308/A Lazy Afternoon

A Lazy Afternoon
Date of Scene:	05 March 2020
Location:	Rec Room
Synopsis:	Chats and drinks are had.
Cast of Characters:	Roberto da Costa, Illyana Rasputina, Samuel Guthrie, Megan Gwynn

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Roberto da Costa has posed:
It's afternoon and for those who don't have classes, it's a chance to catch their breath and relax a little and today Roberto definitely qualifies, he has no class (snerk) and he's keen to get a little relaxation in.

Flopped on one of the beanbags by the pool table watching a couple of the freshman kids knock the balls around, Roberto pulls out his phone and fires off a group text to the contact in the phone marked X Academy.

Sunspot >> Bored. Come hang with me in the rec room.

Yep, that's your team leader folks. He puts his phone away and heads to the bar to pour himself a (soft) drink, while he waits to see who shows up.

Illyana Rasputina has posed:
For those who treat their classes like annoying diversions to the real work waiting to be done, the rec room serves an even stranger purpose. Organizing certainly has something to do with it, as several bags rest on one of the couch with no sign of who they belong to in sight. At least not until she comes around one of the corners where absolutely *NO* door exists. The sign stuck there with a post-it note quality even says as much: This is not a door. :P

Which is entirely why Illyana walks through it. "I brought you ketchup chips." Illyana has her precious, sacred coffee that must not be separated from her. She tosses a reusable bag with a pair of sealed chip containers, one Old Dutch and the other an obscure kettle-chip brand. Both clearly use proper English. They must be Canadian. Sorry, kids playing pool, she is barely interested in their efforts, but gives Berto a pointed look. "How can you be bored? There is nothing left to buy?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie walks in, he has a bit of grease on his clothes but not to bad. A smudge on his face he missed cleaning up. Tossing a paper towel into the trash as he walks in. The fearless leader, needs entertained?" He smirks, a bit. He has done the leader thing alot, but is trying to support his pal even while teasing him.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Illy's entrance is met with a grin, he was /mostly/ used to her portal entrances now but every so often she manages to give him a start. Today's one of those days and he has to towel a bit of diet coke off his hand. The Ketchup chips, get a look, "Right on, you take a trip to Loganland?" he asks her before adding with sufficient eyebrow wiggle. "With Doug perhaps?"

"And no actually I need to get new tires for the Maserratti after the ones it had got jacked the other night. Once you and Doug left, Kitty and I did our sacred duty to finish all the drinks." Probably a couple more too. "Took an Uber back here."

Sam's entrance is met with a broad grin as he throws up his arms, "Sam!" he says, before chuckling, "What's the point of being boss if you can't have your minions entertain me," he jokes lightly. "Nah, just in a weird mood wanted company. So, drinks?" he asks his best buddy, since he's behind the bar.

Illyana Rasputina has posed:
The bags laid out on the couch get a second look from Illyana, but the coffee has her one and true loving focus right now. The demon queen needs to be satiated, after all, and she tips back the recyclable cup to absorb more of the liquid therein. "Laugh now. When we bug out, do not complain for lack of weapons." Go bags they are, each of them identical, so perhaps it's prison style sweats and Glocks for everyone. She glances aside to Sam as he saunters in, giving the other blond a curt nod. Not unfriendly, by Illyana standards, but the caffeinating is sacred and her black ichor needs more to keep it properly dark and balanced. "Logan owes me a sparring lesson." She makes mental note of this, and smirks with the further explanation of Ubers and other matters.

"Benefits to no car. I hope someone likes having their cursed tyres." Eyes narrowed thoughtfully with the dullest glow evident, it would be wise not to assume she's actively cursing some poor ne'er-do-well. All a light show, no?

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smirks a bit and says "You know Ah think you got a garage down town somewhere, where we could probably build three more out of your spare parts for the car right?" He teases a bit. He offers Illy a one armed hugs once next to her, yea he is still trying to socialize the demon queen a bit but it is small steps.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
"Fine keep your secrets then," Roberto says to Illyana when she doesn't give away anything about how the rest of her night with Doug went. He does however peer at the bags. "Wait, who are those for? Us?" he asks still looking at the bug out bags from across the bar. "And yeah, next time we're going to the city, we'll portal," he confirms, made things a lot easier, and cheaper!

"True," Berto says. "But it's the effort!" he says before watching Sam attempt to hug the demon queen. He pours his buddy a drink and slides it over, then hops up on the bar, letting his feet dangle down the other side. "Whatcha been up to?" he'd been criminally out of contact with his bestie since his return, it was time to fix that.

