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Cassie raised a brow and sighed before closing her eyes and leaning against the counter. "Perhaps you're right. The Brotherhood isn't a joke, no matter how much I try to laugh it off. I grew up with their leader, I mean he's my big brother, I should know how dangerous he is. He didn't used to be like that, but something in him changed when he moved to that place- Genosha... I think he thinks our parents betrayed me by throwing me out of the house when they found out what i was. But, I don't blame them: it wasn't like it is reasonable to expect them to get caught by the MRD or give up their careers and stuff for a kid who is a mutant."

She sighed shaking her head, "I just don't get how people can have so much hate in their heart. I mean, I get it, but I don't at the same time. I used to hate my parents, too for abandoning me, but they didn't hand me over, right? Maybe I would have turned out like Alex did if I wasn't found by Emma..."

Cassie forced a laugh and smiled some, "Sorry, you must think we all are spaced out mess here at the X-men with Mr. Nixon spacing out on us and me rambling about things that are past news. You can't change the past: you can only move forward, right?"

Blink rolled her brown eyes and started laughing. Catching her breath she said, "Puh-lease, you aren't listening, darling. I said it is a third date: are you aware what a third date means? It is the kiss of death? I would have had to call it quits anyways, because a fourth date with the same person means that he has rights to call you a girlfriend."

She looked faintly horrified at the thought, "I don't do that whole couple thing, it is gross and has to be unhealthy. One night stands and single dates are more of my style, anyways, so you are doing me a real big favor." She flipped open her phone and tossed it to Amp, "Text Splitspeed that I can't make it: work came up. After all, I am supposed to help new residents get acclimated to Genosha."

Amp rolled his eyes and muttered as his fingers flew over the keys, "I'm making this sound apologetic, at least. You know guys have feelings, too."

Blink shot a glare at the teen and snapped, "Extra two pages on your Shakespeare essay for me." Turning her attention to Shadow Walker she smiled, "I'm actually, an English teacher for some of the younger residents who are interested and I arrange housing for a number of new residents. Anyways, what is it about teleporting is proving difficult for you? I need to know where to start with. And, also don't be too hard on yourself about your powers. It is like walking: you have to stumble a bit before you perfect it."

((OOC: I end up branching out minor characters who won't have too much of a major part and finding pictures that work of them when I end up not being able to sleep at night. The joys of having pain in my back where my back only feels alright when I sit straight up- and you can't sleep like that...))

Blink frowned and began to pace, as she walked past Amp she took back her phone with a sigh. Amp sighed in response and went to sit down on the futon, letting her take over: after all Blink was older, and at least supposedly more mature than him. Turning back around, when she reached the counter she said, quietly, "I know it sounds really stupid but being able to learn to meditate and clear your mind completely is a useful skill to polish. The problem with being launched there, I can't really help too much. The best thing I can say is practice and practice meditating..."

She frowned, her advice sounded feeble to her even to herself. She tried to remember her own practicing- spending hours meditating in her room and teleporting from one end to the other in secret hiding what she was from her parents as she waited for Genosha to be built. The thoughts of her past before Genosha brought back memories of school some being teased about her bright pink hair, freaky smile, and pathetic father in love with a woman who used him rarely on a whim. She clenched her fists and took a calming breath, "I'm forgetting how hard teleporting was for me when I was younger. I'm sorry. Really, a lot of it is mind over matter for those of us who have stronger powers that aren't always "on" like Warp's sister's power. You just need to visualize how you want your power to work."

"Why don't you explain to me how you want your power to work and visualize your power working that way at the same time? You talk and I listen. As long as it takes," Blink said with a small smile, which unintentionally looked predatory thanks to her sharp, long canines.

"Fear," Blink said, quietly, sitting beside Amp on the futon, "too much of it makes you weak. Homo-sapiens have no reason to fear their power, or at least most don't. Right now you are letting your power control you, which is exactly why homosapiens fear us in the first place."

Her brown eyes narrowed and she continued with a supportive smile, "Your fear is stopping you from gaining the control you say you crave. What is so scary? That you get lost in transit? It isn't a pleasant experience to be in that in between world, but there is always a way out as a teleporter, right? So why worry about it? Excessive worrying is unhealthy: it gives premature wrinkles."

Felicia Carter
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Felicia wasn't sure what to make of Jay as she entered. Talking without being spoken to. She decided to try to hold of her judgements until she got to know her better. She seemed to like her idea, "She has a good idea... Though I don't think I've ever been among so many humans in this form. I usually went in my fox form which appears to be the norm for most people..."

Shadow Walker blushed out of embarrassment as Amp pointed out the obvious with her name and her power. Aside from that she shouldn't be afraid of the darkness she should live up to her name and embrace it. When Blink asked her to sit next to Amp she initially thought she wanted to talk more. She was about to walk there until Blink said the words 'use your power' which seem to play in slow motion in her mind. She let out a sigh and hoped she didn't hurt anyone in the process.

She started think about to look where the shadows were which to her, in theory, should be entry points. Remembering where she entered earlier she looked above them them and saw a shadow cast above them because of the lighting. She knew where she was going and how she was going to re-enter. She closed her eyes and breathed then dropped through her shadow she dropped through the shadow above the spot next to Amp but not completely she was hanging with her fore arms in the shadow and concentrate on slowing down.

She slowed down once it got to her wrists hands made from the shadow above were holding her she thought she should be completely out by now. It felt that someone was holding her wrists,Who is holding me? She looked up she was startled by the hands she let out a gasp and then the hands let her go. She landed in the seat next to Amp looking at her wrists. Was that... shadow manipulation? Or something else?

Felicia Carter
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Felicia didn't quite get the joke, What does hair color have to do with intelligence? she wondered and giggled anyway for at least she got the sense that she was being humorous. "Hi Jay! Nice to meet you!" she said with enthusiasm and held out her hand for a handshake.

After shaking hands she returned to the matter at hand. "Well sure we can easily hide my ears under a hat but what about my tail? At least being a fox would be considered more normal than part fox and part girl. Don't people wear furs? Miss Emma seems to... I have to admit it was a bit startling waking up in my fox form in her room and seeing all the furs all over."