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The Dark Slayer ([info]therogueslayer) wrote in [info]portland_logs,
@ 2014-07-13 09:18:00

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Entry tags:faith lehane, rogue

Who: Faith and Rogue
Where: Their houses (they're next door neighbors)
When: Um. Bendy Time? Whenever we complete the thread
What: Two superhero gals discussing the trials and tribulations of saving the world and stuff and ANYTHING ROGUE CAN DO FAITH CAN DO BETTER
Status: Incomplete/Closed
Warnings: Mild sexy stuff. Just kidding. You were totally going to click the cut for that though, admit it.



Things had gone back to normal in Portland since the ubervamps and the fear demons and the cannibals and flying monkeys and all kinds of other shit had shriveled back up into that fuckhole of a portal. If Faith could fight a portal, she would punch that one in the nuts so hard that it would cry for it's mama for weeks. The gender swap had been mildly amusing, if not confusing. It had been a strange thing to go to the club to dance for the night and find her audience mostly female. That had been far preferable to finding out her audience was evil robots or something. Not that that exactly happened but it could have. She was glad that she hadn't had her first rotten experience until she was out of the club for the night. And she was even gladder that Derek Hale had shown up just in time to help her kick a little ass. Liv had helped heal her face and she was good as new now, if not a little embarrassed at showing weakness in front of her so not girlfriend.

Things were back to being good, hell better than good actually. Back home she would probably end up a fugitive if not back in jail cooling her jets for another twenty five years. And that was only if she was a good little girl in the clink. Faith tried, she really tried to keep her head down on the inside, to serve her time, to do her penance and start moving towards the path of redemption. But it was real damn hard when every Bertha in the joint wanted to test her. It was like they could feel the alpha dog coming off of her in waves and wanted to prove they were bigger badasses. Faith had taken more than her fair share of beatings from scary ass bull dykes and bitches hiding razor blades in their pussies. That was the only time Faith ever fought back, when someone was trying to shank her. Just because she had given up her freedom, didn't mean she was giving up on life. She ended up in the hole more than once for breaking the wrist that the razor blade came in. It wasn't so bad down in solitary though. Faith needed time to clear her head.

Her head was clear now. She knew that going down the path to complete self destruction was a disservice to herself and the people she was supposed to protect. She hadn't taken any stupid oaths and she didn't live by any codes like those moron hunters did but she was chosen for a reason. The Powers That Be looked down on the world and picked dirty little Southie white trash Faith Lehane for the job of The Slayer. She alone was to fight the scores of undead and protect the world from demons and vamps and all kinds of crazy shit. That had turned out to be more Buffy's gig and it had driven Faith crazy at first. She didn't want to share the spotlight and when she wanted to, Buffy didn't. The two of them weren't supposed to exist at the same time and yet through some mystical loophole had managed it anyway. Sometimes Faith wished fiercely that Buffy would stay dead so she could have her turn. Sometimes she wished Buffy would just fucking show up in Portland already so she could cling to her sister slayer desperately. She didn't want the job. She didn't want to be The One.

Did she?

Faith didn't know. The minute she figured out her life, it would probably get a lot less complicated but also a lot less messy and therefore a lot less fun. She was happy working for Enzo at the moment. She was wildly popular at the club and was pleased that she could find a legitimate way to make money. She didn't have to steal it, beg for it or borrow it. She could earn it herself, using her own special skill set. Some people might frown on what she did for a living but Faith didn't see anything wrong with it. She wasn't fucking anyone. She wasn't giving her blood away. She was just titillating and teasing her audience as she showed them the parts of herself that they would never touch. If they wanted to pay her for that well shit, she figured she was coming out on top. Now she could afford to have stuff she always wanted but always used to have to steal. She had that flatscreen television and an XBox and a shitload of DVDs that she watched during the long daylight hours, sometimes with Liv curled up next to her. Her kitchen was always stocked with food and she had even (with the help of Liv) employed a housekeeper because Faith didn't know how to clean up after herself.

Life was good, so good that Faith had upgraded her motorcycle. She wanted a Ducati and was saving up for one but in the meantime, she was settling for the crotch rocket she could afford. It was a pretty fast bike and Faith took immaculate care of it, unlike her house. She was out in the driveway giving it a wash one afternoon when she looked over and saw the hot redhead from next door. It wasn't anything new. She saw Rogue out checking the mail and doing normal shit every day. Faith waved to her every once in awhile but that was the extent of their relationship. That was until Faith watched Rogue pick up a new sofa from the back of a truck and lift it over one shoulder with one hand and carry it in inside.

As she watched, Faith slowly stood up from the crouch next to her motorcycle. She knew there was all kinds of crazy shit in Portland. She knew that there were creatures here she never even heard of back home. The kind of stuff that Wes and Giles and The Prof would have a total watcher boner over. It was too bad Faith wasn't the literary type, taking notes and preparing for her return home one day. Faith didn't want to go home anyway. Prison was the only thing waiting for her there and fuck that.

Instead she scrambled after Rogue who was trying to maneuver the new piece of furniture in through the narrow doorway.

