ooc: Open to anyone who wants to stop by and train

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Well, it looked good. No one had signed out the danger room for any training sessions and Raina was relieved since her decision had been so last minute. It wasn't like she could schedule this stuff in anymore in between the two jobs, but she knew her job as an x-men needed to start taking more priority.

So first she'd actually be using the danger room like a weight room. The school didn't have an official weight room and students sort of shifted between here, the local gym, and their rooms. Raina could only do so much in her room with a couple of hand held weights (which she managed to drop frequently scaring any students from the floor below her) and the gym was really out of her way so sneaking time in at the danger room was a must. It wasn't exactly frowned upon to use the danger room as a weight room... but it wasn't exactly advertised as a good idea either. After all, it was intended to be a high tech training facility.... but Raina was of the mind that sometimes you needed to slow down and refine the basics.

Naturally with the push of a button a trap door opened in the floor and raised a platform in which all the needed machines and weights appeared. Raina grinned hopping on a treadmill and working herself up from a light walk to a run.

Raina was pretty quick but her mutant ability did nothing to effect her speed unless she was in the water. And bad guys, well they were just quicker. Sometimes it wasn't always about dodging fire and bullets and leaping over fences. Sometimes you had to run fast enough to get away, get help, or catch someone. The rhythmic running on the treadmill gave her the opportunity to pay close attention to her balance, her coordination, and the tightness in her muscles. She focused on straightening her spine and weighting each step.

Twenty minutes later Raina was dripping with sweat, toweling off her forehead, chugging a water bottle and feeling pretty good. She went to the next machine - a hip adjudicator. Raina always had to giggle when she sat in the machine, it looked like a devise that was intended to help women give birth! Really you squeezed your legs together to raise the weights and gently put them back without letting the weights fall. Raina found it easier on her back than doing squats.

After a bit of this she moved on to another machine. This one she sat forward in and pulled two bars down from above her head. It worked her shoulders- probably the weakest part of her physical body but then again they were pretty weak on any average human even those who worked out. Tricky things.

She went on like this from machine to machine for a while before pressing the button to have the floor changed back and finishing with some Yoga. While Raina could be very flexible with her tail she was not very flexible on two legs. She hoped Yoga would help this but at the moment she couldn't even touch her toes.

After a few failed attempts she shrugged it off and pulled out the wireless remote for the control room. She set the dials and the room started shifting to create an Olympic style obstacle course. She had no delusions at being very good at this... again her mutation didn't lend well to most physical attributes. But she was sure going to try.

Garrett sat on the edge of his bed, meditating on the whirlwind of events of late. As badass as the Order liked to portray itself, it was really dull unless there was some mass party of violence to attend or something. If not, it was letting dust gather on yourself and more time for flexing. While he still clung to the idea that mutants were genetically evolved from their human cousins, Garrett was slowly taking the bitter pill of enlightenment on the subject. It was the mutants' place to protect the humans, not slaughter or enslave them. As much as others might point a finger at him or attempt to judge him, none could prosecute Garrett like he could do to himself.

Enough of that. He stood from the bed and looked at himself in the mirror. He thought back to other times when he looked into the same reflection when he had lived in the small room prior to his leaving. Now there was a new man staring back. One that Garrett didn't quite know yet, but was learning to like. Sam had given him the second chance that he had desperately needed to save his soul and he wasn't going to squander the opportunity. He changed into a white T-shirt and some loose fitting basketball shorts, determined to get the ball rolling.

Arriving at the door to the Danger Room, he felt a slight pang of guilt. He was originally going to ask Maya to join him there. She was an integral part of his past and he suspected his future a well, albeit in a completely different role. Someday she would stand beside him as a friend and ally. Scratch that. She already was and had proven just that many times over. It was more the lack of the emotions between them that might save their friendship. This room was the place to push all of these internal struggles out. Garrett wanted to train his body and mind to work in perfect harmony. He had the suspicion that by turning his symphony of neurons in on himself, he could only excel in ways even he could not foresee.

The door opened and it was enough to make Garrett blink a few times. A huge obstacle course was waiting for him. It wasn't the one he had in mind, the one he wished to design himself, but for now it looked like it would be baby steps. he wasn't out of shape, but he had certainly lost a good bit of muscle. Sitting behind a desk or laying up in a hospital ward will do that to a growing boy. The doors hissed closed behind him and he stepped out into what he felt was his new dojo.

