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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 19:38:07 GMT -5
Megan had followed the instructions she'd received (she was good at that; it was how she'd learned to make fire in the first place, a point which she was prepared to argue as strenuously as necessary) to the Home for Gifted Children, the name alone of which made her think she'd probably just end up going home without any new schedule hangups to worry about.
In case she needed to impress, though, she'd chosen one of the ridiculously ostentatious dresses Howl had bought for her a while ago. This one had a lot of red and gold, which was clearly what people with pyrotechnic skills wore all the time, if Micaela's crazy roommate was any indication.
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 19:40:07 GMT -5
Charles eyebrows peaked up from his desk as he felt someone coming to the door, he wheeled around his office and down the hall, the door opening before he got anywhere near it.
"You must be Megan."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 19:43:56 GMT -5
"Yes, that's me."
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 19:47:02 GMT -5
Charles smiled setting his hands in his lap "Please do come in, that is a lovely dress."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 19:49:35 GMT -5
"Thanks. I didn't pick it out- I don't know much about clothes but my hair looks FIERCE."
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 19:56:10 GMT -5
"Well whoever chose it for you has impeccable taste" it was a bit gaudy for Charles, but when it came to things being over the top he couldn't help but find some form of fun in it. "Now I know what you are probably thinking-" he turned and beckoned for her to follow him, the door closing behind her "-what in gods name would a bunch of mutants want with you. Why would they be interested in you when you obviously aren't a mutant."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 20:01:19 GMT -5
"That's... basically it," she admitted. "Look, I don't want to waste your space or anything- I'm already twenty years old, so that means I'm too old for this high school or whatever you've got going on, and even if I wasn't..."
She sighed.
"I guess I'm a witch, but I'm not a very good one."
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 20:05:15 GMT -5
"It only says children, because were all children in one way or another" he nodded at one of the students who towered above them "Morning, anyway we have students here from first year to college level."
He turned the corner and went through an arch to a back patio and in to the back yard "Erik says that you learned your power from a book, would you mind very much if I saw it?"
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 20:06:43 GMT -5
Megan looked down uncomfortably.
"It's not my book."
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 20:12:11 GMT -5
"Than I won't push it" Charles smiled "it's simply that, to truly understand how a, and mind the expression, a human could control such powers, I'd need to see the source material. So that we can test that anyone with enough practice could do exactly what you do."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 20:13:35 GMT -5
"Well, Howl- he's the... well, I'm living with him-"
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 20:19:26 GMT -5
Charles looked over at Megan with a smile full of compassion "I understand Megan" he replied and started off through the back toward another building, it looked much newer than the house itself, and stood out a bit in the setting of the town, but Charles was having some vines planted to make it fit in better.
"I would however, if you don't mind, like to see your... power."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 20:23:13 GMT -5
"Oh, this?"
She opened her hand and a small flame popped up.
"That's it, really."
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Post by Charles Francis Xavier on May 6, 2009 20:32:47 GMT -5
His eyebrows shot up and watched the flame dance in her hand "Remarkable."
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Post by Megan on May 6, 2009 20:34:21 GMT -5
"And I can kind of make these little rings with it on the ground, but, well, I don't wanna burn the place down."
She stared at the ground.
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