Stormy Response In Opposition To The Passing Of Radiation

[Wanda Johansson]

Wanda sits on the balcony surrounding top of the lighthouse. She seems troubled and the sky seems troubled with her, a slate gray that threatens to dump snow on the campus. The weather isn't all that unusual, relative to the time of year, so she doesn't bother to try to send it on its way. The occasional cold wind whips around the top of the lighthouse and Wanda shivers.

((Open))

[Samantha McManus]

"...I thought I felt someone up here," Sam says as she reaches the top of the lighthouse stairs.

[Wanda Johansson]

Wanda makes some half-gesture, "Sorry. Didn't mean to disturb anyone." As Sam gets closer, she can feel something strange about her. Something that's just... off in a way she can't put her finger at the moment.

[Samantha McManus]

"Just curiosity more than anything. People in odd places, and all."

[Wanda Johansson]

"People don't normally come up here? That seems like an awful waste. The view up here is great. There's plenty of room if you want to sit. My name's Wanda by the way."

[Samantha McManus]

"Sam. I think I've seen you around. Hard to miss someone that tall, at least." She chuckles.

[Wanda Johansson]

"Some things can't be helped. It's not even a mutation thing... well, not an X-Gene thing at any rate."

[Samantha McManus]

"Why would being tall even be a problem?"

[Wanda Johansson]

"Hard to fade into a crowd at this height, even in Sweden."

[Samantha McManus]

"Fading into the crowd is overrated."

[Wanda Johansson]

"Says the shortish red-head from Ireland," Wanda complains.

[Samantha McManus]

"What, you think there's just an endless flock of gingers there?"

[Wanda Johansson]

"You going to shatter another of my illusions?"

[Samantha McManus]

"Seems like a fanciful place. You'll note I'm not dressed all in green," she smirks.

[Wanda Johansson]

"Well, you wouldn't. Green just doesn't look the same outside Ireland, right?" That's when Sam catches a whiff of something odd again, the whiff of something that should be dead and isn't.

[Samantha McManus]

"So you're just up here sightseeing?" Sam asks, giving her a bit of an odd look.

[Wanda Johansson]

"Well, that and watching the weather," she says, gesturing so that the clouds move counter to the way they've been moving. And hiding.

[Samantha McManus]

"...that's a little more than just watching."

[Wanda Johansson]

"Watching, manipulating," she shrugs, "Okay, so just mostly watching."

[Samantha McManus]

"So that's your thing, is it? Seems to be... frustrating you, a bit."

[Wanda Johansson]

"I've had better days with it, yes," she says, "This just got out of hand somehow."

[Samantha McManus]

"Did something happen, or just the wrong mood for it?"

[Wanda Johansson]

"Yes?" There's that sense again.

[Samantha McManus]

"...okay, that's far too ambiguous for me to let be."

[Wanda Johansson]

"I..." She sighs, "I blacked out last night. I don't usually drink that much, but I don't remember how I got back to the dorms."

[Samantha McManus]

"Are you okay? That sounds like something you ought to get checked out."

[Wanda Johansson]

"No, I'm fine physically. It's just... I don't drink like that. I feel like a fool. Went to the Raven's Crest to meet some friends, but they had some things come up, so I was by myself and I guess I got bored and started drinking."

[Samantha McManus]

"Did you see the owner? She's... a bit odd."

[Wanda Johansson]

"I spoke with her long enough to say hello. She seemed to be making the rounds of the club a couple of times, but I didn't see much of her."

[Samantha McManus]

"I think she's a mutant of some sort. She has a weird feel to her."

[Wanda Johansson]

"No disagreement there. She felt kind of weird to me too," Wanda says. It doesn't feel like the sensation is coming from Wanda herself. She should very much be alive. In fact, she's probably more alive than a normal being should be. But she'd come in contact with something that shouldn't be alive.

[Samantha McManus]

"Er... I was meaning like..." She taps her temple.

"You know, rather than just general goosebumps."

"Unless she... feels weird to weather powers?"

[Wanda Johansson]

"Oh, you're a telepath," she says. She seems to ignore the question about weather powers. "That must come in handy for reading people."

[Samantha McManus]

"Sometimes get a bit more than I bargained for, even if I'm not looking for it."

[Wanda Johansson]

"Yeah, I can see that. My girlfriend's a telepath."

[Samantha McManus]

"Oh really? There's not too many on campus."

[Wanda Johansson]

Wanda seems glad that the subject has moved away from her problems. "Yes. Her name's Miriam. You know her?"

[Samantha McManus]

"Oh! Ah... yes. Yes, I know Miriam. We... don't always get along."

[Wanda Johansson]

"Oh?" Wanda seems intrigued.

[Samantha McManus]

"I guess you could say we're sort of friends. I mean, I'd like for us to be friends, but... I don't know. Sometimes we just can't see eye to eye."