6130/X-pool

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X-pool
Date of Scene: 04 May 2021
Location: Swimming Pool / Patio Deck
Synopsis: Ororo creates some warm weather and people gather at the pool to enjoy it.
Cast of Characters: Kitty Pryde, Ororo Munroe, Rogue, Alison Blaire, Remy LeBeau, James Proudstar, Gabby Kinney, Henry McCoy




Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde took the day off from work. Both JVD Fashion where she has been working contract, and the school. To be fair, the number of students don't really need a fulltime guidance counselor anyway. So Kitty is 'off' from the school job about as much as she's on it. Though of course responds whenever she's needed.

But today? She spent the day working out, quite extensively. After, a quick shower to clean off, and then she dons a bikini, fills up a cooler with drinks, gets some food suitable for the grill, and heads out to the mansion's pool. Lockheed flies along above her, wearing a little pair of sunglasses that Kitty found to fit him.

Kitty puts on some suntan lotion. It's not exactly tropical weather, but the pool is heated and it's warm enough to lay out. She gets set up at a lounge chair and then moves over to jump off the side and dive into the water.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
The day wasn't cold, but it wasn't quite warm enough for what Ororo wanted to do. She stood on the roof by her front door, and very slowly altered the temperature of the area. Over the course of an hour, the temperature went up slightly, then another hour brought it to around 73. That was good enough.

Collecting her bag from her room, she drifted down and over to the swimming pool, landing near one of the lounge chairs. The ritual began. Towel over the chair, sandals by the foot of the lounge, bottle of water on the table and finally remove the enormous hat and lay it on the lounge to claim it. We wore a simple one piece bathing suit in a shimmering purple that was high hipped and low cut down the front and back. It may as well have been a bikini.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue was the school's 'errand bitch' and that's what she'd been doing all day. She loves it, really. She gets up early and figures out everything that the school needs done off property and then jumps in her Jean-provided red truck and roars out on to the town to get it done. Be it take people to doctor appointments or buy things at the thardware store, or groceries, etc. She loves getting out, driving and then bringing it all back.

But when Kitty messaged her, Rogue was up in her room already by chance. She opened one of the windows and tested the weather then changed clothes. Took her some time to pick a bathing suit, but she found one from late last summer. An Olympics-style volleyball bikini, her favorte kind.

Putting that on, Rogue threw a fancy white 'net' coat over it which is a bunch of loosely tied together ropes that form a coat. She then just flew right out the window and down to the pool area where she landed on bare feet and walked over to a chair to set her phone and aviator sunglasses down with a heavy huff shortly after Kitty landed in the water.

"Yep!" Rogue says loudly to announce herself, sitting down now, before she looks over to Storm and grins at her. "Is it gettin' hoter around here or is it just us?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty's in a multi-colored bikini, strings on the bottom and more like a sports top above. Stripes of black, yellow, red and blue alternate across it. She glances up at the sun. "Ok, either you're getting stronger, or we're getting a warm front through here," Kitty comments to the sun as she notices the weather is getting warmer. She climbs out of the pool about the time that Rogue and Storm arrive, grinning at her friend's comment. "That must be what it is," she says with a warm laugh. "Glad you made it."

She goes over to get her towel to dry her face, and then gets a drink from the cooler. "Ladies, want a soda, lemonade or iced tea?" she asks as she pulls out a soda for herself. "Sorry, still 2 years before The Man lets me buy harder things legally," she says with a sigh. Not that she can't get what she wants to drink at home, but at the school she sticks to non-alcoholic beverages.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo took a moment to brush out the pulled it back into one long, single braid as she stood there by her lounge chair. She offerd Kitty a smile and a quick wave, "I loathe wet hair in my face while attempting to swim."

As Rogue appeared and announced herself, the older woman's eyes sought her out and offered her wave, right after tossing the new braid back over her shoulder. "It is taking summer far too long to get here, and I was ready for a swim and some sun. Is the temperature good, or should I go a little warmer?"

