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Nokomis had danced away most of the evening with obsidian. They had talked laughed and plotted. Finally though she was tired. Excusing herself she and obsidian hatched their plan. As obsidian went back to another newly rented hotel room noko lauched walked out to the balcony standing by regina and reese.Not saying a word She stood on the rail and jumped off in mid air changing into a bird and flying twords where the brotherhood house was. As she approached she was suprised to see many many people outside the house. Peitro alive and well. " Suprising" She thought to herself as she landed on the nearest womans head, unkown to her being a mutant named Jean-Marie, before hopping off her head and landing beside peitro in full girl form. " Not another group of followers..."

" I know about the house peitro. How did you get it rebuilt..and looking nicer than before." She said a small look of confusion on her face. She looked at the nice new siding and couldnt help but muse." to bad they didnt put in a pool.."

SHe attempted to give him her best mock-glare but it failed miserably. Hugging him tightly she grinned." Yes Peitro is the good guy. John will hear about it trust me. " She said her smile fading." A necklace my grandfather gave me was in the house.." She said trying not to cry. That necklace ment alot to her. " Anyways im here to collect you. Obsidians not feeling well. Shes sick . Bad food or something. She wants you to come to the hotel."

Darkness filled the room, the only light coming from the multicolored glass of the chapel's small stained glass portrait above the large double doors. Dust filled Aaron's nose, and he heard a footstep nearby. "What do you want?" he asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice. Taking a step back, he hit a chair and nearly lost his balance. At that instant, he felt a rush of wind go past his face and a quick blade sliced his cheek. This caused Aaron to tumble back over the chair, thrown to the ground and scrambling to stand back up.

"You stumbled in on what you should not have, and now you must die," a cold voice answered from the darkness. At that point there was another swipe that grazed the archeologist's shoulder, ripping at some of the dirty clothing. The elbow followed through and smashed into his chest, sending him falling to the ground. "Now it is time to end this."

"Sir, you cannot sit here and read without purchasing the book. Please purchase the book or come back when you can. Sir, are you listening?" the irritating store owner persisted, pushing on TNL's nerves. Not showing any attention to the balding, stocky man, TNL turned the page and continued on. "Sir, would you please cooperate. Are you listening?" he growled in a not-very-scary voice. TNL yawned, and suddenly the man's voice went away, despite his mouth moving. After several moments and a couple pages, the man went away.

About five minutes later, a large, round man wearing an uncomfortable looking black uniform and a badge walked up to the table. "Hey kid, this man wants you to leave," he informed TNL, who paid no attention. "Kid, are you listen..." the officer began, but his voice was lost to TNL as well. After another moment and another page turn, the policeman put his hand on the teenager's shoulder. Reflexively, TNL shot out his arm and grabbed the officer's upper arm, grasped it for an instant then lowered it.

TNL closed the book and slid it away. He then slowly stood up and looked the pair in the eye. A minute passed and then the officer started talking, but TNL heard no noise. The young man then rose his hands and begin making odd symbols, and meanwhile turned the volume back on around him. "Oh, he's deaf," the cop realized, somewhat shamefully.

Then the shop keeper crunched up his face and rose his own hands, beginning to make other symbols, illegible to TNL. Oh hell, he can actually do sign language. Just my luck. TNL thought to himself. He lowered his hands into his pockets, and stood a moment as the store owner explained the situation in sign language. Subtly he slipped his pack over his shoulder, and then without giving any hints of his next action, he bolted to the door and was out in the busy mall quickly. He made his way into the heart of the busy crowd, and only really stopped when he reached the escalator. He looked back and couldn't find the cop or the store keeper following, and as he broke no laws TNL didn't figure they would. Well, I guess I should find a new book store now.

