May 24th: Deep breaths

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:44 am

Will knocked on the door of Sam's office, after being told she was in.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:26 am

"Come in, Will."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:38 am

"Professor McManus," he said, half smiling as he walked in. "How...how are you doing?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:40 am

"Managing. Then again, I rather think I didn't get the worst of it."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:55 am

"Yes...that would be poor Nail...er...Professor Weaver," he nodded, solemnly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:26 am

"Who is also managing as best she can."

"How are you though, Will?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:35 am

"I'm out! I'm about! That's the goal, right? To pick up and keep going?

I'm not 100%, but I can't just lie about all the time..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:24 am

"...was the stubble your idea?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:17 am

"Hrm? Oh...right. No, no, just, y'know, one of those things. I'll fix it.

I dunno, does it make me look more....manly?" he asked, quasi-dramatically.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:51 am

"It doesn't really matter either way, I just know these things with you can be a bit... arbitrary?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:37 pm

"That's my middle name.

OK, it's actually Angelina, but still."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:18 pm

"Sometimes, I think if you were any more literal you'd be able to solve problems with montage sequences."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:36 pm

"Now, THAT would be the mutant power worth having, there, if you ask me."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:56 pm

"I understand Professor Weaver had a talk with you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:03 pm

"She did, actually. She let me know what, um, happened."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:15 pm

Samantha sighed.

"Didn't give you any peace, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:24 pm

"On the contrary. It, um, actually helped put things into place. Peace? No. But then again, that's hard to come by these days."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:49 pm

"I don't know if this will help you any, but this is a woman that troubled me when I was younger even than you."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:02 pm

"And now we've got her---or we think we've got her, anyway."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:03 pm

"Aye. It's just... I do know what it feels like to have her turn you inside out like that."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:28 pm

"Yeah...

..that's kind of one thing I came to talk to you about."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:40 am

"She has a bit of an obsession with shapeshifters, I'd say."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:12 am

"Yeah, I...think I got that. WHY?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:18 am

"I'm not even certain I want to know. As playthings, perhaps?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:25 am

"Definitely," he sort of shuddered.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:01 am

"At the time she first attacked my mind, I rather thought I was just in the way. Now? I'm not sure what to think."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:17 am

"Yeah...

...so, um...Nailah told me, uh, what FORMS that, well, Mel had in mind..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:49 am

She sighed. "...aye."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:31 pm

"Um....so, yeah. I was....well, I was kind of....well, I wanted to let you know that I was...um...concerned about it, and if you wanted, um, I dunno, to cut it out of my head or something, um, you could."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:36 pm

"I think that I'd be doing you a disservice there."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:52 pm

"Well, it's iffy enough when I ASK people for permission and copy them..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:39 pm

"Will, I have serious misgivings about simply removing portions of anyone's mind, let alone yours."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:40 pm

"Stronger misgivings than having someone out there who can duplicate your form?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:41 pm

"Much stronger. I know you won't misuse it."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:12 pm

"I won't use it at all."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:16 pm

"I think you know by now that I trust you, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:28 pm

"Well....trust can be....misplaced."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:28 pm

"I don't think it is, in this case."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:36 pm

Will grinned, a bit more thin-lipped than normal. "I, uh, won't let you down."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:37 pm

"Just don't be so hard on yourself, Will. You're not the only one she's done this to."

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