9672/Chilling on Break

Chilling on Break
Date of Scene:	17 January 2022
Location:	Ski Resort
Synopsis:	On winter break, Monet talks to the chillest guy
Cast of Characters:	Monet St. Croix, Bobby Drake

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Monet St. Croix has posed:
The winter break of th crowd from Xavier's goes on. Monet St. Croix is currently making her way through the village of Killington. The Morrocan mutant looks to be maintaining a neutral expression on her face as she would walk, a large jacket bundled up and over for her while she would walk over into the bottom floor of the ski lodge to get some food. She has a phone up underneath her neck, "Thank you. Happy holidays." Speaking in Arabic.

Bobby Drake has posed:
Lurking off to the side within the lodge, Bobby is staring into a mug of hot cocoa, watching the small clouds of hot water vapor waft up from it. He is resting comfortably in a seat, leaning back slightly, one leg crossed horizontally over the other. Mouth twisted a bit as if trying to summon forth some sort of thought on something.

As the cool air blows in to accompany Monet's entrance, he looks over in her direction and offers a smile. Shaken enough from his reverie, he leans forward to retrieve the mug and take a sip.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would take a moment to glance over at Bobby, and she would finally sigh and acquiesce in acknowledgement of him. "Robert." The woan would go to approach him. "I hope that you're enjoying our break here." Her tone is flat over in the matter of someone that likely doesn't particularly care that hse's along for it.

Bobby Drake has posed:
Nodding quickly, even as he swallows some of the hot cocoa, Bobby leans forward to place it down on the table in front of him. "Yes, I have. How about yourself?"

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would go to shrug, "I fine this particualr sojourn to be moderately adequate. I feel that however it is being done not out of any particular necessity beyond that the faculty think that a vacation is required and here is convenient."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"I mean, yeah. That is generally the point." Bobby grins as he regards Monet. "If you want until you /need/ a vacation, then you are likely unable to enjoy it. So you plan it out ahead of time, and just do it." He shrugs. "Have you been enjoying the slopes?"

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would go to shrug over at Bobby, "Why not go somewhere moreso than a.. Moderately priced upscale resort aimed at the middle lower upper classes in cramped cabins and with only a small town available? Why when the Blackbird can fly across the world. Why ot to Paris? To London? To the Swiss Alps?"

Bobby Drake has posed:
The evokes a shrug from the Iceman. "Maybe to keep us humble?" Bobby chuckles for a moment. "I could barely afford this place, to be honest. Sadly, my powers do not include generating cash." He pauses. "I mean, I could, but then the X-Men would come and stop me, and it'd be a whole circular thing."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would shrug, "Very well. I do not presume to know the particulars nor the traditions of the faculty and the school. I am but only here for a short time myself." She would admit with some thought into the matter. "And I thought the school's funding base was.. Extensive."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"The school, yes. Bobby Drake, not so much." Bobby leans forward to reclaim the mug. "Why only a short time? Not enjoying your time here?" He raises the mug to his lips, sipping.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would shrug, "I do.. Not have anywhere else I could go nor any reason or cause that might drive me to perform something." Ennui? Lack of purpose? Her tone is rather flat. "I have nothing else that would feel that it had a purpose and nowhere else to go." Hadn't she just been talking on the phone with her sisters?

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby Drake ahs slowly, and nods. "Got it. Sorry." He takes a long swallow from his mug. "Sometimes it is best to enjoy the time that you have nothing pulling you in any direction. I find that is rather rare, myself.":

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would nod< "Perhaps. Perhaps." Ther'es the tone of voice from ehr where she's conceding that another person hsa a point in something that she had not considered herself, flat and minimal as it comes out. It' sat least a concession to someone else!

Bobby Drake has posed:
"See, there you go." Bobby laughs for a moment and finishes off his cocoa, setting the empty mug down. "What do you usually like to do for fun? Why not just take that up, while you don't have any other place to be."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would glance at Bobby, "I research to improve myself and learn on things. I must eternally strive to pursue perfecion. Moments not spent in improving myself, my skills, my knowledge base.. Are ones that are wasted."

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby Drake nods. "Ok, but let's go with that for a moment. What if to achieve perfection, you need to understand imperfection, so you have a benchmark to model against?" He flashes a grin. "And taking vacation time helps understand that."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would glance over at Bobby, "The rest of you." Oh, that might be somewhat unnecessarily harsh. "I can see the limitations in others by comparison and know what I can evaluate myself against and where to improve myself." Direct by nature and blunt. No malice intended or included.

Bobby Drake has posed:
"I suppose I could be a good measure against perfection. And move on from me closer to the idea." Bobby chuckles. "How many steps from perfection do you suppose I am?" A smile rests upon his face, clearly enjoying this particular thought exercise.

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would shrug, "I do not know. I have not interacted with you to any degree. I do not have a great idea of how you utilize your powers, nor your abilities, nor your field history. I could not make such a judgement without research. You may be superior to me in all respects. I cannot make such a determination until I have analysed."

Bobby Drake has posed:
Bobby Drake grins. "Well, I'm cooler than you, that's for sure." He chuckles softly as his own joke. "Well, when you do finally see me in action, perhaps you can tell me just how inferior I am."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would nod at Bobby and shrug, "We will see. I'm sure that at some point soon there will be a field mission or training sessionf or me to observe. Or what files I am authorized to access."

Bobby Drake has posed:
"There will be action soon enough," replies Bobby, with a rueful laugh. "Always some calamity we have to race to address. Don't worry."

Monet St. Croix has posed:
Monet St. Croix would sigh, "Yes of course. I prseume that even without these current spectacles with heaven on Manhattan there will be worse things down the pipeline."