06 . voice + action

[calmbeforethe]

Good morning, Luceti. My name is Ororo, known by some as Storm. Some of you might have seen me at the Battle Dome with my students. What I do is help people with special abilities learn control over their powers. In my world, we call these abilities mutations, as they are tied to a genetic anomaly in our DNA. But really, they aren't quite that different from the different sorts of powers many people here in Luceti appear to possess. 

Some of you might be familiar with my friend and colleague Wolverine, who has previously made offers to extend our help to those who want it. Well, I am here to reiterate that the offer still stands, and if any of you are in particular need of guidance or training in controlling such powers, we can do our level best to assist you. 

[ A friendly, open smile. ]

If anyone is interested or have further questions, please feel free to stop by the Dome this morning, or contact me over the journal.

Thank you for your time. 

[ And true to her word, Ororo can be found at the Battle Dome for most of the day, as was the norm for the past week and half. Logan's still on his mission, so it's just been her (and Natasha, on occasion!) overseeing the various training sims for the X-Men and other interested parties. She's not an expert in hand to hand combat - that's Logan's deal - so a lot of the sims instead have had a focus on strategy and simulated rescue ops.

For those who aren't participating in a demo, they can catch her designing a program at the console. Tomorrow's a Friday, so for the team session she was thinking of perhaps setting up a game of all-powers-allowed volleyball. It would have been nice to play a game outside, with the weather so wonderful lately, but it runs the risk of being a little... rambunctious. Teenagers with powers kind of tend to be competitive, she's learned. ]

[ Late in the afternoon finds her returning to House 16. It's been a long day, and she still needs to tend to her garden! So she sees to that first before even thinking about heading inside for some rest. She hopes, vaguely, that the X-Kids have left some food of the not-junk variety, or else she'll need to make a trip over to Seventh Heaven for dinner. ]

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[rashness]

[For a brief, brief moment, Rin thinks to himself "man, why was I stuck with Wolverine when I could have worked with her?"

But then he dismisses that thought. It is an ugly thought and more than that, he's pretty sure Wolverine can smell his thoughts, particularly because they're right next door.]

[voice]

[rashness]

So you lookin' for students for yourself, or more for him? 'Cus if it's for him, you gotta warn 'em.

[voice]

[calmbeforethe]

A warning? [Ororo chuckles, kind of surprised.] Do you really think that's necessary?

[action]

[handing]

[She's put this off for too long. There's always seemed to be some reason, something filling her time or getting her attention just enough to keep her from taking that next step. But now she's stabilized again, and more importantly, she'd almost completely lost control when she hadn't been. After that night of waking up in terror, realizing that she'd almost killed Tony and herself because of a dream, Pepper finally decides to get the help she needs.

Ororo's announcement comes at a perfect time.

It's not something Pepper's comfortable talking about, however. All the horrors tied into what she's become leave her unwilling to put it over the journal, even in a filtered response. So she leaves the gallery earlier than normal, heading for the Battle Dome mid-morning to find the woman in question. She finds her at the console, and Pepper approaches, hoping not to disrupt her.]

Hey, Ororo. Do you have some time to talk?

[action]

[calmbeforethe]

[ Pepper catches her at a lull between sessions. Still in uniform (she will be, for most of the day!), Ororo turns and gives Pepper a look of pleasant surprise - but only a flash, because as much as Ororo likes Pepper's company, this doesn't look like your average social call. ]

Pepper, hello. I have time to spare, yes. Is something the matter?

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[handing]

[She nods, but doesn't go into detail right away. Instead Pepper casts a look around her before turning back to the woman.]

Maybe we can go some place private? Even one of the chambers if it's open. [Because she still has trouble sharing the details, and Pepper at least wants to control how people find out about her condition.]

[Voice | Private 5%]

[aryaunderfoot]

[Even though she's already pestered Logan about learning how to fight better, Arya is getting the impression that this woman is the calm to balance out Logan's roughness. And she has seen the woman around before, which is probably why she even bothers asking. Still, she does try to keep it slightly private. This kind of admission would have been a quick way to get labeled a monster back home.]

What if we can't control it at all? The powers, I mean.

["DNA" - whatever that is - or magic or whatever, she's not entirely sure what's going on.]

