Stranger In A Strange City (open)

Shana was in a hurry, so of course that meant their had to be a half million people on the streets. Shana did her best to avoid crowds if she could, they still made her terribly nervous.. Groaning as she stopped at a crosswalk looking around at various people who were also gathered at the crosswalk, most of them made Shana a bit nervous, but their were a few cute woman in the crowd to. She did her best to keep her glances discreet, by glancing down at the papers she had with her. The school had requested her medicle records and it had taken time to make them all.

Shana never even realized when a womans shopping bag suddenly lifted up into the air and hovered in the air about six, to ten feet above her head. The woman jumped a few times to try and grab it failing each time. The Blue haired girl finale realized what was happening. She focussed on the beg hard, and for a moment the crowd faded back into the darkness as the bag floated down to it's owner. The Woman wa sin a huff now, screaming about Mutants and how it had to of been some mutant gnagster or some thing. Shana swore several times under her breath, her power had acted on it's own again. "Least it's not a wagon" she said to herself, as she pushed a bit through the crowd, though she tried to be polite, she wanted out of the situation and out of the crowd full of people. She was glad her mutation left no visual displays.

"Yes, i have seen the same thing at playgrounds" she said truthfully though not admitting to being the cause of it. She had to keep better concentration to keep attention away from her. Luckily no one seemed to point at her as the cause so she was happy, but the woman who her powers ha dplayed with really had not seen the humor in the act, not did she seem open to the idea it was just an acident. Running a hand through her hair, she realized the signal seemed to be taking forever to change. Evident as a few beeping horns interupter the tirade the woman was having.

"People need to learn to calm down and realize that some times things are just acidents and not someone trying to be mean" she said To the woman. It was true, people seemed to always assume a mutant was trying to hurt them, could they not see it may have just been in acident. She was unsure what else to say to the woman, she ahd never been the most social of people. People realy did need to learn pationce with one another. A few police cars rollec up, with traffic control gear on, it seemed the dingal was broken. "My names's shana and yours?" she said looking over at the lady.

Indira, it was a pretty name for an equally beautiful woman. A name she ahd never heard before wither, looking around the cops seemed to be letting cars go by. "Yea they do" she responded quitely, it was true most acidents these days were still normal. Although she had not seen mutants doing damage, she knew it happoned and seemingly frequently, as her freind audrey had been attacked for simply being in the wrong place.

She asked about landmarks which was normal enopugh, though most tourists had maps. Then again she had arrived here mapless as well. Still most people knew the landmarks they wanted to see. She shrugged letting it go, then she mentioned the mansion as a landmark she wanted to see. She giggeld a bit at the woman asking her if they were open. "I Actually live thare, ever since i came in from isreal" she admitted, knowing this likely labeled her as a mutant. Their were worse things people could learn about her however. "Im heading thare now if you like, from thare im sure one of the residents could help you locate any monuments, i tend to avoid large crowds whenever i can" she said as they got the signal to walk. "it's not much of a touist destination as it is a school" she went on, almost sure the woman likely knew that much. "A good number of people live thare and visit from the city though, Mostly Mutants." she said going on.

"I see, i have only been thare a few weeks myself, but i enjoy company in small groups. Many enjoy the school becuse their with others of their kind and can learn to keep their powers from causing trouble or unwnated attention. I was in the same boat as your frien, with bullying until i came here" she said which was true she had been made fun of both in school and in brief time in the milltary. "I would have arrived to late to meet your freind though" she said wondering what he was like. Everyone was so diffrent and thats what made people intresting, but it was also the cource of conflict.

"A few but their kind of rare, to be honest i have not seen one yet" she said realzieing her own words pretty much stated she was a mutant, as they turned the courner she kept speaking. "It is a good school, i think, i came after i already graduated from highschool but Most Like myself went thare for help in controlling their powers so Mutants are far more frequent." she said then laughed a bit. "The day i turned 13 my hair, starting getting more and more blue until it reached this shade" she said feeling more comfertable with the woman for some reason. Normally she would have had many red flags in her head up about so carelessly giving out the information she was mutant. She wnated to ask if the woman was a mutant but was unsure if that was rude. "Like you saw back thare when i lose to much concentration, things tend to float" she said figuring the girl likely had already put two and two together.

"No it's fine, as for a job i have no idea, i have not even met the teachers thare, well the self defence guy who let me in. Calm down though, Mutant, human it's all the same to me really, but i dont think most dislike the name, it seems more a symbol of pride" she said and then she mentioned the ACT. Aura had seen a lot on it but had been out of the country. "I lived is Israel up until a month ago or so i can't such moch on it other then what i saw from the AP" she said basicly saying she knew only what was said on the news for it.

"It can never hurt for people, Mutant or human to sit down and figure out how things can be done better and how to interact peacefully. The ACT and Mutants who strike back are just symptoms of the real issue, Fear. " She replied not really experiencing the ACT herself. "And an education id the best way to start that, to foster in understanding." she said actually quite impressed with this woman. Shana may have skimped a bit on the books but she knew they were good people. "We are not far from the mansion" she said as they walked further down the road.

She wished she could tell the woman if the mansion was hiring but she had no idea. It kind of made her sad to realize she had met none of the teaching staff herself. True she did not need academic help, but they were still bundels of knowledge. Then she recalled why, becuse she spent so much time in her room. She was better now then she had been however but she was still try get braver as things went on.

"I...have other things that need to finished first, but maybe some day. Actually im living here now, Things were a bit rough back home for me, so me and my mother decided it was best if i lived at the mansion and learned to control my powers. It's sort of like starting life anew" she said enjoying their conversation as well. SHe regretted not being totally honest with her, but she could not, not after what happened back home, she knew how things could turn out.

"They have not in the month i have lived thare, to be honest i'm more afraid of some of the mutants i have heard about. A few days after i arrived a girl was brought in with her stomach sliced open, simply because she tried to protect a human shop keeper and just a few weeks ago, one of my good freinds took a drill like weapon to the back." she said looking down a bit as she mentioned the incidents. "I think Teachers are a good way to prevent such behavior" she said, it was sad to he that anyone would fight at all much less to kill.

"We should be close" she said as a large mansion could be seen in the distance already. The mansion looked to be quite today, that was the funny thing one day. "So do you like dogs, the mansion has a good number of them, large ones, One of the guys who helps run the place owned them i guess. Anyway He will likely be the one you want to talk to" she said unsure if the woman even knew his name, she had no idea how jobs worked here.