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Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:08 pm**

Mars got off the bus with Theresa. looking excited. She always had enjoyed exploring new towns and was equally happy to be making a friend her own age for once.

"So, how'd you get to Xavier''s?" Mars asks Theresa.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:38 pm**

"Was originally going to attend until they moved. Then got busted because of the MRA and made a deal to get sent here instead of to jail," she said with a shrug.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:00 pm**

"That sucks," Mars says, "But I guess it's better than jail."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:04 pm**

"Yeah, I definitely prefer being here. Goodness knows what being a mutant would have been like in jail."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:13 pm**

"Probably not a whole lot different than the Raft or places like that," Mars says, "Heavy security, power nullifiers, the works."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:35 pm**

"There are days when I think a power nullifier might not be so bad," she chuckled. "Here we are. One of the better coffee shops that still allow high schoolers."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:40 pm**

"Thank god," Mars says, moving towards the counter, "Want anything? My way of thanking you for showing me around."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:02 pm**

"I'll take a water. Nothing fancy."

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:58 pm**

Mars orders herself a caffè and gets Theresa a water, paying with a few crumpled bills from a wad of cash she pulls out of her jacket.

"Here you are," Mars says, handing Theresa the water.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:50 am**

"Thanks," Theresa said, having found them a table. "So what do you think of your first few days at school?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:54 am**

"Terrifying," Mars says, "I'd never been to a real school before. Plus, being on my own? Without any of my family around? I keep feeling like I need to bolt."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:02 am**

"Home schooled then? My parents did that for a little bit after my abilities first showed up."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:14 am**

"Really?" Mars asks, "Why's that?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:15 am**

"I'm from southern Alabama. Not exactly the most tolerant place in the world. They were worried someone might try to beat me up or something."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:24 pm**

"I'm sorry," Mars says, "That sounds pretty awful."

"With me, it was just that we moved around too much to really make it worth going to school. 'Course, my parents were also a couple of idiots so it was all sorts of pear-shaped."

"And that's why I can't read," Mars says, obviously joking. She can easily read at a fifth grade level.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:34 pm**

Theresa just stared at her for a moment until her brain processed the tone. "Oh, ha ha," she said. "Well, if you ever want help with the math or science stuff, let me know. I'm not so great on the English class stuff."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:49 pm**

"That would be amazing," Mars says, looking relieved, "I'm fine with the basic stuff but when they start asking you to do the seriously weird stuff like fractions I get all sorts of mixed up."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:53 pm**

"If you have problems with the math sometimes, you could also talk to Professor Miller. She's been pretty helpful a couple of times that I had questions."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:57 pm**

"Probably wouldn't be a bad idea," Mars admits.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:03 pm**

"Her classes are fun. Professor Sackville's class can be fun, but can be a bit strange at times. Professor Weaver... well... I'll just say don't think about getting out of line in her class. She always seems to see it coming. The headmistress seems kind of nice, but I haven't actually talked to her a lot."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:06 pm**

"Anyone I should watch out for?" Mars asks.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:10 pm**

"You talking teachers or students?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:15 pm**

"Either, I guess," Mars says, "It's always good to know where trouble is before you step in it."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:32 pm**

"The big one is Regan, the ghost girl. Pretty much hates everyone and everything. Most of the other students okay, although I personally think Christie Bowen's a bit of a bitch. Blonde hair, kind of skinny. Cal and Haley, Cal has the robot arm, Haley's the snotty little blonde who's always on her phone, they're a couple and a piece of work. They really have it in for Kay for some reason."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:38 pm**

"..."

"This is kind of a weird place, isn't it?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:41 pm**

"Weird is the new normal," Theresa said with a shrug. "Although, the bulk of it is the same old high school crap, just now with added mutant powers."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:04 pm**

"Well, mutant stuff, yeah, but ghosts? Robot arms?" Mars says, "I mean, we're a few witches and a werewolf away from a Saturday morning cartoon show."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:09 pm**

"Ms. Kaltiera from Power Control? Total werewolf. And there's rumors that some of the professors and college students get up to magical hijinks after dark. The kind of rites and stuff that involve dancing under the moon and stuff."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:17 pm**

Mars groans, "And here I thought I was getting away from that sort of crazy."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:05 pm**

"You've dealt with that sort of crazy before?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:12 pm**

Crap.

"I meant...just...all the rumors and gossiping," Mars says, unconvincingly, "You know. That sort of bullshit."

Technically true. A circus full of super-criminals DOES gossip a lot.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:20 pm**

She sipped at her water. "Okay, I know a thing or two about bad conversation shifts and that wasn't a particularly good one, Mars. But if you don't want to talk about it, that's cool. Goodness knows I have crap I don't want to talk about."

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:30 pm**

Mars sighs, looking down into her coffee cup, "No, I'm sorry. I'm being a jerk."

"I don't know how I'm going to make friends if I just plan on lying to them all the time."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:34 am**

"By just being cool?" Theresa shrugged. "Like I said, if you don't want to talk about it, don't."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:27 pm**

Mars smiles, "Thanks."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:32 pm**

"Lying about where you come from is something I'm used to from my friends, well one of them anyway. Just don't lie to me about the big stuff and we'll be cool."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:43 pm**

"Well, in that case, I should tell you that I'm actually three dwarves in a trenchcoat."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:45 pm**

"That's one hell of a trenchcoat," Theresa grinned. "Makes you guys look just like a teenage girl."

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:01 pm**

"Well, it was an insanely expensive overcoat," Mars says.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:03 pm**

"Worth every penny of it though. Though why you'd want such an item is beyond me."

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