[Voice | Private 5%]

[calmbeforethe]

[ Such a young voice. Ororo sometimes forgets how young some of the villagers are, and every time she's reminded she gets a funny little pang in her heart.

But she answers the girl kindly, smiling for her benefit. ]

Then we see if we can't find out how to control them. When I was much younger, I could barely control my own powers at all. I don't see why you can't do the same. [ Ororo's not an expert on all sorts of powers, but she wasn't going to dash a young girl's hopes so easily. ]

[Voice | Private 5%]

[aryaunderfoot]

[That's somewhat comforting. She's not sure a warg is the same thing as what Ororo here and Logan can do, though. She bites her lip.]

It usually only happens if I'm asleep. I thought it was just dreams for a while. [Beat. She might as well ask.] Could a mutation make me be able to see through my wolf's eyes?

[Action]

[widows_kiss]

[Natasha steps out of one of the training rooms where she'd been assisting with training herself and spots Ororo at the console. Changing directions, she approaches the other woman with a smile.]

Working on a new project?

[Action]

[calmbeforethe]

[Ororo looks up to slant a smile in Natasha's way before focusing back on her work.]

Mm, yes. Just a simple work-out for tomorrow's session.

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[widows_kiss]

I saw you called for some new recruits. [She leaned casually on the wall beside the console, glancing curiously at what Ororo was programming.] If they all stay predictable, we'll have another new wave soon.

[She wondered if there'd be familiar faces again this time.]

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[neversurrender]

[Steve had just come out of his own sparring session and was heading for one of the vending machines when he spotted Ororo working on the console. It's true they hadn't had much interaction sine her arrival, but he knows she's an ally of Logan and Rogue's and that was good enough for him.]

You seem to be working hard.

action;

[calmbeforethe]

[Ororo glances up and gives Steve a friendly smile as he comes over.]

Hello, Steve. Not harder than any other day, really.

You seem to be hard at work yourself.

action;

[neversurrender]

[He pulls up the collar of his shirt to wipe some sweat off his face.]

Just a typical sparring session. What are you working on?

[wildbluevagner]

[Ororo will hear a bamf as she tinkers with her garden. And Kurt soon draws near, with a slight frown on his face.]

Hey... Storm. Sorry to bother you...

[calmbeforethe]

[ Ororo glances up as Kurt draws near, a pair of garden shears in hand. ]

Don't be silly, Kurt. You're not bothering anything.

[ A curious headtilt. ] Is something the matter?

voice;

[precipitous]

[ Oh, hey! Korra remembers this lady from the draft...and thinking she was an Avatar for a second, ahaha. But, still - she had some awesome control over her powers. And Korra was looking for new ways to strengthen herself... ]

What kind of training is it, exactly?

voice;

[calmbeforethe]

[ And Ororo happens to remember her! Except she never got her name. Something to change, at least. ]

Well, that would depend on what you are capable of. For example, you have control over certain elements, don't you? [ Ororo smiles. ]

[systemshock]

Oh, so you're a meta? So does that make you some kind of superhero?

[calmbeforethe]

Pardon my asking but, what is a meta, exactly? [ It's not a term she hears everyday! ]

[written - private] because he's a butt

[imatreenow]

[He doesn't make a habit of corresponding with anyone through the journal - he takes the opposite approach, of avoiding interaction and, at best, silently studying the few entries that catch his interest. What catches his interest here is the passingly familiar reference to "mutations". Perhaps it's boredom, or curiosity, or perhaps he's feeling particularly caustic today, but he finds himself writing out a question.]

You would advertise to the entire village that you are different?

[written - private] an unfortunate condition

[calmbeforethe]

I don't see the harm when we do not stand out quite so much, living in a village where so many other people who are similarly gifted live.

[action]

[frost_jewel]

[Even better! Mia is cooking, in the absence of anyone else around wanting to do the job. When Logan isn't around to batter them all to pieces, Mia finds she has more than enough energy after training to make something for dinner if nothing is done already.]

[action]

[calmbeforethe]

[ And here is Ororo, walking into the kitchen after a long day. She pauses by the door, smiling at the sight of Mia bustling around. ]

... It smells delicious, Mia. What are we having?