Training Day

[dolemeck]

Dolemeck was a bit excited about today. He would finally start training in the Danger room with his telekinetic powers. Not just that, but he would also be training with Ilya. Since his arrival, the two formed a unique bond which enabled them both to open about their lives and problems. This made Dolemeck less anxious around the mansion and in class. He was coming off as more relaxed and mature.

The two only worried that Headmistress Ramsey would say something about their closeness. It hung over their heads as they entered the Danger Room. Dolemeck allowed Ilya to wheel him in, and both young men were dressed in their training uniforms (which Dolemeck hated his with a passion). Giving Rachel a salute, Dolemeck smiled as they arrived.

"Dolemeck Night, reporting for training, Headmistress Ramsey!" He sounded more cheerful and care-free than ever. All of this, despite the worry he felt inside.

Comments

[kid_from_chukotka]

"Thank you. For the advice, and for everything. It's really weird to talk about any of this, but it feels a little better. Not perfect, but like I'm not so alone anymore. I've, well, I've felt like I was alone for a long time."

Thank God he's Russian and doesn't do physical displays of affection, or he almost feels like he would hug her. Which would just be weird for everyone involved - aaaand she probably just heard that. Instinctively, he bit down on his lip. The habit had been there long before his mutation had; it was just a thing in his family.

[nohoundsallowed]

"Xavier's is here to show young people they're not alone. Whatever I and my staff can do to help you, we will." Even if already evidenced, that help would not go like he thought it would. Rachel, despite looking in her late twenties, was so very far removed from being a teenager. She looked well past the immediacy for her students.

"We'll pretend the mental Russian hug didn't happen," she said with a slight smile. "You can go now, Ilya. Enjoy the rest of your day. You did well in here."

[dolemeck]

Dolemeck had waited for Ilya outside of the Danger room, just as he had promised. However, he had fallen asleep in his chair due to just exhausting himself with his own session (and the deep dread he felt about being placed on probation). He did not snore, he just looked peaceful.

[kid_from_chukotka]

Ilya was horrified she'd caught the hug thought - how hideously improper was that to think about the Headmistress?! - and fled immediately. At the sight of Dolemeck, though, his first thought was 'he looks like I feel after all that'.

But he honestly didn't want to wake him up. He just looked so peaceful. Like a baby reindeer - aaand that was another reason to learn how to shield his thoughts right there, because there were certain comparisons that just weren't manly in any century.