6/04 Instance - Meet the parents: Moria McTaggart

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[Jamie] "Small crowd today, which I guess is for the best." Jamie joked.

[remy] Remy lay stretched out on the sofa, a bowl of fruit loops balanced on his chest. Lazily digging in the bowl of dry cereal he popped a couple of them in his mouth while keeping his eyes fixed on the TV set.

[Elizabeth] Elizabeth walks into the rec room, she's dressed in a black layered knees skirt, biker boots and a dark green halterneck top, which shows off her back and a rarther elaborate tattoo.....

[remy] Remy frowned. "Why is dat for de best? Nothin' differen' from today dan other de others, neh?"

[Elizabeth] "Alright, gents? Remy, what the hell are those?" Elizabeth leans over the back of the sofa, looking mystified down at the contents of his bowl.

[Jamie] "Nah, remeber my Mom's coming today." Jamie answered.

[Jamie] "Hey Liz, feeling better?" Jamie greeted Elizabeth.

[remy] "Fruit loops." He looked quizzically at her. "Remy thought dat y'were from england not from de amazon...dey don't 'ave dese dere?"

[Elizabeth] "Small crowds are a good thing....I'm still quite delicare." Elizabeth made a face. "Your mum is coming over? Random...."

[remy] Remy's shoulders tightened. "Y're mom? De scientist lady?"

[Jamie] "Yup, the geneticist."

[Elizabeth] "Nope. Not that I've ever seen....We have Cherios. Cherios look a little like tha, only they're not a weird colour," Elizabeth shrugs and crosses over to the window, turning her back on them

[remy] Remy scooped his shades off the coffee table and popped them on his face. Made the colours on the TV look weird, but oh well.

[Jamie] "Do you have the sweet nectar that is Dr.Pepper over there, Liz?"

[Elizabeth] "Hell yes! Dr Pepper was my drink of choice in the school canteen until they remoed the vending machines!"

[remy] "Dese are not anythin' like cheerios...does 'ave some nutritional value to dem. Fruit loops are pretty much sugar an' food colourin'."

[Jamie] "I think we'll be great friends, Liz, since I'm from Texas I simply love Dr.Pepper I tried to go to Dublin, Texas at least once on twice a year."

[remy] ((damn! Now I am in the mood for fruit loops...I don't have them very often but...))

[Elizabeth] "Sounds sweet. And even if they do have the in England, probably why I never saw them - parents don't spend thousands to send their kids to boarding school so they can get a shit diet."

[Elizabeth] ((I wnat Dr Pepper, and I sill crave Kit Kats from last night!!))

[remy] Chuckling remy dug out another small handful. "Y're loss den, neh?"

[Elizabeth] "What's in Dublin? I didn't know there was a Dublin in Texas?"

[Jamie] Jamie heard his cell phone ringing "Hello, oh hey mom, alright I'm coming to greet ya at the door." "See ya in a sec y'all." Jamie went out to greet his mom.

[Elizabeth] "Yup. Why d'you think I broke out most nights?" Elizabeth says with a wicked smile. "And most days. The days, I'd get a new piercing or tattoo....I got this done when I was 15," Elizabeth turns and lifts her hair off her back so Remy and Jamie can clearly see the tattoo on her back

[Elizabeth] "I used my power on the guy of course..." she winked and grinned mischeviously

Moira enters this room

[remy] "nice" Remy frowned at the mention of her power "y'used y're power...why?"

[Elizabeth] "You can only get cut when you're 18 back home. I was too lazy to wait," she shrugged and sat down, propping her chin on her hand. "Piercings were fine, you ahve to be sixteen or have parental consent."

[Jamie] "Alright I'm back y'all, meet my mom." Jamie pointed towards the woman behind him.

[Elizabeth] "My mother let me have my naevl done - but I had to wait till I had ID to get my nipple pierced."

[Jamie] "A fun conversation to walk into." Jamie smirked.

[remy] Remy pulled himself up on the couch so that he was sitting up in the corner of it. "Hey..." he couldn't help but feel a little like a bug under a magnifing glass...he knew what jamie had told them that his mom had done to him.

[Elizabeth] Elizabeth stood up, suddenly very graceful and in a plummy, rounded accent held out her hand to the woman. "Hello, pardon me, I'm Elizabeth Braddock, nice to meet you!"

[Moira] "I can advise you that with all of your piercing child, to avoid any mutants that can control metal/" Moira laughed.

[remy] He made sure that his shades were firmly in place and went back to picking at his cereal.

[Moira] "It's nice to meet you too, Miss Braddock, my name is Moira Mctaggert, if Jamie hasn't already said that."

[remy] "oh..oui...Remy." he held his hand out over the back of the couch.

[Elizabeth] "No, I dont think he did, Jamie is awfully forgetful like that sometimes," Elizabeth gives her what she hopes is a winning smile.

[Moira] "It's nice to meey you too, Remy." Moira shook Remy's hand.

[Moira] "A bad memory is just Jamie's excuse for when he doesn't want to do things."

