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xp_logsAnd because they are teenage boys, much of the conversation revolves around girls.
Doug: *Doug wanders through the hallway, trying hard not to gawk at the old money opulence on display. Looking at a slip of paper in his hand, he tries to find his room*
Doug: *taps very timidly on the door to 208*
Jamie: *Jamie looks up from his video game and hastily swallows the half of a peanut butter cookie sticking out of his mouth.* 'S open, come on in.
Doug: *opens door and peers in* Jamie?
Jamie: Uh, yeah . . . *Jamie blinks and then realization dawns.* Yeah! Hey! You must be Doug, right? Kurt said he was going to go pick somebody up today. Welcome to Xavier's.
Doug: *offers hand* Yeah, I'm Doug. Good to meet you. *drops carryon bag on empty bed*
Doug: This place is...a bit overwhelming, to say the least.
Jamie: *bounces up out of his chair to shake hands* Same here. Our other roommate, Artie, I think he's watching TV downstairs, I'll introduce you later. He's about ten, doesn't talk, but he's a great kid--hey, you want some help with your luggage? *grin* It's kinda mindboggling at first, yeah. You want a tour later, I can introduce you to everybody?
Doug: How about tour now, luggage later?
Doug: I've already been lugging suitcases all across JFK, I could use the rest.
Jamie: Ah, but that's the cool thing about being my roommate, we can do both. Uh. They explained to you about the mutant stuff, didn't they? I mean, Kurt and Ms. Braddock did?
Doug: Yeah. I've also done some reading on my own. I guess the mutant stuff is why I'm here, besides. Although I still don't really think I am a mutant.
Doug: I mean, I don't seem to have any super-cool abilities. I'm just a sorta smart, fairly geeky guy.
Jamie: Nothing wrong with that. Just wanted to make sure you were kinda expecting weird things. Where's your luggage?
Doug: Down in the entryway. And yeah, Kurt already did his best to freak me out with the teleporting thing. There's quite a difference between hearing about it, and seeing it.
Jamie: This is true. Okay, what I do is, I clone myself, sort of. Like on those Looney Tunes, Martians, just add water? Except without the water. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna send a few dupes to handle the luggage while we show you the place. Sound good?
Doug: Uh, yeah, that sounds good. *tries to be nonchalant*
Jamie: Cool. Don't freak out. *Jamie thumps himself on the leg a few times and sends the resulting three dupes out the door.* I do this a lot, it makes scheduling stuff a lot easier.
Doug: Yeah. I guess you actually can be in multiple places at the same time. *weak chuckle*
Jamie: Pretty much. Not that flashy, but it's really useful. I can be my own Tekken tournament. *grins* You okay?
Doug: Um. *honesty time* It's a bit much to take in all at once, y'know?
Jamie: Oh, man, sorry. It's just--well, it's normal to me, y'know? And I guess I forgot how weird it was seeing everybody else's powers when I got here. I got used to it pretty quick, though--man, I'm sorry, I probably should've saved that till I got to know you a little better.
Doug: *brushes it off* Nah, it's cool. It's something I'm going to have to get used to if I'm going to be here long-term, I guess. No time like the present.
Doug: Besides, after no-warning teleportation, self-cloning with a prior warning isn't all that much.
Jamie: That's the spirit. You still want the tour? We can start with where everybody else lives, all the other students are on this floor.
Doug: Yeah. That sounds good. I've seen a couple people walking around, but meeting people sounds like a good idea.
Jamie: Okay, might as well start with the neighbors, then. Suite across the hall is Lorna Dane--nice girl, green hair, amazing cook--and Alison Blaire. *Jamie eyes Doug* Please tell me you've heard of Alison Blaire.
Doug: *blink* Alison Blaire? She lives here?
Jamie: *Jamie grins widely* Finally! Practically all the other new students have been from different countries or been living under a freaking rock or something, I swear to God. Yeah, this is where she went after all that BS with the record company. She teaches music. I'm learning the drums.
Doug: Dude...I mean...wow, that's like...*trails off into Gratuitous Fanboy Moment* Uh, yeah, I've heard of her.
Jamie: I'll have to introduce you. I'm bribing the story of her first high school band concert out of her with fudge later and I'm pretty sure the only reason she'd mind extra audience is because it means less fudge for her. She's really nice.
