15143/Someone Sprang for BBQ

Someone Sprang for BBQ
Date of Scene:	14 June 2023
Location:	Recreation Room
Synopsis:	A few from the school gather for bbq, while Franklin Richards comes back for a visit.
Cast of Characters:	Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Franklin Richards, Negasonic

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Kitty Pryde has posed:
It's evening at Xavier's School. There are meals prepared at the normal hours, but it's also pretty common for people to eat whenever they want. Especially come summer once school is out and the students who remained over the summer break have a lot more freedom.

Kitty Pryde stops off in the kitchen, scribbling a note on a piece of paper which she folds to stand up like a little tent to announce there is bbq in the Rec Room. She then grabs some drinks from the fridge, a couple of two liters of soda and a gallon jug of juice, plus glasses, plates an utensils, and then carries those, with the plastic bags bearing the logo of a Salem Center BBQ takeout place on it.

Lockheed rides along on Kitty's shoulder as she heads into the Rec Room and begins setting the food and drinks out on a table. There is brisket, turkey, and ribs. A couple of sides including a few veggies, plus the place's own special bbq sauce. Kitty grabs a rib and offers it to Lockheed, the nearest she's going to be able to come to the pork ribs. He begins scarfing it down as Kitty finishes setting up.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost is having one of her forays over to the school that happen every now and then. There's no Sharon to be seen this time toppling things over upon her or trapsizing about the way the purple cat tends to almost teleport. Emma has in her hand a tablet that's showing various market share information scrolling past it, data over on approved patents, separate liscencing, manufacturing data.. And government contracts for weapons manufacturing. The sorts of things one had access to over thanks to being a part of the military industrial complex.

"Ah, hello Katheirne, Lockheed." There's a shift of her fingers as she geos to shut down the tablet, putting it to an encrypted mode over before lsiding it into her purse. "What's the occasion for the spread?"

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin returns to the school after a period of absence, carrying two boxes of sugar cookies shaped like small number fours. As he sneaks in a couple more boxes, he assumes that the others have already been devoured. Grasped firmly in his hands is a medium-sized vat of ice cream, the flavor concealed by his grip. Perched upon his shoulder rests the Crow, a haunting and enigmatic figure in the form of a cursed avian creature. Draped in midnight black feathers that radiate an otherworldly sheen, the Crow possesses an eerie elegance as it effortlessly commands the skies. Its sleek obsidian plumage shelters piercing, intelligent eyes that emanate an aura of darkness and mystery. A twisted, metallic beak serves as a cruel reminder of its transformation from Vincent "Vinnie" Moretti, a notorious mafia man. With a wingspan that defies natural boundaries, the Crow embodies both beauty and menace, embodying retribution and the consequences of a life steeped in shadow.

Donning relaxed attire, Franklin feels no need to conceal himself within the school premises. A warm smile plays upon his face as he grants himself entry, following his usual routine. Briefly traversing the hallways, his attention is caught by the sight of Kitty Pride exiting the kitchen. Placing the cookies down and securing the ice cream within the refrigerator, Franklin decides to pursue her. It has been far too long since their last interaction, abruptly interrupted when he vanished during their sledding excursion due to work obligations. Initially hesitant, he gathers his resolve and steps into the room, only to find that Kitty is not alone; unsurprising, considering they are in a school environment.

Franklin remembers before he came in he had looked at the bird, "Remember.. no talking infront of the others. Your still new, and we don't need them to worry about a talking Raven." he reminds the bird seriously. He gets a gravel voice replying with an "Okay boss.. I am just a normal bird." since then it has said nothing, but if people can detect thoughs, or ideas, the bird would give them off as a normal human would so it would be detectable.

Negasonic has posed:
    Ellie, aka Negasonic Teenage (still) Warhead is relaxing in the rec room, with a lot of wide berth being given by the others here for the summer term or break as it were.

