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Jean Grey	Yesterday was armed men, armored vehicles, and rumors of mutant cures rippling through the student body, all thanks to US Senator Graydon Creed, of New York. Jean's been out of her office since then, with a stick-figure Jean fishing in a lake taped over the intercom unit beside her door. It is only since today - tonight, really, beneath clear skies - that she's actually been at Breakstone Lake, however, sans boat and rod. Instead, clad in a commemorative Li'l Yachty's Li'l Caribbean Cruise shirt and black capris, she's in lotus pose about two feet off of the ground beside the shore with a pile of small rocks heaped nearby. Now and again, a stone lifts, turns, and dances for a few seconds-- before sharply whipping towards the Lake, oftimes skipping several times before sinking.
Eva	Eva has been spotty at best of late. She's been out doing things, training and learning. Getting better acquainted with her abilities and even soaking up some sun in Hawaii. Yup she's been around just not so much around the school. Today though she is coming back. She actually has a stack of chicago deep dish pizzas with her. After all, She's a young adult and the idea of pizza to deal with her crazy metabolism is a great idea. A streak of silver and with yellow and reddish lightning coming off it comes tearing across the lake, running on top of the water's surface. It comes to a stop revealing, a woman wearing a cowled mask and looking rather impressive. Like a heroine! "Hey Jean. Good to see you! Sorry I've not been around so much."
Jean Grey	An unnatural wave cuts across a skipping stone's path, flicking it on a sure route to the heart of the first tree it meets-- until it comes to an abrupt halt near the shore. Simultaneously, the rest of the pile - maybe two dozen stones in all - swirls into the air, dispersing into something not unlike an earthen cloud as narrowed green eyes struggle to track the meta tearing across the lake. Her feet hit the ground shortly afterwards; her knees bend, her right fist tucks in close to her hip, and her left index and middle fingers find her temple. Eva reveals herself a beat before Jean's psyche brushes against the surface of hers-- just enough contact to try and get a broad sense of motives, emotional state, and identity. It's brief, breaking with widening eyes and an inhaled, "Aah!" at the sight of a colorful new costume combined with a familiar mind. "I mean, I just figured you realized what you'd gotten yourself into," she replies with a small, tight smile as rocks thump all around. It fades as her head cants and her eyes visibly trace never before seen lines. "I know you're the expert, and all, but-- " A broad, up and down gesture. "-- seems a little colorful for creature of the night-hunting, no?" Her gesturing hand briskly, dismissively waves this away, and she takes a step towards the speedster she's still studying. "Where've you-- been?"
Eva	Eva smiles and shakes her head, "This isn't for hunting. Its for helping people. I sorta ran into a burning building wearing a sports bra and yoga pants. Flash caught a glimpse of it and decided I needed a proper suit if I am going to help people as a hero type." She breams a little and pulls the mask off her face. "As for where I've been, Well, I've been learning. I know I was lackinf with my training as far as powers go, so I did some learning and was taught a few things. I'm much more confident with my abilities. Plus, Even though I still need to eat crazy amounts, I've been given a few tips on where to go for different foods! I Grabbed some Chicago deep dish if you're interested." She laughs, "Oh I also got to go to the place where I was born. Got to soak up some sun while I was there. I was born in Hawaii. I figured I don't have a class to teach until next month... Next week actually. So I just wanted to better myself a bit. The nice thing is, I didn't even do any hunting!"
Jean Grey	The beginnings of the explanation earn a sympathetic wince as Jean gets close enough to pull the former(?) huntress in for a quick 'welcome back' hug-- "We ''generally'' prefer our staff to let us know when they're gonna go on leave for training." -- which gradually turns into a longer embrace as Jean just-- sort of-- lingers there as long as Eva allows her to, arms wrapped tight around the costumed educator's shoulders as she stares out over the water. "Especially if they're gonna come back ''Flash''-branded," she quietly appends. "How was it, going back? Especially considering you not wanting to fall back into old habits-- and, I mean, succeeding, but. Still." She doesn't comment on the pizza. Her nose wrinkled at the offer, but, well-- that may not ''mean'' much at the moment. "I mean, obviously, I'm glad it sounds like this sabbatical did you some good."
