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Illyana Nicolievna Rasputina (ex_darkchyld899) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2009-02-17 20:49:00

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andy gallagher, complete, day 32, illyana rasputin

Day 32: Tree House Time!
WHO: Illyana and Andy
WHAT: It is time to build a tree house
WHEN: Day 32, early/mid-afternoon
WHERE: the edge of the trees out back behind the residence buildings
RATING: um...PG-13 to be safe
STATUS: Incomplete

Hangover miraculously cured by a long draught of clear liquid, Illyana felt at last ready to greet the day. It was about time she and Andy got started on their tree house. They'd been talking about it for a couple of days, but thanks to those forced group-things, neither had been able to get started. Today, that was going to change. Best way to deal with problems was to keep going, keep living. At least, that's how the New Mutants dealt with things. After Doug had died, Magneto hadn't let them sit and mope for long. After the news about Piotr in Dallas, he'd given her time to rant and rail, yes, but in the end she'd had to keep going, keep up her studies. When things sucked, you gave fate the finger and kept going.

After lunch, Illyana headed out to the trees and scanned them carefully. Most looked like suitable tree house trees, at least at first glance. Branches large enough to hold platforms and wide enough to support the weight grew partway up the tall trunks. She found one she liked just inside the first line of trees, which left a bit of a natural buffer between the tree house and the open field leading back to the resort. This spot wasn't too far off from where the snowman army had been days before, which also suited her. It would stand a memorial to the melted army.

"Tools," she said out loud. "Hammers and nails, saws, and some timber, if you don't want us cutting too many of your trees down, Planet." She knew killing wasn't allowed, and was pretty sure, after her rather explosive arrival, that felling trees wasn't considered killing, but it was possible the Planet had simply chosen to overlook her destruction of its life that one time, as a favor or something. "Oh, and some rope, so we can haul stuff up and down," she added, watching the required items appear in front of her.

The Planet could teleport things around. Others could teleport here. It really wasn't fair. She scowled at the materials for a moment, and her hand drifted to the amulet around her neck. Always safer to wear it, especially if there was a chance of getting upset in public. Last thing she needed was to spoil her growing friendship by going demon on Andy. She sighed and surveyed the materials again, trying to figure out the best way to start the project.

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brain_ninja
2009-03-04 03:56 am UTC (link)

Andy joined in on Illyana's laughter when she held her hands up as if to surrender and shook his head at the next comment.

"Well, then...you need to get out more," he joked. He wasn't a stupid man, by any means, but genius was a hell of a stretch as far as he was concerned. "Pretty sure," he added in response to her question on whether he could also read minds. He smirked then. "Although, I've come to find if you think something at me, I can usually tell what it is. That's kind of a new thing, so it's not always clear," he went on.

When she headed toward the tree with the ladder dragging behind her, Andy followed and looked up again, trying to judge just how she'd manage it; getting up there, even if he did give her a boost. She'd probably have to stand on his shoulders. His eyes moved back to her and he sized her up. He was kind of a small guy and he knew it; not exactly a Strongest Man contender, that was for sure. But, Illyana didn't look like she'd weigh too much.

It was for the greater good, he decided. He could take one for the team. Plus, he didn't really like the idea of her thinking he was a total wimp.

So, he crouched down in front of the tree and put both hands on it to brace himself. "Hop on up," he said, moving one of his hands to pat his shoulder before replacing it against the bark. Hopefully, she'd follow the suggestion rather than standing on his back. That'd...kinda fuckin' hurt, he thought, and wouldn't be anywhere near as productive.

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ex_darkchyld899
2009-03-05 05:51 pm UTC (link)

Illyana regarded him carefully for a moment. "Can you read my mind?" she asked, in all seriousness. "Not have you, but are you capable? At home, my Professor is a telepath, the strongest in the world. And he can't read my mind. Neither can one of our enemies, who's probably the second strongest telepath in the world. But I don't know how the power works on different worlds, or in different times." She shrugged. "Maybe when we're not about to scale a tree, you can try and see if you can? Just so I know."

When Andy crouched down against the tree, she got the idea pretty quickly. She reached up, using the tree as support as much as she could, and stepped as carefully as she could onto his shoulders. "If you stand up very slowly, I think I can reach the branch," she said. "I'm not hurting you, am I?" This was one time she definitely wished Piotr was around. He could just lift her up to the branch with one hand, were he here.

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