Bears and cosmic things

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:04 am

After the incident in the car park, bear heads out to the lighthouse to find Mira.

Once she gets there, she sighs and starts circling it, realizing she has no idea where Mira would be found. Or even how to enter the lighthouse.

"Mira? Are you here?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:08 am

From behind her came a voice.

"You were looking for me?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:12 am

Bear, startled, turned around.

"Yes, yes I was."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:14 am

"What can the Phoenix do for you today?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:19 am

Bear has a million thoughts, before taking a deep breath.

"You can tell me all about how a girl who used to glow can now repair things instantly. And why she is testing it with a bat and other people's property."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:21 am

"Does she not glow anymore? I'm fairly certain she should still glow."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:24 am

Bear gritted her teeth.

"Yes, she still glows."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:29 am

"It's quite simple, really. She's learned to use the waste cosmic energy that has been deposited inside her for good."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:37 am

"cosmic energy? She just learned to use cosmic energy? Or did you give her a little Nudge?" Bear voice was raising.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:49 am

"No, no, she's a natural receptacle. Think like...a garbage can, filled with the excess energy of the universe."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:14 pm

Bear slid down, rubbing her throwing arm.

"So, you showed her how to do something she was already capable of? I hope?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:16 pm

"That's it precisely."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:23 pm

"And now, she's decided the best way to test her new abilities is to take a bat to other people's cars!"

Bear was frustrated, pretty obviously.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:30 pm

"Did she fix the car?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:38 pm

"Yes, she did." Bear said, glaring.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:40 pm

"Then maybe I don't understand what the problem is."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:46 pm

"And there it is. You don't think that there's a problem that she decides the proper way to test her new powers is to destroy other people's things!"

She kept the part about it being her boyfriend's things to herself.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:47 pm

"But...she didn't destroy someone else's things."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:56 pm

"Yes, she did. True, she then fixed it. That's not the point! The point is that she decided to do it in the first place! That is not a good train of thought!"

She took a breath.

"And if you were still you, you'd think the same thing!"

She immediately regretted saying that, looking away.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:59 pm

"If I were still me. That's what you think of me...that I'm not me anymore." she said, her voice icy cold.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:09 pm

"You're the bloody Phoenix now! You are a dozen levels above any of us, been across the universe.."

Bear was almost crying.

"..and I can't even convince a younger kid to develop their powers in the danger room, rather than in the car park with a baseball bat.."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:25 pm

"Calm down, little one," Mira said, soothingly. "Tell me all about it."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:35 pm

Bear wiped a tear from her eye. Smiling in spite of herself.

"You know, I remember when you first came to XU. Just starting out, just coming to terms with being a mutant.. And now I'm the little one."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:45 pm

"Happier days."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:57 pm

"Yeah, the simple, old happier days. When everything was easier."

Bear sighed.

"Do you believe in destiny? Or do you know better now?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:06 pm

"That's a loaded question...I believe in the order of the universe."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:07 pm

"Well, the universe really messed up with me."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:11 pm

"What? Why do you say that, Bear?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:26 pm

Bear hesitated, before continuing. She hadn't even gotten into this with John.

"Almost everyone else here has one ability, that they can focus on. Me? I got a handful of little, I'll fitting things that make no sense. I'm the weakest superstrong person on campus, the least powerful telekinetic, the worst able to use super-senses. And then I got the Legacy virus. and rather than help out with improving what little I already have, he universe saw fit to toss me a little x-Ray vision. Yay."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:38 pm

"Well, look at it this way--you're the most physically strong telekenetic on campus, and you have the best telekenesis of any of the super strong people."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:46 pm

Bear briefly thought of The headmaster, wiping another tear.

"Thanks for the pep Mira. I've told myself that as well, before."

She hesitantly hugged the Phoenix, less exuberantly then she would've under normal circumstances.

"But I wanted to know why I was that way. So, about two years ago, I went to see Dr. bowen."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:09 am

"Oh? And what did Science have to tell you?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:20 am

"That there was a sound, logical reason I am like I am- I'm a chimera. My body has at least two, maybe three or four, different sets of DNA, depending on the location. Most of my arm, my hands, my head.. It's all different. I am literally a bad patchwork."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:21 am

"Do you know how this happened?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:29 am

"Dr. Bowen asked the same thing. We looked at my family history, kidnappings, signs of genetic tampering, supervillains... Remember when Dr.Bowen was gone unexpectedly for a week, left Sara in charge of the lab? He was in Wundagore, yelling at the high Evolutionary. When he got back, he came to see me in my room, alone."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:32 am

"What did he have to say?"

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:38 am

"That.. There was nothing wrong with me. When my mom was pregnant, several fertilized eggs clumped together, and started growing as one embryo- me. It's really rare, but it happens."

She sniffles, wiping away another tear.

"It would have been easier if someone did it on purpose, I think."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:45 am

"Byrna, it's...this is fine. This happens. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, especially not here."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:54 am

"I know.. This was a long time ago. I should have opened up sooner with someone.. But I continued on, training, studying, spending way too much time in the danger room and in my workshop, not having much of a social life.. Because I needed to. Because I was determined to make what I had into something that matters in a place like this, with werewolves and ex-SHEILD agents and mystics and goddesses."

She turned away, guiltily.

"And the Phoenix."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:01 am

"I am not here to make you feel less of yourself, Byrna."

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