Eva	Eva smiles a little, "Forgive me for that. I will remember that for next time." She does accept the hug. Its not exactly something she has had for a long time. "As far as being Flash Branded, I'm not exactly flash branded. Apparently the speedsters like him act as a family and teach each other stuff. He did bring me into that family which is really nice." She smiles a little. "My parents were on vacation when I was born. I didn't stay there long. I grew up in Independance, Missouri. It was actually nice. It was a chance to think back on times before I was a hunter. Plus, there is something about the Pacific Ocean that just helps relax ya." Something that is noticable is, nothing is happening through that hug. There is no speed change like there had been before.
Jean Grey	"I see a good five or six lightning bolts," Jean gently retorts. "You're at least a 'little' bit Flash-branded." Once that's said, she - finally - lets go-- of the hug. To grip Eva's shoulders while taking a step back as curious eyes flick over her anew. Inquisitive fingers shift slightly up or down the speedster's arms a couple of times as she talks about Hawaii, before - '''finally''' - withdrawing to comb back through red locks. "So, what, uh-- '''happened'''?" she just out and asks as hair is idly maneuvered to fall over a shoulder. "It hasn't been ''that'' long-- just how much time did you spend training? What all did you learn?"
Eva	Eva laughs, "Well, I do tend to be covered in lightning when I run. So lightning was just the motiff of the day. I'll be fine as long as no one calls me Flash girl or anything. Ick!" She smiles and shrugs, "Well, you see, when I let myself speed up mentally, my perception of time changes. Seconds feel like minutes, Minutes like hours. Hours like days and so on. Between my speed and how my mind works, I can do a lot of training in a short time. As for what I learned, I learned to make vortexes with my arms. I can run at Mach 3. Oh and something I am working on is the ability to phase. Vibrating my molecules at such a speed that I can pass through solid objects."
Jean Grey	"What happens if you get distracted?" Jean wonders as her arms fold across her chest and she begins to slowly circle the speedster. A ways behind where she was, one of the rocks from her pile begins to rise. "While you're in a wall, or something, I mean-- are you doing anything to work on your concentration?" To punctuate this question, the rock goes from zero to roughly a hundred miles per hour, on a collision course with Eva's chest. '''*hwoosh!*''' "Focus is paramount-- if you're ''actually'' gonna be doing superheroics, I don't think I have to tell you, exactly, that things can get chaotic and distracting in a hurry, but-- well, they ''can''. Doesn't matter what your power is--" If it turns out that Eva isn't paying enough attention, the rock will stop ''just'' short of hitting her-- after making a last-moment detour to hover between her eyes. Either way, four more stones leave the ground a beat later. "-- if you can't keep up with the variables, if you slip-- you die," '''*hwoosh!*''' '''*hwoosh!*''' '''*hwoosh!*''' '''*hwoosh!*'''
Eva	Eva is listening and paying close attention. WHen she notes the rock moving. She snickers a little. The thing goes sailing. Its moving pretty good as her body begins accelerating. Lightning arcs around her as she quickly moves onto the other side of Jean. "Yeah,focus is one of those things I had to learn when it came to learning ritual magic. Sometimes ya gotta use some magic to deal with some monsters." She smiles as more rocks come flying. She quickly begins making small circles with her arms, attempting to catch those rocks in a vortex and stop them from hitting her.
Jean Grey	Eva appears beside Jean, only to be greated by a geyser of grass and sod aimed squarely at her face. Thoughfully, it is packed loosely enough to stain more than sting, intended to keep the former huntress on her toes more than anything else. "''Please'' don't teach the kids ritual magic," she immediately instructs without actually looking at Eva-- or much of anything, though her eyes are pointed, vaguely, towards the lake. It's just as well that she isn't using them: red locks flutter before her vision and lash around her body as Eva's vortex picks up steam. Instead, it's a feeling that tells her when the filthy fountain scatters upon meeting the stone-scattering vortex, an instinct that guides grass blades in curving arcs around the mutant-- and keenly honed will that sees her responding by bringing a sixth rock into the air to orbit Eva, hovering just beyond the vortex's reach while occasionally threatening to dart in on her from some new angle like a smooth, flat killer bee. All the while, astral eyes spy across the uppermost layers of Eva's psyche in the hopes of giving Rock no. 6 something like a homing system. The ex-huntress' mind may move quickly enough to make this only somewhat more useful than trying to track her visually, but Jean endeavours to make the stone a persistent annoyance that ''demands'' attention, even if she's unlikely to be able to fully predict the other woman's movements. "Illyana's flowers are bad enough," she mutters as three more rocks lift off and race along zig-zagging, but otherwise unguided trajectories towards Eva. "God only knows ''what'' we'd end up with if ''actual'' novices..." Following a brisk headshake, she continues, "Anyway," at a more conversational volume, "'''Are''' you gonna be doing superheroics? On a regular basis?"