"Here. Let me help." Faith grabbed the back of the couch and angled it sharply to the right. Partially to fit the couch in through the door and partially to watch her neighbor fall on the floor under the sudden shift of weight. But Rogue didn't even stagger or falter at all. Faith raised an eyebrow and continued to try and help her neighbor get the couch inside. It took a couple of tries but they eventually wedged it through the doorway.


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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-14 09:47 am UTC (link)
Carrying the thing over to her house was the easy part, getting it inside was a touch trickier. Before she could try to adjust the couch to make it fit, Faith was already lending her a hand. The sudden jerk to the right was unexpected but she moved along with it and looked over her shoulder back at Faith, lips pulled up into a sharp but amused grin. Oh that’s how she wanted to play it? Rogue was game. Once they had the couch settled in the empty spot of the old one, she leaned against the back of it and glanced Faith’s way.

“Thanks for the help,” she drawled in her thick southern accent. Rogue knew when she was being sized up and that little maneuver back at the doorway was definitely a test of sorts and quite frankly, she didn’t mind. She was in a team made up mutants with all kinds of powers and there was a competitive streak in a number of them a mile wide and she was one of them. Without a hint of shame she did her own sizing up and while Faith was shorter than her, Rogue knew full well height meant squat when it came to people’s real strength.

“Your ability to shift things a bit could use improvement, I coulda fallen there for a sec. Maybe next time y’all might manage it.” Her lips spread into a wide smirk. “Doubt it’ll happen but maybe lady luck’ll be on your side.” She moved away from the couch and held up a finger, “gotta check on my gumbo, sugar, if y’all want some be my guest, I made plenty.” Rogue strode into the kitchen and heard Faith’s footsteps follow behind her and she couldn’t resist taking one of the empty pots she’d washed earlier and and suddenly tossing it at Faith without warning. Just like she thought, Faith caught it midair like she was expecting it. “Not too bad.”

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-14 08:23 pm UTC (link)
Faith shrugged and gave Rogue a half smirk. "My bad. I thought you could handle it. I'll go easier on you next time." She found Rogue's southern accent kind of charming in that hick way but she didn't say anything about it. People made fun of the Boston accent all the time which was why Faith made sure to leave hers behind in Boston. She didn't want people looking at her like she was a dumb fuck, though they undoubtedly did all the time.

"Sure. I'm always hungry." And she was. Faith could out eat six lumberjacks on Easter Sunday. She was constantly ravenous because she was almost constantly on the move. She was especially hungry after a night of dancing and slaying. Making them bills and making them kills all in one night? It worked up a girl's appetite something fierce.

She had no idea what the fuck gumbo was but since she had grown up on microwaved mac and cheese and fruit roll ups and had spent enough time in prison to know what real crap tasted like, she would eat just about anything. Gumbo sounded as good as the next thing and better yet it wasn't made by her. And as she followed Rogue into the kitchen she caught a whiff of it and made her stomach growl so fierce she almost didn't catch the pot.

Reflexes took over and she automatically reached out, her fingers grasping the rim of the steel as it sailed at her at inhuman speeds. Rogue was very strong and fast apparently. Faith's smirk broke into a grin.

"You testin' me or something?" she asked as she twisted the pot in her hands looking down at it. It was a silly question since Faith had definitely been testing Rogue when she angled that couch so sharply. She had been expecting to take Rogue down to her knees. She was just running quality assurance on the neighbors. That was normal, right?

With the metal grasped firmly in both hands she bent it in nearly completely in half like an actual Frisbee before she tossed it to Rogue. She folded her arms over her chest, clearly amused and waiting to see how Rogue would react to that. She was clearly strong enough to straight out the pot again if she wanted. Faith was just messing with her anyway. She wasn't going to make enemies with someone this strong unless she was eating people. And hell, she cooked too? Faith didn't mind that in a neighbor at all.

"I was just being neighborly, neighbor. But if you wanted to feed me for all my hard work who am I to say no?" She was all swagger and smirks as she walked all the way into the kitchen. Damn. Rogue was tall. Then again, most people made Faith feel short anyway.

"Name's Faith by the way." Rogue already knew that since they had talked on the network but since she kept calling her Sugar, Faith thought she might need a refresher.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-15 09:42 am UTC (link)
"Something like that," Rogue agreed with a shrug of her shoulder and a grin. The town was filled with nice folks but so far aside from Steve, she hadn't really met anyone that had strength beyond that of a normal human. If she had, no one had shown it. It wasn't a bad thing to be sure, but it did frustrate her a bit. She could keep her strength in check but it was boring and she'd give anything to be able to throw a punch at something or someone that could take it and give back just as much. Faith seemed like she just might be that person.

Her eyebrow arched when Faith bent her pot almost clean in half with what looked like little effort and tossed it back. "That was one of my better pots," she deadpanned but broke out into a smile not a second later, clearly unbothered by it. She tossed it unceremoniously into the sink in favor of grabbing two large bowls. Rogue placed one down on the stove top and filled the other and let out a sound of amusement.

"Already know that, I remember from the network," she reassured Faith and handed her the bowl along with a spoon. "If it's the sugar thing, I call darn near everyone that, habit since I was a kid and kinda hard to break." Not that she'd actually try to break herself from it.

