Shocking, isn't it?

Hey there! The name's Sebastien Mathieu Dubois, but you can call me Mattie. Just checking out the East coast for the first time after leaving home in the West. New York's no San Diego, but I'm hoping to enjoy myself either way! ... P.S. Your surfing here sucks (rp blog for legendary-x-men) Relationships My Lovely Face and My buddy Lux Powers The Past (backstory solos)

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Out For A Smoke And A Gander (Mathieu)

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With another new face approaching, Troy knelt down and much to the pup’s displeasure, he moved the dog out the way to put the cigarette out on the ground before he stood straight again, tucking it behind his ear, not yet ready to throw a fresh one away. “Nah,” he said when the stranger was closer and spoke, “he’s fine. Just a bit of a surprise to see a dog out here. Don’t recall anyone owning a pet here, so I’m guessing you’re new yeah?” Luxord. What a strange name for a dog. Still, he couldn’t help the raise of his brows when the dog start running circles again, shaking his head.

Annnd he might as well introduce himself too. “Name’s Troy,” he mumbled, holding out his hand, “you often walk around the place in trunks? Or is it a new fashion statement I’m missing out on?”

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Whew! Well that was a relief. So far they were getting pretty lucky with how okay people were with the pup running around. "Oh really? Huh... would've guessed with a house this big more people would've gotten animals or something. Weird." He shrugged away the idea. Just meant Less dogs for Lux to play with, but also less cats to make him chase after the dog when he hid away! That certainly wasn't something he missed about California, no sirree. "Heh, yeah again, sorry about that. Guess he caught your scent and had to investigate. He’s like a regular Holmes! …only as a dog. But yeah, I’m pretty new here. Only got here a bit ago, I think! Haven’t really been meeting people so much as wandering around and getting lost. I did meet a couple of people though! Two… Three? Two. Two people.” When the other changed expressions, Mattie's face scrunched in confusion. It only took a brief glance down to figure it all out. Yup, Lux was a hyperactive dog! Reason exactly why he never bothered trying to carry him anywhere. Wiggly little guy.

Mathieu almost jumped when the voice distracted him from his thoughts. He really had to work on his concentration. Bad. "Hi, I’m Mathieu! Fresh off the west coast and idiot extraordinaire, at your service!" With a wide grin, he shook the offered hand before looking down. Oh yeah! "Dude, yeah, it's like the biggest fashion thing since parachute pants. Only the hippest of the hip know about it. In fact, the only ones of them to know about it are the ones that are actually just really looking for the pool like seriously this place is a maze, do you have any idea where it might be?" He had started it as a joke, up until he realized just how true the words he spoke were. This place was absolutely massive and there was just no way he'd not get lost or end up in a ditch or hit in the head with a bowling ball (it'd happened before, don't question it) or just all kinds of turned around before the day's end. Any help would be awesome.

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Out For A Smoke And A Gander (Mathieu)

Troy leant against the wall of the mansion, off to the side away from the other students. The younger ones didn’t need to see him with his bad habit, and well, neither did anyone else. Pulling out his pack of cigarettes, he took one and put it between his lips, lighting up the ‘cancer stick’ and taking a deep drag. It wasn’t something he liked to do, but with the past few days of constant interaction and a mixture of feelings he couldn’t fight off, it’s all he had to relax himself somewhat.

Something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye, and with a raised brow he stood straighter, eyeing the little ball of speed running around the patch of grass in the grounds. Interested, he walked over, getting closer until he figured out it was a.. dog? “Ah, shit..” he mumbled, regretting his decision when the fluff came running to his feet, not one to get along with dogs well, “where’d you come from huh? Gonna be another pain I have to deal with?”

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It'd been a few days since Mattie last talked to anyone he knew. Taking this as a sign to get up and get his lazy butt outside, he was quick to remember a couple of suggestions offered. This place was supposed to have a pool, right? Sounded like a good place to start! Been too long since he was able to be in the water and a shower or bath just doesn't cut it! Okay... so now where were those swim trunks.

