Amanda, Meggan and Kurt - Tuesday evening
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xp_logsIn the aftermath of Day Zero, the Szardos/Sefton siblings gather together to reassure each other they're okay.
"You want anything more?" Amanda asked, looking worriedly at Meggan. "There's still a couple of slices of pizza left..."
They were camped in Kurt's suite, the three Szardos siblings, catching up after their various experiences. The food had started as soon as Famine had been mentioned. Amanda herself was sitting curled up in one of Angelo's shirts and a pair of sweats, various cuts and scrapes and bruises visible, her face tired, but relieved as she looked around at her family, safe and sound.
Meggan wasn’t nearly as famished as she had been earlier, but her stomach still picked that moment to make its needs known with one more growl. She chuckled. “Maybe one more slice.”
After a pause, she added with a tired grin, “And if I have any room at all for it later, I could probably go for some strawberry ice cream for dessert, with whipped cream slathered on it.”
"Oh, we can probably manage that." Amanda pushed over the pizza box. "Kurt, how about you? Just about done?"
"I could stand a little more", he said with a tired smile of his own, reaching over to take the slice of pizza Meggan hadn't claimed. "I did encounter that woman as well, though she only turned her power on me at the end."
Meggan swallowed another bite, nodding after a moment. “Mmm. Yeah, with us, she came up from behind and got everyone. She already had a hurt arm by then.” She noticed with some relief that she was getting closer to being full now—at long last.
"One I gave to her", Kurt returned with a kind of grim pride. "I did not mean to break it, but she was so thin herself... and I cannot say I am sorry I did."
Amanda flicked a glance at Kurt, looking back at Meggan meaningfully. Possibly not the best line of conversation in front of Meg... "At least you're both back safe and sound. And it looks like you and the rest of the girls did pretty bloody well taking care of yourselves."
Meggan suspected that if Famine hadn't already had one arm broken that things could have been even worse for them. "Yeah…maybe a few cuts and scrapes and that hunger, but otherwise I guess we did do pretty nicely."
Trying to lighten the mood, Meggan added with a grin, "And you wouldn't believe how much stuff that duffle bag could fit in it when we were able to stock up on some supplies." Come to think of it, her duffle bag might have finally bitten the big one somewhere between them roaming the streets toward the end, and being attacked by Famine.
"You protected yourselves and each other for more than three days alone", Kurt said, the pride plain and unadulterated now. "I am sorry I did not find you sooner, but you could not have done better. I think a reward will be coming all your way."
"Possibly in the shape of that ice cream," was Amanda's response. She reached over and brushed back Meggan's hair. "'M proud of you too. You kept your heads. Looks like the X geezer is onto a smart thing with this New Mutants lark." She grinned wryly. "Of course, now you've had the traditional welcome to Xavier's - danger and mayhem."
She smiled at that. “Ice cream for all would be a good reward.” With a slight snort at the last comment, Meggan responded, “Not the best rite of passage in the world, but it’s good to survive the experience.” Might’ve been better for everyone if the mayhem wasn’t on such a large scale, but nothing could be done about that.
"We all did. Even New York, tho' she's a bit beaten up." Amanda stretched and winced as she disturbed several bruised bits. "Still, we'll rebuild. I daresay there will be a bit of Red X work for a while."
"And the New Mutants can be involved with that as well", Kurt added. "If you so choose."
Meggan only had to think about it for a moment, before she answered. “I think it sounds like a wonderful idea—I’ll check with the others, first. See if they all want to do it, too.” She really hoped they would agree to it, since it sounded like the best way they could all help out with everything that had gone on.
"You want anything more?" Amanda asked, looking worriedly at Meggan. "There's still a couple of slices of pizza left..."
They were camped in Kurt's suite, the three Szardos siblings, catching up after their various experiences. The food had started as soon as Famine had been mentioned. Amanda herself was sitting curled up in one of Angelo's shirts and a pair of sweats, various cuts and scrapes and bruises visible, her face tired, but relieved as she looked around at her family, safe and sound.
Meggan wasn’t nearly as famished as she had been earlier, but her stomach still picked that moment to make its needs known with one more growl. She chuckled. “Maybe one more slice.”
After a pause, she added with a tired grin, “And if I have any room at all for it later, I could probably go for some strawberry ice cream for dessert, with whipped cream slathered on it.”
"Oh, we can probably manage that." Amanda pushed over the pizza box. "Kurt, how about you? Just about done?"
"I could stand a little more", he said with a tired smile of his own, reaching over to take the slice of pizza Meggan hadn't claimed. "I did encounter that woman as well, though she only turned her power on me at the end."
Meggan swallowed another bite, nodding after a moment. “Mmm. Yeah, with us, she came up from behind and got everyone. She already had a hurt arm by then.” She noticed with some relief that she was getting closer to being full now—at long last.
"One I gave to her", Kurt returned with a kind of grim pride. "I did not mean to break it, but she was so thin herself... and I cannot say I am sorry I did."
Amanda flicked a glance at Kurt, looking back at Meggan meaningfully. Possibly not the best line of conversation in front of Meg... "At least you're both back safe and sound. And it looks like you and the rest of the girls did pretty bloody well taking care of yourselves."
Meggan suspected that if Famine hadn't already had one arm broken that things could have been even worse for them. "Yeah…maybe a few cuts and scrapes and that hunger, but otherwise I guess we did do pretty nicely."
Trying to lighten the mood, Meggan added with a grin, "And you wouldn't believe how much stuff that duffle bag could fit in it when we were able to stock up on some supplies." Come to think of it, her duffle bag might have finally bitten the big one somewhere between them roaming the streets toward the end, and being attacked by Famine.
"You protected yourselves and each other for more than three days alone", Kurt said, the pride plain and unadulterated now. "I am sorry I did not find you sooner, but you could not have done better. I think a reward will be coming all your way."
"Possibly in the shape of that ice cream," was Amanda's response. She reached over and brushed back Meggan's hair. "'M proud of you too. You kept your heads. Looks like the X geezer is onto a smart thing with this New Mutants lark." She grinned wryly. "Of course, now you've had the traditional welcome to Xavier's - danger and mayhem."
She smiled at that. “Ice cream for all would be a good reward.” With a slight snort at the last comment, Meggan responded, “Not the best rite of passage in the world, but it’s good to survive the experience.” Might’ve been better for everyone if the mayhem wasn’t on such a large scale, but nothing could be done about that.
"We all did. Even New York, tho' she's a bit beaten up." Amanda stretched and winced as she disturbed several bruised bits. "Still, we'll rebuild. I daresay there will be a bit of Red X work for a while."
"And the New Mutants can be involved with that as well", Kurt added. "If you so choose."
Meggan only had to think about it for a moment, before she answered. “I think it sounds like a wonderful idea—I’ll check with the others, first. See if they all want to do it, too.” She really hoped they would agree to it, since it sounded like the best way they could all help out with everything that had gone on.
