18268/Playing catch with them who remain

Playing catch with them who remain
Date of Scene:	10 June 2024
Location:	Xavier's School Front Yard
Synopsis:	Bobby and Sam catch up! It was super successful.
Cast of Characters:	Bobby Drake, Samuel Guthrie

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Bobby Drake has posed:
It's Summer so most of the kids have gone home for the break, but there are those who have no home to go to. One of them is Tommy. Tommy has the unfortunate mutant power of looking very much like a small green toad. He's been with the Institute since he was 12, that was a few years ago now, and he's always had a particular soft spot for Bobby.

To the point that he sometimes dresses like the resident prankster.

He can't quite grow the beard Bobby is wearing, but his hair is shaggy beneath a blue baseball cap worn backwards. The pair of them are in the yard, Bobby tossing a baseball out across the yard with a grin. T-Shirt, shorts, flip flops. It's early enough in the morning that the sun isn't trying to kill them yet.

"So, how's things been, kiddo?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie had worked this morning and decided to come on back to the mansion after work. He is flying in and comes in for a landing in the yard. He is wearing a his NYPD uniform. It seems Sam had a beat patrol today. So as he lands, he checks his belt making sure he has not dropped anything along the way. Seeing Bobby and the Mini Me, he waves offering a smile.

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby's been out of the country for almost two years now. The friends who follow him on instagram know he was living in Mexico, at least for the last few months, but he's been all over the world. It was a graduation present to himself before he settled down into teaching. One last chance to be a youngster before he traded in his tanktops for sweater vests. "Sam, buddy!" Bobby tosses the ball out to Tommy and points the glove in his direction, flip floppy walking across the yard to where Sam just landed. "Be right back Tommy."

Big grin on his bearded face, nice dark sun tan.

Longer hair.

Bobby looks like a beach bum. "Holy cow, man, you're a cop?" Leaning back to take a look at him, "How long have you been a cop?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smiles a bit and says "Hey man, about a year or so now Ah would say. Went to the academy, got on special unit in the city, but figured Ah would do some beats as well. Talked to the captain and arranged it so most of the time, if Ah am walking a beat is in Bushwick." He looks over Bobby and says "You look well looks like you have been living a good life."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"A year. That's crazy. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, right?" Bobby slaps Sam on the upper arm, "It looks good on you, man. Guess now I can't give you shit about flying to fast, uh?" His grin spreads across his face at the little tease.

A glance down at himself, "Oh, yeah. Well you know me, if you don't way a day in your life... or something. I don't think that's how the saying goes." He shoots a wink over at Sam. "So tell me everything, bud. You married, you got nine kids? I know how the Guthrie's don't waste any time."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie 's face shows a bit of a frown. The last time he had seen Bobby he had been engaged after all. He hide the frown quickly though and says "Na, not seeing Anyone Alexis had to take care of her grandparents, and needed her time. We talk occasionally, but well Ah think friends is it for us." He shrugs "Right now, Ah am not seeing anyone, last girl Ah dated had to go back to Shi'ar space."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"Shit brother..." Obviously Bobby had expected to hear Sam was hitched, with at least one kid on the way. "That's rough." While he may have never been engaged, he's had a few break ups, right? Maybe even recently. "Well heck, that just means you're back on the prowl." He shoots another wink at his buddy, slapping on his arm with the side of his fist. Not hard, just a friend tap, "Lady's beware, Detective Sam Guthrie is out to 'sever you the law'. Eh? Eh?" He glances back and waves Tommy over, handing his mini-him (only green) his ball glove, "Hey, Tommy. I'm going to catch up with Sam, but if you go pick out a video game, I'll absolutely destroy you at it later, yeah?" Tommy snorts, but does run off. "Kid's sprouted up since I've been gone. Be taller than me soon."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, and says "Yea, Ah know what ya mean, Josh and Paige both being able to be out of school and doing what they want to With Melody and Jeb both possibly coming to school up here soon. Seems like was just yesterday, Ah was coming up that drive wondering how Ah was going to fit in here."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"So many Guthrie's." Bobby says with a laugh, shaking his head. Except there's a little ice in his eyes, laughing grin slipping a little at the mention of Paige. "Uhh.. yeah, about Paige, bud.." He rolls his shoulders and tucks his hands into the pockets of his cargo shorts. "Listen, you know me, so what I'm about to say is definitely going to sound like I'm pulling your leg, but.. someone said she went and joined the Brotherhood."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie 's brow raises a bit at this and says "Ah know she went off with the MLF, and then got arrested, but Ah aint heard about her joining the Brotherhood." He frowns and says "Ah will have to have a talk with her, been trying to get some things through her thick skull. If she has Ah know she will balk when she sees some of the things they are capable of, but what would worry is what kind of trouble she could get herself into along the way.