Illyana Rasputina has posed:
Hello, this is the Demon Queen of Limbo. Good luck prying any information out of her, considering that poker face and the use of a cup to still her usually laconic tongue. Her pale gold brows rise a fraction beneath the jagged fringe of her bangs, giving more expression there than she frequently does. Roberto is on his own there too, deciphering the Tabula Russa. If the devil comes to meet you along some questionable track, run. But when someone comes to /her/, another matter altogether. Her stilling figure allows Sam to deliver that oddment of a hug, and she holds up the coffee (it is precious and not wasted!) to give a pat to his shoulder. It's an improvement on spazzing out.

It also makes those sudden hugs from behind or pouncing people, however rare, that much more explosive. Maybe one day she can catch him off guard and blast them both through the roof. Dreamers gonna dream. "More coffee back there? It is not exciting enough today. Sam, you disappoint me. No evil goats eating the car? Oh well. I know where some man eating goats are. Shall we hunt tonight?"

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie 's brow raises a bit and says "I disappoint you?" he will ask but smiles at Illy, he does take the drink his friend made, and says "Working, getting the car in condition so I won't be stranded while working." He jokes a bit and adds "And dating a girl, whose dad might be willing to sic those goats on."

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Yeah, Roberto would have as much luck trying to read one of the busts in the library as he would Illy's face whens he wasn't in a secret giving mood. Still, can't blame a guy for trying.

"Coffee's for people who tell me things," Roberto quips back even as he goes and gets the pot off the machine to fill up Illy's cup. "And wait, you know where there's man eating goats?" Of course she does.

As for Sam, "Right, you're so-called car," he teases his friend. "Still in one piece?" shaking his head at Sam, the car, and his job, as if Roberto wouldn't pay for all of that in a heartbeat, but pride was what it was. "And wait a girl? Finally dropped that torch you've been carrying for Lila. Who is she?"

Illyana Rasputina has posed:
Can't blame her for resisting. What would the game be if everyone was as bluff and open as a Guthrie? Life might even be obvious! Not that the blonde sorceress has reason to complain, disengaging from that hug to go test her bags. "Who's that? Princess of Asgard?" She says it so casually, like everyone knows princesses or Asgardians or hobnobs with weirdos. Hey, they're New Mutants; it goes.

Her fingertips spread over one of the bags and she tests the heft of it, finding the contents settling satisfactorily. So comes zipping up to seal in their doo-- contents. Not too terribly heavy, then, if she can manage it. "I do. They misbehave. Denuded two entire villages in Polynesia. Do you have enough sunscreen?" This from the girl who literally should burn in presence of a construction paper sun, at that.

See, they're ganging up on Sam. Totally not fair, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. "Being normal is so much work."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie shakes his head smirking a bit "Name's Alexis, cute, and plays violin amazingly. Met her as she was taking up for one of the mutant house charities in mutant town. " He watches the two of them, and says "Problem is from what she told me her dad is rather anti mutant. She has to sneak away to help and do what she wants."

Illyana Rasputina has posed:
"She go to classes? Might be a way off campus." Illyana, corrupter of youth, corrupter of morals. She has a long way to go to be the biggest devil around, but there is certainly enough promise there to make a person think twice. Right? Her smirk grows as she picks up a few of the bags. "Be right back." And bamf.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Yes, things would be far too obvious and besides, Roberto liked games and if he had to work for a bit of information it was much better than focusing his prodigious strategic skills on something more serious, like his future.

"So, if I pitched another trip down to Mutant Town like the last one, you in or out?" he asks Illy trying a different tact. "And seriously?" he asks her, he was never sure if Illy was, or if she was messing with him. He chuckles though about the sunscreen. "Illy, I can literally eat sunlight for breakfast." He didn't because Captain Crunch was awesome, but he could if he wanted to.

Roberto's attention shifts to Sam. "You and musicians man," he chuckles warmly. "And her daddy is a mutant hater?" he shakes his head. "Well I am sure we can drag him along and feed him to those goats if you want," only barely joking. His patience for bigots having shrunk considerably since Genosha. "But serious man, be careful, don't want you taking a bullet on account of this girl."

"Right Illy-" he looks her way but the Queen of Limbo has vanished. "Hate when she does that."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie chuckles a bit at the disappearance and says "She is good at that aint she." He sips his drink and says "Ah aint met the guy yet, but I will be careful, pretty sure he won't like me even if he does not know I am a mutant. She seems to come from money, has a limo picks her up after her time at the art museum, where she is sneaking out of to do what she wants to." He grins a bit and says "Maybe it is musicians have a thing for me?'

Roberto da Costa has posed:
"Too good," Roberto agrees he says taking a sip of his drink. "Set her up with Doug the other night, neither of them told me how it went after they left me and Kitty with the bar bill." Not like the bar bill was a problem. "The curiosity is killing me, was it the hug and 'thanks for a great evening' or did they wake up together on a bed of nails in Limbo."

