Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 2, 2008 22:18:41 GMT -5
Lurai let out a sigh as she let her feet carry her to some place. This was a dangerous past time, since, in many occasions they led her to a place that she had never been before. She'd spend hours trying to find her way back. She smiled to herself at the memories. Her feet stopped and she looked up at the room around her. She had ended up in the library, a place she hadn't been since her first day here. She never really looked at the books that day though, she spent her time watching everyone curiously, her attitude towards the situation now is quite different than before.
So much had happened since then. It was almost as if the whole thing was a fuzzy mess inside her head. She wondered how things would turn out in the end. She wandered over to the books she had yet to actually see, walking up and down each isle, running her hand over the spines, contemplating which one to pick up. She placed her hand over one randomly and picked it up off the shelf, walking over to a corner so she could take a seat. She opened the book to the first page flipping back and forth to the cover and words. Her eye gazing over each page briefly before she's try to begin reading it. "Gr-en-del" she said out loud to herself, sounding out the word she'd never seen before. She looked at the front cover, the image of a monster screaming off into the distance stared away from her. She opened the book to a severely blank page except for the words of a man named William Blake, scribbled in the right hand corner.
"And if the Babe is born a Boy He's given to a Woman Old, Who nails him down upon a rock, Catches his shrieks in cups of gold."
She stared at them for a couple minutes trying to decipher what the words meant. Her eyes traveled back to the cover looking at the monster howling towards the sky, she felt strangely drawn to the beast. She flipped back to the poem, staring at the words once more. Riker would be able to tell her what they meant, but instead of looking for him, she flipped to the first chapter and began to read. Her mind being enveloped in the mind of the beast.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 5, 2008 1:15:16 GMT -5
"Where could that girl have gone to?" Tracy said as she walked into the library. She knew that Aideen was busy as of late in the library. 'Wonder where she could be right now, thought she wanted to talk' she thought.
Sensing the emotions from the only other soul in the terribly large room, a mix of some confusion and an uneasy peace, she craned her neck to see the young wolf girl. HeartString didn't want to startle her so she delicately cleared her throat as she got a bit closer.
'I wonder how she's been. I haven't seen her since the evening in the hangar' Tracy pondered. 'Hope she's not still mixed up and conflicted, at least for the moment she seems at ease.'
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 5, 2008 11:48:59 GMT -5
Lurai glanced across the pages over the book her whole focus on the monster known as Grendel and how each page reflected confusion and his inability to fit in. She was a good chunk of the way into the book when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked up to see the lady she'd seen at the hanger walk in. She folded the corner of the book in and set it down next to her. She gave a light smile, one that was inviting but didn't give false sense of over the top cheeriness.
"Hello" she added. "You're the woman from the hanger, I don't think we ever actually met" she said before scooting over some and patting the ground besides her. "Feel free to sit if your not in a rush."
She moved her legs into an Indian style position and placed the book in the middle of her legs. Placing her hands on her calves she looked up at the woman.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 6, 2008 0:00:22 GMT -5
"Yes, from the hangar" HeartString said absent mindedly as she looked down at the spot next to Puppy~Love trying to decide if she should sit and talk or try to find Ember. "I - Yeah, I think I have a minute to talk but I'll stand thanks."
She wanted to sit, but not here on the floor, especially not in her white jeans. Tracy always tried to wear as much white as possible. Even in her Corsair Uniform she usually had a sheer white scarf tied around her slender throat. "My name is Tracy, my codename is HeartString and if I'm not mistaken you are Puppy~Love, right? What's your name though? I'm asking because sometimes it's okay to not be all 'go-team' about the whole 'mutant thing' and just be a girl, in a library, reading a book".
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 6, 2008 20:01:20 GMT -5
"Lurai Garnier" she said simply looking up at the woman. She felt comfortable yet uncomfortable around this woman, as if their was an awkward air between the two of them. It made Lurai feel extremely uncomfortable and skirmish, like all she wanted to do was flee the womans gaze.
After a pause she scooted back over to her corner and looked back up to the woman. "So" she said pulling her legs into her body, switching from her heel to the balls over her feet, feeling the need to just do something to fill the air.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 6, 2008 22:12:35 GMT -5
Tracy smiled warmly and let her head roll to the side a bit and she said "Alright then, 'So', it's a start. So hello Lurai. I don't mean to make you feel uneasy, I'm sorry." Her voice was warm and although she thought it was odd to be having this conversation she didn't want to just leave the girl, but then again maybe that would be for the best.
