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Kitty Pryde (phasinghalfpint) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2010-12-23 01:20:00

Entry tags:

elliot hoo, kitty pryde/shadowcat, mike chang

Who: Kitty and Elliot, then Mike after a bit.
What: So, Mike has a twin and Kitty has no clue!
Where: The Complex lobby
When: Early evening
Status: In-Progress

Kitty couldn't believe who was here. Part of her was tempted to let everyone know that there was an arsonist living here, but she figured he wouldn't burn down the place that he was going to be living. He couldn't be that stupid. It bothered her a little bit that he had been calling her her so many names. She'd never done anything bad to him in any way. From the way he acted he had probably deserved to go to jail, but she wasn't going to make that comment. She didn't even want to think about this at all, honestly. She'd much rather find Mike or something. Instead of doing that, just because it reeked of something a boyfriend would do, she decided that she would find something else to do. Kitty didn't know what she and Mike were, but she didn't want to act like his girlfriend. Especially if it wasn't the case.

Assuming that they felt the same was probably bad too. She wanted to assume that he felt the same way, though. Why did this crap have to be so hard? She didn't like thinking about all of this. She wished this were all much easier.

The diminutive mutant did take the time to put Mike's pants in her satchel before she headed out of her apartment. She only did that because she might see him out? Oh, who was she kidding! She probably wouldn't be able to manage the willpower to keep from going to see him later. She liked to spend time with Mike! There was nothing wrong with it. She really enjoyed her time spent with him. She couldn't help but remember the time when she knew they were dating, though. Even miss that time a little bit. Maybe they would get back to that point, either way it was nice to have him around. She definitely cared about him. She was still a coward at times, though. She never initiated the conversation, but he didn't either.

Maybe she should? Then again maybe she shouldn't.

Kitty never really bothered to take the normal way to get anywhere. Instead she walked to the stairway and allowed herself to phase downward until she reached the ground floor where she walked right through the door and headed for the lobby. Reaching up to tuck her hair behind her ears as she reached the lobby, Kitty couldn't help but smile! There he was! That familiar face. "Mike!" She lived her hand in a wave before rushing over toward him. She didn't take into account that....okay there were some differences from normal Mike there.

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hoos_shoes
2010-12-24 06:18 am UTC (link)

This was it? This was the place?

Elliot looked down at his phone, wrinkling his nose at the map application. At least it still worked, though the address Alanna had given him was.. He wasn't sure what exactly. Not what he was expecting? Maybe it was because of the Academy, but he had half a mind to start pulling on books like in old spy-movies and try to find a secret passage.

Still, Allana hadn't given all the details, and Elliot had put his phone away in his tan messenger bag, just that there were others and he wasn't alone and this was where they were all staying. He barely had time to thank her before his shoes shot off in the direction of the complex, pleased as punch. Elliot, as usual, wound up looking like an idiot. Or a mime without the makeup. An asian mime.

"One of these days you're going to listen to me," he muttered to his shoes as he bolted in, where they immediately halted. They were pacing nervously, pawing at the ground like some kind of horse and they reflected exactly how Elliot felt. He was here, but... now what?

Looking to his left and right rather dramatically didn't help him, so he instead adjusted his had and took a step forward. This seemed to set something in motion--namely, the moment he started walking the moment a really pretty girl practically bullrushed him and called him Mike.

Mike? He wasn't Mike. He was Elliot. And right now he had no idea what was happening. To double-check, Elliot turned his head to see if the brunette was waving at someone else, but at the moment he was the only one standing.

"Um... Hi?"

At least his shoes had stopped moving.

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phasinghalfpint
2010-12-24 07:37 am UTC (link)

Kitty couldn't believe her luck. Maybe this was a really good sign! Running into him like this had to be a good sign considering she'd just been thinking about him. She had his pants with her and everything. She was hoping he would get a kick out of the fact that she had found his pants after he'd lost them so long ago. That had been when they'd gotten drunk together before they had started whatever it was that was happening between them now.

