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So...

Sugar Marie whatever her name is now days wants me dead, Pryde finds me crude and disrespectful and Xavier is convincing himself he’s heartbroken.

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Sounds about right...

Anyone else you might be purposely leaving out?

#chat: jean #-rolls his laser shooting eyes-#drama queen jean

zachochoa

“Not everyone’s powers are the same, man. Plus, I’ve got… What? Ten, fifteen, twenty years on her? I dunno, but shit that’s making me feel old.” The man grimaced, that not being a thought he wanted to linger on. “Jean? Ah, everyone gets in these stupid things. I bet she’ll be back before a month’s out.”

It wasn’t a lie, more an omission of the truth. Zach was good. This was the best he had felt since the nightmare with SHIELD had started - of course, the boost Amelia had given him hadn’t hurt. “I never needed a safe haven. I’ve lived half my life with a damned target on my back and I’d have been happy to carry on like that. I was always happier when I was around mutants though. Think that’s the trick.” Another piece for his defense that wasn’t quite a lie. Happier now he’d managed to get Scott to crack a smile, he clapped a hand to the kid’s shoulder instead. “So why don’t you show me what you do for fun around here?”

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“Yeah, you are pretty old.” he smirks, chuckling away the worry. “I don’t know. When Jean sets her mind on something, she hardly strays. Plus, the fact she got into a fight before she left is going to make it harder to convince her.”

“C’mon, old timer, I’ll show you how we kids have a good time around here.” he teased, leading the way.

#chara: zach

zachochoa

“You’ve seen me phase, what? Once? Twice?” Laughing it off, Zach wasn’t about to reveal the real secret behind the story. Not to Scott. There were plenty of people in this place that might be intrigued by the idea of a power boost, but Zach was positive this one would run straight to the damned professor with it. “Right, team building. Sure. Fine. We can do that. Oh, was that the red head one that was getting into fights online?” He hadn’t the girl, but maybe it was about time he tried.

“You’re still wearing the face, kid. C’mon! I’m fine. I’m just– You never saw me good before. I’m good. That’s it, I promise.” Pinching Scott’s cheek, Zach flashed the younger mutant a grin. “Not everything’s terrible, Scott. Lighten up.”

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“Yeah, but I’ve seen Kitty phase more than that--” he sighed, dropping the subject not willing to fight over it. “That’s her. Jean.” he nodded.

He looked at Zach in silent judgement, trying to see through the lie, but couldn’t and decided to let the darker moment pass with the pinching of his cheek. Playfully Scott slapped the older man’s hand away. “Cut it out!” he laughed, lightening up at his friend’s request. “Good. I’m glad you’re doing better. Told you this place was a safe haven.” reflecting a grin back.

#chara: zach

zachochoa

“Uh huh. You’re…the coolest kid in the school.” Zach kept a straight face as he spoke, but just had to give a roll of his eyes. “Eh, I was drunk. That won’t shock him. Just took a little bit of the wall with me, it’s fine. Are you serious? Make a day out of fixing a broken wall? Is this supposed to be some weird team building thing?” He might have been sticking with the X-Gang for now, but the mutant had little interest in suiting up and joining their team. “I did phase through it. Just messed up what I phased through. It’s fine! Quit with the look! Don’t you normally take your powers seriously rather than use them to take pictures?“

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“Never heard of that happening.” Scott gave a dismissive hand, “Something like that. Team building’s important. A girl just left cause she felt nobody liked her and she didn’t like the way things were being run around here. It’s good to have a reminder we’ve got each other’s backs. Plus, with all of us helping, job’ll get done twice as fast.” Scott’s face grew concerned. Zach was starting to sound like Remy whenever the younger mutant brought up things like the Cure and Kick. ‘Back off’,’Ain’t yer business’,’Don’t you got some place t’be?’

He always liked Zach. But now it seems the two were at ends all of a sudden.

“I’m learning to relax... Not gonna be a kid for much longer.” he mumbled, expression shifting to his usual serious self.

#chara: zach

zachochoa

“Does this make you one of those hipsters? The obnoxious photo effects? Probably not, you don’t dress like a moron.” Giving a shrug, Zach glanced over the younger man’s shoulder as he frowned. “Oh, that. Kinda. It was totally an accident. I’ll pay to fix it, Charles won’t be that pissed, surely? I bet you guys destroy his shit all the time.”

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“You tell me. I’m pretty hip, so maybe.” he joked with a smile. Squinting behind his ruby tinted glasses, Scott shook his head. “What? Yeah, no. The Professor shouldn’t be too made. Maybe shocked? I’ll help. We can gather some of the others to help out. Make a day of it.” Gnawing at his lip while the question sat in the waiting room that was his mind. “Don’t you normally phase through the wall?”

#chara: zach

zachochoa

“…I’m not that old, dumbass. What the hell are you even doing? Fucking about with powers?”

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“I wanted to see if my lens flare could create a cool effect. Spoiler alert: it does!” Scrolling down his phone’s newsfeed, Scott’s brow furrows. “You went through a wall?”

#chara: zach