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Rahne Sinclair (wolven) wrote in age_of_miracles,
@ 2008-09-25 21:34:00

Current mood:	scared
Entry tags:	wind dancer, wolfsbane

Narrative/Open Thread: Wolfsbane and Anyone?
Who: Rahne and anyone
When: September 25th, early evening
Where: School Grounds
Why: Rahne's feeling a little bit claustrophobic

For once, she didn't care that she had homework to do, or that her room was untidier than usual.

Ever since Kasey had posted about her flight home, Rahne had been getting more and more nervous. Despite everything people had told her, despite their reassurances and promises that they'd look after her, despite Paige taking her to the church service and providing her with a sense of rightness and belonging that she hadn't felt in so long, she was convinced that she'd get the school into trouble. Never mind the fact that there were other unregistered mutants living there, or that there were other non-american mutants staying on despite the government's orders. She would be the one that would cause everything to fall down round them. If something could go wrong, it would go wrong, and as she well knew, it would be all her fault. She hardly needed to hear her father constantly telling her this in her head to know it was true. The only time he'd been quiet in the past few weeks was when she'd been to church, but there was no way she could go live in the church.

She could spend as much time outside being a wolf as possible, however. So she slipped away after dinner, sneaked outside and made her way down to the boathouse. Then, she stripped out of her clothes once she was sure nobody had followed her, put them neatly on a shelf that was out of the way, and changed.

With her fur on, she quickly made her way to her favourite spot in the forest. A smallish tree had fallen over a few years ago, and the root system was now exposed. The resulting dip in the earth was sheltered from the elements, thanks to the tree, and it had a lovely view down to the lake. She circled round the dip a number of times, before curling up and resting her muzzle on her paws. Perhaps, if she was very still and very quiet, her father's voice would go away and she'd know what to do.

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wind_dancer
2008-09-25 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Sofia was not leaving.

She couldn't even call it `going home`. There was no home for her back in Venezuela. There was no one waiting for her. There was no place for her there. This was her home, and she was not going to be run out of it. Professor Xavier said they'd do something to make it so she could stay, and she trusted him. She had to trust him really, there wasn't much of another choice unless she wanted to become a fugitive. Alex Summers was trying to help, and she thought about that too, but currently she was sitting up pretty high in a tree hugging her knees to her chest. It was starting to get cool now in the evenings.

There were so many things up here that she loved. Sure, it wasn't a conventional family, but they were a family. They helped each other when they needed it and stuck together through the tough times. They took care of each other in their own ways and she didn't want to give that up. At all. The past few months had been a complete nightmare.

She heard the girl--or wolf, before she saw it. The padding of it's paws against the brush. She swung down so that she hung from her legs from the branch, her long brown ponytail swinging further. That was pretty dangerous but if it lunged at her, she could easily push it away with wind, and not hurt it. "I did not know they had wolves out here." Obviously, she missed the memo where Rahne could turn into one...and missed her when she turned into one around the school. She was so observant. She needed a good distraction anyway.

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wolven
2008-09-25 07:44 pm UTC (link)

The voice that wasn't her father's took a few moments to register with Rahne. When it did, she realised that she recognised it as well. Sofia was out here as well? Well, why not? There was a better than good chance that it was for similar reasons to Rahne's, as well.

Sitting up again, she looked round, swivelling her ears at the same time to help her work out where Sofia was. "Sofia? Where're y'at?" she said, only realising that she was yipping as she said it. Huh. She lifted a back paw and scratched behind her ear as she thought things over.

Sofia would obviously not understand her if she stayed as a wolf. She could NOT turn back to looking human even if she wanted to, since she would be naked and that just wasn't happening. She could change back into her middle form. Technically, she'd still be naked, but she was covered in fur. That would be okay... wouldn't it?

Changing back, she checked that she was indeed still covered in fur before looking all around for Sofia again. "Sofia? Sofia, t'is me. Rahne... Is... is everythin' alright wie ye?"

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wind_dancer
2008-09-27 01:29 am UTC (link)

Well.

That was.

That was interesting to watch. The wolf was trying to bark at her and then it changed. Now it was a furry lady. Then it was talking and it sounded like Rahne...then it said it was Rahne. She was going to be honest with herself for a moment. She freaked out a little, which was odd considering all the kinds of people that lived at the school. Why should a werewolf not be a mutant? Then again they had their own type of lore about them, but she wasn't evil or cursed. She was a mutant just like Sofia and she didn't look like she could hurt anyone...well, not in human form.

She did ask if she was alright, though. "I am up here." She called from the branch, still hanging upside down. She was pretty sure in that form it'd be easier for the girl to climb the tree and join her if she wished. If not, she could always hop down. "I am okay. How are you?" Sometimes it was hard to understand the Scot, but she took her time in deciphering her words through the accent in order to form a good reply.

