Of Many Returns (July 10th to the 31st)

X-Men 2020 Role-Playing Records
The following is the story in Air Raiser's X-Men 2020 RP at http://www.oocities.org/the2020rp/.

This Role Playing thread are most of the posts that were created from 10th of July to the 31st. The Fade and HMTHS thread continued, and everything to do with the HMTHS is in it's own thread, Day of Chaos - HMTHS.

NOTE: Not every single posting was copied into this file. Only the posts that actually added to the plot line where added. Most of the Out Of Character (OOC) comments have been eliminated to save space. Some of the text as been changed to combine two or more different threads. If you have any problems with with this notify me, Sirah at the2020rp@yahoo.ca

The girl
Posted by Reflection on 7/10/2001, 8:42 pm
sits inside the diner, dozing lightly against one of the benches. Her light brown hair is braided halfway down, she must have fallen asleep while plaiting it.
The cold grey metal that binds her hands shines dully in the evening light.

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 8:48 pm
Walk down the street towards the diner. The silver and grey haired fourteen year old walks beside his older sister, a white haired woman with a streak of black through it. Behind them is an Irishman with black hair shot through with a streak of white at each temple. The boy and woman go through the door while the Irishman jumps up on the windowsill of the broken window and crouches there, his pure black eyes glances around caustiously as the other two sit in a booth near the window.

Posted by Reflection on 7/10/2001, 8:49 pm
The girl wakes with a start, eyes showing their true color for once; pale tawney flecked with a spectrum of color.
"Hello?"

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 8:53 pm
All three turn to look her her direction. The silver and grey haired boy smiles and says, "Hey." His sister also smiles but the Irishman remains crouched on the windowsill, saying nothing and barely moving. His slightly spiky hair makes him look like a hawk.

Posted by Reflection on 7/10/2001, 8:54 pm
"Haven't seen you two in a while." A slighlty shy smile ghosts over her face. She turns her attention to the silver haired boy. "Who are you?"

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 8:59 pm
Nightwolf wraps an arm around the boy's shoulders and says, "This is my little brother." The boy smiles and replies, "Quicksilver." NightHawk smiles at Reflection from his spot on the windowsill.

Posted by Reflection on 7/10/2001, 9:05 pm
"Oh. I'm Reflection." Her smile broadens a bit. "Nice to meet you." She glances over to the newcomer, remembering him hazily from before the lab. "Are you new here?"

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 9:08 pm
Quicksilver nods. "Yea. I got here about two months or so ago from Chicago."

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 9:14 pm
"Chicago? What's..." She's about to ask what that is, but she cuts herself off.
"Why'd you come here?"

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 9:18 pm
"I came looking for my sister."
Nightwolf gives a wide grin and says, "Who you found."
Quicksilver grins back and say, "By nothin but luck. I ran into NightHawk here and he led me to you."

Pulls up to the diner
Posted by A white van on 7/10/2001, 8:51 pm
One of the front windows rolls down, and the driver peers quizzically at the building.
"This the place?"
The muffled voice from the back must have given an affirmative. Despite his incredulous glance to the back seat, the man kills the engine, hops out, and opens the sliding side door.
"You're absolutely SURE this is the place? It looks kinda..."
A familiar voice comes from somewhere inside the car. "Yeah dude, I'm totally sure. You wanna let me out now?"
"Whatever." The guy shrugs and heads back to the driver’s seat.
Calvin jumps down to the sidewalk, a large grin on his face. The teen's a bit paler and thinner then he was when he left, but other then that, he seems to be in good health. After a few moments, the white van pulls away, leaving Calvin standing on the sidewalk in front of the diner.

Posted by Kanga on 7/10/2001, 8:58 pm
She looks out the window.
"Kat, you'd better get out here. We have company."
Kat peers out from the kitchen. "Wha?" She stalks over to the window and peers out. Her expression is funny to watch as it goes from shock to a huge grin.
Kanga eyes her strangely. "What? I don't like the looks of that van."
Kat grins."Calvin's back!!" She tries to run out the front door, but Kanga pulls her back.
"Stay out of the street! There's Norms around. Let him come in."
Kat snorts at her, and rushes over to the door, peering outside as she waits for Calvin to enter.

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 8:56 pm
The Irishman glances over his shoulder from his spot on the broken windows windowsill but says nothing. The other two also look outside but neither recognize the teen standing outside on the sidewalk.

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 8:58 pm
He walks up to the door and steps inside, smiling at Nighthawk. "Hey man." Apparently, he recognizes the Irishman from somewhere. "Wazzup?"

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 9:01 pm
Nighthawk blinks, his black eyes showing surprise for once. After a moment he replies, "Uh, hi. Not much." Nightwolf and Quicksilver look from NightHawk to Calvin then at each other.

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 9:03 pm
He grins over his shoulder at them. "That's cool." He doesn't seem to notice that the other isn't recognising him, but hey, that's Calvin for you.

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 9:06 pm
NightHawk gives a slight smile then looks at the two. "You two frozen or something?" Nightwolf shakes her head and Quicksilver pipes, "Nope!"

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 9:01 pm
His grin grows when he catches sight of Kat.
"Kat!" He vaults over a bench and makes a slightly clumbsy landing in front of the two. The kangaroo person gives him pause for a minute, but he's too preoccupied to worry. After a moment of not thinking of anything fitting to say, he goes with some of the norm. "Yo! Wassup?" His grin looks like it's going to split his face in half.

Posted by Kat on 7/10/2001, 9:05 pm
For a moment it looks like she's gona hug him, but she doesn't. She grinns wryly. "Well, let's just say I've had an interesting couple of weeks." She studies him for a moment. "So you're all okay?" She's almost bouncing up and down.
Kanga just watches the entire thing silently.

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 9:13 pm
His grin takes on a slightly mischevious cast. "So, didja miss me?"
He raises an eyebrow, the expression looking rather strange in contrast with his huge grin.
"Yeah? What's been going on?"
The teen nods vigorously at her question. "Yeah, I'm cool. The hosptial kept my 64 though." It doesn't seem like he really cares.

Posted by Kat on 7/10/2001, 9:16 pm
"Er.. The place has been kinda quiet.."
She seems somewhat reluctant to fill him in on what's happening recently.

Posted by Calvin on 7/10/2001, 9:18 pm
He cocks his head to one side, the grin toning down a couple notches.
"What? Seriously, what?"
"Oh wait, hold on, gotta get something real quick!" He dashes around the corner and into his room, not hitting the table, for once.

Posted by Kanga on 7/10/2001, 9:08 pm
Kanga turns her attention from the reunion to the others in the diner. Waving to the others she studies Reflection. The roo girl is staring at the girls hands. She blinks, and looks down at her own metallic arm.

Posted by The three on 7/10/2001, 9:13 pm
Nightwolf grins. "Hello Kanga." Quicksilver gives a grin equal to his sisters while NightHawk gives a small wave.

Posted by Reflection on 7/10/2001, 9:13 pm
Notices the other looking at her, then the arm.
"Woah..." Her voice is almost too quiet to hear. She stands up hesitantly and walks over. "Hi..."