    The stand-offish older teen is curled up in one of the comfiest chairs with a Starktech Game Deck in her hands, playing some portable PC game on the fancified not a PC not a tablet. She does look up when the scent of BBQ hits her and squints a little bit across the room at Lockheed and Kitty. She contemplates it pretty quietly for the moment, though when Franklin comes in with the bird, well that is something new. "What is it with shoulder pets.. I think I need one. Probably a dangerous one... I should have picked up a small dinosaur in the Savage Lands.."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde greets people with warm smiles. Except for Emma. The woman who was once a part in abducting Kitty and Negasonic just gets a steely-eyed nod of Kitty's head. Kitty lets out a laugh and tells Ellie, "Believe me, it's hard enough concealing a dragon."

She finishes setting out of the food and gives a shrug towards Emma's question. "Was just coming back from the city and figured I'd stop off and get enough for anyone who hadn't ate yet. Myself included," she says.

Looking to Lockheed, Kitty says, "Hey, can you get the box on my desk, since Ellie's here?" The dragon finishes eating the pork rib, bone and all, and then gives a few flaps of his wings and flies off down the hallway.

Kitty beams a smile to Franklin as he comes in. "Hey you," she says to her old classmate and friend, going over to give him a big hug. "Who's the new friend?" she asks as she lets him go and then waves everyone over to help themselves at the food.

Emma Frost has posed:
Well, there's the usual welcoming committee that she gets whenever she comes. "Thank you very much for the warmth of your greeting." Emma goes to cross her arms over. "And greetings, Franklin. And /really/?" She would go to let out a sigh over while going to rub at her temples before she would decide that she did not want to follow up on things before going to shrug lightly . "I hope that your training has been progressing well, Ellie. And hopefully the situation in the Savage Land has stabilized." And thanks tot he giant orbital cannon that SHIELD had deployed, hopefully they wouldn't be having to spend weeks digging thier way out of Jean bits all over the place. How gauche.

"And I'm sure that we'll discover other crisises of the moment in short order." Turning her attention back to Kitty and then going to head to grab some of the food.

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin smiles and nods to Negasonic, "This one is only temporary. I will have to return him to the wild soon." he does mean back to the human he was, but wilds still seemed to work. He pats the Raven gently on the head, and it doesn't seem to move other then just stare at everyone. Broken out of his thoughts when he gets hugged by Kitty. He smiles, and does try his best giving her a few taps on the back to return the hug. Richard family, other then Johnny but that was way different, were not huggers so why he does appreciate the warm reaction he is unsure how to return it properly. He looks at the friend on her shoulder. "Lockheed is looking good. You must be feeding him well." he notes as it finishes the pork rib, and chuckles a bit looking at the little thing.

He then turns to Emma and nods looking a bit more serious thogh not out of anything negative he just takes Emma a bit more serious in his interactions the the others. "Miss Frost. Good to see you again." Though I am not sure.." he fades off as she turns and heads back out to grab some food as he remembers. "Oh there are new cookies if you like." and chuckles looking at the others, "I... happened to find them before coming in here." and it is easy to see Franklin sucks at telling blatent lies.

Negasonic has posed:
    She nods to Emma, it is as warm a greeting as practically anyone gets from the teen. Not any frostier than anyone elses. "I haven't blown up anything on accident yet. I do think I am getting a lot more precision and control though with the training so that is good. Hank thinks there is a lot there to unlock still once I get a handle on things." which is to put it mildly if she masters it more.

    "I mean... it is crisis to crisis..." she finally sets her gamedeck down in her chair, no one will mess with it or steal her chair and heads over to check out the spread of food, a curious look shot after lockheed. What box. What is in the box. Sus look to Kitty briefly.

    To Franklin well, she eyes his shoulder pet. "Not sure why, it actually makes you look marginally cool. I wouldn't give that up. Also if I had a shoulder dinosaur.. why would I hide it Kitty. I'd flaunt that shit."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde puts some of the brisket on a bun, adds a sprinkle of cheese and then some bbq sauce. There's a couple of times of bread as well, plus people can just have the meat rather than as a sandwich. Some of the mac and cheese is scooped onto her plate, and then some broccoli with cheese sauce.

