Jamie held a double degree in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science. He very well could have majored in Spanish, French, Russian, German, and Japanese as well, but the administrative offices at the University of Arizona had put an end to that plan rather quickly. He'd stuck with linguistics given the chance to incorporate his skills into one all encompassing skills, and then computers simply because he understood them, just in the way he understood languages and patterns. Best to stay within your field of expertise, even if that expertise was mutantly enhanced.

Plumbing was not exactly in his expertise, but he did what he could. Jamie figured he owed it to Erik, and playing handyman was really the least he could do given that they couldn't call in a real plumber. The house was stolen, as much as one could steal a house, and having someone from the outside come in would have lead to more problems than a collective group of wanted mutants could handle. He'd come up for the day anyway, figuring that the latest news from the CNN ticker in Times Square would be something Erik would want to discuss with the collective group. Jamie knew he couldn't do much overall, but he liked to think that he at least tried to stay involved and to his credit, he did have a decent mind for planning.

Since he'd come up to Connecticut early he'd gone around the house simply looking for things that needed to be done while he waited for the others to either wake up, return home, or come out of the dark corners they were sulking in –that seemed to be a habit. He'd found nothing until going for a glass of water and finding that the sink was giving a nasty brown sludge, bad for even a house they were squatting in. It had taken awhile to find a wrench, bucket, and towel, but once he had he'd slid underneath the sink and gotten to work.

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