Ted shook the offered hand, and laughed at Neena's comment. "I probably eat more than the rest of the boys, part of my mutation seems to be a hyperactive metabolism." Ted raised an eyebrow at mention of her running the danger room. "Seriously? I've been wanting a couple of sessions in there. I recently had Professor Xavier give me some tutoring, so now I don't eat people so often." He liked to treat eating people lightly, mostly to see people's reactions to his off-handed manner, but partly to avoid becoming over-come with guilt.

Ted turned to the other girl, whose name he was struggling to remember, "You know about fighting? Cool."

Nicki smiled and blushed slightly as the attention turned towards her. "I know a little, karate mostly, but I'm going over some stuff that will help me be a better fighter. Training with the boyfriend mostly..." Nicki smiled, the last part of her statement directed to Neena more than Ted.

She felt uncomfortable around Ted a lot. She knew that his power made him, how she should say, a little intense and she hadn't really met him outside of those strange moments with Iris and she wasn't sure how else to approach the man. Nicki subconciously shifted her weight so that her body was pointing towards Neena.

"I probably eat more than the rest of the boys, part of my mutation seems to be a hyperactive metabolism."

"Ah, so you're one of the Grocery Guzzlers. I'll keep that in mind when I go shopping next time," she teased.

I've been wanting a couple of sessions in there," he said, referring to the Danger Room. "I recently had Professor Xavier give me some tutoring, so now I don't eat people so often."

"Sure, drop by anytime." Neena raised one eyebrow, and tilted her head. "Glad to hear about the diet change..."

"I know a little, karate mostly, but I'm going over some stuff that will help me be a better fighter. Training with the boyfriend mostly..." Neena nodded at Nicki.

"He sounds like an interesting character. You should bring him by sometime and introduce us. I suppose we teachers are supposed to play the 'overprotective parent' role here, right?" She winked, to show she was teasing. Nicki seemed to be shuffling and nervous again, and Neena was attempting to make her feel comfortable again. She visualized a ridiculously overmuscled, anime-type version of Superman with an oversized 'OP' on his chest. Not sure if Nicki could pick it up or not, she figured she could try anyway.

Ted laughed at Neena's jibes, "Yeah, I can put away a few meals when I put a mind to it. And the non-cannibalistic part is a definate plus." He chuckled, and noticed that n...n... damnit still couldn't remember her name, but he realised that she was getting nervous. He had no idea why, then remembered that the lat time she saw him was as a large, furry cannible trying to eat Micheal. Not a great impression to leave.

"I'll definately go down the danger room soon, I was meaning to anyway, just felt that the library was deserving of some apology. It kind of took the brunt of my jaunt through the mansion earlier."

"Yeah, I can put away a few meals when I put a mind to it. And the non-cannibalistic part is a definate plus. I'll definately go down the danger room soon, I was meaning to anyway, just felt that the library was deserving of some apology. It kind of took the brunt of my jaunt through the mansion earlier."

Neena nodded. She'd had a chance to explore the Mansion, and examine the extensive damage. She had yet to figure who all was involved. Not that she needed to know, other than perhaps encouraging the culprits to come visit the Danger Room for training, and maybe draft some repair volunteers. For the most part she was simply being nosy.

"I look forward to seeing what you're capable of Ted, other than remodeling," she teased. "And you as well Nicki," she added to the fidgeting girl.

In the corner daisake Sat reading a very large book to himself. he heared others talking amoung themselfs. he lowered the book to see what was going on. it only showed his hazel eyes. he put the book back up and contined to read.

Soon after He heard his old friend ted walk in. he wanted to say whats up but it turns out he joined the convo with the two female.he wanted to say hi to the rest of them but he was really shy when it came to alot of people in one place. he ajusted himself and turned the pages still quiet as a mouse could be.

Ted laughed at her jibe. "Oh, I can be quite a remodler. Let's hope that I don't remodel the danger room." He glanced around at the library in general, and spotted someone sitting, reading a book. "Dai? What are you doing over there? Come here, join in our party." He winked broadly at him, showing no sign of subtleness(sp?).

Daisake lowered the book and looked at ted, He shook his head no with a grin he waveing off on teds offer. "No thanks I think i will remain here..." He was still thinking on what to say to everybody. hes a nice guy once he learns how to open up a little

Neena kept herself from laughing aloud at Ted's remark, only because they were in the library. She really like his upbeat attitude. "Well, you won't be the first if you do. But hey, that's what the room is there for," she assured him.

She turned to look when Ted brought another young man to her attention. He seemed much shyer, more reluctant to join their conversation. So, instead of waving him over, she decided to go over to him instead. She walked over, and took a look at the title curiously.

"Another reader, eh? Wonderful!" She smiled at him. "Are you a student as well?"

Nicki smiled over at the shy boy in the corner, feeling a bond to anyone who was more comfortable with the written word than the human beings. She walked over with Neena, giving Ted a nod of her head to follow as they moved the coversation over towards the boy.

Ted gave another one of his grins as they moved toward Dai. Whether he liked it or not, he was now a part of the conversation. He sat himself down next to Dai with a grin, and looked at the book quizzically. "What'cha reading?"

He looked up to see them all moving towards him. He his face gave a *oh no* expression, not knowing what to say at first then words finally came out. "Yeah i read alot, Im daisake some people call me dai" He looked over to ted who asked what he was reading" oh this? This book is about Anicent races who ruled over Egypt look time ago. It helps me think of other things that might have happened like..Who made the sands which they walk on..." he stopped talking thinking that he was talking to much, he laughed a little looking at everybody "Sorry i might bore you all..I tend to do that sometimes" he said not knowing there reaction

"A pleasure to meet you Dai." Neena smiled widely. She was very much enjoying meeting everyone; this new school seemed to be becoming a perfect neutral ground for a variety of people, young and old alike. It was encouraging to see.

oh this? This book is about Anicent races who ruled over Egypt look time ago. It helps me think of other things that might have happened like..Who made the sands which they walk on... ... ... Sorry i might bore you all..I tend to do that sometimes"

Neena waved the apology aside. "Ah, no worries, m'friend. Egypt does tend to make you think of higher things. The Pyramids, especially...." she added thoughtfully. Standing next to them in person had definately made her feel small in life.

Nicki smiled as the boy started to wax philisophic. She always thought peoples' inner thoughts were interesting to listen to...she then felt ridiculously bad considering she could listen to inner thoughts whenever she wanted. She smiled down at the boy.

"Cool stuff," she said warmly.

"Ooh, ancient cultures never really caught my attention." Ted shrugged, "give me a computer over a textbook any day." He winked at Dai, and then turned to Neena as though he had just remembered something. "Oh, speaking of which, I'm very interested in learning to use the danger room. I've had some practise, though it was without anyone showing me, so alot of hitting random buttons and hoping for the best." He grinned, "And the best seemed fairly easy, actually. I'd just like to learn to do more stuff with it, as all I've done so far is controlled some robot arms, which I never actually got around to using." He remembered that brief time during which he helped out during Iris' 'attack' on the mansion. The rest of the time was taken up with him smashing Michael through walls, which he didn't even remember. Ahh, the good old times.