Looking back to Kitty she considers a moment then says, "Iced tea would be lovely, thank you."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue spends a moment sorting her stuff out on the table beside the loung echair and then hears Kitty's question about the drinks and Storm's about the weather.

"Tea for me." She says with a grin before she looks up to Storm again. "A bit hotter could be nice too." She grins at her too. "Like your hair." She comments before she stands up and tosses that mesh coat off of her body.

Rogue walks toward the pool water then and does a bit of walking to the left, then a bit of walking to the right before she just lunges up in to the air and does a forward momentum backflip that ends with her diving down in to the water.
Flight power, such a cheater!

Kitty Pryde has posed:
A pair of iced teas in bottles are pulled from the cooler and Kitty sets Rogue's by her things, and Storm's by hers. "I'm good with whichever. This, warmer, long as I can lay out. I figured it would be a little cool, wasn't expecting the assist," Kitty tells the African woman, flashing her a warm grin.

She takes a sip of her soda and then pauses to watch Rogue do her power-assisted flip. The Jewish girl chuckles and shakes her head. "Ah, to fly," she says with a sigh given mock exaggeration. Lockheed had settled onto the lounger that Kitty chose. He hops up then, giving a few flaps of his wings to lift into the air. He propels himself forward and then pulls his wing in, doing a double flip before he straightens out and splashes down into the pool.

Kitty laughs quietly. "Et tu, Brutae?" she asks the dragon.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo casts her eyes up toward the sky again, watching the clouds lazily drifting by, reaching out and around to find the weather patterns she was 'borrowing' from. Minute changes were easy and if done slowly rarely caused issues. So what if it was just a little cooler here and there, she never took too much to change climates, and she hardly ever did this sort of thing.

"Give it about twenty minutes and it should warm up a little more," she says she looks back to the other women. She takes the bottle of iced tea and twists it open for a sip. "I am very ready for summer. It is always so cold here, gets into your bones." She looks over to Rogue then for a moment, then back to Kitty and concentrates.

Kitty can feel the gentle winds swirling around her, caressing her skin and then picking her up off the ground. "So fly."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is fully under water floating over the draine in the deep end with her arms and legs waving gracefully in the blue. She turns around and sees the dragon appear like a arrow down in to the water and when they make eye contact she blows him a kiss before she straightens herself and shoots straight up to break the surface of the pool!

She launches out of the water like a dolphin and jsut lands on her butt on the diving board. She isntantly crosses her legs at the knee while her body sheds water down around her and back in to the pool while her hands go up to stroke her wet two toned hair back over her shoulders.

She swipes her left hand over her face and then sees Kitty flying, which makes her grin. "Well that's new." The southern girl says from her perch on the diving board, her hands going down to either sides of her bare wet thighs.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde's hair is wet, but that doesn't stop it from blowing around her as Storm's winds lift her off of her feet. The young woman lets out a laugh. "Well, it's not quite as much fun when you don't have control of it yourself," she teases Storm. "Though, well I mean I can sky walk but it's not really flying in the true sense."

Lockheed bobs up to the surface and rolls over onto his back. He lets out a little puff of fire and then lays there to let the sun warm his belly. "Lockheed would probably like it a lot warmer," Kitty calls over the winds that hold her aloft. "Though, we'd all suffocate at the temperatures he'd like, so probably best to not give in."

Alison Blaire has posed:
The sunny day is all the excuse Ali needs to skip out on her obligations and spend a day by the pool. She skips out of the Institute in her bikini -- one of the few places she can get away with this without paparazzi catching her and taking unflattering pictures -- and tosses a towel on one of the chairs around the deck. It's only then that she notices she's not the only one to come up with this great idea. She smiles and waves to the other Mutants in the area, "Hi!" she says brightly, before she climbs slowly onto the chair and lays out on it. She takes a few moments to work on putting suntan lotion on the front, "Hope I'm not interrupting anything," she says from behind her sunglasses.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
For a moment it looks as if Kitty will float out over the water, in fact she does for a certain amount and Ororo just grins broadly, almost wickedly but not quite. "So you do not like flying?" She asks, lowing Kitty a little toward the water.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue already took a dip to wet herself and is now seated on the edge of the diving board with her legs crossed. She sees the puff of fire from the dragon laying on his back i nthe water cause the area to light up for a second with that base sound of 'flame'. It makes her grin before she looks over to the others to see Kitty still flying around.

