New York - X-Mansion - Hope's Dorm

[Hollywood Heidi]

Hope's Dorm

Located in the X-Mansion



Located on the second floor

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

Scott had walked Hope to what she guessed was her room now. She had never had her own room before let along her Father walk her to it. Was Scott really her Father though? Sure she shared his DNA but it was Nate who had raised her, taught her everything she needed to know in order to survive then he said this would be the best thing for her, he had helped her control her powers the best she could but he could only do so much and in her future there weren't exactly many mutants left who could help.

"I'm sorry." She said turning to Scott "This is all just so... Weird and different for me." But mostly weird. Her clothes were still ripped and torn, her face sploshed with dirt and hair darkened and matted. "Nothing is..." Hope had no idea how to finish that sentence, nothing was how she remembered it? What she expected? Easy? All she wanted to do was beg Scott to tell her everything will be ok, maybe her eyes were doing that but she fought against the feeling.

[Just Joe]

"...how you thought it would be?" Scott offered. He leaned against the open doorway to her room and gave a small smile, not wanting to step inside and intrude on her personal space. "Whatever you've been through, and whatever you might have lost, we're all here for you. Things aren't always easy here but you'll never be alone. I promise."

[Kristi Lynne]

Realizing she had the wrong notebook, Jean had rushed back to her room after math class. She tossed her other books on the desk and grabbed her biology notes. She was hurrying back down the hallway to meet Jubilee when she noticed Scott standing in one of the doorways to an as-yet-unoccupied room. Annoying as he might be at times, Scott was one of the few people that didn't seem afraid of her, even though his power could be equally destructive.

"Scott, where've you been?" Jean asked as she approached him. "You know we've got bio study group in ten minutes." As she neared the door, she could see that the room was now occupied -- by a strange young redhead who looked like she'd been on the losing end of a storm. The professor hadn't mentioned any new students arriving today, but maybe he preferred not to announce it. "Hey," she began hesitantly. "Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt." 

[Just Joe]

"Hey Jean" he replied, turning and smiling at her. He'd recognise that voice anywhere, especially when it had that little flustered edge to it that started creeping in whenever Jean didn't understand something. "This is Hope, our newest arrival. The Professor wanted me to show her to her dorm. Hope, this is Jean" he said, turning back to look at the disheveled girl. "She's a student here too. She can slap you from halfway across the school just by thinking about it so it's best to stay on her good side. We'll give you some space and let you freshen up."

He turned back to Jean. "Alright, let's study some bio."

[Kristi Lynne]

"Alright, let's study some bio."

"Uh, you're the one who needs to study, Mister C-minus," Jean countered. And thanks for making the new girl scared of me, she added mentally to Scott with an outward frown. "And yes, I'm telepathic and telekinetic. The Professor has been helping me control my powers," she explained to Hope. "How did you find out about this place? Did the Professor bring you here?"

[Just Joe]

"And thanks for making the new girl scared of me"


She's not scared of you, Jean. Look at her. She's been running from something far scarier than a telekenetic slap. You can see it in her eyes.

Scott and Jean had been dating just long enough that he was used to having her in his head and equally used to directing at his thoughts at her so that they could have conversations in their minds that only they could hear. And while his grade in biology may not be as high as hers, one of Scott's natural strengths was his perception. He could read other people easily and there was something behind the fierceness in Hope's eyes that told him she'd been through Hell even more than her disheveled appearance. 

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

What. The. Hell.

Scott and Jean, her biological parents both standing in her what was now her room flirting with each other. Hope wasn't sure what was the anxiety of her meeting her parents for the first or the grossness of the watching her parents flirt with each other.

A telekinetic slap... She tried not to shiver at the thought of being raised and disciplined by that action.

"How did you find out about this place? Did the Professor bring you here?"

Just how could Hope answer that, she could remember encountering the odd survivor who would talk about the X-Mansion like it was holy ground. Everyone seemed to revere this even Nate spoke highly of it and what could be accomplished here.