Doug: *nods and tries to absorb yet another amazing thing while attempting to be nonchalant*
Jamie: Okay. Room on our right is a bunch of girls closer to our age--we lucked out in the room assignments, seriously. Jubilee just got back from visiting family in China, she's hard to miss, look for the yellow coat. Terry Cassidy's a couple years younger, amazing voice, she's in music class too . . . Illyana Rasputin's only about seven, came over with her brother from Russia--entirely too cute to be allowed. She's really good friends with Artie and me so you'll probably see her around a lot. And then there's Kitty. *goofy grin* Who is absolutely amazing.
Doug: *sidelong glance* I detect a bit of bias there. Anything I should know about? *grin*
Jamie: Bias? Who? Me? *grin* We've been going out for about two months. *curiously* What about you? Anybody back home? And where is home, by the way?
Doug: Home is Denver. And, uh, no, not like that. I'm just your generic average-looking geek. Girls tend to be attracted to just about everyone but me.
Jamie: *grin* I've been homeschooled since I was twelve. If I can figure out how to talk to girls, you can. And there aren't any snotty cheerleader types around here anyway.
Doug: *remains unconvinced* If you say so...
Jamie: Trust me. Nothing but cool girls around here. *mischievous grin* Too bad you didn't get here a few months ago, Ms. Blaire wasn't spoken for.
Doug: *blushes and babbles slightly. Doug definitely has had a crush on Alison Blaire* There's no way someone like her could...I mean, the age thing alone...and, uh, I mean...
Jamie: *snickers* I hear you. First night I got here I made a complete idiot out of myself when I found out it was really her. *continues down the hall* Suite on the right here is 'Yana's brother Piotr, who's huge, and Warren Worthington, who has wings. The next door down is Alex Summers--his brother Scott is one of the teachers here. Nice guy.
Doug: *nods politely, not really having met anyone yet*
Jamie: Last door on the right is Bobby, who's been kinda quiet lately but makes the best ice cream in the world, Ev, who's cool--scared of Muppets, for some reason, but a really funny guy--and Jono, who . . . is probably not gonna be very friendly, but it's not you, it's him, he had a really bad time when his power manifested. Um, so if you see a guy in all black and a prosthetic chin, who doesn't like you? It's not your fault, he's like that with just about everybody.
Doug: *Doug tries to think of something profound and/or witty to say, but is pretty much coming up blank, just trying to take all of this in*
Jamie: Across the hall from them is another bunch of cute girls--there's Rogue, she'll be the one with the white streak in her hair and gloves all the time. Um . . . she's another one who got the raw end of the mutant stick, she can't touch anybody with her actual skin, you'll want to watch out for that. And Sarah, who's got a pretty awful mutation too--she gets these spare bones that grow through her skin and she can pull them out. She might not be very friendly at first either, but she's basically a good person as long as you don't push. And finally there's Paige, who's . . . *Jamie knocks on the door and sticks his head in* Who's here. Hey, Paige. Want to meet my new roommate?
Jamie: *opens the door to present Doug*
Doug: *peeks head around doorway*
Doug: Um, hi.
Paige: Sure, chickpea, come on in. Mind the mess. *stands up, brushing her jeans off to offer a hand*
Doug: *shakes hand and tries to remain cool in the face of very cute girl* I'm Doug.
Jamie: *audible whisper to Doug, grinning* They don't teach neatness in Kentucky the way they do in Kansas.
Paige: It's the sign of a creative genius I'll have you know. *smiles brightly* Now, come on. Properly introduce me here.
Paige: Or do they not teach manners in Kansas?
Jamie: They teach them. I never learned. Doug Ramsey, Paige Guthrie. Paige, Doug.
Doug: Nice to meet you, Paige.
Jamie: He just got in, I'm showing him around while I grab his luggage.
Paige: Nice to meet you too, Doug. I trust Jamie's being good to you? *teasingly bops Jamie on the arm* We can scrounge up a beating team if he's not.
Doug: *slight cute girl-caused babble* No, no, he's been really cool. He's been telling me about everyone and is helping take my luggage up too...
Paige: Nothing bad about me I hope? *raises her eyebrows*
Jamie: Not yet, anyway.
Doug: Um, no. He just mentioned you lived here as we passed by, and since you were here, is introducing me. Us. Um...
Doug: *slight blush*
Paige: *grins again* Good answer. Well, I'm the girl to see if you need a cup of tea or a study buddy, I guess. I'm not a genius like Jamie here's Miss Kitty, but I'm all right I guess.