"Such an over achiever, Pryde." She calls out to her friend. "Ya just can't let me have flight without tryin' t'one up me." She teases.

Dazzler's arrival has Rogue raising her right hand up to wave at the celeb. "Heya, Sugah." She calls out to her as she watches her settle in.

"Stormy's gotten the weather warmin' up for all us who can't wait for summer. Feels like a week ago we were tryin' t'do that Christmas carolin'--" She mutters. "That didn't go so well with the nut cases we have at this house...."

Remy LeBeau has posed:
    It's not rare, but it's not exactly common place, as the man tends to find himself wanting to keep the school safe from his brand of trouble, and yet this Tuesday afternoon, Remy LeBeau finds himself standing at the back door and looking towards the pool. His white sunhat with the large brim, and a black bow around it, obscures his face like an old school western movie star.

    He lifts his head, and the stubbly chin of his frames his cheeky smile but his closed mouth keeps those teeth hidden for now. The man wears a towel wrapped around his body as he walks over towards the chair he's planning on claiming.

    A ruby gaze is fired towards Rogue with a wink towards her as he unfurls the towel like a sarong, and shows off the white bikini top and bottom he's obviously taken from the lost and found. Likely where he found the hat that matches the swim suit.

    The strings are tied in tight knots between his pecks, behind his neck and on the sides of his hips. He gives a wave of his hat as it comes off and he throws it like a frizbee before stepping to the lip of the pool, jumping, tucking his legs to his chest and cannonballing into the water!

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde is in bikini, her hair wet as if she's already been in the pool. Oh yes, and she's currently flying above the pool supported by a steady gust of wind. Lockheed is just floating on his back in the pool, contentedly sunning himself.

The arrival of Dazzler and Gambit get a wave of Kitty's hand towards them. "Hey you guys. Look at me, I have weather powers now!" she kids. "Look ma, no hands," she says, waving her hands about in the air as the gusts of wind support her.

The young woman looks down towards the water as Storm guides her over the pool, and then back towards Ororo. "Oh, go ahead," she tells the other woman, ready to try to spin in the air when the winds die out to end up diving in.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
The winds flow smoothly, caressing against Kitty's skin as they lift her a little higher, giving her room to change position before they simply disappear from around her and drop the woman into the water.

Ororo laughs softly at having gotten to do that. She wears a shimmerping purple one piece bathing suit with high hips and a deep cut neckline and back, it may as well be a bikini. Walking over to the edge of the pool, she pauses to check the temperature of the area again, then with a nod, dives into the water and swims across the pool to the other side, under the water.

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire is in a simple blue bikini. It's a bit smaller on the bottom than absolutely necessary. But, she's got the figure for it. She gasps at the sudden cannonball splashing her, and calls out, "Remy! I just got done doing my legs!" before she has to grab a towel and start wiping off the water and sunscreen mixture that covers her there. She glowers at the bikini clad man for a half moment, and then seems to catch just what he's wearing, and gives a wolf whistle to him.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue eyes Remy as he reveals his swimsuit for the afternoon and just shakes her head at him. "I really gotta rethink my relationship choices." She says with a smirk before she smirks at Alison. "Don't encourage him, he'll turn inta the next Deadpool." Yeah, she's run in to Wade a few times in the wild...

Rogue abandons the diving board and slips off of its edge back down in to the water wher ehse plunges down then bobs back up to shoulder level as she starts to kick her feet to swim like a normal persona nd not use her powers to cheat.

She swims past the others toward the shallow end where there's some water toys that the students like to horse around with, one is a mini volley ball. She tosses it up in the air and palms it down to the other side of the pool with a splash. "Once school is out, this pool is gonna be full'a kids agian."

