9895/Catching Up With A Sam

Catching Up With A Sam
Date of Scene:	03 November 2019
Location:	Shannon's Room (East Halls), Xavier's School
Synopsis:	Sam and Shannon catch up; Shannon may wind up with a roommate for a few days, if Alexis visits the mansion. Choices and possibilities are discussed for Shannon's future, and she puts roots down at the school.
Cast of Characters:	Nightingale, Cannonball

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Nightingale has posed:
     It's a quiet afternoon, and one student is not out and about with the rest. No, she's taking advice from teachers and counselors, and indulging in one of her passions--music. For once, Shannon's left her headphones off as she sits at her keyboard, playing and belting out a classic tune from an era some probably wish really -had- died.

"At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side
I spent so many nights thinkin' how you did me wrong
I grew strong, and I learned how to get along...!!!"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie comes by to check on Shannon. HE will lightly knock on the door after listening to her play a bit through the door.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon lets the notes fade as she hears the knock at her door, turning around a bit on the bench. "Come in, I'm decent!" Indeed, she is, just kicking it in her jeans, white t-shirt, and bare feet.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles a bit as he walks in "Hey kiddo, how you doing?" He asks as he walks in and offers her a smile "Sounded good."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon chuckles, her cheeks going a little bit red. "Thanks. Kind of sucked, I flubbed the second line of that verse. Going to have to work on it." She smiles, eyes twinkling with mischief as she peers over at him. "So how's things with you? And Alexis, too."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Doing good, she and Ah might be hanging out later today. Talked to the Prof, and got permission to bring her out to the school, and know about the mutants and helping them, not about the x-men but the basic school stuff

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods, biting her lower lip. "She's already seen me with my wings, will I need my inducer on if she comes by, or is she going to know about all that stuff? I mean, she already came /really/ close to figuring out you're part of something secret. She's just not sure what."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie says, "Well like I said mutants and helping them is good and will know about it, but won't know about the X-men or anything below ground only thing am sorta unsure about is Brightwing"

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon nods. "You could ask the Professor about that, too, but if she accepts a human with wings, it makes sense a horse with wings wouldn't be far off. But I'd trust his judgement on that, I'm just a kid." Shrugging, she smiles wryly. "And not all that great with this stuff."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and nods his head a bit "He trusts my opinion on it, and even offered to let her stay a couple days if she wants. Thought about seeing if you wanted a room mate for a couple days if she does.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon is already opening her mouth, and then just bursts out laughing. "You might want to get tested for telepathy there, big brother. I was literally just thinking that if she ever came here, I wouldn't mind a roommate. Just warn her that I /snore/."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie chuckles a bit and says "So, seemed like you like her a bit more now and a lot less rip her heart out." He teases a bit to her, and grins

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon waves her hand dismissively. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll still rip her heart out if she ever hurts you. Been there, done that, don't wanna do it again or see it happen to someone else."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles a bit at her and says "Well Ah am glad your getting along with her now, and willing to sing a bit more and chance of you getting on stage and more.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon rolls her eyes. "Oh for frak's sake... you're not going to rest till I'm on that stage during business hours, are you?" She lets out a heavy sigh, and just bows her head in surrender. "FINE... oh, by the way... you might want this card. Guy named Byron came by the club while I was there. One helluva musician. Told him I'd pass his card along to you, and see if there were any openings for him to play there sometime." She fishes a card out of her little brown bag and holds it out to Sam.

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and nods his head a bit and takes the card and looks over it "Will have to give him a call, and see what he is like, what he play?

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon shrugs. "He took up guitar while I was there... I was on the keyboard as usual. Hell, he said something about having his own label, tried to encourage me to get involved with it. Told him I'd have to ask my folks on that one, I'm still just 16."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hmms and nods his head a bit to this and says "Lets see, doing back ground for national sensation, sung on televised for millions maybe billions of folks, another label talking to you, but your not that good?" He grins at her

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon lets loose a torrent of oaths that would likely get her a 'Sprache!' from Kurt if he were in earshot. "You're right I'm not. I just tried telling Chris the same blessed thing. I've had maybe a few piano lessons under my belt before my gifts manifested, and a whole lot of time on my hands after to practice, and not a lot of ways to vent about everything that was happening. Artists like Andrea, and probably Byron, have had professional training, experience, and who knows what else that I just do not have. I've just got me, my hands, and my heart. They've got more talent in their pinkie fingernails than I do in my whole body. Wanna try running that one by me again?"

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smirks a bit and moves to hug her, and says "How about they have more training than you? And we don't compare talent as most artists think everyone is more talented than them

Nightingale has posed:
"They have more professional training. I just have my hands, my heart, a couple lessons, and time to practice and teach myself." She hugs Sam tightly, and sighs a bit. "This is getting really confusing. I know I want to heal and come back here to teach... but on the other hand there are dreams I thought were gone for good, and all of a sudden it looks like they might be alive again after all...."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie smiles and says "Kiddo, you can do most anything you want never let your dreams die, you can get to where you want if your willing to work on it

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon smiles a little bit. "Yeah but now I've got more choices than I thought Someone Up There was going to allow me. And I wish I could take them all. I'm not giving up healing. And I want to teach here. It's home, and the people here are family. I want to give others the same chance I was given. But I don't want to give up on my music now, either, not when chances I thought were dead are coming around again."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie nods, and says "Well also remember you can take time away and come back after a bit of living and seeing things. You will have plenty of time, and you got a few years before ya have to worry about it.

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon laughs, and shakes her head. "Sam, I've seen the hate and the bigotry out there. We all have. We don't go looking for it, but it finds us here anyways. The wounds I heal are because of that hatred that's been inflicted on others. I'm not taking time away from this place. That's not even on the table. There's too much good I can do right here, and maybe through this place, some real good out there, too. I'll make a stand, alright, and it will be with this school."

Cannonball has posed:
Samuel Guthrie hugs and says "Making a stand does not mean you have to not have a life." He hugs her again, phone ringing "Look like I need to take this."

Nightingale has posed:
Shannon laughs and just hugs more. "You don't get it, do you? When my folks brought me here, they /gave/ me a life. And I'm determined to live it." She pouts and nods. "Stop being such a dang stranger, okay? You know I always miss you."