lunch time!

[wakeupyouangels.livejournal.com]

WHO: students (and teachers?) at the Institute (tag in!)
WHERE: the Institute
WHEN: umm Wednesday?
WARNINGS: none
SUMMARY: It's lunch time! Let's head to the cafeteria to observe Institute students in their natural habitat.
FORMAT: Quicklog!


[ Welcome to the Institute's cafeteria! The menu for today is lasagna or chicken nuggets. There is a salad bar, and dessert is chocolate pudding with bananas, strawberry jello with whipped cream, or carrot cake with cream cheese icing. ]

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Ffff going to bed but I will tag this tomorrow morning!

[littleprovolone.livejournal.com]

[Mary's brown-bagged it, as usual, but enjoys sitting and listening to the chatter of her fellow students]

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[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

[Suzi grabs a tray and goes through the motions while in line for food. She's caught up with remembering attack moves for her next class and wonders if she should really eat at all. She doesn't know she's knocked into a couple of people in line already as she tries to retrace steps.]

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[Expertly balancing their food trays, the Cuckoos are now sliding one after another onto a bench in the cafeteria. They don't really need any company but their own, but Celeste is currently wondering if they should make an effort to speak to other students.]

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

[Finally grabbing her lunch without much more fuss, Suzi took a look around and saw a trio of blond heads at a bench. Slightly intimidating, but she should probably make some friends.]

Hi. Um...is this seat taken?

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[They turn towards Suzi, taking her in: another student, not too much older than them, intelligent-looking and Chinese. All three Cuckoos smile at her.]


We're the Stepford Cuckoos.

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[Whoa. Suzi's a little taken aback by how in sync they are but at least they seem friendly.]

We haven't met yet. I'm Suzanne Chan. Suzi...are you all called Stepford?

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[That elicits a kind-of-amused small smile on at least two of their faces!]


We're sisters but we're still different people. Hi, Suzi. Are you an X-Man too?

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

[Suzi wondered how she would ever tell them apart.]

Oh. That's good. Yeah, I'm an X-Man. [wrinkling her nose] But not as good as most people here.

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[Phoebe looks just a little disapproving. The other two are just matter-of-fact.]

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

[Pretty blunt and direct. Suzi could appreciate that, even if it was an uncomfortable truth. Going with another subject!]

Have you been in combat a lot?

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[Politely, now:]

We tend to stay behind. Our powers don't require us to be that close to our opponents. Have you?

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

A few times. I was on Krakoa before being ported here. And I was almost eaten by Twoey here.

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[At the mention of Krakoa, they look up in interest.]

We've heard of Krakoa. That must've been quite the experience.

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

Well I was in the middle of a fight there before I got 'ported in here. It was interesting for sure. I had no idea the whole island was actually a creature.

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

Neither did the Professor, from the sound of it. The island shut his brain out, which means it must have been really powerful. He's the strongest telepath we know.

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

Is that your power? Telepathy?

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

[They smile]

Yes, it is. We're all telepaths, and we can combine our minds to become even stronger. What's yours?

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

[Suzi smiles back.]

That's cool. I make time fields. And I can replay past events in a place.

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

Time fields? That's a rather unique power. Can you slow things down and speed them up as well?

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of science I have to learn to better understand them. [sigh]

But I'm better at slowing down rather than speeding up, but I'm working on that for my offense.

S-S-SORRY D:

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

Don't even hun! We're good

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

I have him for one of my classes. He seems like he would know how to explain the important parts well.

Have you had to hurt someone before?

[cutfromacloth.livejournal.com]

He does, and he's a very cultured man. He took us to the opera once back home.

[sway-over-time.livejournal.com]

You're a fan of opera? I haven't been to one before.

...yeah, that does sound a lot worse. Awful actually. But that doesn't mean you're awful! The rewriting, the rewriting.