"Oh, he eats everything he can," Kitty says with a nod. "People underestimate his metabolism. All that fire," she says with a grin to Franklin.

Glancing over at Emma adding food to her plate, Kitty says to the rich woman, "Don't think we have any Grey Poupon." Yes it's an oldie, but then Kitty is pretty retro.

Lockheed comes winging back in over to Kitty. She sets down her plate and takes a medium smallish box from him, and then turns to Negasonic. "I came across this in town. Figured you might like it. It is... pretty strong," he says, and then offers over to Negasonic the box that contains a container of dark roast Turkish coffee.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would muse, "So, what is your companion going to quote to us, Franklin? Or shall we hear them nevermore?" She would inquire over idly before going to take a snack - one of those vegetables put up and out, apparently nothing any stronger than that. "I take it that your family hasn't done anything beyond what we've seen in the news?" For the best of all their sanity, likely. Emma was still very, very amused by what Sue's game was over with Sebastian however the woman would play him off.

Nodding over at Ellie, "Yes, to whatever comes again. We haven't heard anything from Deathbird since she had to withdraw from her latest scheme here. I'm very certain there will be some level of followup. She's not the type to take being upstaged quietly after all." As Kitty goes to offer up the coffee, which was nobody's business but the Turks.

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin listens to Negasonic, and smiles looking down. "Unfortunetly everyone yells at me about kidnapping, and detaining. I try to explain to them it is for the best, but ya know how people are with their laws." he answers with a little grin. "Though thank you, I kind like him too, though I refuse to wear an eyepatch."

Looking up again he smiles though quickly turns away to look at Kitty, "Ah that makes sense, just don't eat Vinnie." and points to the raven as that was his name. "Though Lockheed is good I am not worried about him." and smiles at the animal as he liked most animals, and could talk to a few. He pulls out two peanuts, and tosses one to Kitty, and then feeds one to Vinne. "Birds are easy.. they work for penuts." and grins at her with a chuckle.

Finally he listens to Emma and pauses, he had forgot she would know. He is slowly before he answers seriously. "He can say whatever he likes, but I have told him not to in here." he nods to her. "My family has been busy, but the news is all I have been able to hear about." he admits. "I had some buisness in space that needed taking care of so I missed a good deal of it." he adds sadly. He then stops and grins, "Except the Dippin' Dots... Yea that was me."

Negasonic has posed:
    "I think you are mixing up crows and parrots." yeah she can't tell a Raven from a Crow.

    She does glance at Emma. "I mean probably, never dull, and this place hasn't blown up in an age it feels like." which is probably a joke. Sort of. Maybe.

    She accepts the box and peers inside before giving an actual grin. "Ah yeah, coffee, like I like it. Black like my soul and unreasonably strong."

    She starts to make a plate for herself, definitely mac and cheese, various meats, not bothering with bread or a bun though. No need for unnecessary carbs when there are necessary carbs like mac and cheese.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
After the coffee gift has been given, Kitty takes a seat on a sofa. The coffee table serves as her table, holding her plate, and a glass of grape juice. "Mmm, I've been needing this all day," she says with a happy sigh as she takes her bite of the brisket sandwich.

After finishing the bite, she says, "So, anything exciting happening around the school lately?" She's been in the city a bit more lately since having got the job at Stark Tower, especially with not being needed quite as much to do do guidance counseling while school is out.

"She gives a little shiver. "Glad the Brood are taken care of," she says, shaking her head. She has enough memories of them to never need to hear of them again.

The tossed peanut is caught, and offered to Lockheed who eats it, shell and all. Kitty gives his head a little scritch before turning back to her food. "How's the rest of your family doing, Franklin?" she asks him.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would take a moment to nod at Katherine, "For now." Only for now. Because having the Phoenix obliterate the local Brood in the sector even just a few years ago had only slowed them. Would it even last as long before their next incursion? Emma's face would twist over in light irritation before smoothing itself over and flattening her lips before returning over to the discussion on a somewhat better note.

