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Raven Darkholme ([personal profile] andproud) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2012-04-03 06:17 pm

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This time, Raven marches into the Bar, sans her brother.

A napkin appears to greet her moments later.

"Really?" Beat. "Sure I will."


Specials
Mai Tai
Manhattan
Margarita

(And then a little further down - )

Blue Colada


It is her favorite color, after all.

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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am," X confirms, nodding once.

"My brother is, too. And my nephew."

She does not appear taken aback by the suddenly-yellow eyes. Largely because her teammates and close friends range from a girl with purple skin and pixie wings, to a girl made of mercury, to a lizard-man, to a giant hunk of rock. And the giant hunk of rock is not even very nice to her all the time.

"Shapeshifting is useful. And -- you like it? As a power."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," X says. "My brother comes here. Sometimes. Logan."

Beat.

"He is cranky."

This pause is a little bit longer, as X looks for the right words for what she wants to say. It is not her best skill.

"Being like other people is okay, if it is what you want. Or if it is useful."

She offers a shrug, one-shouldered and quick.

"But being a mutant is normal, too. For me. And you. People here do not mind."

X knows this for fact, because --

"They are not afraid of me." (Except for Haymitch.)
Edited 2012-04-09 15:50 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," X says. Carefully.

"Some of them do not."

Some of them want to kill mutants, or take away their powers, or --

Some people are very afraid.

"But some of them do. My landlord. And my neighbors. In San Francisco"

Beat.

"We live there. My team. And me. We do not have to hide. Not even Santo."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"People still want to kill us."

That is the way of the Marvelverse.

"But I like having a home."

Beat.

"Santo is my former teammate. He is made of rock. And he makes stupid jokes."

He was also largely responsible for the Avengers Assemble! post-it note on X's fish tank. (Her fish are named Logan, Widow, Cap, Tony, and Carol for a reason.)
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
X considers that question.

A dubious expression settles in on her face.

"I think his jokes would still be stupid even if his power was different."

Unfortunately.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
X looks cautiously intrigued. (Or: curious.)

"You know people like that, too?"

Whether she means the kind with dumb jokes or the kind make of rock is anybody's guess.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think it is good to have one," X says.

She used to be without, but time and exposure (thanks, Duo) have given her one.

It may not be as terrible as Santo's, but it's pretty close.

"Even if it is stupid."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Silence falls.






X's eyes get a little bit wider as the pun hits home.

Then --

"Your sense of humor is terrible, too?"

Oh, the mutant-ity.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2012-04-09 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is okay," X offers, leaning forward to take another sip of her root beer float.

"I do not mind."

If she is smiling, it is almost entirely hidden behind the glass and the accompanying straw.