Bowling for Mutants

Mar 05, 2008 14:49

The entire Bowl-O-Rama was rented out for the evening by X-Corporation. The employees of the bowling alley given paid leave, and replaced by some of Madrox's duplicates.

It's all over but the waiting - tonight, X-Factor will be born anew.

Jamie's already practicing on lane one, waiting for the guests to arrive.

x-factor, shard, kate cordello, jamie madrox, jubilee, m, chamber, skin

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more_stars March 11 2008, 02:58:04 UTC
At least it's a bowling alley and not a... club... or something else with dancing. Jono would call that a torturous and barbaric initiation ritual, so he's lucky in that respect.

The various duplicates take a few seconds to grok with. Looks like it's going to be an interesting night from the 'crowd'.

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x_factorial March 12 2008, 02:57:37 UTC
One of the Jamies wanders over, extending a hand. "Jono Starsmore, right? Nice to meet you."

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monet_st_croix March 13 2008, 13:15:51 UTC
"Jono?" Monet asked in recognition. His arrival was a surprise (to her, anyway), though not an unwelcome one.

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x_factorial March 13 2008, 19:20:18 UTC
"Relax, we're secure. The bowling alley machinery is a natural sound baffle, and as far as anyone on the outside is concerned, this is a birthday party."

Why, yes, he did think about this.

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shard_bishop March 15 2008, 11:00:32 UTC
"X-Statix?" Shard raised an eyebrow, forehead creased. "Huh. Never even heard of them." She sucked a bit of cheese off the tip of her thumb. "So far, I think it's only two. Though I don't know if Kate's been on a team or not. And I'm not too up on much past the break up of the last X-Factor team."

She vaguely remembered the telepath from pictures of the Massachusetts school, though not so much the others. The really high collars tended to stand out, of course.

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more_stars March 15 2008, 16:03:24 UTC
~Ladies. Germs. Other guy who ain't here~ he says politely after getting his shoes and sitting down. Looking into the foot holes of the shoes feels a bit like staring down into the gaping mouth of doom. Not that Jono's worried; he'll just burn these socks later.

~Jono or Chamber, whichever works f'r you, an' nobody calls me 'Jonny Boy'.~ He puts one hand out to Shard and the other out to Kate. ~Nice t'meet yer, ladies.~

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joanofalltrades March 15 2008, 17:23:59 UTC
After rolling an embarrassing gutter ball and while waiting for her ball to recover, Kate walks over to Jono and accepts the offered hand. She's smiling but there's always been something about telepaths that make her a bit uneasy. (The most likely reason being 'Oh God. They can read my mind.')

"Hi. I'm Kate. It's good to meet you Jono."

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shard_bishop March 15 2008, 21:32:03 UTC
The telepathy didn't seem to bother Shard much. She set the nachos aside and stood, walking over to Jono and holding out her hand. "I'm Shard. A pleasure to meet you, Jono." She smiled warmly.

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more_stars March 16 2008, 03:20:25 UTC
~I think y'put yer fin'ers in the holes of the ball and toss it at the pins t'scatter 'em. Person who doesn't suck the most wins, which obviously means M's not playin' or she'll throw the whole damn game f'r us all.~

Ladies and gentlemen, team Sarcastic Git is here.

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x_factorial March 16 2008, 03:22:48 UTC
"Glad you asked. For starters, you're all going to get special communicator devices - inconspicuous, hard to detect. Our mission statement is twofold - keep X-Corporation honest, and protect mutant interests where we can - through investigation, and very judicious application of force."

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monet_st_croix March 16 2008, 07:41:36 UTC
Monet couldn't help but think the clauses to Jamie's statement were at least partly directed at her specifically.

However, choosing to give little more than a slitting of the eyes in response, Monet turned her attention to Jono, saying, "You always were my favorite." The smirk she gave him almost qualified as a smile, almost.

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more_stars March 17 2008, 20:39:50 UTC
~'at's cuz I got so much damn sunshine.~ Jono laces his shoes and gets a look at the ball he picked. Simple. Black. Of course. ~Keeping a corporation honest? So askin' nosey questions and puttin' some black eyes in when there ain't enough answers.~

He snickers, well aware of how creepy it sounds telepathically. ~Sounds fun.~

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x_factorial March 18 2008, 14:47:59 UTC
"Angelo will be mainly sending information our way. The rest of you, including Kate part of the time, will form our field team. I say 'you', but I intend to tag along when I can. You can all expect some combat and teamwork drills in your near future."

He folds his arms across his chest, and does his best vocal impersonation of Scott Summers.

"To survive, you have to be able to function as a team!"

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shard_bishop March 18 2008, 21:04:22 UTC
Shard nods along, agreeing with everything Jamie was saying. It wasn't that far off of what she'd done with the X.S.E., after all.

Still, she can't help but grin at the impression. "I see someone's been taking levels in badass."

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