The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
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Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Pharoah Dynasty
An ancient sorceress is on a quest to bring her long-lost warrior-king to the modern era in a bid for global domination. Can the heroes of the modern world stop her before all is lost?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
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Alice just laughed hard at the look on Serena's face. She was such an expressive person when compared to herself that it was kind of freaky that they were related. "It's fine, I think she all gooey over Maya and Gawain right now that I doubt she'd even remember anyone else she's had a thing with." Alice was pretty clear on which side of Mirror she preferred, but in fairness her and Ms Grey were pretty good together and had set out to be an entire mansions set of surrogate parents.
"It was hell Serena. Living hell." Alice never liked remembering those times but it had been such a huge stretch of her childhood that it was hard to bury it. "I'm just glad that mum managed to escape, even if I had to stay behind for a bit. She's actually doing really well now, some big higher up in one of the family business's." Which she couldn't complain about too much, after all it was how she had gotten a very generous living allowance until recently.
Shuddering at the idea that the woman had tried to pull t hat play off on both her and Serena, "Yeah, no way I was some brood mare for that family. Can;t even imagine touching a boy let alone.......that." Miming a sick motion she made it clear her thoughts on the idea. "But hey, it did give me the quest to find you so at least something good came out of that whole situation. Even if it took me across an ocean, a city and a doorway."
"And yeah, she's never getting her claws in us again. I know you can handle her but I know enough about our family to make her pause." Not a lot to do when a person doesn't have friends and stays inside all day and even Alice couldn't remain glued to a computer screen all the time. Some of the private histories of the Rivers was down right scandalous, but then a group of people didn't amass that much wealth and power by being nice or by following the rules. "Let's just say some of our ancestors lead very interesting lives."
Patting Serena awkwardly on the shoulder, the words shocked her a little. Literally one person in her entire life had ever said that too her and that was her mother, which was still awesome but a little more expected. Hearing it from someone else had a power all its own. "I," the words caught in her throat, "I love you too sis." Felt pretty good to say, like a weight was gone from their interactions. They were sisters, the whole half thing didn't matter to Serena and it damn sure didn't matter to Alice.
"God, warn me next time your gonna drop a bomb like that," she laughed, wiping her own brimming eyes before anything could roll down her face, "can't just say something like that out of the blue." But she was glad it had been said. Emotions could be good sometimes apparently. "And yes, you have to kidnap me from school. Preferably from English class. Because I know English, obviously."
That was a bummer. It would be ages until she answers but at least she would be one of the first to have a copy. "Make it a signed copy and we have a deal."
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Alice held her hands up, a big grin plastered across her face, "Hey, no judgement here. When you past the accent she is pretty hot." Serena was definitely easier to embarrass than Alice was, which made it fun to interact with her. After all, Alice had never had a sibling growing up so having that kind of close banter was kind of new and fun. "Respect though."
"Ah right. I guess that would do it." Confidence was tricky to come by, even as a supposed adult, "but have you had any thoughts about publishing under your own name now? I mean if it made sense business wise."
"Trust me, some of the screaming matches we had were epic. I lived with her remember, imagine being in the same house as her for years on end." It was good they had both independently had pretty much the same impression of their grandmother, it made Alice a little more vindicated in believing the woman was pure evil in human form. "Christ you should have heard the one when she announced the whole arranged marriage thing, I'm honestly surprised there were windows left in the frames after that."
She could tell it was hard for Serena discuss her lost family, but it made her really happy that at least she didn't seem to hold a grudge agaisnt her mum. "She is a good person, in her way at least. And she's the reason I can stay here and hopefully go to uni. Definitely wouldn't be able to afford living here myself when I get to that point."
Alice hugged her sister back, probably a little harder than she'd been planning to but it was still new having someone this close to her. Sure Alice had some meaningful connections in her life but Serena was different, more real in a way. "I know they would've, they liked your mum a lot and most of them helped me a lot growing up." It had been strange that the people who worked for them had generally been so much better people than their employer. Maybe money was the root to all evil with how obsessed the family had gotten with it and their social standing.
"Don't worry Serena, it's might be new having a sibling but it is pretty awesome. Just a shame I didn't get all the younger years but we've at least got time now." Her face was little up with joy, no sarcasm or dry wit present for once. At least only her sister saw her in less than prime bitch form.
"Of course cake isn't food dear sister, it is ambrosia. Food from the gods. Whoever invented it and the countless people who perfected the craft should be our greatest hero's." Cake was by far the single greatest human achievement, just above video games and alcohol. "And don't worry, you had a bit of a time before you left. Can't blame you for needing to get out for a bit." Turning a cheeky grin back she continued, "OK maybe I can blame you a little but only because I couldn't go with you."
