Voice Testing - Homeless...Maybe Luceti?

[misspopularity]

Now hold your horses, Mundane. You and I both know well enough that you're prone to biting off more than you can chew. First you've got that giant application you have to work through, and then the fact that Scottis there...

I mean, are you sure you are ready for that pressure? After all that you've been through the past few months? I know you're thinking of me, and I appreciate that--but you really need to think of yourself once in a while.

...besides...I don't even know if he...well, as long as we're friends, that's ok, right?

But yeah, I totally understand. Practically everyone's there, and it just doesn't feel right to be left out of it, does it?

Yeah...it just feels awful.

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[eyecondition]

Hey.

You seem down. Want to talk about it with someone who might answer?

[misspopularity]

[Jean's face warms, and she offers a friendly smile. Leaning forward, she rests her hand on her chin and tries to play it off nonchalant.]

Dunno. Guess it depends on what the answers are.

[eyecondition]

I can't say they'd all be good ones. But honest answers never really are.

[Scott hopes it doesn't seem as though he isn't happy to see her. Because he is. But there's never much point in trying to suppress his stress around Jean, and things in the wing-village are troublesome.If he tried to lie about it, she'd probably just get mad.]

[misspopularity]

[Jean pauses, observing Scott and contemplating his answer for a moment. Usually Jean's friends were an open book - and this was without taking her powers into account - but Scott was always somewhat of an enigma, and at times, that troubled her.]

Kinda sounds like I'm not the only one needing answers.

[eyecondition]

Not really. There are plenty of things that need to be worked through where we're stuck right now.

But that's not important. Talk to me about what's going on with you. It's okay to start at the beginning.

[kineticcajun]

Trust me, chere. Ol' One-Eye'll be happy to see you if you do come by this place.

'Course, we might not be able to shut him up then.

[misspopularity]

[Jean blinks and straightens up.]

One-Eye...? Bu--you mean Scott?

[Jean smiles abashedly, a bit of color coming to her fair cheeks.] Really, I'm sure he'd continue on with his usual sulking, knowing him.

[kineticcajun]

Got it in one. [Annoying nicknames for everyone!]

But ah, I don't know 'bout sulkin'.

[Although anything that results in Scott sulking is also welcome. He's not a picky man.]

[misspopularity]

[Jean sighs in order to conceal a mild chuckle, and shrugs.]

From what he keeps telling me, I'm not sure if he'd want the trouble of my being there.

[touchofrogue]

Ya know, followin' the crowd ain't all it's cracked up ta be. You could always 'just say no.'

[Don't let this fool you, she's happy to see you in her own way.]

[misspopularity]

[Jean smiles nervously at Rogue. Somehow, she wasn't sure if Rogue was being encouraging, or making a snide comment.

It's not like she'd press to find out, even unbeknownst to her.]

Believe me, I know...it's not like I do it on purpose, or anything. [She just...wants to fit in.]

But...but if you're there...and Scott, and...

[How does she word it...?]

[touchofrogue]

An' Kurt. [Rogue sobers.] But trust me, this place ain't a Spring Fling. If you've got any chance at all, it's better if ya stay away.

[misspopularity]

Rogue...[Jean's face is etched with sympathy.]

Is it really that bad?

[only_two_claws]

[Silence and then, slowly:]

Being left out is hard.

[misspopularity]

[Pause. Another unfamiliar face. Was she supposed to know this person..?]

Well...when you know that they're in trouble...

[only_two_claws]

[She knows most of you.]

If they're in trouble, you should help them. Shouldn't you?

[She's got this "uncontrollable" rage thing under control now.]

That's what Wolverine would do.

[misspopularity]

[Jean stirred. True, that's what their mentor would do, but...still...]

But Scott doesn't really seem to want me there...

[coolestguyaround]

[Hey Jean from that other universe. There sure are a lot of you guys around here.]

You're mun might be sending you to Luceti? I'm really starting to think that it's the place where all the cool people from your world hang out. [And Scott.]

[misspopularity]

[Wow, Bobby grew up well. Huh.]

All the cool people, huh? So is that an invite or a "keep out"?

[coolestguyaround]

Like you'd never qualify as being cool in any universe. You and I were definitely the two coolest members of the original team in mine.

I was hoping to go to that Luceti place this month too, but my mun decided that now was the perfect time to become lazy. Where are your powers when I need them?

[misspopularity]

Original team? You and me?

[So wait, is Bobby closer to her age here?]

Well, if it's any consolation, my 'Mun's getting married in two weeks, so I probably won't be over there until April, myself. [Small shrug.] Maybe we'll arrive together?

[bamfing]

Hey, the rest of us are here too, yeah?

[COME ON, WE'RE BETTER THAN SCOTT.]

[misspopularity]

[Have a little dose of good-hearted sarcasm from a red-head that loves you, Kurt.]

Oh, huh. Kurt's there? Maybe this isn't such a good idea...? [Playful smirk.]

[bamfing]

Laugh all you want, but I know the truth! I'm too irresistible.

[misspopularity]

I never said anything about resisting...[It's more about being caught by surprise.]