Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Up until recently maintained as a museum, the childhood home of the Braddock family has been pressed into service as classroom space for the University. Additionally, the increased demands have led to the main ballroom being converted into a cafeteria for University students on a meal plan. The old library has been bolstered with college textbooks.

Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:40 pm

"Bloody hell..." Shane said as he surveyed the damage to the grounds left by the fight with the aliens. He had rushed back from Newbury as soon as he heard about the attack but it was all over before he even left. He would've actually been useful but, no, he was off on some daft wild goose chase. Some potential X-Man he was.

"And what is that damn smell? It's like a rotting cabbage had sex with a dead pigeon on a hot day."

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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon May 01, 2017 2:49 pm

"Probably exploded alien," Wanda says casually, wandering over while looking at the sky.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Mon May 01, 2017 3:20 pm

He turned to her and asked, "So it really was bloody aliens? And I missed it? Well, shite."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon May 01, 2017 3:25 pm

"They somehow managed to blow up the Point and then somehow it unblew up," she says with a shake of her head, gesturing at the sky and causing an adjustment in the wind.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Mon May 01, 2017 7:17 pm

"Holy shit was anyone... wait... unblew up?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon May 01, 2017 7:22 pm

"You'll have to ask the science types on that. From what I understand, some of the X-Men were inside when it went, but they all seem fine now," she says, still frowning at the sky.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Mon May 01, 2017 7:42 pm

"You act like I'd understand the word salad explanation that they'd give me," he smirked before following her frown up to the sky.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon May 01, 2017 7:57 pm

It looked like perfectly respectable day for late fall/early winter in England. She gestures and a cloud moves to meld into a larger formation. "I believe the word 'time' is involved in the explanation and not in a 'takes time' kind of way."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Mon May 01, 2017 8:47 pm

"Well, I've seen Doctor Who so maybe I'd get it a little."

"Is that a concentration frown or is there a bad storm coming?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Mon May 01, 2017 9:40 pm

"It's a 'things are screwed up and I have to make a lot of little adjustments to fix it' frown. It's what happens when you summon a lightning storm this time of year."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 12:12 am

"So that's what that scorch mark is," he commented. "Looks like the terrakinetic was here too."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 4:07 am

"Yeah, she was going toe-to-toe with one of the aliens. Really all we could do was buy time."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 2:44 pm

"How bad did it get before the... un-explosion?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 3:26 pm

"The Point was completely gone and they were wiping the grounds with us. They were some sort of shapeshifters, but one of them was throwing around ice too," Wanda says, making another invisible adjustment.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 4:09 pm

"Bloody pod people rumors were why I wasn't here to help. There was... someone I needed to clear."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 4:14 pm

"Rumor is that one of them was hiding as Tereza, but I only heard a rumor. Figured it was best not to ask her."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 4:24 pm

"Probably best not to poke the werewolf," he agreed.

"Or UKIP for that matter," he mumbled to himself louder than he realized.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 6:14 pm

"Why would you poke at UKIP?" Wanda asks, reaching down to touch a patch of ground that had been cleared of snow.
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 7:04 pm

He winced. "Shite... you heard that?"

"My dad's... kind of a member..."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 7:05 pm

"My condolences," she says, "That must be rough."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 7:13 pm

"He's only gotten worse. Enough that I feared slash hoped he'd been snatched. Overhearing a weird conversation with Farage aside, no such luck."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 7:18 pm

"Sometimes people are just assholes," she says with a sigh. As her fingers contact the ground, she seems to relax slightly. "Just sorry it had to be your family."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 7:28 pm

"It is what it is," he said with unconvincing nonchalance. "Does the ground tell you things too?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Tue May 02, 2017 7:31 pm

"No," she says with a small amount of uncertainty. "It's... hard to explain. What does it tell you?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Tue May 02, 2017 8:38 pm

"No, I mean in addition to the sky. I don't speak plant just yet."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed May 03, 2017 2:32 pm

"It's... complicated. It started last year. You remember the old movies where someone puts their ear to the ground to hear horses coming?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Wed May 03, 2017 2:58 pm

"Yeah. I've always wondered if that actually works."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed May 03, 2017 3:15 pm

"Well, I don't know if that works, but sometimes when I do this I get... impressions. Like sick or well or things like that. It's... pretty unsettling."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Wed May 03, 2017 4:13 pm

"Sounds like it would be. What weather does sick mean? Bad or... unnatural?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed May 03, 2017 4:15 pm

"Unnatural weather is pretty rare," she says, "But I'm not always sure it's the weather I'm feeling."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Wed May 03, 2017 7:24 pm

"But isn't that your mutation? Weather control?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed May 03, 2017 8:01 pm

"Yes," she says, standing back up. "It's difficult to explain. Have you ever been somewhere that just feels wrong?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Wed May 03, 2017 8:35 pm

"Yeah. It's called home," he said wryly.

"I know what you mean though."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Wed May 03, 2017 10:54 pm

"Went to a place on the continent that was so wrong it actually made me ill. Some places have made me queasy, usually if I happen to be walking barefoot."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Thu May 04, 2017 12:08 am

"Was the land blighted or something? Or was it more like... I'm not sure how to put it... being overloaded maybe?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu May 04, 2017 12:12 am

"It was almost like everything there was dead. Not even the wind would touch the place."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Thu May 04, 2017 12:19 am

"Like an old abandoned house or... you sure it wasn't a graveyard?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu May 04, 2017 12:25 am

"No. It was this valley in the hills in the Balkans. It didn't *look* dead, but it... was. It's hard to say what that feeling feels like."
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Shane Marsh » Thu May 04, 2017 12:33 am

"Existential dread? Like a Lovecraft character?"
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Re: Have You Ever Heard Grass Scream?

Postby Wanda Johansson » Thu May 04, 2017 1:01 am

"I don't know that I'd go that far," she says, "but along those lines maybe."
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