Another New Kid (Open to all X'ers)

[dolemeck]

There was Richard, Topher, Brianna, Kayla, Rose, Bobbi, and himself. Well, that he met so far. The school was starting to fill up with new students, meaning it was only a matter of time before school started up. Not just that, but soon official room mates would be assigned, classes would be sorted out. It was going to be hectic.

For now, Dolemeck was hanging out with Richard on the front lawn of the mansion. The two were reading a book together... when a pick-up truck drove up on the grounds. That must be the new kid he overheard the teachers talking about. He looked over to Richard with a raised eyebrow, before watching as their new classmate got out of his truck.

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[dolemeck]

"Well, that is an option for some people." He paled a little. "I umm... will not get such an opportunity. In fact, I do not know what I will do when I graduate. I do not really have a home to go home to."

He then tried to return to being chipper.

"Well now! Enough of that! The school offers many options, including help with college or even becoming a teacher here, one day!"

[eidolon34]

"Yeah, it just the idea that I have had for a long time now, but Dolemeck is right. There are many ways that the school can help you," said Richard.

"All that they ask is that you put up with the rigorous schedule and a few rambunctious teenagers." At least, that was how one professor put it when he had gone on a rant about it.

"So are you just super strong or is there more to it than that," asked Richard with a curious expression on his face. If there was one thing that he was fascinated by, it was other people's powers.

[southern_heavy]

Brody did his level best not to laugh at the other options, but 'college' and 'teacher' were about as likely for him as 'superhero'. Still, the kid seemed nice, so he stifled it.

When Richard spoke up, he shrugged "Can lift heavy things, haven't been sick since I was like thirteen, got, uh, shot kinda and that didn't hurt..." Brody glossed over that last one, "Then there's the, uh, other thing..."

[dolemeck]

Dolemeck mumbled as he had to break away from the group to take the wheelchair ramp up the side of the main building, so he could get to the front door. It was somewhat exhausting for him to do, but he endured, and proceeded to use his telekinetic powers to open the front doors for Richard and Brody.

"You need to relax. We are all a little strange here." He looked back at them. "We have students with wings, students who can absorb dark emotions, Rose... who is sort of in a category of her own... we'll just go with "she's awesome, but do not piss her off"."

[eidolon34]

“Yeah, everyone has their quirks, but all and all this is a place where just about anyone can fit in with no problem,” stated Richard. “But seriously don’t piss of Rose. She can be scarier than some of the teachers here.” That was one girl that he would never want to be on opposite side of, but luckily he didn’t figure that he would have to.

“Now, where do you think the staff member over housing would be at right now? Cafeteria or sleeping in their office?”

[southern_heavy]

Brody had forgotten to leave his cigarette outside, in his listening of how scary this "Rose" was supposed to be, and stubbed it out in his hand. He followed behind Richard, and couldn't help but ask: "So, Scary Rose: she, what, breathes radioactive acid? Has sharks for hands?"

[dolemeck]

"Umm... she's a bit on the feral side when it comes to bad people, and super protective of me-self and Bobbi." Dolemeck grinned. "Usually, you can find her working on her motorbike or spending time with Bobbi."

When asked where they could find a staff member of housing, Dolemeck drew a blank.

"Perhaps we should bring him to Headmistress Ramsey's office, first? No doubt she will give him the whole welcome speech. And then have us bring him to his new room... which I hope is mine. I hate not having a roommate!"

[eidolon34]

Actually, shark for hand would have been an interesting mutation to see. Richard wasn't sure if it was plausible, but it definitely would have been funny. "Yeah, and I think that would be the light description of her."

As far as Headmistress Ramsey went, Richard should have definitely remembered that one, but things were slipping his mind at the moment.

"Alright, then we are off to see the headmistress, who Dolemeck can politely and sanely ask if you can be his roommate?"

[southern_heavy]

"I don't think you want to share a room with me," Brody spoke up after taking the time to actually imagine a lady breathing radioactive acid and having Shark Hands. It look, in his head, like the best album cover of all time. "My foster sister assures me I snore like a bear, sleep as deeply as a bear, and..actually, I think she was just calling me a bear, now that I think about it..."

[dolemeck]

"I am on so much medication during the night I could sleep through a hurricane." A small laugh escaped Dolemeck. "Trust me, you could not wake me. And when have I not even been polite or sane, Richard? I am quite composed!"

He was probably going to be sorry he asked that. He continued to follow Brody and Richard towards Headmistress Ramsey's office.

[eidolon34]

"First, bear would be an interesting codename choice," said Richard. He also had an alternative option that was a little more comical, but he would keep that to himself.

"Second, I am not going to dive into the past as it would embarrass us both, and neither of us wants that, do we?" He also didn't mention that they would probably get in trouble for squabbling like school kids in front of a new student when they got to the Headmistress anyway.