Rogue went ahead and filled up her own bowl, the smell reminding her of the bayou area of Mississippi where she was originally from. Most of her cooking consisted of southern food and desserts, recipes she'd picked up when she was younger. The X-Men had seemed to like it well enough, she was the one that had done the cooking for the group back when they had been based in Australia and everyone had thought them dead. Probably why she made a whole pot rather than a smaller serving.

She walked over to the counter in the kitchen rather than the table and floated up just enough to sit her butt down on it and crossed her legs. She didn't usually use her powers for small things like that but the obvious game of you show me yours and I'll show you mine they were playing brought out the exhibitionist side of her. "Your strength is mighty impressive, are y'all hiding any other tricks up your sleeve?" Rogue smirked Faith's way and took a bite of her food.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-16 01:11 am UTC (link)
"It's cool, Twinkie." Faith winked at Rogue. She really wasn't the kind of girl to care about a pot either so she didn't even blink at Rogue's faux sincerity. Although she appreciated the sense of humor, she could easily afford to buy Rogue a new pot if that was necessary. She did have money now. She was even going to hire a contractor to fix her house after she demolished it but Liv had just fixed it with magic instead. Faith was slowly getting more comfortable with the whole magic thing, the more time she spent with Liv.

She raised an eyebrow when Rogue literally floated up from the floor and sat down at the table. Faith was already a dozen spoonfuls deep in the gumbo. She had never heard of it before but it was really good. Faith would eat just about anything but she could decipher between, say the loaf of moldy meat they served her in solitary confinement and a steak dinner. The gumbo was closer to a steak dinner and it was something Faith had never tasted before.

"Maybe." She gave Rogue a devious little smirk. "It's not cooking though. This shit is really good!" Faith mumbled around the mouthful of food she was already consuming. Table manners were not one of the tricks Faith was hiding up her sleeve. Really her impressive strength was the most interesting "skill" she possessed. Rogue didn't strike her as the type to be curious about Faith's bedroom prowess so that left that out.

"I'm a pretty kickass fighter," she said around a mouthful of food. "Just comes natural, you know?"

It wasn't as if Faith didn't work on her fighting skills, she did. She didn't really need to though, her moves stayed sharp because she used them by frequently patrolling the city and taking out vampires that were out feeding on other people. She had to be slightly more careful since some dumbass humans were actually offering their blood to some dumbass vampires. If she interrupted that she knew she would catch hell. For once, Faith wasn't looking for trouble. At least, not that kind of trouble. But if she detected any distress or compulsion she had no problems putting a vamp down.

"I'm The Slayer. What the fuck are you anyway? Alien or somethin'?" she asked curiously.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-16 01:56 am UTC (link)
Rogue let out an inelegant snort of amusement when Faith called her twinkie, already liking the loose and carefree attitude she seemed to have. Her liking Rogue's food also won her brownie points and she had a feeling the pot of gumbo might not make it long enough to see the inside of her refrigerator after all. "Why thank you, Faith, if y'all want more, help yourself."

She nodded as she chewed around a mouthful, her eyes bright. She swallowed and her lips curled up into a challenging smirk, "care to put that to test with a friendly sparring match?" Like Faith, her fighting skills had come in part naturally after permanently absorbing a good portion of her powers and the other from years of training with Mystique and then the X-Men. Fighting off invading aliens and mutants that thought they had a right to rule the world also helped.

"The Slayer? Can't say I've ever heard of that but the title already sounds impressive." It was certainly better than some of the names she's heard back home like Mr. Sinister. If the creep wasn't actually so god damn powerful, she'd laugh whenever she'd hear his name come up. "Naw, not alien, mutant." From the look on Faith's face she didn't know what that was, no real surprise there.

"We're born like humans but with a little something special in our DNA that gives us our powers." Rogue made it a point not to hide that here just like she didn't hide it back home. There were others that did which was understandable since a majority of humans were bigoted pricks, but she wasn't going to let anyone make her hide in the shadows. She'd be damned if she let people have that much power over her.

"Fair warning about that, sugar, touching my skin is a big no unless you're looking to pass out and wake up feeling like you've been hit by a car." She took another bite of gumbo and shrugged. Not everyone passed out after touching her but she'd rather oversell it than surprise the shit out of someone because they thought it would be okay for a quick touch. "Can't do anything about it, just the way it is, hence these." Rogue put the spoon in her bowl and raised her hand, fingers wiggling a little as she showed off the blue glove.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-16 03:57 pm UTC (link)
Rogue was a product of science, a subject that could be fairly said Faith knew absolutely nothing about. Even before she dropped out of high school she hadn't been the best of students. Often too busy getting dragged off by social services or starting fights or skipping with her friend Tommy to learn very much. And her teachers never tried very hard with her, giving up as another lost cause. Demons, The Powers That Be, the supernatural? That was Faith's wheelhouse and so when Rogue explained, Faith just looked more and more confused.

