nextgen_citizen (nextgen_citizen) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-18 03:02:00

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It's a Cat Thing (open)
Torn Ear had been greatly enjoying his stay with the X-Men. He felt he was learning much about human life. He'd even started wearing their clothes, even if they felt like they were strangling him sometimes. (Only elders wore this much cloth or hide... what was with humans and obsessing about being covered?)

Still, he didn't go out of his way to stifle some of his habits that he thought of as perfectly natural. Of course hunting had been shut down, as requested by Chieftan Xavier, but other things persisted. Like sleeping in shorter intervals than just one long period. It was normal for him to just doze, half wake and wander somewhere else, then lay down again.

Which is why anyone wandering the halls early in the morning would find him curled up on the floor, sleeping peacfully, outside Rachel's room.

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	gildedcage 2010-09-18 05:17 am UTC (link)
	Eventually, he'll be nudged by a disproportionately large taloned hand. "You might want to be careful. Some of the younger students will run down this hall without looking. And Sylvie McCoy might be using her wheelchair." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear's nose twitches a few times and he stirs slightly, yawning. "No mother... not hungry now... just tired." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 05:27 am UTC (link)
	"Sharra," Starbridge mutters. "Do I /smell/ like your mother?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_citizen
2010-09-18 05:33 am UTC (link)

Torn Ear wakes more, arching his back and stretching his arms out, claws lightly tugging at the carpet as he gets his bearings. "Mmm? No, not mother.... like.." He pauses, realizing what he's smelling and finding it out of place.

He sits up, looking at the new person, noting the... unusual feature. Oh... well that would explain it. "Like food." A pause. "Sorry. I am being rude to say such things." He lowers his head.

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	gildedcage 2010-09-18 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Starbridge blinks. Then. "Ah. No, it is all understandable. I should have realized." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 05:52 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear cocks his head and stands up, reaching to turn off the image inducer. He tries to remember the usual greeting, and extends a furry hand. "I am called Torn Ear. Chieftan Xavier lets me stay here to learn about humans and the surface world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"I am Starbridge Xavier Neramani. I've heard." He takes it and shakes, not blinking much at the image inducer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	Torn Ear's ears flicker as his eyes widen. "You.. are of the chieftan's clan?" And he'd just told him he smelled like food! D: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Professor Xavier is my father, yes." A pause, because Starbridge can tell it's a concern. "Don't worry about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	His eyes stay wide. "...thank you." He clears his throat, sniffing Starbridge over from a polite ways out of his personal space. "You.." He looks at that talons, then seems still puzzled. "Smell more than not human." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"My father is not only the headmaster of this school, but the Shivarn'n Halanau of the Shi'ar Imperium," he 'explains.' Then he actually explains. "My mother is the empress of another galaxy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	"He must have very strong warrior blood for an empress to like him so much." Torn Ear nods, stating it as much in the way of thinking out loud as a proper response. His eyes widen as the full explanation sinks in. "You... you are from outside the sky?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	"On an intellectual level, certainly," Starbridge says quietly to the first musings. "Yes. But half of me is from here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-18 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Torn Ear smiles, eyes shutting and features condensing, cat-like mannerisms in full effect. "That is very interesting. I have not met anyone from... not-Earth before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-18 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Starbridge nods a little. "It is very different." And then he's looking at the door in front of him. "Perhaps we should go elsewhere, so that we do not accidentally disturb Rachel." He can't help a certain addition to his tone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_citizen
2010-09-19 12:29 am UTC (link)

Torn Ear turns about, noticing his location for the first time. "Oh..." He keeps his voice hushed now. "Yes, that would be wise."

There's a very slight shift in Xavier-son's scent at the same time as the shift in tone, but Torn Ear chooses not to mention it, padding down the hallway. There was an open area with very comfortable couches down this way. It always smelled like the popped corn and those flat greasy disc things.

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	gildedcage 2010-09-19 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Starbridge walks with him, and settles into a couch in the rec room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-19 03:14 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear stretches out on the floor, circling a bit before he does so. "Are you being here to learn about humans also?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-19 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"I am here to visit my father. And to take some time away from my mother's world. Her advisors made me very angry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-19 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear tilts his head at the last part. "Is it being something for you to speak about?" It was something of his clan's fate in life to be not only deferential to authority figures, but to worry about them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-19 04:32 am UTC (link)
	There's something cold in Starbridge's voice when he says simply, "They wanted to hurt Rachel." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-19 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear's ears abruptly pin back and his fur stands up, teeth reflexively coming into view for a moment, before he calms himself. "I see." There is a very pregnant pause. "You were right to be very angry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-19 04:43 am UTC (link)
	"I have never feared that I wasn't," Starbridge says with a thin smile. "Of course, Rachel ...managed. But the people of the Institute have no reason to trust my people," he says sadly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-19 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Torn Ear just blinks at that, then lets out a chuckle that ripples up from his throat and comes out mixed with a purr. "Xavier-son, I am liking you. I am being much the same." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2010-09-19 05:01 am UTC (link)
	Another thin smile. "Thank you. It is good to know." And then he lapses back into a mildly depressed silence. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-09-19 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Torn Ear seems satisfied with the exchange, making himself comfortable on the floor, switching his image inducer back on out of habit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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