Time Stand Still: Jean and Ruby/Garnet
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xp_logsJean meets Ruby and Garnet and have a small bonding moment over a movie.
For a large mansion built by fabulously wealthy Westchester brahmins, Xavier's could be shockingly short on the kind of entertainment and fun that Ruby and Garnet preferred to get into. Sure, the Danger Room was good for blowing off steam, but it wasn't the same as carefully coaxing an entire biker bar into a fistfight, or determining just which fraternity brother with a history of questionable attitudes toward consent they were going to turn the tables on. They had to actually -care- about the reputation and face they were presenting here. They were looking for help from this universe's X-Men, after all. How on earth were they supposed to have a good time in the middle of all that?
It had been a long couple of days. Jean might have normally retired to the quiet comforts of her room but she found that the rec room television was much larger, the best way to watch movies. Tonight she had popped in the Mummy, not the Tom Cruise one, mind you. She didn't have bad taste. No, it was the 1999 version, the one that was still good no matter how many times she had seen it.
Settling in with a cup of hot chocolate, she had commandeered the large couch, her tall stature sprawled across it with a cozy blanket. The mansion always seemed to have a draft in fall and winter months, and with the lingering chill in the air she found herself almost wanting to be under the hot desert sun with them.
"Ooh, old movie day!" one of Ruby and Garnet's bodies declared, dropping into a chair with almost girlish glee. They would rather enjoy reminding everyone of their incipient aging, but in fact 'retro' movies were one of their passions.
"Brendan Fraser was yummy back in the day," they observed.
Fine, it was mostly for the eye candy of that particular era of filmmaking.
Jean quirked a brow, glancing over at her new movie companion(s) with a laugh. "He's still pretty yummy," she said. "But he's my favorite here. I was planning on watching the first two. We don't talk about the third one. Didn't know you were a fan, though."
"Well, in my time he's in, like, his seventies. Probably has grandkids my age." Which Ruby and Garnet never got around to specifying. They liked to keep people guessing like that.
"Rachel Weisz really pulls off the 'hot librarian' look, too." One of their bodies bit their lip in a very obvious way, leaning over the back of the chair the other was in.
"For that matter...Oded Fehr can say sexy things in Arabic all night long if he wants." They both looked similarly distracted.
"When you get right down to it, that whole cast is...oh, what's that term from this time? A bunch of snacks. Even the one who played Imhotep. Not really our speed, but he does look pretty good with his shirt off."
Laughing, Jean paused the movie because she was distracted by the conversation and didn't want to miss the movie even if she'd seen it hundreds of times. "And what about the plot itself?"
While the talking back and forth between the two women was unusual, Jean was in the House of Unusual, so she took it in stride. Expect the unexpected.
"A fun little adventure. Adventures and action are usually my preference. I don't much care for what the film industry tends to market as 'romance', and 'comedy' is so subjective that..." Apparently this had somehow become film criticism afternoon, but it at least gave Ruby and Garnet something to talk about, and it did interest them.
"They get into a routine and stick with it because it makes money," Jean said. Feeling a chill she pulled her toes, which had been sticking out, under the blanket.
"Seems like you're setting in so far."
Ruby and Garnet cocked their heads in unison. "I suppose. It's all temporary, though." Once they found the one they were looking for and took care of things, it'd be off to their time and place again. "Trying my best to behave, even if I'd rather be out causing trouble."
Jean grinned. "Sounds like quite a few people I know," she said. She rested her chin on her knees.
"So what do you think of it so far, the past? Evil alternate people not withstanding."
"It's been...rewarding in some ways," the pair offered, thinking of their interactions with Emma and Fourteen, and how they had perhaps set the pair on a better path. "I'd rather be hitting on people and making things awkward, though," they admitted with a pair of wolfish grins.
Smirking, Jean shook her head. "Color me shocked," she said with a laugh. "Well, as far as we know, there may still be time."
Ruby and Garnet's second body returned from a brief trip to the attached kitchenette with a bag of popcorn. "Budge over," she told herself, a habit developed in girlhood to seem normal. Somehow they managed to both fit into the same chair without looking too cramped. There was a metaphor in there, probably. "Kinda doubt it," the one not cramming their mouth with popcorn decided. "At least we've got movies to keep things from getting too dull."
