As When This Heart of This Flower Imagines ((Open))

The Estate's meticulously kept gardens, including a hedgemaze that students have occasionally described as "sadistic" and a sizeable rose garden. Benches in shaded spots are plentiful, and the gardens are popular to study in on pleasant days.

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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:35 pm

"Worse than that," Callie says, "Think meaner. More sociopathic."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:00 pm

"A Right-Wing Republican congressman?"
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:27 pm

"Okay, maybe a little better than that."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:40 pm

"I'm just glad she's kinda sorta on our side. She's a little scary."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:42 pm

Callie laughs, "Oh, don't fall for her spooky, tough girl act. She's really just kind of pathetic."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:47 pm

"Well she does know magic."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:54 pm

"Right. I'm sure she's a great and powerful witch," Callie says, rolling her eyes, "She's the type of girl that lives alone and cries herself to sleep every night. She pushes everyone away, ruins every relationship she can, and then hates herself for it."

"But I'm sure she's comforted by all the 'magic' she knows."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:05 pm

"Certainly sounds like you know her well."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:07 pm

"Hating someone isn't that different from loving them," Callie says, "Both feelings have a sort of purity. When you really, truly hate someone? You understand them."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:12 pm

"I'll have to take your word on that. I've never been lucky enough to fall in loathe."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:17 pm

Callie smiles, "Yeah, well....anyway."

"Tell me about yourself," Callie says, "What's your plan? Why you going to school here?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:23 pm

"I want to run my own restaurant. And sometimes fight crime."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:25 pm

"An interesting career choice," Callie says.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:59 am

"Well one doesn't really stop being an X-Man. Too much unfinished business."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:25 pm

"What sort of unfinished business?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:56 pm

"For me? A missing friend," he said in such a way that implied that this was perhaps more than a friend.
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:02 pm

"Friend or lover?" Callie asks.
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:04 pm

"Ex-girlfriend."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:11 pm

"What happened to her?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:25 pm

"She decided she wasn't worthy to be herself anymore. Or the Phoenix did. It's... hard to know for sure where the separation is."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:26 pm

"That's...kind of cryptic."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:52 pm

"Everything to do with the Phoenix Force is cryptic. It's really annoying."
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:56 pm

"That's not, like, some sort of TV show or something, is it?"
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:41 pm

"Right... mutant jail..." he said before going into an explanation of what the Phoenix is.
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:45 pm

"More like intense mutant psychiatric care," Callie says, "But, yeah."

Callie listens patiently as Kevin explains.

"Jesus," Callie says, "Sounds like a rough time. I'm sorry."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:55 pm

"Worse for her I'd imagine," he answered. He still regretted not bringing her back.
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Postby Kaliyah Shah » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:56 pm

"You know what you need? Alcohol," Callie says, standing up, "C'mon. Let's go get a beer. You can tell me about the kind of restaurant you want to open."
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Postby Kevin Gravis » Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:06 pm

"Sounds like a plan," he grinned slightly.
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