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[againsttheworld]

[ ooc: let's go with FC for the sake of the inability to canon review DoFP? Some point near Cuba? Also both prompts are good, and therefore...some combination of the two! We can do it. ]

Things had been getting tense. She wasn't surprised, not with the state of the world and their involvement in it, but it made something as simple as every day life just a little bit more difficult. It was getting more and more obvious to anyone who paid attention that not everyone necessarily agreed with one another on what they should be doing, and the truth of the matter was that Raven was slowly starting to come around to Erik's way of thinking.

Not that she was going to go around bragging about that, or anything. She knew better than to open her mouth about something like that. After all, she'd been hiding her whole life; one more secret wasn't going to kill her.

It just meant that she was spending a little bit more time alone, training by herself instead of with some of the others. She needed the space, she needed the time to think without anyone's outside influence. Especially Erik or Charles'. She was outside that day for that very reason, her blue skin warmed under the sun; she didn't want to have to focus on holding the mask up the whole time, not when there were other things to think about as she ran around the grounds, offering a smile to anyone who passed by.

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[Works for me.]

He hadn't meant to be 'creeping' it's just the guys, while fun even with everything so tense, were still treating it like a game. Himself included, at least around them.

He wasn't even running, instead he was leaning against the stone wall. At first he thought to tease her, after all he teased Hank and Sean, instead he picked up the apple he had brought with him. "Hey Raven, catch." the underhanded toss was easy at least. "Keep it up you're going to make us guys look weak you know."

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She wasn't at all surprised that the guys were still treating all of this like a game, and somehow, she found it easy not to judge them. Maybe pity them, just a little bit - it wasn't their fault if they didn't feel the full gravity of it all. But it was probably good in its own right that they didn't.

Yellow eyes flicked over to him when she caught a glimpse of movement in her periphery, and Raven twisted mid-run to snag the apple out of the air, slowing down so she could continue the conversation, amusement playing on her features. "Maybe if you spent more time training, and less time ogling people as they ran, you wouldn't be complaining."

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He ran to catch up. "Hey I can't help it you're the best looking person on the property, even like that." He grinned at her.

"And you haven't seen the bomb shelter lately have you?" It may be best she didn't, the little display of power he did before, was nothing compared to the 'morgue' of mannequins lining the storage room.

"Though if you want someone to help you I wouldn't mind a chance to gt some fresh air." Alex meant it as a friend. "Wouldn't want you in a position you can't defend yourself after all." He was actually saying it without any of his joking tone.

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Even like that. The words stung, though you wouldn't know it from the smile that lingered on her lips as she stepped forward to meet him part-way. "No. It's not like I have any reason to go down there." Though at least the place was seeing some action.

She inhaled, letting her abilities take off, replacing blue skin with the more familiar white, and red hair with blonde waves. Never mind that she knew full well that Alex didn't always think about what he said before he said it; if asked, she wanted to practice holding the shift while exerting herself. You never knew when it would come up.

"More than you're already getting? Sure." A beat. "So what're you thinking?"

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To be honest he had been talking the sweats and tee-shirt, Brain wasn't thinking blue. "Well not like it's a good idea for me to practice above ground."

He smiled a little at her shift, it was always amazing to watch. "Well, has anyone worked with you on hand to hand fighting yet?" It was something they could do in the yard at least. And if Sean or Hank made a joke about him getting beat by a girl he'd dish it right back at them as long as it kept her safe he'd take the harassment.

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He might not have meant that, but the blue was always was stuck out to her; it was the first thing that occurred to her. "You could. We have enough land," she replied, her smile curving a little bit wider at the idea of him taking out a few trees. Like free landscaping.

"Not really. I know how to control my powers. It's the rest of you who need all the training," Raven told him, half-teasing. Most of her training could be done independently, and she was all right with that. It wasn't like she couldn't take a break and go check out what the others were doing anyway, if she really wanted, and otherwise, she just got the space that she needed to think. "How'd you learn hand-to-hand fighting? Or should I not even bother asking?"

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Alex laughed. "Yeah I don't think the Professor would like it if I took out a few trees along the drive. Though it is tempting."

He nodded. "Mostly them. I won't say I'm good though." He shrugged a little at her question though and glanced at her. "You do know where they picked me up right? I prefered solitary, and if I was moved to gen pop I'd make sure not to stay there long. It was fight or kill. And I really didn't like that option." He wasn't looking at her when he spoke. "I think he might have a problem if I taught you more than basics, he does seem more protective of you." It was obvious, but Alex was thinking of trying to keep them safe.

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"You could ask him. See if there's anything he wants taken out," she suggested, still liking the mental image. After all, Alex couldn't just keep himself holed up in a bomb shelter forever; sooner or later, he'd have to come out and get some practical experience. In landscaping, obviously. Earn his keep, and all that. Either that, or he could make everyone breakfast.

"You're pretty good," she conceded. "And I might have heard a rumour or two." More than a few. Given how few of them there were, the stories of how everyone was found made it around pretty quickly, no matter what Charles did to try and stop it.

Her eyes remained on him even while he didn't look at her, almost as though she was trying to get inside his head a little. She couldn't help but wonder what he thought of all this: if he liked it just because he didn't have to hide away in solitary, or if he actually agreed with what they were trying to do. "Of course he's protective. I'm his sister," Raven replied, her tone only holding a tone of wryness at that fact. "We'll start with the basics. And if I like it, we'll move up from there."

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"If I didn't know better I'd think you wanted me to destroy something," He did laugh a little at that though. "We'll both ask him later then alright?" And Alex had no problem cooking, it was fun for him, not that he'd willingly admit, but no on seemed to complain when he cooked so far.

"It's not something I'm too proud of." He did give her a small smirk though.

"Sounds good, but lets get off the trail," He nodded to a sunny spot in the grass about five feet from the trail they were on. If she had asked him in that moment, he would have said he was enjoying it for both reasons. Because he was helping others like him and wasn't feeling like he should be a caged animal. Something he hoped the others would never feel.

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Her smile grew a touch wicked, answering that question well enough as far as she was concerned. What good were abilities like his if you didn't destroy things every now and then? "Sure," Raven answered lightly, already starting towards the spot he indicated. Better to get out of the way in case people decided to go running as well. They could probably get bowled over by Hank, if they weren't paying enough attention.

He got a sympathetic glance as she passed near him, eyes lingering for a moment or two. Rumours did nothing to actually tell her about him, not beyond what she already knew; it wasn't quite enough. But they had the whole afternoon ahead of them, and even if she was in a different mindset than everyone else at the school, it couldn't hurt.

"So where do we start?"