Another sight caught him by surprise. Enough surprises already! But this, this was a beautiful and wonderful surprise. Apparently the setup was crafted by the one person that he owed all of his memories to, good and bad. Raina stood drenched in her own sweat. He could only see her from behind, which wasn't terrible, but he didn't want to startle her. " Hey Raina, have room for a partner?"

Raina was just about to leap over a palm-a-horse when she heard a somewhat familiar voice. She stopped, suspending herself above it on both arms long enough to catch sight of a memorable bald head.. she grinned and lowered herself down dashing over to Garrett.

"Hey stranger!" she jumped to give him a hug and almost instantly after hugging him jumped back "oh gross Im sorry I stink!" she laughed still red in the face from the workout. She took a moment to readjust her hair and down some more water. Then she caught her breath. "Long time no see. I heard you'd be coming back soon." She was all smiles. Raina loved prodigal sons. They always came back more enlightened and sure of themselves and she'd be the last one to hold any indiscretions against them. "You sure as heck can join me, though this might be a little amateur for you..." she trailed off with a laugh.

"How have you been finding things?"

Garrett watched the long red locks turn slightly at the sound of his voice, her body suspended on the pommel horse. He forced himself to look at her face once she turned and approached him. It was such a surreal moment as she approached and embraced him. Of course, she immediately lamented over being covered in sweat, but really, how could Garrett complain?" Heh,, don't worry about it. Anytime you want to jump on me all sweaty, be my guest." She was more vibrant and alive than he could ever recall seeing her before. Perhaps it was biology, but he suspected that she was also engaged with life an living it as well.

She had heard he was coming back. Well, that took care of worrying if anyone knew. They all knew, so no reason for fretting over it. Another burden cast aside. "You sure as heck can join me, though this might be a little amateur for you..." He joined into her laughing, shaking his head slightly with a smile. "I think this is fine. I was never as physical as you might think. I used to think that I had to wait for an ambush to be able to touch someone. I want to be more of an asset with or without my gifts and this is the place to get those skills." And then some.

"How have you been finding things?" With the amount of exercise he had engaged in before leaving the Mansion, he had remembered one thing for sure. Stretch. So he did, spreading his legs out and reaching toward each foot, twisting his back slightly and jogging in place. " Everything seems alright. In fact, I have to admit that all of the warm welcomes have me off guard. I'm trying to just roll with it, but it makes me wonder if the bad blood I believed that existed wasn't just in my mind." Stopping for a moment and rolling his neck, he looked back, his own smile and natural joy slowly returning. " What have you been up to?"

Raina grinned at the comments, "well..." she said tossing him an extra water bottle and motioning for him to follow her to the track." I got that job at the aquarium and have been working there for a while." she leaped over a hurtle as she said this and then started toward a climbing rope wall. "Been working there for a while doing shows and conservation efforts." she explained pulling herself up the rope wall.

"After that they sent me to Australia. Turns out there's a whole group of mutants out there with my powers!" she landed on the other side. "'Course they didn't think they were mutants at all." she stopped a moment to catch her breath. "Now I'm just trying to figure out how the heck to balance my many jobs and am trying not to think about my so called boyfriend."

It was no secret to anyone that Luke had been gone for months. His intentions of course were noble, but without any contact from him since November Raina was finding herself pretty lost in the relationship department. "Im sure a few people around here have some things to say about me, but honestly Im too busy to hear anything."

She jumped over another hurtle and found herself latching on to rings from the ceiling pushing herself across the air to a crash mat where she did her best to land properly and tossed the rings back to Garrett. "It's always hard coming home. No matter what your reasons for leaving and coming back are. Fact is so many people change. It's nice to see things that are familiar.

She had changed a lot, but she liked to think she had that same presence and morality. She hoped people knew she always cared and they could come to her.

It seemed Raina was as ready to get started as Garrett was. She continued the conversation on the run, so he quickly joined her. He caught the bottle and stuck it in his pocket, hoping he could keep up with her. She effortlessly cleared a hurdle and headed toward a rope wall, telling him about a job she had at an aquarium. Made perfect sense, considering her unique gift. One of his legs went over the hurdle, the knee of the back leg caught it and knocked it over. More painful to his pride than anything else, he left it behind to keep up, grabbing his own rope and pulling himself up the wall. " I didn't know you ---worked at an aquarium--sounds like a great fit."

