I13: The Old Days were Easier

by **Roland Sackville** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:41 pm

Roland stormed through the manor, shrugging his way though the number of students who WEREN'T at this moment kidnapped.

Occasionally he paused, and then kicked a nearby ottoman, cursing in languages none of the students (probably) knew.

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by **Mahua Clarke** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:00 pm

Mahua had agreed to act as den mother in the manor for the time being. "Abusing ottomans is therapeutic?" She asked, approaching Roland from behind.

by **Roland Sackville** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:34 pm

"I've found it to be so, in the past."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:50 pm

"Are we talking about the furniture or the now-departed empire?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:22 pm

"Depends. Got any of the latter around?"

by **Mahua Clarke** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:46 pm

"I'm afraid not. Any news from the search?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:05 pm

"Only that our so-called X-Men could use a refresher course in getting things done," he grumbled.

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:05 pm

Mahua blinked, "What do you mean?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:13 pm

"They still haven't found anything. They are still poking around in an old building, rather than riding out!"

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 4:14 pm

"Riding out? As in to dispatch some vigilante justice on whatever crosses their path?" Mahua crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

by **Roland Sackville** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:48 pm

"How hard can it possibly be to track these people. Someone must have seen it, there is likely a battle going on--instead, they waste time dusting cobwebs and debating motive."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 6:56 pm

"So you don't believe that understanding why someone does something can tell you more about what they might do in the future?" Mahua was somewhat obviously trying to distract him.

by **Roland Sackville** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:16 pm

"This is no time for philosophy. Hal....the children are in danger, and it is our job to slay the villains responsible. Nothing complicated.'

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:32 pm

"This is applied philosophy, Professor. They're trying to narrow their search area. They could waste a lot of effort charging around blindly. I'm as worried about the kids as you are, but let them do what they do best. Just because it doesn't look like much doesn't mean they're doing nothing."

by **Roland Sackville** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:54 pm

"You have machines here that can do simply impossible things--it shouldn't take longer now than it did in the past.

If someone was missing, you'd ride out. There would be trails, witnesses, motives. People would declare their intentions up front...

This is just...horrible."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:59 pm

"I agree on that last point. No one should be doing this sort of thing period."

by **Roland Sackville** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:28 pm

"I just...

This is partially my fault, you realize? The last time I saw Hal...some of the students, they stormed off. I was chaperoning, and now look."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:35 pm

"Don't blame yourself for the actions of evil people. That sort of thing never ends well."

by **Roland Sackville** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:51 pm

"I don't need a lecture," he snapped.

He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. That was...rude."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:40 am

"Under the circumstances, I think it's understandable," she said, nodding. "My apologies for lecturing. It tends to be my default setting these days apparently."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:59 pm

"It's...it's alright. It's expected of a professor, I suppose.

I just couldn't live with myself if I let anything happen to her again."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:07 pm

"She's in good hands," Mahua said, "Even in my country, the X-Men are legendary. Come, let's get you something to drink. I made some coffee."

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:13 pm

"Coffee might be good," Roland nodded.

by **Mahua Clarke** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:44 pm

Mahua led the way to the cafeteria where it looked like she'd swiped the smaller coffee maker from the teachers' lounge rather than try to figure out how to work the big ones in the cafeteria. She poured Roland a cup, handing it to him. "Funny how the high schoolers get to you when you never expected they would, right?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:00 pm

"Precisely. This is a side-effect of that whole 'opening up' thing they told me to do."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:49 pm

"Which one of the students is it?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:36 pm

"Haley Crusek. The telekenesista."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:24 pm

"Little blond, always on her phone?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:34 pm

"She isn't...always on her phone."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:42 pm

Mahua smiled, "Yes, I would assume she sleeps at times." She paused and then said, "I'm sure she'll be fine."

by **Roland Sackville** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 2:41 pm

"I won't let it happen again. I just need to figure out where to go."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:12 pm

"I'm not positive there's anything to do about it right now, not until they find out more."

by **Roland Sackville** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:13 pm

"It shouldn't take this long. Perhaps it's a conspiracy."

by **Mahua Clarke** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:57 pm

"Conspiracy? By who?"

by **Roland Sackville** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:07 pm

"I don't know by who, but there has to be some explanation for why this is taking so long.

...So I'm grasping at straws. So what."

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