After about two weeks of Fiona's incessant searching she finally reached it--the Mansion. There was no doubt in her mind that this was the place as she could almost feel the energy that eminated from the grounds alone--so different from her grandmother's hacienda.

"I hope I don't seem like a freak, busting in here out of no where... Although, freaks are kinda nice if you don't piss them off..."

Fiona couldn't help but giggle at the words she muttered to herself absentmindedly as thoughts about the circus came rushing back to mind. She hoped she would like this place as much as she had loved her circus; that is, if they even paid mind to her.

"My powers aren't even real powers... I'm like a callgirl to the next power..."

Laughing at her own joke for a quick moment, she began to fiddle with her bags.

"My, my, aren't I clever!"

Realizing that she was wasting time, talking to herself oddly again, and worst of all steadily losing her nerve, she stood straight and with all the dignity her grandmother had instilled upon her took a step forward.

"Wait, but what if they don't like me because I seem so straightforward?"

So, she adjusted her bags again and adopted a more timid and meek approach.

"H-hello... My name's F-f-fiona..."

She smiled, thinking they might like that better than a pushy debutante.

"Wait--I don't stutter though. Damn!"

But, as she thought about it they probably wouldn't like her stuttering either; she wasn't that neurotic... Well, maybe she was, but she didn't want to let them know that! But after all of the things she had heard about this place, someone could be listening to her thoughts right at that moment! So, panicking, she thought of the best solution.

She thought of a brick wall.

OOC: Hey Fiona! My Character just arrived at the mansion too under the post: A journey's end and a journey's beginning. I thought maybe since we're both standing in the same place our characters could interact while we wait for Tricity. I've read your profile, and mine is under "Raina", our characters have a lot in common.

In Character:

Raina balanced back on her heels feeling incredibly nervous about the mansion when she noticed another newcomer talking to herself obviously as out of sorts as she was. She smoothed back her hair so that it was somewhat tidy as opposed to a mess and look the girl up and down wondering if it was worth the effort.
seems allright she thought to herself not too bad a taste in clothing and hair either! She took a breath and shoved the rest of her parka back inside her bag and straightened herself up a bit. "Well... here goes nothing!" she remarked closing the space between the two.

"Er, Hi!" she exclaimed. "I don't suppose you're a fellow traveler waiting for someone to open these big gates too?" She extended a hand to introduce herself hoping the girl would accept.

Raptor stepped out of the shadows he looked normal usual tanned skin, usual muscular body, usual cybernetic limbs visible to the public eye, wait a minute cybernetic limbs! something different for a change.Instead of putting on his daily skin mask he left it off and the reaction was staggering people giving him weird looks a few muttered names, no one was stupid enough to call him to his face. He looked at the two girls waiting for the gates to be unlocked he looked around seeing no one else was going to do the job he went over himself. He had been playing sports before hand and was about to head off to his room for a shower he showered in his shirt leaving more or less stuck to his skin there was anything you couldn't see under it.

"Excuse me girls I believe you need some help," he said smiling at them he looked helpful but the robotic appendages kind of off put the charming smile and the helpful nature.
"My names Raptor and I suppose I'm the first mutant you are gonna see here at Xaviers come in," He said smiling again and opening the gates "Coem on I'll show you around," if you were quiet enough you could hear the whirring of the mechanics and hydraulics and the numerous cooling systems inside his robotic limbs.

(ooc: Thanks for replying Raptor! I'm new at this, so if we need to jump into a different thread, let me know )

Before Raina could even shake the girls' hand a young man appeared and introduced himself. She spun around to face him and a slight blush creeped across her cheeks. She wasn't used to being around men, despite her cheerful demeaner she always felt a little awkward... and she hadn't been around many other mutants let alone ones with such obvious mutations.
"H-hello," stammered Raina trying to stand tall and make herself appear less intimidated while pushing her hair out of her eyes. "I'm Raina, it's nice to meet you, Raptor." Though she was obviously nervous the sincerity of her smile shown through. "I'd... love to be shown around... I don't 'er, have an appointment or anything ... I was just sorta told about this place." She picked up her bags and slung her guitar case across her shoulders. She gestured to the girl she had introduced herself to, to join them.
While she followed him into the grounds she took in her surroundings. Though she dressed to fool most people into thinking she was your average city dweller, a closer look would prove she was nothing more than a native girl trying to pass for urban. Chanters were always taught to draw inspiration from their surroundings, and told that they must learn to listen before they could sing... well Raina was listening and could hear loudly above the chirping of birds and the rustling of the wind- the gears and movement of Raptors' artificial limbs.
"SO, what exactly is this place?" she asked

He took his readings from both of them confirming their files and reorganizing the database slowly his memory from what had happened before the change was slowly coming back to him he remembered the so called 'Order' he remembered others though, others that he didn't hate he shook his head clearing it of such thoughts till he was alone and he could write it down on paper. He scanned the rest of the surrounding area for any dangerous animals or mutants there was none thankfully he didn't want to have to fight something so early in the day he just wasn't for it for a start and he had just enough fuel for a tour and to get back to his room so he simply carried looking around if the need arose.

"So," he said looking around "What brings you both here," his own smile was warm welcoming but also a little seductive but just the slightest hint, barely visible at all. as he walked down the hallways pointing out various rooms introducing a few people and such he was pretty good as a tour guide but sucked at keeping his temper down one name and the guy would be out cold on the floor he made a point to say
"I only do this when I feel threatened or annoyed or the person in question is making me feel bad,"
Raptor smirked then looked at them both again "So thats the tour,"

Raina stood looking around pretty overwhelmed. "So..." she started "What is this place?... Will people...er that is to say..." she fumbled unsure of her wording and her eyes fell to the floor. "Everyone here has a power don't they?" she looked at him questioningly and though she was a mutant herself, fear was written all ove rhis face despite her efforts to conceal it.

edit: Fear was written all over HER face

... haha sorry ^^;

As Fiona had been staunchly thinking of her wall, she barely even noticed when a timid but very pretty looking young lady offered her a slender hand in greeting--but before she could introduce herself, she had already met her first official mutant: Raptor. Looking him over once, she couldn't help but eye his robotic limbs and peculiar yet intriguing face with wonder and awe.