She was already on the other side, chatting him up as he sat on the edge of the wall and pushed off, landing a little hard. " Australia? More like you?" That water sounded good already, so he took the bottle out and drank a few sips, catching his breath. Man, was he out of shape or what?!" I didn't know you had a boyfriend at all. I was face deep in paperwork at the Sanctuary for some time. Seems all I exercised was my wrist, signing forms. Don't get me wrong, makes sense that you would have a boyfriend. Who is he?" Garrett honestly couldn't remember even if he knew.

Garrett focused on the next hurtle, determined to make this one. He pushed into a sprint and jumped, clearing it. He looked at it as if to proclaim victory. " If I worried about everything people said about me, I'd be dead from an ulcer. I certainly wouldn't have come back here. Some things are more important than my ego, though." The rings swung at him and he caught them, beginning to catch the rhythm of the exercise. Swinging across, he pulled his arms up before the dismount to clear his legs, releasing and landing low on his hands and knees. Beat landing on his butt. " I couldn't agree with you more. I was excited to see you here since you are the reason I ever came here. If I hadn't run into you outside of the Sanctuary, I probably would be running that place by now." His heart was pumping and he was ready for more.

She waited for him to catch up with her and hit the running track. It was just a simple indoor track and field style with the same hurdles she's been jumping over. "We'll finish with this." she said when he approached her and started running with him.

"Luke and I dated for over a year." she explained. "You may have met him, he was memorable. Blind." she added going over a jump. "But when work sent me to Australia he had to go away on business and I haven't heard from him since." it was a bit painful to recall. She didn't think he was the type to just take off but she gave up hope that he had some noble reason when he never contacted her. "I guess I'm kinda stuck in limbo. It's been almost 6 months without a word. I just don't know if I should keep waiting or move on." she wondered what Romance had been like for Garrett since he left the mansion. She jumped another hurdle.

"The mansion keeps me too busy also signing papers and the aquarium sends me on projects and got me giving tours and doing mermaid performances... it all keeps me too busy to really stop and feel anything about it." she admitted. "probably just as well for the moment. We've all been through a lot."

She looked back over her shoulder to make sure he was still with her. She'd admit it, he was a pretty attractive guy. Talking about a potential ex boyfriend and running with a very attractive man might not mix for her today. She turned her head and tried to focus her energy on what she was doing. "It's hard for me to choose not to care what others think." she admitted. "But like I said, being busy helps. What was it like at the Sanctuary? Were the people nice?" she tried to be as empathetic as she could about his whole situation but her recent run in with an electric mutant left her a little weary.

She finally finished the track in time for him to tell her she was one of the reasons he returned. She smiled. "Well thanks!" she exclaimed. "it's great to know I make some sort of a difference." she blushed a bit and finished off the water. She was breathing pretty heavy now and the shorts and t-shirt she was wearing were beginning to stick and itch. It was times like these she wished she could just have a shower without it being a big to-do with her body.

Back to a track. More hurdles. Seriously? He was already beginning to loathe the objects. It was Luke Jacobs, the friendly blind lawyer. Now he remembered who the guy was. Shame he couldn't see, he was missing out on quite a view. Of course, love was about more than physicality, but Garrett's only physicality was now in an alternate timestream and he was plenty pent up. He cleared the first hurdle, nearly clipped the second and chose to run in the lane next to the hurdles instead. " I guess you just have to follow your heart on those things. It's been so long since I had anything resembling romance that I don't think I am a very good speaker on the topic. And screw these hurdles."

She turned her head away and kept talking. It was easier to listen without those hurdles throwing him off." Well, it isn't as if I don't care about what people think. I just try not to let it affect what I am doing. If opinions about me help me push on and succeed , then they are definitely worth worrying over. But most people just like to talk and detract without looking at where I was coming from. Those people I don't lose sleep over." Garrett was enjoying the run and the company, but when her next question came, as well meaning as it was, he couldn't help but stop running.