Smiling at the guy that she was pretty crazy about, Kitty reached for her bag, quickly pulling his pants out. She ignored the rather awkward greeting in favor of showing him the pants. "Look what I found! Your pants." She giggled a little bit, offering them to him. "I'm pretty sure the both of us had given up hope of ever finding those." She reminded him, but couldn't help it. She was pretty amused that she had found them.

"I was just thinking about you, actually. I thought about taking those to you, guess it's a good thing I didn't." Kitty was in a good mood. Running into Mike was like some sort of sign to her at the moment. So, maybe she should seize the moment. Maybe she should bring up the talk that they hadn't initiated. She decided to seize the moment. Kitty reached forward and grabbed Mike's, or at least she thought it was Mike, shirt and tugged him down so that she could reach him. Once he was where she could reach, Kitty got onto her tippy toes and pressed her lips against his in a kiss. It wasn't like the two of them didn't kiss. Sure it was in public, but she was sure that he wouldn't mind....or she hoped anyway.

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hoos_shoes
2010-12-24 08:02 am UTC (link)

"I don't think--"

"You know--"

But Elliot's objections were weak, as he was more than confused. He was incredibly and totally confused. Why was this girl acting like he knew him? More importantly, why was she giving him pants? All of his protests were brushed off and suddenly he found himself holding pants that he'd probably never ever wear and then--

holy crap there was agirl on him and then their lips met and Elliot all but froze, eyes wide, amazed at what the hell was happening. That was two girls in a row that had talked to him, but this one was kissing him and that was just weird and strange and...

He could feel his X7s starting to warn him and for once, Elliot decided to throw all manner of conscience away. He deserved something nice after the last time a girl tried to get intimate with him, dammit. That, and.. Well.. he was a guy.

Letting instinct take over, he put his arms on Kitty's waist and pulled her closer, unsteady and unsure but certainly not complaining.

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absofsteel
2010-12-24 08:22 am UTC (link)

Mike had been out looking over the building that would soon be the dance studio that Caroline and Lorne were helping him start. It wasn't much to look at right now, but Mike could easily see the place gleaming like new, with flawless dance floors covering the floors of the large rooms of the building and mirrors running along the walls.

He could see himself dancing there and teaching others to dance, with his memory flashing to the future when he had been a teacher alongside Kitty. Maybe this studio would be just the thing to help him work out the confusion he felt over Kitty. There was no doubt that some part of him loved her and he would never deny that he cared deeply for her, but he still had no idea how to identify what they were doing.

So he avoided labeling them and she never pushed him to do it...so he was happy to leave it alone so long as she did.

Opening up the lobby door, he ran a hand through his hair and smiled when he saw Kitty on the far end of the lobby talking to someone. Mike couldn't see who the guy was because his back was to him and he was just about to call out to her when he saw her lean close toward the guy. His smile died almost instantly, when he saw her pull the other guy down to kiss her. Or what he could only assume was a kiss from his standpoint.

He didn't stand around to figure it out though, as he let the door shut behind him while he stomped off in the pair's direction. Pulling the guy back by the shoulder, Mike raised a fist to punch the guy with and started to say, "Get your hands off my woman, you-" when he stopped abruptly and staggered back.

"Me?" He asked in confusion, when he saw Elliot's face.

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phasinghalfpint
2010-12-24 08:36 am UTC (link)

Kitty could only let her and Mike not have a title for so long. She was a girl. She wanted to know what the two of them were. She needed to know what the two of them were. She was getting tired of just calling him Mike and not being able to know that they were exclusive or more. She was going to have to talk to him even though it scared the hell out of her.

What if he still felt something for Tina? What if he was afraid to commit out of fear she would show up? What if...there were so many what ifs.

When she was with him everything felt natural, generally. It was easy to kiss him, hug him, and talk to him sometimes. As long as they kept away from harder things to talk about the two of them were golden. In the future they had managed to work things out. That was the thing that Kitty continually reminded herself of. In the future it had all worked. That meant that the two of them could work things through in this tome too. Things were different, but they were the same people. She cared about him. she had loved him in the future, there was a great part of her that did now too.

Kitty couldn't help but think that this kiss was a little different. It didn't feel familiar. It was different, but it was Mike. She saw him.

