[Social] New Kid on Campus

[Naku Futomi]

The option was given to drop his things off before getting a tour of the facility. Suitcase and coat deposited, Naku opted to wait in the gardens before someone came to collect him. He thought he told someone he would be there, but it's possible he only thought it. None of his roommates were present when he arrived. At least, they hadn't popped out of their rooms. It didn't help that Naku hadn't stuck around for long after his items touched his bed.

The only thing he brought with him was his guitar. He left his case open in his room, only bringing his pride and joy with him. He played a few lines of various songs, trying to fall on one that resonated with him as he walked through the rose garden.

Was it bad he was near halfway across the world still thinking of her? He decided he needed to rebrand the heartache into something different. Settling on a melody, soon enough he opened up to sing softly to himself at first.

"Keeping me in check, keeping me obsessed
Play you on repeat endlessly in my head
Anytime it hurts, play another verse
but I can be your sanctuary..."

He slowed at the word, thoughts going from the duration of his old flame to the last time he tried to help her. The last word resonated with him, for once, instead of getting swept up int he negative, he pushed through on the opposite side. Surety and confidence became his boon.

"Know I'm the only one right now
I will love you more when it all burns down
More than power, more than gold
Yeah, you gave me your heart now I'm here for your soul

"I'm the only one who'll love your sins...
Feel the way my voice gets underneath your skin..."

He let the guitar build up, trying to take an amend the feelings he felt on that fateful day. His voice got a bit louder, letting himself forget he was in a new place and ignorant of the idea that others could be around.

"Listen cause I'm preachin' to the choir
Can I get the mic a little higher?
Gimme your desire
I can be the star you rely on
Lost in my spell, now you can't look away
Don't you know I'm here to save you
Now we runnin' wild
Yeah, I'm all you need, Imma be your idol!"

He played the guitar a bit after rather then going into the middle part of the song. It was Nakus choice to bask in this feeling that he could be relied on it others just trusted in him. First, he had to trust in himself. This was the first start of it, even if it was the inversion of the shame he felt. The song was not his own, though he tweaked it here and there. Others could join in if they wanted, but no effect would hit anyone else unless they got within five feet of him. Thus, he wasn't concerned of it happening. He played and dwelled in the new emotions before looking around to see if anyone else was present.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Thrax had finally done it; he enrolled. Why? He wanted to know more about the planet that he may never get to leave. With little to his name that wasn't just as alien as himself—including his actual name—he strode across the grounds on the way to his dorm. That was when he heard the rather sad song drifting from the gardens. They were pretty good—they were no Thraxion Ord'Rakar but there was only one of those—so he found himself changing course to get a look at his musical competition.

When the song ended, the big honkin' hyena-man clapped. "Nice pipes."

[Naku Futomi]

The voice brought Nakus attention up. His fingers stumbled off a few cords as he laid eyes on a tall Hyena man. he had to be at least a foot taller than him."Thanks," he said as he settled himself. He had seen anthromophic people in the past, but it never got easier on first meetings.

"Not bothering you, am I?" he wondered, letting his eyes take in what the Hyena man had with him. "I can play another tune if you prefer," he said, though had no clue what that would be at this exact moment.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Thrax's luggage, as it were, was a backpack and the guitar he had borrowed from Will. He still felt weird without his tiruga but he couldn't exactly hardly carry advanced alien technology around with drawing suspicion. At least the Earth guitar was similar.

"I always enjoy hearing a new song sung well," he responded with a smile. He had an accent that was impossible to place. "Did you write it?"

[Naku Futomi]

"This song?" he asked, strumming a bit faster until its conclusion. "No. It's a song I heard back in the States. Something about 'embodying the essence of a new song'...." he said while taking a look at the others guitar. Naku managed a more confident grin. "Just made a few tweaks. What about you?" he asked, jutting his chin to the musical instrument the larger male had. "Write your own songs or do mostly covers?"

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"Mostly covers these days, especially when busking over in Mutant Town," he answered. Of course, his own songs weren't written with human audiences in mind and needed extensive rewrites to still work. "I've also been to... well, preoccupied to write anything new."

He stepped closer and held out his big hand. "People call me Thrax. Because I've got electricity powers on top of being a handsome fucker," he said, introducing himself with a confident grin. Animalistic mutants were typically more self-conscious about their appearance but definitely not this guy.

