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(2/20/04 5:49 pm)
Re: Sub-Levels of the Institute - The Medical Lab
"Stop calling me Riley!" Although there she wasn’t that close to him Lauren took a step back as he yelled at her. It was very confusing, his name was Riley, why was he stating that it wasn’t? She knew something was wrong… but she didn’t understand that there was another side to him.
"I'm Agent Marc Lucas and if you think you're going to get away with this-" The sight of Catherine walking in and dropping the laptop in front of Marc was like a godsend. Though it wasn’t long until those two we at it, the luck mutant was just glad that it wasn’t her that was a part of it anymore.
"Hey!" Connor seemed to have stopped Cat and ‘Marc’ from their dispute, that was good. The small amount of silence between his words was a pleasure to hear.
"Things must be hard enough for Racheal without you both snapping at each other in front of her." Lauren could have almost nodded quickly in agreement. Both for Racheal and herself, as entertaining as it was to watch two people bicker in a movie or on TV, it wasn’t as fun watching it in real life for the luck alterer. Unless it was her against someone she didn’t like, but that was different.
"Lauren, Racheal needs a room, would it be too much to ask for you to take her to one of the spare guest rooms until I have the time today to get her a proper one in the girl dorms?" Relief rushed through her, at least she didn’t have to stay here for much longer. Sure, Connor had interrupted them and had stopped them for now, but she wasn’t sure how long he could keep them quiet.
"No worries," Lauren replied before turning her gaze towards the new mutant. "C’mon, let’s go." She said, turning around and gesturing with her hand for her to follow, sounding a little eager to get out as she walked out, passing Connor and Madison on the way.
Re: Sub-Levels of the Institute - The Medical Lab
Through out the 'discussion', the quiet feral had kept herself quiet separate from the group. If she wasn't confused completely before, she was now, as well as being a little uncertain of everything once more. Having been gently biting the inside of her lip as she watched, the hairs on her back raising again, she allowed herself to smile when Connor spoke.. "Things must be hard enough for Racheal without you both snapping at each other in front of her.", At least she hadn't been completely forgotten amid all this. Racheal's sigh was almost silent. 'Hard' was hardly the word, impossible was more like it, she thought quietly. Why she hadn't listened to Jake about other's not being safe she wasn't sure But Racheal got the feeling she was in too deep just to run.
"Lauren, Racheal needs a room, would it be too much to ask for you to take her to one of the spare guest rooms until I have the time today to get her a proper one in the girl dorms?" Green eyes turning to Lauren, silently she hoped that the other would agree. She could hardly wait to be free of this room at the moment, the tension getting on her nerves. Although naturally not a nasty person, she did get rather on edge if backed into a corner.. "No worries," ... "C’mon, let’s go." She took a rather deep breath of relief in thanks, nodding gratefully to Connor as she followed Lauren, Racheal's footsteps quiet, though not silent she thought briefly as they left the others.
Young Clawed Fury Team : Gold Strike Force Co-Leader : Recovery Team
Posts: 183
(2/21/04 10:42 am)
Re: Sub-Levels of the Institute - The Medical Lab"You're right, with all your training before in the Danger Room, I now know if I can't beat him off with my claws, you might be able to subdue him with your lips." Seeing her brother smile, little or not, and seeing him get up was a good site, though watching as he looked over her face wasn’t. Madison wasn’t stupid, she could figure something was coming, though she wasn’t sure what. She was about to give a proud smile as Connor didn’t argue over the fact that she said she was coming, though she had already gotten an odd look from him before from that, but the smile didn’t show up as she heard the end of his sentence. Her eyes narrowed a little with annoyance more than anything, she knew that he enjoyed teasing her and he was probably the only one to really get away with it without getting in trouble. As a reaction Madison wiped her right hand over her cheek, where Brennan had kissed her earlier, as if ridding it from any germs, even though she had done that a few times before now.
