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Tobias wandered back upstairs in hopes of trying his luck at finding another drink; after he retrieved the last bottle of his beer from the kitchen, he found himself drawn towards the living room by the distinctive sound of the television. Leaning a massive, tattooed arm against the doorframe, Tobias couldn't keep a wry smile from his face as the host of the cooking show demonstrated 'high-heat cooking.' "Pfft. He calls that hot? Lightweight."


Meanwhile, at the X-Mansion, an interloper grinned to himself, the gleam of mischief in his wolflike yellow eyes. He concentrated for a moment and stepped over the fence as if it were nothing more than a molehill, then ducked behind the nearest bushes and waited, very slowly allowing the compressed space containing a portion of the fence to expand back to its normal state. The task at hand accomplished, the stranger quietly made his way up to the mansion's walls... and rang the front doorbell.

Anyone coming to answer the door would see something very strange indeed: a teenage boy, about 17, wearing a tartan kilt, biker boots, a t-shirt reading "Bite me," and a sombrero. Moss-green hair with dark blue streaks peeked out from beneath the hat, and a heavy spiked dog collar, complete with rabies tags, was buckled around his neck. Just to round out the look, he also wore fingerless biker gloves and spiked leather bracelets.

Aarin cracked a wide, rakehell grin as he hefted a large plastic tray covered with... "NACHOS! I BROUGHT NACHOS!" His distinct Australian accent only added to the cultural riot on the front doorstep.

Conner was quickly losing what little patience he had, Kevin was nowhere to be seen and the feds were beginning to take an interest in the shouting Briton. I'm going to have a serious talk with that kid when I find him. He skirted a group of federal looking nobodies and called Kevin's name once more.

He spied a sprawled pair of legs out of sight between some vehicles and stalked towards them. As soon as Conner knew that the body on the ground was Kevin all thoughts of chiding the boy were out the window, Conner knelt by Kevin and checked his pulse, it was okay the boy was just unconcious. Conner looked around and saw two of the X-man's creature-thingies lying around two, his brow knotted as he wondered if they even had a pulse to check. He decided against it and gently shook the mutant by his shoulder to wake him up, hoping that his unconsciousness wasn't caused by a concussion, or something worse still.

"Kevin?" he whispered sharply "Get up off your arse pal, we've got to scarper quick-like." he added.

"Eh, I'm prolly biased." Tobias took a long draught of his beer and left his place leaning against the wall in favor of a more comfortable armchair. "Why d'ya bother watchin' that, anyways?"

Aarin continued grinning at the presumed X-Man who opened the door. "Aarin Talbain, bringer of fine mexican cuisine, who else? Mind if I step in?" Despite his outward cheerfulness, Aarin remained somewhat wary; though he'd just come to mooch food and bug people, he knew the other side had some pretty impulsive people. As such, he was careful to keep his distance so she'd have to lunge if she wanted to attack him, in which case he planned on throwing down a warp and leaving ASAP. He wanted something to relieve boredom that did not involve the possiblity of severe bodily harm. At least, any that wasn't his fault alone.

When Kevin woke up he was strapped down to a table with the Doctor and the man who has been in his dreams looking over him. They seemed to be talking, but they were whispering. THe only thing he could make out was the Doctor said "What happens when we send him out. We can't give him the memeory injections and it'll be hard to monitor him." The man then said something but all Kevin heard was "..the mind [something Kevin didn't understand] will take carw..." The doctor then pointed to Kevin and put a needle into his arm. He then fell asleep again.

Kevin then woke up again. He sat up and looked at Conner. Then he said "What happened?"

Tabitha leaned up in the car and said to Victoria "Well now I'm not the only one who's alive. So what's going on? I guess we aren't going shopping anymore." Tabitha then went back into her seat and buckled her seat belt. She then looked up to the front waiting for a response.

Rogue glanced back at Tabby via the rear view mirror as she asked her question. Then turning her eyes back to the road, Rogue answered her. "I'll let Victoria tell you her end of the adventures, love, but as for me, I went up to the roof thinking you were following me. When I found you hadn't, I took on the trouble makers with a bit of help from one of our mates. I managed to touch Pyro and knock him out, so that's why I've got the accent. It should start fading soon, though, I didn't touch him long. So after Pyro was down, we went after the aero-kenetic, but those men in black showed up and ruined the fun, so we got out of there just to be safe."
Rogue looked over at Victoria. "Your turn."

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X-23 looked at Aarin, and debated if she should actually let him in or not. He was eyeing her warily, and that alone made her suspicious that he was where he didn't belong. She decided to keep him here at the door a moment longer. He might turn out to be amusing, and she liked having a bit of fun with people.
Giving him a sweet little innocent smile, she politely said, "I'm sorry, but do you have an appointment? I don't recall anyone saying anything about a nacho delivery boy." She waited to see what sort of response he would give her, and hoped for his sake that it was amusing.

"I guess that doesn’t need any piercings..." Dairus said slightly surprised. he didn't quite expect that but it did gross him out a little though. The Indian music snapped him out of thinking about that guy just as contortionists/acrobats flip in. It took a bit of time but the group of acrobat managed to do some kind of shape that Dairus could not see but found it cool none the less. “I wonder what they will do next” he asked very curious. "Damn it just when there no were to get a drink I’m thirsty"

" I think that's an elephant." Kidd clapped as the contortionists twirled off stage. The lights dimmed even further. "Oh sh! We'll go after this on ok?". Kidd leaned forward in her seat as she hear the drum beats start. Suddenly there was an explosion of light and confetti and a boy appeared on stage. He looked a little odd. Kidd couldn't quite put her finger on it, but the boy seemed to have animal like features, but only slight ones. That is, until he opened his eyes. They were bright Yellow, like those of a cat. He spread his arms and the crowd clapped. He dropped to large curtains of ribbons from his extended arms and twirled around and around all over the stage. It made it look like a twister, Kidd noticed a wind pick up, but assumed it was due to the curtains hanging from the boy. The boy suddenly stop and fell to the stage, a puff of smoke came up and a girl was standing in the boy's place. It must have been his twin, or sister. The animal like features were to similar to pass up.
"Oh, Darry, that's so neet!" Kidd whispers and nudged Darius