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wolven
2008-09-27 02:20 pm UTC (link)

Looking up, she smiled when she saw Sofia, tilting her head as she tried to work out exactly how the other girl was upside down in a tree. "M'okay, aye. Sort've. Jist needed tae... tae get outside, y'ken? Needed tae think." Pausing a moment before she asked her next question, Rahne sat down and curled her tail round her ankles.

"Sofia? Y're for stayin', aren't you? Stayin' here, aye?"

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wind_dancer
2008-09-27 10:19 pm UTC (link)

It took her a moment to try and decode the words. She knew American English just fine, but the accent kept throwing her off. Swinging to sit up on the branch, she hopped down. It looked like a hop, though she fell slower than a normal person and landed lightly on the ground. She got most of what the girl was trying to say. Needed to be outside and needed to think.

Sofia? Y're for stayin', aren't you? Stayin' here, aye?

"Yes. I am staying." She hadn't posted anything about leaving, because she didn't plan on it. Never had, and now that Xavier said that they were going to be taken care of she felt a little better, though... she wasn't completely in the clear. "It is not fair. We have not done anything but help people." At least they tried to when they were asked to go out into the field. There was an acute lack of training going on now that everyone seemed to be busy with their own things, not that she was going to complain. It gave her more time to try and focus on her homework, and the fact that Julian wasn't really paying much attention to her anymore.

Were they even still dating?

This whole registration thing was so messed up. Maybe he was distancing himself from her because she was about to get deported? Whatever. "There is no reason for us to leave. Are you staying too?"

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wolven
2008-09-28 03:57 pm UTC (link)

Rahne watched as Sofia almost flew down to the ground. She looked so graceful as she did that, like she was a ballet dancer. Glancing down at herself, she noticed her own large feet and tail and absently wished she could have had a mutant ability that would have made her graceful. Curling herself up even smaller, she stayed quiet as Sofia spoke.

"I... I havnae done anythin' about goin' back tae Scotland, no. I miss mum like y'wouldnae believe, but I'd only be gettin' in her way if I went back, y'ken? I want tae stay, I jist... I dinnae want for people t'get intae trouble over me."

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wind_dancer
2008-09-29 06:19 pm UTC (link)

Rahne kept curling up tighter to the point where Sofia was wondering if she felt sick, but she hadn't mentioned that quite yet. Instead, she listened to what the girl had to say. The amount of concentration it took was surprising to her considering how long she'd been in America, but then again Rahne wasn't American. She wondered if they had trouble understanding her with her thick Spanish accent, though it wasn't as bad as it was when she'd first arrived.

"It is stupid." She said evenly. "It is stupid to remove harmless mutants and keep dangerous ones." She was attempting to rally the energy to say she was doing this as a political statement instead of just being selfish, and it just wasn't happening. She could probably make herself at home with another family if she made the effort, but she didn't want to. She felt she didn't have to. "Did you tell your mom about it?" She probably would have if her mom was still alive. Staying with her mother was far more preferable than staying with her father who probably wouldn't take her back anyway.

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wolven
2008-10-01 09:52 am UTC (link)

"Aye, I told her, but sh'is awful busy lookin' after all th'other mutants back home, so t'is for th'best if I stay here, y'ken? I'm no' very guid wie sciencey things, I wouldnae be much use tae her." Reaching up to run her fingers through her hair (and fur), Rahne uncurled a little bit.

"Sh'wasnae used t'havin' bairns round th'place anyway, jist patients an' assistants. Every wee while, I wonder why sh'adopted me in th'first place. No' in a bad way, jist... sh'is a very practical lady, an' I could do nothin' t'help her, an' sh'never made me do chores, so I dinnae ken why sh'did it. But I am more'n glad sh'did," she said, before realising that she'd been babbling. "Ach, m'sorry, Sofia, y'didnae need t'hear me goin' on like that, m'sorry."

She growled quietly to herself as she apologised, then shifted over slightly and gestured towards the ground beside her. "Would y'like t'sit down? T'is nice an' soft, an' no' damp at all."

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wind_dancer
2008-10-03 07:20 pm UTC (link)

She sat down next to the fuzzy one, her leg brushing up against the girl's tail. She was soft, and Sofia reached out to kind of feel at the tail, kind of forgetting that it was Rahne attached to it. Her fingers were just brushing it lightly before she pulled her hand back feeling a bit rude. She wondered if it hurt. She'd watched a lot of movies with Julian and usually when they transformed it hurt a lot. "It is okay. I miss my mother too." She said with a nod, and looked up at the fuzzy face. It was hard to believe the cute little button nosed redhead was underneath all that. She looked wild and free.

"Thank you for talking with me." She said gratefully with a smile. "What do you think that Professor X is going to do? Is he going to mind warp them into believing we're not here? Hide us? Make them believe we are citizens?

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