Posted by Kanga on 7/10/2001, 9:21 pm
She's still staring. She blinks, realizing what she's doing.
"Um, hello."

At a theatre...
Posted by Two on 7/11/2001, 1:45 pm
Inside the theatre a play is going on. Several players are involved, and the audience seems to be overrun by over dressed norms.
About halfway through the production two canteens of knock-out gas are placed in the vents. No more than two minutes later did the canteens start to release the gas into the auditorium.

Both audience and players don't notice the gas until they've been knocked out.
Two forms enter the room, both wearing all black including their masks. One's a woman whose just a little shorter than her accomplist who is loading his gun.
"Amusing how they didn't even try to get out of their seats when the players were knocked out. Mindless creatures.."
"You said it." Replies the man.
"We have 30 minutes, so grab all you can." The woman starts to fill a bag up with cash taken out of some guys wallet. It seems the two are here to take valuable items.
The man takes to the other side of the audience, filling his own bag with whatever seems valuable.
About ten minutes later a woman walks back into the room.She starts to scream and tries to run.
"Looks like we've got a problem."
"Only a small complication." She says this before firing a gun at the woman who falls over right after it pierces her skin. "Now doesn't this beat watching TV back at the apartment?" She chuckles before putting her gun back in her belt.
"Babe, anything beats that." He smirks before glancing back at her, "Do we have enough?"
"Of course. We don't need anymore. Lets have a little more fun, shall we?"
"It'd be my pleasure." He ties the bag of money to his belt and removes what looks like a flame thrower from his backpack.
The woman smirks,"Scorch it."
Flicking a switch he turns it on and proceeds to light all the walls on fire. When he's done he flicks the switch and puts the flamethrower back into the backpack. "Shall we go now?"
She nods and motions for him to follow her towards the door,"All the doors are locked, the flames will eat away everything in about twenty minutes, that should get rid of all the evidence that we were here."
"If all the doors are locked how will we get out?"
"Give me your hand." She holds his hand before starting to run towards the door. As soon as the two hit the door they turn into black smoke.
The theatre continues to burn with both audience and players still inside. Even though the fire department would be there soon to put out the flames,The evidence would still be destroyed.

The mutant...
Posted by Theif on 7/13/2001, 6:24 pm
...leans against a wall of a narrow between two buildings. His face is an expression of mirth, as if the entire world has suddenly proven enormously funny.

Posted by Oblivion on 7/13/2001, 6:28 pm
Leaps over the gap between the two buildings. When he noticed that there's someone below him, he peers over the roof. Looking down at Theif he wonders what the man below him finds so funny. He wouldn't mind knowing the joke.

Posted by Theif on 7/13/2001, 6:36 pm
He allows a slight chuckle to escape him. The other's mental presense infringes on the edges of his awarness. He blinks and slowly turns around, unable to keep the mirth out of his expression.

Posted by Oblivion on 7/13/2001, 6:42 pm
He takes a quick poke at his natural shield against telepaths. It seemed okay, it was possible that the mutant below was detecting the hole in his awareness, not actually Oblivion's presence. He looked down at the mutant below him, usually it was him being asked what was so funny, not the other way around. It annoyed him a bit.

He entered the familiar diner,
Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 12:03 pm
looking it up and down, and noticing the changes. It looked lived in now. It had been so long...
Remembering what he came for, he went into a back room to get a ladder then carried it slowly over by the main door. He climbed it quickly, then expected the device he had placed above the door that detected mutants.
He was right, it definitly had been tinkered with. He inspected it closely, not wanting to touch it.
What did the MTHS mutant do to this? he thought.

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 12:16 pm
NightHawk suddenly jumps in through the broken window, bounces off a table, and slids into a seat at the counter. Nightwolf follows him in, sliding into the booth below the window. A strange silver substance creeps over the windowsill and slids into the opposite seat in the booth. It forms a puddle then does nothing else. NightHawk turns and watches Dagger while Nightwolf looks at him once, blinks, then peers over the table at the silver puddle in the opposite seat.

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 12:22 pm
He broke away from his thoughts and looked at them as they came in.
"Hello," he tells them, taking one last look at the device before heading back down the ladder, hand extended to the nearest person. "I'm Dagger. I don't think we've met..."

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 12:29 pm
NightHawk shakes his hand and softly says, "NightHawk." Nightwolf smiles and waves from the booth. "Nightwolf." She points over at the silver puddle and says, "And that would be my little brother Quicksilver."

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 12:32 pm
He smiled warmly, lowering his hand. "Pleased to meet you." He nodded to them all. "Now um, I've been away for a long time. Will any of you tell me if this," he gestured to the device above the main door, "has been acting strangely?"

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 12:38 pm
Both NightHawk and Nightwolf shake their heads. The silver puddle suddenly forms a human shape and then the silver kind of flakes off, revealing a fourteen year old boy with silver and grey streaked hair dressed in a black leather jacket, black shirt, and blue jeans even though its rather hot. He grins and gives a wave. "Hey. Name's Quicksilver." Nightwolf sighs and says, "Hush little brother." Then to Dagger she says, "I haven't seen it doing anything strange when I've been in here."

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 12:44 pm
He smiled and gave a friendly wink to Quicksilver then became serious again when Nightwolf spoke to him.
He sighed. "Then I'd better remove it and test it. I picked up an MTHS mutant messing with it, but I didn't get here in time to fix it...A couple weeks too late."
He climbed the ladder, then stopped halfway up. He looked back at them. "You sure?"

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 12:52 pm
Quicksilver grins back then grabs a stray fork, which turns into silver liquid, then he proceeds to roll it into a ball and toss it from hand to hand. Nightwolf nods. "Yes, I'm sure." NightHawk nods as well.

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 1:01 pm
He nodded, then continued to climb the ladder. Reaching out carefully, he began to disconnect it, but even if he had been even more careful, it still wouldn't have saved him from what happened next.
Suddenly a tiny bolt of energy jumped from the device to Dagger's finger and he fell off the ladder, unconscious before he hit the ground.
Above, abruptly the device self-destructed and it fell from the wall to land near Dagger's comatose body.

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 1:10 pm
All three leapt from their seats but Quicksilver was the fastest. He dived under Dagger's falling form, turning silver as he did. The silver turned into a sort of safety net by attaching to the counter and booths. As Dagger hit it there was a moan but the silver net held. Nightwolf snarled at the now disabled device then asked, "Are you okay Ben?" There was a sort of shiver in the silver but Quicksilver's voice said skakily, "Yea. I've got him." As this was going on NightHawk had bounded over the three and was poking caustiously at the slightly smoking device with one hand. "Horkan! Be careful!" The Irishman looked back at Nightwolf with a grin and said, "I am being careful Tagre." He continued poking at the device while Nightwolf checked Dagger's pulse.