But Rogue seemed like a cool chick and Faith liked her, which was weird cause Faith so rarely liked anyone. Often times she went out of her way to dislike people before they could dislike her. She had been burned by supposed friends on more than one occasion. That was why she had told Willow she didn't do friends. But as it turned out? Faith did have friends. There was Derek and Cora anyway. And Steve was cool. Now Rogue. Maybe there was hope for The Slayer after all.

"So what are you gonna do? Wear a sumo suit when you fight me?" Faith asked. She didn't understand the mutant thing but if Rogue was wearing gloves in her own house, Faith believed that touching her would be a mistake. Then again, Faith wasn't exactly your run of the mill human either. Maybe touching Rogue would be no big deal. Mostly she was just hung up on the fact that Rogue couldn't touch anyone without them passing out.

"Wait, wait. I can't in good conscience fight a chick who can't even touch anybody. I mean when's the last time... you know. You got your swerve on? Can you do that or you gotta be like The Bubble Boy when you do?" She had a silly picture of Rogue rubbing her body up against the inside of the bubble while some hapless dork rubbed himself on the outside. It made her almost snicker but she held it back.

"I mean you must got a lot of pent up frustration. I dunno if I wanna mess with that." Faith was just fucking around now but it was an actual concern. She thought somebody who never got laid would probably punch her daylights out. If she couldn't get any she'd be wailing on people all the time. Prison had been especially rough.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-16 05:30 pm UTC (link)
"'Course not, I just met you and the sumo suit only comes out after at least a week." Rogue arched her eyebrow at Faith with a small smirk. "I have a workout outfit that covers me from the neck down, but if you want to punch me in the face I have other gloves I can lend you." Her outfit was a one piece with a shirt and a pair of shorts over it. It was similar to what she wore at home whenever she wasn't going to hit the gym solo or play a round of basketball.

She inhaled a little sharply and her lips thinned, her shoulders shaking as she fought to hold back a laugh. "Good god no." Rogue shut down that mental image as hilarious as it was. It took a second for her work past the giggles that wanted to come out but she shook her head. "I've never gotten past a kiss," she admitted as though it were no big deal. She'd like to think it wasn't at this point in her life. She wasn't as jealous as she used to be when she was younger watching everyone around her touch without ever having to second guess themselves. But no matter how hard she tried to act like she had accepted the isolation that came with her mutation, it was still lonely and a part of her would always be jealous of everyone else. It was why she was hard pressed to let Remy do more than flirt with her even if the crazy fool was insistent it was alright to kiss him. Some days he was more temptation than she could take but then she'd remember the boy she put into a lifelong coma and pushing Remy away was easy as pie.

"You can't exactly miss what you never had," Rogue pointed out. "And I do alright. If I feel antsy I workout lifting things or I just fly around till I tire myself out." Rogue set her bowl down and hopped off the counter and grabbed two glasses on the way to the fridge. "If y'all are worried about the touch thing, though, can't say I blame you." She really didn't, no one in their right mind wanted to get hurt willingly when they didn't have to. "We could go do something else, have a friendly competition to see who's stronger, faster, etcetera."

Rogue filled up the glasses with lemonade and handed over one to Faith with a grin. "Unless y'all don't think you stand a chance at winning. Won't blame you for that either."

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-16 07:17 pm UTC (link)
"Pffft," Faith said. She would have said more if she wasn't busy shoveling gumbo into her mouth like she was starving and this was going to be her last meal for weeks. She didn't really know what Rogue was laughing and figured it must be her and her lack of table manners. She wasn't really sure how she would stack up in a fight against someone who could fly and had all that pent up sexual tension but she wasn't going to admit that to Rogue.

"I ain't scared to fight you just cause you're twenty five feet tall and can't be touched. I think that gives me an advantage actually." She wasn't really sure what she meant by that but it was tough guy talk and Faith liked it. She was used to dealing with taller opponents so she could always duck under swings and kicks. But she definitely wasn't used to opponents who could fly.

She finally finished eating and pushed the bowl away. "I'm down for this spar but where do you think we should have it? Outside somewhere? I already wrecked my house a couple weeks ago so I'm trying to not do that again anytime soon. My gir- Liv had to fix it up for me." Whoa. That had been a close one. Faith almost referred to Liv as her girlfriend. She had caught herself doing that lately in her own thoughts, referring to Liv as her girlfriend. Shit. She was going to need to put some distance there immediately. Her weakness for bitchy little blondes was starting to get the better of her.

"Maybe I should touch you first, y'know? See if it even knocks me out. I'm probably tougher than the wusses who touched you before." She reached her hand across the table towards Rogue. There wasn't anything sexy about it. She just really wanted to see what it was like to touch something she wasn't supposed to. Kind of like how her mom used to warn her that the stove was hot but Faith never believed her until she touched the hot burner herself. Third degree burns on her palms. That had resulted in another fun filled trip to the emergency room and social services.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-16 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Rogue gave Faith a dubious look when she said she had the advantage. She didn't see how what she said gave her the advantage but hey, it was good attitude to have. "We'll see about that." She lifted her glass Faith's way before taking a long drink of lemonade.