"Completely and utterly beats the crap out of my circus... How awesome!" she thought, and immediately followed the very noticeably toned man.

She found herself taking the time to admire Raptor's sculpted body and somewhat intimidating demanour, and quickly Fiona found herself wanting to get to know him. Walking through the incredibly beautiful mansion's sweeping hallways and up flights of intricate and winding staircases, she inhaled deeply and gazed at the art on the walls and the interesting characters that inhabited her newfound wonderland. She even felt the euphoria of feeling all her senses tingling with excitement and overwhelming curiosity--even finding herself staying quiet for a few moments just listening to Raptor's gears work! She noticed they sounded mighty powerful and with Raptor's immediate temper she wondered how he would get along with things in a normal environment.

Finally the tour came to a painfully saddening end for Fiona, and Raptor took the time to check their varied backgrounds. After hearing his question, she jumped to answer it--but she needed to attend to the young lady who's name was apparently Raina.

"Hello there, er... Mr. Raptor.. I'll answer your question immediately, however I think I owe Miss Raina here an introduction as you seem to have whisked us away!" she said with a wink and a confident smile. Turning to Raina, she said:

"Hello there Raina, my name is Fiona. I'm really quite sorry I've been so quiet this entire time, but I am already in a bout of love with this place!" and laughed, hoping she didn't seem pretentious or odd to the very ethnic looking female beside her.

"Now, Raptor, where was I? Oh yes, well, as you heard here in my conversation with Raina, my name is Fiona. Well, Fiona Ciapercelli if you want specifics!" she said, and laughed again. "I'm here basically because... Well... I need answers. And a purpose of being. Before I heard about this place I knew I had some sort of ability but I really would like to know if it's worth anything at all, if there would be any use for me in the world, if I can perhaps make something of myself. I think you might understand what I mean--and if you don't I hope I can find someone who does soon enough..."

Noticing she had rambled on quite a bit, she hadn't even noticed that Raina had said something! She quickly apologized and urged her to restate her question to Raptor.

Raina giggled, she liked Fiona instantly. "It's ok" She smiled "I'm sure Raptor here is used to ladies fawning over him." she tossed Raptor a wink being incredibly more pretencious (gotta love that word!) than usual. Fiona's mere presence seemed to be bringing out her light heartedness. "It seems we both have a lot of questions!" she added beaming Raptor a smile. She felt a lot more comfortable now that Fiona's personality started to shine through.

Raptor smiled at Fiona's words and Raina's as well he looked more like the terminator than anything else he sat down to have a rest and he looked at them both, this time he took all their physical attributes into the mix as well.
"So anything else you want to see," he said smiling at them he had a list of different answers in his head and laughed quietly to himself as he read through them trying to guess which one they would use. "Its getting hto round here let me do something a minute he took off his shirt in full view adjusted a small dial on his chest boy that was a sight to behold perfectly chiseled six pack everything was were it should be and all of it was built up and muscled. When he was done adjusting whatever he was adjusting he put his shirt back on and sat down

Raina turned bright red when Raptor took off his shirt. Where she came from, men and women were completley covered all the time because of the snow and though what she was wearing now would not by any standards be considered revealing, to her culture it was pushing it. Raina adverted her eyes turning as red as her hair.
"Uh, I don't suppose you've got some beds or anything-" her eyes went wide "er uh, for sleeping!" she smacked herself in the head "ALONE"

Fiona laughed as Raina loosened up beside her.

"That's the spirit!" she giggled lightheartedly, placing her hand gently on Raina's shoulder.

After turning back to Raptor, she noticed that the man had exposed his torso and was... adjusting a dial to help him cope with the temperature.

"Wow, that's something you don't have the pleasure of seeing everyday..." she said, without specifying what she meant: the dial, or his abs.

After laughing in her usual manner, she looked at Raina through the corner of her eye and noticed she was quite flustered.

"Erm... You look red... You alright?" she mumbled in Raina's general direction, letting her facial expression do the job.

After getting her mind back on track for a quick moment, she realized Raina had already asked the pivotal question about rooms. FIona stood quietly, wondering if she would be allowed entry or if she would need to hightail it out of the mansion after having connected with it so dearly.

"Sure I'll take you up there give me your cases ," he said picking them up there was that seductive smile again his jeans were straining against his ass he didn't seem to notice however as he walked upstairs to take the cases to their rooms he stopped "Either of you want me to come in and help you unpack," he said smiling and looking around

Fiona smiled so brightly after hearing Raptor say that she would stay that she was sure she must have pulled a muscle in her face. After gathering all her belongings and handing them over to the buff mutant, she actively followed him up to see what her new living quarters would be like. Arriving there quite quickly, she was very pleased with what greeted her eyes--and soon enough Raptor was offering them help with their items.

Taking a look at Raina, she figured she wouldn't need much help. "Thanks, but I think this femme's got it under control, dear." she said, and with a smile and a wink entered her quarters.

OOC: I'm going to switch threads into Bedrooms now, as well, that's where I am! Thanks for the imediate responses Raptor and Raina, you guys rock! ^_~

ooc: cool! Raptor I've jumped into the Dorms too!