" Nice? No, not at all. Most are murderous thugs who barely keep their tempers in check. It's a pirate's cove over there, don't ever be fooled. Any attempts by those people to look nice are to fool someone into coming too close. Plain and simple." They were nice if you did what they wanted and subscribed to their propaganda. If not, you were out on your ass fast. He finished closing the distance between them at a brisk walk, seeing she was standing and drinking water. " I mean, I appreciate the fact that you want to look for the best in people, but I was just as bad as they are when I was there. I did plenty of things I am not proud of, and some things that I am very proud of." if he died tomorrow, he knew millions of humans and mutants lived on in this future and that one.

The two of them stood there, breathing heavily and sweating vigorously from the exercise. She was a jewel, her shining enthusiasm and massive heart as appealing as the dewy glow of her skin and her eyes, as deep as the ocean she swam in. Time to go do something, Garrett. Cool off before you make a fool of yourself. " You absolutely made a positive impact in my life. So, whatever anyone says to you or about you, you can always count on me if you need me. Now, I have to tell you, I hate these hurdles. I guess it's something I'll have to work on, but honestly, I can't really push hard on myself with such a beautiful distraction. How about we hit the pool? "

Raina grinned as she listened to Garrett. They were like minded on a few things and she was actually relieved to hear what the people at the Sanctuary were like. Sometimes you needed to have things black and white even if it only seemed that way long enough for you to get your head around it.

"Yeah trying to find the nice side in people... Im not really sure why I do it, maybe cuz my bro is so bad ass" she laughed "sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it gets me into trouble. It usually always keeps things interesting." she admitted.

"Im trying to get my legs stronger and more flexible." she added "That's why all the hurdles and running." she put her hands on her hips and stretched her sides a bit. When he offered for the pool she stared at him a moment. Didnt he realize what that was asking of her? Did he even know the true nature of her mutation or was he just being polite hoping she'd say no.

She felt uncertain and less confident all of a sudden. She stood awkwardly with her left arm strait and her right arm across her stomach holding the left. Her head was bent thoughtfully. Maybe he didn't care if she smelled like a fish. Then again chlorine wasn't her favourite thing to get in the gills... she "hmmm" ed for a moment. "Well..." she began "I suppose I could go for a dip as long as you know what that entails... mainly... a tail." she tried to remain light heartened so that if he was totally put off by the idea she could joke it off like she wasn't really interested in swimming anyway.

But honestly, she was so used to hitting the water every day at the aquarium she felt so dried out here. She really did want to go swimming, and she hoped her mutation wouldn't be a problem.

Garrett listened as Raina explained her optimism in people and how it got her into trouble. " Well, whatever the reason, don't become jaded. I did and I feel like I am covered in a shroud of cynicism now. I want to believe in people and I want to believe in myself. It's a long, hard climb but I'm going to do it. I can't imagine you any other way, though. And again, I feel like an idiot, but I don't know your brother either. Sorry." He shrugged his shoulders, at a loss for words. So many people he had to meet, it seemed. Well, he had plenty of time to do so.

Her reasoning for the hurdles made sense now. He tried to stay in his introspective mode and push out any references for increasing leg strength and flexibility. He was so accustomed to just letting his words fly at the Sanctuary, but this girl needed a little more TLC and less obvious flirtation. Or maybe it was the other way around? Man, he was terrible at this. No wonder he had been single for so long. The sudden change in her body language at the mention of swimming snapped him out of his internal dilemma with a quickness. Her 'hmms' of uncertainty initially made him want to change his mind out of respect, but why?

" I know what happens when you are immersed in water. Of course, that's only from hearing about it. But one of the things that I have developed since being in the Order is a strong sense of pride for mutants. Where you might see some sort of hindrance, I see something of beauty. Your singing I have heard and its effects are amazing. I've seen so many different kinds of our people and have never been repulsed. Not by their appearances anyway. Some people are repulsive regardless of what they look like. present company completely excluded, of course." He put his hand on her shoulder and looked into her eyes." If you are more comfortable here, that's fine. I'm just a little hot and need to cool off. "

ooc: since we dont actually have a board for a pool if it's ok with you I'm going to keep the thread going here rather than move it someplace else.

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Raina smiled wide. "No, that's great I mean- I just wasn't sure y-you know." she stammered "I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. I'm sensitive that way. " she shrugged. "But I'd love to go for a swim!" she really did want one.

