School Life

[wild_child]

The upcoming semester was still some ways away, but the school was rapidly becoming a new place, especially as quite a few early attendees were getting themselves moved in and settled.

Rose had already had a "fight" with about three of them and resisted punching another two in the nose.

Plus all the noise and smells were starting to get to her, especially the various sanitizers and furniture polishes and the like.

She really wasn't supposed to, but she'd be eighteen pretty quickly anyway, she was real good at covering up evidence. Except for telepaths, but that she wasn't worried about.

So she'd found an out of the way corner on the grounds to light up a cigarette and fume.

Comments

[wild_child]

"That it does," she agreed. "Course, 'round here, change happens a lot."

[dark_scion]

"Still, so long as it does not affect my presence here, I will adapt," he said with resolve.

[wild_child]

Yeah, you're just oodles of laughs, aren't you? Rose thought, but she decided to keep it to herself. She'd probably be no fun either if she was a clone/genetic experiment on the run from a sadistic geneticist.

"Good on ya," she said instead. "Never thought I'd see th' day when the school was out in the open like this. Reckon that's always been th' goal though."

[dark_scion]

"Staying secret likely would have been the better alternative long-term, but given your situation, becoming a public institution is the pragmatic approach," he surmised.

[wild_child]

"Paints a pretty big target too," Rose admitted. "Lot of people linin' up ta see us fail."

[dark_scion]

"At least you can claim self-defense," Fred said dryly, completely neutral as to whether he was serious or not.

[wild_child]

Rose snickered a bit at that. "Let's see if that works on the giant robots when they show up on our lawn."

[dark_scion]

"Giant robots? Sounds to me you need someone on standby who understands robotics."

[wild_child]

"Sentinels," Rose said. "Giant mutant hunting robots the government likes to uncork every now and then."

[dark_scion]

"I am aware of them. The Dark beast kept information on the machines in his archives."

[wild_child]

"Fortunately," Rose said, "if there's one thing pretty much everyone 'round here is good at, it's smashin' 'em up."

[dark_scion]

"If you say so. I still say some manner of anti-robotics countermeasure would be prudent if this happens so frequently," Fred pointed out.

[wild_child]

"Well, ta be fair, I think Professor Ramsey's probably been workin' on that one. He's the computer egghead."

[dark_scion]

"I would hope so. I would hate to think this institution would not learn from history."

[wild_child]

"Considerin' it's been blow up at least twice?" Rose said. "I'd say we're more stubborn than anything. But we've learned a thing or two too."

[dark_scion]

"Twice?" Fred was starting to have second thoughts about seeking asylum here.

[wild_child]

"Eh, it's been ages since the last time," Rose said. "Back durin' the Inferno thing."

[dark_scion]

"The demon invasion, yes. Not entirely surprising," he conceded.

[wild_child]

"Well, technically, it was Mister Sinister, not the demons. But same general time period."

[dark_scion]

That got his attention.

"Sinister..my progenitor's mentor in another reality..." He seemed lost in thought.

[wild_child]

"Well, far as I know," Rose said, "ain't nobody heard from him in a while. Least, not anybody who's told me."

[dark_scion]

"It is fine," he said after a moment. "It is nothing I am concerned about."

[wild_child]

"Uh-huh," Rose said, her tone making it clear she didn't believe him.

[dark_scion]

"Believe what you want. It doesn't matter to me," Fred said in response to her skepticism.

[wild_child]

She snickered at that.

"Aw, an' I was so hopin' ta win ya over with my winnin' personality."