That was truly disheartening. To come back to training after just six weeks away, and to do so poorly--

It is not encouraging.

09 April 2007
Piotr's room

From the sheer selection of goodies arranged carefully on the plate Illyana carries on in hand, the other side of the plate cutting into her side to balance it properly, it seems that a considerably ( Read more... )

02 April 2007
The Great Hall

Right at this moment, it is sunny in Westchester, and the light is poking through a gap in the clouds to illuminate the great hall of the Xavier mansion quite picturesquely with dust motes dancing in the largely still air. It becomes a little less still as Piotr approaches from the kitchen heading towards the stairs with ( Read more... )

20 March 2007
The Medbay

A monitor set atop a cart has been pulled between the beds, and the game system kept here specifically because of Jubilee has been dug out and hooked up. Mariokart isn't very much fun alone when you're only half-heartedly playing, but it's better than nothing.

It is an extremely timid, worried Piotr who has been hovering ( Read more... )

19 December 1999
The Rec Room

Though it is not that late, it is dark outside as the approaching winter solstice brings the time of sunset earlier and earlier each day in the run up to the new millennium (give or take a year, depending on who you ask). It is dark inside too, although this is entirely by choice: the curtains have been pulled closed and ( Read more... )

January 2001
The Kitchen

Early January 2001, and the first real snowstrom of the season has barricaded the mansion behind snow drifts reaching up onto the front porch, and totally obscuring the back patio. The house is an odd conglomeration of heat zones, with unused rooms shut off to conserve energy. The kitchen, normally warm enough from the ovens ( Read more... )