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Summary: Quill finds out that Theo doesn't take a prank well.
Date: August 18, 2010
Log Title: Floury Mess
Rating: PG-13
Xavier Mansion - Quad
There is a square side walk of pavement with a nice grassy area in the middle with a few stone benches and trees along the corners. The pavement leads to the paths to the grounds of the school, the Dining Hall in Xavier's and the Ramsey Dormitories. It's not particularly large but it's a nice place for students and teachers to relax and enjoy the outdoors.
Classes haven't started, but don't tell Theo that. He is in his usual activity. Studying. Underneath a tree in the quad, he's sitting with a brand spanking new laptop across his legs, a couple of nerdy looking science books open next to him, along with a handsketched schematic of…something. He studies the laptop screen with a scowl burned onto his face, and his arms crossed. Without the use of his hands, he thumbs through information studying it carefully.
Suddenly next to Theo lands a square of paper, stuck in the ground by an over large porcupine quill with the word: 'Watch' on it. A second one lands quickly followed by a third in the same fashion as the first with 'Your' and 'Back' written on them respectivly. The only thing that saves Theo from the water ballon is the lap top but it doesn't save him from the other balloon Quill has thrown, this one filled with flour and as soon as it's above Theo's head, he projects a quill at it hoping that he gets the timing right and it rains flour down on the unsuspecting student.
So entrenched in what he was doing, Theo doesn't even notice the first piece of paper. Upon the arrival of the second, he glances to the left, noticing the two messages. Because he's looking now, when the third arrives it causes him to jump a little. He starts to raise his eyes to look for the culprit when the water balloon strikes the back of the laptop. His response is rather dramatic, convulsing and fumbling the laptop in a mad attempt to keep it from harm, and he doesn't even see the incoming flour bomb. As the flour rains down upon him. It's on his laptop, in his eyes, up his nose, and in his mouth. A direct hit. "What the shit?" he exclaims, crossing phrases in his frustration, scrambling to his feet and closing the laptop, protecting it from further attacks with one arm as he tries to clear his eyes with the other.
Now that the laptop is closed and Theo is standing covered in flour, Quill can't resist this oportunity and he hucks a waterballon at his back hoping that it hits him so that the flour turns into a nice paste. He's trying not to hit the laptop cause he doesn't want to damage his property, just him. He makes sure the waterballoon has left his hands and is about to hit Theo in the back before shouting out…."FOUR!"
Indeed, the technopath is squarely struck by the balloon. In the face, no less. He clearly didn't defend very well. "What's your problem you idiot!?" he exclaims, still trying to wipe paste away and turning to spot Quill. One eye is still closed with flour, and the other glowers at him. He puts the laptop on the ground with a little more force than a person usually would, and starts storming toward Quill. Doesn't look like he took the joke well.
Theo bursts into a sprint after Quill. "I'm gonna pound you you furry freak!" he exclaims. Not the most politically correct thing to say at a school for mutants, but he doesn't seem to care. He watches Quill's step, waiting for him to come close to a sprinkler or some other machine buried in the ground he could use to trip him. For the time being, though, he tries to catch him the old fashioned way.
Quill isn't the fastest guy but he's had training and sprints along but little does he know there are sprinklers in the ground all over the school and grass. "I don't wanna be pounded! And I'm not freak, furry yes, but not a freak!" He yells back but there's still a chuckle in his voice. The only problem right now is as Quill runs across the school grounds, he starts to slow as he gets tired. "How about we just hug and make up! I give cuddly hugs…with spikes?"
And there's one. Theo causes one of the sprinklers to rise, in front of Quill. It isn't quite in his path, but it's time for a reverse prank. The sprinkler swivels toward Quill, and then starts spraying water at him. Another comes up and does the same. "I don't want any gay hugs," he says, running out of breath as well. Theo hasn't ever trained to be a runner himself.
Quill stops as the water splashes him and throughly soakes him head to toe and he just stands there and laughs. Whiping water out of his eyes he grins at Theo. "How did you do that cause dude, that's totally awesome. Are you like telekinetic or something?" He asks not bothering to get out of the water…yet. It's kind of relaxing and cool and it means he can trudge through the mansion leaving a watery path in his wake. "Gay hugs…man, you're weird. And you called me the freak. Cause you know if I hug you I'm totally gonna be gay about it."
Theo still isn't very amused. "Dude, you don't even know me. What makes you think it's okay to just throw crap at me? I didn't do anything to you." Not very good at taking a joke, even when he was able to pay it back.
Quill shrugs and finally steps out of the water runing his hands back through his head of quills to squeegee out some of the water but he's dripping quite a bit. "Hey, easy dude, ya gotta relax. Obviously you don't know how to have fun. Okay so I don't know you, but here ya go. I'm Max Jordan, also known as Quill. I'm on the Corsairs and I'm the not-so-new, new kid here. Would you like to know my Social Sercurity number, blood type and shoe size as well?" He leans forward and looks at Theo. "I know why you can't take a joke, it's cause your short, and you short guys have this 'height ego' issue, don't you." Doesn't matter that he's the same exact height as Theo.
Theo rolls his eyes. "No, it's not because I'm short," he mutters. "It's because I don't like getting covered in flour and water while I'm tryin' to study. "You're gonna be on the Corsairs this year? Great." Dripping with sarcasm.
"I know it's great, Goofy Goggles isn't a bad leader, even if he's kind of…stiff…Liiiiiike a stick…in the mud…yeah..that's it." Quill says obviously changing what he was initally gonna says but then he puts out his hand. "Seriously man, I didn't mean to offend you that much. I figured it's summer time, people are out enjoying the weater and I didn't actually thing that anyone in their right mind would study in the summer. It was a harmless prank and we're teammates so…truce?"
Theo listens, and then lets out a sigh. "Sure," he agrees, as if he just wants the conversation over. "Just don't throw stuff at me anymore," he says. "Next time I won't stop with the sprinkler. I gotta get stuff done for work." And he turns to go, clearly not interested in continuing the conversation.
