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Catchall for July

WHO: Charles Xavier, Charles!clone and You!
WHERE: A bit of everywhere.
WHEN: July
WHAT: Meetings, powers training, random encounters, clone-a-rama.
WARNINGS: TBA, Charles clone is likely to use telepathy without IC consent. Here is my telepathy permission post if you want to opt out of that.

MEET CHARLES

a. home, still at Nonah
Charles lives in Nonah, in individual housing with Erik, Jean and Wanda. It's a two story building but with no stairs at the front and no thresholds that would make it hard to navigate with a wheelchair. If he has invited you into his home, he'll be waiting with a pot of tea and a tin of cookies. But if you're a chance visitor, he will welcome you just as warmly.

He's gathering his bearings finally and actually made a home for himself in the bedroom that used to be his, claimed some space around the house by piles of books often forgotten onto the tables and good scotch in a reachable cupboard in the kitchen. He's no longer red as a lobster what was going on after the beach episode of Swear-ins and Erik finally convinced him to have a haircut. Gone is the mullet and back is the 60's floppy hair-do. You might even catch him wearing a t-shirt, maybe with an X-men logo on it or a silly slogan, he got a few of those from Fanport.

Let's have a cup of tea or a game of chess, or just good conversation.

b. powers training at the danger room / Maria-Francis Foundation
The Maria-Francis Foundation building resides in ~~Nonah~~ De Chima. In the basement there is a wide space that Erik has been working with all month to get up and running as a powers training centre. The building is modern and tall, and Charles has taken a habit of waiting the people he's made appointments with at the front lobby.

He's excited to get the actual training started, get those hours in and grind some practice into people who have contacted him.

If you're not here for powers training, you can find him in the office, going through the Foundation's paperwork. You're damn right he's snooping on his own business. What of it?

c. interview, wherever seems convenient
Perhaps you're meeting him in a cafe or a park, he'll even agree to go the beach if that's convenient for you. What he's interested in is learning about what you have to say after all. Charles is very curious about what has aspired in this world before his time and how to put the details together into a cohesive picture in his mind.

He's quick to greet you with a smile and a warm handshake. Please, sit down. Would you like a cup of tea or coffee first? Do you mind if he makes some quick notes while you're discussing?

d. wildcard
Would you like something else? Perhaps run into him in the library or find him feeding pigeons one fine morning in the park? Maybe he was supposed to come to you? Are you having a dinner out? Are you one of the people he keeps an eye on and something is going awfully wrong? He would find a way to contact you. Throw me a bone, I'll run with it.

MEET THE CLONE

e. random encounter
Charles, the clone, looks and sounds exactly like the original but he doesn't have the stylish wheelchair with big X-symbols on the wheels. A big giveaway? Maybe not. His flippant attitude is probably the big neon sign that you weren't expecting. Wherever you meet - cafe, library, school, even the Foundation building - he's going to greet you with a sunny smile and a warm handshake, introduce himself if necessary and especially if you're a pretty brunette, he will flirt playfully while falling short with playing the caring and concerned game that Charles excels at.

He's going to be a little bit impatient, unlikely to avoid using his gifts even if you ask him to and multitasking to the max. Good luck catching all of his attention at any given time. But he's new to his powers, and easily overwhelmed.

f. for those he's interacted with before
As time goes by, he will start targeting Charles' friends and family. He'll find them at their work places or stage a random meeting elsewhere. Once or twice he'll even wander into the house in Nonah. You might find him at the kitchen having a cup of tea and leafing a genetics book, or perhaps wandering around, looking at pictures and fingering everything with curiosity. Or rolling into your workplace with a sunny smile and a suggestion to grab an early lunch.

g. wildcard
Something else you had in your mind? I'm an open book, come at me, bruh!

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I see. But your gifts would get you into much more interesting jobs, surely.

[ Clone Charles definitely isn't a big on modesty.

Then he gets bored of this topic and smiles, a curve upon his mouth that is definitely not genuine, there's something awfully dishonest about it. ]

We've both been working so hard lately. It would be nice to take a night off, don't you think?

Sure, if you want.

