TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Jan 3, 2009 17:53:00 GMT -5
Sean had been in his room, a smile never leaving his face. He didn't think any of his friends or family would believe him if he told them about him and Kate. The girls he dated in the past were all the wholesome Christian girls who went to rodeos with him and Church dances. Yet here he was, finding himself smiling whenever he thought of the school's little goth girl, daughter of the Devil. He wanted to protect her and keep her smiling. All these thoughts ran through his head as he changed into his normal clothes, a plaid button up, some jeans and his clean cowboy boots. Sean grabbed his extra cowboy hat, the one that looked similar to his old one just a bit darker. He rarely wore it cause it wasn't as worn in, but he had little choice since his own hat got somehow lost in the transition from the lab to Limbo.
When Ian pounded on the door screaming for food, Sean buckled his belt and opened the door, leaving just as he saw Onyx's wings disappear down the stairs. "I'm comin', I'm comin," he yelled and ran down the stairs, stopping only to poke his head in the kitchen at the smell of cookies and to let this big guy pass with an armful of drinks. He walked into the rec room, that was already full of people and the smell of fresh pizza. Sean came up behind Kate and put his arms around her waist, kissing her cheek. "Hey there little lady," he said in her ear, tickling her sides.
"Well lookie here we're just in time for pizza!" Sean exclaimed, his stomach rumbling on cue. "C'mon Katie, let's get some before Ian eats em' all up," he said and took her over to the tall skinny girl with the short blond hair. "I'll take that a slice of Chicken Caesar miss please, would you like some Katie girl?" he asked waiting for the slice.
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Post by Karma on Jan 3, 2009 18:06:44 GMT -5
Back in the kitchen
“Right girls, guys that’s us ready. Thank you for helping me clear up and put things away. Now you boys go get some pizza and we girls can bring in the cookies. Jenny, Lily, think we can handle some plates of cookies?” She asked her little alpha girls as she saw Stoney picking up the drinks and cups that Peter had called for. She was grateful that the delivery had been so quick and prompt for the students returns. The sound of them running down the stairs cheering about food was so heart warming that Xi’an took a moment to just smile at the realisation that they where all back alive. Most of them anyway. Still, she was under the influence of lily’s dust and it made her think past the deaths of the two poor lost students. She wondered how the other teachers where taking it, but for the moment she was almost unaffected by the knowledge.
Going over to the cupboard she reached over for a plastic covered package of paper plates. Take a few of them out and unwrapping them she was distracted by the sound of the phone ringing. She looked a little confused at the noise but looked to her girls with a smile, “Ok girls, you take these through and I’ll go get the phone. Don’t touch the cookies, I can take them through myself.” She said with a smile as she went once again to the phone in the hallway. She listened to some of the noises from the Rec room and shook her head with a laugh before picking up the phone.
”Hello? Xavier’s institute for higher learning Xi’an speaking …Oh hello Jamie …. So soon? Is there something wrong -no? Ok, another student? … is he dangerous Jamie? OH, it's a she.. ok … Ah I see, oh well you came at the right time, we’ve just got a pizza delivery for the return of the rest of the school so she’ll be welcomed with a meal … Alright Jamie that’s fine, I’ll let Emma and Scott you’re on your way. See you soon. Goodbye.” She sighed as she heard the tone sounding that he had hung up and she followed suit. Today seemed to be the busiest yet so far.
Having seen her two girls flit past to the source of the pizza Karma turned back to the kitchen and picked up the few plates of cookies and made her way to the room following her girls with a smile. She called out as she got to the door ”Who wants cookies!” And placed the plates down gently on the tables around the pizza stacks and grinning as she looked around everyone. She was so happy to be able to see the students back again. It was so much more cosy with everyone together; what with the new student too it was good for everyone to be around. She hoped. Looking around Xi’an spotted peter giving a welcome back for his group and she walked over to him, placing a hand on his arm before retelling the news from the phone conversation.
”Jamie Madrox is on his way with another new student. They’re in a cab right now on their way so be on the look out, Emma will need to know too. She’s missed a lot of new students now.” She warned, although her face was still smiling. She was glad about everyone getting back and being surrounded by the returning people.