"No, we've only been attacked by ninjas." Those terrifying things that had abducted Logan an dput him through horrible torture. That she wasn't even sure if he had recovered from, even if he had awoken under Jean's observation. She hadn't the slightest idea as to his mental state. His body could mend.. But his mind?

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin chuckles, and nods. "Yes you are true, at least I won't get cease and desist letters from Valhalla." with a chuckle. "You do not really want one of these anyway." he smiles at the bird. "It is a lot to try to teach them the proper way of doing things, and morally change a person... I mean Raven." and smiles a bit at his mistake playing it off. "Anyway with the trouble it seems you get yourself into a shoulder might not be the safest of places for a bird. Maybe a small tank?" and chuckles a bit.

He turns and takes a seat, "Are they? I heard the last fight was decisive, but was not sure if they had been taken care of fully." he shrugs a bit, "And my family is good.. I think. It has been a while since I have been home. I learned what is called from the australians.. A... walkabout?" he tries as he thinks that is how they said it. He grins a bit, "Though good news.. Marie I guess is helping out the Shazams. It is going well, and they got their own super cool little hideout all ready." he chuckles, "So it seems she is doing well." he clearifies.

He sits quietly listening to the others discuss as he puts a finger on the Raven's head. <<Sweep the target make sure he is not getting into trouble.>> and Franklin just smiles as the Raven spreads its long wings once to fly up, and through a small circle that seems to lead somewhere else. Franklin then turns to Emma, "I do hope that is easier for you. I know the thoughts of things can get a bit loud."

Negasonic has posed:
    "Honestly I was pretty surprised this was our first ninja attack... I mean.. why did it take this long to get to ninjas in the book of bad things." she says it like that is a trademarked book of bad things. Probably is on some library card file.

    She carries her plate back to her seat, moving the gamedeck aside to curl up with food well in hand but doesn't go right back to playing and ignoring people. Not when there is eating and ignoring people. "I mean... if it was a sturdy shoulder pet... and stayed in my blast field when I am charging.. it would probably do very well right. Shazams... how many Shazams are there?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty pauses between bites to reply to Negasonic, "Have definitely had ninja fights. Even, ninjas turning into dinosaurs and gorillas, mid-fight. Though usually away from the school so far." She wipes a bit of bbq sauce from the corner of her lips before going in for another bite.

Lockheed watches the bird fly off through the little hole in space, perhaps wondering why Kitty doesn't arrange some of those for him.

She glances over to Franklin. "Depends on who delivers them," she says as he mentions letters from Valhalla. Kitty resists giving a soft sigh that might have sounded like a dreamy 'Thor'. She switches her attention to her sides, taking up a fork and alternating between mac and cheese, and the broccoli.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would pick up the back and forth from Franklin to the bird and just rub a ther temples before sending to Franklin <<Indoor voice please. It's a bit excessive>> That bit is sent just over to him as a light nudge - whether or not his intent was to be 'loud' it's a reminder from her to him that she -is- sweeping everywhere and not missing things. So that done, she goes to take another bite o fher own snack once more.

The Raven's maneuvers are for now dismissed. While it might be surprising, Franklin won't do anything that would put anyone at risk nor does he have the pranking inclinations that his uncle had a reputation for back in the day. "And several Ellie. Several. The same with the Kryptonians. I daresay that there are quite a few more of 'the last' than we had inclination to believe."

Franklin Richards has posed:
"If ya want ninja's go to Gotham some time. I swear they are all hiding in the woodwork or something. I think to live in the city you are required to at least learn the basic martial arts." he notes and smiles a bit. He then thinks of Negasonic's question, and nods. "There are a few of them, but right now in the area there are only three unfortunetly." given time this could be found out so Franklin wasn't too worried telling others. "They are really close, and even do stuff like eat with each other, and talk about their day." he shakes his head at her. "Sometimes it is like being home again, so I need to get some air ya know?" and smiles a bit with a shrug.