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 1:18 pm
The device slowly stopped smoking as it cooled down. Dagger remained unconscious, his pulse slow but steady and his breathing the same.
~~~
Somewhere else, in the Headquarters for the Mutant Temporary Holding Stations, a personnel cursed and brought the self-destruction of the device to the attention of his superior officer, Mrs. Pike's attention.

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 1:26 pm
Nightwolf slowly sets Dagger's wrist down and says, "He's okay." She peers at the machine. "But I wonder what made it self-destruct." NightHawk continues poking at the device and says, "Probably boobytrapped. So whoever started to mess with it got one heck of a shock." Nightwolf nodded then looked down at Dagger and her brother, wondering how long Dagger would be out and how long her little brother could hold him up. She was also listening carefully for any hint that Dagger got worse or Quicksilver was giving out.

Posted by Dagger on 7/24/2001, 1:35 pm
Dagger continued to remain the same, and the device continued to cool down. Suddenly Dagger began to glow and then all of a sudden he was gone. Poof. Nadda. He just wasn't there any more.
~~~
The young man said into his telephone headset. "All right, we've got him. I sent him to Ms. Su's office."

Posted by The three on 7/24/2001, 1:45 pm
Nightwolf blinked and took a step back as Dagger began to glow. "What the he...." NightHawk blinked at the light and turned away. As Dagger vanished the silver net fell to the floor and slowly turned into a very tired Quicksilver. NightHawk turned around and asked, "Ah, what was that?" Nightwolf knelt and pulled her brother into her lap before answering. "I think its started. Their taking mutants." "Mallacht." He moved over to them and crouched behind Nightwolf, one hand resting on her shoulder.

Dozes...
Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 2:09 pm
...in one of the diner booth, her pale red-brown hair falling around her face. Every so often, she mutters something. Must be troubled dreams.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 2:21 pm
Drops down through the hole in the roof. He spots a speck of silver on the floor and wonders what it is. As he kneels down to get a closer look he spots Reflection in one of the booths. "Hmmmm." Rising he leaps onto the booths table and sits there, watching her and wondering if she could be a human who had wandered into the diner. A fireball forms in his hand and he begins to toss it from hand to hand while he watches her.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 2:47 pm
The girls eyes snap open, revealing metalic silver irises that quickly fade to the tannish color of the booth. She looks slightly bewildered as she sits up. A slight frown crosses her face at the sight of the other weilding a fireball.
"Who are you?" Her voice is very quiet.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 2:52 pm
He blinks, now knowing the girl is not human from her eyes. Continuing to toss the fireball and sit on the table he replies, "RedHawk."

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 2:56 pm
"Oh." She doesn't seem to be exactly sure what to say. "Hi..." The girl crosses her arms, revealling her most prominent feature; her hands. Each one is bound all the way around with dull grey metal from mid palm to the first knuckle of her fingers. The edges where the metal is welded to her flesh are marked by raised, white scar tissue.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 3:04 pm
One eyebrow raises at the sight of the metal bound hands but he says nothing. Tossing the fireball at a wall he slids off the table, catches the fireball, then sits down on one of the bar stools. After a moment of tossing the fireball he turns his all red eyes to the girl and asks, "So, you have a name?"

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 3:09 pm
"I guess I do, but... I don't know it." She shrugs. "People call me Reflection sometimes though."

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 3:15 pm
Smiles. "Well, hello Reflection." With that he falls silent and begins tossing the fireball against a wall.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 3:20 pm
She squints her eyes at it. Slowly, her irises take on a flickering flamelike image.
"How are you doing that?"

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 3:26 pm
He continues bouncing the ball at the wall. "Doin what?"

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 3:30 pm
"With the fire. How do you do it?"
Her eyes are slightly wider then usual with curiosity.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 3:42 pm
He blinks then regains his solemn face. "I simply can."

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 3:47 pm
"But... Oh."
She squints again, looking more confused then ever.
"So, can you do anything else?"

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 3:54 pm
Tosses the fireball into the air. "Nothing else like this but I have the eyesight and hearing of a hawk." With a grin he spreads a pair of large brown feathered wings from his back and says, "And of course I have these."

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 3:59 pm
Her expression fairly shouts 'COOL!'
"Woah!"
The girls eyes now hold the image of RedHawk with his wings unfurled.
"You can fly?"

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:00 pm
He grins, seemingly liking the attention. With a nod he replies, "I can."

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:01 pm
"Show me!"
Something about the girl has a constant childlike quality unusual for someone who appears to be fifteen or sixteen.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:05 pm
He blinks then smiles and says, "Alright." With that he grasps the fireball in one hand, where it vanishes in a burst of golden light. Sliding off the stool he jumps up and pulls himself up through the hole in the roof. Once there he reaches down a black gloved hand and asks, "Are you coming?"

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:07 pm
She grins and nods enthusiastically then grasps his gloved hand with her cold, paritally metal one.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:17 pm
He pulls her up onto the roof then rises and walks towards the edge. Standing there for a moment he runs a hand through his thick red streaked brown hair. He looks back at her and asks, "Ready?" To anyone who actually knows RedHawk would not recognize his attitude since he is not acting like his normal hot tempered self. Anyone who does know him would almost think he's actually.....relaxed.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:19 pm
"Yeah!"
Her grin is fairly splitting her face.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:21 pm
He almost laughs at her enthusiasm. Then he turns and....steps off the roof.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:26 pm
"Woah!" She stands as close to the edge of the roof as she can, her irises an instant replay of RedHawks flight.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:33 pm
As he steps down his wings flapp loudly several times and then he is in the air, catching a sudden updraft and soaring over Reflection's head. He catches another, going up higher. Then he amazingly does a flip in midair and continues flying.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:35 pm
She laughs gleefully and comes a little closer to the roof's edge to get a better veiw.
"Wooow..." Her voice sounds rather awed.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 4:44 pm
He continues flying and doing all sorts of tricks in the air.

Posted by Reflection on 7/24/2001, 4:53 pm
Midway through her clapping and cheering, she just kind of crumples to the ground. The girl's fast asleep. She seems to be doing that kind of thing a lot lately.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/24/2001, 5:01 pm
Sees her slump to the ground and grins. He lands beside her and carefully picks her up since her can't just leave her on the roof. Dropping down through the hole in the roof he lays her in the same booth she was laying in before. With a slight smile on his face he heads out the door, kicking the twisted piece of metal sitting in front of it aside.

Stretches
Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 6:59 pm
and yawns before shuffling out of his 'bedroom'. He searches around the outside for someone, but doesn't see anybody.
"Hm."

Posted by Kanga and Kat on 7/25/2001, 7:05 pm
Kanga is sleeping hunched over in a booth. Kat is sitting in the pipes again, a small jar full of M'n'M's clutched in her tail as she types away on her lap top.

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:11 pm
Muttering incoherntly, he opens the fridge door, blocking his veiw of Kanga before he notices her, and begins to rummage around. There's some pizza in there, but he has no idea how old it is. Oh well, looks fine. He grabs a peice, and a jar of salsa, and sits down to enjoy the former dipped in the latter.
"Yummy." Actually, said through a mouthful of food, it sounds more like "Ummeh."

