Culture Shock... [OTA]
Olivia sat, tense and taut, her eyes glued to the window to her right side. The passing countryside was stark and white, lined with thin trees with bare branches that reached to the sky like bony fingers and the panic that rose within Olivia was quickly tamped down.
She couldn't panic. She could do this. She would be protecting people. Making a difference.
But she would be around mutants. Her own kind. She still couldn't believe it, that she was a mutant, that her genes had betrayed her normalcy with something so silly. She still didn't understand it, her own abilities, but if they could help...
Her gaze moved down to her hands, pink from the cold, and she rubbed them together, raising them to blow on them for a moment. The driver of the Jeep paid no attention to her as she huddled in the back seat, quiet and still somewhat terrified.
The man had a gun. Everyone she'd met so far had carried a gun. Guns made her nervous.
As a military complex came up in the distance, she shivered and frowned as the Jeep rolled to a stop. No turning back now.
Without a word, she swallowed and opened the door, waiting for the driver to remove her bag from the trunk. As soon as he dumped it to the side, she picked it up and slung it over her shoulder, slowly wading through the snow towards the doors. What had she gotten herself into?
Edit: Feel free to react below also to her little encounter with Victor. She'll soon be sporting a rather pretty black eye.
She couldn't panic. She could do this. She would be protecting people. Making a difference.
But she would be around mutants. Her own kind. She still couldn't believe it, that she was a mutant, that her genes had betrayed her normalcy with something so silly. She still didn't understand it, her own abilities, but if they could help...
Her gaze moved down to her hands, pink from the cold, and she rubbed them together, raising them to blow on them for a moment. The driver of the Jeep paid no attention to her as she huddled in the back seat, quiet and still somewhat terrified.
The man had a gun. Everyone she'd met so far had carried a gun. Guns made her nervous.
As a military complex came up in the distance, she shivered and frowned as the Jeep rolled to a stop. No turning back now.
Without a word, she swallowed and opened the door, waiting for the driver to remove her bag from the trunk. As soon as he dumped it to the side, she picked it up and slung it over her shoulder, slowly wading through the snow towards the doors. What had she gotten herself into?
Edit: Feel free to react below also to her little encounter with Victor. She'll soon be sporting a rather pretty black eye.