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Post by Shadowkat on Jan 3, 2009 18:20:30 GMT -5
Kitty was relieved to be back at the school, smiling at everyone as they all ran off to their rooms or straight to the rec room for food. She was all set so that was where she went to straight off. Her stomach fluttered at the thought of seeing Piotr again, and she wondered if he was going to already be there.To maintain some level of maturity among the students, she walked the way there, and as she came in she saw her team reuniting (minus one), which made her both happy and sad, though she ran to each one of her own and hugged them. Then as she saw him, that slow pace she kept for maturity's sake disappeared.
"Petey!" she yelled happily as she ran to him, jumping up and throwing her arms around his neck as a near tackle that probably wouldn't sway him. Grabbing his head gently she kissed him and then buried her face in his neck, feeling everything that she was working to repress -the fear she had been hiding while fighting, and then the grief of the loss of Elixir- start to bubble up. Kitty didn't want to cry in front of everyone, but she was back and with Piotr again, and with him she could always just let go. She worked to control her breathing so she could speak coherently enough for him to understand, but it was a bit hard. "I missed you so so much- it was horrible," she said into his neck, hanging on tight and basically standing on her tiptoes. "And then Elixir," she whispered, her voice breaking as tears started to roll down her face again over her fallen student. She knew Piotr had lost a student as well and felt for him, and began to cry for him too since she knew him well enough to know that he was hurting on the inside.
Her emotions were so mixed; she was so very happy to be home and in her boyfriend's arms again, but she had been trying her best to bottle in everything she had worried about and feared while in Limbo to be strong for her students and it was hard. Though now she knew she could let go and her Petey would be there for her, and now that was all that mattered.
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Katana
Acolytes
Leah Okami
Posts: 258
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Post by Katana on Jan 3, 2009 20:06:19 GMT -5
Back in the Kitchen
Thankful that nobody seemed to have noticed her and seeing that Karma was distracted by the phone Katana opened the kitchen door and calmly stepped outside. Once she was outside the story was different as no longer calm she ran as fast as she could to the road. This time she headed away from town, figuring that once she put some distance between her and the school she would be able to hitch hike. She was headed toward NYC. She could disappear there. She was pretty sure that Colossus and the others wouldn't look for her. Why would they want that much trouble back? No, she would be fine, all by herself. It was how she should have done things in the first place, she thought, wiping a tear from her eye. Resolve, Leah, resolve. Have to stay strong. None of this weak crap.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 3, 2009 20:42:02 GMT -5
Jenny carried the cookies with her chin held high glaring back at Chopper. "My cookies are better than your cookies. You'll see, they'll like my happy face cookies better than your old goopy ones," she said sticking out her tongue and walked into the room with a big smile on her face. "Look everyone I gots yummy happy face cookies!" she called looking around at the room full of big kids. Some are nice. Others are dummys, she thought and held up the plate of cookies to show everyone.
Jenny looked over and saw Kitty and Mr. Peter hugging. She smiled a little, cause she liked them both. I wish Mr. Nice Blue Man was here. I hope he'll understand that I did honestly try to finds Mr. Summers. I misses him, he was nice and my friend, Jenny thought with a quivering lip for a moment before she shook herself out of it. Everyone was so happy she didn't want to look sad, especially when she saw how happy Shimmer was and how Kitty was crying in Mr. Peter's arms. And Diesel, the big man that her mouse friends would be a-scared of and the girl with the neato hair and everyone really looked happy. Jenny forced her the pang away and took a cookie, walking over to Stoney, who she decided she liked. "Hey Stoney wants to try my cookie. Look there's a happy face on it!" she said with a smile and stood on her tippy toes so she could hold it up for him to see.
