Sept. 6--Shutterbug

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:25 pm

Will was walking along the side of the Thames with his camera, taking pictures of...well, pretty much everything. The London Eye, the campus,the skyline...he was munching on a hot dog as he took in the sights.

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:24 am

Marcus was heading towards Will from the opposite direction. He woke up early to go into the town and look at some of the stores. His head was lowered as he looked through some catalog he picked at one of the stores there. Upon closer inspection, the catalog was about rings.

A brief glance up from his reading and he noticed Will. "Hey man."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:51 am

Will looked up in surprise. "Hey, Marcus! What brings you out here?"

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:52 am

"Doin' a little exploring. I had to check our some of the shops in town. What about you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:54 am

"Similar kind of thing. I'm just trying to get some photos for reference--plus it's interesting enough around here to justify me wasting a perfectly good day outside.

Also, I like hot dogs."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:58 am

"I hear ya. Yeah. The little food booths up and down this place have some good stuff." He closed the catalog, just holding at his side.

"Have you been to the London Eye yet? It's pretty cool."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:01 am

"Not yet; I'm saving that one. Right now, I'm just trying to get some shots from ground level and whatnot--the Eye'll give me a great overview, but that is what it is."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:03 am

"It's a nice little date spot too." He smiled. "Speaking of date, did you end up hanging out more with Sara in the XUB after I left?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:07 am

Will grins sheepishly. "I suppose I did. We danced some, and then we...went out for some fresh air."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:10 am

He smirked. "That's cool. You guys were kinda hitting it off in the Danger Room and after the talk in the XUB, I figured I should give you two some space."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:12 am

"Well, I certainly thank you for that. Not that I don't enjoy your company, of course."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:17 am

"I know man. It's just, once you lay out our super awesome daring truck adventure, the ladies are hooked." He grinned. "Sara's pretty awesome."

He thought for a moment. "Well, mind if I join you on your sight seeing? I probably should stop by some more stores on the way."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:23 am

"Yeah, she is.

Oh, and feel free to tag along. I've been getting a little board wandering around on my own, and I think I permanently scared Simon away, so I could use the company.

Want a hot dog? I'm just about finished with this one."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:26 am

"Simon? Don't think I met the guy. That's too bad you scared him off though."

"Sure. I'm up for tagging along. We need more adventures anyway. It'd be lame if that was the only story."

He smiled. "Yeah. I'll take it."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:30 am

"Well, I'm not sure if I scared him off or not--I just, uh, don't know his whereabouts that night. I owe him a steak, or a beer, or something. I had...other things on my mind."

Will orders two hot dogs, leaving one plain for himself.

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:33 am

"Uh, hopefully you run into him again. What is he? A roomie?"

He left his plain as well and started walking back down the boardwalk.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:39 am

"Bingo. He was on team one, you might have seen him at the briefing; monkey man? I dunno. Roommates, man. Still not used to having one; it can certainly be a drag."

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:49 am

"Oh, the guy with the tail? Yeah. I saw him around."

He chuckled. "I had to deal with the roomie thing for such a long time back at XI. So I'm more than used to it. I think I prefer having a cool roomie too. Always someone to talk to or do something with, that is, if they're around."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:55 am

"I suppose I'll get used to it. At my last school, it was all private rooms. Which can be nice if you're not publicizing the fact that you're a mutant, right?"

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:01 am

"Exactly. You know, worse comes to worse, if you can get the money you could try and get a place off campus."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:03 am

"Yeah, I suppose. That'd involve getting a job though, and with school and X-whatever, I just don't know if I'll have the time.

My parents won't spring for an apartment THAT easily"

by **Marcus Kingston** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:49 am

"That's true and even if you did have the time for it, X-teams would really intefere with any sort of other work once we had to do a mission. Hey Boss, I'm calling out today. Why? Oh, I've been kidnapped and being tortured half way around the world."

He grinned. "Really sucks X-teams don't pay."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:08 am

"Yeah, it'd redefine "variable scheduling", wouldn't it?

No, I'll have to spend at least a year in the dorms before I'm off on my own, unless I had, like, a bunch of people to move in with or something, and then you have the original problems again."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:56 pm

David walks along the water, and then wanders over to Will and Marcus, hoping they're students.

He waves as he approaches. "Hey guys."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:59 pm

"Uh, hey there." Will's frantically flipping through his mental rolodex, and coming up empty.

"Sorry, but I've met, like, a hundred people in the last couple days. Are you one of them?"

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:00 pm

"I don't think so, and yeah, I'm going to have trouble remembering people's names too. Anyway, I'm David. Nice to meet you." He offers his hand.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:05 pm

Will returns the handshake. "Will Stanton. Nice to meet you, too. What brings you out to the riverside this morning?"

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:10 pm

"Oh, just wandering around. I don't know a lot of people yet, and anyway, I really like water, probably because of my power."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:12 pm

David Hollifield wrote:"Oh, just wandering around. I don't know a lot of people yet, and anyway, I really like water, probably because of my power."

"Your power, huh? Wait, wait, don't tell me. Blue skin, blue hair....you can swell up, like Violet Beauregarde."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:27 pm

"Heh, no, thank god. I can control the weather."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:29 pm

"Ooooooh.

That would have been my second guess."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:29 pm

Dave motions toward Will's camera. "You a photographer?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:30 pm

"Not a very good one, I'm afraid. I'm just getting some shots for inspiration purposes."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:33 pm

"It's still pretty cool." David grins. "If you ever want to do some shots of cool cloud formations, I'll hook you up."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:35 pm

"Heh, thanks, but I'm really more interested in people. It's for my drama stuff--I don't think there are too many parts for clouds, nowadays."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:36 pm

David grins. "Oh man, discrimination!"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:36 pm

"Yeah, I know. It's that whole "unable to speak" thing that I think does them in."

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:37 pm

"It's a tough market I guess." David grins. "So how do you like London so far? Uh, unless you're from here I guess."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:39 pm

"Nah, I'm from Buffalo. London's been pretty good to me so far; I gotta say, I"m enjoying it quite a bit. You?"

by **David Hollifield** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:42 pm

"I haven't seen like, a tenth of it, but it seems great. I've got to get a job though, everything fun costs, in a big city." Dave smiles, not overly concerned.

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