Leaving the Office

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:06 am

She nods. "Though giving someone a chance only goes so far if they refuse to help themselves."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:31 am

"What would you suggest?" Callie asks.

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:52 am

"I'm not sure. Giving them a cause is certainly a good idea, though finding the right one might not be quite as simple."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:51 pm

"Right now, they just want something that'll let them take their anger out on the world."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:55 pm

"There's probably better ways to do that. But then again they're teenagers."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:04 pm

"Teenagers with the ability to cause serious property damage," Callie points out.

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:07 pm

"Please tell me they don't have a scoreboard up."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:13 pm

"Nothing so overt, but I'm pretty sure they're keeping track," Callie says, "For bragging rights, you know."

Callie sighs, "Maybe Ms. McManus is right. Maybe I'm in over my head."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:19 pm

"Well without guidance they'd probably escalate at a much quicker pace at the very least."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:21 pm

"There's a disturbing thought."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:30 pm

"What about their parents?"

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:45 pm

"What about them?" Callie asks, "They're all either neglectful or abusive."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:07 pm

"Just wondering, I suppose."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:21 pm

"Anyway," Callie says, "That was my day. What have you been doing?"

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:24 pm

"Not much. Getting used to smaller classes and finding my way around the mansion."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:58 pm

"How's being at the big bad university? Is it everything you ever dreamed?"

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:02 pm

"It's fascinating."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:08 pm

"Fascinating?" Callie asks.

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:10 pm

"Yes. The building, this many mutants."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:14 pm

"Oh, you haven't been around many mutants before probably, right?"

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:37 pm

"I've been to Mutant Town a couple times, but it's different."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:42 pm

"Probably a bit wilder, I imagine."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:50 pm

"Poorer and more run-down, mostly."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:55 pm

"Well, there's a reason they're called the mutant ghettos," Callie says.

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:59 pm

"Not officially, but yes."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:25 pm

"But you're right," Callie says, "It's weird here. It's like the problems that mutants out in the world just don't exist here."

"It's nice, but it feels...fake. Isolated. I don't know."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:34 pm

"When you have the means you make the rules."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:43 pm

"I know," Callie says, "I just wish things were different sometimes."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:49 pm

"Well they don't change by themselves."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:51 pm

"I guess you're right."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:54 pm

"What's the biggest problem you have with those kids right now. Aside from how they act when left to their own devices."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:57 pm

"Organizing them towards some sort of goal, probably," Callie says, "I mean, they have vague things they want, but no drive to actually do any of the work to get them done."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:01 pm

"The ancient question of how to motivate teenagers. You'll probably have to promise them them the pie in the sky."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:04 pm

"So, a utopian mutant homeland and recognized status as a superior lifeform, gotcha," Callie says, only half joking.

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:10 pm

"Maybe a couple steps below that."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:13 pm

"Annex the food court?"

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:17 pm

"Somewhere in between the two." she chuckles. "Leading the Maldon chapter of the Brotherhood? Sounds reasonable enough and appeals to their urge to do whatever they want."

by **Kaliyah Shah** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:18 pm

"And then I just have to find them some extracurricular that isn't attacking humans," Callie says, "I gotcha."

by **Mallory Davis** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:23 pm

"See? Simple enough."

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