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:14 pm
She jerks awake and sits up in her booth across the room from Calvin. Kat is totally oblivious, she continues to type.

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:20 pm
Suddenly, he makes a face and looks down at the salsa. "Eeew... it's got black things in it." He takes another cautious bite. "Oh well." Continued scarfing.

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:23 pm
She blinks and yawns, temporarily showing off her unusal pointed canines.
Kat is still typing away.

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:26 pm
The teen just happens to look up at the moment Kanga yawns.
"Yaaah!" He narrowly avoids falling backwards off his barstool.
The pizza plunks onto the counter, making something of a mess.

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:28 pm
Looks at him and almost starts laughing.
The shout brings Kat away from her computer screen as she looks down to see who's making all the fuss. She grins when she see's who it is. "Hullo Calvin!"

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:32 pm
He looks up at Kat, then speachlessly points at the Kangaroo halfling with an open mouth and rather frightened expression. A few moments later, he realizes that maybe Kanga -wasn't- threatening him and drops his arm. The scared expression goes to a rather sheepish one. "Um... nevermind."
He grins, still looking slightly abashed. "Hi Kat! And um... Hi..." He trails off, not remembering the other mutant's name.

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:35 pm
She's is trying not to laugh and looking faintly sheepish at the same time. "Kanga."

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:38 pm
"Oh. Hi Kanga..." His skin blushes slightly, making his slight smattering of sun-freckles dissapear. "Wassup?"
The sound of typing from the pipes catches his attention. "Wacha doin' Kat?"

Posted by Kanga and Kat on 7/25/2001, 7:41 pm
"Nothing much." Kanga smiles.
Kat blinks and looks at him. "Oh, just stuff."

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:42 pm
"That's cool." He gives a lopsided grin, still slightly embarrassed. "Um... tired?" He must be referring to the yawn.
"Stuff? What kind of stuff?" He cranes his neck curiously.

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:45 pm
"Kinda." She chuckles.
Kat blinks again. "Um, stuff."

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:48 pm
"Oh. Yeah, I can kinda tell, cause, ya know, yer, like, yawning and stuff."
He squints one eye closed in a quizzical expression, but shrugs and goes back to munching his salsa-pizza.
"Ok." After another bite, he looks up. "You know what this would be really good with?" He goes on without waiting for an answer. "Chocolate sauce!" Calvin runs over to the fridge, retreives some, and dumps most of it's contents into a bowl with most of the salsa, then keeps eating.
"Now, is n guud." (In other words, 'This is good.')

Posted by Kat and Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:51 pm
"Er, sure." Kanga blinks as he comes back with the chocolate sauce. She shoots Kat a 'is this guy crazy?' look.
Kat shakes her head, grinning slightly.

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 7:53 pm
He points at Kanga, then Kat with a gooey slice. "Anybody want some?"
He squints at it. "Hey Kat? How old is this pizza?"

Posted by Kanga on 7/25/2001, 7:58 pm
"Uh, no thanks." The roo mutant shakes her head.
Kat grins, but shakes her head as well. "Maybe later." She thinks. "I don't know.."

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 8:02 pm
"You sure? Ok, but dude, you're missing out."
He takes another bite, this time swallowing before continuing. "Oh. Cause I think It's a little stale. And that means...!" Leans his pizza against the edges of the chocolate/salsa bowl. "...time to order more!" He leaps off the chair and heads for the phone.

Posted by Kat on 7/25/2001, 8:13 pm
She moves to stop him. "Do you really want a pizza delivery boy showing up here? How about we make some instead. I'm sure there's enought suff around."

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 8:16 pm
He drops the phone into the receiver.
"Oh yeah. Don't want anyone ELSE ending up in a stupid camp." Now how did he find out about that? Almost as soon as he fell into it, he's snapped out of his bad mood.
"Right. So, what kind do you wanna make?" It seems slightly facade-ish, somehow.

Posted by Kat and Kanga on 7/25/2001, 8:19 pm
"Well, I was thinking that it would probably be safer for Kanga and myself if we just made our own." Kat says calmly.
Kanga reguards him suspicously. "Now how did you find out about that?"

Posted by Calvin on 7/25/2001, 8:25 pm
"Yeah, I know..."
His grey-green eyes alight on Kanga. "A buddy of mine online told me all about it, and guess what? They're putting in humans who are associated with mutants. That'd be like, me!" His voice is raised slightly.
He grumbles and tosses his slice of pizza into the trash can. He drags a hand over his face, looking appologetic.
"Sorry. I'm not mad at you, it's just... like... I have a really bad feeling about this. Like... Somehow I keep thinking 'I don't wanna go back' and stuff, but like, I've never been there before and..." He plunks a jug of milk down on the counter.
"Sorry."

Posted by Kat on 7/25/2001, 8:32 pm
She looks faintly sheepish. "I'm sorry I forgot to warn you. Anyone that comes in here is tagged. When the rest of us go, you come with us."
Both mutants nod in agreement. Kat because she feels exactly the same. Kanga, beacuse she actually remembers most of her lab expirence, and isn't ready to do it again any time soon.

A small falcon sores through the air
Posted by Falcon on 7/26/2001, 1:55 pm
high above the city. Its sharp eyes watch the people wander down below. Suddenly it notices something strange a small group of mutants are being led to a large grey van. The falcon glids down to get a closer look at what is happening.............

Posted by RedHawk on 7/26/2001, 1:57 pm
RedHawk flies above the city, spotting a falcon a little below him. Below it he sees a mutant suddenly dissapear. Blinking he circles lower, keeping his eye on the falcon.

Watches as the mutants dissapear
Posted by Falcon on 7/26/2001, 2:02 pm
The falcon is stunned and unable to understand what it is seeing. It flies a little lower and lands on a fire escape near where the mutant vanished. Its eyes search where the mutant was but it finds nothing

Posted by RedHawk on 7/26/2001, 2:06 pm
Circles lower then folds his wings and lands directly in the spot where the mutant was a moment ago. He places a hand on the spot. "Nothing." Feeling eyes upon him he looks up and sees the falcon sitting on a fire escape. Red eyes flash angrily while taking in all the details of the falcon. Folding his wings to his back he stands and waits, watching the falcon and knowing that it is no ordinary falcon.

Looks a the other
Posted by Falcon on 7/26/2001, 2:35 pm
Unsure if he should trust him, but knowing that this one might know what the heck is going on he lets down his guard. The falcon starts to grow and the feathers start to melt. But something goes wrong the feathered wings and talons stay but arms beging to grow. The falcons body is replaced with human skin. In a matter of seconds the falcon is replaced with with a tall lengthy teenage boy with arms that have feathers comming out of them taloned feet and a bird like tail.

Posted by RedHawk on 7/26/2001, 2:42 pm
Blinks at the sight but then he gives a slight smile. "I knew you were no normal falcon."

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 4:16 pm
The white cougar sized cat wanders down an abandoned street. It's odd, he's not trying to hide or anything, but it's obvious he's not normal.
He bares various tattoos on his pure white fur, a nose ring and a tuff of firey colored fur at the base of his neck.
If anything, he was very noticable.