Jean smiled, picking up the remote to hit play on the movie.
"That we do."
For a large mansion built by fabulously wealthy Westchester brahmins, Xavier's could be shockingly short on the kind of entertainment and fun that Ruby and Garnet preferred to get into. Sure, the Danger Room was good for blowing off steam, but it wasn't the same as carefully coaxing an entire biker bar into a fistfight, or determining just which fraternity brother with a history of questionable attitudes toward consent they were going to turn the tables on. They had to actually -care- about the reputation and face they were presenting here. They were looking for help from this universe's X-Men, after all. How on earth were they supposed to have a good time in the middle of all that?
It had been a long couple of days. Jean might have normally retired to the quiet comforts of her room but she found that the rec room television was much larger, the best way to watch movies. Tonight she had popped in the Mummy, not the Tom Cruise one, mind you. She didn't have bad taste. No, it was the 1999 version, the one that was still good no matter how many times she had seen it.
Settling in with a cup of hot chocolate, she had commandeered the large couch, her tall stature sprawled across it with a cozy blanket. The mansion always seemed to have a draft in fall and winter months, and with the lingering chill in the air she found herself almost wanting to be under the hot desert sun with them.
"Ooh, old movie day!" one of Ruby and Garnet's bodies declared, dropping into a chair with almost girlish glee. They would rather enjoy reminding everyone of their incipient aging, but in fact 'retro' movies were one of their passions.
"Brendan Fraser was yummy back in the day," they observed.
Fine, it was mostly for the eye candy of that particular era of filmmaking.
Jean quirked a brow, glancing over at her new movie companion(s) with a laugh. "He's still pretty yummy," she said. "But he's my favorite here. I was planning on watching the first two. We don't talk about the third one. Didn't know you were a fan, though."
"Well, in my time he's in, like, his seventies. Probably has grandkids my age." Which Ruby and Garnet never got around to specifying. They liked to keep people guessing like that.
"Rachel Weisz really pulls off the 'hot librarian' look, too." One of their bodies bit their lip in a very obvious way, leaning over the back of the chair the other was in.
"For that matter...Oded Fehr can say sexy things in Arabic all night long if he wants." They both looked similarly distracted.
"When you get right down to it, that whole cast is...oh, what's that term from this time? A bunch of snacks. Even the one who played Imhotep. Not really our speed, but he does look pretty good with his shirt off."
Laughing, Jean paused the movie because she was distracted by the conversation and didn't want to miss the movie even if she'd seen it hundreds of times. "And what about the plot itself?"
While the talking back and forth between the two women was unusual, Jean was in the House of Unusual, so she took it in stride. Expect the unexpected.
"A fun little adventure. Adventures and action are usually my preference. I don't much care for what the film industry tends to market as 'romance', and 'comedy' is so subjective that..." Apparently this had somehow become film criticism afternoon, but it at least gave Ruby and Garnet something to talk about, and it did interest them.
"They get into a routine and stick with it because it makes money," Jean said. Feeling a chill she pulled her toes, which had been sticking out, under the blanket.
"Seems like you're setting in so far."
Ruby and Garnet cocked their heads in unison. "I suppose. It's all temporary, though." Once they found the one they were looking for and took care of things, it'd be off to their time and place again. "Trying my best to behave, even if I'd rather be out causing trouble."
Jean grinned. "Sounds like quite a few people I know," she said. She rested her chin on her knees.
"So what do you think of it so far, the past? Evil alternate people not withstanding."
"It's been...rewarding in some ways," the pair offered, thinking of their interactions with Emma and Fourteen, and how they had perhaps set the pair on a better path. "I'd rather be hitting on people and making things awkward, though," they admitted with a pair of wolfish grins.
Smirking, Jean shook her head. "Color me shocked," she said with a laugh. "Well, as far as we know, there may still be time."
Ruby and Garnet's second body returned from a brief trip to the attached kitchenette with a bag of popcorn. "Budge over," she told herself, a habit developed in girlhood to seem normal. Somehow they managed to both fit into the same chair without looking too cramped. There was a metaphor in there, probably. "Kinda doubt it," the one not cramming their mouth with popcorn decided. "At least we've got movies to keep things from getting too dull."
Jean smiled, picking up the remote to hit play on the movie.
"That we do."