At the suggestion of taking it outside, she shook her head and her eyes shined because she knew exactly where they could have their sparing match. "Right here will do just fine, well technically underneath here." She didn't miss how Faith almost called this Liv girl her girlfriend but Rogue didn't ask and pretended she didn't hear the slip up. "Remember that Danger Room I talked about on the network? I managed to get it here and it'll more than hold up against two gals like us." Everyone had been moaning and complaining about the wishing well, and some for good reason because one kid had apparently caught amnesia but Rogue hadn't had a problem.

There was one wish she knew she wanted to make above all else but she had been hesitant and cautious. She wanted her mutation to be under control but she wasn't quite ready to screw herself over if that even happened. Instead, she had taken the cautious route and wished for the Danger Room with as many specifics as she could think of and she'd actually gotten it. There had been some hesitation when she'd first checked it out but after running a few simulations she found that it was just like that one back home, no strings attached.

When Faith said she wanted to touch her first, Rogue had to fight not to take a step back. She only used her touch now a days when she really needed it and had no other options. She didn't like using it and she didn't like what it did to other people. But Faith seemed set on testing it out for herself and well, better to let her do this than try and get a feel when Rogue wasn't expecting it. At least this way, they both knew what they were in for. "Alright but don't say I didn't warn you, sugar."

Rogue slipped off one of her gloves and reached for Faith's hand on the table. She gingerly placed her palm over the back of Faith's hand and the second their skin touched, Rogue felt her mutation kick in. Faith's life energy flowed into Rogue along with random, scattered memories and it made Rogue recoil, taking her hand back. The memories swirled in her head, blurry and out of focus and she immediately shoved them down before she could get a better picture and invade Faith's privacy. From all the time spent with the X-Men, she at least had a handle on pushing other's memories and psyches away from her own until they naturally faded away.

"Y'all alright?"

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-16 08:14 pm UTC (link)
As soon as she made skin to skin contact with Rogue, Faith felt an electric shock like jolt race down her spine. She was having a mild seizure but since she had never had one before and wasn't actually shaking, she didn't realize it. Everything just felt dizzy and confused for a few seconds. After a minute or so she blinked a few times and came back around and upright at the table.

She grabbed her glass of water and gulped down a few mouthfuls before setting it back on the table. Compared to some other people, she had to believe her reaction was mild. While she didn't exactly remember the last few seconds, she was fairly certain she hadn't passed out for them. But it was definitely a lesson learned. She was glad to have learned it sitting safely at the table rather than in this infamous Danger Room that she heard so much about from Rogue.

"Yeah. Five by five. No big deal." She was under exaggerating her real reaction but she didn't want Rogue to think she was some kind of wuss just because she couldn't fly or zap people with her magic fingers. Hell, she would rather have normal old fingers so she could get her groove on without worrying about hurting someone. She couldn't even imagine life without sex. Maybe she should throw the fight just for that but Rogue didn't seem like she was too upset about not being able to get some. Maybe it really was no big deal if you didn't know what you were missing. She still thought maybe Rogue should get a bubble or a rubber suit.

"So." She stood up from the table and gave Rogue her best smarmy smirk. "Let's do this. I'm ready for some danger." She had just eaten and had a very mild seizure but Faith recovered remarkably quickly. It was one of the things she had left off when Rogue had asked her about her bag of hidden tricks. Faith healed almost as quickly as she moved. Good thing too or else she would constantly be injured. It was bad enough how the ubervamps had rearranged her face so that Liv had to use magic to fix it. She didn't imagine Rogue would mangle her that badly even if she did turn out to be able to easily crush Faith.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-16 08:54 pm UTC (link)
Rogue slipped the glove back on as she watched Faith, concern obvious in her expression. People reacted differently to her touch, some took it worse than others but only two had ever fallen into a coma and one had gotten better. She was already reaching for the cordless on the wall but before she could get to it, Faith was stirring and talking. Her shoulders sagged with relief and she let out a quiet breath. Thank god.

She wasn't sure if she should believe Faith when she said she was fine. It wasn't like she could prove she was lying and there was a chance she was telling the truth. When Faith stood and gave her a smirk, Rogue instantly felt better. If she had enough energy to muster up her cocky attitude than she should be alright.

"Give me a quick second, I need to change into the right clothes for this." She was wearing shorts and a tank top since she hadn't planned on going out and there was no way she was going to leave that much skin exposed for Faith to touch. She made a beeline for her bedroom and threw off the clothes she was wearing in favor of her workout outfit and a set of sturdier gloves.

With that done, she grabbed another pair for Faith and headed out of her room. She paused at the doorway in the living room and motioned for Faith to follow her. "This way." They took a few steps down the hall until they reached a small closet door. Just inside on the wall, Rogue pressed a hidden button and suddenly a holographic keypad appeared and she easily input the number code. The floor of the closet slid back seamlessly and revealed a hidden set of stairs. It was a long way down but the second they reached the bottom, the lights brightened and they were in the control room. It wasn't huge but there was a row of control panels ahead lined up with ceiling to floor length windows that looked down into a much, much bigger room. That room was white and empty, seemingly average and none too impressive aside for the size.

