Tabitha will melt you down. (undefusable) wrote in mutatismutandis, @ 2015-05-24 16:17:00 |
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Entry tags: | boom-boom, professor x |
[Thread] Back to School
Characters: Tabitha Smith.
NPCs: Charles Xavier.
Location: Headmaster's Office, Xavier's School.
Timeline: Sunday, May 24.
Description: Tabitha has a talk with Xavier and tries to make herself useful.
Rating: Medium.
"Did you actually, like, read all these books or they're just here to impress the ladies?" Tabitha bent over and studied the numerous books on the bookshelves. Most of the titles eluded her with words that she wasn't really sure she knew how to pronounce, and she kept wondering if there was a secret one that she could pull to reveal a hidden door. It seemed like something a man like Charles Xavier would have in his office. Just a hunch. But really, she was just buying time. She was the one who wanted to talk, but she was also the one who hadn't said a word that meant anything since arriving to his office five minutes ago.
It was hard for her to ask for help even when she needed it and she really needed help right now. College hadn't worked out and she was going to go crazy literally if she stayed in her apartment for another day and waited for something to happen. A job hunt hadn't been successful either, other than being offered a waitress job at the dim sum place downstairs that required her to get yelled at in angry Mandarin all day (not even Wong had been that mean.)
tldr; her life sucked.
And maybe Charles could throw her a bone. She'd spoken briefly about it with Scott, but maybe doing something at the school, working with the kids wouldn't be so bad. At least, she would be - what was the word - contributing something. Stepping away from the bookshelves and wearing her brave face, she slipped into the comfy leather chair across from her former headmaster.
"So what's your deal, Charles?" She made a gesture at the room and at the school. "What d'you get outta this?"