Thread: Wicked gets acquainted with "the locals." (OTA) Characters: Wicked and OTA NPCs: -- Location: Grounds outside Xavier's school Timeline: Friday 27 April 2012 Description: Newly arrived at the school, Wicked meets the local dead people. Rating: Medium?
So. High school. Crazy.
It was kind of hard to trust the bald guy in the wheelchair. A haven for mutants where she could be safe. Hmm, where had she heard that before? But as others had pointed out, there were a few key differences. Xavier's school had been running for years. It was on the ground so people could leave if they wanted. The guy in charge wasn't an international terrorist. There did not appear to be nukes. So far.
Sounded like a nice place. A little too good to be true, even. Wicked was not sold, but the SHIELD people made it pretty clear that they knew who she was and it was either this or jail, so here she was. Awesome.
She'd been shown to her room and told to settle in. That took all of two seconds. She'd only gotten off the asteroid with the clothes on her back, so all she really had was what the rescue workers had given her. She stalled a little longer by taking a shower and changing into her only clean clothes—a set of hospital scrubs, also courtesy of the rescue workers. They said a teacher would take her shopping the next day, but for now, this was it.
What else had they said? Right. Meet the others. A great plan, though one that probably meant something different to Wicked than what the school staff had intended. She went out to the school grounds and stood, eyes closed, reaching out with her mind to find the local ghosts.