Doug: *tries to concentrate on school and not pretty girl* Yeah. I'm pretty good at math and science, but if I get lost in history or something like that...I'll definitely come by.
Paige: Great! I'll look forward to it.
Jamie: Also she lets people go horseback riding with her. There are stables. It's fun. I still haven't gotten Kitty to try it, though--maybe I should ask Sam how he got Ms. Blaire to do it. *grins, aside to Doug* Paige's brother Sam is the one who beat you out.
Doug: *blushes more*
Paige: Oh Lord, not another one. *shakes her head, still smiling* Well, at least you can start a fanclub now and I have endless ammo for Lee- er... Ms. Blaire.
Paige: But if you ever want to go out on the trails, Jamie's right, I'd be glad to take you out. Sam tends to specialize in pretty blonde girls.
Doug: *pretty much incoherent with embarassment and blushing*
Jamie: We'd better get on with the tour, I want to try and finish before Kitty and Jubes get done with their movie marathon. See you later.
Doug: *manages to stammer a bit* Uh, bye.
Paige: See you later! Was real nice meeting you Doug.
Doug: Yeah. Nice meeting you too...
Jamie: *walks down the hall* See, this is good. We'll just start you off with short conversations with girls.
Doug: *face in palm* Yeah, cuz that couldn't have gone any worse. I completely clammed up!
Jamie: Oh, come on, she liked you.
Doug: If her type is stammering, blushing, plain-looking geeks, maybe.
Jamie: Actually I think she has a thing for Jono, so there's really no telling. And you were doing fine until I started teasing you.
Jamie: *grin* You need a better wingman, maybe.
Doug: I'm usually the wingman.
Doug: Besides, I'm a big chicken when it comes to girls, and I know it.
Doug: *shrugs and sighs a little bit*
Jamie: *snorts* Lorna practically had to smack me into asking Kitty out the first time, I was so nervous. The second time is a lot easier.
Jamie: *points out doors as they pass by* There's a little kitchen in there for late-night munchie runs, and the laundry room's across from that.
Doug: *gets a bit more into things* Munchie runs are important. Any munchie ettiquette I should know about?
Jamie: I hide the best stuff in the fish sticks box. Otherwise, look for labels.
Doug: Gotcha.
Jamie: Everybody knows about the fish sticks box by now, though, just so you know.
Doug: I had a hunch. Otherwise you wouldn't be telling me, right?
Jamie: Nah, you're a roomie, you get to share my food.
Jamie: *points to suite in the middle of the hall* Sam and Kurt live in there. You met Kurt, right?
Doug: Ah. Okay. What's yours is mine and what's mine is yours?
Doug: Yeah. He and Ms. Braddock were the ones who picked me up.
Jamie: Unless you'd prefer it not be, I eat some pretty weird stuff sometimes. *nods* Image inducer Kurt or original recipe?
Doug: Image inducer in Denver, then original recipe as I was exploring and trying to find our room. Kind of threw me for a loop, because I guess he forgot I hadn't seen his real appearance.
Jamie: I always kinda think he looks a little like Grover. Kurt's cool, he grew up in a circus and he's teaching a bunch of us some of the acts. I juggle.
Jamie: And he's really good to talk to if something's bothering you.
Doug: I did get the impression that he's a showman. He kinda surprised me with the teleporting thing on the way out of my house. Hearing about it and seeing it are two very different things.
Jamie: Yeah, I'm still kinda getting used to seeing all the different things people can do.
Doug: And then there's me. Who can't do anything. *wry chuckle*
Jamie: On the left is Rahne and Marie-Ange--Rahne's from Scotland, she's the quietest werewolf in the world, and Marie-Ange is from France.
Jamie: And hey, you said you were good at math and science, I didn't just mean blowing things up or walking through walls.
Doug: *blinks* Werewolf?
Jamie: Yep. Short cute redheaded girl to largish reddish wolf. But she'd just about throw herself off a cliff before she hurt anybody, so don't worry.
Doug: *nods* Oh, I believe you. I'm just trying to come to terms with the fact that reality and I seem to have parted ways this morning.
Jamie: Oh, it's much more fun here in nonreality. I haven't seen reality since I fell out of a tree and woke up twins.
Jamie: So, you know, technically you could just be my coma dream.
Doug: We're all quite mad here? *chuckle*
Jamie: Just about. C'mon, we'll go downstairs and I'll show you the kitchen. My coma dream has an awesome kitchen. Also there's a pool.