Suddenly, the arms on her waist were gone and Mike was being pulled away. Kitty reacted, looking at the person doing this, but was shocked to see.... Mike? What the hell was going on. "Mike?" Kitty looked between the two of them, shocked. They were the same. They were identical save for the matter of dress.

Lifting her hand to her mouth, Kitty went wide-eyed. What the hell was going on? Looking at the guy she'd just kissed Kitty felt something drop in the pit of her stomach. "Who are you?"

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hoos_shoes
2010-12-25 06:45 am UTC (link)

Well, shit.

Elliot automatically shut his eyes as tight as he could and put his hands up to shield his face as he was about to be punched. This was it, this was why he never took chances or went out because it always ended horribly for everyone. Apparently this world was no different.

The punch didn't come and Elliot opened his eyes, eyes growing wide and jaw dropping. He was facing himself. Why was he--what?! That didn't make sense. How could he be? He was quite sure he was himself, and this wasn't Alice in Wonderland. There couldn't be.

Confused, he fumbled with his shirt's pocket before pulling out his glasses, putting them on hastily to get a better look at...

"Who are you?" he pointed over to his twin, easily mirroring his half-glare half-shock. What the hell as going on? Allana had said he was in a different world, but she said nothing about getting punched by his twin for accidentally kissing their girlfriend....

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absofsteel
2010-12-26 01:44 am UTC (link)

Mike stared at the other him in supreme confusion, before looking at Kitty and then back at the other him. Taking a page from Brittany's handbook, he asked, "Are you from an alternate dimension sent to kill me?" He knew he was saying words, but he was running on autopilot as he reached out to poke the other guy in the shoulder.

He jumped back when he realized the other guy was as solid as he was. "Holy shit, you are real! What the fuck?" The anger had dissipated as soon as he had seen his twin's face, but now it was replaced by a freaked out feeling. Mike felt like this was a real life Invasion of the Bodysnatchers happening and he was ready to kick ass if he needed to.

Sure, he couldn't really fight, but he would bust a move and then kick his evil twin's alien ass.

"Kitty, get back from him!" He said, ushering Kitty away as he put himself between Kitty and the other him. "He might be an alien." He really was channeling Brittany right there and would have had thoughts about how much he missed her, if he wasn't dealing with clones and shit.

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phasinghalfpint
2010-12-26 02:03 am UTC (link)

Kitty didn't know what the hell was going on. Why didn't that guy stop her before she got that far? Why had he kissed her? Where had he come from? Seeing him automatically cover himself as if he were going to be hit, part of Kitty wished that Mike would hit him, but the other half of her didn't want him to get hit because it was so weird.

He'd kissed her back. He hadn't let her know he wasn't Mike....ugh!

This was far too bizarre for Kitty. She couldn't believe that the two of them were literally identical. Seeing the version that wasn't Mike put on some glasses, Kitty found herself staring. She couldn't find any differences. Seeing Mike Jump back, Kitty was just mindboggled, but calm for the most part. "The two of you are...identical!" She stated, looking between the two of them.

She hadn't even gotten to apologize for what Mike saw. She was going to do that. God, she'd kissed someone else!

The moment Mike ushered her back and put himself between them, Kitty couldn't help but blink. Why was he doing that? Sure this was strange, but the man with Mike's face didn't seem dangerous. "Mike, I don't think he's an alien..." She stated, reaching forward and putting her hand on his back. Peeking around Mike, Kitty looked at the second guy. "Who are you? What's your name?"

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hoos_shoes
2011-01-07 05:51 am UTC (link)

"Who are--but--I didn't--"

Elliot's protests were either unheard interrupted or ignored because there were two of him and a very confused girl with short stature and holy shit there were two of him and he was about to be punched out and now there was just a range of confused questions.

Elliot wanted to repeat 'who are you' a second time but he had guessed by now the brunette girl was Kitty, and he had apparently..

Woah. Wait. Was he kissing his somehow-twin's-girlfriend? Was that what had happened? Allan hadn't said anything about having a body double or anything like that!

To double-check, he lifted the glasses off of his face, stared at Mike again, put them back on and looked at the two. "I told you I wasn't who I thought!" He protested. "I'm Elliot, Elliot Hoo, and this morning I found myself here.. You guys are all.." He trailed off, wondering if this was helping or hindering. Or just awkward for everyone.