"But seriously, have you gotten some more ideas for books and stuff while you were traveling. Kind of been waiting on your next one for a bit and as fun as your blog is I need to know what happens next." While her initial interest had been to get to know more about what Serena did, the books were in her wheel house for interest and she'd quickly gotten hooked. "Just, no spoilers. OK maybe some spoilers." She had to know!
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 28, 2019 10:32:40 GMT -6
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Nodding, Alice was glad there wouldn't be another victim to the scourge of cheap hair dye. "Good, having someone who knows what they're doing really helps. Trail and error does not make for healthy hair."
"Well I'm glad I can amuse you so," she shot back with a grin, "just don't bite of more than you can chew. I'm all gristle and bile." Emily was fun. Very few people understood her sense of humour and coming across someone as sarcastic as herself meant she could really let loose. Even if it was getting a few odd looks from some of the others present.
That made a lot more sense, if she had no control over what she got in, no Emily was not a big fan of people. "Oh s**t that does suck. Mines similar but waaaay more tame than that. At least mine just mess's with my metabolism and stuff." Well that and her vision. Oh and the quests never going away. And the ever annoying skills list telling her just how bad she was at everything. "And as long as it's not creepy I'm doing something right."
Alice did wonder how that would work with her power though. Sometime when she partied up her mini-map gave her some extra info about ranges and stuff but so far it hadn't been consistent. Well, that and the Mirror problem. "Want to do a little test? See what happens when you party up with me?"
Holding out a hand she gave Emily a smirk, "Doesn't hurt, I promise. Well not much anyway."
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 27, 2019 18:09:30 GMT -6
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"Purple's not a bad choice, and other than having to bleach your hair first it should be doable." Alice did have to admit, having pale blond hair made dyeing it so much easier. No need to bleach it to start with and it was really simple to cover up her roots when they came through. "Just don't buy cheap stuff, I've made that mistake before and it fades to weird colours real quick."
Damn girl was clearly winning the current exchange, that much was clear. Mild frustration mixed with the embarrassment, with a few more extra emotion mixed in before they finally settled into some state of calm. Emily could read her like an open book. Sure it might be annoying she couldn't hide certain, thoughts, but it also meant she could mess with her. When she wanted to at least.
"Hey, I'll have you know I am the nerdy lesbian around here. No one is quite the combination of both as I am." Which was mostly true, her hobby and her preferences weren't uncommon combinations for people, she was just the biggest of both currently ion the mansion.
"Meh, Jack was pretty cool about it and I've found some better places since then." Really, a plastic bag in as bush wasn't her best work. "But you're right I'm not exactly subtle. You're pretty by the way, I'm sure you knew that but just letting it sit there." If Emily wanted to tease Alice could easily lean into it. "Just don't pick up on something you might regret knowing dear."
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 26, 2019 8:17:21 GMT -6
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That was exactly the kind of attitude Alice could respect. most people sucked. Get the know them and they sucked more. Don't get to know them, they want to make your life suck because you're the outsider. "People are the worst. That's why we invented alcohol and entertainment. To make people more interesting and to ignore them respectively."
Alice never really considered her hair cool. She just did it as part of the whole stereotypical rebellion thing and found out she liked it blue. "Trust me, this is all chemicals. I don't get the funky colours some do through their power, mine is hard work and more than a few instances of dyeing my hands different shades of blue." That and she'd be damned if anyone here was seeing her with the bleach blond hair she had naturally. Hard enough getting taken seriously if she didn't look like she'd stepped out of Swedish musical.
"Ooof Jesus yeah. That'd do it." Knowing how people felt around you must be really weird. Could she tell when people were lying, or worse did she know when people were checking her out. Alice actually blushed at that because she had totally been doing that like 5 minutes before hand. "Oh god.......please don't tell me you can feel when people are interested in that way."
Alice had gone from smug victory to awkward in 2 seconds flat that she felt like Emily had just beaten her on the game seven different ways.
"Just, no don't tell me. I think I'm better curling up in a ball and dying than knowing." With her flailing she nearly missed the second part, about the whole internship thing but her natural anti authority filter kicked in and out came the narrowed eyes. "Lucky for me she probably already knows. Been caught once or twice and the guard Jack has already punished me for it." Several thought flitted before a more Cheshire like grin spread across her face, "besides, I'm more inclined to share when people don't give up my secrets."
