[IC] Appointments Post

[selfhelp]

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[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

Welcome to the club, kid. You don't need to be told that being a mutant ain't exactly a picnic.

[Logan, Rogue, Remy... they've all suffered in their own different ways from being a mutant.]

So why the Avengers? I didn't think they ran with mutants so much.

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

Well... the Avengers were more local for me, and when I found out about my powers, the Institute wasn't really taking on new students. It's been kind of a rough year for mutants, so they had their own problems to deal with first.

[Understatement of the century, but he's not about to go into M-Day when he doesn't even have a proper explanation for it.]

[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

We've always got problems. I've never known Xavier to turn out a student needing help.

[Unless they were, you know, not pretty. Or mean. Or jerks. Or he didn't much care for them at the time. But any other time, Chuck is a saint!]

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

I wasn't turned away, I just didn't think it was the best place for me to go.

[Outing himself as a mutant and getting stuck on that reservation while the government sorted out what the hell to do with them? No thanks.]

And the professor doesn't run the school anymore, or so I've heard.

[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

Is that right...

[No professor? So who does that leave in charge? If it was now, that would put him or Ororo in charge. Hank in a pinch.]

Well, it's a shame. With some work, you might make a half decent member of the team.

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

[....

o m g

that was like 30% of an invitation to join the X-Men]

...Really? You think?

[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

[A groan.]

Cool it, kid. That ain't an invitation. There's no team to join here.

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

[Whoops, backpedaling.]

I-I know. Sorry. It's just- it's cool. The X-Men are-

[...augh, he's either going to start gushing or repeating himself now, so he lets his enthusiasm fizzle and slumps back against the wall again.]

...Sorry. I've kind of been a fan all my life.

[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

Yeah, kind of picked up on that already.

[He grunts as he shifts position a little.]

So if you're a fan, you won't mind much taking orders. So get going.

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

[Ahaha... that again. Billy would love to argue, but the fact of the matter is that if they keep trying to walk out the way they had before, it's going to take days just to reach any exit, no matter where they are. As much as he hates to leave someone behind in this situation, it'd be faster and therefore safer to get some help.

Damn.

With a slight grimace he pushes off the wall and stands up, stretching his legs and glancing off in the direction they'd been walking.]

You can't order someone who's not on the team, you know. [Stop being a brat, Kaplan.] ...I'll come back with help. It's a promise.

[action, July 30th]

[snikting]

[Logan merely nods, keeping his eyes closed and his head against the concrete. Not exactly an ideal situation, but he was going to have to rely on the kid.

And try to ignore how much his hands hurt with those claws sticking out of them.]

[action, July 30th]

[selfhelp]

[Billy opens his mouth as if to say more, but then thinks better of it and turns away, running off down the tunnel as fast as sore legs can carry him, with one hand on the wall to guide him. It's not exactly the heroic help he'd like to offer, but it'll have to do.

Still, he's sure that he'll be glad of this belatedly, if he doesn't regret it later. It was nice to get things out in the open.]