Posted by A pair of eyes on 7/26/2001, 4:20 pm
About a block or so ahead of him, a pair of blue and red eyes watch. If you were able to tell someone's emotion by the look in someone's eyes you'd notice the eyes carry a hint of uneasyness.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 4:23 pm
He pauses for a breif moment as if sensing he was being watched. Unsure if he should stop and search or continue on he cautiously moves forward.
Anyone with keen eyesight would notice the change in his claws. They went from being a normal ivory color to a silvery metal like one.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 4:23 pm
He pauses for a breif moment as if sensing he was being watched. Unsure if he should stop and search or continue on he cautiously moves forward.
Anyone with keen eyesight would notice the change in his claws. They went from being a normal ivory color to a silvery metal like one.

Posted by A pair of eyes on 7/26/2001, 4:26 pm
The eyes continue to watch, not once do they blink. It's more like the eyes don't belong to anyone but rather they're just pictures on the wall.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 4:33 pm
Maybe it was just the silence from the street causing him to be on his guard. But he wasn't going to take any chances.
He ran ahead, each time his claws touched the pavement they made a deep scratch.
Finally he notices the eyes, stopping abrutly he lowers his head and takes a defensive position.
~ Who's there? ~

Posted by A pair of eyes on 7/26/2001, 4:42 pm
The eyes widen at the sight of a large wildcat baring it's teeth. The two eyes vanish almost immediately.
Now if you were listening you could hear the sound of someone running away. Yet there's no one in sight.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 4:48 pm
Blinks. This keeps getting stranger...
Like he has a choice to run after the noise or not, his curiousity was too much.
Using his sense of smell he runs the way he thinks the thing went. After all he didn't even know what the thing smelt like.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 4:53 pm
Watches the scene from a nearby rooftop. Apparently this was the only interesting thing she's seen today.
"A large white feline chasing nothing.Wow."She smirks, overly amused.

Posted by A noise on 7/26/2001, 5:05 pm
The noise of something climbing the very same building that Jaelie's on gets louder as the thing reaches the top.
Upon reaching the top the nothingness seems to take the form of a green gargoyle like female with black and blue hair, and a metal plate over it's left eye.
Blinking she stares at Jaelie before racing away from the edge of the building.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:10 pm
Freezes in surprise and stares back.
"Who are you? Or should I say WHAT are you?" The demanding tone of voice makes her question seem like it's impossible to dodge it.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/26/2001, 5:17 pm
She blinks and looks almost afraid to answer the question. "I'm no one. No one ya hear?! Just leave me alone!"
The last bit carries sorrow with it, as if she just lost someone or something she loved.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:25 pm
Raising her left eyebrow causes a bit of lightning to jump off her eyes.
"Riiiight." She smirks, "Whatever you say." Seeing this as a weakness pleases her, anyone who carries sorrow around with them was weak in her opinion.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/26/2001, 5:32 pm
Seeing the lightning only makes her act more uneasy. Now she's visably trembling.
"Yaa.....aha....Whatever I say...." No matter what she tries she can't stop trembling.
What do these people want, why can't they just leave me alone, she thought to herself.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:37 pm
She can't really help but laugh at the display of such weakness. "Yes, thats what I said. Whatever you say."

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/26/2001, 9:16 pm
She's now on her knees trying to stop trembling so much. These two who were pestering her, they were so much more deadly than the normal humans...

Posted by The noise on 7/26/2001, 4:55 pm
A gasp of surprise is heard as the loud sound of something tripping over a trashcan is heard.
If you were to go to the scene you'd see two trashcans on the ground and also see what looks like claw marks on the side of the building leading up to the top.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:00 pm
He comes to a screeching halt infront of the trashcans, if he wasn't watching he too could've collided with them.
Sniffing the air he looks at the marks on the building. Oh great....Now I have to climb?...What next...
He seems to sigh before digging his foreclaws into the building and scrambling up it.

Posted by The noise on 7/26/2001, 5:07 pm
When the thing reaches the roof it takes the form of a green gargoyle like female, altough most of it's features can't be seen at the moment you can tell it's about to bolt.
And sure enough, as soon as she hears the noise of the feline climbing up she bolts.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:14 pm
What the...
His expression changes from determination to pure surprise. Quickly regaining his composure he reaches the top.
Shaking out his fur he looks from Jaelie to the green gargoyle.
~ What is this? And who are you people? ~

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:19 pm
Smirks then looks at Envy with a glare. "What're you looking at? First tell me what and who you are and maybe I'll give you a little credit for trying."

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:27 pm
Looks a bit taken aback. ~ Erm yes. Envy's the name, and I think it's obvious what I am. ~
Narrows his eyes, ~ Now who're you? ~

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:34 pm
Turns to face him, a look of amusement on her face.
"Name's Jaelie. Envy is it? Thats an unusual name to have."

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:35 pm
~ Yes well. Jaelie isn't a run of the mill type of name either. ~
Watches her every move with dark blue eyes.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:41 pm
"True true. But it's got a good edge to it. You don't see norms with this name. No, not even other mutants. But your name, an emotion. Clever but perhaps a sign of weakness?"
Another smirk lined her face, raising her hands she slams them together and listens to the thunder like noise they make. She watches him like a hawk when she does so.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:44 pm
Visibly narrows his eyes.
~ Far from a weakness. You....How can you view emotions as a weakness? It's what gives life to an empty room. But the name Jaelie, an unused name, that shows a sign of weakness in itself does it not? No one uses it, it's nothing. ~
Grinds his teeth together.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/26/2001, 5:47 pm
"Emotions cause you to think without your knowledge. They cause you to be weak, if someone you knew and loved died you'd be hurt for the rest of your life. Lost in a sea of sorrow. Now I view that as a weakness."
She too grinds her teeth, but at the same time lightning can be seen flicking off her entire body. Maybe this is what happens when someone gets Jaelie mad?

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:58 pm
Takes up a defensive position when she starts to glow with lightning. He bares his teeth.
Now if he wasn't unusual enough the tuff of firey colored fur on his back turns into real flames.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/26/2001, 5:21 pm
Looks at him, not really sure what to make of a large white cat with tattoos who can only mindspeak. She doesn't answer, it seems she's afraid to give a straight answer to him.

Posted by Envy on 7/26/2001, 5:29 pm
He rolls his eyes, ~ I won't hurt you. I'm just curious. Please? ~
It almost sounds like he had to dig his claws into the roof just to say please. And infact if you looked he did.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/26/2001, 9:14 pm
She looks unsure and ends up falling to her knees since she's trembling so much. "How do I know you won't?"