Bobby Drake has posed:
"I figured, yeah." Obviously they hadn't given Bobby the whole play by play of Paige's villain origin story, but he does nod along with Sam being the one most likely to get through to her. "I didn't really get to know her very well before my walk about, but if you want a supportive friend with you when you talk to her, let me know? She's gone full activist out in the streets, bud. I saw some of the videos on youtube.." He shakes his head and shrugs his shoulders up tight against the side of his neck. "Never would have imagined little Paige was the type."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie says, "Well, part of the problem was when she was at a protest there was someone mucking with emotions. Ah don't know if she is being influenced into things are what. Will admit it does make me wonder a bit about a thought Ah have been having."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"You want to share the thought or keep me standing here in suspense?" Bobby asks with a raised brow, rocking back onto his heels curiously. Hands stay in the pockets of his shorts. "Listen, for all Magneto is, he's never been one to force his ideals on someone... which is a thin-ass line of morality, sure, but it's something. Those MLF pricks, they're a different breed. I really just think Paige needs to see we're not ... you know.. farting around." The fact that the X-Men and members of the school have dayjobs and the Brotherhood's dayjob is activism, aside.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, a bit and says "Ah was thinking about going public, to the force and such as being a mutant. My captain knows, but she is the only one so far." He admits to the other "Was wanting to talk to Paige, and a few other first. A openly Mutant cop in Mutant town could be a good thing. Ah want to get a few opinions before Ah decide for sure.

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby has never hidden the fact that he's a mutant, so his opinion on the matter is probably a 'lot' bias. Still, "I think that's a good idea, personally. Let you do your job and represent us as not just something to fear, but who is there to protect." The whole opinion of cops aside. Bob-oh bobs his head in a series of nods, "Maybe bring it up the Professor and Jean, get to very different opinions on the subject."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, and says "Ah am going to talk to Berto about it to, Ah know he is starting a thing to help people and since Ah am part of it, want to talk to him since it may effect that too, ya know?"

Bobby Drake has posed:
"Yeah, you talk to whomever you think will give you the best advice, bud." Bobby says this with a grin, "I appreciate you thinking my opinion and observation is worth hearing out, though. I almost made a joke... almost. See? I've grown as a person since I've been gone. Aren't you proud?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie chuckles a bit and says "Proud but then may have to wonder who ya really are and what ya did with Bobby." He jokes a bit and says "So, whats your plans now that your back?"

Bobby Drake has posed:
"Oh please, I'm the very picture of seriousness." Bobby swipes a hand through the air, "Why just the other day I was selling an Eskimo an ice chest." He muses, deep sigh, big grin. The hand slips back in his pocket with a fraction shrug, "Probably start teaching. That's what I went to school for, right? Maybe here, maybe somewhere in Mutant Town. Need to talk to the Prof, see what he thinks."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods a bit and says "Makes sense square shaped for making igloos." He tells the other with a smile and will look at him "And whats your plan for today besides getting your butt beat by Tommy later?

Bobby Drake has posed:
"Whoa, harsh. Tommy's fifteen, he's got the strength of youth on his side..." Bobby says with a playful grin, shaking his head before he's even finished speaking, "No clue. See if I can run into the Professor, maybe? They say he's come back from his Outter Space adventures."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods and says "Yea, Ah aint had a chance to talk to him much, considering heading over to Harry's for lunch in a bit." He tells the other.

Bobby Drake has posed:
"Well, let me know. Maybe we can round some people up and make it a road trip." Bobby offers with a shrug, glancing around Sam at Tommy standing in a second story window tapping Mortal Kombat against the glass. With a laugh, he up nods and looks back to Sam, "Alright, I need to go school a teenager at fighting games. Hit me up if you decide to go grab lunch, yeah?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods and says "Will do, Ah am going to go shower and change, before Ah run into Remy, and send him into a fit or something." He holds his hand out for a fist bump to the other.

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby pulls his hand from his pocket and wraps knuckles with Sam, "Give him a kiss for me." It's a tease, Iceman walking backwards tossing up a peace sign, "See ya later, big homie." Then he's waving his arms up, creating a ladder of ice leading to the window where Tommy is waiting. In this heat, it's already melting before he climbs inside. Destroying the evidence.