Doug: *heads downstairs* But how can I be in your coma dream? Or are we having a shared coma dream?
Jamie: I have an overactive imagination. *looks out the window as he goes down the stairs, onto the tennis courts* Oh, hey, there's Lorna.
Doug: *sees green-haired girl in sports bra and short shorts, and promptly loses ability to speak again*
Jamie: She lives across the hall, I think I mentioned. And she's already got a boyfriend too. But you have to convince her to cook for you at least once while you're here.
Doug: She's that good?
Jamie: She's taken chef lessons, and wow. The best part is when she thinks she's screwed something up, because she makes a lot of it.
Jamie: Don't try to tell her it's really good, just shut up and eat. *grin*
Doug: And incidentally, does every girl's mutant power involve being really good-looking? I mean, Alison Blaire, her roommate out there, and Paige...*blushes*
Jamie: I think it might. Evolution is so cool.
Doug: *in a slight case of Cute Girl Overload* Uh-huh...
Jamie: *rounds the corner* This is the kitchen, and that's the pool out the window.
Jamie: Don't have an aneurysm, but just let the word "swimsuits" sort of drift across your brain and tell me you're still not sure it was a good idea coming here.
Doug: *barely audible whimper at the thought of Alison, Lorna, and Paige in swimsuits*
Jamie: *grins* This is what I'm saying. And you haven't even met Kitty yet.
Jamie: Speaking of which, she's up watching movies with Jubilee, if you wanna get the rest of the tour later--there's classrooms and stuff, and the stable.
Doug: But...boyfriends. Boyfriends who can probably blow me up.
Jamie: They're probably kinda girly movies, but still.
Doug: Or boyfriends who are also roommates who can wreak dastardly revenge.
Doug: Single girls good.
Doug: Taken girls bad.
Doug: Sure. If you've seen one classroom, you've seen them all.
Jamie: *snickers* Yeah, this is good to keep in mind. We'll just narrow it down to Rahne, Marie-Ange, Jubilee, and Paige if she looks like she's interested.
Doug: *sigh* I kinda doubt it.
Jamie: You give up too easily. Come on, TV room's this way.
Doug: *shrugs and follows*
Doug: *Doug wanders through the hallway, trying hard not to gawk at the old money opulence on display. Looking at a slip of paper in his hand, he tries to find his room*
Doug: *taps very timidly on the door to 208*
Jamie: *Jamie looks up from his video game and hastily swallows the half of a peanut butter cookie sticking out of his mouth.* 'S open, come on in.
Doug: *opens door and peers in* Jamie?
Jamie: Uh, yeah . . . *Jamie blinks and then realization dawns.* Yeah! Hey! You must be Doug, right? Kurt said he was going to go pick somebody up today. Welcome to Xavier's.
Doug: *offers hand* Yeah, I'm Doug. Good to meet you. *drops carryon bag on empty bed*
Doug: This place is...a bit overwhelming, to say the least.
Jamie: *bounces up out of his chair to shake hands* Same here. Our other roommate, Artie, I think he's watching TV downstairs, I'll introduce you later. He's about ten, doesn't talk, but he's a great kid--hey, you want some help with your luggage? *grin* It's kinda mindboggling at first, yeah. You want a tour later, I can introduce you to everybody?
Doug: How about tour now, luggage later?
Doug: I've already been lugging suitcases all across JFK, I could use the rest.
Jamie: Ah, but that's the cool thing about being my roommate, we can do both. Uh. They explained to you about the mutant stuff, didn't they? I mean, Kurt and Ms. Braddock did?
Doug: Yeah. I've also done some reading on my own. I guess the mutant stuff is why I'm here, besides. Although I still don't really think I am a mutant.
Doug: I mean, I don't seem to have any super-cool abilities. I'm just a sorta smart, fairly geeky guy.
Jamie: Nothing wrong with that. Just wanted to make sure you were kinda expecting weird things. Where's your luggage?
Doug: Down in the entryway. And yeah, Kurt already did his best to freak me out with the teleporting thing. There's quite a difference between hearing about it, and seeing it.
Jamie: This is true. Okay, what I do is, I clone myself, sort of. Like on those Looney Tunes, Martians, just add water? Except without the water. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna send a few dupes to handle the luggage while we show you the place. Sound good?