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Alice only knew one red headed English teacher. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you telling me you and Miss Grey hooked up. In the Mansion. And I have somehow never heard this rumour?" Her sweet girly sister had more game than her when she was a teenager. That was almost insulting. Almost.
She returned the smirk with a flat look before also cracking into a grin, "Booze, hooch, alcoholic beverages. The kind that make everything just a bit more fun. And no kidding, this place is weirdly uptight about some stuff. Apparently there's even states you can't even buy alcohol which is just," she shuddered slightly at the thought, "wrong."
"I've never really understood that, why do you not write in your name? And why is that kind of the done thing with authors?" It just hadn't ever made sense to her, surely if you writing a book and realising it part of that was wanting some kind of recognition for it. Kind of like a game developer or film director plastering their name on all their work. "Plus it's not like people over here know who we are, which I can imagine p***es off the old bat to no end." Her expression darkened just slightly at that thought. Their grandmother was bitter woman and the idea of her not getting what she wanted brought no end of joy to Alice.
Sighing out with relief she was glad that eventual conversation hadn't been explosive. Alice had a rough idea about just how bad they had treated Serena's parents, and by extension her, but even then Alice knew her mum wasn't a bad person. Selfish, sure but so were most people but she did genuinely care. Her entire young life was a testament to the kind of woman her mother was. "That's good I guess. I'm glad you managed to have a normal conversation as far as our family goes and I'm sure she did mean it. About Jake."
It was something Alice hadn't probed into too much. After the whole revelation of her having a sister, having a brother she never knew hadn't been as much as a shock but it was still painful knowing she hadn't even allowed to see him put to rest when she was small. "I'm......sorry she brought it up. And that she made some pretty poor decision around that time." Looking away, she pushed the more negative emotions back down. "But he's in a nice place. I visited him not too long ago, even managed to sneak past the witch with some help from the folks on the estate. Someone even goes to the plot every week to lay flowers and keep it clean." It was good to know the people she knew from growing up were still, by and large, good. That at least hadn't been beaten out of them.
"But that's all conversations and feelings for a different time Serena. Now we celebrate you returning. With food. And cake." Glancing to the door at a sudden noise she relaxed at the normal sounds of movement that always radiated her room. "I'm also sure there's plenty you want to share and talk about so spill."
Laughing at the accusation she shook her head lightly. "Not this time no." Gesturing to the kid in front of her who was now thoroughly absorbed in the game she continued, "Blame the younglings for this one. One of them heard me mentioning it to a friend and they got curious. Apparently they really like it so win win I guess."
Emily. Nice enough name but Christ the girl was a little bad at the whole not being a d**k part of conversing. Not that Alice could judge anyone for that. "Hey, I hear you. If it wasn't for this I'd either be in class or holed up in my room gaming. Being a recluse is my favourite hobby."
So if she wasn't new and Alice hadn't spotted her around she was probably a little older than her. She hated to admit it but she'd gotten used to most of the faces around the mansion even if she was generally one of the older ones. Still, she wondered how she'd missed someone with such an obvious accent and who, well yes was frankly pretty cute.
"In that case better introduce myself properly before you hear the weirder rumours," she said looking pointedly at a girl across the room who gave an equally pointed look back. "I'm the gamer girl. Have a HUD and everything. Can even form parties. I like girls, don't really like boys and can probably scrounge up some cigarettes and beer when I need to."
Rattling off the list she quickly realised she was also, probably not giving off a good first impression.
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"Lucky for me I can eat what I want then. Takes like 5 times as much as a normal person for me to put on any weight." Being perpetually skinny had it's down sides but being able to chow down on all the snacks was a well worth it bonus.
The prying eyes were exactly the issue. Her sexuality wasn't exactly a secret so whenever she had as friend round she had more than a few people trying to listen in or catch a weird listen. "Well prying eyes tend to make it hard to bring a girl around sis. Horny teenage boys are bad enough when the don't think they can perv on the local lesbian." It had taken more than a few harsh words and threats to finally get the more forward kids to back off but she still felt watched. Getting her own place was the only way to go.
"Well that's good because I am freaking bored right now. Doing the same lessons for the second year in a row is by far the worst way to spend your time." It had so far sucked hard, even when she was in the middle of a lesson she'd skipped the first time round it was still lame.
In Alice's opinion plans were for the weak. Why try to plan everything out when you could just enjoy yourself? "Well, that sounds like the perfect chance for a little bit of fun. I even know a few places we can get in for free where the drinks are reasonable and the music is f***ing great." It was definitely time she saw her older sister cut loose a little.