He rustled through the last of the unpacked boxes, slipping them on and grabbing a shirt. Lux would probably love the chance to really run on the grounds, too! ...Actually, that was probably the better idea since he had no idea where this pool would be. Less worrying about remembering to take him out! Good idea. Best idea. Nodding at his decision, Mathieu was quick to open his door and head down the hall. Luxord was even quicker to bolt out of it as soon as the crack was big enough for him. It took him a minute of blinking and sputtering to realize what just happened. "W- Wait, no Lux come back! Oh man, come on, buddy. C'mon, whydya have to do this to me. Luuuuuuuhx."

By the time he managed to figure out which way the puppy went, the dog had apparently already found someone else. Running up to them, he scratched the back of his neck. "Sorry about that, man. Luxord here likes to run off a lot. He didn't bother you, did he?" That'd be a good way to get the dog kicked out of the house... He still didn't even know the pet policy around here. With his luck, there wouldn't be any pets allowed. Way to go, Lux. It's a good thing you're adorable.

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Not-So-Stomping Grounds | Senna

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Both Senna’s face and eyes lit up at the mention of the little puppy, and her hands clapped together with a huge grin. “Can I meet him some time?” she asked, almost wiggling on the spot. “I don’t think you could scare anyone off, even if you tried,” she teased, “although.. Disney might be a good idea, I don’t think there’s anyone like Tink around here.” She giggled and shrugged lightly. “Uh, it means bright light! Or, if you spell it with one ‘n’ it means blessing, and Sen means one thousand so, one thousand blessing or bright lights or whatever you want,” she grinned.

"Mhm! My empathy’s been around for ages, ever since I was a little girl. But I think when my g-.. I think the rest just got triggered after something.. from what I can remember anyway." She nodded as he explained his own powers, another grin spreading on her face. "There’s a teacher here who can control all forms of the weather, lightning included. So maybe you should see if she’ll help you? Her name’s Ororo Munroe, you can’t miss her, she has white hair and bright blue eyes.. and she’s gorgeous. Seriously, can’t miss her at all.. should warn you though, she does come across very regal and can be a little bit intimidating, but she’s honestly the best and she helps me out a lot."

She sighed sadly and frowned a little. It wasn’t uncommon for human parents to be a little off or rejecting of their children suddenly having powers. “I’m sorry about that. I got lucky, my family was a bunch of mutants. My parents, my Gran, my brother. Grew up around all the weird stuff.. didn’t stay that way in school though..” She shuddered and brushed away the memories before she gestured down the hall. “You hungry or anything? I can show you where the kitchen is.” 

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Senna's excitement sparked up his own again. Mathieu grinned and nodded his head. Lux loved meeting people, and he just knew Senna'd get on with him great! "Yeah! I mean, I'd offer to have you meet him now, but he's kinda napping on my pillow right now. Little guy's gonna be out like a light for a few hours, still. It's why I'm out here looking around and running into walls and meeting beautiful ladies and having a great time! But really, he loves meeting new people almost as much as he loves water! Let me tell you, he loves water a whole awful lot. We’ve got that in common, actually. If neither of us are doing something we’re normally wherever the pool is!”" Wait a second- that could actually be a thing that people can do? People can be tinkerbell with their powers? Oh man that would be totally awesome! What if they had wings though? And fairy dust! Ooh, but that temper... That could be scary. Hopefully they'd be like the Tinkerbell movies and not Peter Pan. His momentary distraction was halted by Senna’s explanation. “I can certainly see why already! You seem to fit your name very well, Senna. Meanwhile I get the boring ‘Gift of God’ or the ever esteemed ‘From Sebaste’ which is apparently a place in the east that means like… ‘venerable’ or something equally stupidly eloquent. Really though, I think my first name sounds like a butler’s so I just tend to ditch it. My parents weren’t all that great with names, I don’t think.”

He listened in earnest as she explained. Did some people have powers that started as one thing and changed to another? How neat! That'd be... well, really it'd be really scary if it was happening to you, but it'd be awesome to watch! Mattie laughed off the suggestion, following Senna smoothly into the next conversation. “I’ve… never actually practiced though. How do you even practice with this? You just stare at something until you go ‘zap’ and it goes ‘boom’? That’d be really weird though… and boring. Really boring. How’d you even work with that? Seems pretty tedious and junk.” When his powers first came up he actually had tried to practice them a little bit -just to see if it was a fluke somehow or if there was some weird alien thing going on-… Really the only thing he got from all of that was a major headache. Oh! Found out if he didn’t eat what he was craving after he used his powers he’d pass out! …That wasn’t a fun discovery at all. Maybe this Ororo lady could help at least point him in the right direction?

