RP log

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Jubilee looked up at the storm windows and pondered
the likelihood that she'd be able to get one down,
looking closer she noticed the screws, bolting the
thing to the wall. Perhaps, if she could get those
out, she could shift it and then climb through. Sure,
it'd be found tomorrow but they wouldn't know who had
done it, so she'd be safe.

As she sneaked around the side of the building,
heading for the shed. She just hoped no one was having
a insomniac episode and looking out the windows at
this time of the morning. Spying the shed, she grinned
and headed quickly toward it. Almost home free, she
just had to get a screw driver and that storm window
was as good as off.

Cain heard the crunching of feet through the snow and
cocked his head to the side. 2am, definitely after
curfew, sounding definitely too rushed to be anyone
who belonged outside... he leaned back and stretched
his legs out across the walkway and just waited.

Jubilee didn't notice the rather large bulk blocking
the walkway as she hurried toward the shed, she was
much to interested in muttering to herself about storm
windows and overzealous grounds keepers. It wasn't
like there were that many storms around this place
anyway, okay, maybe when Storm got in a pissy mood but
still, storm windows? Taking away their God given
right to use those windows as an exit, the nerve! It
was at this point she came in contact with something
somewhat large and immovable, the results of which
left her sprawled in the snow, wondering just what the
hell had happened. 'I don't remember any small
mountains on the school grounds. Uhoh.'

Cain reached down, grabbing a handful of yellow
leather jacket as he hauled the trespasser up to his
eye level. "Hello," he growled in a low voice, "bit
late out for exercising, ain't it?"

In normal circumstances, Jubilee might have been able
to bluff this out, making some smart ass comment and
talking her way out of the situation. After all,
insomnia was always a good line with the teachers, you
just flashed them a bit of wide eyed unhappy, can't
sleep puppy eyes and they were putty, well, the
telepaths weren't but anyway. However, it was 2am, she
hadn't expected to see anyone and this person
resembled a mountain, it was only expected that she
let out a small muffled scream and her powers get out
of her control in her fright.

The resulting series of plasma fireworks was
therefore somewhat bright, and very loud.

Cain dropped the girl, covering his eyes with his
hands. "Son of a BITCH!" he cried, blinking rapidly in
an attempt to make the dancing spots go away. The
explosions hadn't hurt, of course, but they were
certainly annoying. "When I get my hands on you..."

Jubilee began to back away hastily. "Oh shit, um,
shit, dude. Are you like blind? I'm so sorry...wait,
what the hell do I mean, sorry? What's the deal going
around picking up innocent girls exercising in the
early morning and scaring the living shit out of
them?"

Cain's vision cleared enough to see the
yellow-jacketed girl backing away from him. He lunged
forward, slamming his fist into the ground and
knocking the girl off her feet. He took a step
forward, looming over her. "What I'm doing out here,"
he whispered, "is my business. What YOU'RE doing out
here, I suppose that'd be the Professor's business,
wouldn't it?"

Jubilee looked up at the rather HUGE man leaning over
her and started quickly thinking through all the
excuses she might use in a situation like this and
realized none of them would work on a telepath who
could merely read the truth from her mind and be
horribly disappointed in a stern way that she'd tried
to lie. Looking defiantly up at the person she now
recognized as Cain, she smiled suddenly. "Now, now, no
reason to involve the Professor, is there? I mean,
it's not like I've hurt anything. How about we just go
our separate ways and forget this whole incident? It's
not like I actually took off the storm windows,
anyway...oops."

Cain paused, then turned his head slightly as lights
started to come on in the mansion. He turned his
attention back to the young girl on the ground. "All
right, two ways we can go about this - I can either
march you in there and you can explain what you were
doing out at this godforsaken hour, or-" Cain looked
around furtively, "I cover your ass for this, and you
OWE me."

Jubilee pondered Cain's offer. On the one hand, she'd
have to face Xavier and whatever punishment he would
dish out, and considering she'd been gone since noon
yesterday, that wouldn't be pretty. On the other hand,
she would owe Cain, someone who she didn't at all
respect or trust and who seemed to like throwing his
weight around a little too much. Still, it would mean
she was free to go back to the club at some other
stage, and it really was a great club. "Alright, cover
my ass. But how do I know you're not gonna just rat me
out later on if it suits you?"

Cain smiled. "You don't. Now scram," he pointed over
by the snow-covered gazebo, "and I'll leave the door
open when I head in." As Jubilee scampered to hide
herself, the door opened behind Cain.

"Mister Marko?" a tired voice carried across the lawn,
"Is something wrong?"

Cain snorted, "Just a raccoon," he lied, "trying to
get into the trash."

Jubilee peaked out from the gazebo, watching the
exchange between Cain and someone she couldn't quite
make out. 'Jubester, you just made a deal with the
devil, better hope it don't come back to bite you on
the ass later.' She waited for a few more minutes
after she saw Cain walk back into the mansion and then
ran quickly to the door, testing the doorknob. It
opened and she sighed in relief, looked like the guy
kept his word, at least. Slipping inside, she wondered
briefly just what this owing would mean and hoped it
wasn't something too bad.

Comments

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Jubes is a far braver gal than I.

I'm reminded, though.. pop me an IM sometimes, Jubilation - you've got half of Shinobi's room to layer in stickers and smiley face sheets, still. >:)