Doug: Uh, yeah, that sounds good. *tries to be nonchalant*
Jamie: Cool. Don't freak out. *Jamie thumps himself on the leg a few times and sends the resulting three dupes out the door.* I do this a lot, it makes scheduling stuff a lot easier.
Doug: Yeah. I guess you actually can be in multiple places at the same time. *weak chuckle*
Jamie: Pretty much. Not that flashy, but it's really useful. I can be my own Tekken tournament. *grins* You okay?
Doug: Um. *honesty time* It's a bit much to take in all at once, y'know?
Jamie: Oh, man, sorry. It's just--well, it's normal to me, y'know? And I guess I forgot how weird it was seeing everybody else's powers when I got here. I got used to it pretty quick, though--man, I'm sorry, I probably should've saved that till I got to know you a little better.
Doug: *brushes it off* Nah, it's cool. It's something I'm going to have to get used to if I'm going to be here long-term, I guess. No time like the present.
Doug: Besides, after no-warning teleportation, self-cloning with a prior warning isn't all that much.
Jamie: That's the spirit. You still want the tour? We can start with where everybody else lives, all the other students are on this floor.
Doug: Yeah. That sounds good. I've seen a couple people walking around, but meeting people sounds like a good idea.
Jamie: Okay, might as well start with the neighbors, then. Suite across the hall is Lorna Dane--nice girl, green hair, amazing cook--and Alison Blaire. *Jamie eyes Doug* Please tell me you've heard of Alison Blaire.
Doug: *blink* Alison Blaire? She lives here?
Jamie: *Jamie grins widely* Finally! Practically all the other new students have been from different countries or been living under a freaking rock or something, I swear to God. Yeah, this is where she went after all that BS with the record company. She teaches music. I'm learning the drums.
Doug: Dude...I mean...wow, that's like...*trails off into Gratuitous Fanboy Moment* Uh, yeah, I've heard of her.
Jamie: I'll have to introduce you. I'm bribing the story of her first high school band concert out of her with fudge later and I'm pretty sure the only reason she'd mind extra audience is because it means less fudge for her. She's really nice.
Doug: *nods and tries to absorb yet another amazing thing while attempting to be nonchalant*
Jamie: Okay. Room on our right is a bunch of girls closer to our age--we lucked out in the room assignments, seriously. Jubilee just got back from visiting family in China, she's hard to miss, look for the yellow coat. Terry Cassidy's a couple years younger, amazing voice, she's in music class too . . . Illyana Rasputin's only about seven, came over with her brother from Russia--entirely too cute to be allowed. She's really good friends with Artie and me so you'll probably see her around a lot. And then there's Kitty. *goofy grin* Who is absolutely amazing.
Doug: *sidelong glance* I detect a bit of bias there. Anything I should know about? *grin*
Jamie: Bias? Who? Me? *grin* We've been going out for about two months. *curiously* What about you? Anybody back home? And where is home, by the way?
Doug: Home is Denver. And, uh, no, not like that. I'm just your generic average-looking geek. Girls tend to be attracted to just about everyone but me.
Jamie: *grin* I've been homeschooled since I was twelve. If I can figure out how to talk to girls, you can. And there aren't any snotty cheerleader types around here anyway.
Doug: *remains unconvinced* If you say so...
Jamie: Trust me. Nothing but cool girls around here. *mischievous grin* Too bad you didn't get here a few months ago, Ms. Blaire wasn't spoken for.
Doug: *blushes and babbles slightly. Doug definitely has had a crush on Alison Blaire* There's no way someone like her could...I mean, the age thing alone...and, uh, I mean...
Jamie: *snickers* I hear you. First night I got here I made a complete idiot out of myself when I found out it was really her. *continues down the hall* Suite on the right here is 'Yana's brother Piotr, who's huge, and Warren Worthington, who has wings. The next door down is Alex Summers--his brother Scott is one of the teachers here. Nice guy.
Doug: *nods politely, not really having met anyone yet*
Jamie: Last door on the right is Bobby, who's been kinda quiet lately but makes the best ice cream in the world, Ev, who's cool--scared of Muppets, for some reason, but a really funny guy--and Jono, who . . . is probably not gonna be very friendly, but it's not you, it's him, he had a really bad time when his power manifested. Um, so if you see a guy in all black and a prosthetic chin, who doesn't like you? It's not your fault, he's like that with just about everybody.