Posted by Envy on 7/27/2001, 5:11 pm
~ You don't. ~
He relaxes a bit, keeping most of his attention on Jaelie at the moment.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/27/2001, 5:15 pm
Stops trembling for the first time. She too is watching Jaelie, listening to the going-on's of their 'conversation', which seems to be more of a bunch of threats.
When Jaelie starts to glow with electricity she doesn't look a bit surprised, but interested none-the-less.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/27/2001, 5:22 pm
Her eyes lose all their color and glow a bright, ALMOST blinding white. Seeing the tuff of fur on Envy's back turn into real flames surprises her a bit, but she keeps her cool.
Turning she smirks at the green gargoyle,"Enjoying the show so far?" After saying this she jumps into the air, causing a wave of lightning to spread out in a circular range atop the roof. If her aim was right she would've ended up sending them both over the edge.
But in this case, her aim was a little too good, the lightning wave actually went further than the edge, it went onto the next building. Perhaps dragging the two along with it or dropping them down the alley.

Posted by Envy on 7/27/2001, 5:26 pm
Sees her attack coming straight at him, but unfortunately it wouldn't make a difference if he jumped out of the way or not.
The wave doesn't drag him to the next building, but rather down a steep fall to the floor of the alley. With the alley comes a roar of pain and a loud thud.

Posted by The 'thing' on 7/27/2001, 5:33 pm
She braces herself for the hit by shapeshifting into a winged white wolf. This won't stop the electricity but hopefully she'll be able to fly back up if she ends up going down the alley.
It hits causing her to momentarily loose her balance and go over the edge. Thankfully her idea of using wings works and she glides down to the safety of the alley.

Posted by Jaelie on 7/27/2001, 5:38 pm
Snickers. "Weaklings." She lands back on the roof only to fall through the roof. If you were famillar with her powers you'd know she could travel through metal just like electricity. Upon reaching the last floor she reforms outside in the opposite alley than the other two are in.

Posted by Envy on 7/27/2001, 5:58 pm
If you were to go back to the time when Envy first hit the alley you'd notice that his fur was darkening. Upon hitting the ground you could even say his fur was pitch black.
Not only that, if you were there moments after he hit you'd also notice he's changed in appearance. You could even say he changed species. After hitting the ground, he knocked over some trashcans which in the end landed on him.
Pushing away the trashcans he gets up. Now here's the really weird part, he's a lot taller, stands on two legs, has black fur, and resembles more of a werejackal. If you started to think that it couldn't get any stranger, the tuff of firey colored hair that used to be on his back is gone, his nose ring is also gone but looks like it's been replaced by three rings in each of his ears.
He rubs the back of his head, "Where am I." If you were a fan of Envy's voice you'd notice that it's deepend and almost sounds like an echo each time he talks. When he fully stands up you can even see that all his tattoo's have dissappeared.He's also wearing black pants, with what looks like a black trenchcoat rapped around his waist. Now if someone were to look at his odd trenchcoat, you'd notice all the tattoo's he used to have are on it.
He looks at the white wolf that lands beside him, "I'm not in Egypt anymore am I?"

Posted by Curbius on 7/30/2001, 1:36 am
Nightwolf sits by Quicksilver's bed. He has no wounds on him and even if he did they would be healed since they both had the same super-fact healing ability. All he was was tired from holding Darkling up in the silver form he had taken on. After a moment she brushed a stray lock of silver hair from his forehead then left the room. She went into the living room and looked at the couch. At a certain spot.
It was the spot where NightHawk had been sitting moments before he had vanished. Gone, without a trace. But she knew what had happened. The same thing that had happened to Darkling. He had been taken. By the MTHS. And now only God knew what was happening to him or where he was. As a tear ran down her cheek she thought, He could be dead now. But I'm not going to think like that. Because I'm stronger than that. And I won't give up on Horkan. He wouldn't give up on me if it had been me instead of him they had taken.
Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by a knock at the door. No one had ever come to the house before, why should someone be here now? NightHawk had told her that he knew no one in the city. Quickly wiping the tears from her eyes she strode towards the door and opened it......

Posted by Curbius on 7/30/2001, 1:55 am
.....Nightwolf opened the door to see a tall figure standing there. The figure's scent registered in her sensitive nose and she pulled back her lips in a snarl, her teeth instantly sharping into wolf fangs. It was RedHawk, NightHawk's twin brother. He stood there before her, dripping wet since it was pouring down rain outside. "What do you want RedHawk?" Her voice sounded more like a series of growls than a voice through her fangs.
The Irishman glared down ather from his two inch height advantage. "I want some shelter in what used to be my home." He peered into the house and asked, "Is my dear brother not around?" His voice dripped with saracasm and she almost slapped him. "No he's not." "Really? Then where is he? I'm sure he wouldn't leave you, his little wolfchild, alone."
That did it. She slapped him. With a hand that was now that of her anthro wolf form. Meaning it had one inch claws that cut into his face. He glared at her and hissed, "You little..." They stood there in the doorway, poised to fight. Then, "Lo...Tagre? What's going on?" Both looked up to see Quicksilver standing in the hallway, rubbing his eyes and staring at them. After a moment she let her hand and teeth go back to normal and walked over to her brother. Wrapping an arm around his shoulders she turned back to RedHawk. "You may come in Shrarr. Since you are Horkan's brother I will allow it. But you try and harm either of us or make anymore smart remarks I'll throw you out." With a smile he entered, closing the door behind him then taking off his rain soaked brown vest and tossed it on a chair near the door. Looking at the two he said, "Thanks."
Brother and sister blinked though she had more reason to blink since she knew Shrarr and he had only been told about him by Horkan and Tagre. She softly asked, "Shrarr? Are you alright?" Her only answer was the sound of water flying everywhere as the hawkwinged mutant shook out his hair and wings. "Of course I'm alright you idiot. I'm just.....worried." Ben took a step forward and asked, "Worried enough to come to us?" "Yes. I am worried about this MTHS thing. My brother has already been taken. I could be next." All red eyes looked up at the other two as he continued, "Perhaps we three should stick together." Tagre gasped and stumbled over to a chair, unable to grasp what she had just heard.

Posted by Curbius on 7/30/2001, 1:19 pm
Tagre sat down in the chair with such force it almost tilted the chair over backwards. Her hands gripped one of the arms in a deathgrip as she stared across the room at Shrarr. "Are you sure you didn't hit your head Shrarr?" Shrarr glared at her and hissed, "Yes I'm sure you idiot. This thing worries me. Enough to make me come to you all." Tagre blinked and thought, Could he be turning good? Is it possible? Is this really the one who crashed through the diner window and tried to kill me not to long ago? Can it truly be? Ben glanced at his sister then at Shrarr, noting the differences between the red streaked brown haired mutant and Horkan. He could tell his sister was shocked but he didn't know why. They had told him to be wary of Shrarr if he ever met him. Because he thought Tagre had killed his and Horkan's father or something of the sort.

Posted by Curbius on 7/31/2001, 12:31 pm
Ben was still glancing between Shrarr and Tagre as they stared at each other. Shrarr finally broke the silence. "Well? What do we do now?" Tagre replied, "We're not doing anything until I know what we possibly can do. Until then we go to sleep. You can stay here on the couch." Shrarr sighed and said, "I could have guessed." With that he lay on the couch while Ben and Tagre diasappeared into the hallway, each going to their own room.

