Our Forefathers

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:03 pm

Will had hiked up to where the lighthouse used to stand, reading, for what was probably the hundredth time, the plaque honoring Excalibur.

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by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:49 pm

Dee looked up at Will from the bay door of one of the workshops.

"Yes, it's still there," she smirked.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:58 pm

"Heh, we could only wish," Will chuckled. "Good morning, professor."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:00 pm

"Thought you'd still be back with your long lost mates. I was just finishing locking down the armory in case any of these new students get curious."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:08 pm

"Sometimes it's good to get away for a bit. Got to remember why it's a big deal they are back."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:09 pm

"Bit guilty to say I'm probably somewhat jaded about it. You see enough things, it doesn't always shock you anymore."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:10 pm

"No offense, but I'm not planning on becoming jaded."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:11 pm

"Didn't say it was the ideal state, but it can happen."

"Then again, my team experience is probably a different animal than yours."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:14 pm

"Oh?"

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:17 pm

"I'm not in the X-Men. Or I wasn't, I suppose."

"MI-13, in Her Majesty's Secret Service."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:22 pm

"Ah, yes.

Never had the taste for that, myself."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:36 pm

"Bit different than most of the agencies, I suppose. MI-13 is Wisdom's crew. Her Majesty's spook squad, where spook doesn't mean spy for once."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:00 pm

"I'll leave my opinion of Mr. Wisdom for another time," Will joked.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:07 pm

"Oh, he's worse if you actually have to be around him for longer. Good sense of humor, but try convincing me that man's stare can't pierce adamantium."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:08 pm

"I suppose you'd know most about piercing strengths," Will joked.

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:15 pm

"If I really wanted to mess with you, I'd say that's where my interest in powered armor started."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:21 pm

"DO you really want to mess with me?"

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:23 pm

"Not especially, and I started building the suit long before Wisdom recruited me."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:32 pm

"What got YOU into it? Into the game, that is."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:40 pm

"Nobody'd even twigged that I was a mutant until I was in University. I figured, what bloody business is it of theirs?"

"Still, once I was outed some doors opened in the engineering program, and Stark knows how to put stars in a girl's eyes."

"Funny how I ended up with all these skirt-chasers in my life, isn't it?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:45 pm

"For the sake of decorum, and my spleen, I won't comment."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:47 pm

"Good save."

"And besides, I rather wanted to fly. Not my gift, so I'll settle for building my wings of steel rather than wax and clipping along at supersonic speeds."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:49 pm

"THAT much I can understand."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:50 pm

"It's also a bit more my style than your friend with the feathers," she smirked.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:55 pm

Will chuckled. "I think it's the power that attracts the skirt-chasers."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:57 pm

"You wouldn't believe how many 'Iron Maiden' jokes I got."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:02 pm

"Something something you are metal?"

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:13 pm

"You can throw up a malocchio if it really makes you feel better."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:31 pm

"Not my thing."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:33 pm

"Not running with the devil, are you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:45 pm

"Nah, I'm a Billy Joel kinda guy."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:07 pm

"So what are your plans now that it looks like you've got quite a bit more team under you?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:14 pm

"You mean after I turn evil from power?"

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:16 pm

"I've seen your office. If you tried a maniacal laugh, you'd bump your head."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:51 pm

"This is true. Just didn't feel right moving into, y'know, the old office."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:55 pm

"You'll find your place. God knows there's no set model."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:57 pm

"I just don't want to be one of those models people DON'T try to follow."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:18 pm

"You know what separates you from them? You actually think about that."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:29 pm

"Well, thinking never got anyone anywhere.

Unless they are a telepath."

by **Deirdre Quinn** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:33 pm

"Maybe so, but 'I hope I don't screw these kids up' isn't a bad sentiment."

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