xp_logs | Sooraya and Yvette in the hotel room (Reply)

Yvette and Sooraya talk about the trial

Sooraya let out a deep sigh when she sat down on the soft bed in the hotel room. The group had just gone out for dinner and everybody had headed back. “I’ll be glad when this will be over… Stupid nerves…”

"It will be over soon," Yvette reassured her with a sympathetic smile as she got drinks for both of them from the mini-fridge. Like most Attilani buildings, their hotel room was designed to incorporate as much natural light as possible, with large windows and wooden shutters and a tiled floor with coloured patterns along the edges. Yvette was being careful with her feet - her powers-proof socks tended to slide on the surface, but she didn't want to scratch such a lovely floor. "And maybe once the trial is over, you can relax a little and see your friends?”

“I will probably depend on the time I finish tomorrow. If we are early enough, there should be some time to visit the school… I hope so at least… thanks.” Sooraya as she saw Yvette pulling open the fridge. “Oh, I forgot to ask… your bedding… do you need a hand?”

"Yes, please," Yvette replied gratefully. While her travel bedding meant that she could sleep without tearing the bed to shreds, it was tricky to actually get the existing bedding off and remake the bed on her own, unless she was fully covered. And the weather was way too balmy for that. Plus she knew Sooraya could do with the distraction. "It would be nice to see the old Xavier's students and see how they are doing, like Leyu," she continued, bringing two glasses of mango juice over.

“It would be good to her again.” Sooraya agreed as she stood and went to make with bed. With quick, efficient movements she removed the sheets from the bed and opened the bag, removing the special bedding. “When I was still there, I had the chance to see Tatiana regularly. I even spoke to Ms. Danielle and Cessily a few times.” A few quick tucks and pulls and some crawling over the bed to get everything even, the bed was made.

When the bed was finished, Sooraya wiped her forehead and pulled of her scarf, shaking her hair free. She sipped from the juice, enjoying it’s sweet flavor. “Thanks again for coming along with me, Yvette. I hope tomorrow won’t be spent too much time waiting.”

Yvette chuckled. "I used to train with Mr. Logan for the stealth. I am very good at waiting." She pulled a spare sheet from her bedding bag and draped it over a chair so she could sit comfortably and drink her own juice. "Are you nervous? About giving the evidence?"

“A little… I don’t look forward to having to tell certain parts of the story… I am more nervous about the idea of having to look Achmed in the eye again… And a little worried Sayyid might do something crazy…” She had taken her own seat, sipping her juice. “Though there is also a small part of me that feels good at facing him, showing that he doesn’t rule my life somehow…”

"They will not be allowed near you, not with the X-Men keeping you safe," Yvette said confidently. "And it is a good thing, to face the bullies of this world. They lose their power if we show we are not afraid to stand up to them." She grinned a little, slightly abashed. "And I am, how you say? Soap boxing again. I think I have been spending too much time with HeliX."

Sooraya had to giggle as a mental picture formed in her mind of the red skinned young woman actually standing on a soapbox, holding a speech. She became serious again quickly. “I am sure things will go fine… And in a way… I am a little afraid of Achmed, but I also pity him… a little. He might have made very different choices if he had not come under the influence of Sayyid. He has good qualities… I have seen that… but they are being twisted in a way… I cannot find in it in myself to really hate him…”

"That is because you are a better person than most of us," Yvette replied, smiling fondly. "Perhaps this trial will be the wakeup call for him? A sign that he needs to get away from Sayyid?"

“I hope so… He is not that old yet and if he really wants to… He might get a second chance… I admit that chance is not that big, but I do hope so…” Sooraya’s voice trailed off before she started to speak again. “And I am not better person then anyone else, Yvette… I might not hate Achmed, but I do detest Sayyid… The damage that man must have done with his words alone…” Suddenly a small smile crossed her face and she winked at Yvette. “And I probably have other faults that others don’t have that much.”

"Well, you are better at the hiding them than the rest of us," the smaller girl retorted with a returning grin, taking a sip from the glass she held carefully balanced between her palms. "Do not tell me you snore!"

“Only when I have a cold.” Sooraya said with a straight face, but with twinkles in her eyes. “But I tend to mumble according to certain people. And I can’t think of many bad things about yourself, you know…”