Doug: *Doug tries to think of something profound and/or witty to say, but is pretty much coming up blank, just trying to take all of this in*
Jamie: Across the hall from them is another bunch of cute girls--there's Rogue, she'll be the one with the white streak in her hair and gloves all the time. Um . . . she's another one who got the raw end of the mutant stick, she can't touch anybody with her actual skin, you'll want to watch out for that. And Sarah, who's got a pretty awful mutation too--she gets these spare bones that grow through her skin and she can pull them out. She might not be very friendly at first either, but she's basically a good person as long as you don't push. And finally there's Paige, who's . . . *Jamie knocks on the door and sticks his head in* Who's here. Hey, Paige. Want to meet my new roommate?
Jamie: *opens the door to present Doug*
Doug: *peeks head around doorway*
Doug: Um, hi.
Paige: Sure, chickpea, come on in. Mind the mess. *stands up, brushing her jeans off to offer a hand*
Doug: *shakes hand and tries to remain cool in the face of very cute girl* I'm Doug.
Jamie: *audible whisper to Doug, grinning* They don't teach neatness in Kentucky the way they do in Kansas.
Paige: It's the sign of a creative genius I'll have you know. *smiles brightly* Now, come on. Properly introduce me here.
Paige: Or do they not teach manners in Kansas?
Jamie: They teach them. I never learned. Doug Ramsey, Paige Guthrie. Paige, Doug.
Doug: Nice to meet you, Paige.
Jamie: He just got in, I'm showing him around while I grab his luggage.
Paige: Nice to meet you too, Doug. I trust Jamie's being good to you? *teasingly bops Jamie on the arm* We can scrounge up a beating team if he's not.
Doug: *slight cute girl-caused babble* No, no, he's been really cool. He's been telling me about everyone and is helping take my luggage up too...
Paige: Nothing bad about me I hope? *raises her eyebrows*
Jamie: Not yet, anyway.
Doug: Um, no. He just mentioned you lived here as we passed by, and since you were here, is introducing me. Us. Um...
Doug: *slight blush*
Paige: *grins again* Good answer. Well, I'm the girl to see if you need a cup of tea or a study buddy, I guess. I'm not a genius like Jamie here's Miss Kitty, but I'm all right I guess.
Doug: *tries to concentrate on school and not pretty girl* Yeah. I'm pretty good at math and science, but if I get lost in history or something like that...I'll definitely come by.
Paige: Great! I'll look forward to it.
Jamie: Also she lets people go horseback riding with her. There are stables. It's fun. I still haven't gotten Kitty to try it, though--maybe I should ask Sam how he got Ms. Blaire to do it. *grins, aside to Doug* Paige's brother Sam is the one who beat you out.
Doug: *blushes more*
Paige: Oh Lord, not another one. *shakes her head, still smiling* Well, at least you can start a fanclub now and I have endless ammo for Lee- er... Ms. Blaire.
Paige: But if you ever want to go out on the trails, Jamie's right, I'd be glad to take you out. Sam tends to specialize in pretty blonde girls.
Doug: *pretty much incoherent with embarassment and blushing*
Jamie: We'd better get on with the tour, I want to try and finish before Kitty and Jubes get done with their movie marathon. See you later.
Doug: *manages to stammer a bit* Uh, bye.
Paige: See you later! Was real nice meeting you Doug.
Doug: Yeah. Nice meeting you too...
Jamie: *walks down the hall* See, this is good. We'll just start you off with short conversations with girls.
Doug: *face in palm* Yeah, cuz that couldn't have gone any worse. I completely clammed up!
Jamie: Oh, come on, she liked you.
Doug: If her type is stammering, blushing, plain-looking geeks, maybe.
Jamie: Actually I think she has a thing for Jono, so there's really no telling. And you were doing fine until I started teasing you.
Jamie: *grin* You need a better wingman, maybe.
Doug: I'm usually the wingman.
Doug: Besides, I'm a big chicken when it comes to girls, and I know it.
Doug: *shrugs and sighs a little bit*
Jamie: *snorts* Lorna practically had to smack me into asking Kitty out the first time, I was so nervous. The second time is a lot easier.
Jamie: *points out doors as they pass by* There's a little kitchen in there for late-night munchie runs, and the laundry room's across from that.
Doug: *gets a bit more into things* Munchie runs are important. Any munchie ettiquette I should know about?
Jamie: I hide the best stuff in the fish sticks box. Otherwise, look for labels.
Doug: Gotcha.