[Naku Futomi]

As infectious as the grin was, Nakus bubbling confidence from his own song was fading. He shook the larger mans hand as if knowing he was about to get crushed in the weight. If it did hurt, he likely wouldn't actually know due to his own dampened pain receptors.

"Names Naku for... reasons," he said with a chuckle. "Maybe one day I'll have a stellar reason when introducing myself. Just move in?" he wondered with a glance to the big guys luggage.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

The big guy's grip was strong but he'd been around smaller bipeds long enough to not crush anyone's hand. After the handshake ended and the conversation continued, he repositioned his backpack and chuckled. "Oh! Yeah. I was staying in community housing but I decided to give this Xavier University thing a whirl so I'm off to check out the dorms. You?"

[Naku Futomi]

Naku smirked at being right. He liked when hunches paid off. Never mind how obvious this on was. "Yeah. Just moved in today. Waiting out here for a tour, but... I may have forgotten to tell them where I'd be," he said with a bit of a light chuckle.

color=#004080]"Any idea where you'll be staying? I can at least walk you back to the dorms,"[/color] he offered, sliding off the bench and standing up. Yup, just as he thought. A foot taller at least. He slid his guitar behind him and looked up at the beastkin.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Wait, there was supposed to be a tour?


He rubbed his neck as he recalled the suite number. "Suite 201, Room A. I just hope it isn't any smaller than the rooms in housing. Because when you're my size, things get cramped fast."

[Naku Futomi]

At the number of the room, Naku did a double take. "I'm in the same suite, Room B," he confessed with a small smile. "Talk about timing. It's the one place I know how to get back to. I'll lead the way," he offered before starting to make his way out of the rose garden. He'd not go too far without Thrax in tow.

[Amy Myers]

As they head back towards the dorms they're spotted by a kind of unremarkable brown-haired girl who waves them down and comes jogging their way.

"Oh good, there you are." she says, relief palpable in her voice. "I was worried I'd have to try and spot you from the air. You're Thrax, right? They said you'd be hard to miss. And you're Naku? I'm Amy."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"Correct! I do cut quite the figure!" the alien responded with a grin.

"You can fly too, huh? That's awesome! Do you manipulate air like me or something completely different?"

[Amy Myers]

"It's more energy... stuff? I can shoot it out or let it move me around." she says. She kind of regrets mentioning it already, Thrax seems like one of those folks who gets excited about power stuff.

"It has it's moments. Just hard to control." she says and holds her hands out to the side slightly, palms facing the ground. There's a white glow that starts shining faintly through her blouse, then spreads down her arms and legs as she haltingly lifts off the ground a foot or so. She looks unsteady but almost more in the sense that her hovering is restless and she keeps having to reign it in from flying off in any given direction. She keeps it up for maybe a second before dropping back down with an audible exhale.

[Naku Futomi]

At the arrival of the brunette, Namur becomes quiet. Ha gave a nod of his head with a small smile before listening to the pair exchange. He figured they knew of each other at least. He wondered how for a moment, but decided to drop it as Amy began displaying her flying skills.

"Impressive," he said evenly. "Doubt there'sa way we can follow if you took flight for real, though," he elaborated with a small chuckle. He was feeling awkward for some reason.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Silly Amy, Thrax gets excited about a lot of things. It's a big part of his personality.

"Well, I could follow." He smirked. "Can't promise I could keep up but I could follow."

He eyed Naku for a moment, clearly expecting him to share what he can do. "I'm going to guess... nope, no idea."

[Amy Myers]

"Yeah, no, we'll walk." she chuckles awkwardly. The power discussion always felt weird because it made her feel strangely guilty for not enjoying hers as much as other people seem to think they would.

[Naku Futomi]

Naku got the look. Understanding it as he raised a brow that Thrax could follow. He pushed up his glasses. "Interchange. Essentially, energy manipulation. Not like Amy's. It wont help me fly," he said. At least as far as he knew. He looked to his hands briefly. "Still learning what I'm capable of. That's why we're here though, right?" he asked with a glance to the other two. He would follow after Amy once she started walking.

[Amy Myers]

"Pretty much. Some people already have it pretty together but it's pretty individual. There's Powers 101, like, literally and then there's practice time you get in the..." she sighs a little. "Danger Room. But we'll get to that at the end."