Eva	Eva shakes her head, "There are things I know that I will not teach. The magic I know is one of them. There are things that are common, Like dealing with spirits and the occasional vamp. But somethings, I would never want anyone dealing with. A hunter friend of mine, actually warned me about some things as well. Last thing I ever want is to get anyone hurt." As the vortex fades and the rocks drop, the young speedster snickers. "Cute." Lightning arcs in her eyes as she takes off. Shis moving fast and thinking even faster. She's watching how Jean is moving the rock. She smiles and her body accelerates. Then, with an explosion of speed she goes after the rook, trying to catch it. " I keep hearing about those flowers. I've not seen them yet." SHe laughs as she keeps running. "Its not something I will let interfere with teaching. I see the two things as equally important. Both will save lives."
Jean Grey	By the time she catches up with Eva's intentions, Jean only has enough time to quickly draw her hands up and silently snap two sets of fingers. This shifts the stone from trying to track and harry the huntress to flipping end over end on a path intended to leave it resting atop Eva's head, still and free for the taking. The small smile accompanying this gambit doesn't just fade shortly afterwards, it is obliterated as her voice falls into a somber register and she notes, "Just remember that one of them could kill you. Not that you have to stop, or to choose. I know you're responsible, and I know you're smart, and willing to give it your best to look after whatever kids end up in your class-- you wouldn't be able to be ''you'', otherwise. But-- remember. That's all." Following a sharp, heavy breath, she musters a fresh smile. Sans any further rocks or grass, she holds her hands out towards Eva. "So. Welcome back-- try to keep the unexplained absences to a reasonable minimum once you're in a classroom, alright?"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I will have to mess with Overtkill at some point, I have an irrational like of him due to a childhood wasted on Spawn comics"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I'd have taken Magik too, if I hadn't completely forgotten to think about her when I was grabbing Jean"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I've wanted to try Magik for years, but she's /never/ open"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I love 'There are no snowflakes in Hell' from Kieron Gillen's X-Men"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I think /he/ decided his Loki ended like it did"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Nah, I think he was just being intentionally meta and acknowledging how comics work in general"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Like, 'yeah, i did some dope shit here, but we all know this is gonna change back because this is how it goes'"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "The end of Morrison's Batman, though, that was /definitely/ angry"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "They've actually been pretty good about maintaining the new status quo with Loki /for now/ at least"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "It'll definitely get changed at some point, even if it's, yeah, in 10-15 years"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "When someone who was like 'man, i loved loki in those old movies' comes into a job"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "And Alias, too-- he's just not good with team books, is my main beef with him"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Doom still does plenty of bad shit, honestly - he skinned his former love and used Reed's kid as a familiar to torment the family, for example - but yeah"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Right, I'm not saying he's not ultimately kind of a tweener in the way that Magneto is, but I'd hesitate to say he's not a bad guy, still"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "He's just a bad guy who has a point of some kind/some redeeming qualities"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Not even to the same extent of Magneto, honestly, at least prior to this post-Secret Wars period, perhaps-- I haven't seen any of him in Iron Man yet"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "For the most part, people seem to be in agreement that Magneto's basically a good guy, if a hard-edged one, at this point"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I think the fact that the first bunch I read when I was seriously geetting into 'em just clicked really hard with me helped"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "And the fact that I waited until I was relatively old to get super into 'em"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I'm not, like, attached to the stuff super hard, so it kind of rolls off my back when it's bad"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "It was, like, a smattering of X-Men, and then 90s DC for me, growing up"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "And then late 90s/00s Justice League, New X-Men, and a bunch of DC mature readers/Vertigo books"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Mine was like-- I'm pretty sure it was part 2 of a What If about the Phoenix coming back"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I didn't realize it was part 2 until I was an adult"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "X-Force 1 and that New Mutants where Kitty calls Xavier a jerk were in there too"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I was watching exclusively cartoons at the time, I think"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I can't think about trap doors like that without being reminded of the wrestler who got crippled due to landing the wrong way on a trap door for some stunt that was absolutely not worth the trouble"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I go back and forth on being particularly into the actual product, but the backstage stuff is always engaging for me"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I lied slightly, I never go back and forth on being into Total Divas"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Can someone do me a favor and name rich comic book characters"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I guess it's been a long-ass time since I read DV8"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Probably, yeah, my memory of anything past Ellis' chunk is way shakier"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I don't remember much about G&M at this point beyond the premise, tbh"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Like, I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't have read it if someone hadn't been complaining about its very existence due to the sanctity of DV8"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Yeah-- it was well past Wildstorm's Crisis event, wasn't it?"