"I guess you could say I heard about it through the grapevine. No he did, this is the first time I've meet him." at least when I wasn't a new born baby. The answer she gave seemed a lot better than 'My brother, Nathan Summers, your son took me to the future to protect me then sent me back in time to learn how to master my powers as there weren't enough X-Men left in that future timeline to do it effectively. So Surprise I'm your daughter!' She knew she would slip up eventually and tell someone or someone would catch a fragment in her mind and work it out but she knew it wasn't fair on any of them to just dump it all right here right now, it was a bridge to cross when it arrived.

[Kristi Lynne]

"I guess you could say I heard about it through the grapevine. No he did, this is the first time I've met him."


"The Professor's a great man. And this school, it's the best place to be if you're ... unsure what you're capable of," Jean told the girl, hoping it would ease the fears that Scott was sensing. She tried to think back on her first days at the school, how lost and alone it had felt. "So we'll go and let you get settled in. I'm two doors down if you need anything. Maybe we'll have some classes together." 

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

"So we'll go and let you get settled in. I'm two doors down if you need anything. Maybe we'll have some classes together."

"Th-thanks. I'll be fine. You just go do what you have to do. I'll just settle here for a bit." Hope gave Jean a smile. Her Mother sure was beautiful there was no denying it.

'Maybe there is a glimmer of Hope in this after all."

[Kristi Lynne]

"Th-thanks. I'll be fine. You just go do what you have to do. I'll just settle here for a bit...Maybe there is a glimmer of Hope in this after all."


"Heh, what I have to do is make sure this guy aces his exam," Jean replied with a crooked smile and a hand on Scott's shoulder. "He may be the leader of our training team, but I'll always have the higher GPA. Come on, we're already late. Nice to meet you, Hope!" She gave one last tug on Scott's arm before they exited her room and headed down the hallway.

*** Jean and Scott leave for study group *** 

[Hollywood Heidi]

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A little over an hour after locating Logan with Cerebro and Maeve's teleported trip to Kenya to recruit Logan

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[Hollywood Heidi]

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Thursday, the day Charles and his crew meet Maeve and agree to help free Erik has come to an end.

Friday morning and afternoon pass and it is now around the time a normal work day ends.

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[Ariel]

Peter had brought himself to a halt in front of the closed door about a minute or so ago. Trying to navigate his thought process through the wave of confusion as to what had brought him to this moment, he attempted to muster up a reason to knock on Hope's door. Sure his mind was busy looking for a distraction while waiting to go off on another adventure with Charles and co., however something had stuck with Peter ever since the moment he first met Hope. The fear and struggle she appeared to have been experiencing ever since their encounter at the mall, Peter knew it all too well. Hell, most of the students here did. And although Peter knew that Hope was in good hands, he couldn't help but to think about her and make sure that she was alright.

"Don't be weird. Be cool. Be a cucumber. No, you're being weird. Okay dude, just shut up," Face to face with the door, Peter squeezed his eyes shut as he argued with himself before finally raising a fist to the door to give the door a few rapid knocks.

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

People in the 70's didn't know just how good they had it. Hope couldn't remember the last time she had a hot shower nor could she remember a time when her hair was so... red... And soft mattresses with sheets were so much better than falling asleep where ever seemed safest to bunker down for the night. The new clothes felt a little weird though, there wasn't a hole to be seen anywhere where there shouldn't be and they possessed a stiffness to them she didn't quite know to explain.

There was a few knocks at her door, this was another new thing that amazed her as when she was from things didn't knock they just destroyed the door... and wall around it. Hope walked over to the door, tugging on her top as she walked while her skirt flowed in the momentum of movements.

Upon opening the door Hope realized that it was Peter who came knocking, she hadn't seen him since she left the group as Charles' request.

"Oh hey can you believe that there is this shampoo thing that leaves your hair smelling like strawberries?"

[Ariel]

At the sound of the door opening, Peter quickly reacted and propped his forearm on the door frame, and shifting his body weight into his resting arm did he swing his foot over to cross the other. The only thing that could have possibly completed the swaggering look would have been a pair of dark shades.

"Heeey..."

Nodding in the direction of the opening door, Peter's confident greeting trailed off softly once he saw Hope. She definitely appeared slightly different than from when they last departed, and it wasn't just the change in apparel from her green and yellow suit. Collective, calm, settled in. Hopeful, even. Peter took note of these things and was relieved to see that she was doing just fine.