[ He pauses ]

Where's all this coming from? Is this because I told you I'd support you financially if you wanted?

I get it Charles, you like your job.

Oh. [ Well, there's a good reason as any. ]

Well, I just thought it would be nice to just spend time together. [ Especially because Charles will be tending his little trainees at the Foundation building. Clone knows how to take advantage of that... ]

If you're sure.

[ He takes Charles to a cute little restaurant, that has lots of plants and outdoor seating, and requests a table outside with an awning overlooking the bay. ]

I'm sure.

[ Charles seems more excited about a restaurant than he usually is, admiring the sea and the outdoor seating. He laughs and jokes with the waitress, flirting without even a flick of shame. ]

You're in a good mood today.

[ He'll order whatever the waitress recommends today; he trusts the chef special is actually special. ]

Did something happen, or do you suddenly prefer blondes?

It's a nice day, I'm out with my favourite person and our waitress is cute. What else can I really ask for? [ Charles laughs, light and amused. He ordered the day's soup. Apparently it's coconut and chicken. ]

Except maybe to have the ability to walk, that'd be nice. [ Ah, so he went there? Why? Who even knows. ] But one mustn't be greedy, right?

The waitress thinks you're hot, you know.

[ He raises an eyebrow. Charles is acting.. weird. ]

I do know. That's what happens when you're attractive, people tend to find you attractive.

[ Is Charles going to think Erik is weird, because that was definitely weird. ]

When did I become your favorite person?

That's so humble of you. [ Charles, the clone, laughs lightly and reaches up to brush a few fingers over his brow, watching Erik with an amused smirk. ]

Oh come on, now. Who else would it be? Jean? She's definitely fascinating but don't you think we have a special kind of rapport, you and I?

Raven's your favorite person, Charles.

[ The waitress comes to bring over their complimentary bread, and Erik waits to catch Charles flirting with her again. ]

Is she? [ The clone asks with a curious brow arch. All these curious thoughts about her. They're hard to understand. ]

Oh thank you, dear, [ he says when the waitress comes back and gives her a smile that is definitely on the side of too friendly. ] You take good care of us. [ She chuckles, probably a little flattered but also awkward. It's work after all. ]

You take good care of us?

[ He repeats, eyebrow lifted. ]

Are you seriously not going to explain this mood you're in today? Did you meet someone?

Oh come on, like you haven't ever flirted with someone.

[ There's an amused chuckle and he leans his elbow onto the table. ]

I met you. Would you rather I flirt with you?

Erik, I find your stubble rather irresistible. [ Is he joking? Is he not joking? Who even knows. ]

Charles, that's not what I meant and you know it. I don't know what's gotten into you.

Whatever it is, you can tell me.

I wonder if that's true.

[ The eerie smile is still in place. ]

You have quite an awful track record about coming through for me.

[ He says this lightly, as if it were a joke. ]

I don't disagree, but I'm trying here.

[ The clone still smiles like a little jackass that he is. ]

Of course.

So, what are your plans for tonight?

Are you regretting already agreeing to spend the evening with me? I didn't take you for a flimsy man, Erik.

I just want us to spend time together as a household.

Honestly, what's gotten into you?

As a household? [ The clone gives Erik an amused quirk of his brows. ]

That wouldn't be a deflection, would it? Don't worry, I'll stop flirting with you if it bothers you so much.

I just don't understand why you are.

[ Like. Is he drinking, is that it? ]

I think we need to talk about this.

Talk about what, old friend?

[ The clone wonders idly how far he can push Erik before he'll start doing something drastic. ]

I'm just having a little bit of fun. Or is that something I shouldn't be doing?

Don't play dumb.

[ He's glad when they get their food. ]

[ And then he squints. Must be a shapeshifter, but he only knows two, and one of them is not around. So he tries: ]

...Tu t'es bien amusé?

Oui, je m'amuse. Quoique... Je ne suis pas semblant d’être stupide.

[ The clone gives a bit of an eyebrow arch but focuses on their food as it arrives, smiling pleasantly at the waitress and goes as far as telling her she's very pretty today. In French. ]

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