Remy LeBeau has posed:
    Remy holds his breath as he stays curled up in the depths, and takes a look up, opening his eyes and lowering his feet to find the bottom and then pushes off from there to get to the surface. He breaks it and attempts to appear like he's in a ladies shampoo commercial with the way he whips his head and short length of hair back over his head as he breaches.

    Remy turns his attention to Alison as she speaks to him first and then with a glance back to Rogue where he dismisses her insult, "You picked me, so either you're doing really bad or really good." And with a shrug as he bobs in the water, and adjusts his bra, "I think I look dashing, thank you Alison. The bottoms are a bit... snug." He winks again and wiggles his eyebrows. "And I think I'd be like Wade if you didn't encourage me." Remy notes as he turns to rest against the edge of the pool.

    "'Ro, you doing nice work here, enabling us weirdos and Kitty in a small bit of paradise." The cajun exclaims and gives the woman a toothy smile this time, as he is making nice and meeting every one.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty is ready when the winds suddenly die out. She swings her arms to rotate her body in the air, turning the feet-first fall into a dive, her arms breaking the surface of the water and the rest of her slipping down into the heated pool.

Her head pops back up above water again after, the girl reaching up to brush the wet hair back from her face. "Yes, the extra warm weather is a godsend," she agrees with Remy. Kitty breast strokes her way over to the side, feet then kicking to help propel herself up as she pushes up and gets a foot on the side to climb out of the pool gracefully.

The young woman goes over to get her towel and dry her face off, then reclaim her soda. "There's soda, iced tea and lemonade," she tells Remy and Alison, a foot nudging the cooler she brought out.

Kitty glances towards the grill. "Anyone hungry?" she asks, eyes going to Rogue. "Wait, you're always hungry, silly question," she says with a grin, and goes over to get the grill lit.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Popping up on the other side of the pool, Ororo takes a nice deep breath, then proceeds to swim at the surface back to the end she started at, then pulls herself out to sit on the edge. She was smart, she braided her hair first so no wet hair problems for her.

Standing up, she moves to collect her bottle of iced tea and sits on the edge of the lounge to take a sip. "Are we thinking hot dogs and hamburgers?" She asks of Rogue, because both sound good.

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire shakes her head to the offer from Kitty, "No, thank you. I am on stage tomorrow so....trying to burn off some calories in the sun," at her offer of food and drink. She blinks a couple of times and then says, "Don't abstain because of me though, I'll indulge through the smell of it," with a grin. She then gets back to work re-applying the lotion to her legs. She then lays back, and takes off her glasses, setting them aside on the ground by her lounger.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue's eyes are on Remy as he leans there wearing what is clearly one of Emma's leave-behinds. She reaches beside her at the corner of the shallow end to grab a couple of the arm floaties out of the little net attached to the side of the pool. She glides her way across the pool-- waist deep-- and delivers them to him with a smile. "There, this should help ya complete the look." She says before she air-kisses his cheek then lunges up out of the water, shedding it from her hips down as she stands on the edge of the pool and walks past Kitty and Storm.

"Ya'll start grillin' and you're gonna have all the hungry hippos out here. But... the fridge under the table there should be fully stocked. I filled it up on Friday. Though people were gonna grill out this weekend, but don't think nobody did."

She passes Ali by then and smiles at her before she sits down on the lounger beside her and reaches for her tea to sip from it for the first time.

"We gotta do something big this summer, I'm still figurin' out what though. Like a trip t'California or somethin'."

Remy LeBeau has posed:
    Remy takes the offered wings and frowns, "I know how to swim..." as he watches Rogue hover her way out of the pool and a twinge of jealousy crosses his features. "Well. Poo." The cajun says as he puts the wings on the edge of the pool, before he pulls himself up and out. "Heh, I thought this would get a laugh." He says, motioning to his swim suit. "I'm gonna go change." He says with a laugh as he picks up his towel and puts the sunhat back on and heads away from the pool. "Save me a dog will ya?"