"Welcome to the Danger Room, only a few that ain't X-Men have ever seen it." She grinned when Faith gave her a look akin to saying is this it? "Yeah, I know, I know." She turned to the main computer and with a smirk, she turned on the Savage Land simulation. The room they could look into was no longer empty and in its place was a wild overgrown jungle with a blue sky overhead. It was some of the most advanced tech in the universe so it didn't look like cheap special effects but as if everything was real and it nearly was, if they went down there, they could touch the plants and the trees and it would feel just like plants and trees. "Not too shabby, right?" Even as she asked Faith, a pair of large birds flew past the windows and screeched.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-16 09:24 pm UTC (link)
Faith's dark eyes widened and she looked around the room in surprise cause it wasn't even a room anymore! For not the first time, she silently recognized that she may actually be in over her head. What the hell were the X-Men anyway? Was that like the gang Rogue was in? Did she have to get jumped in? She wondered how many knife fights the taller girl had been in. Maybe none since she could just fly away. That was convenient. Faith didn't think she would be sprouting her own set of wings anytime soon though.

"You know if Portland ever gets apocalyptic? I'm eating these birds," she said instead. Like she wasn't totally in awe of this place, like she wasn't a little scared of it too. Rogue obviously had the skills beyond just moving furniture but the competitive streak in Faith wouldn't let her back down now. Besides, it was actually fun competing with Rogue. It wasn't all scary and stupid and backstabby the way it had been with Buffy. That wasn't the kind of competition Faith needed in her life.

For once Faith got to be The Slayer. As far as she was aware, she was the only one in the entire city, dimension, whatever that was a slayer. Nobody else even seemed to know what they were. So there was no more competition with Buffy. There was nobody but her. Back to She Alone and yet Faith didn't really feel alone at all. She had Liv of course who was a powerful witch and The Hale siblings who were badass werewolves. She had Captain Hot Stuff America who had all kind of kick ass abilities. Now she had Rogue who could freaking fly. She wasn't really alone even if she was The Slayer now.

"Not too shabby. This place is pretty cool." Then without warning she sucker punched Rogue in the face. She was wearing the gloves so there was no seizure this time. She cracked her knuckles and spread her fingers apart in the gloves. "I think I'm getting used to this."

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-16 10:12 pm UTC (link)
The look on Faith's face was about the same one she probably wore when she'd been taken to the Danger Room for the first time. This room was both hated and loved, hated because they could be in there for hours on end training until they were all run down and beat and loved because it was also lots of fun when they were just goofing off. She glanced Faith's way and her lips pulled up into an amused smile. "You can hunt 'em, you can kill 'em, but y'all can't eat 'em. Real as it feels, still just a hologram."

The sucker punch was unexpected and her face snapped to the side, her eyes wide with surprise. There was a good amount of strength behind that hit and after working her jaw a little, she nodded. "So I'm taking it, y'all ain't a big fan of rules." She turned to look at Faith with a devious smirk. "Have it your way." She didn't mind the sucker punch, getting beat up came with the package of being an X-Men for all the people they had to fight against. "Just gimme a sec to change the setting. The jungle works but I should get rid of the dinosaurs before we go down there."

The Savage Land simulation was based on the Savage Land and it was crawling with dinosaurs, it made for good survival training but not so much for sparring. Just a few press of buttons left the jungle in place but empty of all animals. "Hope you're ready, sugar."

Rogue suddenly turned and gave Faith a hard push to knock her down on her ass before opening a door next to the windows and flying down into the jungle. "Don't keep me waiting too long now, me dying of boredom won't count as a win," Rogue called out over her shoulder. She was more than eager to finally have a living breathing sparring partner that wouldn't crumple with one punch and Faith's stubbornness only made it that much more fun. Holly was a real piece of work but at least she'd done one thing right and made her Faith's neighbor.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-17 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Wait. Dinosaurs? Fuck sparring! She wanted to fight dinosaurs! She was about to tell Rogue that too but it was already too late. She had played with her little doodaddy computer and already gotten rid of them. She already heard less noises coming from the jungle and that had momentarily distracted Faith. She wondered if Rogue could make a puppy appear. Which reminded Faith, she needed a puppy.

Faith was back up on her feet in an instant following Rogue into the jungle. She had longer legs which was kind of cheating but since Rogue could actually fly it didn't really seem to matter. Faith was fast and a strong fighter. She was gravitationally challenged but so were vampires. She was The Slayer but seriously, couldn't the PTBs have just thrown in something a little extra just for the cool factor? What kind of superhero couldn't fly anyway?

Faith was showing off by doing a series of flips and jumps to follow Rogue rather than running after her. Running would have been faster but less impressive looking. It actually felt good to feel her muscles stretch and bend underneath the pressure of her own body. Her natural flexibility and strength made it easier to keep up with Rogue.

She used a handspring to sail right into Rogue's face boots first. Her feet slammed into her face and the rest of Faith's body followed. She knocked Rogue heavily to the ground and was suddenly glad for the suit or else Faith would be seizing on the ground right about then. Without hesitation she punched Rogue in the face, only to get launched halfway across the jungle and into a tree for her trouble.

