Night 43: Sun Room

[oldestremnant]

[from here]Finally, the Sun Room. Unlike the hallways, this one actually had some light in it. Specifically, moonlight coming from the big window on the ceiling. It did help to have some light, but the big, dark room washed in moonlight didn't exactly make the place look too inviting

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[gothamsfuture]

[ From here. Hi Kabby! We can cure the boredom?]Terry recognized the signs of a struggle when he saw them, particularly around the bulletin. The whole patient population was going to be pretty upset, since it looked like their main method of communication had died pretty violently. Maybe the establishment could take a hint though, and install something a bit more modern instead. Terry couldn't exactly say he was fond of handwriting everything, after all

[fuzzy_diablo]

"Ha ha... right..." Superhero. Maybe not now, but where Mr. Rogers was from? It sounded like he was. Which meant he needed an appropriate alias, didn't he? And he liked Nightcrawler--it was accurate, and appropriately intimidating, he thought.

As they moved towards the Sun Room, Kurt walked next to Kitty, catching her eye and mouthing 'Schway?' What the heck did that mean? Oh well, Alex seemed nice enough to lead the way, so Kurt didn't have to play scout tonight. It was a little difficult to scout adequately when he couldn't go on all fours, too.

When they entered the Sun Room, Kurt had to whistle softly. "Looks like we missed quite a party..." The bulletin board especially seemed to have taken a rather large hit. He wondered what would happen to it come morning.

Kurt had been looking at the strange stuff that seemed to be strewn everywhere when Alex called attention to whatever wasn't 'good'. Whatever wasn't 'good', it was probably whatever had caused this mess--the fact that it was still in the room terrified him

[goesthruphases]

Superhero? If only, Kitty thought, resisting the urge to sigh. It'd definitely make things a lot easier if more people would think like that. That was probably asking way too much though.

When Kurt caught her eye, she could only give a confused shrug in response. The word 'schway' didn't really sound familiar to her either; his guess was as good as hers in terms of trying to decide what it was supposed to mean.

When they reached the Sun Room, Kitty glanced around the room slowly, breathing a quiet, "Whoa..." as she did so. What was with that weird stuff scattered around? Actually, she wasn't sure she wanted to know. Whatever had left this mess couldn't be good.

Unfortunately... the soft melody, followed up by both Alex and Kurt's comments proved that the something that had left the mess was still there. And it wasn't a something, but a someone.

Oh yeah, this was bad.

"Let's go, then. Move!" Kitty whispered, keeping her eyes on the costumed person. There probably wasn't a point in trying to keep quiet, but it never hurt to be

[gothamsfuture]

Unfortunately for the happy trio, moving wasn't exactly much of an option once spider boy landed in front of them. Terry had seen his share of costumes over the months, but a spider web, really? Whatever he thought of the guy's fashion sense though, it was more important to not get too held up by the guy--or too beat up, since apparently, that whole thing about brainwashed patients getting their powers back was true

[fuzzy_diablo]

"Wait!" Kurt cried, extending a hand towards Alex. "Hold on a second..."

The mutant recognized that voice. And the outfit... well, there was a great big spider emblazoned on the front, wasn't there? It was a little hard to see in the dim light, but the pattern was also web-like. Hadn't Peter said something about being 'Spiderman'? And the voice matched his theory.

"Man, don't scare us like that, Peter!" Kurt said with a laugh, ducking out from behind Kitty and Terry to approach his friend. "What are you doing out here by yourself? I thought you said you were going to stay in tonight?

"Kitty, this is the guy I told you about earlier," Kurt said, looking back towards her and gesturing to Peter. "The friend I made here!"

It didn't occur to him that he'd never seen said friend wearing what he was now. Or that it was odd that Peter hadn't greeted him by name. But Kurt, ever the prankster, didn't realize these things.

[goesthruphases]

Okay... So that definitely wasn't what she had expected once the costumed person dropped down. She hadn't really expected him to literally drop down like that either (seriously, how was he not hurt from that?), but that was a little beside the point. By all appearances he was being friendly, which probably made sense considering he was Kurt's friend

[gothamsfuture]

Slapping his palm against his forehead would have put Terry at a tactical disadvantage, so that was why he didn't do it despite really, really wanting to. It was the comment about lacking a mouthhole that made it tempting, because last time Terry checked? Masks came off. So while he might have gotten originality points, Terry was ready to deduct a few from this kids score, because really? He did not look that dumb

[fuzzy_diablo]

Kurt looked back at Kitty when she grabbed his shirt, a little confused. It was Peter. He was just messing around with them, wasn't he?

Wasn't he?

"I just... didn't mention it because I never saw him in it..." Kurt said defensively. "And I thought it might have been a brainwashed patient, but people... people sometimes wear different clothes here even when they aren't brainwashed," he said to Alex. But the pieces were already falling into place. The spider silk, the costume, the fact that Peter was blocking their path... all of it pointed to brainwashing. "And that's why I didn't recognize him. He doesn't wear it usually

[goesthruphases]

Oh, boy... When Kurt had mentioned brainwashed patients earlier that day, Kitty hadn't thought she'd end up running into one that very night. And she certainly had thought that it'd end up being someone that Kurt was friends with

[gothamsfuture]

Terry smirked when Peter complained about their lack of subtlety, and the insult about freaks. Having a bit of experience in the area, he was able to answer the question pretty quickly. Something of a no-brainer, really. "Not where I'm from they can't." Being Gotham's resident expert on the subject, Terry was pretty confident in his answer

[fuzzy_diablo]

Not Nightcrawler? Uh... yes he was. And Kurt was also pretty sure that he'd never met anyone else like him, so thinking all 'blue people' looked the same was kind of... impossible. But, like Alex said, 'Reality' had checked out of Chez Peter for the night. Which was probably why he was hurling furniture around... not that Kurt had flinched or anything when the couch had come down next to them in two pieces (How were they supposed to sit on that...?).

"I don't know..." Kurt said, turning around to face Kitty. "He might hurt someone if we leave him here. If I just, you know, stayed here and talked to him--pretended like I was a felon--" he rolled his eyes a little at that part. "--then I could distract him from attacking other people who might not be as willing to go back. Then you and Alex can head up to the closet, get something to fight with, meet me back down here and we'll go back to our rooms

[goesthruphases]

Peter admitted to meeting Nightcrawler before, but claimed Kurt wasn't him? Wow... Alex was right when he said Peter's sense of reality was gone. Nothing they said seemed to be getting through either, as was proved by the couch's sudden relocation.

Playing up a distraction might really be for the best. They probably wouldn't make it through without getting hurt themselves, as Alex already said, but that wasn't anything new. You didn't become a part of the X-Men if you were afraid of getting hurt. She hadn't counted on Kurt suggesting he stay there alone, but she still responded fairly quickly.

"No, absolutely not. There's no way I'm letting you stay here alone." Kitty shook her head. "Kurt, the guy thinks we belong in a prison and he just hurled a couch across the room. Do you really think he's going to be fine with just talking to you?" He seemed content with using intimidation tactics right now, but who was to say he wouldn't decide on outright attacking at some point? If she and Alex did leave, they wouldn't have any idea how