TNL went up the escalator and wondered around for a while, but didn’t find anything of interest. Eventually he shrugged and went left the mall, finding it dark outside. The streetlights were on, giving a good amount of illumination. Talking to himself, he walked along the street. “So I’m supposed to go to this institute.” He turned a corner and continued walking, “Why did my folks send me here, alone? It’s really not like them. God, I can’t believe it.” TNL stopped by a McDonalds and picked up a salad. “And who in the world would call these things salads?” He ate as he walked, slowly edging himself toward his given destination, the institute. Full, but the salad only half eaten, he gave the other half to a bum sitting on the street waving a cardboard sign around that had SPACeShIP BRoKe, NeeD PARtS scribbled on it in black marker. “Originality deserves a salad,” he muttered as he walked away, not bothering to watch as the homeless person tossed the untouched salad away and drink the last of his beer.

After a while of wondering, he found a construction site where the sidewalk had been dug up and several pipes and some wire cords were exposed to the elements. The area had been roped off to protect clumsy fools from falling in and therefore suing the city. TNL smiled, and then jumped over the ropes. He slid down into the pit and grabbed one of the large cords, wider then four fingers, which he knew as the power line. His violet eyes flared orange and then his body absorbed into the cord, vanishing from sight.

Inside the cord, he felt himself feel much more free and unconstrained, even though he was in truth much more of both. He found his direction and surged at the speed of lightning through the cords, eventually coming out of the ground and up above the roads. He traveled nearly instantly, and then came to an abrupt stop. End of the ride. TNL jumped out of the cord, becoming stable and in human form once again. He grabbed the large wooden post that held the power lines above the ground and then slid down it. He touched the ground a bit harder than he wanted and his legs buckled. After a moment he reoriented himself and was able to walk. With his pack over his shoulder, he made his way to the institute, now only about five minutes away. “I don’t really want to go to an institute. I feel like I’m being committed for insanity. Damn this ain’t right.”

TNL did, however, get to the institute, but instead of pressing the button on the intercom, he walked over to the side of the gate and pulled his laptop out of his bag. Leaning on the bag, he connected his cellphone to the laptop and entered the internet, and checked his e-mail. One new e-mail from Greg, but nothing from Erin. She was still upset with his unexpected leaving, as was he. But dating for four years and then suddenly being split up wasn’t something they had planned on. It was hard for them all to deal with.

OOC: I guess I won't be a loner for long, but I'm not sure if I wanna join the p***y x-men (jk). Well, I'm glad to be back, and look forward to roleplaying with everyone.

"By noon...." Jacen had been rude and was sort of reading over Phenix's shoulder. "I can do that." He didn't know if he could pull this off though. He had disappeared, yet reappeared. Was he legally dead? Could he pull this off with..... Then, something clicked. "Tell him to put it under my last name. White. I'll....just have to, I dunno...wing it or something."

"Thank you both. I owe you two." As he was walking out of the computer lab, he saw Phenix still staring at the computer. "Phenix. Not to sound rude or anything, but you look like hell. Get some rest. You deserve it." And he started down the hall towards his room. He could at least catch a quick nap before he could even attempt to go to the bank. Centuria Bank. He'd need to find it sometime before it'd close. He walked slowly, almost like a zombie, each footfall getting only slightly heavier with each passing step. After what seemed like an eternity, he was in his room miraculously.

He practically jumped into his bed, embracing the cool shadows that always allowed only so much light in. He looked over, recognizing where his things were. With one motion, he set his alarm to go off in a few hours. It was 8:34 now, three hours would give him sufficient time to get a bit of rest. With that, he sighed and closed his eyes.

She could see the hampster ticking away at the wheel that was peitros mind. She also figured that the second she mentioned obsidian and hotel in the same sentence that it stopped being his brain he was using and more like something else. " The blood flows reversed hasnt it peitro " She barely got those words out when he had grabbed her up. " GAH DOWN!" she said shifting into a small mouse and landing on teh ground with a squeak. Shifting she changed back into herself and smoothed her bustier out." Hold on speedy " She said glaring at him. " Its the holiday in across from the mall. Room 504 Ive got a psychopathic boyfriend to find. " She said and with that she handed pietro the keys to kokos room and with a swoop she had transformed into a bird. Flying as fast as she could over the city she looked for pyro. Finally spotting him a half an hour later she landed silently and transformed into a mouse. running up his pant leg and hiding she waited for him to get where he was going.

mrow, lucky to have gotten a post through at all with the way gaia has been acting. O.o