The Present:

Sitting in a bar, staring into his drink. The same one he'd ordered hours ago, bought and paid for out of his own pocket and everything. Anything particularly valuable to him was left behind in his room, letters and stones, seashells and crowns and a dozen little mementos of his high school days. He wouldn't be needing them tonight.

( Xavier's School, Monday... )

Jonothon Evan Starsmore, the formerly handsome starving artist descendant of the late Jack Starsmore, heir of nothing in particular, attempting for all he was worth to fly under the radar of Clan Akkaba, and wielder of mysterious powers which he resented deeply and constantly battled to suppress, woke up this morning ( Read more... )

Satisfied that everyone had survived their little escapade into the frozen wilds to rescue Bobby and battle trolls, Jono had given in to his fatigue and collapsed face-first on his bed, his bandages wound haphazardly over the worst of the flames to keep them from being too obvious as he'd made his way up to his room ( Read more... )

If there was one thing that Jonothon Starsmore, the mutant known as Chamber, could tell you about his visit to the site of Cassidy Keep in the heart of Mayo County, Ireland, it was that the ancient landmark, Sean Cassidy's ancestral castle, was really nothing to write home about.

( Possibly because it wasn't there. )

Never let it be said that Jonothon Starsmore had ever turned up an opportunity for some well-deserved sulking.

Tonight's opportunity was grabbed onto with a gusto as he crouched down in the remains of the girls' dormitory, thinking sullen, sullen thoughts to himself. He figured they were entirely justified, damn it anyhow.

( What a regular class act... )

Paige Guthrie was drunk.

Not drunk in that slightly giggly sort of way that usually led to people wearing a cute rosy blush and an idiotic smile. Oh, no. Not her. She was drunk in that bent-over-the-loo, spewing out her innards sort of way.

Jonothon had made the mistake of asking her earlier how many drinks she'd had.

"Countin' this one ( Read more... )