dream_catcher (dream_catcher) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-10-04 06:14:00

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inactive - dream catcher, inactive - summer morgan, team - x-men

Open scene at x-mansion
Having helped with the car washing for a while, a slightly troubled Lucas has moved off to sit in the grass, discarding his sirt and jacket - easier to meditate that way. He chants softly, almost inaudibly, pausing every now and then to look about, or cock his head as if listening to someone or something.

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	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	"New," she answered and ventured a little closer. Space between. No eye contact. The last part was the hard part to remember. Her show-biz training taught her to always look them in the eye. "Just arrived a few days ago. I'm Summer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	He rolls up to his feet and closes the gap, extending a hand. "Pleasure to meet you then, Summer. I'm Lucas. Welcome to Xavier's." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Well, hell. There went that plan. She smiled automatically and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you. I feel a little weird being a new student at my age, but I keep telling myself it's like going to college." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	"They certainly don't offer some of the local courses in high school, so that should be pretty easy to do. A lot of the early students were taken in as young adults, for that matter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Beats schilling card tricks, I guess." Well, not really. She kind of missed it. Audiences were always fun. Just not the traveling and someone always telling her what to do. "Are you a student here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2009-10-04 09:57 pm UTC (link)

His eyes light up. "Card tricks, really? Neat. We went to a couple carnivals in Colorado that had some stage magic. I spent a lot of hours when I was ten trying to figure out how they did some of the sleight of hand and card tricks... just had no knack for stage magic."

He pauses, noting the question. "Oh, yes. Second generation. My mother was one of the New Mutants. I've only been here a couple months myself though."

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rabbitfromahat
2009-10-04 10:14 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, I was in a magic show for the last five years or so. I'm pretty good with slight of hand. Some of my tricks really are illusions, though." She held up a hand and a second later a small, white, wiggly rabbit was dangling by its scruff. Then she cradled it in her arms. They always felt real enough to her.

"I have a lot to learn about mutants. I really did think I belonged in a circus until recently."

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	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm guessing you were the beutiful assistant? I always heard that it was usually the assistant with the real talent." he replies. "So you're an illusionist? That's interesting. As for me... kind of the same boat. I'm honestly a lot more familiar with magic than with mutants." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

rabbitfromahat
2009-10-04 10:45 pm UTC (link)

"I was the assistant for a while. Then I stepped up to do my own show. The guy I worked for wasn't really very good. He was a better manager. At first, anyway." She pet the bunny for a while longer before putting it down on the ground. It hopped away, fading as it got further from her until it disappeared.

"I don't know anything about real magic. Just the card tricks and top hats kind."

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	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	He nods. "Stage magic is a lot more interesting than real magic sometimes." He watches the rabbit thoughtfully. "That's really impressive, amazing level of detail." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"The ones that I practice a lot are. New illusions aren't always so good. It takes me a while to get the hang of them." She shrugged and smiled. "I guess that's why I'm here, though." She was not going to bring up the Brain Issue again. Oh no. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2009-10-04 11:08 pm UTC (link)

"Mental powers, like illusions, have so many little quirks and need so much finesse. I know its taking me forever to learn all the little details. But, as you said, that's why I was sent here too. Some things my mother and mentor could teach me, but not everything. You seem to have done a great job self instructing though. If the rabbit had had a spirit... and, I suppose, if you hadn't told me you were an illusionist, I'd have believed it."

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	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm kind of used to introducing myself as what I am before I announce who I am. Before, it was always, I'm a magician and my name is Summer." She tipped her head to the side, curiously. "What do you mean about its spirit?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm a Cheyanne and First Nations shaman, studying to be a medicine man. One of the little quirks to that is, well, being able to pick up on things like that... if animals are natural and all that. Basically, I'm fluent in rabbit, and wolf, and so on. Your illusion was physically perfect... but it wasn't, well, talking to me, in a manner of speaking." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-04 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh! I see." She hummed thoughtfully. "What if it's a wolf with a spirit that isn't a wolf spirit?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-04 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Like Danielle? Danielle is good people... but then she's neither fully human nor wolf. She's part Asgardian shapeshifter, part human mutant... so her spirit is... very powerful, definitely partly lupine, but definitely not a normal wolf." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-05 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"I just met Danielle." She nodded. "Can you still talk to her? I didn't do so well with the communicating part." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-05 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I can talk to her. She still speaks wolf just fine. She's a nice girl, but communicating can be hard through that kind of language barrier. I hang out with her and her sister quite a bit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-05 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"She seemed nice. I just couldn't understand her. Misha seemed to understand her fine." She shrugged. Ah well. There were a great many things she didn't know. "That's a neat trick, though. I'd kind of like to speak rabbit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-05 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it has its upsides, but learning magic also was a matter of an added five to ten hours a day just about every day after schoolwork, and even then, you have to convince the spirits they like you enough to help. I'd be happy to translate for Danielle for you sometime though. Her sister can also help." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-05 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"Sure. That would be nice. She seemed like a nice person, from what I could tell." She hadn't made so good an impression on the guy, but hey... can't win them all. "Thank you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-05 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"No problem. I see Danielle all the time, and you seem nice enough. So excuses to talk to you both more can't hurt anything, right? Maybe you can show me a few card tricks sometime?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-05 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"I try to be nice." She smiled big. Hey, the theory worked! No mention of telepathy and they could be friends. That was easy enough. She didn't hardly use it anyway. "Sure. I love to show off my card tricks. They're my specialty." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-10-05 02:45 am UTC (link)
	"Fantastic, I'll look forward to that then." he replies cheerfully. Of course, Lucas is pretty easy to make friends with. "I wasn't sure if that would bother you or not... since you had to do tricks on stage and everything, not sure if you'd want to ever look at a deck of cards again when you're not getting paid for it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rabbitfromahat 2009-10-05 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Nah, I don't mind. I loved all the tricks and illusions. I only quit because I wanted to stop traveling so much." She fully intended to continue practicing and keep up with her tricks. They weren't good for much here, but they made her happy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)