anyastark:

Boston, well Cambridge really, was nice enough but it just wasn’t New York. No place would ever be New York, but MIT was located in Cambridge and that’s where Anya had to be. Anya had enjoyed the past week in New York with her family and Steve. She even had some time to go skydiving with Halbjorn. It had been a nice week off and worth the hard work she had done during Independent Study to get that week off.

Classes started tomorrow. Anya had been looking forward to classes starting, but she did miss New York.

She looked at the new suit of armor she had brought up with her. It was currently stored in a small storage shed not far from her apartment. She couldn’t sleep so she decided to do diagnostics on the flight control systems. She wanted to take it for a flight, but due diligence first. Besides, there was that whole thing about being punished for the DUI thing.

Dad said she couldn’t use a suit, but he didn’t put any bans on building one. It would give her something to do when she needed a break from class work.

She frowned as she looked at the display. The flight stabilizers wouldn’t stay calibrated. She rubbed her eyes and looked at her watch. It was after two am and she had class at eight. Maybe it was time to call it a night and get a few hours of sleep.

She shut down the systems and exited the small storage area. She engaged the security system and locked it up.

redheadspy:

Natasha skipped reservations and went for a place that was more casual. One of their favorite places was Big Nick's and it was the perfect place for a casual dinner for mother and son. She sent him a text with the time and a message to meet a big Nick's. She was in the mood for a burger anyway and Big Nick's had great burgers.

She left a note for Tony and James to let them know where she was. Since telling Tony about her pregnancy, he had been overprotective and almost as bad as a mother hen.

She arrived early of course and grabbed a booth. Water was brought to the table and she passed the time by sipping it.

sydney_ashcroft:

Sydney sat across from Zoey and waited for Zoey to finish her slice of pizza. Syd had picked Zoey up and had taken her to the mall. Some quality mother and daughter time was needed and the mall was the perfect place. Of course they hit the food court first. The first words out of Zoey's mouth every day when Syd picked her up from school wasn't "Hi Mom" it was "I'm hungry!".

The Defenders, Scion and school kept Syd plenty busy and the two of them needed some time together just the two of them every week. Syd made a promise to herself that no matter what happened, they would get that day. Getting Zoey away from the Defenders for a little bit was always a good thing. Thees and thous were starting to slip into Zoey's speech on regular basis.

She went over the todo list in her head. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day.

She looked over at Zoey and smiled when her daughter looked at her. "Love you, monkey."

ng_weaponx:

Ezra Kane had been pleased with the results from the first field test. The slight malfunction hadn’t cost them a team member, even if it was Tessa, and except for that little glitch things went well. The mutants in the machine were doing well and his team was able to access their powers and use them efficiently. Things were going according to plan.

Now it was time to move on to the next part. The two mutants in the machine had been most helpful in testing the machine, but it was time to retrieve better specimens for the machine. He wanted to have his team at their best. Their natural powers and powers of other powerful mutants would make them very formidable, almost unstoppable.

“Begin the next step,” he told his team through the comms.

smallestbear:

David isn't one to just ask for advice. But right now he needs it. He isn't one to get tongue tied but this was different. Too bad Lyta isn't here. As a girl she would give awesome advice about this.

He could ask Cait! But he didn't want to be a bother. So David frowns. He grabs a soda and pops it open as he starts to track down any of the older guys. Scent alone clues him in on where a few of them are. He ends up standing there for a minute before deciding that maybe he should go bother Misha.

Or Joe.

Maybe Lucas?

Gah. He nearly slams his head on something before deciding he should just finish his soda. Then figure out what to do. Getting advice without being obvious that he wants advice can be difficult.

He could just forget the whole thing. Except he is pretty sure he has been obvious when it came to sniffing around the grounds. Someone would have noticed.

aerosmithette:

It was night, and the room was dark, save for the orbs of light hovering over the books sprawled about the room.  Akilah sat with one book in her lap, carefully reading through the pages and analyzing history, potions, and theorized spells.  Although white magic was her specialty, some books on darker magic were in the mix.  At that moment, she was reading about a spell that allowed one to absorb magical energies from another being.

"Although it generally requires physical contact, absorption can be performed at a distance through an arcane sensitive medium," she recited.  Then she paused.  "How would one go about countering this?"  And she delved further into her studies.