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“Oh, I’ve never been to the states, it sounds like you have had it rough. I hope this can be a haven for you.” Marie smiled politely before the Lucy craziness began. She jumped out of her chair in surprise and immediately checked under where her butt had been for “Lucy” whatever it was. She flung in head around a little panicky, though having no idea what the heck she was looking for. She blushed at her silliness when a cat strode in. “Oh,” she sighed, relieved that Mal’s distress had vanished as the cat and then his things appeared.

Marie looked to the cat as Mal placed his suitcase under the bed and sat back down.

“Lucy,” he said, motioning to the animal.

“Awwww… May I pet her?” Marie asked, smiling and admiring the kitty.

Mal laughed and held up his hands. "Don't ask me," he said, looking to Lucy. Lucy turned to look at him then blinked and seemed to roll her eyes. She turned her neck towards the wall as though opening an invitation to be petted. She seemed to give off an air as though she was saying, "All right, if you must," but the cat said nothing, as usual.
Mal had always had a special relationship with the cat. He seemed to understand her better than anyone. Maybe it was because he had rescued her, but maybe it was a latent power that he hadn't truly discovered. Laughing inwardly at the latter option, Mal disregarded it. There was no possible way he could be any freakier.
He was skinless from head to toe. The muscles were tougher close to the outside as though making up for the skinlessness and he had never gotten sick while in his vulnerable state. He could grow bones spontaneously from anywhere on his body and he could retract them. Add talking to cats to the top of that list and he would go insane.
But having the seeming ability to understand his pet was fairly useful. It provided him with a friend and it made him more understanding of her needs. She could get what she wanted faster. He could have a companion. The relationship worked both ways.
He smiled at Lucy as she allowed herself to be petted. Scratching her behind the ear, he looked to Marie.
"Go ahead," he told her.

Marie sat of the corner of the bed on the other side of the cat and massaged behind her ears. She usually had a thing there for animals. Because of many sore muscles and whatnot for being a dancer, she had knowing hands for massages, and gently rubbed Lucy awhile in special spots on each side of the cats head using only her thumb and middle finger. After awhile she stopped, in case the cat didn’t like it, not wanting to push it into annoyance and scratch her.

Sergey seemed a bit displeased with the cat, but he still seemed a bit flustered from earlier. She thought it best to leave then. “Well, I haven’t eaten all day, unlike you two, so I will be making my way to the cafeteria.” Marie got up, putting the chair away Sergey had pulled out earlier and went towards the door. “I shall see you two later.”

She disappeared and then popped back, “Oh! Should I bring something back for Lucy? Some milk or anything?”

Mal shrugged at the notion of food for Lucy.
"I think she's fine." Looking back to Sergey, Mal caught his death glare.
"Oh," he said. "Is she bothering you." At this, Lucy looked at Sergey and stared him right in the eye with an unamused look upon her face. "She doesn't have to stay in here," Mal continued. Lucy darted a look to Mal as though she understood what he was thinking, then returned to licking herself.

[not a problem that happens to me too.]

Candice looked at the list. "Yes I am Candice, it's a pleasure meeting you Matthew. Candice bowed than put her list away. "So now we just need Aki and Hulliame." She felt sick, why was she being so polite to a stranger? She decided to act like her regular self instead of being a push over, she didn't want to make a bad impression. "Than our whole team is together, I wonder how they group teams? is it by ability? name? race? or gender? or a combination?" Candice thought for a moment. "I know, what's your ability?"
she asked.

Tess had been watching Aya, even as he walked with Arkell, and he stopped walking when he saw what was happening to the stick. He backed up a bit, bumping slightly into Arkell when she stopped walking. "She... She made the stick rot." and then realization of what he was doing made him grunt and step forward. "Can you.. do that with anything?" he asked nervously. He was still kind of in between her and Arkell, with obviously no intent to change it.

Seeing Arkell's head still facing forward, Aya turned her hand downward to drop the stick. She paused as Arkell asked her another question. Looking up meekly, she opened her mouth to speak until Bane voiced her thoughts. She whipped her head in his direction, swallowing nervously. The branch broke in half and fell to the ground, breaking into several rotten pieces.
Hearing Bane's question, she took a deep breath and began to speak.
"O-Only to living things.Or things that have once been a-alive, like fallen l-leaves and branches....or dead lizards..."she stuttered out, lowering her voice and grimacing at the last part. She kept her eyes on the ground again, though it was starting to make her dizzy. She shook her head and blinked until finally just averting her stare upward at Arkell. Her head felt a little better as she did sp, though she could tell her equilibrium was still a bit off.

Candice smiled when he spoke of Aki. "I suppose you're right about that."
She listened to Matthew's ability. "Wow that's an interesting power, I would trade that for mine." Candice paused and blushed red with embarrassment. "My power isn't that special, you don't want to know it." She said nervously. "It's kind of embarrassing." She laughed.