"I didn't mean to kiss her," he blurted to his twin. "Why do you have my face?!"

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absofsteel
2011-01-07 10:30 am UTC (link)

The first thought to cross Mike's mind in response to the other him's outburst was to laugh and say, 'You mean, why do you have my face?' Which made more sense in his head, but yeah. Except he was still a little freaked out. The freaked out feeling was leaving as fast it had come and that anger that had been burning through Mike earlier was coming back. "I don't know what the hell is going on, evil clone, but no one kisses my woman." Yes, his woman. Someone needed to tell Mike that in order for him to have a woman, he would have to make it official, but that was just logistics to him.

But then he turned toward Kitty in anger. "Wait, why were you kissing him?" Obviously this impostor wasn't anything like him. He was such a geeky looking evil clone for one. And two, the universe could only handle one Mike Chang. Someone needed to get that memo this guy in front of him and his Kitty. "Are you replacing me with me?" It might have sounded crazy to anyone walking by, but his anger was giving way to worry. Terrified worrying stated up in Mike's head.

She's replacing you with Mike 2.0, his mind said. You're such a loser, Mike Chang 1.0.

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phasinghalfpint
2011-01-07 10:45 am UTC (link)

"Why didn't you say something!" Kitty blurted out at Elliot. What the hell was wrong with him?

Kitty didn't care whose face it was. All she cared about was the fact that there were two of them. Why were there two of them? This was just way too bizarre. Her brain was pretty much on overload right now. Elliot. Mike.... jesus it was going to be hard to keep the two of them separate. They were identical. This was way too confusing, seriously. She needed nametags or color coordination or something because this was going to be difficult.

"It's kind of both your face....it doesn't matter whose face it is." Kitty stated, blinking. She did catch the bit where Mike called her his woman. Something in her stomach even fluttered at it, but honestly nothing was official. She wasn't his woman. She didn't correct him, though.

As Mike turned on Kitty, she blinked owlishly. "I thought he was you!" She stated honestly, and then he just had to continue. What was wrong with him? "Mike! I'm not replacing anyone! It was an accident! I thought he was you!" Kitty said honestly.

Wow this day was confusing. Really confusing.

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hoos_shoes
2011-01-09 05:36 pm UTC (link)

"I did!" Elliot insisted, feeling the temperature in his cheeks rise. IT wasn't like he purposely decided to run into her. "You kissed me! I tried to tell you i wasn't him," he jerked a thumb in Mike's direction, looking far more distressed than he would have liked.

He caught the panicked voice in himself and raised both of his hands, figuring the best way out of whatever the situation was currently was to treat it like some kind of weird logic puzzle. HE could already feel the headache coming on.

Still, showing he was unarmed, he took a breath.

"I'm not him, because I'm me, and he's himself," he tried to explain. "Let's just all maybe calm down? I woke up here when I was supposed to be doing something kind of important where I come from," No big deal, just handling OX and the Uprising and that giant mess he didn't have a choice but to handle. Come to think of it, life had a habit of throwing him weird curveballs. Couldn't it just be a wacky uncle from out of town instead of being transported to some magical land?

At least Allana was nice. And at least Allana wasn't...this situation. Whichever it was. His mind was beginning to repeat itself.

"I'm sorry about this whole thing but I had no clue and it wasn't like--Kitty, was it?--was expecting someone to look like you--Mike, right?--wander into the complex."

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absofsteel
2011-01-11 04:45 am UTC (link)

Mike, who wasn't known for having a temper or...ever getting angry really, was pissed off. He had no idea what was going on and while he figured out that this must be one of those doppelgänger situations, he still didn't know what was going on with this kissing business.

So glaring from his evil clone and then over to Kitty, he threw his hands up in the air and said, "Forget it. I'm out of here." He was being jealous, irrational, and possessive without a good reason, but it was called being irrational for a reason. With another glare at Elliot and Kitty, he turned to walk off.

Just before he could disappear from view, he turned around and gave them one last glare as a parting gift. Eff them, he thought. They can go ahead and kiss each other all they want. Mike Chang did not care.

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