20322/Horses are cool!

Horses are cool!
Date of Scene:	27 March 2025
Location:	Horse Stables
Synopsis:	Sam runs into Longshot in the Stables. Longshot would really like to stay, doesn't want to share where he HAS been staying, and Sam is willing to help out!
Cast of Characters:	Longshot, Samuel Guthrie

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Longshot has posed:
Longshot missed the hyperloop a few days ago. Bummer. This led him to a fight against evil. Nice! Helped! His friend Maddie was hurt. Bummer. He helped her get to a very secret base under a school's stables. Wow! Cool! Leaving again however seemed another oncoming bummer and the excuse of not wanting to leave Maddie alone was enough to keep Longshot in one place.

Longshot has missed a lot of hyperloops since then. He can't quite put into words why he still hasn't left yet. He can point at reasons, of course, but none of them fit quite right. For one, there is a LOT of really cool things in Cable's base that Longshot might want to touch, but hasn't. Because secrets.

Don't invite yourself into other people's secrets. That's bad.

But also, maybe Maddie was right and there are people here who could help him. Maybe his friend Bart was right and a team might help him. Maybe-if Longshot had actually ventured far from Cable's base to find out he might know.

As it is, he's only gotten as far as the stables. The Stables are, without a doubt, his new favorite place! There's horses here! The people in that big house that Maddie wanted to avoid are only here occasionally and generally on a consistent schedule.

Though surely with security like Xavier's, Longshot's presence is known already, he has been avoiding being detected mostly only by people. Other security doesn't seem to have occurred to him. Still, now Longshot has made friends with every horse in the stables and still isn't sure why he likes them so much.

Friends. Old friends. One he can't remember-just at the tip of his tongue, but always out of reach. Something? But the horses are nice regardless.

Now, the blonde man lays on the back of one of the larger, more mild temperament horses, hands behind his head as he stares up at the stable ceiling, humming to himself. He doesn't expect to be bothered, the person feeding horses already came and went, waters topped off, evening scrubs done. As the evening gathers, Longshot expects to have as much time as he wants chilling here. It's nice that the horse doesn't seem to care if he uses it as a hammock while munching on it's own dinner.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie was here at the school this evening, and figured he would come by and check on the horses. When he lived here full time, he was one of the ones who took a shift of cleaning the stables on a regular bases. So tonight, he stops by the kitchen and grabs a bunch of carrots, and apples. He walks on to the stable, and steps inside saying "Hey guys and Gals, how you doing?" Some how Longshot's escape from Rikers report got lost before it got to Sam. I wonder how that happened. He blinks a moment, seeing someone he does not know, but again, he lives in town, so a new person is not unusual.

Longshot has posed:
So lucky that the resident police officer of the X-men didn't happen to see the growing number of times Longshot has excused himself from prison! As it is, at the voice of a friend, the horse Longshot is laying on moves forward, head over the stall door to nicker softly for a treat. That's Sam! Friend of Horses and Haver Of Nice Things!

The unexpected movement and voice have Longshot sitting up-hands immediately up, talking before he even sees the newcomer that the horse is so pleased about, "I'm really sorry I haven't left yet! I'm a friend of Maddie's and I promise I won't be a bother! I-" Longshot turns on the horse, leaning over it's neck to peer out of the stable as well, "I just wanted to hang out with the horses and-"

Something. Longshot isn't sure what, but Xavier's School is Nice.

Longshot hasn't been somewhere that Leaving seems like such a huge bummer before.

"Ummm-And-They are very nice horses."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie 's brow raises a bit to this and says "And you are?" His shoulders showing he is more prepared for an issue than he was when he came in. As the horse noses at him, he will pull out of the apples, and says "Yea, Ah brought you a treat." He looks back over to Longshot, and says "How long you been staying here is Ah may ask,"

Longshot has posed:
The horse is nosing pockets even before the apple is finally revealed, crunching away happily! Sam The Haver of Nice Things Has Provided!

As Sam bristles, Longshot's hands are up in the air. Not armed, not wanting a fight, but also not getting off the horse. Despite this, his words are quick, an attempt to be placating, "I'm Longshot. I've been here about five months I think-Is it months?"

Time frames are hard when you only really live in the moment. Longshot isn't sure why so many people care about timing of things so much, but that's a worry for another time-Wait a second, "OH! You mean Here? As in the School? Stables? Um-A few days?"

Days, calendar-Longshot hesitates, but will put his arms down to pull out his phone and pull up the calendar, "Since Sunday Night-But it might have been early Monday Morning actually, I'm not sure? It kinda blends together, was a lot going on? Maddie was hurt."

Longshot looks back up from the phone, "Do you know anything about horses?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will keep an eye on the guy, but the Xavier group taking in strays is not unusual. He pulls out a carrot to feed another of the horses. "Ah'm Sam, and yea Ah help take care of them here. We should really have you talk to one of the folks who run the school, about you staying around.

Longshot has posed:
The horse Longshot is on is immediately betrayed by the fact some other horse is getting carrots. Apple forgotten, the horse steps forward against the stable door, neck stretching out to try and get at Sam's pockets again-Clearly no other horses deserve nice things except this one. At least, this one seems to think so.

Longshot immediately perks up, "You don't think that-I mean, I can't, um-"

This is a school right? Did people Stay here? That was a thing that could Happen? This is news to Longshot, that such a thing was possible. As far as he is aware schools are for teaching people things. Apartments are for staying at.

This would explain why the big house is full of people that never seem to leave?