Franklin doesn't eat just sit quietly watching them though he shakes his head looking at Kitty. "I have wanted to visit, but for now they have shut the gates to me." he grins and continues, "I could get in, but every alarm would go off in the city. Maybe I should see how Loki does it. I mean trickster I am going to guess sneaks in. I know it is silly, but I was kind of wanting to see who is stronger, Odin or myself as I heard he is really cool. Though I wouldn't want to upset him of course." and chuckles a bit neveriously at what that would mean.

He falls to silence, and listens as he closes his eyes, and he concintrates to speak at a lower voice to Emma, his telepathy while could go far distances had the volumn all the way up so it was difficult sometimes. <<He was a bad man, if he was not that he would be dead. I am trying to make the change. Please do not worry about him.>> explaning to Emma as he thinks she might understand a bit more then others, and of course he couldn't read her mind to know she had accepted it. He smiled a bit, and opened his eyes to move back to talking as a bead of sweat appeared from how much he had to concintrate on not yelling at this close of a distance. He really needed to practice his Telepathy more... He just didn't like getting spoilers.

Negasonic has posed:
    "Why... okay why is the wrong question. What kind of ninjas turn into gorillas... mid-fight?" perplexed as she chews on a bite of brisket.

    She glances where the bird vanished. "Odd Raven." she muses and swaps to a bite of mac and cheese.

    To Kitty she inquires "How is work at Stark-Capitalism going for you?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde can't help but give a little wince. "Yeah, of... ok I don't really know how many Asgardians there are anyway. But out of all there are, don't know you could pick a worse one. Seriously that guy is nothing but trouble," she comments to Franklin. "I know you're joking. But I have no doubt he'd work to find some way to take advantage of you if he ever was around you," she says with a frown. "His brother though? Really great," she says, beaming a smile in memory of the Thunderer who showed up to one of her birthday parties.

Which also triggers her memory. "Trying to figure out what to do for my birthday this year. Last year we did the white water rafting in Oregon for my 21st. If anyone has any fun ideas, let me know?" she asks the others.

She goes for another bite of her sandwich, then answers Ellie. "There was a thing... Gorilla Grod and Sauron, trying to make themselves armies, and fighting each other. It was actually the Hand versus the Foot, the fight. And, then some of us, some of SHIELD, dropping on on both of them. But yeah, they got infected and began changing mid-fight in this warehouse in Little China."

She gives Ellie another grin then. "It's good. I love the work I'm getting to do. Trying to not sell out to the Man though," she promises.

Franklin Richards has posed:
Franklin stops and grins, "I never did introduce myself." he smiles a bit as he kicks himself internaly. He turns to look at Negasonic. "Franklin Richards, fantastic four... Reality bender." he notes with a small bow for a flurish. "Normally I would lead ya through a long question versus question riddle like conversation to figure out that last part, but this is the school so there is no need." he smiles a bit, "And I think you would get irratated at me, which would ruin the whole raven thing." and grins a bit more.

He then turns to Kitty, "Oh you mean Loki, he is what happends if you lie to yourself for too long." he says with a frown, then looks confused. "Or she? I have heard rumors that they are female now, and slightly better at finding their way." he shrugs, "Maybe that is a trick too though so who knows." he leans in, and says in a low voice. "Remind me to tell you about Straw Man... Intresting fellow. Way worse then Loki." and chuckles leaning back again. "Humm... I could take you to NoWhere." he offers with a shrug, "I mean I have been wanting to catch up with Cosmo again." he thinks about it. "Actually maybe not that day though as it is not something for a group."

He shakes his head, and thinks about it. "I don't know about Thor I am sorry, he has always been one that I just have not encountered, but it is an interesting question. What do you thing Negasonic?" he finishes analogizing it.