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xp_logsJay visits Lex to apologize and they establish that they need a guys night in.
Feelings a lot better than when he woke up, Jay got the seal of approval from Hank before he headed upstairs, one destination in mind. His healing factor was still going, tingling throughout his body and he felt like his anxiety at seeing Lex was enhancing that. His one chance to prove something and it blew up in his face. Although, the supercharge had stopped him, he still expected Lex to be worse off than he had been.
"Lex," Jay called into the door as he knocked onto it. "You alright?"
Moving hurt, but the longer he sat in the arm chair in his suite the more likely he was to pass out. He didn't want to have to go back to the medlab so he decided to get up and answer the door. He hoped it would be a hot woman, come to please away his pain, but he figured that would be too good for him. "Alright, hold your damn horses."
He opened the door to find a big blue man standing in front of him with an anxious look on his face. Lex's eyes went wide, and he pulled the door open more, unable to tell why the man looked so... so... scared? "What's wrong?" he muttered, so soft he didn't even think the other man could hear him.
"Ah was hopin' you could tell me," Jay asked, unmoving from the door. Although his eyes searched for the signs that his feather didn't go beyond anything paralyzing to Lex. He felt bad enough for doing that, although, the same could be said for being Lex's own personal conductor.
"Well, I feel like you're either going to punch me for electrocuting you or hug me for sticking me with one of your fancy feathers..." Lex paused long enough to make what he hoped to be a humorous facial expression. "Either way, you should come in because it is awkward having you stand in my doorway." He couldn't really tell why the man was upset. If Jay hadn't tagged him with a feather he would probably have wreaked untold havoc on the train yard, possibly killing Meltdown and himself.
"You do pack one hell of a jolt," Jay said with a brief lopsided smile before he came inside, mostly thankful to be able to drop on a couch and just sit. "That was a shitty run wasn't it?" Lex seemed to be okay, if not happy about it all and if he was happy, then Jay was happy.
Lex didn't answer the question, he felt terrible for his role in the day, and knew that the only words he had were inconsequential bitching. Better to figure out how to stop it from happening next time, he thought, following the blue man's lead and taking a seat in a cushioned seat. After a moment passed in silence he looked at the blue man, "'least we stopped one from getting away?"
"We? You mean they," Jay corrected. "One dead and the other yeah. Ah don't think Ah'm gonna be let back on the field. Needin' more of that communication thing that Ah do in Red X. Its just that we was chasin' em' and..." he let it trail off, as if it were obvious that the thrill of the hunt got a little carried away with him. "You was good though, except when you, you know, lost control."
"Yes, we. The team is not a separate unit on the field, when one of us fails we all fail, when one succeeds, it's the same thing." Looking at the man with a very stern expression, he continued on. "You ran off, and we couldn't contact you, but you did well. It's not like they expect you to be a god damned vet on your first run out. You are still green, even if your skin is blue." The last was meant as a joke, but as tired as he was Lex didn't know whether it came out humorously or as a bit of terrible sarcasm.
"Alright allright preacher. Save it for the team pep talk before we go out," Jay said, waving away the unintentional underlying tone. He really didn't want to get into the whole 'there's no I in team' stuff. It was too much after coming out of that mess. "Ah'll admit though, Zanne's good. Real good."
"Yeah, she cleaned house when we fucked up. I'll give her that." He didn't like the other man calling him a preacher, teamwork was serious. He'd seen to many men die because they wanted to be heroes. "So, if you don't want the speech, will you at least accept an offer? We need to train harder, I think more on the me--" Jay flashed and disintegrated before his eyes, and he twitched slightly. He blinked rapidly and tried to remember what the Doc had said. Something about lingering affects from the psychotropic poison for a few days... he just couldn't get over how sudden the images came on.
Jay sat up and frowning as he took in the sudden drop in Lex's possible lecture. "What's wrong? You all right?" he asked, concerned.
And as suddenly as he'd vanished Jay returned. "Oh," was all he could manage to say. He sat there for a moment, a curious quirk in his brow. "I think I'm alright. I just had a strange image come over me, like the hallucinations. The Doc said it would happen on and off for a week and I'm not allowed to train or manage any heavy equipment."
"Ohh kay. That's a little weird," he said and pushed off the couch to fetch Lex a glass of water. "You ain't gonna go postal on me or nuttin' right? Cause we know how bad that goes." He hoped Lex didn't pass out on him. "What'dya have anyways? Like some echo of telepathy or whatever?"