Walks down the street
Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 3:22 pm
She's making sure she stays in the shadows, her yellow eyes glowing slightly in the dark and watching out for humans. Spotting the diner she begins jogging towards it, still keeping to the shadows.

Posted by Kanga and Joey on 7/30/2001, 3:34 pm
Sit in the diner. Niether of them seem to be in a very good frame of mind. Kanga is staring into space moodily. Joey is also staring into space, but he seems rather depressed.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 3:36 pm
Peeks in the broken window. All anyone inside would be able to see would be a shadowy glimpse of a large tuft a hair and two big ears. Along with a pair of slightly glowing yellow eyes.

Posted by Kanga and Joey on 7/30/2001, 3:42 pm
Both are still staring into space. Niether notice the yellow eyes. The two make a rather interesting picture. Kanga, the mostly Roo mutant, and Joey, the strangely pale teenager, both staring into space.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 3:44 pm
Blinks at the two inside who are staring into space. After a moment she jumps up into the window and crouches there, watching them.

Posted by Kanga and Joey on 7/30/2001, 3:47 pm
Joey remains staring into space. Kanga jumps and turns to scowl at the figure in the window.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 3:51 pm
Blinks. Looks at Kanga then asks, Why are you scowling at me?

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 3:52 pm
"Beacuse I want to."

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 3:53 pm
No other reason? I mean, you don't even know me so why would you have reason to scowl at me.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 3:56 pm
She seems a little put out at that. "Because you're disturbing my supper?" She suggests.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:01 pm
Well then I'm sorry for doing that. She leaps out of the window and lands on one of the barstools. "It not my fault that I arrived at this very moment." Now since she is inside you can see what she looks like. She's cat-like with large cat ears, whiskers, and a tail. The latter is wrapped around her waist but is quite visible because of the large tuft of blue-gray fur on the end. Her hair is a tuft of blue-gray that falls over the left side of her face. Five earrings dot one ear while two dot the other. She is covered in black and red calico markings.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:06 pm
She blinks, rather surprised to see the cat mutant.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:07 pm
She grins, showing off a pair of cat fangs. "Ha! I caught you! You've got nothing to say!"

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:10 pm
"Um, sure." She blinks at the cat mutant again.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:12 pm
Grins insanely and uncurls her tail from her waist. "Sooo.....who are you two?"

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:16 pm
Looks at Calvin before introducing herself. "I'm Kanga, this is Joey." She introduces Joey as well, simply because it doesn't look like he's paying attention to the conversation.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:17 pm
Nods then says, "Pleasure to meet the both of you." With a grin she continues, "You can call me Shadow."

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:20 pm
"Nice to meet you.. Shadow."

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:21 pm
Grins again and twirls on the bar stool. "WHEE!!!"

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:23 pm
"Um, okay."
Goes back to eating her pizza.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:24 pm
Smells pizza and bounces off the stool. "PIIIIZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" Is suddenly bounces off nearly everything in the room.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:27 pm
"And I thought Kat was bad when she'd been in the chocolate chips!"

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:32 pm
Finally settles somewhere. And of all places it is hanging upside down from a pipe on the ceiling. Her legs are wrapped around the pipe and so is her tail. She grins insanely and eyes the pizza. "Piiiizzzzaaaa......" This is followed by a bout of insane giggles.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 4:34 pm
Blinks at the site of the cat mutant on Kat's favorite perch.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 4:36 pm
Continues giggles until she falls off the pipe, landing hard on the floor. "Ow...." A moment later she's grinning again.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 5:29 pm
Just stares.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 5:30 pm
Bounds back up to the bar stool and continues to grin.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 5:32 pm
"Oookay..." Takes another bite out of her pizza.

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 5:41 pm
Continues grinning then finally settles down some. "Sorry bout that. Sometimes I get a little hyper." Smiles and wrapps her tail around the pole holding the bar stool up.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 5:50 pm
"A little?"

Posted by Shadow on 7/30/2001, 5:59 pm
"Yea." Nods then suddenly bounds out the broken window. "Gotta go now. Bye!" Races across the street and vanishes completely into the shadows.

Posted by Kanga on 7/30/2001, 6:22 pm
She just watches her go, staring silently.

Listens...
Posted by Rikka on 7/30/2001, 4:33 pm
On the roof of a building just across from the diner a lone figure sits.
Upon closer inspection you'd realize the figure was actually kneeling with her eyes closed. Her golden blonde hair seems to be untouched by the wind.
It seems she's listening to the sounds of the city, or perhaps waiting.

Continues to listen...
Posted by Rikka on 7/30/2001, 6:34 pm
She opens her eyes momentarily as she rises to her feet. Walking to the edge of the roof she glances down at the diner.
What is it about this place...I seem drawn to it...But yet at the same time I don't. She kneeled down, watching the diner and wondering why the building seemed to call her here.

Posted by Rikka on 7/31/2001, 2:37 pm
She rised to her feet once again and looked away from the diner. Maybe it's just my imagination....Why would a meer building call out to me. It makes no sense at all.
She sighed, looking down at a fresh burn mark on her right forearm. Trying not to wince in pain,she places her left hand over the burn.
Showing little to no sign of wanting to leave the roof,she just stands there.

Posted by Rikka on 7/31/2001, 4:47 pm
After staying on the roof for about another two hours, she walks back to the ledge.
Maybe there's anoth...No...That couldn't be possible....Could it? She tilts her head to the left, studying the diner. Impossible..
Her pale green eyes are filled with pain as the burn on her right arm starts to smoke. I shouldn't be here....But I don't want to leave.
The wind picks up again and this time when it whips past her a white cloak forms out of it. Perhaps I should wait.. She sits down on the ledge and puts the hood of the cloak over her head.
She waits...Not knowing what for..Or who for that matter.

In the diner
Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 4:51 pm
Raze sits at a table in front of a huge house of cards, trying to place another card on the top. He's still dressed as outrageously as ever.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 4:58 pm
Bounds in the broken window and lands on one of the bar stools. The yellow eyed black and red calico cat mutant is dressed in a tan jacket with cutoff sleeves and light brown khaki's. She had no shoes on since her paws would never fit in one. Glances at the house of cards through her blue-grey tuft of hair then at Raze. Giving a fanged grin she flicks her tufted tail and says, "Hi!"

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:10 pm
"Hello." He grins at her, revealling his big-cat-like right canines. He's really very strangely dressed. His dirty-blond hair is in desperate need of a good combing through, but that's really not the worst of it. He's wearing bright blue jeans and a black and orange shirt. His tennis shoes are neon green and silver, their color making the impenetrable dark red sunglasses on his face look even odder. He finally finds a place for his card and starts working on the next one.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:15 pm
Grins and leaps over to crouch on the back of a booth near him, peering at the house of cards. "Cards?" She then slids down into the booth and pulls her backpack from her back. Reaching in she pulls out a bag of honey barbecue fritos and begins munching on them. "Mmm...rphf....chip?" Holds out the bag.