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo sits on the end of a lounger that has her over sized hat on, and a towel stretched over. She wears a shimmering purple one piece swim suit with high hips and deep cut front and back, might as well be a bikini. She is sipping a bottle of iced tea from Kitty's cooler while watching and listening to the conversations going on.

Picking up the hat for a moment, she scoots herself back to stretch out in the sun. "Starving yourself is never a good idea," she comments to Alison. "You should eat something light."

James Proudstar has posed:
James Proudstar starts from the roof of the mansion. It's a two step walk up before the leap. The leap carries him from the house across the yard and into the deep end of the pool. "CCCAANNOONNBBAALL!!"

Alison Blaire has posed:
"I'm gonna have a granola bar later. Don't worry. I'm not STARVING myself, I'm just avoiding things that are gonna bloat me..." And then a second cannonball happens right near her and she cries out in frustration, "DAMNIT!" before she hops up, and starts to drag her chair further away from the pool, "I just want to tan!"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde is over at the grill. She lights it and before long that scent of burning charcoal is drifting about the area, as if letting people's taste buds know that food will eventually be coming.

"Oh, where are you performing, Alison?" Kitty asks as she tends to the grill. She digs in the cooler to start pulling out some food. The cannonball that hit the other woman draws a wince from Kitty. "Now that man knows how to cannonball," she says. Probably has a lot to do with how big he is!

Lockheed ends up totally swamped. He flaps to lift off the water and fly back to Kitty's lounger, landing on the deck near it and giving a tiny shake to dislodge water. Then he breathes tiny spurts of flame on himself to dry off. "Show off," Kitty murmurs to him. "So Storm, did you ever go take those dance lessons?" she asks. Kitty glances towards Rogue and flashes her a wink.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is leaning back in her lounger as Remy gets up and leaves to go change, apparently. She holds her tea over her lap, sitting in the chair wearing a green and gold volleyball bikini. Her hair is wet but shoved down back behind her bare shoulders. She sees what must've been James slam down in to the water moments before he splashes both she and Alison.

Rogue is laughing at it as she's covered in water again, and looks to Ali who gets a frown. "You're gonna be through that whole bottle of lotion before you get 10 whole minutes of sun." She grins softly at her.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Taking a second towel from her bag, Ororo starts to dry her arms off then just stops, blinks and looks at Kitty. She has no idea how Kitty knew about that, not that she minded, it merely surprised her that it ewas brought up.

"Not as of yet, no. I am hoping for an opening with a very skilled teacher in New York City, but her classes her booked." She returns to drying her arms and legs. "This woman is said to be one of the best in the state, if not the entire country, and since I have never danced beyond tribal moves, I thought the best might be needed to protect poor Hank's feet from getting stomped on."

Alison Blaire has posed:
"I only have so much lotion left..." Alison replies pouting a little as she starts to work on her legs again. Her gaze falls on Rogue as she spikes the ball, and then she resumes working on her legs. Once they are done, for the THIRD time, she lays back, and closes her eyes, just enjoying the rays on her body.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
"Lcokheed," Kitty says, "Would you get my sunglasses?" The little dragon trots over to her bag, grabbing the sunglasses from it and flying over to her to drop them to her. "Thanks pal," she tells the dragon as she catches them and puts them on.

Kitty's attention goes back to Storm. "Oh, had been talking and it came up," she says. There's just a moment that Kitty gives Storm a visibly pleased look before she turns to the food, getting meat and vegetables onto the grill. "So Rogue, you mentioned something about doing something special this summer? Anything in particular you had in mind? The beach party for my birthday last year was a lot of fun. Wouldn't mind doing something like that again."

