Catchall for July

[aberranthubris]

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!

Comments

[ghoulking]

I'm good. [ he is always good? ]

Sit down, I will get you the menu for today. [ and since there aren't many people around, kaneki can just sit up with him and chat for a bit, of charles is in the mood for that ]

[aberranthubris]

That's fantastic to hear. [ The clone will just believe you, Kaneki. Because he doesn't have the chops to understand otherwise. ]

And done! [ He laughs at his own dumb joke about being always seated in any case. But he rolls himself to a table and moves the chair out of the way. ] Thank you very much.

[ghoulking]

[ kaneki returns with the menu to present it to the man with a smile. Charles is a bit... off, but maybe something good happened today and he's happier...? a lot more? well- ]

What will you have? The coffee is great, and I can even make you latte art-

[aberranthubris]

[ Charles would definitely have a cup of tea, but the clone is much more versatile. There's no decades old tradition to back up his craving for caffeine. ]

Art? [ he asks, curious. ] I would like that. Latte art it is then.

[ghoulking]

[ latte art it is. Kaneki will head to the counter to prepare a cup of coffee with nice foam to make the latte art for the man; it'll be a swan, mostly because that's what kaneki has been making of late.

Once it's done, he returns to the table, to gently place the cup in front of "Charles" ]

Here we go. I hope you'll like it.

[aberranthubris]

[ Colour him impressed. There's a delighted smiled on the clone's face as he looks down at the cup. ]

That is just simply wonderful. It's such a shame to ruin it by drinking it.

[ He chuckles and then tilts his head up to look at Kaneki. ]

Do you have a moment to sit down with me?

[ghoulking]

[ kaneki smiles, glad the other liked it. It's one of kaneki's hobbies and he is in fact quite good at it, but if asked he will say it's nothing special. He always says that about most things he does. ]

It's not that amazing, but I'm glad you like it. But don't worry, drink as you wish.

[ the offer for kaneki to sit down, the boy eventually does so with a bigger smile ] Sure. I already had two coffees though, so I won't be joining you for a drink.