His focus shifts back to Sam and his new girl. He cocks his head as Sam flips his comment around, "Didn't think of that. Want me to get you in a room with Miss Blaire, and see if she goes for you, you know, for science?" Surely Hank is somewhere groaning and facepalming. There's a snort about this Alexis coming from money. "Yeah I know how those rich guys are," he smirks. "What's her last name? I might know her." He did move in those circles after all.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie chuckles a bit and says "We aint said last names yet, more just starting and hanging out. She thought Ah was trying to blackmail her when I knew about the limo, and is a bit worried about her dad and me to be honest." He says and looks over and says "But the more important thing, You and Kitty?" He asks the other guy.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
"Ah, so doing that thing, huh? No last names, all the mystery and forbidden love," a beat. "Or at least lust." He smirks. "Well if you want the skinny on her when she does give you her last name, let me know what it is, all us snobs know each other. Or you could introduce me sometime, if it doesn't ruin your whole mystery thing, I mean."

That gives him a thought and he frowns, "Also becareful of the girl too, yeah. I mean I've done the no last names thing before with people and it usually didn't mean I wanted to settle down. So, you know, don't lead with your heart, man."

As to the other important issue at play, Roberto tosses a glance around the room before handwobbling. "We went out, we kissed..." he lets that trail off. "We're having fun, it's not a thing, but just you know keep it between us man. Not for public consumption."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie smirks a bit and says "Convincing her we aint x-babies huh?" He teases a bit and says "So far it is just getting to know, kiss on the cheek and all. If I decide to try to pick her up sometime, might have to talk to you about trading cars for the night." He teases back at him. He will add "Can sorta show ya what she looks like, but more her body than her face, and no not like that."

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Roberto barks a laugh. "Damn it, Sam," he says chuckling. "She's our age, even if she's been an X-Man since the beginning of time," he says. He shakes his head. "Anyhow, it's not going anywhere, so," he shrugs before moving to switching cars. "You can borrow mine but no way I'm driving yours," he teases. "Got standards to keep."

The last bit draws another laugh from Berto. "Well didn't think you were going to show me nudes of her or something," he shakes his head. "And sure, curious now whatcha got."

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will pull out his phone and shows one of the monkey guys parcor things. There will be Alexis as well, he face blurred but the young lady seems to be playing an instrument for a bit and then joins in the parcor.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Roberto looks over at the phone. "What's with the monkey guy?" he says before he sees Sam's girl in the background face blurred. "Wow, nice, I see why you're going through all the cloak and dagger stuff for her man." He gives him a thumbs up. "And yeah, seriously if you need to borrow the car, lemme know I'll hook you up." Then he smiles, "Speaking of hook ups, have you and she?" he lets the question speak for itself.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn steps into the rec room, yawning and stretching. Just another long day of boring schoolwork and she is eager to get in some RandR at the piano before the memorial service exalted today. It's too bad they didn't just get the day off but oh well. With all the mournful moodiness going on today, she tries her hand at an upbeat, cheerful tune..

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will end up flying into the scene catching Alexis as she slips, and talking to her and Monkey for a moment. What they say can not be heard. He lets Alexis go on a ledge and talks to Monkey a moment more before flying off "He is a mutant as well, wanting to set up a meeting with him and Dr. Mccoy." He looks over and waves a hand to Megan.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
"Nice save," Roberto comments watching the vid. "You been working on your moves?" he asks him casually. Heroing, even baby heroing, was what they did after all.

Roberto looks up from his phone, "Heya Megs," he greets Pixie. "What's new in Pixieland?" he asks meaning her life but you know, can't resist the play on her name. "And want a drink?" he asks nodding to the soda bar behind them.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn hums along to her jaunty tune, but glances over at the pair, nodding and smiling, wings fluttering. "Hiii! How's everyone today?"she's been trying to keep up the spirits of her fellow classmates which is hard work, and she looks a bit tired, but it's good to see there are calm people too. Her eyes light up at mention of a drink, remembering a certain other drink she had recently, and she flutters over to the bar. "Oooh much obliged!" of course its just soda and her wings wilt, but she does take the offered soda with a smile and nod. "Thanks! Whatcha watching?" she peers at the phone curiously.

Samuel Guthrie has posed:
Sam Guthrie will show Megan a scene of a girl (Alexis) doing some parcor with Grease Monkey and she slips and Sam jets up to catch her. "A little bit of excitement the other day." He will tell her.

Roberto da Costa has posed:
Roberto flashes a grin to Megan and gets her a drink, Diet Coke, just like his, after all his soccer bod didn't just /happen/, maintenance guys, maintenance.

"And Sam's being modest, saved a girl's life," he says. "The big hero that he is," he says giving his best buddy a punch in the arm. "Play it back Sam," he urges the other mutant.

Megan Gwynn has posed:
Megan Gwynn oohs, peering at the video, "Wooow, superhero saves the day!" she giggles, "Did she give you a kiss after?" she takes the coke and good thing it's a diet cuz she really doesn't need all that sugar. "Ta!" she says with a grin, sipping from it.