"My mutation allows me not just to heal the body and the physical, but it gives me an understanding of those around me, an empathy that lets me read the emotional. If I'm bothering you that much I can go." Tracy said as she shifted her weight to her other foot.
"I was actually looking for someone else anyway, I thought she might have been in here still but she's not. You look like you're into that book so I can leave you to it and see if I can catch up with my friend." HeartString had sensed the uneasiness radiating from the girl and knew that it was a sensation that was filling the school lately.
It was the reason she hadn't been around too much lately, her powers still overwhelmed her sometimes even after all these years. 'I miss Storm, she was like a mother to me. I don't know if I'm ready for what Cyclops asked me to do. I don't even know if I want to stay here and be a mentor. I thought I wanted to be a teacher once, but maybe it's too much responsibility. I'm not sure. Oh, Ororo what should I do?' Tracy thought as she looked down at the small young mutant girl curling up away from her. 'What would you do?'
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 7, 2008 12:26:26 GMT -5
Lurai let out a sigh. "No it's fine. I just don't really know what to say, I'm not to good with light conversation, I'm use to having a point when it comes to me talking, otherwise I just don't" she said putting her legs back down to Indian style. She leaned forward on the ground. She didn't want Tracy to feel like she had to leave because of her.
"I'm kind of a wolf" she said, speaking of her mutant powers. "I can do, you know, wolf stuff" she said simply looking up and flashing a toothy grin, her k-9s larger than a normal humans. "I'm from Ireland too" she said looking back down at the ground. "Hence the accent" she added. "I miss it a lot, I had a lot of freedom there, here, not so much, but what can you do?" she asked not expecting an answer from the pretty woman in white.
"Just got to live my life I guess" she said her voice betraying her. There was no doubt that she was far from thinking that. "What about you? What's your story? Were you born with your powers or did they appear over night?"
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 7, 2008 22:20:21 GMT -5
Knowing that her own mentor Ororo Munroe, the X-Man known as Storm would never walk away from someone eager to talk, she decided to see where this conversation would take her. "Actually my powers came up on me slowly at first and then almost out of no where they overwhelmed me. It was hard to deal with and sometimes still I have trouble, but all that I've learned here about my powers and myself I wouldn't trade for the world."
"It is a great school you know, and if you give it a chance you could really enjoy it here. You might even learn something, I mean it is a school after all." Tracy smiled at her little joke and thought for a second that the girl looked very pretty, even if she did have some big teeth.
"So what kind of 'wolf stuff' can you do?" She asked not entirely sure what the girl meant but having met both Feral and Wolfsbane she had a rough idea. "Can you get 'wolfier' or are you not someone who changes form, know what I mean? Like a werewolf?"
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 8, 2008 20:19:06 GMT -5
Lurai nodded as the woman spoke and when she posed the question about her "wolfness" she pondered for a moment. "Well, not really, I can't transform or anything I mean, I can get sort of more wild and act more like an animal, but I look pretty much the same all the time. As for powers, I can run pretty fast and I can hear stuff from really far away, but I've learned to tune a lot of it out, it tends to sound like a big blur of sound unless I focus. I get really bad headaches from that...and I can pretty much track anything. It comes with the hunting for food. So yeah" she said pausing for a moment to look into the womans eyes. "It's a fun power I guess, not the reason I got it, but it's interesting. I made friends with wolves back in Ireland, but now I'm just getting use to the whole having people care about me and the interacting with other people, it was hard before because of the tail and everything. It's nice to have people accept you the way you are."
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Fleet
Paragons
Kyle Nomis
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Post by Fleet on May 8, 2008 21:31:46 GMT -5
Having taken a shower and changed into a pair of khaki cargo shorts, and a light tan t-shirt. Jumper strolled into the library. Reaching up and running his hand through his hair he noticed there was someone talking. Curious he walked around and discovered the two girls talking. he did't make himself known right away. Though he was sure that Lurai would have caught his scent clearly. All fresh and clean. So leaning against a case of books he just listened. He had seen first hand some of what Lurai was capable of. How fast and strong she was.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 8, 2008 22:26:04 GMT -5
"Track?" Tracy's mind began to formulate a plan. "Anything you say? Or any-one?" A slight smile crossed her features and she took a step closer.