"Nah, don't worry about it. Really it went a bunch better than I expected! Waited until after graduation to tell them and that way I figured I could always take a road trip if they got too nasty about it -Gramp's idea-. It was actually my best friend that hit the hardest. Literally." He trailed off in an awkward laugh, scratching at the back of his head. "So! Here I am!" At the mention of food, suddenly Mathieu’s stomach decided it wanted to tell him he was hungry in an almost gut-wrenching sudden onset of hunger. "You know your way into my heart already! Food’ll be awesome! …But if you have a kitchen that talks to you I’m going to be very very concerned Talking kitchens are not something I want to be in contact with. They judge you!” It had been a while since he last ate though…. Oop, there was his stomach piping up. “Yeah, sorry, last thing I ate was a pancake at an IHOP somewhere down the road. Only place that was chill with my buddy hanging around… even though I had to convince them he was a service dog. Oops?”

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Strange New Worlds | Leon

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"Fair enough," he chuckled, shrugging slightly, "as long as you take care of yourself and you stay out trouble, I don’t see the bad side of that." Besides, he couldn’t. As much as he could remember, Leon was constantly on the move when he could be, never staying in one place for more than two months at the most. When Mattie spoke again, he smirked with a small grin. Kid had quite the personality, didn’t he? Might as well humour him. "Alright, that sounds like a good plan to me. Blowing up toasters it is." His interest, however, was soon grabbed at the mention of a certain series that happened to be a favourite of his. "You’re in luck! Star Wars happens to be a thing of mine, though.. I have one important, serious question for you.." Leon’s face turned blank and expressionless, staring into Mattie’s big goofy blue eyes. "Are you Sith, or Jedi? Because I’m afraid if you say Sith.." he waved his hand, "this isn’t the school you’re looking for." 

At the questioning of his powers followed by more ramble, Leon wondered whether it be a good idea to mention them or not. The kid was new, clearly new to everything else too.. would it create any harm? And it’d make sure he wouldn’t touch him out of the blue either and cause any nasty accidents.. “No I don’t have anything like that. I can manipulate the sharpness in objects. Make them super sharp, make them dull, take away the sharpness completely, that sort of thing. Can even sharpen my own skin, which is why it’s best to keep in mind not to touch me unless I know you’re about to, saves the surprises, yeah? Can be a little difficult to manage,” he chuckled lightly, “but I can also manipulate the wind, though that.. that’s something I don’t have the hang of and rarely use.” That’ll do. Enough to maybe tame the kids interests. “What about you? Got any fun talents?” His mention of parents made Leon frown. Humans, obviously. Were they so against mutant powers then? “Your parents not fond of the gifted?”

"Yeah, haven’t been back there in a long time. Moved here when I was twelve with my sister. Been here ever since." Whilst Mattie went on about his story, Leon knelt down to the little fur ball still running circles, offering his hand, not wanting to intrude on his space just yet. "You’re a surfer?" he asked curiously, looking up from the yellow ball of fluff sniffing his hand, "always wanted to give that a shot, never got round to it."

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He punched the air when Leon agreed to his plans. ...Now it was just a worry of how mad people would be if they actually blew up the toaster. Or... well, if Mattie did. More likely he'd short circuit the thing beyond any possible repair. Just like the last twenty back home. Thank god they always got the cheap, generic white ones. The boy's attention shot towards the other again in a flash. "Dude, you serious? That's so cool! Oh, but I'm like... Anakin. Pre-Episode 3. More like... Clone Wars, so totally Jedi. Gotta admit though, those Sith have some pretty kick-ass powers!" Maybe he was more like Skywalker than he thought... Something to think about later, maybe! He already had the hair and eyes, so why not?

