West English Breakfast

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:56 pm

Two young women were walking through the breakfast line. Only one of them had a tray though. The trayless one had wings and kept putting things on the tray of other. It seemed to be a sampling of everything and once they'd made it through the line, the winged one sat down at a table and the other set the tray in front of her. Then the other young woman just disappeared, leaving the winged one to her breakfast.

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by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:20 pm

"Neat trick," a nearby redhead says, her own tray already loaded.

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:29 pm

"It has its moments," she said with a smile, "Miranda." She stuck out her hand.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:32 pm

"Won't fool everyone, though. Only one mind."

She sets her tray down to shake Miranda's hand.

"I'm Sam."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:38 pm

"Feel free to take a seat." Miranda said as a copy of Sam moved to stand next to real Sam. "So you can tell she's not real?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:42 pm

"Aye, but not with my eyes," she says, taking a seat. Unseen but perhaps perceptible to Miranda, an astral raven descends, then pokes its beak at the construct momentarily.

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:48 pm

The construct sat down next to her, waving its hand at where the raven would conceptually be. "Oh, you've got the mind thing going on."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:54 pm

"Like I said, even if it looks real, there's only one mind controlling it."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:01 pm

"I guess I'm lucky I haven't needed to fool someone who can tell that." The image disappeared and Miranda focused on her food again for a moment. "So, Irish?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:10 pm

"What gave me away?" She asks with a smirk, taking a bite of her eggs.

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:15 pm

"Flamin' red hair, bit of an accent. Nothing big." She grinned.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:19 pm

"I suppose I should be less conspicuous, then." She says, her hair fading to mousy brown.

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:22 pm

"Now, I'm a little jealous," she said, reaching out to poke Sam's hair. "I've just got these things." Her wings rustled slightly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:25 pm

Her hair brightens back to its normal ginger as Miranda pokes it.

"Wings are good. Everyone on this bloody campus wishes they could fly."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:26 pm

"So do I, but not really had a chance to do it. Not a lot of good places to practice in Birmingham that won't end up splattering you on the street if you make a mistake."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:28 pm

"Pretty good here. Plenty of open ground, or there's the Danger Room if you want to play it safe."

"...which sounds strange to say it out loud."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:31 pm

"There are certainly words in that phrase that don't agree with each other. Maybe I'll get a chance while I'm here to learn how to use them. Mum has never tried to use hers to fly, maybe I can try mine."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:37 pm

"Ah, I guess there were no surprises when yours came in."

"Or were you a little greeting card baby?"

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:40 pm

"Greeting card baby. The other stuff didn't come along until later. Mum hated buying clothes for me. Thankfully the ladies she worked with were good at alterations."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:51 pm

"Well, they came out rather pretty at least."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:54 pm

"Thank you. Quite the price to pay for their looks though. Molting is bloody irritating."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:05 pm

"There's an awful lot of ways to be fabulous on this campus, but all of them are fussy in different ways."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:08 pm

"I'll settle for 'okay'. No need to look fabulous."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:34 pm

"There's other folks with wings on campus. Maybe pick up a few tips?"

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:38 pm

"No, you misunderstand. Fabulous is for when you *want* people to look at you. I'd just settle for looking a little less 'thrift store'."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:41 pm

"Well I don't mean to alarm you, but a nice pair of wings is always a bit attention-drawing."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:50 pm

"Oh, I'm aware. Mum used that to her advantage all the time."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:28 pm

"So you know, do what you like. Everyone else is."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:42 pm

"Doing what I like is not something I've ever had a problem with unless money or other people get in the way."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:22 pm

"Felt worth saying, aye? Not everyone's used to that."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:32 pm

"No, I appreciate it. We're all given a lot of garbage by all sorts of people for our appearance and abilities. Might as well own the 'you do you'."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:24 pm

"And it's cool, you know? Like some things still weird people out, but it's a lot less stressful."

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:30 pm

"It takes a lot to weird me out. I grew up around quite a few mutant exotic dancers."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:34 pm

"...oh. Exotic like... oh."

She reddens a bit.

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:37 pm

"That's one of the two most common reactions," she said with a laugh.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:44 pm

"Well, I mean... not that there's anything wrong with that!"

by **Miranda Haven** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:48 pm

"Ooo," Miranda said, mimicking marking something on the table. "Come on, one more and I win 'my mom was a stripper' bingo." Her sense indicated that she was just teasing.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:08 am

"It's just... you know, not what I was expecting."

"But I didn't get out much before I came here."

by **Miranda Haven** » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:16 am

"What *were* you expecting? Out of sheer curiosity."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:23 am

"To be honest, I'm not really sure what."

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