"..I didn't know you and Shalimar where so close...." Madison’s face scrunched up at the thought, that actually was a tad better to think that it was her brother, and not Shalimar, who had kissed her. That would just be wrong! It wasn’t fair, there was nothing she could hide from Connor, he found out everything. If he wanted to he’d probably be able to sniff out every person she bumped rudely into during the day. Well, almost everything, but it was a struggle to not show any signs as she secretly went on missing Arisa.
"Oh, and Madi, there's a new girl, things have been really strange, I think something's wrong with Riley as well, Cole might have done something to him too. So the new girl has been through a lot.. I really don't want to scare her any further.. could you be pleasant with her? Nice, sweet, charming.. pretend you're a character in a school play!" She didn’t really pay much attention to what Connor said about Riley but the thought of acting the three things she wasn’t was more tiring than what she went though in the Danger Room. But since she listened to her older sibling, never the younger one, Madison thought that she may as well at least try to make it easier on the new girl. Following Connor she tried her best to ignore the look on his face. Why did he have to act like that? Madison had wanted him to get angry and have a word with him, maybe a claw or two as well.
"Cole said I had to find a vampire called Angel, since we don't know where he is I'd like to get looking as soon as I can, is everything going alright in here?" Standing next to her brother just outside the medical room she peered inside, noticing the familiar faces of Catherine, Riley and Lauren as well as noticing a new face, which she figured was the new girl. There was no need for her to act all strange and nice around Racheal since Madison seemed to become distracted by watching Cat and Riley argue with each other. Being a girl who enjoyed arguing with others made watching two people argue rather amusing to watch. There was no smile, or smirk, on her face to show it but it was a pleasant thing to watch. As it went on Madison noticed the way Riley was acting, he did seem different from his normal self, like Connor had mentioned a few moments ago.
As Connor broke up the verbal battle Madison was a little disappointed even though it was starting to bore her since she didn’t have much of an idea on what it was about. She watched as Lauren led out Racheal to go give her a spare room for the time being, both seemed relived to get out of the room. Then she looked over to Connor as he gave a grumble from the back of his throat, her eyes flickered inside the med room for a moment before looking back at her brother as she figured that he was going to go against his dislikes, fears, and go inside.
Madison stepped out of the doorway as Riley made his way out, giving him an odd look as he passed her since she wanted to know what was going on, and didn’t. Hearing Connor’s voice still inside the room she stepped back in the doorway and watched as he talked with Cat. Before she could question herself wondering how long he would stay in there, she saw him quickly pass her as he made his way back outside. Moving a few steps, she followed after him, forgetting about Cat and Riley for the moment.
"... Connor... You alright?" Since Madison wasn’t used to showing or sharing her feelings with others all that often, she had become one of the worst people at being sympathetic, at trying to cheer people up and worrying about others. Really, if you didn’t like many there was no need to worry about them. It was different with Connor though, she’d worry when he wasn’t himself, but she never really had much of a way in showing it, she knew Connor knew though, she was easier to read than a book for him! Sure, she could talk through problems and other topics with her brother, but starting topics wasn’t always easier for her, unless she had a complaint about something or someone.
"I do SO give people choices! Not my fault if they don’t know claws are involved in the hard way!"
Re: Sub-Levels of the Institute - The Medical Lab"Things must be hard enough for Racheal without you both snapping at each other in front of her." Racheal? who the hell was Racheal? As if Cat really cared about anyone else right at the moment, did no one seem to care that her boyfreind had gone missing? No one seemed to even be trying to do anything about it, shouldn't Beast be here to try and work out what had gone wrong. She hadn't thought yet that it might be her dream that had turned Riley into Marc, the idea would come to her in a while when she sat down and thought about Jennifer and how she'd been injured as well as what had happened to Riley.
"Now, since I don't think it's possible for you two to get to your room in one peace, Madison and I shall escort the both of you there." He was talking about her going back to her and Riley's room with Marc? For a start that wasn't happening, she wasn't living in a room with that jerk and she definatley wasn't sleeping next to him. The very idea made her curl her hands up into fists again, her eyes angrily glaring over at Marc.
