[Mingle-Log] Only non-alcoholic beverages in the punch bowl...

[adminfury]

[This is an open mingle log. You do not have to be part of the community to post in this thread. Consider it a test-drive of sorts to get your voice or meet new characters!]



SHIELD Academy
Open House
Everyone is congregated in the spacious auditorium of the SHIELD Academy. The noise level is probably a decibel below deafening and the lights are probably a little dimmer than what might seem normal for this time in the evening, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone as they just carry on. There are banners strewn about welcoming all first years to a new chapter in their lives while others welcome the others back for another year at the Academy. Refreshments are served up on stage while other tables set up around the massive room are home to pamphlets and flyers for clubs and classes. Special electives and advertisements for training sessions are also littered amongst the tables.

Make a few friends, find old ones, look into clubs that catch your interest. This is open house for all returning students and prospective students, so hang out, hit up others and just mingle!

Comments

[anythingwithstrings]

The girl winks, smiling just a bit.

"This is happening, but if it helps you're not crazy. So why don't you like it here?"

She brushes her hair out of her face and rested her head against the wall behind her. Eyes closed as she waits for him to speak up. Not that she's expecting much, he looks ready to punch someone in the face. Probably best she's halfway across the room. Oh, right.

"Would it help if I muted what you say so it doesn't look like you're talking to yourself? Cause I can hear you from here."

[abercrombiehood]

"No, I think I'd rather keep on talking to myself like a freak." Do you hear that sarcasm, Maya? Because it's practically bleeding out of his voice. He's actually even tempted to cross the room to be closer to her, to talk like a normal person, like within a foot of each other and that freaking sucks.

"What are you anyway?"

[anythingwithstrings]

"A freak," Maya answered, with all the grandeur of answering what color her hair was, or how the weather seemed. "I'm not a mutant, the current theory is a chemical interaction while my mother was pregnant. Some rare side-effect of an experimental MS drug."

Maya didn't bother with his sarcasm, she could tell what it was and didn't feel like teasing until her idle curiosity was sated, "And what are you? Other than really unhappy to be here."

[abercrombiehood]

That's honestly more information than Roy was really looking for. Could've left it at freak and he would've been happy. Not normal people but you know. Roy's version of it.

"I'm no one," said with a shrug. "It was this or prison and I think I made the wrong choice."

[anythingwithstrings]

"You should have said nobody. It's more tragic for the reference."

Not that she thought this guy was well versed in Greek myth, but it was what came to mind. "I'm sure prison would be easier to escape from. But I've heard a few others like you, so if you find the right folks at least you aren't alone."