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Clutch
New Mutants
Anastasia Equilnaiir
Manipulation, is not a command
Posts: 148
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Post by Clutch on Jan 3, 2009 21:04:37 GMT -5
Turning to look as the crowd of students returned, Ana beamed gently at them all, offering a wave and a 'welcome back' as she stood upright again before being hugged by her team leader. Wrapping her long arms around the woman, Ana giggled softly and went to stand beside the Ivy again with a smile, she hadn't spoken much to those on her team and probably didn't know most of them as the group had grown substancially since she last remembered, but the familiar faces flitted in her head. "It is good they are back, i worry about them when they are gone. They are safe now, i am happy." She said down the to the red haired friend she had made yesterday. Unfortunately though, she couldn't see Kyle anywhere. She wondered where he had run off to, as she was still a little upset that they had become upset the last time they spoke.
She wanted to appologize really as it was over nothing and she was not one to make enemies but if he was harsh against her she would not take it lightly. Still for now she would take part in the happy return of students and teachers alike, everyone seemed to have someone to go to for the moment so she stuck with staying beside ivy and looking happily at the group. The little girl who came in with cookies looked so cute, and the pizzas where quite salivating but she felt a little sick to the stomach at the sight of so much food. She would be lucky to manage one slice of those pizzas and a cookie before feeling full and slightly ill. All that went into a pizza was not really good for her. Still, she wanted to see the little girl happy and as she went to the big guy she remembered sitting with the other older students last night she walked over and leant over; asking sweetly to her in as clear english as she could manage. "Do you think i am allowed cookie? They look like they eat good, what do you think?"
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Jan 3, 2009 21:21:32 GMT -5
The flight home was short and sweet. Once Veronika woke Heather up when they landed, Heather was more than happy to finally be home. She missed her bed and how welcoming the smell of the wooden walls and furniture were. As Veronika linked her arm around the water wielder's, Heather smiled and tightened her arm grip. She liked Veronika and could definitely see her as a best friend. So far they were able to maintain a conversation and at least talk about fashion and other things they bonded over.
"I can't believe we are actually back. It seemed like forever," she replied as they headed down to the main floor. "And of course I'll help you unpack. You have so many things," she said with a giggle. She remembered seeing all of Veronika's possessions in the foyer only several days before. It was enough stuff to give to a small country.
The smell of pizza and cookies was the best smell in the world. Heather was starving surprisingly, since she didn't realize it until the scent struck her. But all she wanted was a plain cheese pizza, or even buffalo. It didn't matter as long as she had something in her stomach. Entering the Rec Room, Heather was happy to see everyone there. Seeing Lian, she smiled and waved, the same with the rest of the people she knew. While the mafia princess sat next to Ian, Heather sat next to Veronika. She sighed, feeling the cushion beneath and behind her, relax her fragile body. It was GREAT to be home.
"Well that is Clutch," she began after Veronika asked her to commence introductions. She pointed to each student as she spoke their names. "And Lian or Ripple, Decay, and Torri." The rest of the kids she didn't know for they were brand new and/or she never met. She couldn't help but smile warmly as Torri began to hug Lorelai out of happiness of seeing everyone home. Well almost everyone.
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
Posts: 233
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Post by Ripple on Jan 3, 2009 21:31:27 GMT -5
The sound of pizza being digested felt amazing. Lian couldn't help but inhale enthusiastically and sigh. "Ah, best freakin smell ever," she agreed with the rest of the group. "HEY HEATHER YOU"RE BACK!" she yelled and rose her fist in the air. "Power to the female," she said firmly with her infamous smirk. She was glad her friend was back. Seeing so many new people was a bit confusing to Lian. Heather clearly made a new friend who looked rather wealthy. Her clothing was expensive that was for sure, and Lian knew they probably got close because of that. Lian herself wasn't big on fashion. She just wore what she liked and that was it. Plus spending 500 dollars on a bag that could easily be ruined didn't seem like a good investment. She was just fine with a regular backpack.
Jandro was really digging a deep whole, and all Lian could do was sit and watch him get lectured by Sky and Chase. It was amusing, but Lian didn't laugh; Viva La Bam was too funny to ignore and instead she laughed at that. "SURPRISE ME!" she yelled back to Sky in response to what pizza she desired. "AND DON'T PUT FREAKIN' JALAPENOS ON IT LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME!! I HAD TO DOWN A WHOLE GALLON OF MILK TO GET THAT DAMN SPICE OUT!!"
