calmbeforethe | 05 . action + voice

[It's been some time since the TERRACE draft. While it was not her first and while Ororo was no stranger to violence and war and even death, it is always difficult to come face to face with them as she did a week ago. After all, she may treasure peace,but given the nature of her powers and the situation they were caught in, she was forced to see that she was also quite good at making war when she needed to. And although she loved her powers dearly, times like the draft reminded her how destructive they could be.

Now, a week and a bit later, she intends to remind herself that that was not all her mutation was good for.

So after her morning Danger Room session at the Battle Dome, Ororo spends some time at the Flower Shop and the Item Store, both located in the center of town. In the former, she hovers over packets of seeds thoughtfully, also selecting a few already potted plants that she figures she might transfer to her budding garden. In the latter, she looks around for any helpful tools she might find useful - trowels, shovels, a spritzing bottle for the more delicate plants, and even considers a wheelbarrow for several minutes - ultimately she decides it's too much effort to bring it all the way back to the house. She does end up making multiple trips - not that it was too much of a bother for someone who could fly.

In the afternoon, she can be found in the garden in front of House 16. No gardening gloves for her, Ororo likes the feeling of sinking her hands into the earth. And anyway, yesterday's rain made the soil loose enough to work with easily. She goes about things generally quietly, though there are snatches of quiet conversation as she speaks fondly to her plants and, on some occasions, even softly humming to them. It's a lot of work, but that was fine. She found it therapeutic. And though she likes working alone, more often than not she at least had a little black raincloud to keep her company.

During a brief break from her gardenwork, Ororo decides to address her journal.]

As much as I love snow and frost, I must admit that spring is a favorite season of mine. It is so full of life, and color, and growing things. Rebirth. [She smiles serenely.]

Do you have any plans for this spring, Luceti? I know I will be busy coaxing my garden to bloom again after a winter's worth of sleeping.

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So you're saying they're the exact opposite of me. Sounds about right.

But you have your similarities, of course. They listen to me without fail and, of course, I need to bend down a little when I talk to them...

Easy, 'Ro. You don't wanna us up all your sense of humor so early in the day.

[Ororo chuckles quietly.] My apologies. Kurt has been a terrible influence, you see.

There's no affliction worse than someone who thinks they're funny.

And yet some say laughter is the best medicine. [She's inclined to agree, after the long week they'd had.]

Good thing I'm already a picture of perfect health.

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Mm. If only the rest of us were so lucky.

If only. [He crouches down.] You know, we ain't talked much since we got back.

[She answers quietly, turning her eyes back to the shrub she was pruning.] I know. After the last few weeks, it was hard to do much more than rest. [She glanced at him briefly.]

We have a lot to talk about.

[He crouched to the ground. There wasn't much need for whispering, since there was no one nearby, but all the same. Things like this required the illusion of secrecy.]

I'll be the gentleman fer a change. Let you pick the topic.

[Ororo nodded, shifting so that she sat with her long legs tucked under her comfortably.]

I'll start with the most pressing one, then.

You knew, about Loki. What can you tell me about it?

Rogue told me. She didn't want to have to keep hiding it. [He tapped his nose, indicating how hard this was for her.] I ain't much interested in gossiping about her love life, but I warned her about what would happen if it threatened the team.

[She suspected as much. She knew she wasn't as close to Rogue as Logan was, so she supposed that it only made sense that she'd told him ahead. Still.]

I don't mean to dictate who she sees and what she does, but... He's a dangerous man, Logan. I don't like it.

[He nods with a set jaw, clearly agitated by trying to keep his cool just talking about it.]

I had a chance to shoot him on TERRACE. Shifter had us both without powers. Still kinda wish I'd went ahead and done it.

[Frowning, because as much as she didn't want Loki around Rogue, she didn't want him dead, either.]

Rogue would have been extremely upset with you. She's... they seem very smitten with each other. [A sigh, as she rubs the bridge of her nose.] I can't believe I just used that word.

Nauseating, ain't it?

[But he knows why Rogue likes it. That damn god can offer something no else can. Physical contact.]

To a point. [She paused, and sighed.]

What I don't understand, Logan, is that Rogue was the first to warn us about him. How did this happen?

You're asking the wrong person, 'Ro. It ain't my place to tell you what's in her heart. Much as we don't like this, we ain't got no say in her feelings.

I know. I'll have to see if she'd like to talk about it. [But she kept most things to herself. Ororo's never had as much luck as Logan in getting Rogue to open up about these things.]

I'm just worried about her. Rogue is a strong young woman, but with something as delicate as this... [It could end pretty badly. She sighs.]

Rogue ain't a kid anymore. This ain't gonna end well, we both know that. But that's a mistake she's gotta make on our own. It won't be pretty though.

[So he figures the best thing they can do is not push her away by trying to help her.]

Knowing that won't make it any easier to watch, either. [Ororo nods, then she smiles faintly.]

But you're right. I forget that she's not as young as I remember her to be.

She's turned out to be a damn fine woman. [A moment and then he looks to her as he realizes his choice of words were poorly picked.] You know what I mean.

[Well, it gets a little laugh out of her, at least.]

I do. I'm amazed at how she's managed to keep herself together, for as long as she's been here. Though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. She learned from the best.

Sure. Now if only I'd thought to include a few lessons about not datin' the enemy when Kitty got interested in Lance.

[Only the Professor, for some reason, allowed it. Positive influence of the X-Men or something like that.]

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