13376/A late lunch

A late lunch
Date of Scene:	16 November 2022
Location:	Main Kitchen
Synopsis:	Sam and Warren catch up over Berto's food from the fridge.
Cast of Characters:	Samuel Guthrie, Warren Worthington

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Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie is here in the kitchen getting something to eat. He had work today and had flown back to the mansion for a late lunch, or early dinner. So Sam is head first in the fridge looking around to decide on what he wants to eat. He is dressed in normal clothes jeans and a flannel shirt over a t-shirt. There is an odd bulge around the small of his back.

Warren Worthington has posed:

    For whatever reason, Warren Worthington the third has made his way from the hustle and bustle of New York City over to Xavier's mansion this afternoon. He strolls into the kitchen area with purpose, cell phone lifted and attached to his ear. "No, that is unacceptable. It's the original offer, or no deal..and I know they can't afford to not take the deal so play some hard ball."

    He glances over at Sam, lifting a hand in a wave as he makes his way over to one of the refrigerators to rummage. "Fine. Call me back when it is all sorted..."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie does look up when there is noise of someone else entering. He reaches a hand up and waves in return. He is pulling out some take out boxes from a brazilian steak house. "He smirks a bit and says "You can order fresh Berto." He jokes knowing his buddy won't mind. He is wearing a necklace with a NYC police badge on a chain around his neck. He sets the food on the counter moving to get a glass and some tea. when he sees Warren is off the phone he will ask "How you doing?"

Warren Worthington has posed:

     Warren hangs up the phone with a sigh and glances over to Sam as he pulls out a bottle of water, "I'm doing. Just busy, like always. I need a vacation, but something tells me that if I took one I would just find it worse when I got back." He shakes his head, the wings on his back ruffling a bit as he opens the water and takes a swig. "How 'bout you? Things good here?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods his head a bit to this and says "Doing ok, trying to make sure folks have a decent Thanksgiving, and helping out where I can. He does pull out his phone and sends a quick text "Telling Berto, he lost his left overs." He explains "You thought about maybe hiring someone to take some of the load off?"

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Guzzling down about half the water in the bottle in one go, Warren lets out a satisfied sigh and chuckles. "If only were it that easy I would have hired 4 by now. Unfortunately being a hands on CEO means just that, being hands on. I can't really delegate most of this stuff as it requires answers from me, so even if I hired others they would just have to come to me for the answer. Hank will just have to clone me. It's the only solution."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over at him and smirks a bit as he says "Well I don't know about that, not sure if the school could handle two of you let alone four." He tells the other man with a chuckle. He takes his food putting it in another container so he can nuke it. "Well if you don't find someone to help ya figure out what parts need you hands on versus what can be handled by someone else your going to work yourself down to a nub.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren sighs and nods. "You're not wrong there. Being a workaholic has already cost me my social and romantic life. I don't get out and about nearly as much as I used to." He shrugs, causing one of his wings to lift higher than the other for a moment. "But, well, who else is going to do it? I can't just not. I'll see if I can't figure out a way to balance it at some point or another, but it won't be today."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie just shakes his head and says "Don't feel to bad about it, pretty sure Ah am going to have to have this same conversation with Berto in next month or so." He chuckles a bit and says "And what can Ah say, technically, Ah am working three jobs these days myself."

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Taking another sip of his water, Warren glances over at the food for a moment, "What do you have there, anyway?" Glancing back up to Sam, Warren smirks. "Three jobs? Shit, Sam...and I thought I worked to much. What in the hell are you doing..and why do you need three jobs?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie chuckles and ill tell Warren whats in the take out and says "Well, working at special unit with the NYPD, and then tending bar at Harry's and sometimes at Betsy's place. After the break up, Ah was sorta trying to not have any free time, but looks like Ah might want some, so cutting back on my hours tending bar a bit. Doing both of those more as a call me when you need me type lately. And the money was decent to send back home to help Ma.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     The mention of a break up causes Warren to somber a bit and he nods, "Yeah. Know that feeling. It was work that caused my break up, but what did I do instead of cut back..I just started to work more." He scoffs, "How is Kitty by the way? Haven't seen or heard from her in a while." He shrugs, sipping at his water and turning back to the fridge to pull out an apple and biting into it as he turns back to face Sam. "How in hell are you balancing being a cop with bartending though in the first place?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smirks a bit at the last bit, but answers the first well first. She is doing pretty well, she was actually who ran into Alexis recently, and got me trying to make sure I go around more often again maybe a fix there but even if not Ah need to make sure she knows Ah am there as a friend. As for the cop bartender thing, well pretty easy actually. Harry knows how our coming and going can be so was accepting of that when Ah started working there, and as for at Betsy's both it and the officer job are in NYC, but I seldom have to do patrol or beat cop unless Ah just want to so most at the club have no clue Ah am a cop.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren nods. "Well, that's good." he says hearing about Kitty. "She's smart. You should listen to her. I wish I had listened to her more." He shrugs taking another bite from the apple as he casts a glance towards the door towards where the dorms are. He smirks, shaking his head with a amused look on his face, "Well, at least you have some semblance of a plan there. Glad it is working out for you. If you're in the city that often, come by sometime. You know where I am."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will portion off some of the food putting it on a plate and offering it to Warren. "Well we will see how things turn out, Ah do wonder if it would be easier if her dad was not such a pain in the ass, puts a lot more stress on her. "Alexis's not Kitty's." He tells the man. Alexis' dad being all anti mutant claiming alexis aint alexis and all.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren glances from Sam to the food and back before making a move to sit at the table, "Thanks..." he says in regards to the food before looking across to Sam as he takes a bite. "Yeah, I kind of figured that is who you meant. I'm sure it doesn't make it any easier, no. Well, I wish you all the best in regards to Alexis. You're a good guy and she could certainly do a lot worse. You have the right idea though, just....be a friend." He glances down at the food, "This is good."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, and says "Yea, they are good normally, but think when ever Berto orders they make sure he gets the best of the best, probably helps having the connections back in Brazil and such. Did get pretty good when I stopped by one time without him, but spoke to them in portuguese. And it did not sound like high school spanish. Thank the Prof for that.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Chuckling, Warren takes another bite. "Well, I wouldn't be shocked if they saved the best for him. I don't tend to do so bad either when I go out. Perks of being who we are I suppose." Warren shrugs, his wings fluttering behind him for a brief moment as he does. "Portuguese huh? Berto teach you, or just learned because of Berto? I don't know that one myself, but then again I don't do much business that requires Portuguese. Japanese, Spanish, Chinese...even a little Russian, French, and Italian, but not Portuguese.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "When we all first got here, the Prof did a bit of quick teaching, making sure we speak some of the same languages, covered Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Spanish. So got them down almost like a native speaker, but ah worked on a few others on my own, latest being Italian, since Alexis' grandparents are there and we went to visit them."