She turned back to the T.V. and then decided to look around at the larger group. It was great everyone was home. And it seemed like a lot of couple were around. Ian and Lorelai, Sean and Katie, heck it was every cute to see Colossus and Shadowkat express their emotions for once. Lian was never big on relationships, but she did always like guys. Like Sky, she flirted and occasionally would go the extra mile to like the guy. But "the one" never came. And she didn't need him to. For Christ' sake she was only sixteen.
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Post by Nightcrawler on Jan 3, 2009 21:42:53 GMT -5
Cyclops had spoke words that were more true than these children knew. They would find out the truth of it all soon enough, about how different they were from the others, but kids were resilient they bounced back. Kurt had taken the fast way up and teleported to the kitchen in time to see a young girl looking distressed and heading out into the cafeteria. It was a moment before he recognized her from the images Emma had shared with him on the plane ride back from Limbo, she was his team member Katana. He wondered why she was leaving with such a distressed look. He'd get to the bottom of it, kids could be cruel, somebody probably upset her.
Stepping into the Rec-Room, Kurt's eyes lit up at all the kids and the pizza and then he saw her, and his mind went back to that moment right before the Brotherhood attack. The blond girl, the little one from the basketball court the day of the attack. She was safe, they all were safe. His eyes welled with tears at the joy in his heart. The children, the school, his whole world was intact. His sacrifice, the time in that hell of LIMBO was all worth it. For them he would lay down his life, give all that he had save for his immortal soul.
"Hello Liebshen! May I have a cookie too?" Kurt asked. With a a smile he stepped over to her and knelt down "Und a hug?" He didn't even know if she would remember him but he hoped she would. After all, it wasn't every day a little girl meets a fuzzy blue man playing tennis against himself.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 3, 2009 21:46:32 GMT -5
Lurai cracked her neck on both sides and cooled down as she headed to a random chair and sat on it, her legs curled up on it and her arms crossed over her knees. Those girls were right. She had seen Kyle flirt with every sort of female here. She made a dumb move in going for him, but she didn't know any better. Now she did, and Kyle would no longer be worth any of her time. It was as simple as that, and she would forget that she thought he ever mattered to her. His scent was gone, she realized, meaning that girl had left, but that was of little matter to her as everyone was getting back in swarms.
She watched as they all flowed in and took their respective places with their friends or whoever-elses and saw Heather come in and sit next to a redheaded girl, Lorelai, that big guy who wore odd clothing in the library, Shimmer and Kevin. Before she got up, she was hugged by Shadowkat, who she used one arm to awkwardly hug her back. Then she went over to the couch full of people and came closest to Heather. "Hello Heather, how are you?" she asked with a small smile, speaking to her first since it was her she felt the most comfortable with after talking to her and seeing that she was nice.
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Riff~Raff
New Mutants
Riker Garnier
Wolfish in every way *smirk*
Posts: 295
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Post by Riff~Raff on Jan 3, 2009 22:07:33 GMT -5
Riker smiled wide when he saw the Limbo people come on. "Ian, Sean! You two are a sight for sore eyes. Glad ya both are back in one piece eh?" When Sky got up from his lap he stood up to shake Ian's hand and waved to Sean, who seemed to be with that little goth girl, who was cute in her own way. Good for him, good for him. He turned to Lorelai, in his mind she was dynamite hot. He reached over and picked her up a bit from the couch to hug her and well feel her body against his since he has the opportunity to welcome her back. "Aye I'm glad your back lass. Ya both look well," he said with a big smile and grinned at Hardlight. "Ey there Kevin, ya look like your holding it together well," he said with a friendly smile.
He saw Heather with a very attractive red head and smirked a bit to himself. Riker scooped his teammate up in a hug. "And you lass, just up and left and no goodbye. I oughta steal your food for that," he joked. He liked Heather, she was fun and they had a blast at practice together. He let go of her just as Shadowkat hugged him, and he could have died happy right there. His team leader was in the words or Ian a "total babe" and any sort of physical contact from her was enough to make Riker very happy. "Ey' there Miss Kitty. It is very good to see you," Riker said with a big grin. The room was swamped with people and there were more coming, he managed to smell them. The main smell that wafted in his nose was Pizza.