"Oh hey can you believe that there is this shampoo thing that leaves your hair smelling like strawberries?"

"If you think that's impressive, you ain't seen nothing yet," Peter grinned. There was something about Hope that seemed so pure, almost other worldly. He couldn't quite put his finger on what it was exactly just yet, "So, now that you've had a slice of life at the X-Pad, what do ya think? Are you bedazzled yet?"

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

"If you think that's impressive, you ain't seen nothing yet,""So, now that you've had a slice of life at the X-Pad, what do ya think? Are you bedazzled yet?"

"I'm not quite sure that is how I would describe it." Hope said opening the door more inviting Peter in. "It's like, these clothes I should be worried about them not protecting me and be hard to fight or flight in them yet I feel nice in them. A bed and pillow so soft that my body wants to sleep with one eye open because it never knew what was going to come through a door at any moment but I drift off blissfully. I like these feelings that I'm not used to but I feel guilty for feeling them."

She decided not to mention all the other confusing thoughts running through her head like attending school with her teenaged parents or how anytime anyone walked past her door she could feel their powers bubbling within her.

[Ariel]

"I'm not quite sure that is how I would describe it."

Peter walked in, listening to Hope attentively whilst peering his eyes around the dorm room to check out the décor,

"It's like, these clothes I should be worried about them not protecting me and be hard to fight or flight in them yet I feel nice in them. A bed and pillow so soft that my body wants to sleep with one eye open because it never knew what was going to come through a door at any moment but I drift off blissfully. I like these feelings that I'm not used to but I feel guilty for feeling them."


Peter nodded as he admired the items on the dorm room desk, giving into his temptation to play with the button on the lamp as the bulb lit on and off rapidly for a few seconds, "Look...I know it can all be very overwhelming at first," Peter turned his gaze back up to Hope empathetically, "But just know that you're safe here. Charles...Professor X...He's good at what he does here. Helping these kids control their powers and wielding it for good. In this place, you're in good hands." Peter turned fully to hope and walked a few steps towards her, "Now, enough with the mush gush," He smirked as he crossed his arms over his chest, "How about we get you out of this room and out for a bit of fun?"

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

"Look...I know it can all be very overwhelming at first,""But just know that you're safe here. Charles...Professor X...He's good at what he does here. Helping these kids control their powers and wielding it for good. In this place, you're in good hands."

Hope accidentally rolled her eyes forgetting that Charles had yet to become the legend she grew up hearing about, every mutant knew about hell anyone left alive during those times knew about him. She knew Peter was right and it went without saying just how safe she was but a part of her did fear if everyone was safe from her.

"Now, enough with the mush gush,""How about we get you out of this room and out for a bit of fun?"

Her head turned on an angle intrigued with the idea.

"What did you have in mind?" the frog said to the scorpion.

[Ariel]

"What did you have in mind?"

A devilish smile spread from ear to ear as the lightbulb in Peter's brain lit up.

"We could...uncover the Professor's rumored collection of wigs in his office, or," Peter zipped instantly from one side of the room to the other, folding his hands behind his head as he relaxed backwards in the chair in the corner of the room, "We could take a joyride in the Silver mobile. Pick your poison, Red." Peter proposed, as he began to swivel the seat of the chair around in a circle.

[The Jester Of Tortuga]

"We could...uncover the Professor's rumored collection of wigs in his office, or,""We could take a joyride in the Silver mobile. Pick your poison, Red."

She couldn't help but grin, he was such a dork.

"The Silver mobile...." she said while cocking an eyebrow.

[Hollywood Heidi]

***Maeve's Sim appears***

"Peter, you up here?" Maeve's sim called out in the corridor of the dorms. She saw a door ajar and approached, seeing the silver haired snarky young man. "Hi, sorry to intrude," she said politely to Hope before turning her attention to Peter. "Could you meet me at the front door? Bring your girlfriend, if you'd like."

Before he had a chance to respond, Maeve disconnected her sim.



***Maeve's Sim vanishes***

[Ariel]

"The Silver mobile...." 