Gulp. He could do all that by… touch? Heh…heh…. oh boy. Suddenly he felt a little glad about the whole forgetting to hand shake thing. That could’ve been bad then, huh? The wind thing sounded really neat though, even if he couldn't use it too much! “I guess? The power thing’s still a little new for me since I haven’t done much more than say ‘Oh hey there! Now please go away’ and then try to shoo them off. It doesn’t work, but it makes me feel better.” Suddenly Mattie was starting to wonder what kind of other people and powers were hidden away here. It could be a sort of adventure to figure out! A new scavenger hunt with all different possibilities that never ended! Oh, and what if some powers had some sort of relation to the person’s personality? That could be interesting. It took him a minute to realize he'd lost himself in thought again. For the how many'th time already? Man, he'd have to work on his focus. People here weren't used to him doing that yet! "The... 'gifted'? Whadya mean by that?" Mathieu blinked at him for a while. Did he mean like... school gifted? Good with sports? Weird way to say it.

"Ooh, okay! Makes sense, then! You travel a lot or something?" He smiled and laughed at the show. Lux really did get along with everyone. Silly pup, but too young and adorable and spunky and lovable to not be able to pull it off. "Hell yeah I am, dude! Water's been my home more than any other place. If you're ever up for it I could totally teach you sometime. East coast's nothing like the west from what I've heard and the bit I've seen but really any excuse to head to the beach I'm up for!" It'd give him a reason to keep his skills sharp, too! A win-win for everyone.

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Not-So-Stomping Grounds | Senna

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"Luxord?" Her eyes narrowed with curiosity, wondering if he had another friend hidden away here somewhere. "Oh no I don’t mind! It’d be nice to have you around for a little while longer! It’s always good to have new people here. More friends for me," she giggled. Especially if his personality really did match the good she felt in him. She was already relaxing and fitting into the childish playfulness that beamed from him. Her cheeks filled with colour when he complimented her name, bobbing on her feet slightly with a grin. "Thanks! I like it, it has a nice meaning too. My Granny used to say it fit me very well."

The sheer look of horror on his face made Senna’s giggles increase, her tongue sticking out the corner of her mouth as he huffed into a childish stance and a new thought went off in his head. “I’m an empath, though I have a few other things up my sleeve on top of that.. can’t control them very well for the life of me though. They’re pretty cool too, just.. one’s a little dangerous for my liking right now and the other is helpful when it works properly.” Her hands waved around as she tried to explain without sounding too weird and confusing. “But yes, an empath mainly, but I have barrier generation, healing and telepathy. Bit much, huh?” Her head tilted to the side and she nodded, understanding completely, having both been around and heard the same sorts of things before. “That’s alright! There’s a lot of people here that can both relate and help with that, including me. It’s not a problem at all and it’s nothing to feel awkward about. I’ve personally had my empathy for years, and the others didn’t really start to trigger until.. a year or so ago?” She grinned as brightly as she could in hopes of reassuring his worries and concerns.

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"Luxord’s my dog! He’s a little golden retriever pup and he’s only like…….. three months old? Just a little thing and he certainly keeps me busy! Almost as busy as I keep him!" He chuckled. The two of them left to their own devices very often ended up exhausting each other. Their adventures were always fun, though! "Okay, awesome! Glad to see I haven't scared off anyone just yet! Er- at least not to throw me to the Lost Boys too soon. I'll take that as a win though, no problem! Might be cool to meet Tinkerbell sometime though.... Hmm...... Maybe someday I'll go back to Disney and do their meeting thing! Even if it's just supposed to be for little girls." Mattie laughed at the blush and nodded with her bobbing. It looked like she could maybe be a whole lot of fun once they were friends! "Ooooh. What's your name mean? If you remember it, you know. Wouldn't ask you to tell me what it was if you couldn't remember! Be really silly then, wouldn't it?"

Those sounded like some interesting powers! A little generic since all of the superhero superpower teams had at least one telepath but that was still cool! Plus there was all of that neat stuff that he only half knew what it meant. That means it had to be really awesome! “Only a year? Huh… I ended up finding out about mine when I was thirteen. Gave me a pretty big scare, especially since I was in a pool at the time! Good thing no one else was around. But uh…. I’m not too sure what I can do? All I know is when they happen they find electric things and they go… boom. It’s like electric… energy….stuff? Like lightning, almost. Haven’t really worked on it all too much because parents and stuff. They weren’t really too open-minded about a lot of things so me and my grandpa hid it all from them.” He’d maybe have to come up with a better explanation for his stupid powers, too. Probably be getting those kinds of questions a lot here! So much that was so different already…

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Not-So-Stomping Grounds | Senna

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With a gasp and a step forward to offer support if needed, Senna scanned over the new guy to check if he was okay before grinning. “Sorry! I thought maybe you’d hear me coming,” she laughed, “of course! But.. I don’t think you’re going to find him in the day time, right? He only makes his appearances at night? Maybe you should leave your bedroom window open to see if he’ll come!” Taking the offered hand in her own and giving it a small shake, Senna nodded at his introduction. “Nice to meet you! I’m Senna, Senna Adams and.. you can just call me whatever you want.”