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Not that long after I read DMZ, which made me sad. I liked DMZ, too"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Even if it was a bit repetitive in some ways"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Who I at least don't /think/ has done anything truly awful"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I would believe Alan Moore cornered a girl in an elevator, also"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I don't remember dick about Top 10 at this point"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I don't think anyone disagreed with the premise that a cure could be useful for some people"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Just the part where discussion on it is centered on a kid who for some weird reason I can't meet or talk to"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I don't think I wanna get into talking about a Jewish kid who is desparate to cure her Jewishness"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "But, also, it requires a certain amount of projection for 'holy shit you found a homeless mutant, i'm concerned about this, i want to meet her to see if there's anything i can do to help' to turn into crazy talk about collecting kids"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I can see why Graydon might think so, but I think that's a function of who he is more than it being /objectively/ crazy-sounding"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Since, IIRC, I think she/Hank even acknowledged that a 'no' would be a valid answer"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I've gotta get read to head out for the day shortly"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Yeah, that was definitely a logical leap on Jean's part"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "This is what happens when you spend your formative years doing superhero shit"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "And, probably, seeing a screwed up gov't initiative or two"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I wanna have her try and use Cerebro to track Rose down, though, ultimately"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "How do you feel about scared mutant girls being experimented upon"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "There isn't even a lot she can conveniently /do/ with her location either, because lol, he's a Senator"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I'm pretty glad to have an honest to God political villain around, that almost never happens"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Belatedly, it def. looks like you made the right choice in grabbing her"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "In fairness, unlicensed gothing does seem to be kind of a growing problem around these parts"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "At a minimum, I'd bet he keeps an eye on a few boards for 'just in case' purposes"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Oh, nice, didn't see that there was a Freefall, too"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I wonder if someone'll actually do Grunge, I think he's the only one I've never seen"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I just know I didn't really read the Simone stuff, is all"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "but I might've stumbled across that piece of information randomly anyway"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "And, well, Claremont, but not in a remotely positive light"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "and have wildstorm still function, not without a ton of work"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "That's one thing I appreciated about it, even back in the 90s, they were good about maintaining a decent interconnected continuity"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I think once it was clear that was gonna be the case, I checked out on the rest of Worldstorm"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Yeah, I read the Lost Year or whatever, but... yeah"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I only really bother with a PB if I happen to have one in mind I really like"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I forget who did the art, but I remember really liking Warlock's aesthetics early-ish on in the NM reboot"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "i need to track down everything i can by him, i'm pretty sure there's a lot i've missed"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "At least, I think that's a recent conceit? Maybe not"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Looks like Captain Marvel, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Deadpool, Wolverine"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "It'd be like, Northstar or Aurora, maybe, for me, of the canon ones"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I never had a lot of affection for Alpha flight"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Yeah, that entire group was meant to be a riff on the Superfriends"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I think Cadmus, but Luthor might've been involved with 'em"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "She was like the one decent thing about Team Achilles"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "If mixing it up's so wrong, why are you wearing that Xavier's uniform"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "Yeah, you'd really have to plan for its existence from the outset, It hink"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "At least, if you want the full on classic version"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I should be on earlier tomorrow, but I'd have to double scene then"
Jean Grey	Jean Grey says, "I mean, maybe, but what's SHIELD gonna do, send a Helicarrier to get blown up by a 16 year old?"