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A few moments later they found themselves at the indoor pool and Raina was wearing a yellow bikini top with a towel around her waist. She checked the temperature of the pool "It's good and warm!" she said tossing the thermometer back into the water. "Ok, I guess I'll see you in there, don't peak now" she tossed the towel at his head and in one quick swift movement launched herself off the side of the pool into the water.

Upon impact her legs burned but she knew the pain would pass quickly. She'd gotten so much better at separating herself from the pain and controlling how it rippled through her. It was easy to see how in a matter of seconds her silhouette changed from two long legs to one long shimmery tail. She twisted and turned in the water until the change was complete. The water was refreshing and she felt a surge of adrenaline from the sheer power she possessed with the tail. If she were racing her old legs she'd easily beat them in the water now. She was strong, powerful, agile.

She came at Garrett, or at least his direction as fast as she could creating a slip stream behind her. Her eyes peeked up at him from the surface as she broke it and her gills flashed a moment before closing shut when her neck was completely exposed to the air.

"All right, I spose you can come in now" she grinned

ooc: Makes perfect sense. I am always flexible and open with posting, so feel free!

Garrett would have agreed to stay in the Danger Room or anywhere else with this ray of light. It was refreshing to be around her as she seemed to brighten any room she was in. A few moments later, he met her at the indoor pool, wearing a pair of black swim trunks. While out of tone, he was not out of shape and didn't feel nearly as self conscious as he thought he would be. Any thoughts of himself were easily dispelled once he saw her in her bikini top and towel. Biology reared its ugly head once more as he realized for her mutation to work that she probably was only wearing the towel. Hopefully the water wasn't too warm. Cold shower would be the best medicine. Maybe he could trick her into singing.

"It's good and warm!" Damn. "Ok, I guess I'll see you in there, don't peak now" Double damn. Her towel flew at his face. He stared into its bland whiteness to try desperately not to remember the brief glimpse he received mid flight. So there he stood with a towel on his head as he heard the splash. Pulling it off, he looked into the water and saw the brief flicker of legs. Garrett couldn't see exactly what was occurring, but it became evident she had changed once her speed and grace increased. She quickly moved to the opposite end of the pool and turned, rocketing toward him. It was amazing.

Her face popped from the water and it appeared as if gills? closed shut once her neck was exposed to the air. He could see clearly how the myth of the mermaid spawned. "All right, I spose you can come in now" He joined her in the grinning, sitting on the edge of the pool and easing in to the water. He was immediately soothed by the warmth and buoyancy, gripping the side of the pool and lazily treading water. " Amazing. Are those gills too?" He looked down through the water's choppy surface at her tail. " What a beautiful mutation.It only enhances the beauty you already possess. I'm definitely going to have to drop by the aquarium at some point. I could watch you all day." Easy tiger. Change the subject." Ah..um, so tell me about the people you met in Australia."

Raina grinned from ear to ear- something she was doing a lot of these days as Garrett joined her in the water. He wasn't out of shape for a guy who'd been out of the good guy game for a while. He musta still did a routine or something at the Sanctuary. She floated on her back and did circles around him while she chatted with easy flicks of her tail. "I try not to use my gills in chlorine, kills like a mother..." she trailed off so she wouldn't swear. "Yeah, it hurts." she laughed. OK, maybe she was spending too much time around certain people if she was picking up words like that!

"But before when I first started changing I couldn't control them at all! If I got the least bit wet say, like from the rain, the change would happen, I'd get gills, and not be able to breathe! With a lot of practice though and help from my boss at the aquarium I've really gotten better at controlling this mutation." and with that she swam down doing a cliche tail slap against the water and came up on the other side of him. "I used to really hate this mutation, I mean I all ready can't sing without icing everyone to death and now I couldn't go into the water? And to be a mermaid, I mean seriously, walking cliche for mutants everywhere ya know?" she laughed.

"But it's grown on me. Physically and mentally. Now that I've given this aspect of my mutation a purpose I feel a lot better. I gave the singing to the x-men I could use it here, and the tail to the aquarium where it could make a big difference. It's hard having two jobs but it actually keeps me kinda sane and at peace with me mutation."