[southern_heavy]

Brody blinked at the idea of a codename. What had he signed up for? He had wanted to mention that he was all for embarrassing stories, but they had slowed in front of probably the fanciest lookin door he'd seen in his life.

"Alright, guessin this is the headmistress office, yeah?" He looked at the guys who'd brought him here, and nodded. They seemed cool, but...well, he had a lot of questions.

"So, uh...should I knock...?"

[nohoundsallowed]

One of the double doors opened while Brody asked his compatriots. No one stood behind the door as the headmaster of Xavier's was often wont to use her telekinesis.

"Come in, Mr. Lees," Rachel beckoned with her back to the door. She was floating a foot off the floor to manually put a book away on one of her floor to ceiling shelves.

"I'll be with you in a second." She tapped the spines of a couple books before she found the one she was looking for.

[talk_to_you]

Occupying one of the chairs in the room was a blond man who could have been anywhere from his late twenties to his late thirties, though he seemed just a bit older than that around the eyes.

His gaze might have been lingering on the floating woman, rather appreciatively.

He offered a polite nod to the students, gesturing to the other empty chair.

"Have a seat," he said.

[southern_heavy]

Brody took less time to process the floating woman. After the vanishing rucksack and potentially sharkhanded girl, he was starting to get used to the weirdness. Should that be worrying him...?

Waving at the floating woman as he passed (how else does one interact with floating people? Was floating a coon thing here? Brody hoped waving was polite...), Brody sat his enormous rucksack down next to one of the chairs and offered his hand to Doug, as the floating lady seemed to already know who he was.

"Broderick. Uh, Brody. Lees. Pleasure to meet you."

[nohoundsallowed]

"Mr. Night and Mr. Brooks can wait outside the door if they wish. We shouldn't be too long," she said a little absently as she gently floated to the floor. "This will be mostly quick and painless."

She turned to face her newest student. The redhead looked to be in her late twenties, and physically she was. The intellect behind her green eyes was far older. She was dressed far less conservatively as one might imagine for a headmaster of a private school.

"Welcome to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning."

[talk_to_you]

Doug took and shook the hand. "Professor Ramsey," he said. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Lees."

[southern_heavy]

Brody shook the hand, and sheepishly scratched the back of his neck when Rachel mentioned the name of the school. He knew something was up, between the other mutant kids and the whole school thing...

"Yeah, I, uh...there may have been mistake. My counsel had said I was going to be part of some, uh program or something but, uh, I ain't really too good at regular learnin, let alone the higher kind..."

[nohoundsallowed]

"We'll take care of your regular learning as well as other things needed," Rachel commented as she crossed the room to set the book in her hand on the desk.

"We're a school for mutants. We're here to help you."

[talk_to_you]

"We've got quite the teaching staff," Doug said. "Myself included. I'm the head of the IT department around here."

[southern_heavy]

So it was a mutant school. Everyone here knew, it seemed, that he was a mutant. Brody actually found himself relacing a bit at that knowledge. He wasn't back home; he didn't seem to have to worry so much about keeping it secret.

"Alright. Uh, Mutant School. Rad. Okay...so...help how...? Sorry, but I uh, kinda was expectin...well, I guess I wasn't sure what I was expectin..."

[nohoundsallowed]

Rachel moved to the front of her desk and leaned against it. She stayed well clear of the computer Doug had to look at. She hated when technology gave her a hard time. She could think such things into oblivion.

"Well, first and foremost, we'll get you regular schooling in the required subjects. It will help you achieve a high school diploma; a requirement of you being assigned here instead of jail. On top of that, we work with individual students on their powers, being able to defend themselves without putting innocents or teammates in danger, and various other things needed to survive in the much more wide open world of mutants. From training the next generation of heroes to those who just want to live quiet, peaceful lives, we have a full compliment of coursework and extra curricular activities."

[southern_heavy]

There was that word again. 'Heroes'. No more than a week ago, Brody was some kid in a small town with a secret. Two days ago he was eating peanut butter in County Lockup waiting for his public defender. Now, he was standing in an office he was pretty sure was bigger than his mom's house, being told he'd get taught to not only pass high school...but how to use his superpowers...

"Okay, so, uh...school-school and, like, superpower school...rad, alright, uh...I guess I'm in." Considering the alternative, Brody couldn't refuse. But even without that...maybe this school sucked less than, well, all other schools...

[talk_to_you]

"Trust me," Doug said, "you'd hardly be the most unusual student we've ever had. We've had honest to goodness aliens here."

[southern_heavy]

"Well I ain't entirely sure folk from different countries are all that-" Brody trailed off, and not for the first time today he found himself blinking, "...you mean, like, 'From Outer Space' Aliens, don't you?"