'I'm not sharing a room with him!' She protested her eyes moving back to Connor's face, then dropping away to look at the floor. 'I'll move back into my old room untill Riley comes back.' She shot Marc a glance that was full of posion as if hoping he'd just fall down dead if she did so.
"You both will remain quiet for the walk, Riley, you are restricted to you room until you stop being so agressive towards others, is that clear?" Connor recived his own hate filled glare from Cat but she obayed him and shut up. It wasn't always the best thing in her mind to annoy somone who was endowed with sharp claws. She watched as Marc stumped after Connor, Wolverine's son paused and turned back to her.
"Hey.. don't let whatever he says hurt you, everyone knows Riley loves you, you're all he talks about, remember everyone has two sides of their personality.. This sounds like Riley's angry side, and people say things they don't mean when they're angry, so whatever he says, just remember he's not our Riley who's saying it." Cat looked sulkiy for a few moments, she wanted more sympathy than just this but when Connor started moving off again she followed him, as she did so she flashed Claire a black look.
Cat: Do you think I should go back?
Nina: Cat.. he's only a man.
Cat: You don't understand...
Clawed Warrior Team : Blue Strike Force Leader : Emergency Team
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(2/22/04 1:15 am)
Re: Sub-Levels of the Institute - The Medical Lab
The feeling of utter relief hit him the instant he left the confines of the medical lab, but he still took a moment to recover, though he tried not to look at all uncomfortable by the expose to the inside of the lab, it was almost impossible for it not to be noticed.. especially by Madison. He had told Madison that he considered Riley one of his best friends, the sole fact that Riley had made Connor enter that lab was enough for the young Wolverine to want to ignore Riley for a few days as payment for the suffering. But Connor knew that wasn't really fair since Riley wasn't even aware he was Riley right now..
Connor bottled up so many thoughts, feelings and emotions that the only way he was able to express himself was through body language. And he knew that he gave himself away with his hand movements or such, but he couldn't always control it, and normally around his sisters or friends he never really bothered to try. Madison had really been the only child of Wolverine's who was able to effectively hide her emotions from others, but she too expressed herself through body language like Connor did, only not so extreme. There was a look in her eyes that was a different kind of look to the normal ones, the way her lips curved or not, even the way she blinked, the way she breathed, the way her heart sounded, her body temprature and the way she talked. For Connor, he could read her as clearly as she could read his various movements, and even when he tried to hide his reactions she still managed to see through him.
So lying to her was pointless, but saying the truth wasn't something he was about to admit to in front of others, it was probably a good thing at times, he could say things so others aren't aware of the truth and yet his sisters would know the truth, so if he says he's fine, when he wasn't, they'd make sure to watch out for him without making any fuss. Connor and Riley had a lot in common, both liked to help others, but Connor was more then just helping, sometimes he had a habit of feeling as if he was responsible for everyone around him, even if he was taking orders from someone else, if they got hurt, it was his fault for not thinking quick enough to help them.
Maybe that's why he would get so angry when his sisters or friends get hurt, sometimes it was hard to tell if he was angry at the attackers or at himself for let them get attacked. Connor gave a little not of his head as he responded to Madison's question, if he said anything his voice might have sounded stressed so he made a point not to say a thing. But his eyes turned and stared at Riley's back as they began to walk towards the dorms, keeping between Catherine and Madison as they walked with Riley two or three meters ahead of them.
"Lost my sister and my best friend in one day." There was a very 'this sucks' tone to his voice as he stared at the ground, but then mumbled to Madison in a quieter voice "I bet Cole had something to do with Xavier's attack as well." If Connor didn't like Belthazor before, Connor completely despised the creature now.
TBC: Couple Dorm Hallways (Ladter tonight.. the following day, what's the difference, it's posted either way! )
The first step to forgiveness is telling the truth.
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