[Elizabeth] ((how is telepathic conversation written? In *'s or "talk about crap"

[Colossus] Piotr standed and walked out

Colossus exits from this room

[Elizabeth] "I'll be okay. I just about survived school...seve hundred teenaged girls under the same roof. This should be a walk in the park," Lizzie said ruefully. "God, I'm making a scene again. I'm sorry."

[remy] "Couillon"

[Elizabeth] "Does that mean its okay?"

[remy] "Neh - dat guy can be a bit of a dick." Remy patted her on the back briefly. "Guess dat's why 'e 'as to spend all dat time meditatin'?"

[remy] He laughed at that. "Non, Remy was callin' Piotr a bad name, petite."

[Elizabeth] Lizzie gave a giggle. "Fair enough. I'm okay now, I guess I expect people to understand my powers too much."

[Elizabeth] "Even if I did root around in someone's head -which I dont unless its to talk in class or if I'm allowed - I still wouldn't know what it *feels* like to have their powers and their troubles with it..." Lizzie ives a sigh

[remy] "Good den." remy wandered back over to the sofa. "Think dat it takes a while t'figure things out 'ere."

[Elizabeth] "Yeah. At least I'm slightly safer here. I don't get my head kicked in for having my little upsets."

[remy] "Oh?" Remy looked at her questioningly "Y'were beaten up den? Why didn' y'fight dem back?"

Jamie enters this room

[Elizabeth] "It's hard to fight back against a large group of bitchy fourteen year olds with french manicures and high heels...It happened once, and only once. I didn't exactly fight back but then again they never were tempted to do it again."

[remy] "Ah..." Remy nodded. "An people didn' need to know dat y' were 'special' neh?"

[Elizabeth] "But all of that, I guess it's why I'm dran to the cold, detached type - people who hide their emotions are easier for me to get nearer to as they don't have so many thoghts and emotions pouring out of them."

[Jamie] "I heard Bitchy fourteen year olds are like pirahhas, evil buggers they are." Jamie tried to lighten the mood.

[Elizabeth] "Got it on one, guys."

[Elizabeth] ((Lizzie needs counselling ))

[Jamie] "Here Liz," Jamie tossed her a Dr. Pepper. "Wasn't sure if you wanted one but I couldn't find any kit-kats." Jamie smiled.

[Elizabeth] "This will do good for the moment!" Lizzie grinned and caught the can

[Elizabeth] Lizzie took a swig from the can and grinned. "Better. I probably just needed sugar and to vent some. I'll shut up complaining now, and anytime you guys need to comaplin, its only fair if you bend my ear!"

[Jamie] "Of course it'll do good Liz, Dr. Pepper is the miracle cure."

[remy] Remy laughed "Bet dat y're ear isn't what Jamie's interested in."

[Elizabeth] Lizzie choked on her drink and gave Remy a startled look.

[Jamie] "Et tu, Remy?"

[remy] Remy just grinned back, leaning into the couch.

[Jamie] Jamie laughed

[Elizabeth] Lizzie looked at Jamie and stood up. "Now...you;re a great guy, but way too...emotional for me. Like I said, I like them free from emotions....pretty much," Lizzie drinks more Dr Pepper and wishes she hadn't said anything.

[remy] Remy whistled slowly. Ooooh...burn.

[Jamie] "Hey, no problem, really I'm not looking for any realationship, besides lord knows what my dupes are getting up to." Jamie sighed.

[Elizabeth] "Shit....That so came out wrong."

[Elizabeth] Lizzie looks mortified and glowers at Remy slightly.

[remy] Remy tried his level headed best to look like the choir boy. "Fruit loops?"

[Elizabeth] "Totally. I'm blueberry flavoured."

[remy] "Really?" Remy looked at her, with a smirk on his face. "Maybe y'd be better tryin' Dez den...she loves hangin' out with fruits."

[Elizabeth] "Yeah. I got that one already, but she's more into lemons I figured."

[remy] Remy laughed hard at that one. "Oui...and she's strong enough t' squeeze 'erself a glass of lemonade too."

[Jamie] "Dez certainly is an interesting person." Jamie commented.

[Elizabeth] "Dude, that sounds nasty!" Lizzie made a face at Remys comment

[Jamie] "She even asked if I had a lesbian dupe once, very odd...."

[remy] "all depends on 'ow y'like it petite."

[Elizabeth] "Mate, you have a penis, how does that work?"

[Elizabeth] "Well...I dont mind girlies, but I do like boys better. A guy can do things for a girl other girls can't, after all!"

[Jamie] "I have no idea what she was thinking" Jamie shrugged

[Elizabeth] Lizzie gives a lopsided grin and finishes her Dr Pepper. "Anyway, I should get going really. I need to....wash my hair! As interesting as conversations about lovely lesbians are!"

[Elizabeth] Lizzie waves and walked out of the room lightly, feeling a lot better than before.

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I was kinda suspicious that Jamie may try and rat out Remy with the glasses thing...so I was prepared with the Cajun Swearasaurus. It just worked well with Piotr as well.

Translations for those who are curious are:

Fils de putain - Son of a bitch

Couillon - Idiot, fool (literally testicle)

Got to love that dictionary! Thanks for pointing it out em!

Paws

[NachtcGleiskette]

The fact that there's a Cajun swearasaurus makes me love this country. Go America!

Good job guys!