She starts leading them out from the rose garden and back onto the large gravel driveway in front of the manor itself. "If no one's told you yet, classes are in the manor, mostly in the west wing. The east wing has the library and a cafeteria in the back. There's an app that has a map too if you ever get lost and if you don't have a phone you can actually request one from student services." she goes on as they crunch across the gravel and towards one of the buildings off to the side of the manor, recessed and surrounded by sparse groupings of trees. "Which you'll find in the Admin building - or Dower House - over there. It's where a lot of the faculty lives too."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"Yeah, I've been to admin. And the Union Building for drinks a few times. I've been living in the new community housing for the last week or so while I made up my mind about what I want to do," he provided conversationally. "The headmistress has been very generous so I decided to take the plunge."

[Naku Futomi]

Naku followed along, listening and figuring ways he could have shared his abilities better. He didn't do it justice and made it sound a lot cooler than it was. Stupid.

After kicking himself, he turned to Thrax as he spoke. "Didn't know that was an option. Glad you made the call now," he said before eyeing the others suitcase. It rolled on the gravel like it was nothing.

The brown eyed teen looked back toward the brown haired girl. "So Amy... how long have you been at rhe University?" he wondered, remaining respectful with where his eyes went. Eyeing the scenery was a nice thing to do he figured.

[Amy Myers]

"Starting my third semester now. It's... I won't lie, some crazy shit happens. No one's been hurt hurt, they do a pretty good job of keeping everyone safe but then sometimes you wake up and every single person at the school has been shrunk down to less than an inch. They... don't put that in the brochures."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Thrax smirked. "You don't need to talk me into enrolling when I already have. I live for crazy nonsense like that!" he laughed.

"I mean, it's good nobody gets truly hurt but I like to think I can handle myself. These muscles aren't just for the ladies."

[Naku Futomi]

Thrax's last line made Naku shake his head with a smirk. "Thank goodness," he mentioned dryly before letting out a silent laugh. His attention returned to Amy not long after. "Not sure how it will hold up to my last school. I'm a transfer from Anima University. Went into it after their High School.... I'm no stranger to crazy. Just fairly good at avoiding it," he added before going down memory lane as they walked along.

[Amy Myers]

Amy rolls her eyes a bit at Thrax but with bit of an amused smile.

"Anima U? Never heard of it. But hey, good to know that's not an isolated issues, right?" she chuckles. "And hopefully you won't need it but further down the driveway that way is the infirmary. Though it's really more of a small hospital. They specialize in power mishap stuff too, but it sounds like you might be pretty safe from that. Unless yours can backfire somehow?"

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

Thrax gave a mental laugh. If only Naku knew he was walking next to an extraterrestrial or that he wasn't even the only one on campus.

"Never underestimate the power of young men to hurt themselves being idiots," he smirked. He might be immune to his own powers but that didn't protect him from anything he might cause to malfunction or even explode. Also, botched landings hurt.

[Naku Futomi]

"Its not well known," he commented quickly to Amy. His eyes went down the way to where the infirmary was. "Good to know regardless," he commented. Thankfully his power didn't have that many set backs, except...

He was in a silent state until Thrax spoke up. "Mine are relatively tame right now. Healing at a cost. Influencing people some. Small potatoes. Yeah..." he commented, playing down his skills for some reason. "So you can fly, or just land gracefully?" he said with an amused smirk.

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"I can tame the wind and ride it like a—" Shit, what animals do people ride on this planet? Horses! That was was it! "—horse."

"Well, not literally; that would just look silly, wouldn't it?" he chuckled, hoping they didn't notice his odd pause as he searched his meat database.

[Amy Myers]

"Nature's most graceful bird, the majestic horse." Amy laughs, assuming Thrax is making a joke. "And hey, healing might not be flashy but I bet it means the world to the people it helps. You can probably check with the infirmary for a part-time gig, they're always looking for healers."

[Naku Futomi]

There was no comment for Thrax's joke. It made sense to him for some reason, riding the wind like a flying horse. At Amy's comment about the horse-bird, he breathed out a laugh. It eventually became an uneasy laugh when she mentioned him helping with healing. "Yeah, I probably can do that," he ended by rubbing the back of his head. There was a catch to is, of course, but he could still take her up on that advice.

Putting his head back in his pocket, he gave a nod. "Yeah. I'll look into it. Any other place for us to visit to you think? I heard something about the Student Union Building. That place worth visiting?" He wondered, looking back to the pretty lady.