"If you count yourself disintegrating as an echo of telepathy. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to be hallucinating randomly for the next couple of days. Hank told me I should minimize my contact with people." He didn't have any problem with that. He was too tired to drink, or socialize, and the only real reason he'd let Jay come in was because he thought he owed the man an apology.
The glass of water was offered to Lex before he sat down again. "Well, Ah reckon there's lighter things we can do besides sittin' around. Ah mean, if yer the type to sit around, then that's fine but Ah ain't. Ah sorta get anxious. Yanno? Maybe we'll go see a shitty movie, like 2010 or somethin'. That way, if ya flake out on me, it'll be trippy when you come back to." Obviously he was joking although he didn't think a movie was too bad of an idea.
"Uh, yeah, I don't think a movie is a good idea." The image of an arcing burst of electricity frying the inside of a crowded theater came to mind as the blue man spoke and Lex cringed. "Maybe we can get some guys together for poker and beer later, maybe this weekend."
"Oh hell, that's easy enough. Kyle's probably in, Forge too. Ah reckon maybe Garrison if you want. Bishop too, oh hell yes, invite Bishop. You know him right?"
"Of him, more than anything else. I might have met him once or twice, but nothing substantial." Lex laughed, "I can only imagine Kane and Forge sitting around playing cards. It would be ridiculous."
"Well, Ah dunno if Forge'll come, or Garrison for that matter. Either of 'em are welcome though. Ah'll thrown 'em a line and see what Ah hook outta the water." Jay grinned, blowing his bangs out of his face and thought of inviting Kevin along but figured Kev would probably decline because it'd be too awkward for him. But still. "You know Kev? Guy who makes everythin' decay?"
"Nope, can't say I do." Lex still didn't know too many people in the mansion, but at the moment he didn't really care. He'd probably make an ass of himself anyway with his twitches and momentary relapses. "I wouldn't mind meeting him though, sounds like he has a pretty cool power. How about we wait a little while before we do this though, you know? I don't want to scare anyone by going all milky eyed and such."
"Yeah," Jay agreed. "Ah dunno cause they all got their own shit to deal with. Maybe something closer to december, like Ah reckon sometime mid december, when everyone's not worryin' about school and stuff. Maybe when yer feelin' more up to it. How 'bout Ah go get us a movie, bring it back here and keep you company. Ah make killer apple pies now."
Feelings a lot better than when he woke up, Jay got the seal of approval from Hank before he headed upstairs, one destination in mind. His healing factor was still going, tingling throughout his body and he felt like his anxiety at seeing Lex was enhancing that. His one chance to prove something and it blew up in his face. Although, the supercharge had stopped him, he still expected Lex to be worse off than he had been.
"Lex," Jay called into the door as he knocked onto it. "You alright?"
Moving hurt, but the longer he sat in the arm chair in his suite the more likely he was to pass out. He didn't want to have to go back to the medlab so he decided to get up and answer the door. He hoped it would be a hot woman, come to please away his pain, but he figured that would be too good for him. "Alright, hold your damn horses."
He opened the door to find a big blue man standing in front of him with an anxious look on his face. Lex's eyes went wide, and he pulled the door open more, unable to tell why the man looked so... so... scared? "What's wrong?" he muttered, so soft he didn't even think the other man could hear him.
"Ah was hopin' you could tell me," Jay asked, unmoving from the door. Although his eyes searched for the signs that his feather didn't go beyond anything paralyzing to Lex. He felt bad enough for doing that, although, the same could be said for being Lex's own personal conductor.
"Well, I feel like you're either going to punch me for electrocuting you or hug me for sticking me with one of your fancy feathers..." Lex paused long enough to make what he hoped to be a humorous facial expression. "Either way, you should come in because it is awkward having you stand in my doorway." He couldn't really tell why the man was upset. If Jay hadn't tagged him with a feather he would probably have wreaked untold havoc on the train yard, possibly killing Meltdown and himself.
"You do pack one hell of a jolt," Jay said with a brief lopsided smile before he came inside, mostly thankful to be able to drop on a couch and just sit. "That was a shitty run wasn't it?" Lex seemed to be okay, if not happy about it all and if he was happy, then Jay was happy.
Lex didn't answer the question, he felt terrible for his role in the day, and knew that the only words he had were inconsequential bitching. Better to figure out how to stop it from happening next time, he thought, following the blue man's lead and taking a seat in a cushioned seat. After a moment passed in silence he looked at the blue man, "'least we stopped one from getting away?"