"I dunno," she said, folding her arms across her chest as a hand poked her chin, narrowing her eyes down the corridor, "we are in a school full of mutants.. anything’s possible around here." She kept serious as long as she could before bursting into giggles, shaking her head. "Nah they end, I’ve yet to find a never ending corridor, although walking this place does feel like you’re on one regardless."

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Wide-eyed in excitement, Mattie laughed. “I guess I’ll have to pay more attention! I think I’m staying here for a while, after all. Luxord’ll probably be mad at me if I make us up and leave again so soon, anyway!” He grinned as she continued with the reference. It was always fun to meet people who indulged his overactive mind. “Yeah, I think the main problem is that the sun’s still up! Can’t find the stars if it’s so bright, you know. After that it’s keep going and going! ....but my goal's to not be a Lost Boy so think I might just do the thing opposite to that, if you don't mind. Just got here, and all!” Ooh, and she was personable, too! Awesome! “'Senna'? Dios mío, this place just has all sorts of interesting names. Yours sounds particularly beautiful, if I can say that. It’s great to meet you, too!”

A look of fear crept onto his face while she thought. Wait, so did this place actually have never-ending hallways? That was way too horror movie-y to be possible! No no no no no no way (pleasenopleasenopleaseno)! He was about to start wheezing when she finally told him it was a joke. "Not cool, chica. Not cool at all!" Mathieu huffed, crossing his arms like a child. The post lasted for all of two seconds before another thought crossed his mind. …This was a place filled with mutants though, right? So… “Um… weird question, but… What’re your powers? I’m trying to figure out what kind of powers there even are. I’m like totally and completely new to this whole world-thing of mutants and powers even though I’ve had mine for… seven, eight years? Kind of… hid everything for forever.” The words were followed by an awkward laugh. How many kids here had parents like his, though? For all he knew this could be like... utopia for people with powers!

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Not-So-Stomping Grounds | Senna

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With the end of an ice cream stick hanging out of her mouth, Senna made her way down the corridor humming a random tune, oblivious to everyone around her. Her trip out with her brother the day before had been an interesting one, and strange enough, nothing had really changed about him other than the secrets he was hiding away.

Tossing the stick she’d finally given up on into a trash can as she past it, she was pulled from her thoughts when she found herself walking behind someone.. someone new, as far as she could tell from both emotion and mutterings falling from his mouth. Grinning, she caught up his pace to walk beside him, making sure she caught his attention before she spoke. “You know, talking to yourself is one of the signs of being crazy,” she chuckled, obviously teasing, “annnd they do.. sometimes..” she winked.

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Too busy looking at the insanely high ceiling, Mathieu almost walked into a wall. The voice startled him enough that he lifted off the ground for a second, successfully throwing himself into the wood paneling. “Sorry! You scared me ther- wait..." Was he crazy? “Am I crazy? I…. don't think so? Should I be crazy?” He shook his head. “Nope, I am most certainly a-ok! Peachy! A little on the lost side, but until I reach Neverland and meet Peter Pan I should be good. Don’t need to be a Lost boy, right?” He grinned, offering a hand. “The name’s Sebastien Dubois, but I normally go by my second name. Mathieu, Mattie, ‘hey you with the dumb look on your face’… Just keep it consistent and I’ll answer to it! What’s your name, querida?”

"No way! Nuh-uh. This place is big but it can’t be that big!” It wasn’t possible! Just absolutely no way. It couldn’t be! "Halls have to end sometime. It's like... some universal rule of life or something." All things have to end. That's just how it was. Hallways didn't have magical exclusion of that... right?