It was odd to be chatting with someone above surface. Parts of her ached to just be completely under water and not in some limbo. But it had been a while since she chatted with another adult especially one so good looking, so she didn't mind. "In Australia the mer folk lived in what they called a pod. A big family group like whales and dolphins. They were a bit different than me... the human parts of their skin took on a more scaly appearance from being in the water 24/7, they ate sea food something I only do when tradition calls, and well, they could wield water the way I can wield ice. They actually kept their area from having a tidal wave once!" she thought back to her time spent with them and missed the warm weather. "The weird thing is there were so many mutants with the same abilities in the same place. My boss literally wondered if there was something in the water creating the x-gene to come out like that, It was odd. Even after I proved they were mutants they still thought they weren't." she shrugged a bit in the water and wiped some of the condensation of her face. It stuck to her eyelashes anyway.

"It was weird. But neat too. I'd like to visit some day but their pod had an alpha and such and I wasn't exactly welcome." she groaned. "As much as I tried to convince them they were mutants they tried to convince me I was one of them. One said something to me along the lines of we're all born from the sea so we all return to it." again another shrug.

Garrett's legs made scissor kicks, his hands and arms turning in slight semi-circles in the water, turning his body to attempt to stay focused on Raina's face. She was much too agile, but it was fun. He hadn't imagined the effects of chlorine going through her gills. " Wow, yeah, I hadn't thought about chlorine that way. Wouldn't it kill you if you were in it for too long? Considering chlorine's toxicity?" He'd remember to visit freshwater or saltwater in the future, if there were such fortunate occasions.

He listened to her tales of trials and tribulations in learning her gifts and their uses. Many situations had arisen that he had not contemplated, such as getting caught in the rain and suffocating, much less being reduced to a tail instead of legs in a rain storm. It made his won problems seems so small. " Well, you seem to have come a long way with your training. It really is a source of inspiration, to consider not only giving back to the Mansion, but the world at large. I hope to do the same working at the Iris Clinic with Sebastian, where we shall apply our own unique gifts in the healing and well-being of others." As her tail undulated through the water near him, he reached out to feel the bristling scales over muscle. It was an interesting sensation. Be it accident or not, the touch tripped off Raina's neural map and it began to sketch over her tail and fin as she swam aroun him, creating an impressive array of lines.

" I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing, but it sounds so idyllic and natural. Perhaps they have something occurring with their genes which is passed throughout related members." He moved over on his own back, avoiding the upper reaches of the neural map as they generally removed clothing in the same fashion that an x-ray would. Garrett preferred that imagination be the source of revelation for the time being. " What a beautiful way to look at things. It reminds me of the Colony." He knew there was nothign there now, but just as China nad the monastery remained in his heart, so did the Colony.

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"Yah Chlorine is real bad." she admitted. "But I can close them" she pointed to her throat where it was barely noticeable the outline of the gills. The outline red scar from the collar she wore from the camps was much more noticeable. But she didnt think about that much anymore. She'd gotten so much stronger than then.

As he reached out and touched her tail she shivered a little. Not in a bad way. She wasn't sure if it was the result of him using his mutation on her or the fact no one man or female had ever voluntarily touched her tail unless they were trying to save her from something. Nobody took time to physically examine or admire it. It was odd. Not even Luke.

Oh. There she was thinking of Luke again. She had a sneaking suspicion that instead of learning to function on her own as a single woman she was surrounding herself with the men of the mansion. Martin had come to her work, she had plans to hang out with Sam... now Garrett. They'd all been rather... charged... visits. But she just felt like she couldn't help it. Like she was sinking in. Besides, she was very honest with them all. They all knew she didn't know what was going on with Luke and didn't know where her head was. Was she leading them on?

She looked at Garrett from the corner of her eyes while she ran her hands over her fin. She liked Garrett. They were having fun. Harmless fun maybe a little charged with energy but harmless all the same. She had to stop caring what other people thought so much. Surely if Garrett had a problem he'd speak up and he seemed pretty content.

And why couldn't she just hang out with the guys without swooning over them? Part of learning to be an independent woman was learning how to handle herself around the guys. So this was practice. That's what she told herself anyway. Good practice.

"The mer people were pretty neat." she said. "But they weren't any different than some of the mutant supremacist groups here at the core. I fear they have in their mind good intentions that could lead to problems."

she floated past him idly flicking her tail. It just wasnt the same as salt water. "I think next time we do this it should be in the performance tank of the aquarium." she teased "I've got a friend you should meet..." Anyone who'd ever seen an add for the aquarium knew Raina's 'friend' was a sealion.