She groaned as she slid to the ground but quickly sprang back up to her feet and started to run this time. When Rogue came at her, she jumped off the nearest tree and managed to clear Rogue's head despite her overwhelming height. She landed behind her and when Rogue turned around, Faith winked.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-19 05:08 am UTC (link)
Faith had impressive moves that she was sure even Logan would approve of and it honestly made her want to win this that much more. She rolled her eyes with a grin at Faith's wink and came at her again but this time before she could worm her way out of it, Rogue grabbed then slammed her down on the ground with dizzying force. Faith didn't stay down for long and was right back up on her feet in no time. Faith was slippery to pin down as all get out but the blows exchanged were much more frequent.

With the jungle around them, the sparring match turned into a game of cat and mouse between them. Each switching off on who was chasing and who was playing dirty with surprise attacks. It was a good thing her one piece was sturdy and remained intact because she couldn't say the same for her shirt with rips showing off the black suit underneath. She didn't mind, it was well worth it because she didn't think she'd get to work her muscles this much again.

She paused in her search of Faith to listen to any rustling but paid the price for it and was barreled into from the side. Rogue was left breathless but she still tried and failed lessen the impact by planting her feet but the dirt was soft and gave way to the momentum of Faith's tackle and they both landed on the ground. Rogue took a second to get some air in her lungs and just managed to block a kick to her side with her arm and grabbed Faith's ankle with her other hand, yanking Faith down to the ground with her. She took the chance to roll on top of Faith and knee her in the gut.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-19 11:11 pm UTC (link)
Faith groaned when Rogue smashed her knee into her gut with enough force to send her rolling away at top speeds. Rogue was pretty tough but Faith didn't mind the challenge. She flipped back up to her feet and went instantly on the offensive. This was better than fighting with run of the mill vampires who were usually too easy of prey for Faith's inner predator to be fully satisfied. But she also wasn't really trying to hurt Faith so The Slayer didn't have to worry about getting her face smashed in like with the uber vamps.

She grabbed a small tree with one hand and jerked hard, uprooting it from the ground and using it as a weapon. She swung once and Rogue ducked underneath it. Faith faked it the second time and Rogue fell for it, ducking just as Faith changed course and lowered the attack so the tree smacked right into Rogue's face. The redhead went flying and Faith smirked.

"I think I just made up a new sport there," Faith said with a smirk as she tossed the tree aside. Now she could see exactly why Rogue was concerned about the Danger Room when she had first arrived. If Faith owned something this sweet she would never let it out of her sight. Lucky for her she made friends with her next door neighbor and could at least play in it now. And Willow said she was bad at making friends.

Faith obviously just needed to make friends with people she could punch.

"So are you some kinda superhero or something? That what the Rogue thing is all about?" Faith asked when Rogue stepped back into the clearing. "Please don't tell me you have a costume. You do fly so I wasn't sure." She was going to have to laugh if Rogue used a costume. Captain Hot Stuff's cute little outfit was adorable. Faith couldn't believe that there were legit real life superheroes in wicked gay costumes.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-20 01:20 am UTC (link)
Rogue pushed back the loose strands of hair from her face and moved back onto her feet. "Hitting people with trees?" She tilted her head to the side and nodded with a slight grin. "You might have something there."

She dusted herself off and was ready to make another go at Faith but the question gave her pause. "Well technically, superhero outlaws. The government don't like us much," she admitted with a careless shrug. Getting thanks for saving the world was slow to come, if it ever did, but if there was destruction or something else going wrong with the slightest hint of involvement from the X-Men, everyone was ready to point fingers and condemn the entire group. It sucked but it was what it was. When Faith mentioned costumes, Rogue had a feeling where this was going but reluctantly admitted she did with a nod. "I do have a costume and it's a good one."

Yeah, Faith was already on the verge of laughing and she hadn't even seen it yet. "Hey, you gotta wear something to help stick out in crowd- Oh hush up. See, now I'm not gonna show it to you." There wasn't any real heat in her voice, she knew her costume was ridiculously skin tight but it hadn't been her design and she'd eventually gotten used to it over time. At least she got to wear a jacket over it so she wasn't a yellow and green blob flying over everyone.

With Faith laughing, it took her only a couple seconds to spot the waterfall not too far up ahead. Rogue's lips spread into a wide smirk and flew into Faith, grabbing her around the waist and carrying her those few feet only to dump her in the pool of water. "Y'all don't look half bad wet," she called down hovering just out of Faith's reach when she broke through the water's surface.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-21 12:56 am UTC (link)
"No, you don't," Faith automatically argued. She saved the world a bunch of times and she battled the forces of undead plenty of times. None of those times had she ever worn a costume. She usually preferred leather pants or maybe jeans if she was feeling really casual. Apparently Rogue didn't like that answer because suddenly Faith was sailing through the air and landing in a pool of water.

She immediately swam to the surface, spitting some water out and shaking more water out of her face and eyes as she looked up at Rogue. She snickered when Rogue told her she didn't look half bad wet. But since poor Rogue never ever got to have sex, Faith figured she would save the innuendos that were likely to go over Rogue's head anyway.