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Not-So-Stomping Grounds | Senna

Once he had managed to settle in a bit, get all of his four boxes and one bag of clothes and stuffs he brought with him and generally relax, Mathieu figured it was just as good a time as any to search his new stomping grounds. Alright, so maybe no stomping on the upper floors (which was another place he should totally check out soon), but the idea was the same! New places! New experiences! …Potentially new places for him to stupidly trip down the stairs just like back home!

The only possible issue was Luxord… though the puppy apparently tired himself out when the two of them were running back and forth from the garage to their new room. Spacious thing, too. Filled with all old almost antique-looking things Mattie was half afraid to even touch. But right, the dog. The dog that was currently taking up the entire pillow and sleeping the minutes away. That could mean Mathieu had maybe…. an hour…ish? Two hours?

Using the opportunity to its fullest, he set out. Not sure where he was going exactly (maybe someone could help him find his way?) but he would be going. Going…. and going…. and then going some more. “Wow do these hallways even end? Golly.”

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Strange New Worlds | Leon

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Leon, unable to hide the grin towards the jump his sudden presence had caused, shook his head with a small bout of laughter. “That so, huh?” he said, rubbing his temples with a finger and thumb on one hand. Clearly this guy needed someone who knew something, not a lodger taking up residence until he had his own shit sorted out. “Well, the school can help you with.. things. Unfortunately the first person you’ve run across doesn’t actually work here or anything and is just winging it himself.” Luxord? His eyes glanced down at the puppy, giving it a small smile. Cute.

The kid rambled. A lot. The explanation of his name wasn’t necessary needed but, again, Leon always looked for information on people whether it be tiny and potentially useless like this or.. Louisiana? Interesting enough. Watching Mathieu bend to his companion, he again paid the pup a small bit of attention. He could of leant down to pat the ball of fur, but then, as usual, the worries about his powers got the better of him. Hands stuffed safely in his pockets, Leon nodded his own introduction. “I’ll make note to remember all that then! Names Leon, nice to meet you.”

A brow raised at the harmless comment, smirking when the small panic followed. He chuckled, shaking his head again. “You could say that. I’m originally from England. Still got a bit of the ol’ english accent in me.”

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It almost looked like the guy was having trouble with a thing... wonder what kind of thing it could be. Didn't look too fun with that grimace though. Huh. Not letting the thought worry him,, Mattie continued on. "It is indeed! No planning, no preparations and just throwing myself into anything that looks fun. Can't say it's the smartest idea, but I always have fun so why stop?" He perked up as the man spoke again. "Oooooh, really? That's cool! Means we can totally team up and learn junk together! We'll be best bros and hang out and probably accidentally blow up a toaster and then run off while someone chases after us because that's just my luck! Just one condition. I demand we watch Star Wars at least once." The boy was all grins and smiles, not at all bothered with the potential scenario he just explained. What was life without a bit of danger here and there? Especially with people with super powers. Just added to the excitement!

"Oh! Well then it’s awesome to meet you, Leon!" His smile widened. First person met in good old New York! Achievement unlocked; ‘Sociable’. "So do you have like… super hearing or something? I’m totally new with this whole powers thing so I’m just blanking out and in total darkness with this, just working off of guesses. What kinds of powers are there? There has to be some kind of like… guideline for this stuff, right? I don’t really know too much about me and my thing. Haven’t done too much with mine because parents, you know?”

Phew. Now that was a close one. Good to know he got the good fortune to meet up with one of the guys that didn't have a tendency to blow things up because someone let their mouth run away with them for the bajillinth time. "That's so cool! I've never met anyone from that far away before." Mathieu was almost bouncing with excitement. Meeting new people was always a favorite time of his, no matter the circumstance. "Well, I mean other than that guy I met from Australia or whatevs, the kangaroo people but like he was a surfer so it's totally different. We were like kin. But besides that I've only met a lot of people from Mexico. Maybe some from China and other Asias but mostly Mexico. Yeah... mostly Mexico." There were a lot of them in the southern states. Fun people, especially once they were starting up a party. Spoke really fast though.

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Strange New Worlds | Leon

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Leon lazed around in the first lounge, feet up on the coffee table with his hands behind his head, ignoring every student, teacher, person, that walked by or even tried to interact with him. Not only was he exhausted, but he was itching. Itching to be on the move and somewhere else, itching to escape for just that little bit. It’d been a while since he’d been so tied down and honestly, it wasn’t his style in the least.