'Maybe she would help me to find Aideen? If I had something with her scent on - who's that?' Tracy thought. Her power detecting another emotional bundle of confusion. 'Has to be a guy by the feel of it' she concluded. 'Guys are just layers of lust and rage, a dead give away, this one is relaxed on the surface yet frustrated deeply. A true basket case.' Her head lifted slightly as her eyes scanned the room.
"You mind helping me find someone?" she asked Lurai hoping the girl might be obliging. "It could be fun?" she added raising an eyebrow as she held out a hand to help her to her feet.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 9, 2008 12:01:52 GMT -5
A scent tickled her nose and after a moment the person it belonged to registered in her mind. Oh Kyle's somewhere in here she thought to herself. Her mind was cluttered though, her focus wasn't on his location but on the woman in front of her. She couldn't place where he was. It frustrated her some knowing she couldn't do both at once.
Can I help her find someone she asked herself, her attention turning fully back to Heartstring. "Yeah...sure" she said pushing herself off the ground. "I just need something of theres, something that really reeks of them, if its mild its harder to differentiate between the smells of more recent trails and past ones. Get me something and I'll do it. It's not a problem, just more practice for me" she said her mood jumping. She loved tracking it was one of her favorite things in the world to do. There is just so much power in being able to hunt something, a dominance that she doesn't normally get to exert on others. She smiled at Tracy leaning against the wall.
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Fleet
Paragons
Kyle Nomis
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Post by Fleet on May 9, 2008 15:58:02 GMT -5
Jumper nodded to himself, if anyone could help Heartstring find someone, it would be Lurai. He listened for a bit longer and finally cleared his throat. He had been rude enough by listening in and not saying anything. "Hello girls, how are we doing today?" He asked lightly and with his usual cocky Jumper smile firmly in place. He always put up a strong front that never seemed to waver. Only or rare occasions had he ever let hsi true emotions show. He refused to let anyothers see that side of him again.
"I couldn't help but over hear you to were going looking for someone. Would you girls like some company? I mean incase you might need someone ot help or just tag along with you." He needed to get out and away from the people here, and so far Lurai had accepted and even showed interest in him. She let Jumper be the way he was and didn't blow him off. And heartstring seemed a bit more mature then the other girls around here.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
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Post by HeartString on May 9, 2008 22:08:59 GMT -5
"Oh. I don't have anything of hers" Tracy said to Lurai, "but she had been spending quite a bit of time in the library here working on a paper, so I thought she might have come back to do more work. Can you pick up any trace of Ember's scent? Do you know who Ember is?"
Hearing a voice HeartString turned to see the source of the emotions she had sensed. "Hello, Jumper. You're most welcome to come along if you like." Tracy said to him as she thought 'Ah, of course, had to be. He puts up a tough front, but he's always got that shaky foundation underneath it all. Tries so hard, too hard I think. Poor guy, must have had some hard times behind him.'
She smiled at him and his offer and added "It's wonderful to see this side of you. If you'd spoke this way in the hangar we might have started out on better footing, but no problem, it'll be a pleasure to have you along."
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on May 9, 2008 22:58:31 GMT -5
Lurai felt her face heat up at the sight of Kyle. She still wasn't too sure why he could effect her like this, but either way she was happy to see him. He always somehow put a smile on her face. "Hey" she said softly to him, her heart fluttering like a bird.
She felt herself staring at him and her attention fading, so she quickly turned back to Tracy. "No I've never really met her, just passed her by. Do you know if she wears any perfume or something that's distinctive? Eats something that makes her smell a certain way?" she asked trying to get a grasp on the scent between the thousands that seemed to float in the school. As easy as it was to track the scent, getting a grasp of the specifics was really the hard part. If she got a good whiff of someone, she'd never forget it for the rest of her life, but if it was only by passing or she didn't have something distinct to go one, it was like Russian roulette, sometimes it takes a while and others you get the bullet on the first try, its just a matter of if you're willing to risk it. Sometimes tracking just didn't end well and the risk not worth the reward, but this was different from that, all she was trying to do was find a student. Anything small would probably allow her to find the girl.
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