words carefully. "Okay, so we both of us know the hard way that yeah, there's more to the old Norse myths than you'd think. So... think there might perhaps be something to the old Greek myths as well....?" Her voice seems to trail off a bit, and she peers intently at Sam, trying to gauge his reaction.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Wonderwoman is supposed to be connected to those connected to them I think aint she? With the Norse being real, Hercules being about and such, AH don't see why not to be honest."

Nightingale has posed:
     Now Shannon -really- goes quiet, that eerie sort of quiet from her that reeks of 'oh, boy'. "Then... oooo boy, I don't know if I ought to be telling Scott and Jean about this one. Because I've got a pretty fair idea I may have run into one of the Greek pantheon some weeks ago... way before this whole Loki mess. So... I don't know how they'd feel about it..."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie looks at her, and says "Care to fill me in on that one?" he will ask, as he sips his drink and moves to wash his dish from food.

Nightingale has posed:
     "I tried to not long after it happened, but I think it went over your head at the time." She shrugs a little. "You've given me little pop quizzes, now it's my turn to give you one. See if you can remember which of them had 'Earth-shaker' as one of their titles?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and says "Not sure, who is the greek god of volcanos? He hmmms, and says "Greek aint one Ah am good with to be honest.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head. "No, that was Hephaestus. Try again." She can't help smiling a little bit, making him work for the answer. Payback was a pain!

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and says "Mercury hermes, is the speedster, Jupitor Zues is the main one.. Pluto?

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head. "No, but you were getting closer." She seems to mull this over just a little bit longer. "Would you believe... Poseidon?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie 's brow raises a bit and says "Now why would he be called earth shaker, when he was a water god.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles a little bit. "Supposedly he had control over earthquakes as well, though I'm not sure how much of that is embellishment tacked on by man over the centuries or no. A lot of things I've seen here since arriving have made me question a lot of stuff. But yeah. I'm wondering if I should be telling Jean and Scott about that one just yet if at all, or wait till they're through dealing with this Loki mess before springing it on them."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Well where did you meet him, was it anywhere near the school?" He will ask thinking about it"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shakes her head. "No, it was actually Salem Center. Not on school grounds at all. It was right after the protest where Daniel was lost. I brought my laptop to the park there for a change of scenery, was kind of hoping to clear my head a little. The whole 'travel in pairs' thing hadn't been made quite so hard and fast so yeah, I was alone. The music I was working on had a lot of ocean sounds to it. I remember asking myself why we were given these gifts we have, if they can't do any good when they're needed the most. Next thing you know..." She shrugs, and tilts her head. "I'm actually kind of inclined to get your take on it, if I ever run into him again. After this whole mess, I'd rather make sure I'm not being tricked all over again."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and says "Well honestly I aint sure, Let me do a bit of reading up on his legends and such then fill me in more?

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods. "If you want I can let you borrow my mom's old book on Greek myths, if that'd help." She shakes her head and laughs a bit. "I sure do seem to step right into the big ones, don't I?"