Nika gave Daria a curious look. Even going so far as to tilt her head to one side. "Why did you have to have repairs done? Was there a bad storm or something?" She looked at Tricity, Daria and Deathstar hoping one of them might enlighten her. She did want to know more but the fact that Daria pointed out that there was an empty room available for Nika made the young girl smile.

Daria's tail kept swishing. "Evil sludge monster tried to kidnap a little girl...we kicked it's ass....collateral damage really. But you know, it's nothing terribly unusual." she listened to herself and realized it might be a little frightening...perhaps, as was sometimes the case, Nika hadn't really been through anything traumatizing and the information would be shocking.

Perhaps she had. Daria never liked to assume mutants automatically had hard lives.

"But you know...whenever we are attacked we fix everything. The school has a special team of mutants called the X-men. They get the job done all in time for dinner!" she laughed nervously.

Nika's ears swivelled to Daria's voice when she started speaking. She tilted her head the opposite direction from her last tilt. Sludge monster?, she pondered. "That had to have been messy, but if the X-Men took care of it then they must be good to get done for dinner." The young girl smiled as the statement made a somewhat cartoonish picture in her mind.

"Would it be alright if I took your old room then Daria?" Nika had let go of her tail by now as she was feeling a little more comfortable with these new people. Her tail also swished slowly from side to side like Daria's tail.

Daria nodded. "it's purrrfectly fine with me. I'm just wondering if Tricity cares. Before it got so crowded there was a junior and senior wing. So since I was one of the older kids I was in the Senior wing." she shrugged. "Things are different now."

Inside a bit of excitement was welling inside of her; since she'd arrived there had been two half wolf students, one half fox sutdent but never another half cat. And ironic as it was Nika's fut was pure white and a little more extensive than Daria's. She looked at the girls tail as it swished like her own.

Nika smiled at Daria when she gave her apporoval for Nika to have the old room. They both awated Tricity's approval now. While waiting Nika noticed Daria was looking the girl over. She also had a strange look in her eye. "Umm..is something wrong Daria?" Her voice was soft but some what nervous.

Daria looked up startled. She laughed.

"sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out." she scratched the back of her head as she grinned. "I just...sometimes I forget I'm not the only cat girl. I mean...I never knew I wasn't.

"How did you get your mutation?" she asked. "if you don't mind telling."

The young catgirl smiled to Daria. "It's ok, I just wasn't sure what was going through your head but now I know." Nika's tail swished from side to side happily. Putting her right index finger to her forehead as if to unlock her memories Nika tried to remember. "Well, from what I've been told, I was born looking this way." She half examined herself from head to toe. "But my other mutation didn't show up until I was about 13. What about yourself? Were you born like that too?" Nika's voice went from being nervous to almost excited yet innocent.

Tricity took the girl's folder and marked down where Daria's old room was so she could find it easily on the map. As she listened to Nika talk about her mutation, she made sure to listen for any other powers the girl may develop. "May I interrupt for a second and ask what this other mutation was that showed up at 13?"

Nika watched Tricity mark her new room on her little map. Again she smiled with her oh so sweet and innocent demeanor. "Thanks you both for my new room." She closed her folder and held it at her side. "I'd be more than happy to tell you anything you want to know." Thinking for a minute on how to describe her other ability she just tried to put it as simply as possible. "You know when you get anxious or scared or even mad and you know your adrenaline is pumping and makes you a little faster or a little stronger?" She looked to make sure everyone was following along with her story. "Well, when my adrenaline kicks in I get a supercharged power boost. I'm ten times faster and stronger but when it wears off it really drains me and I have to rest for awhile. Right now can only do it for a about 5 minutes before it wears off, but when I'm not powered up I'm still sort of strong and fast. Did I explain it well enough?" Her face gave a look of incertainty.

"Yea, that makes perfect sense," Tricity began. "Though it doesn't sound like it, does your mutation hurt yourself or others ever? I have to ask because we have to ensure the safety of everyone here at the mansion. Try to avoid accidents and such..."

Deathstar stood behind the two ladies observing the conversation and interaction between the three, Thoughts ran through Deathstars mind, causing her to drift off in a daydream as the women talked among each other. Her mind was racing with thoughts of this Jack girl and Tricity's new found motherhood, "Sorry to intrude but whats the little one name", she asked Tricity bursting into the conversation, accidentally changing the subject.

Deathstar walked slowly around the infirmary touching and looking over the high tech machines and equipment, this being her first time visiting the infirmary, she was amazed and eager to learn about institute technology. She turn toward the women, "How do I learn about this stuff?", she puts her arms on her hips still amazed and eager to learn. She was about to say something but a new face caught her attention, "hmmm!...I see we have a newby, whats the name?", she let out a small smirk at the new girl awaiting for her reply

Nika simply smiled at Tricity and responded, "No it doesn't hurt me just makes me tired. As far as hurting others...I've only done it in self defense." She watched the girl they called Deathstar walk around touching the equipment in the room. Then when Deathstar asked her name Nika answered with a smile, "My name is Nika. Are you Deathstar?"

"Indeed she is. You won't forget her," Tricity teased with a wink at Star. She turned back to Nika. "Well, you sound like you aren't a threat in any way so I would say that you are welcome to find your room and settle down. Welcome to the mansion."

Nika turned back to Tricity with a big smile. "Oh thank you Miss Tipper. This really means alot to me." Anyone who saw Nika could tell she wanted to run around and hug everyone right at that moment but she refrained fom doing so. She haded for the door but before leaving she turned abck around. "Daria if you'd like to talk again I would enjoy that very much. I'll see you around Deathstar. Oh yeah, congrats on your baby Miss Tipper." She then continued out of the infirmary and back out into the halls.

"Thank you, hun!" she called out to Nika as the girl hurried out of the infirmary in her excited rush. "You should talk to the Doc Prof if you're really intrested, Star. He could always use an extra hand in here."

Tricity turned back to Daria and realized now was the best time to break the big question to her. They had their bit of privacy as Deathstar walked around, looking at the equipment. "So, now with this new baby, I'm gonna be extra busy. I was wondering if you would like to be a bit of an understudy? I don't really want to call you an assitant... more like a second in charge? Oh, not for the X-Men of course as you already know...being second in command. I mean watching over the mansion. How does that sound? If I didn't just totally confuse you..." The baby started cooing a bit as Tricity laughed and laid back against the pillow, looking over to Daria in hopes for a positive answer.