[open log] Procrastination is such a wonderful thing

[canstillkickass.livejournal.com]

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.]

Comments

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[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?

[canstillkickass.livejournal.com]

[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.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

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.

[canstillkickass.livejournal.com]

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.]

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[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?

[canstillkickass.livejournal.com]

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.]

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[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.

[canstillkickass.livejournal.com]

[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.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[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...