The calling of a voice made him sigh, biting the inside of his cheek in attempts to distract himself and block it out. There was the option of turning up the TV, but then, that’d give away his position, wouldn’t it? Someone else could take care of it like they had him, someone who knew what they were doing.. but then.. he knew what he was doing now, somewhat, and he knew what it was like to be new to a place like this.

Groaning as his own conscience kicked his ass, Leon lifted himself from the couch and went over the door frame, leaning against it with a soft smile when he noticed boy and dog. “Whatcha need, kid?” 

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Mathieu all but jumped when there was suddenly a man in front of him. He hadn't heard him walk up, but maybe he was just freaking out about how amazingly awesome this whole place looked… if a little bit on the museum-y side. Arms waving this way and that as he spoke (a habit he picked up from his friends years back that they teased him for) in his normal animated way, he focused on keeping Luxord nearby and answering the question.

Her second question stopped the flurry of words quickly. "…You know, I'm actually not too sure? I just kind of came here because I was told you guys might be able to help with things? Been driving around for a few weeks and I just got here so I'm kind of just… winging it. No idea what I'm doing at all!" He smiled and laughed. Planning was never his strong suit, so why bother with it now? "Just kinda hoping I can sort my stuff out and then get little Luxord settled."

A thought suddenly hit him. "Oh! No wait okay, name. Introductions. Yeah okay that thing." What better time to start making friends than straight away, after all! "My name's kinda weird though but like, don't let that freak you out too much. If you do background check things on all the weird strangers that walk in here with dogs any official papers about me will have 'Sebastien Mathieu Dubois' on it. But… not like the usual spelling 'i-a-n'" He drew the letters in the air with a finger. "It's all weird and French because my parents are all from like… Louisiana or something so it’s 'i-e-n.' Usually just go by Mathieu though to make it easy." He bent down to pat the dog on his head, rubbing at the puppy's snout when he tried to lick his face. "And this is my buddy Luxord! I just call him Lux." The words were spilling out of his mouth faster than he was able to filter them (totally not because of nerves and being in a completely new place).

"...You sound funny. Not from around here?" He jumped back up, waving his hands in front of him frantically. "Not that I mean that in a bad way though! Sorry, sorry, mouth has no filter." Mattie scratched at his neck a bit. Man... what a way to meet someone. Way to go, Mathieu. Gold star. You are the best. It is you.

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Strange New Worlds | Open

This was something he probably should’ve thought through more. Suddenly after driving with a dog and a few boxes of things (and his surf board) from California to New York, it was at the gates of his destination that Mathieu started having doubts.

Maybe calling first would’ve been a better idea? Probably… yeah, that would be smart. Then again, ‘smart’ wasn’t normally something that people would call him. Impulsive? Now that was much more up his alley. Deciding to leave the car parked a little bit away from the… “Holy hell was that a mansion? Who canafford something like that? Wow! Man, I’d love to meet the guy that owns this place.” But anyway, Mathieu parked the car a bit away and hopped out; Luxord hopping –read: practically falling- out of the passenger seat as most puppies tend to do.

Walking up and waiting awkwardly at the gate while he was questioned by the voice (and probably scanned for organic and human status, just like in all the spy movies) he was finally allowed entrance. Tentatively poking his head into the first few rooms, he called out. “Hey, is anyone here? Newbie looking for some sort of guidance this way.” Looking down at the golden retriever, he added as an afterthought “…I hope you guys are chill with dogs.” Where would the head person’s office be… hmm….

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Sebastien Mathieu Dubois • 19 • Fulgurkinesis • Matt Lanter • Taken

↳Powers: Manipulates electric energy (which causes him constant headaches) and the intensity of electric energy i.e. short circuiting an entire mechanical electric field or just making little sparks. Using his power requires he eat lemons (how much depends on power usage) on threat of passing out.

↳Bio: 

For as long as Mathieu could remember, his parents had always been rather religious Catholics and so he was as well. His grandfather had always been open with Mathieu and so when his powers first came on by accident in a pool one morning, it was he who Mathieu contacted to find out what happened. His grandfather helped keep his mutant powers hidden from his friends and family. Considering the electric-based abilities and his grandfather’s hobby of tinkering with electronics, it became a perfect cover… until he came out to his friends and family after graduating high school. Gabriel was able to keep Mathieu’s parents in line, but eventually he ended up losing all of his closest friends due to a furious anti-mutant best friend.