Jamie: Everybody knows about the fish sticks box by now, though, just so you know.
Doug: I had a hunch. Otherwise you wouldn't be telling me, right?
Jamie: Nah, you're a roomie, you get to share my food.
Jamie: *points to suite in the middle of the hall* Sam and Kurt live in there. You met Kurt, right?
Doug: Ah. Okay. What's yours is mine and what's mine is yours?
Doug: Yeah. He and Ms. Braddock were the ones who picked me up.
Jamie: Unless you'd prefer it not be, I eat some pretty weird stuff sometimes. *nods* Image inducer Kurt or original recipe?
Doug: Image inducer in Denver, then original recipe as I was exploring and trying to find our room. Kind of threw me for a loop, because I guess he forgot I hadn't seen his real appearance.
Jamie: I always kinda think he looks a little like Grover. Kurt's cool, he grew up in a circus and he's teaching a bunch of us some of the acts. I juggle.
Jamie: And he's really good to talk to if something's bothering you.
Doug: I did get the impression that he's a showman. He kinda surprised me with the teleporting thing on the way out of my house. Hearing about it and seeing it are two very different things.
Jamie: Yeah, I'm still kinda getting used to seeing all the different things people can do.
Doug: And then there's me. Who can't do anything. *wry chuckle*
Jamie: On the left is Rahne and Marie-Ange--Rahne's from Scotland, she's the quietest werewolf in the world, and Marie-Ange is from France.
Jamie: And hey, you said you were good at math and science, I didn't just mean blowing things up or walking through walls.
Doug: *blinks* Werewolf?
Jamie: Yep. Short cute redheaded girl to largish reddish wolf. But she'd just about throw herself off a cliff before she hurt anybody, so don't worry.
Doug: *nods* Oh, I believe you. I'm just trying to come to terms with the fact that reality and I seem to have parted ways this morning.
Jamie: Oh, it's much more fun here in nonreality. I haven't seen reality since I fell out of a tree and woke up twins.
Jamie: So, you know, technically you could just be my coma dream.
Doug: We're all quite mad here? *chuckle*
Jamie: Just about. C'mon, we'll go downstairs and I'll show you the kitchen. My coma dream has an awesome kitchen. Also there's a pool.
Doug: *heads downstairs* But how can I be in your coma dream? Or are we having a shared coma dream?
Jamie: I have an overactive imagination. *looks out the window as he goes down the stairs, onto the tennis courts* Oh, hey, there's Lorna.
Doug: *sees green-haired girl in sports bra and short shorts, and promptly loses ability to speak again*
Jamie: She lives across the hall, I think I mentioned. And she's already got a boyfriend too. But you have to convince her to cook for you at least once while you're here.
Doug: She's that good?
Jamie: She's taken chef lessons, and wow. The best part is when she thinks she's screwed something up, because she makes a lot of it.
Jamie: Don't try to tell her it's really good, just shut up and eat. *grin*
Doug: And incidentally, does every girl's mutant power involve being really good-looking? I mean, Alison Blaire, her roommate out there, and Paige...*blushes*
Jamie: I think it might. Evolution is so cool.
Doug: *in a slight case of Cute Girl Overload* Uh-huh...
Jamie: *rounds the corner* This is the kitchen, and that's the pool out the window.
Jamie: Don't have an aneurysm, but just let the word "swimsuits" sort of drift across your brain and tell me you're still not sure it was a good idea coming here.
Doug: *barely audible whimper at the thought of Alison, Lorna, and Paige in swimsuits*
Jamie: *grins* This is what I'm saying. And you haven't even met Kitty yet.
Jamie: Speaking of which, she's up watching movies with Jubilee, if you wanna get the rest of the tour later--there's classrooms and stuff, and the stable.
Doug: But...boyfriends. Boyfriends who can probably blow me up.
Jamie: They're probably kinda girly movies, but still.
Doug: Or boyfriends who are also roommates who can wreak dastardly revenge.
Doug: Single girls good.
Doug: Taken girls bad.
Doug: Sure. If you've seen one classroom, you've seen them all.
Jamie: *snickers* Yeah, this is good to keep in mind. We'll just narrow it down to Rahne, Marie-Ange, Jubilee, and Paige if she looks like she's interested.
Doug: *sigh* I kinda doubt it.
Jamie: You give up too easily. Come on, TV room's this way.
Doug: *shrugs and follows*
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Date: 2003-08-27 06:54 pm (UTC)