"We? You mean they," Jay corrected. "One dead and the other yeah. Ah don't think Ah'm gonna be let back on the field. Needin' more of that communication thing that Ah do in Red X. Its just that we was chasin' em' and..." he let it trail off, as if it were obvious that the thrill of the hunt got a little carried away with him. "You was good though, except when you, you know, lost control."
"Yes, we. The team is not a separate unit on the field, when one of us fails we all fail, when one succeeds, it's the same thing." Looking at the man with a very stern expression, he continued on. "You ran off, and we couldn't contact you, but you did well. It's not like they expect you to be a god damned vet on your first run out. You are still green, even if your skin is blue." The last was meant as a joke, but as tired as he was Lex didn't know whether it came out humorously or as a bit of terrible sarcasm.
"Alright allright preacher. Save it for the team pep talk before we go out," Jay said, waving away the unintentional underlying tone. He really didn't want to get into the whole 'there's no I in team' stuff. It was too much after coming out of that mess. "Ah'll admit though, Zanne's good. Real good."
"Yeah, she cleaned house when we fucked up. I'll give her that." He didn't like the other man calling him a preacher, teamwork was serious. He'd seen to many men die because they wanted to be heroes. "So, if you don't want the speech, will you at least accept an offer? We need to train harder, I think more on the me--" Jay flashed and disintegrated before his eyes, and he twitched slightly. He blinked rapidly and tried to remember what the Doc had said. Something about lingering affects from the psychotropic poison for a few days... he just couldn't get over how sudden the images came on.
Jay sat up and frowning as he took in the sudden drop in Lex's possible lecture. "What's wrong? You all right?" he asked, concerned.
And as suddenly as he'd vanished Jay returned. "Oh," was all he could manage to say. He sat there for a moment, a curious quirk in his brow. "I think I'm alright. I just had a strange image come over me, like the hallucinations. The Doc said it would happen on and off for a week and I'm not allowed to train or manage any heavy equipment."
"Ohh kay. That's a little weird," he said and pushed off the couch to fetch Lex a glass of water. "You ain't gonna go postal on me or nuttin' right? Cause we know how bad that goes." He hoped Lex didn't pass out on him. "What'dya have anyways? Like some echo of telepathy or whatever?"
"If you count yourself disintegrating as an echo of telepathy. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to be hallucinating randomly for the next couple of days. Hank told me I should minimize my contact with people." He didn't have any problem with that. He was too tired to drink, or socialize, and the only real reason he'd let Jay come in was because he thought he owed the man an apology.
The glass of water was offered to Lex before he sat down again. "Well, Ah reckon there's lighter things we can do besides sittin' around. Ah mean, if yer the type to sit around, then that's fine but Ah ain't. Ah sorta get anxious. Yanno? Maybe we'll go see a shitty movie, like 2010 or somethin'. That way, if ya flake out on me, it'll be trippy when you come back to." Obviously he was joking although he didn't think a movie was too bad of an idea.
"Uh, yeah, I don't think a movie is a good idea." The image of an arcing burst of electricity frying the inside of a crowded theater came to mind as the blue man spoke and Lex cringed. "Maybe we can get some guys together for poker and beer later, maybe this weekend."
"Oh hell, that's easy enough. Kyle's probably in, Forge too. Ah reckon maybe Garrison if you want. Bishop too, oh hell yes, invite Bishop. You know him right?"
"Of him, more than anything else. I might have met him once or twice, but nothing substantial." Lex laughed, "I can only imagine Kane and Forge sitting around playing cards. It would be ridiculous."
"Well, Ah dunno if Forge'll come, or Garrison for that matter. Either of 'em are welcome though. Ah'll thrown 'em a line and see what Ah hook outta the water." Jay grinned, blowing his bangs out of his face and thought of inviting Kevin along but figured Kev would probably decline because it'd be too awkward for him. But still. "You know Kev? Guy who makes everythin' decay?"
"Nope, can't say I do." Lex still didn't know too many people in the mansion, but at the moment he didn't really care. He'd probably make an ass of himself anyway with his twitches and momentary relapses. "I wouldn't mind meeting him though, sounds like he has a pretty cool power. How about we wait a little while before we do this though, you know? I don't want to scare anyone by going all milky eyed and such."
"Yeah," Jay agreed. "Ah dunno cause they all got their own shit to deal with. Maybe something closer to december, like Ah reckon sometime mid december, when everyone's not worryin' about school and stuff. Maybe when yer feelin' more up to it. How 'bout Ah go get us a movie, bring it back here and keep you company. Ah make killer apple pies now."
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