[Amy Myers]

"Yeah, that's where we're headed." she says, leading them past the rose garden and the grassy quad situated behind the manor. On the other side of it is a decently large building with a long, more squat one attached to it, forming a wide angled corner to the open area of trees and grass criss-crossed by paths. There's a pretty decent amount of people about, enough of them older than the average college student to be notable.

"There's the student union, it's got a bunch of rooms for clubs, there's a small coffee shop that I think is getting fresh baked goods in daily now, billiards and an arcade and all. There's a bar too, over on the far corner. The flat building's a huge rec center with a gym, swimming pool, even has a sauna. Used to be almost too big for how many students we had but that's been fixed by the latest addition." She points over to the final set of buildings bordering the quad. There's a building reminiscent of the dorms that is too big to just be for staff, directly adjacent to a community center.

And as they walk down one of the paths the final building comes into view. The bottom three stories are open space safe for the four corners supporting the fourth and fifth stories of actual building. The entire open area is basically a covered plaza on the side facing the quad and an access road big enough to accommodate trucks on the other. Separating the two sections is a huge high-tech arch of sleek white plating covering complicated machinery and within the arch is an image of a dense urban area. Except people are moving into and out of it. A truck on the far side approaches the back of the archway and rather than come through it just seems to disappear. It's some kind of gateway.

"The latest addition. It's a portal to London. Mutant Town to be exact. You'll have to ask the head-mistress how it works and she'll probably talk your ear off about it, but basically you just... walk through and you're all the way in London where there's the same kind of setup. You can go through it from the back-side too but that one's reserved for vehicles and somehow the two don't get in each others' way because... physics? I try not to think too hard about the geometry, if I'm honest."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"What's so difficult? In one door, out the other. As long matter doesn't try to occupy the same space, you're golden," Thrax answered, unfazed by the advanced technology on display. He certainly didn't seem like the brainy type.

"And maybe don't go through it on a full stomach on the first time," he advised, "I didn't and it still made me queasy."

[Naku Futomi]

Naku watched the people they passed before he took in the scenery. He looked about where Amy mentioned, holding any questions until they all got swept away by laying eyes on the portal.

He gave an impressed whistle, looking it over. When Thrax spoke, Naku listened, brown eyes taking in the intellectual hyena. "Good thinking. I'll keep that in mind," he said before looking to the suitcase Thrax was hauling around. He figured it would be fine for now.

Taking in the other people out and about, he finally asked a question. "Is everyone here students, or....? Mayne the demography for here is higher age than Im used to," he suggested.

[Amy Myers]

"With the portal they opened campus to anyone in Mutant Town. It's kind of an outreach, community-building thing."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

"I mean, that's how I got here. I'm not from Mutant Town but I came through it. Imagine my surprise when there's a storming portal smack dab in the middle of it," he asked, only realizing too late that he let a Crocutan expression slip. But he decided to roll with it. "I didn't know that was a thing anyone had actually built."

On this planet anyway.

[Naku Futomi]

Naku looked from the people to the portal. "Admittedly, I'm curious about Mutant Town, but..." he looked back to Thrax's suitcase, "I'm not sure we should stray too far without dropping that off. I'm sure there'll be plenty time to see the town."

He looked around, putting his hands back in his pockets. The possibilities were endless far as places to play went. "I'm sure we'll need more than a half day to check this place out proper. What else should we see?" he wondered, looking back at Amy.

[Amy Myers]

"There's just the Point left, it's past the student union, towards the cliffs but you'll get access to that from Miss Kinney for power training and such. It's where all the X-Men related stuff and the high-tech workshops are, so it's a little less open to the public."

[Thraxion Ord'Rakar]

And a busted-up spaceship.

"And that's where the fabled Danger Room is?" he asked despite knowing, though he hasn't actually seen it yet. He also had genuine questions about the X-Men program but he was trying not to be tempted by the idea of, after a fashion, getting back to what he was trained for. It could very well open old wounds.

[Naku Futomi]

Naku looked between the two. "Danger room... I'd like to learn more about that. About a lot of stuff. Mutant town mainly. Is it called something else? Mutant Town seems spot on," he said. It was very on the nose. Surely it's not known as that by most humans.

[Amy Myers]

"I think it's technically south Lambeth? It's just what everyone calls it because a lot of mutants, especially ones with visible mutations ended up there. Low-income housing and such and once it got a reputation the ones who could left, leaving disadvantaged and exploited folks. The head-mistress' been trying to help revitalize the area, give people opportunities and self-sufficiency and such."