Peter noticed Hope's questioning look and with a smile he playfully furrowed his eyebrows, placing his hands on his hips as he came to his feet, "Judge all you want, but every speed demon's gotta have a name!" Peter said in assurance as he looked upon Hope, unaware that he was grinning like an idiot. Is it just me, or did she get a hell of a lot cuter? Peter became engaged in the funny way she looked at him, noticing the way the corner of her lips curled when she became amused. "Now...let's go get ourselves into some trouble."

"Peter, you up here?" 

Peter jumped as he became incredibly startled at the surprise entrance of Maeve, "Give a man a heart attack, Ghosty!"

"Hi, sorry to intrude," "Could you meet me at the front door? Bring your girlfriend, if you'd like."

Peter's cheeks tinted bright red at Meave's mention towards Hope, "What? She's not my-I mean-Psh…-" Shrugging his shoulders, Peter bashfully denied Maeve's assumption of his relationship status but before he could convince the woman otherwise, she vanished in thin air once more. Silence filled the dorm room between Hope and Peter, but only for a few seconds more before Peter's voice entered the space, "That was Ghos-I mean Maeve. She's funny, always cracking them jokes..." Peter stammered with a slight chuckle before pulling himself together. If Maeve was back, perhaps Wolverine was here too. "Change of plans," Peter announced to Hope, "Silver's gonna have to wait another New York minute. Wanna meet a human razor blade? He's cool, I promise," Peter shed with confidence as he held his hand out towards the door, gesturing their exit.

*** Peter and Hope exit to the Foyer ***

[Hollywood Heidi]

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A couple hours have passed.

Charles, Jean, Logan, Maeve, and Peter had finished plans for breaking Erik out of Trask Industries.

Maeve has left a van from the cleaning company at the arranged landing spot with uniforms inside, ready and waiting for the rest of the team who'll be arrival shortly.

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[Hollywood Heidi]

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Erik was successfully broken out of Trask Industries.

Friday has come to an end.

It is now Saturday, October 25, 1975, late morning.

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[The Jester Of Tortuga]

Hope was still adjusting to the past, the calm of most things was just errie. Nights were silent and still resulting in a mostly restless slumber, it was hard to shake a life time of experience telling you to keep a light sleep for those nights when a cultist manages to slip in or a sentinel starts blowing up the surrounding area. outside her window she could see mutants sitting around schools grounds completely carefree her expectations still telling her they are just waiting to get caught. Most of all she missed Nate, he had literally been next to her her entire life keeping her alive it was weird not being able to see or hear him. It felt like a piece of her was missing but he said this would be what was best for her so she had to believe it. The people that surrounded her, the X-Men, she had heard all the stories, knew all their feats and accomplishments but still their kindness and actions astounded her.

She looked at the clothes she got from Peter and her Mother, Quicksilver and Jean Grey, no matter how she thought of them it was all still weird. She sighed as she moved over to the clothes the strawberry scent in her hair still throwing her off. Going through the clothing stood confused, none of this was practical, none of it would serve any kind of protection in fight nor would it hold up as she moved through the rubble that used to be the world.

"Used to be the world... Used to be.. my world..."

She picked up a red top that would expose her midrift,

"What on earth would possess someone to expose such a weakpoint like that?" she couldnt help but question.

There were jeans which she knew offered some protection at least but most of these jeans had some weird flare at the bottom of them, a jump suit but she only knew about that because of a dusty record she found sporting the mutant Dazzler on the cover. The shirts were mostly simple so she figured she would settle for a simple shirt and jeans but near the bottom of the collection she found a dress, it was made from a thin material that was soft and silky, it felt nice. All her instincts told her it was a waste of time to wear, no protection, it would get ripped but something awakening in her didnt care. Holding up the dress up against her Hope moved in front of the mirror and she liked what she saw, she couldnt explain the how or why but the multi yellow dress that cut off halfway to her knees made her look like a completely different person. Putting on the dress along with some red tights and a black belt she also found in with the clothes Hope felt, good, in a way she never had before and couldnt wait for Peter to see how she looked now.

****Hope exits to the kitchen****