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[open log] Procrastination is such a wonderful thing

Characters: Rogue, YOU!
Setting: How about... the kitchen!
Content: Stuffs in which you should partake
Status: Open Sesame!
Notes: Bria's making an open log cuz she's bored. Clearly she must be either drinking or avoiding writing papers. Who knows? It might be both.

[Rogue's sitting in the kitchen with a steaming hot mug of tea and some random book that has absolutely nothing to do with class or her exams. Shhh, she's procrastinating! Don't tell anyone! But, y'know, feel free to bother her.]

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[Ali's popping into the kitchen to grab a beer. It's her night off, and she was supposed to be hanging out with her "old man" boyfriend, as Julian would put it, but he's nowhere to be found. So, she's drinking.]

Hey, have you seen the Maker?

[Rogue shakes her head.] Nope, sorry. Is he not in his batcave?

[Ali curses under her breath. She's not the clingy type of girlfriend, but she's starting to wonder if something's up.]

Dunno, it's locked up tight. We were supposed to hang out, but he's been MIA the last week or so. Won't even bore me with his latest projects.

[She takes a sip of her drink, hopping up on a stool next to Rogue, looking down into the depths of her beer bottle.]

I'm getting kinda worried...

[Rogue shrugs, taking a long drink of tea. She really has absolutely no idea.] He does government contracts and stuff, right? Maybe he's been working on one of those?

Well, yeah, but...he tells me about them! At least, that he's working on them, anyway. This is weird, he's usually all about--[Ali opens her mouth to continue, then catches a glance of Rogue, remembering who she's talking to...and that they aren't really friends. Ali doesn't really have any girlfriends, and no suitable guyfriends she can talk about this stuff with. It's kind of starting to drive her crazy, which is probably why she's bothering Rogue.] Whatever, it's boring. What're you studying?

Nothing, I'm avoiding studying actually. [She says the words somewhat careless, giving the older girl an appraising look. They really don't know each other but on the other hand... this is Julian's best friend and she has decent taste in music. Not to mention that Ali'd had her back in the DR the other day; something Rogue puts some stock in. She takes another sip of tea before speaking again.] Look, I can... I can listen if you need me to.

[Ali taps her fingernails on the glass of the bottle, her teeth tugging at her lip. She looks like she's completely ignored Rogue's offer, but really she's just thinking about it. She gives Rogue another once-over out of the corner of her eye. If it weren't for Julian, Ali probably would never have thought twice about Logan's favourite student. She can count on one hand the number of conversations they've had, most of them about music or where the aspirin is.

It's pretty sad Ali thinks, taking a sip of her beer, that the total stranger dating your best friend is the only person you have to talk to about this...you need to get out more.]

He's just never like this. He's always yapping about whatever tech he's working on, it's such a struggle for him to shut up about his top secret stuff. He said last week he had stuff to talk to Emma about, and he's been...I dunno, different since.

[If it makes Ali feel any better, Rogue's not exactly knee deep in friends either. And Kitty's really better at this sort of stuff than she is but she'll at least try.]

How MIA has he been? I mean, have you seen him at all?

Eh, here and there. We had coffee the other day at breakfast, he dropped off some new training sims, showed me some tweaks for 'em, you know, our usual. It's not--[She realizes that, suddenly, her beer is empty and goes for another one, offering on to Rogue while she's at the fridge. Beer is part of Ali's bonding rituals, or, well, alcohol in general is.] I don't think he's avoiding me or anything, I'm not like...one of those girls, right?

[Ali pauses, hiding a wary frown with her bottle as she takes a sip. Is Rogue one of those girls? Was that offensive? The last thing Ali needs it to have her best friends girl to turn out to be a crazy and start to disapprove of her or whatever.]

It's just, first Kevin, and now this...seems like everyone's gone a little off the reservation around here lately. [She sighs. She's babbling, drinking more might help.] Feels like something heavy's coming down, you know?

[Rogue hesitates for a microsecond before accepting the beer. She takes a drink of it as she listens to Ali talk.]

No, you're right. Things've been a bit off around here. [She frowns, starting to put a few things together in her head. Bobby'd said Emma had mentioned that there was fresh intel. Maybe it had had to do with... She shakes her head almost unnoticeable- she's just grasping at straws here.] Be nice if we actually knew what that something heavy was though.

It's Lois. [Ali says it without thinking and then catches herself, glancing at Rogue with a frown. She probably knows something about Ali's sister by now, just from the rumour mill, so Ali shrugs and continues:] It's gotta be my sister, this "New Brotherhood" bullshit she tried to rope Kev into. Whatever's coming, she's coming with it, and it's gonna be ugly.

The whole damn Brotherhood's going to be ugly.

[The words come out far more vehemently than she'd intended and it surprises her more than just a little and she takes a sip of beer to cover it.]

[They're both quiet, drinking for a little. It's...not the most awkward thing in the world, but it's pretty awkward.]

Have you, you know, dealt with them before?

[Rogue doesn't say anything for a minute, just drinking for of her beer. Finally, she grits her teeth, staring straight ahead as she replies.]

Yes.

Me too. [Ali looks at her hands.] I guess you were in more of the X-Men battle royal mode, not the solo get squished like a bug one.

More or less. [It's only kind of a lie. Sort of. But the actual truth leads to her issues and Rogue really doesn't like talking about them.]

[Ali's tap-tap-tapping on her bottle with her fingernails, some obscure rock solo Kevin was working on. She bites her lip, her voice low and quiet. Her next question is a bit of a shock to her, not sure why Rogue's the one she asks. Maybe it's because they're not friends, or because she's probably closer than anyone else to being in Ali's situation, or just because she's sitting there next to her when the question strikes.]

Does it make me a total fucking pussy if I'm...[She exhales deeply, involuntarily.] really scared?

No. Not at all. [Rogue doesn't even pause to think before she answers. That's one thing she can't even consider lying about. She downs a good portion of her beer. Even though no one's overly willing to talk specifics about the Brotherhood, there's no doubt in her mind that when the attack comes, it's going to be bad and there's definitely reason to be worried and even scared.]

[Ali doesn't talk, just nods. She doesn't believe Rogue, but that's okay. She wishes she could help this fear and anxiety that's slowly taking her over. Rogue barely seems affected at all, and this kind of bugs Ali. Just a little. She wishes she was keeping the same kinda cool.] Well, whatever. No point worryin' about the thunder till the rain comes.

[A glance over at the older girl makes Rogue want to wince. Ali didn't believe her, didn't believe the actual truth. She takes a deep breath before letting it out in a woosh of air, trying to figure out how to word this.] Look, Ali... I was serious before. A lot of us around here are scared of the Brotherhood and I'm not just sayin' that.

[Ali cracks her neck, trying to shove this big rubbery one back where it belongs, but she can't. She is scared. She's fucking terrified. It makes her so nervous being in the same room as John, now that his powers have been returned to him, and the mere thought of facing Longshot again...Plus, her sister. Ali can't shake the feeling, sometimes it even feels like a premonition, that one of these days her sister will show up, and maybe Ali's life won't be on the line, but someone else's could be. Someone Ali cares about. Someone she loves.]

I guess it just seems scarier this time, you know. With something to lose...

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