James Proudstar has posed:
James Proudstar emerges from the water with a laugh and a hair flip to rival any of the ladies. He grins and swims for the ladder. Pulling himself out of his natural habitat, broad shoulders tiny waist, abs for days. He is wearing a teeny pair of footbal style shorts, cream colored against his perma tan skin. Water streams down his long dark hair and over his skin as he steps off the ladder and onto the pool deck. "Beautiful Day, Ro! Alison's mad at me?" Jim walks over and opens a cabinet built into one of the planters. He pulls out a bottle of Ali's brand of lotion and walks over to put it next to her chair.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo looks at James, any sane, heterosexual woman would, but she does not oogle or drool. She merely admires the male form then looks back toward Kitty and Rogue. "I trip to California might be enjoyable, as might Florida. Field trips can be so much fun, take in some sights, learn a few things about the local areas and cultures, lay on the beach."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is up from her lounger after grabbing her aviators off of the table. She slips them on over her eyes and just carries her drink as she walks along side the side of the pool. She smiles at James as he gets out of the water and she wolf whistles at him, because that seems to be the way of things today.

"Awww, Ali, lookit James gettin' ya a refill." She grins at the musician. Rogue kneels down to fish that water polo ball out of the corner of the deep end of the pool then holds it against her hip as she walks toward the grill to check on things.

Grill supervisor Rogue.

"And yeah, I'd like t'do some new kind adventure this summer. Not around New York and all its problems. But some new place, with new problems. Like the Ski Trip. That was a blast..."

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire smirks a bit at the lotion being given to her. Her eyes glide up and down James, before she replies, "Thank you," primly. She lays back down on her lounger, letting the sun bake her skin for a few more minutes on her front side.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty flips over some burgers and then begins turning some hot dogs and sausage. There are also grilled vegetables so Ororo will have something. "James, anytime you wish to invoke male prerogative with the grill and take over the cooking, just let me know. Though I can heat things adequately. It's just the other parts of cooking I stumble at," she comments.

But really, can they risk that?

She looks thoughtful. "Well, there's always a Caribbean island somewhere. Or maybe fly out to Hawaii. Or Easter Island?" she suggests.

James Proudstar has posed:
James Proudstar laughs as Rogue wolf whistles and gives her a few poses, gun show, can you smell what the Rock is cooking, pec dance. "Ok, ok as the token male I shall assume my appointed task but I was enjoying being the sex object for just a moment." He laughs, "I dont know have you guys been read in on that thing in the South Pacific? I think thats gonna flare up before... you meant vacations didnt you?"

Ororo Munroe has posed:
For one more moment she looks back to James, while he is showing off of course, then she turns her attention to the sky and lays back to enjoy the sun.

"Student field trip and vacation, at least I believe that is what Rogue is thinking."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Normally Gabby would cannonball off the roof into the pool. It was her thing lately. But that was usually when there weren't so many people already at the pool running the risk of accidentally slamming down on someone. While she could heal she was well aware that she was one of the few here that could. Plus, this time, she was actually wearing a swimsuit instead of shorts and a t-shirt. Someone apparently had gone shopping. Clad in a nearly neon pink bikini and some shades a bit too large for her she follows the sounds of pool shenannigans and smell of barbecue. "Great day isn't it!?" She asks perhaps a bit too cheerily.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue steps away from the grill when she sees it's all in order. She takes a sip from her tea and then raises that water polo ball up to spin it on her finder, or to try to. She gets it going a few rotations before it falls down on to the ground and she has to chase it for a moment to catch it again, slapping it a few times until she can grab it once more.

When she straightens up again she puts it back by her hip. "Okay, screw California, I change my vote to Hawaii." She says with a big grin then. "never even thought about goin' there before..."

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo lifts her head to look at Rogue a moment, then over to Kitty. "Hawaii has some very interesting cultural sites, could be quite informative for the students to learn how the United States basically stole the land."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty grins at the others. "Not like we need to pay for airfare after all. Or even use the Blackbird if Illyana is willing to move us over there," she says. "I haven't been there either though. It would be a nice trip. Much better than... I don't know. Madripor?" she suggests with a chuckle.

"Hey Gabby," Kitty says warmly when the teen shows up. "Yes it is. Ororo gave us a little bit of a warming spell there to make the sunbathing nicer," she says.