Faith kicked back and did a backstroke for a few minutes. It had been awhile since she actually got to go swimming. She would have liked the chance to remove her clothes, especially her boots first but it still wasn't half bad. Screw sparring. Faith was coming over to fight dinosaurs and swim in this thing. Although part of her wondered exactly what kind of dinosaurs lived in this swimming hole.

She reached up and grabbed Rogue's ankle before jerking her down into the water too. When Rogue rose to the surface Faith cackled at her before splashing some water in her face.

"Can you make this room be anything at all?" Faith asked curiously. She didn't understand how this thing worked at all she just knew it was fucking awesome and she wanted to play in it everyday. That was why she was minding her ps and qs and also Rogue was just laid back anyway and made it easy to hang out with her.

"What else can you do in here?"

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-21 01:55 am UTC (link)
Rogue was mid-laugh when Faith suddenly yanked her out of the air and down into the water with her. She broke through the surface with a grin on her lips seconds later because yeah, that was a really good move. She made a mental note to fly higher next time she felt like gloating as she splashed Faith right back.

"Sure, this thing can into any place with the right information." She didn't know the ins and outs of how exactly the tech worked but she knew enough to use it without help and to make some minor repairs. "Why, got something you wanna see?" She glanced over at Faith, eyes a little curious. She wouldn't mind changing it up and letting Faith have a turn at doing what she wanted. She'd had already had a lot of time with it since wishing it here.

Rogue moved to float on her back and her face took on a thoughtful look. "Actually quite a bit. Training is the obvious one but it's all kinds things like obstacle courses, y'all can fight against holograms of enemies from the past, put in a simulation like you gotta stop someone from blowing things up, stuff like that. Or, if y'all need a break Hawaii is programmed into the computer, places for rock climbing, I think we also have something for skiing," Rouge listed off. She hadn't used everything she'd named but she knew they were there. It came with the crash course on how to use the Danger Room.

"Any one of 'em tickle your fancy?" She didn't mind sharing the room with Faith and it wasn't for a purely selfless reason, sparring with her was fun and it was actually a relief that she'd be able to have that in Portland.

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[info]therogueslayer
2014-07-21 06:04 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah. I wanna ride a T-Rex. Think we can arrange that?" Faith asked as she floated calmly around in the pool of water with Rogue. By looking at the two girls nobody would have guessed they were just locked in deadly combat. Well, okay maybe not deadly although both girls could certainly be deadly. It was just some friendly competition that had somehow turned into a friendly swim time.

"Check this out. I wanna try something." Faith used to be all about swimming back in Boston. She and her cohorts had found a rock quarry just south of the city and Faith was the only one who would jump from the tallest spot. She loved that rush right before the water hit her. She thought about spidermaning her way up the side of the cliffs but instead decided to try something she had never tried before.

With one long powerful stride of her arms she was diving down to the bottom of the surface. She hadn't managed to hit the bottom when Rogue tossed her in so she suspected the water was actually pretty deep. Her foot hit the sandy surface finally and she crouched there for a full minute before springing herself up as hard as she could.

The water worked around her but Faith used her natural buoyancy to her advantage and suddenly she was flying up out of the surface of the water. The fake sun sparkled off of her as water dripped and flew into the air like spun glass for one perfect second before she descended quickly. She hit the water hard, much harder than the impact that Rogue had created when she tossed her in. But it was worth it.

Faith swam her way back up to the surface laughing. "You gotta try that. It's wicked fun." Too bad they had no real way to measure who could get higher but that was probably for the best considering Rogue could fly.

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[info]cannottouch
2014-07-23 02:25 am UTC (link)
"Sure enough, sugar, we can do that." The savage land had them and it would only take a few seconds to bring them back into the room for Faith.

She was halfway out of the pool of water to change up the simulation when Faith told her to look her way. Rogue pushed her wet hair out of her face and sat down on the edge with her legs still in the water. She watched with her lips curved up into a grin and turned her head and lifted her hands with a laugh just in time to block the large splash from hitting her face completely when Faith hit the pool. "That was great!"

It honestly looked like fun and she pushed up and slid back into the water with easy grace. "Wanna see a huge splash?" She shot Faith a wink before she dove down to do the same. As soon as her feet touched the bottom, she bent her knees and sprung up but cheated as soon as she broke the surface and flew up high only to come back down fast with a good amount of momentum on her side. Her body hit the pool hard and created a big enough splash to disturb the water and have some of it overflow the sides.

She swam back up and grinned Faith's way, her eyes lit up with mirth because they may not have been sparring but the friendly competitive feel between them was still there. "Ten out of ten?"

With a laugh, Rogue floated up and wrung her red hair and motioned for Faith to wait for her right there. "I'll be right back, with your T-Rex." She flew for the door and as soon as she went into the control room, her clothes and hair were dry, the hologram wearing off at the threshold. She walked towards the control panels and a few keystrokes later, the jungle below came alive with animal sounds once more.

She bet Faith wrangling a dinosaur would be quite a sight and one she didn't want to miss. Rogue flew back down towards the waterfall and she grinned to herself when she spotted a T-Rex on her way there.

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