"Sky lass! Save me a pepperoni slice eh?" Riker called and plopped down next to Aqua, swinging an arm over her. "Good to see ya again lass. Tell me who's your friend here?" he asked with a smirk. It felt good to have everyone home again, it was like when his pack returned from hunting, only a bit more noisy.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 3, 2009 22:29:15 GMT -5
A gasp escaped from Jenny when she whipped around to see the smiling face of Mr. Nice Blue Man smiling at her. A look of pure delight and love appeared on Jenny's sweet little face and she launched herself into his arms, hugging him with all the strength in her little body. "Oh Mr. Nice Blue Man you're back! I misseds you so much! Oh you're back, you're back!" she cried hugging him tight with her little head pushed against his neck. Jenny was a little girl with a big heart. Anyone that made an impression on her stayed in her heart and she held them close. Since that day where she saw the neat blue man, who was not only her favorite color but was playing tennis all by himself and talked to her so sweetly and nicely, she had been missing him as much as she missed the other who left, if not more. Jenny remembered the fight, she was in the mansion running around and looking for Mr. Summers, but that didn't mean she didn't see some scary things through the windows. She was so scared for everyone and was so sad when she didn't see her new friend at the Hanger. Now she felt that all was well again and all the sadness she felt was washed away as she hugged the nice blue man with the funny accent.
Jenny pulled away from him and looked at him with wide eyes, trying not to get too excited. I needs to breathe on the counts that I jumbles my words too much when I'm excited, she reminded herself and took a deep breath. "I trieds to find Mr. Summers, really I did. I checked his office, the libraries, the TV room, the classrooms and I couldn'ts find him. I'm sorry I really did try and then there were peoples missing and you weren't there either and I felts really sorry! I wanted to help but I couldn'ts!" Jenny cried her lip quivering again before she hugged him tight again. "But you're back now! And of course you can have a cookie I made the ones with the happy face cause I wanteds everyone to be happy ands- Oh you're back!" she said with a huge smile on her face as she hugged him tight. Her little heart was ready to burst with happiness that she had her friend back and that everyone seemed safe and happy.
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Lily
Alpha Squadron
Lily Sparrow
YAY YAY YAY!!!!
Posts: 43
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Post by Lily on Jan 3, 2009 22:57:15 GMT -5
Doing what Karma asked, Lily picked up a plate with cookies piled up on it and hugged the rim of the plate as she floated up into the air. She flitted slowly in the hallway as she carried her plate, biting her lip and holding her breath in concentration. She was in quite a happy mood, which normally meant she would fly around without a care in the world, but she couldn't now. Lily had to help deliver cookies to the older kids who just got back. It was an important task because she was told they would all be very very hungry.
Entering the rec room she smiled a huge smile her eyes widened at how many people were in there, and how many she had yet to meet. A lot of them were the ones she had only heard about, but wow! There were so many new people, and one girl even had blue hair! She nearly dropped a cookie off of her plate but quickly flew to a nearby table to put it down before another cookie could almost fall off. Then she flew into the air again. "YAY!!!! You alls are home!!!" she cheered, happy that everyone she heard about was home, and just happy in general.
Her eyes shifted while she floated near the ceiling and she zoomed to the table, unable to help stealing a cookie and stuffing it into her mouth. She worked her little mouth to chew it all before flying off again, deciding whose head she wanted to land on. Flipping upside down she sat on the ceiling and crossed her legs while her little wings kept her up there as she looked for a good person to land on.
Lily let out a quiet 'hee hee' before gently landing on the head of the big muscular boy who sat next to the girl with blue hair. Her wings still fluttered as she stood lightly on his head, and as she did with the Hellion Inflict, she bent down to see his face and grinned big. "Hello!" she said, giggling.