The food is ready, Kitty moving it to plates. There are veggies for Ororo if she's hungry, and meat for everyone else. Once things are set up, Kitty grabs a bun and begins making a hamburger for herself. She picks up a cooked hot dog and lofts it towards Lockheed, who snatches it out of the air to eat.

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire rolls over on the lounger she's on, and adjusts it so it lays flat. She then undoes the back of her bikini's top, and asks over her shoulder, "Can anyone get my back?" holding up her lotion bottle.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo is stretched out on one of the lounge chairs, her massive hat sitting on her bag on the table beside her. She doesn't need to tan, obviously, but she loves the feel of the sun on her skin. Spring may be creeping in, but it wasn't coming quick enough, so she /may/ have adjusted the temperature a little for a nice sunny day.

Sitting herself back up, she looks over to Alison, "Was that specifically aimed for James, or did you actually mean for anyone to assist?" Nope, Ororo does not beat around the bush.

Alison Blaire has posed:
"Anyone," Ali replies quickly to Ororo, "I'm not trying for anything here right now."

Henry McCoy has posed:
Stepping out onto the pool deck, Henry grins at the number of people who are enjoying the nice weather and the pool. He's wearing his board shorts and an aloha shirt, that's left unbuttoned. He offers a wave over to those present, the man chuckling. "I see we all shared a hive-mind about getting out in the sun and pool?" The man offers over, tossing a towel down on a nearby chaise. "How is everyone?" He wonders, glancing to the others.

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney veers toward the grill and the lure of food even as Kitty explains Ororo's help to have the beautiful day. "Thanks Ororo!" she calls out even as she's already stealing a hotdog bun to load up. She was never one to turn down food. Plus it gives her a chance to take a closer look at the caught-flexing James. Hey she was a teenage girl, sue her. At least she has sunglasses on to hide it. Yep. Hank's arrival earns a wave from her as she's distracted from her distraction. "Hank! ... Do you get sunburn or does the fur take care of it? Just wondering."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is standing near to the tables now when Kitty says the foodi s done. she's got her aviator glasses on and is looking around while her hair is drying in the now warm breezes that are flowing over the pool area. "Feelin' way hotter outside now." Rogue says, as about 20 minutes ago Storm had said it'd be much warmer, and she was right!

Rogue throws the water polo ball up a few times, catching it each time it comes back down then she raises it up and spikes it back in to the water with a huff!.

Her hands go up to her sunglasses and she raises them while she goes to get a plate of food, padding across the patio on bare foot. She grisn to Gabby's arrival and waves to Hank when he shows up too.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Standing up, Ororo walks over to Alison and accepts the bottle of lotion, then squirts some into her hand. Setting the bottle down, she smears both hands together then spreads the sun tan lotion over Alison's back in a nice, even spread.

"Afternoon Hank," she calls over as she makes sure to get that lotion even. Crocked tans had to suck for white people. "I needed some sun and warm, I am just glad to share it with my friends."

Taking her own towel, she wipes her hands off then meanders toward Hank. "Coming out to enjoy the day?"

James Proudstar has posed:
James Proudstar smiles and does his best to help with the food. He frowns at the mention of a certain blonde Russian snd shakes his head, "Lets not rely on her.. Just for now." He smiles and chuckles easily, "I do have the biggest hands." He laughs and raises eyebrows as Ororo goes to lotion up Ali. James shrugs and grabs a couple burgers.

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire lets out a long slow sigh as Ororo gives her back the lotioning it needs. And a semi-back massage in doing so. She murmurs, "Thank you, whoever that was." Before a second pair of hands starts doing it to her. She opens her eyes, and then looks over her shoulder at James, just staring at him as he re-lotions her back. "Uh...ok...." she says.

Henry McCoy has posed:
Henry's smile widens as Ororo moves closer. "I can get sunburns, if I shaved." He winks to Gabby. "Though I would imagine the itch from the healing and the hair growing back would be far more maddening than the sunburn itself." He admits, with a chuckle. A look to the sky, then back to Ororo. "Well, whatever the world gifts us with, or you, we appreciate." He nods to the Storm-Goddess.