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:24 pm
"Thanks!" He grabs a handful and dumps them into the air next to him, where they stay perfectly still as if they were set on a table.
"Where do you go, little card..." He's really quite concentrated, for once.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:29 pm
Blinks at the chips floating in midair then shrugs and continues munching. "So...mmmphf rmphf...you...mphf...have a name?"

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:33 pm
"Yeah. Name's Raze. Who're you?" He looks away from the card house and notices the floating chips. "AH!" The chips quickly drop to the floor, and he dives under the booth to pick them up. When he comes back up, he's blushing slightly. "Um..."

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:38 pm
Giggles and a chip falls out of her mouth. "Whoops...." Picks it up and eats it. "Yum." Grinning she replies, "Shadow."

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:51 pm
"Nice to meet you." His voice is tinted with a slight southern accent.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:53 pm
"You too." Continues to munch on the chips. Her own accent reveals her to be a New Yorker.

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:08 pm
He finally puts the finishing touch on his card house, then blows on it and watches the entire thing go crashing down.
"Wooooah."

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:16 pm
Watches it fall down. "Oooooo...." Looks at Raze. "Didjya mean to do that?"

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:21 pm
He nods enthusiastically. "Yup. What's the point of building it if you can't break it afterwards?" He laughs slightly and starts piling the cards.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:23 pm
Grins. "Good point." Eats another handful of chips then rolls the top of the bag up and puts it back in her backpack.

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:34 pm
He snaps a rubber band around the large deck of cards and stuffs them in one pocket of his ratty, oversised black trenchcoat.
"So, Shadow, what're you doin' here?"

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:39 pm
"Running. A gang of mutant haters went through where I lived two years ago. They were killing any mutant they found. My parents made me run so I could stay alive. So I ended up here. Hopefully one day I can return to my parents."

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:41 pm
He nods sagely.
"Good luck." You can't see it because of his ruby sunglasses, but he's squinting.
"I think I had parents once."

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:44 pm
"Thanks." Blinks. "You think? Don't you know?"

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:47 pm
"Well... not really." He points at his stomach. "But I have a belly button, so I guess that means I had a mother at least.
The boy gives a wry grin. "Anyways, I'm kinda a loner anyway. I can go where ever I want, and not have to worry about my parents."

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:51 pm
"True. Though I really don't worry about my parents cause I know their okay. They can take care of themselves." Her tail begins to whip about and she glares at it.

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 6:55 pm
"Well, that's good." He's sitting down in the booth again, dumping his cards back onto the table.
"Does your tail always do that?"

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:58 pm
"Yea." Continues glaring at her tail. "No. But when it does its very annoying." Grabs her tail and wraps it around her waist. "There! No hold still you crazy thing." Her tail wriths then lies still.

Posted by Amy on 7/31/2001, 5:05 pm
She's walking towards the diner again, her leashed Great Dane puppy and chocolate Labrador Retriever tugging her along. She keeps trying to slow them down, but they seem to be enjoying themselves. She gives up and almost runs to keep up with them...

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:12 pm
He doesn't quite see her yet, so concentrated is he on his card house.

Posted by Amy on 7/31/2001, 5:16 pm
The dogs start sniffing as she gets closer to the diner, and start to whine. Amy blinks a little and looks at the diner from where she stands she can make out the form of the cat mutant. She winces slightly and holds the dogs there for a moment, not sure of what to do. Cats don't like dog, so why would a human turned-cat?

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:21 pm
He finally notices Amy and waves at her, giving one of his lopsided grins, then goes back to trying to place a card.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:27 pm
Blinks and sniffs the air. Dogs? Ah well. No prob. Looking out the window she sees Amy and waves and calls out in thought. C'mon in! I'm not scared of dogs! She gives a grin then continues munching on the chips.

Posted by Amy on 7/31/2001, 5:40 pm
Blinks lightly, then shrugs it off and nods, smiling. The two dog's tails start to wag like crazy and she giggles as they tug her forwards.They halt at the door and the great dane puppy (who's not that small) hops up onto the door and gives a surprised yelp as it opens. Amy holds the door open as the dogs scamper forward. The dogs tug her over to the cat-mutant and start sniffing and wagging their tails. Amy laughs, "Sorry... this is Snickers," she gestures to the Lab, "and Baby Ruth."the Great Dane.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:43 pm
Giggles at the dogs then reachs down and pats them both on the heads. "Hello Snickers. And you too Baby Ruth." Grins at Amy and holds out her other hand, which is still holding the chip bag. "Whoops." Sits the bag on the table then holds out her hand again. "Hi. I'm Shadow."

Posted by Amy on 7/31/2001, 5:47 pm
The dogs start sniffing under the table, then run into Raze and the "puppy" starts to lick his shoes. Amy smiles and takes the hand and shakes it, "I'm Amy."

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:52 pm
Grins and says, "Shadow."

Posted by Raze on 7/31/2001, 5:49 pm
Raze looks down at the dogs, especially the one licking his shoes. "Woah. Heya mutt-breath!" He reaches down and scratches the dog behind it's ears.
"Hi Amy."

Posted by Amy on 7/31/2001, 6:54 pm
Giggles as the dog starts to lick his face and smiles, "Hi, Raze. What're you playing now?"
She clicks her toungue and the Lab comes and lays by her feet, while the puppy keeps licking him.

Posted by Raze on 8/1/2001, 1:19 pm
He starts gathering all the cards into a pile, all the while trying to get the dog away from his face. "Eeeeew." Dispite his apparent disgust, he continues to pet the oversised puppy.
"I'm demoloshing houses." He drawls in his southern accent.

The cat mutant steps out...
Posted by Calico on 7/31/2001, 5:31 pm
of the apartments, seeming odly alone. She wonders briefly where Tom and Kalieda are, remembering the recent disapearances she'd heard about. She sighs and silently walks absent-mindedly towards the diner. She looks very odd, walking alone, but she didn't look too scared. Just... lonely.

In the diner
Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:34 pm
Sniffs the air and smells another cat coming towards the diner. The cat mutant turns and watches for the other cat mutant to appear, still munching on the bag of chips.

Posted by Calico on 7/31/2001, 5:43 pm
She stops at the curb across the street from the diner, watching the dogs carefully for a moment. She takes a deep breath, then walks across the street.

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 5:44 pm
Looks out the window at the other cat mutant then munches on another chip, her left ear flicking every once and a while.

Posted by Calico on 7/31/2001, 6:50 pm
Takes another deep breath before steping into the diner, ears perked cautiously towards the dogs. After a moment, her tail twitches akwardly, then she sits on a barstool, watching quietly

Posted by Shadow on 7/31/2001, 6:55 pm
Waves again then bounds out of the booth and lands on the counter. As she lands her paws slip and she slids off the back. "YIPE!" Lands with a crash on the floor. "Ow....."

Posted by Calico on 7/31/2001, 7:00 pm
Winces and glances over her shoulder at the dogs again before clibing up onto the counter and extentind a tiny fur-covered hand out, "Need help?" her smile is small, but genuine indeed.

Posted by Shadow on 8/1/2001, 2:06 am
Nods slightly and takes hand. "Yea..."