Golden Glow

[cassiopeiawilliam]

When Cassie awoke that morning in the Mansion she had immediately felt the urge to leave, forgetting she looked terrible and was in her pajamas. She had been seriously pondering this choice until her roomie, Chase, a sweet, gay aerokinetically gifted mutant scared her back to reality, whispering softly in her ear. He said the bathroom was hers now and dressed, dropping his towel in front of her. They weren't uncomfortable with each other, Cassie's abilities only serving to strengthen the bond that formed between them from the start. As she showered she heard the door close and she sighed in relief, involuntarily rolling her eyes. She loved the kid but he could be a handful, that was sure. It was a half-hour later that Cassie found herself in front of the mirrors on the inside of the doors that led to their walk-in closet. She chose to wear a pair leather jeans, stiletto boots and a loose, airy silk blouse. With one last look in the mirror she'd play with her bangs slightly, tossing her wealth of chocolate brown ringlets over her shoulder before exiting the dorm.

Hopping into her blue Mazda ACX, the car she bought just a few days ago, she would find herself grinning uncontrollably as she backed out of the parking space and drove through the entrance formed by the sliding automatic gates. They would close after her and if you payed close enough attention you'd see the small sparks that ran up the metal posts of the fence and gates.

Knowing that she'd better be prepared for the city full of emotions she turned off her empathy completely, though she hated to do so. It felt like loosing a sixth sense and she'd grown as fond of it as she had with her other five senses. The city could be great for an empath if only they could form groups of happy people around them every time they went out but this was obviously impractical and therefore most higher-level users blocked or shut off their abilities to prevent from over-load and shock. So though she missed the extra sensory skill she preferred being cut-off to being driven insane. What with all the anger, pain and other emotions in the city she could augment the powers of her whole team as well as herself for awhile.

After an hour of traffic she found a parking space in front of the gianormous Toys-R-Us store in Times Square. She could do some serious damage on her credit cards their, shopping for the kids at the at the shelter she volunteered at but stopped herself, noting that she should come back another time when she had help taking it out to the car. Walking down street, her big black bag hung from her inner-elbow as she texted, looking every bit the teenager she still was. It wasn't until that she bumped into a man with odd eyes that she realized she hadn't been paying attention. She though had no room to judge his eyes when her her bright, light purple irises seemed all the more brighter against the black of her pants and the brown of her eyes. "I'm so sorry sir. I didn't see you." She stammered through this apology before blushing and shutting up, hoping that the fellow mutant wouldn't be too mad.

[jayy]

It had been ages since Remy had been anywhere besides New Orleans. He had taken a few trips with his father to Paris and Egypt, but he always wound back in that same dirty town, though not that he didn't mind it. Dirty places made him feel home, which was why New York City was the best place to be, though it wasn't like he had a choice really. He had promised Rogue he would teach her what she wanted to know about sneaking around and gathering information in exchange for his own ticket out of New Orleans. They had accepted the terms and now here Remy was, staying at this Xavier's Institute at night, and coming here during the day.

Remy LeBeau walked down the sidewalks of the city, not really knowing what exactly to do. See with New Orleans there were only a set number of things to do, like playing cards or passing out drunk in a bar. Here though, there were so many stores and bars, so many options, it all actually made his head spin slightly. That was about the time the girl had bumped into him. His eyes flashed a deep crimson from the sudden jerk movement he made that caught him off guard. The girl apologized and he reached up to the fedora that sat upon his head, tilting it down so just the bottom part of his red eyes shown, not wanting to draw attention to himself.

"It's quite alright. I've done 'de same thing plenty of times." Remy spoke up with a chuckle, his Cajun accent hanging over the foreign air. As he looked down upon the girl, he noticed that she seemed familiar, like he had seen her walking around somewhere else before. "'Ya go to that Xavier's Institute don't ya?" He spoke up, grinning a bit.

"Oh please excuse my rudeness, mon amie. The name's Remy LeBeau." He held out a fingerless gloved hand that stuck out of the arm of his black tench coat for her to shake.

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