MacKenzie Rider (fleetfootmac) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-14 16:21:00

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Since coming home, Mac had spent some time with the family, especially Mom (who was a little clingy for a while). He helped with the cleanup wherever possible. It was hard to believe HYDRA had pulled something like that.

He didn't plan to stay long, but it was still good to be back. Besides missing Mom and Grandmother and Namor, He'd missed the city and his old underwater workout and training routines. It was also really good to have a bigger family now -- even aside from the semi-guilty little dance in his head at the fact that two perfectly nice girls were now standing between him and the job he'd always known he wasn't cut out for.

Mac finished his initial workout and wondered about making arrangements for when it was time to go to New York.

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	nextgen_parent 2010-11-15 04:05 am UTC (link)
	"You'll be attending a public school, the better for you to blend in." Namor says. "I'm certain there will be one in range of where you're staying." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Mac nods. "Yeah, it's in a district some of the family have gone to. I got my GED before Dad and I headed out, so I'm covered there -- gonna get a job -- but you should definitely like it okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"You're sending me to public school? You do know that Mom is going to have a cow, right?" Presuming she was ever found. She frowned at that thought. "Is it an okay school district?" She'd never been to public school before. Ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"It's a good district, not one of the scary or underachieving places." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-11-15 04:33 am UTC (link)

"I'll tame that kraken when I meet it, my dear." Namor says, referencing Emma's objections.

"But yes, you will attend public school. Do not disclose that you are Atlantean; many surface-worlders have taken a dim view of our people in recent memory. They can barely tolerate each other, let alone anyone of a different species." Namor says with a note of disgust.

"Can you two think of anything else you might need?" Namor asks.

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	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 04:38 am UTC (link)
	She was going to public school. She was going to public school as an ordinary human being. She was going to have to hide the ankle wings. She had no friends. She was going to be all the way up on the surface. This...was going to be awful. "...what about the guards?" Because blue-skinned guys in wearing Speedos wasn't weird or anything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

fleetfootmac
2010-11-15 04:47 am UTC (link)

Mac isn't the brightest crayon in the box, but he's not unobservant.

"Public school is no big deal, Kassia, honest. Me, I was never much for keeping secret, 'cause Dad said if anyone told me off, I could tell them where to go, but there's some good socks that're pretty discreet and comfortable about the ankles. And I don't think you'd need any open guards. I can walk there and back with you and we can watch each other's backs."

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nextgen_parent
2010-11-15 05:14 am UTC (link)

"Your guards would be discreet, Kassia, and would not follow you to class." Namor says, hoping that allays some of her fears.

"I understand your father's viewpoint, MacKenzie, but humans are not always dissuaded by strong langage. Some of them feel a need to fight anything they perceive as weaker than themselves, and I would rather you two did not get swept into that." he says.

"But I would like it if you might accompany Kassia to school from time to time. The presence of a male might force them to reconsider any foolish notions they stumble upon.

Kassia, you will have ample time and opportunity to return to Atlantis, but you need to spend time on the surface as well." he says.

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	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"...'Cause Kassia would have to actually beat the living daylights out of them for them to know that she can beat the living daylights out of them, but with me they might be able to take a guess, and that avoids the bother. Yes, Sir, no problem." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"...beating the living daylights out of people is half the fun..." She sighed. "Ok. Fine. I'll...go to public school. But I want cool clothes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"...Okay, I want to state right now that if I go shopping with you, I will carry all the bags you want, but I will not help you decide what the shoes will go with." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Kassi snorted a little. "Please. My mom's Emma Frost. I was born knowing how to match my shoes to my outfits. I've got that covered. You just do the heavy lifting." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh. Well, yeah, I guess you definitely would then." The only thing Mac can really think of when he hears 'Emma Frost' is the horror stories of what the woman tried to do to his honorary aunt's mind. So he's...just not going to think about it, 'cause getting into that can't be good. "Heavy lifting I can totally do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

little_mermaid
2010-11-15 05:12 pm UTC (link)

Telepathy was a curse, particularly any time she was around her Atlantean family. They all thought more loudly and while Kassi wasn't a particularly powerful telepath, she heard things well enough. And everyone had a negative view of her mother.

Someday she was going to sit down with her mom and find out the full stories.

"You're going to need a lot of upper body strength for this. Since being down here I've changed sizes. I literally have nothing to wear that isn't Atlantean garb. Shit, it snows in New York."

Kassi wasn't a fan of cold on the surface.

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	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	"New winter wardrobe it is, then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Indeed. I think I can live with this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	"So how much school have you got left, anyway?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	"A lot. I'm only sixteen." And yes, she beat up a doombot. Source of pride. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	"You're...probably thinking college for the long run, too, huh? Mom and I don't totally see eye to eye on that one...." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I hadn't really considered it yet. I was too busy trying not to get in trouble at school and also to run away and come back here to think about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Sounds like it'd keep things busy," Mac acknowledges. "Sounds like it's been a heckuva year and a half for pretty much everybody." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	"I think that might be the understatement of to end them all," she said. "Maybe things will even out now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Mac shrugs. "Here's hoping. And we'll keep each other on our toes, just in case. I'm no Doombot, but I'm sure we can give each other a workout, and I've picked up a lot of handy tricks out with Dad." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-15 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	"What sort of handy tricks?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fleetfootmac 2010-11-15 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Y'know, gauging stuff and using people's momentum and all that. You gotta pay a lot attention to angles and stuff in space than you do here, and its' good practice, in its way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)