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren nods, taking another bite from the Brazilian BBQ and leans back in his chair as he chews, "So...what is the latest news around here? I haven't kept tabs in....what seems like forever and a day. Feels like almost yesterday that Scott, Jean, Bobby, Hank and I were the only ones hanging around this place and yet at the same time it seems so very different like I was never even here."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods a bit and says "Well, Ah have been out of it a bit myself, heck just found out one of my friends appears to be married and Ah totally missed it. But from what Ah have heard the big thing right now is Rogue dad has found some odd things looks like other dimensional stuff folks are looking into.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren laughs a bit, "Yeah, missing a wedding is kinda big. Who got hitched?" Warren grins as he listens to the rest of it, nodding a bit and reaching up to run his fingers through his hair. It's a bit on the long side now, the Playboy having been letting it grow out. "Yeah? I bet that has everyone all a flutter for sure. I wasn't aware that Rogue and her dad were on speaking terms, shows just how out of the loop I really am. I need to get my ass back over here more often."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "Illy, she has always been private about a few things, but guessing no big wedding and Ah was kept out of the loop over me being depressed over my own engagement being broken off. Ah knew Rogue's dad had some connections with Rogue again but Ah aint been around for them in person.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren blinks, "Illy? Illyana? Illyana Rasputin... Pitor's sister? She got hitched?" Warren just sits there relatively stunned then mutters out a quiet, "Jesus, just how old am I now?" He reaches up and rubs at his forehead, "Well..I suppose I should get her a wedding gift."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smirks a bit at the age comment, and says "Well you got to remember Ah'm 22 now, and Illy, while technically maybe younger than me, has had probably one of if not the oddest aging paths of all of us. Ah would ask around to make sure Ah got the story right before ya act on it though.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren just grunts with a shake of his head. "You're not helping..." the winged mutant says with a snort over to Sam when he mentions his age. He takes a drink of water and lets out a long breath.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie grins a bit and says "Well if it helps Ah was the oldest of the kids." He says and grins taking a sip of his tea, and says "Besides your no more than what 35 maybe 40?" He says and from the smile on his face, he obviously knows he is guessing way over.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren crumples up a napkin and tosses it at Sam, "I'm not that much older than you, Sam! I've only got what...two or three years on you!" Warren grumbles with a chuckle. "Asshole."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie chuckles and dodges the napkin and says "Well, if your going to make yourself sound old Ah just thought Ah would help ya along." He will reach down picking up the napkin off the floor, and says "Yes, Ah know we are close tot he same age, heck thought about going as you one year at halloween just to mess with folks."

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren grumbles a bit more, but in good humor as he launches another napkin over at Sam. "But come on...Illyana? I swear it feels like she was like...6 when I met her. But, as you said, her rate of aging is not exactly on the normal spectrum, even for us." He finishes off the last bit of food on his plate, and stands to take it to the sink. "You dresses as me would be interesting. What were you going to do for the wings?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie says, "Ah had seen some of the cosplay wings, Ah thought about seeing if Ah could either make some or maybe rent some for the day, figured would have to find the right fake ones or maybe even make them myself, as your feathers are a bit bigger than most others "That or have Jay dye his and walk around behind me all night.""

Warren Worthington has posed:
     Warren takes his plate over to the sink and starts to wash it with a shake of his head, but the comment about Jay has him laughing. "Now that...that would have been funny to see." The Angel looks down at his watch and sighs, setting the dish in the rack to dry. "Well, I need to get back to the city. Have some business to take care of overseas and they are just about to get into the offices over there. If you see Kit wandering around, tell her I said hi."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, and says "Will do, and if you need me you have my number, Ah am in the city a decent amount of the time these days." He will give Warren a salute with two fingers in a friendly manor.

Warren Worthington has posed:
     "Sure thing, Sam. Next time you are in the city let me know, maybe we can catch some food. My treat." Warren says with a grin before he heads for the back door that leads to the yard. "Catch you later, Cannonball."