I12DT - Upside Downside

by **Mary Ann London** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:54 am

Mary Ann was on one of the couches in the common room, reading. She couldn't properly be called 'sitting', because her feet were on the back of the couch and her head was nearly hanging off the edge of the seat. She only seemed marginally interested in her book though, eyes only casually following the words as she flipped lazily through the pages.

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by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:13 pm

"Comfy, are we?" Will chuckled, walking in.

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:17 pm

"For the moment," she said, closing the book and looking at him upside down. "I don't think we've met before."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:32 pm

"We might have, in passing -- the name's Will," he smiled.

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:37 pm

"Mary Ann," she said, extending her hand. Then she stopped and adjusted herself, rolling around to sit properly and re-extending her hand. "Nice to meet you."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:08 pm

"Pleasure is all mine, I'm sure," he smiled.

"So...is that your thing? Using couches improperly?" he chuckled.

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:19 pm

"No, that's just in my nature. Have you seen the big bear on the grounds?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:59 pm

"Yeah, she's a good friend," Will said, misunderstanding.

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:05 pm

"My brain must get fuzzier than I think when I shift then," she said. "Cause I really don't remember bumping into you while I was out and about."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:50 pm

"Oh, no, I meant Bear. You know Bear, right?

...You didn't mean an actual bear, did you?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:16 pm

"I've met Bear. She's awesome. And yeah, I meant an actual bear." She grinned.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:20 pm

"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, around here."

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:25 pm

"I won't show off in here," she said. "Also the last time I showed off I ended up fighting a pair of students, so I'm not real eager to do it again."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:52 pm

"College, or high school?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:52 pm

"Me? High school. Them too. Do you now Kay and Brigid?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:56 pm

"I'm afraid I don't -- and I meant who you got into a scrap with," Will chuckled. "I haven't had a chance to meet most of the high schoolers socially."

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:59 pm

"You should. We're cool... well... most of us are cool. And quite a few of us are tolerable."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:25 pm

"I've been a bit busy, but maybe I'll find an excuse to slip in."

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:00 pm

"I can imagine you were busy with everything going all topsy turvy on everyone."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:05 pm

"Which you managed to avoid, or else your name'd be on my list," he chuckled.

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:26 pm

"Yeah, I don't think anyone would have liked being in my skin. Not that anyone liked being in anyone else's skin, well, except maybe Kay. She seemed to enjoy being Brigid... and now I'm running my mouth."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:53 pm

Will chuckled. "Don't worry, I've heard enough of that to last me two or three lifetimes. Writing the reports, you see."

by **Mary Ann London** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:19 pm

Mary Ann made a face. "Writing reports sounds dull. Is that what you do?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:51 pm

"It's part of what I do. For all the great things you can say about my predecessors, record-keeping wasn't most of their fortes.

I head up the X-Teams at the moment."

by **Mary Ann London** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:10 am

"Oh cool! That's definitely something I want to do. It's a shame there's no high school teams."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:09 pm

"Well, it's something we've been talking about, actually -- and might be something to bring up with your Power Control teachers.

We don't exactly want to put all you guys on the front lines, of course, but a little bit of training in how to defend yourself couldn't hurt, right?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:34 am

"I'd sign up for it in a heartbeat," she said. "I remember seeing an e-mail from Mr. Gabriel about a Powered Self Defense class, but I think my recent snafu disqualifies me."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:51 pm

"Snafu?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:53 pm

"That whole going into a rage and fighting with other students thing."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:56 pm

"As a bear, or just generally with the punch-kick?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:01 pm

"As a bear. Don't really remember the specifics. Just going off what I was told."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:47 pm

"Ah, shifting troubles. I know how that can be. But that's why you have Steph there, to help you keep that under control."

by **Mary Ann London** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:49 am

"Yeah, I'm not sure how we could have prepared for this one. It involved Brigid in Kay's body and some sort of new spine power that Kay seems to have and stabbing. Then lots of raging and bear wrestling or so I'm told."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:02 pm

"Well, the swap took a lot out of all of us. Even those who weren't directly involved."

by **Mary Ann London** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:07 pm

"Water under the bridge now anyway. The itching's even gone," she said with a laugh. "So what brings you into the manor?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:50 pm

"A bite to eat, actually. Got so caught up in work that I missed my chance to go down to Maldon and get some grub."

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:49 pm

"Yeah, going hungry's not a thing you want to do. I should probably stop yakking your ear off and let you get to it."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:50 pm

"More force of habit than anything else, but why risk it, right?" Will chuckled.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:57 pm

"We could probably all stand to take fewer risks, so I applaud your decision."

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