"Enjoy the day, and the company." He remarks to Storm.

Looking over to Rogue and the spiking of the ball, he smiles. "Enjoying a bit of freedom, Rogue?" He wonders, giving a nod to Ali gets the oil treatment from Ororo and James.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is standing by the food now with a paper plate in her hand and her sunglasses up on her forehead against the whites of her bangs. She looks over at the people fighting over who gets to lotion up the pretty celebrity, which has her grinning from hear to ear.

She looks over at Hank wehn he speaks to her and she just gives him a happy little smile before she replies. "I can never have enough freedom, Mistah." She says in a sassy tone of her sultry voice before she pops and apple slice in to her moutha nd turns back to the food. "Besides. its the start'a summer. Gotta make it a memorable one." She states putting some more fruit bits on her plate.

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Ororo Munroe wasn't fighting over it, she simply did it so there would be no fighting or hanky-panky in the process... it was a school after all.

Stepping up to Hank, she slides her arm around his waist with a bright smile, "Well then, why not come get some food, or would you rather swim first? The water is finally just the right temperature, not too hot, not too cold, sort of threw Kitty into it to test it out." She glances toward Alison for a moment, then leans to whisper something in Hank's ear.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty grins as Hank joins them. She goes over to give him a side hug before moving to take a seat on the end of her lounger. "Oh I needed this so bad," she says, digging into her greasy cheeseburger. "I am planning to lay out I think," Kitty says. "Though if you guys get up a water polo game I suppose I'd have to take part."

She gets some of her own lotion and applies it before relaxing back on the lounger on her side and continuing to eat. "See. I can cook," she says around chewing her hamburger and flashing a grin over to the rest of the group. "Gabby, that's a great bathing suit, when did you get that?"

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney is already chomping down on her hotdog which was properly loaded up with mustard as all hotdogs should be. At least she doesn't try to hug Hank while eating it. Mustard probably wouldn't get out of fur easily. "Oh, yeah, itching is the worst," she has to agree with a solemn, knowing nod. Then at Kitty's question she grins. "I technically got it last year when I was dating Julian, but I never got to use it. It was always at the bottom of my clothes trunk." Usually when she found out people were at the pool she didn't bother to try to dig it out. "Now that I'm sharing rooms with Ellie though I've been keeping better track of my clothes. So." Here she shrugs a little.

Henry McCoy has posed:
The hug from Kitty is returned, just as one-armed. The other arm slides around Ororo's waist in return, the man nodding to her whisper. "I think a swim would be best first - don't want a cramp from eating right before getting in the water." Henry grins. A gentle hug to Storm, and then she's released. "Excuse me, won't you?"

Once un-entangled, Henry shucks the aloha shirt and tosses it over to where his towel is. "I suppose the last one in is a rotten egg, as the saying goes?" He takes a quick bound towards the pool - leaping up into the air with his absurd grace. A twist, a flip and then a cannonball. Poor Ali!

Alison Blaire has posed:
Alison Blaire flinches as she's hit with ANOTHER splash of water and pulls up suddenly from her lounger, before realizing she's forgotten she's undone her top. Anyone looking will have a nice peek at her, before she covers up quickly, and pulls her top back on, "That's it. I'm done," she declares.

James Proudstar has posed:
James Proudstar makes diving leap across the pool deck inserting himself.., too late

Ororo Munroe has posed:
Grilling, eating, swimming, it was a wonderful afternoon, however Ororo cannot hold the weather forever. With her arm still around Hank's waste, she sort of urges him to take a few steps back under the awning, which he obliges. A playful grin plays across her lips as she looks up to the sky and releases her hold on the weather.

Drip... drop... drip... DOWNPOUR. The rain begins to fall almost immediately, not quite a full on storm, but enough to soak through everything rather quickly.

Ororo and Hank? Perfectly dry.