Orientation - Salvage Operation

by **Kay Haddock** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:40 pm

Finding the bike hadn't been much of a problem with Kay's help. Getting it out had been a bit trickier but eventually they used one of the mission vans to pull it to shore and bring it back to the garage. The bent and waterlogged bike is now sitting in front of the garage doors, a small puddle of sea water slowly forming underneath it.

"This looks pretty bad." the fishgirl with zero engineering experience decides.

by **Anika Sloan** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:45 pm

Looking over her poor bike, she immediately goes to open the hatch and pulls out a backpack, which is soaked. "Aww you gotta be kidding me..." She opens the bag and looks over the soaking wet clothes. "Ugh. What a pain in the ass." Pulling out a few of the articles of clothing, she holds her hands over them and without even really concentrating, heats the clothing to the point of drying within a matter of minutes. "I have a number of payments left on this sucker. I can't believe it's demolished..." She looks pretty upset.

by **Kay Haddock** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:48 pm

"We got some people who are pretty good at, like, building stuff. That looks like a lot of work though... Sorry I didn't find it faster."

by **Anika Sloan** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:57 pm

"No no, I really appreciate your help. I wasn't about to step foot in that water." For obvious reasons. "Means a lot you were willing to help out. Your people good at this kind of stuff then?" She begins redressing without care, tossing her burnt clothing into her bag and putting a long sleeve black shirt. The tattoos she has on her arms, back, and sides are colorful and artistic. Flowers seem to be the theme, oddly.

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:01 am

Kay catches herself staring for a second before snapping out of it and turning around with a faint blush.

"Well I'm not, but we got, like, a plane that Professor Quinn takes care of so she knows how to built things and somebody has a motorcycle. I think it's the lawyer."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:28 am

"You guys have a lawyer too? Impressive. You've just got the whole set up, huh." She smooths out the wrinkles of the shirt and ruffles her hair a bit. "You have any idea how much this will cost to get fixed?"

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:34 am

"We got a bunch of stupid stuff custody stuff to deal with cause of terrible parents. And I dunno, looks expensive though. I think salt water's not very good for machinery."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:36 am

"Water in general is an issue." She mutters to herself, kicking the side of the motorcycle. "Perfect. Looks like I'm gonna have to find a job faster than I planned."

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:42 am

"What happened anyway? Miss Weaver just said something about a power accident."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:59 am

"Just catching up with my sister. That's all." She smirks. "Not a big deal when it comes down to it. It's been a long time since I've seen her, and it doesn't surprise me that emotions ran high."

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:25 am

"My brothers ruined plenty of my stuff but I guess that was different..."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:31 am

"When it comes down to it, I am just happy that she is doing okay. I missed her to pieces. Even if she trashed the only thing I had to travel with and call 'mine'." She smirks, then goes serious. "I wouldn't be able to replace her. Things like this bike? Replaceable materialistic goods that I could really give two shits about when it comes down to it. I'd give anything to be able to see her okay and happy."

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:47 am

"That sounds really great. I bet she's glad she has a big sister like you."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:54 am

"I wouldn't be so sure, to be honest. I'm sure it's quite annoying."

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:56 am

"Better than siblings who don't give a damn about you."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:59 am

"I suppose that's true. But still. I hate being overbearing with her. She's a big girl. She can handle herself. I just don't like when people screw with her, I suppose."

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:09 am

"Looks like someone made an attempt at improving a Yamaha," Allison said as she walked up.

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:13 am

"Well she did this to your bike, so that's probably true." she chuckles before turning around. "Hello Miss Rogers."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:14 pm

Anika gives a friendly wave to Allison. "Hey there. You any good with these babies?" At this point she knees at the side of her bike and looks over the damage closer.

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:25 pm

"Hey, Kay," she said before kneeling next to the bike. "I work more with Harleys, but I can probably figure out this crotch rocket. What did you do to it?"

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:41 pm

"Mm...Harleys. Yeah uh...just catching up with my sister. That's all." She didn't really want to pin this on Gemma. As far as she was concerned, they really *were* catching up. No need to make it a big deal. "How bad is it?"

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:45 pm

"She's certain to be waterlogged in all the wrong places with..." She ran her fingers through the water. She held it up to her nose and her features shifted, her eyes becoming feline and her nose becoming flatter. She sniffed at it. "... sea water... Damn. I'm going to strip her down to the frame, just to make sure we get that out of everything. Have to replace this and this." She gestured to the places where Gemma's claws had made their mark.

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:49 pm

She doesn't make any sort of reaction at the shifting of Allison's features. To her, this was normal. She groaned. "Bloody hells...alright. Looks like it's time for this lady to find a job again. You know how much this will look to cost?"

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:52 pm

"You wouldn't be able to afford the kind of help I'm going to bring in on this. You're just lucky that my help is also my girlfriend," she said, picking at the bike. "What sort of schooling do you have?" It sounded like an idle enough question.

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:57 pm

She stands and leans on the wall, watching Allison pick at the bike. She shrugs her shoulders. "High school graduate. Nothing special. Never had the grades good enough to go further." Smirks.

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:04 pm

"You could always go back to school," she remarked, glancing at Anika before turning her attention back to the bike.

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:10 pm

"And do what? I'm not exactly great with book-smarts and the like. Not my thing." She gives a chuckle.

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:13 pm

"If we turned people out because they weren't book-smart, this place would be half-empty," she said before glancing over her shoulder at Kay. "And you didn't hear me say anything like that, did you, Kay?"

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:21 pm

"No ma'am." she says.

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:23 pm

"Yeah, but most majors require some sort of idea of what someone generally wants to do with their life, right?"

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:28 pm

"Kay, you want to tell her about the 'superhero work' major or should I?"

by **Kay Haddock** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:29 pm

"I think you just did."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:34 pm

"....superhero work...." She raises a brow, then laughs. Apparently she thinks this is a joke. "That's a good one."

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:41 pm

"I'm not kidding. You can talk to any of the X-Men. They all live on campus and they're pretty much all university students. And quite a few of them intend to make that their life's work."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:56 pm

"Well how 'bout that. What is it they do?" Learning she was serious, she actually seemed a bit interested.

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:13 pm

"Well, they rescued the Headmistress' daughter. They rescued me from a fey realm." She was dead serious. "They respond to mutant incidents. They occasionally work with the government to deal with things that they're better equipped to handle. A few teams have done rescue work for natural disasters."

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:22 pm

"So you really mean it when you say superheroes. Nice. With all the shit that goes on out there in the world, kinda is relieving to know people bust their ass to make it better." She was also serious.

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:48 pm

"So come for the superheroing, stay for the education," Allison said, standing up and growing in size, sprouting fur and fangs. What had originally looked like leather turned out to be her faculty mission outfit. She reached down and picked up the motorcycle.

by **Anika Sloan** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:14 pm

She watches Allison pick up the bike. "You guys have a nice set up here. Helping mutants, saving the world, giving education. So what's the catch to it all?"

by **Allison Rogers** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:20 pm

"One: Weird shit sticks to this place like glue and the X-Men end up dealing with it. Two: for the most part, room and board is provided, but you're on your own for spending money. Three: You have to abide by the rules, which are admittedly pretty light for the university folks. They're not particularly bad for the high schoolers. Right, Kay?"

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