Two years later, Mathieu was living with his new dog Luxord and tentatively tolerating parents, though he spent most of his time going between the community college he attended and the only true home he’d ever had; the ocean. Surfing was quickly becoming his only getaway and soon his grandfather convinced him to leave for Xavier’s school, tempting him with the chance to get better control of his adolescent powers as well as their price and a big secret his parents had been hiding from him. The attack didn’t effect him, since at the time Mathieu was still in California. His grandfather told him of the school opening once more and thought it would be his best option.

His positive traits include he has an outgoing, personable nature and is strong-willed when he has his sights set on something. Mathieu’s negative traits are that his parents instilled a wariness to mutants (especially those with physical mutations) and that he has a stubbornness that can get him in trouble

↳Allegiance: To be decided

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As It Begins || Solo

To most kids, seven in the morning on a Saturday was the best time to be sleeping in. To Mathieu, it was the best time to get a quick morning swim in before starting the day. Normally the gates to the community pool would be closed at this hour, especially to a thirteen year old. Luckily, he wasn’t exactly a normal kid. The security people knew him since the Dubois family had moved to the Houston community when he was five and by now knew well his habit of going for a swim at least every other day.

By now, most of the close-knit community had heard of what happened. It didn’t take long for people to notice the usually boisterous Louisianan boy sulking around and it took even less time for Mattie to explain the problem. His father had gotten a job offer. The issue was that the family had to move in a few weeks if he accepted it. He had begged and pleaded with his father to ask them to wait a few more months. “At least until school’s out, Dad! Please!” …but the money was too good, and they were set to leave in the middle of the school year. In the middle of his last year of middle school.

It wasn’t something like moving down the street or even to another city in Texas, either. No, they were moving from Houston to California. San Diego. Too far away for any of his friends. He’d have to meet a whole slew of new people a few months before school was out for the summer. Go to a high school he knew nothing about with a group of classmates who wouldn’t know he even existed until the first day of school. Mathieu loved meeting new people, but his friends meant everything to him. Why could he only have one and not both?

Diving underwater again, he tried to imagine he was leaving all his worries on the top of the water. So long as he was underwater, the problems and issues plaguing his life couldn’t get to him. It was just him and the blue pool for as far as he could see. As far as he could swim. Just endless and wonderful, comforting blue.

Unfortunately, all good things came to an end, as did his air supply. Slowly rising to the top, Mattie could feel himself being weighed down. All the stress and worry of a young teen started to hit him once more. It was all too much to think about. To have school on top of trying to meet all new people in a strange city in a strange state and make friends he could keep through high school? It was too much.

Worrying over everything for days hadn’t done anything but make the stress multiply tenfold each and every passing day. Swimming was slowly losing the status of safety net that it once had. Swimming laps like he was doing wasn’t calming him like it used to. What would he do when it was gone? With each stroke came a little more frustration. With each lap came another wave of anger at the situation he had no say in.

Soon, something in him seemed to snap together. A jolt of something that was always there, but was simply sleeping… undoubtedly a strange sensation. It was enough to instantly stop Mathieu’s attempted therapeutic swimming. “What the heck?” Once the words left his mouth, the worry built up in him again, adding to the stress already there. Was there something wrong with him?

The question seemed to almost echo in whatever had clicked in him and before he knew it, there was a line of yellow… something darting out from his fingers, shooting across the top of the water until it eventually hit the pool filter pump. As the yellow (energy thing? It looked like a spark of electricity like he saw when he worked with his grandpa when he came to visit) came into contact with the filter there was a crackling sound before a small boom came from the machine, smoke rising from it.

Frightened and startled, Mathieu leaped out from the pool, quickly grabbing the towel he brought with him and running from the strange sight. What in the world had that been? Did it come from him? But… how could it?

For now those questions could wait. Suddenly, he was craving lemons and if Mathieu Dubois didn’t get his lemon in the next five minutes, bad things were going to go down.

Mathieu stood in the middle of the hallway leading to the small kitchen in the community clubhouse. Shivering cold and barefoot, he stopped, looking around in confusion. “…But I’m allergic to lemons!"