"Is that okay? Last time I tried to get into a school I was told I was too old for school and needed to get a GED instead." Longshot doesn't know what a GED is still, just that the library didn't have them. Further proof people are unreliable sources of information.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over to the man, and says "Well, that would depend on what the folks in charge say." He offers, and looks to the horse, and says "You gotta wait ya turn." He says as he pets the horses nose, but keeps him away from the treats for now. "How about you tell me about yourself, what did ya mean been here for 5 months at first?

Longshot has posed:
The horse seems placated by the pets, but still, in as causal a way a multi-hundred pound animal can manage, will continue to try to get at more treats. Sam, Friend of Horses, Surely Has More Nice Things.

Longshot peers at Sam, his general sense of who he should and should not give information to is Bad. Sam is being really nice to the horses and the horses really like the man, so-

"How about you? What are you doing here?" At least gotta get on the same page here, but still Longshot will nod and answer anyway. It is the practiced answer given by the help of friends, "I'm an interdimensional refugee, but I don't remember anything from before when I arrived on Earth. I'm from MojoWorld, or TV land, whatever it's called at the moment. But I don't remember why I left or how to get back. Again."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over to the man and says "Mojo?" He says with a bit of a frown "He is not a very good person, thats for sure. So, you said you are a refuge from there?" Now he notices the hands "Makes sense."

Longshot has posed:
"Do you know Mojo?" For the first time, there is a flicker of intensity in Longshot, he will drop off the horse then be over the stall door into the stable proper in a moment, "Please tell me everything you know about Mojo. And TV Land."

Though are now are in his pockets, there is a marked tension in Longshot now, the relaxed, nearly hopeful worry gone and is replaced with something that for the first time looks almost predatory. "Please. I don't remember why I hate him so much."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie looks over and says "Well, I don't know a lot of details, but he runs the world, and makes folks fight and do other things for folks entertainment. He is a heavyset guy with cybernetics, and will try to control people. " He looks over to the guy and holds out a carrot. "Here you can feed one of the horses." He says trying to help calm him down.

Longshot has posed:
All of those sound like great reasons to hate a guy.
% Maybe not the cybernetics, or heavy set, that doesn't immediately make someone evil.

But the other things? Longshot, however, doesn't get the chance to turn this new information over for long. The carrot is stared at and as quickly as he was on the offensive, the hostility is gone.

"Oh, thank you-" The carrot is accepted, a brightness back as he turns back to the horse he'd been on. That Longshot has been spoiling the horses ever since he figured out how to Leave Cable's base, well-needless to say, giving the horses treats is a new favorite thing. The carrot is immediately snatched the moment it is held out and cronched.

"Do horses come in Metal? Like, people come in metal sometimes, I have a friend who's metal. Said he's a robot, but do horses come in robot?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie hmmms and says "Well folks could make one but not naturally. Ah have a friend who is mechanical, and could looks like a horse, but don't remember seeing any in person at least. Plus think most would be automatrons, and not like real horses." He tells the man

Longshot has posed:
"Oh." Though disappointed, Longshot nods. The internet said basically the same thing, but the internet is also an unreliable source of information. Might as well check again.

Still, the horse will continue to be pet, "Well, they're pretty great as is, so I suppose that's okay." A smile is offered, "You think I'd be able to stay here? Just a little while maybe? Who should I talk to about, well-that? I can't pay rent."

Holding down a job is difficult when the world assumes you know things! Longshot Does Not, in general, Know Things.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie says, "Well, the Professor, or Jean would be my first choices, Ah will see about getting them to talk to ya." He hmmms and says "So you said Maddy brought ya here when she was hurt?"

Longshot has posed:
"Yeah, Maddie is my friend." From Ryker actually, but for some reason, this particular fact is not shared with this particular person. Longshot isn't sure why he shouldn't, but will move on, "I met her a while back. She was fighting an Evil Book and was hurt. She didn't want to go to the medical bay in the school though."

How secret is Cable's secret base? Far less secret with Longshot knowing about it, BUT, Maddie did ask him to keep it. So why Longshot is in the stables and hasn't really left will simply be skipped over as well with a simple shrug, "I helped. I missed the hyperloop back to New Jersey."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods a bit to this and may have an idea where he took her, but will nod a bit to this and says "Where have you been sleeping, if Ah may ask"

Longshot has posed:
Awwwww, Secrets. Longshot isn't actually sure if Cable is the secret or the Base or what is or is not the Secret. But there were more important things to deal with at the time.

But Longshot Can't LIE to this nice man. Or to much of anyone.

Longshot fidgets. Remains silent and hugs the horse.

Maddie said Not To Say.

"Ummm, I can't tell you." The tone is apologetic, Longshot not looking at Sam, instead fully focused on the horse, "For, um, reasons?"

That Longshot himself does not know.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods a bit to this and says "Well, is it where you took Maddy?" He asks, giving the man a way of telling without telling.

Longshot has posed:
"Yes!" Thank goodness, Longshot decides then and there, this Sam guy? Nice guy. Seems to get it, horses like him, he's nice to horses, new friend acquired. Whether Sam wants to be or not.

A sigh of relief and Longshot finally steps back from the horse and throws Sam a grin, word repeated, "Yes. And Maddie is doing better now!"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods a bit to this and says "Sounds like a good thing, Ah will have to talk to another friend of hers, and see if he knows you. Maybe he can vouch for ya some would help. Ah am sure you will have someone talking to ya avout here soon.

Longshot has posed:
"About staying? Maybe a little?" Yep, this guy is the best. Longshot beams at Sam, nodding quickly, "Okay! Thank you! I appreciate it!"

With that, he's back over a stall door and climbing back onto the back of a new horse-seemingly prepared to continue his evening of hanging out with the horses in general.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie nods, and will make sure the other horses have snacks, and then will head out to find someone more in charge than him "Do me a favor, don't go exploring to much till ya talk to someone about it ok." He says before leaving.