xmutanthigh | [open log] Packing, planning, general running around!

Characters: Everyone! Even if you plan for your characters not to go on this trip, they can be doing other things here or talking about what they plan to do while the others are away.
Setting: The mansion.
Content: An open, free-for-all thread for all characters to talk about planning for their upcoming getaway to London (Jono's trip, which everyone else has appropriated for the whole school)
Status: Open and incomplete. Really, just talk about anything!

Jono was in the kitchen of the X-mansion, stocking up on snack foods for the plane ride, but it seemed to surprise Josh how little he was packing. "I'm going to pack for the plane," Jono explained, "and then buy food there. You didn't expect me to bring food to my hometown, did you? I have to eat what I can get over there!"

Meanwhile, some members of the staff were surveying the damage done to the west wing of the mansion during their recent attack by Kimura. "Oh well," Logan shrugged it off. "We'll bill it to the school, and anyway, most of the kids will be gone for the trip. Saves a lot of hassle not having people around for the construction."

Fortunately for the students, most of their living quarters hadn't been damaged, so they were able to pack their still-intact clothes and other necessities. As the days grew nearer to the trip, anticipation and excitement levels were rising.

"What's the deal with you and Gayle, now?" Josh asked Jono, as the two of the paused for a cookie break.

"Dunno," Jono answered with a shrug. "I mean... we'll see." He stuffed more cookies into his mouth and then said for an abrupt change in topic, "I wonder what everyone else is up to."

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OOC: LMAO. Seriously. I know less about American football than I do about Australian football. XD And all I know about fantasy football, I learned off that episode of HIMYM where Marshall becomes the office Football Guy!

Bobby chuckled, a little bemused at Josh's enthusiasm. "Maybe sometimes. Football's not really my thing."

He paused for a moment, weighing up whether or not it was worth saying the next thing that had come to mind.

"Hey, the... mission last week. I..." He hesitated, noting how Josh's expression immediately sobered and became something almost apprehensive. "You made a tough call," Bobby said finally. "And... if I'm honest, if I'd been in your position... I probably wouldn't have made the same one. But I get why you did it. And I don't blame you."

Josh's gaze fell, and he was starting to feel terrible again. He repeated the same lines he said to Julian earlier. "I just... felt like it was what we had to do to protect the team. And protect Laura." He knew mention of her name would effect Bobby, and hoped it wasn't the wrong thing to say.

OOC: OOOH has Josh picked up on the super weird relationship dynamic that is B/L?? ;) Also, POOR JOSHIIIIIIIE. *Snuggles him*

Bobby nodded. "I know," he said with a small sigh. "Laura told me once that Kimura would never stop hunting her down. I'd been turning it over and over in my head, thinking there must have been another way. But maybe there wasn't."

He shoved one hand in his pocket, the other reaching up to tug at the back of his neck. "I just want you to know that I don't blame you," he said again. "And I hope you're... okay."

"Well... thanks, I guess," Josh said. "I'm okay. Believe me, I've been asking myself over and over if it was the right thing to do, too. I just couldn't think of any other way. We lock her up... she'd just find some way to get out and hurt us again. She has a seriously sick grudge with Laura, Bobby. Laura could've died because of her. And any of us, too, for protecting her." Josh sighed, and then continued, "It's the thing I keep trying to tell myself. Doesn't make it much easier, though. I just hope... nobody hates me for it."

"It probably won't get easier too soon," Bobby said frankly. "Feeling guilty... that sticks." His face took on a troubled expression as he spoke, but he smoothed it away with a small smile. "But it'll be okay. You'll deal with it and you'll be stronger for it. And I can't speak for everyone, but for what it's worth, I don't hate you for doing what you did."

"I appreciate it," Josh said firmly, and then his expression lightened. "Hey, and, well, even if you're not too into it, a lot of the other guys are in my football pool, and nobody takes it too seriously. Jono just makes his picks based on which team he thinks has prettier helmets, so that's the kind of competition you'd be up against! Or, well, you could just hang with us while we watch."

Josh hoped things were going to be okay with Bobby, and extended his friendship in the form of watching sports together.

Bobby shrugged. "What the hell," he said with a smile. "Could be fun. More fun than packing, anyway!"

[open log] Packing, planning, general running around!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!

Re: Someone come and either un-emoify Bobby, or help him angst it out!