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Diesel
Acolytes
Ian Larks
Posts: 492
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Post by Diesel on Jan 3, 2009 23:34:16 GMT -5
Ian was thrilled with everything right now, nothing bad could touch him right now. He jumped up when Colussus announced the pizza got here. "Finally. I was ready to have Pipsqueak make me an icicle shaped like a burger or somehting," he said. When he greeted everyone, especially his beaming team leader, Ian was grinning from ear to ear. It was good to be home and see his buds again. "Hey there Shimmer, I'm digging the pink hair. Try not to suffocate my girl will you?" he said with a laugh. "Good to see too, Dudette," Ian said before he beamed right back at his team leader who greeted them so happily. "Colossus dude its awesome to be back and see you man. I did you proud man I looked out for my buds and I gotta show you later something awesome I learned I could do with my powers!" he said laughing and turned away from him when 'Kitty Teach' leaped into his arms.
"It's good to be back bro, it's like radical to be back actually," Ian said when he greeted Riker. He poked Lorelai and was about to walk over to the pizza boxes when he felt someone land on his head. In front of him he saw big eyes and bubble gum pink hair. "Whoa hey there little dudette. Hope your comfortable up there cause we're going on a ride for food," he said with a beaming smile. He loved kids, especially little girls that reminded him of his baby sister, just like the little fairy on top of his head. "C'mon you can help me find my pizza. They better have a meat lovers in there," he muttered and began unstacking the pizza boxes from the other towers while Sky gave out the Chicken Caesar.
"Ok Fairy dudette, help me announce it. We got White Spinach! We got White pizza, we got pineapple and we got. SCORE MEATLOVERS!" Ian shouted the last part and grabbed the entire box. "Ok Fairy girl, you and me? We're gonna keep this pizza for ourselves," he said and then sat on an empty chair near the couch with the little fairy still on his head. He opened the box and picked up a steaming slice of meatlovers pizza and took a large bite. "OoooOo Oh man this is amazing," he said with his mouth full as a look of pure bliss came on his face. This is heaven. I think even better than sex. Oh... foooood. Pizzzaaaa. MEAT. he thought with a blissful smile on his face as he chewed the slice. This box was his and he refused to share.
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Post by TrueSpirit on Jan 4, 2009 1:30:43 GMT -5
Mato had picked up his bag that he left in the hanger and Cyclops showed him his room. He promised Decibel that he would meet her in the rec room beforehand. Setting his stuff down in the neat room, which to him seemed much grander than his room back home. After 24 hours in the same clothes, he changed into a pair of jeans and wore another similar blue deerskin coat that his mother made him. He unpacked a little bit to have less to do for later before he made his way downstairs to where Cyclops directed him. He walked down there carefully and into a crowded room full of people. It was always an experience to Mato to be in such a large room, cause to him it always looked like a whole gathering of animals and people as well.
His point was proven when he watched Nightcrawler and the little blond girl from the other day having a happy reunion. The little one's camel calf pranced around the wise blue man's Moose with excitement as his stood proudly and looking at the calf with a gentle and loving expression. The Moose, one of the sacred animals of the Great Spirit. They are the wise and good in us all with the most respect for life, Mato thought with a slight smile before he noticed the silent bull standing calmly and easily next to a very large young man. An admirable man indeed. Bulls represent freedoms from material possessions and contentment. They are the first on alert to any sign of danger, he thought and walked over to take slice of the chicken and salad pizza from the thin girl with a Mandrill sitting by her feet. "I would like one please," he said and took the slice with a bow of thanks. Ah the Mandrill, a connection to the Weasel and a rather clever and quick animal. I envy the males she will encounter as she grows older, they say males never forget their time with a Mandrill, he thought trying not to make his genuine smile give anything away.
Mato took his slice and sat down on an empty by the window, eating this interesting pizza carefully and savoring each bite. He was eager to see Decibel again, the girl's spirit was a blessing and elated his mood. She is a very intriguing young woman, with a life much different than my own. I have no qualms learning more about someone with such spirit, he thought with a small smile at the punk girl that became his first friend really at the school.
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