"Well, that's the totally only awkward stuff out of the way how was the journey? You mentioned some of what you were doing and your blog was kind of useful to.....not stalk you but what was it like?" The questions spilled out, mainly as a way for her to stop herself from asking ones that might cause tension. "And have you heard from mum?"
Well s**t.
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Alice hadn't been expecting as much resistance but the girl did do pretty well all things considered. Sure, it was a forgone conclusion she would beat a noob at a game she played more than a little but it wasn't as much of a stomp as it could have been. Although in her defence, Alice had never been as good when surrounded by so much noise.
"Just a little bit," she laughed, passing off her controller to one of the smaller kids who'd been waiting for a turn who promptly sat himself down on the floor in front of Alice. "But then again I help set the tournaments up since the last guy who did it left. Would be pretty poor form if I couldn't do well in a tournament I'm involved in."
Offering a friendly handshake she continued, "I'm Alice by the way, pleasure and all that."
Cocking her head to one side she actually studied the girl next to her, more to see if she could remember seeing her around before. She was clearly not some fresh faced teenager but Alice had a hard time judging age, "You new here or just visiting someone?"
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Really? Strawberry over chocolate? What kind of monster could actually make such a choice? Well, at least it meant she got her favourite to herself without having to feel guilty about it. She even revelled in the flavour a little, savouring the fact she'd finally found some bars that didn't taste like half cooked cardboard and were acceptable costs as far as the mansion was concerned.
"In that case after we've talked I'm making you some lunch. Energy bars are all well and good but even I can't survive on them forever and a real meal will probably do you some good."
Wait, wait, wait. Serena was serious about that, she was actually planning to stick around for a bit this time. That was......huge. "Christ it's about time sis. I mean, it was cool you were doing all that good stuff but I'm glad we'll be able to hang out properly now."
"Well duh, you have a sweet apartment with plenty of privacy. If you stayed in the mansion frankly I'd be a bit disappointed." Once this repeated year was done and she started uni she couldn't wait to get her own place. Somewhere to sit, drink and play games without any interfering adults was the dream. "Just promise me you'll at least let some of your friends know that your back. Getting a little sick of having to lie to people about where you are." That and she was sure some of them would flip if they knew how much Serena had actually kept her in the loop given they had still basically been strangers when she up and disappeared.
"Soooooooo, what is the actual plan? And why now of all times, I mean not that I'm complaining but you must have a reason for coming back?" Serena never struck her as the kind of person that did something entirely on a whim so surely there must have been a reason to come back now of all times.
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 22, 2019 10:17:44 GMT -6
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Well, the girl was a fast learner. When she knew what she was doing and not making daft mistakes she managed to beat the kid who was abusing her lack of knowledge. Even managed to pull off the trash talking a little bit too convincingly for the poor boy who visibly flinched.
Perfect time for Alice to bring her back down a peg or two.
She tapped the boy a couple times on the shoulder and gently shooed him away before climbing over the back of the sofa and settling down with her legs crossed underneath her. "Ready for someone a little more experience dear?" she added playfully, before quickly picking one of the more technical characters. She liked being able to switch between defensive and aggressive play on the fly and she had just the fighter in mind to play a few games with someone a little bit on the cocky side.
"Fair warning though, I'm definitely better than the kid you just creamed." Which was a fair warning, this girl had definitely got in his head and scared him a little but even then he hadn't ever managed to beat her when she try-harded. "Just don't expect that combo to work against me."
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 21, 2019 10:02:06 GMT -6
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"Clearly, if that's what you threw on. Don't think I've seen you in jeans before to be honest." From the very few times they had spent together before Serena had disappeared to travel the country she had always been in some kind of dress, or skirt based thing. It was honestly a refreshing change. Like she was seeing a more private version of her big sister.
"And get in here, if you've run around that much I'm guessing you've not eaten anything substantial for a while?" Gesturing to the only free chair in her room, Alice crawled over to a more hidden spot of her bed and pulled our her secret stash of energy bars. "Chocolate or strawberry?"
After tearing into her own bar and watching her hunger bar top back up to full she finally gave her sister a proper once over. Looked a little tired but generally travel did that to a person, other than that Alice had never been good at reading people. Was she hungry? Angry? Happy?
All of the above is she was anything like Alice.
"So what prompted your sudden return, are you staying a bit longer this time and do you want some actual fresh cooked food while you answer my endless list of questions?"
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 21, 2019 9:51:04 GMT -6
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Who ever had arranged this tournament was a genius. Messed up kids forced into close proximity could be pretty volatile so a harmless way to settle rivalries and vent stress and anger? Best idea anyone in the mansionm had in a very long time. It also gave Alice the much needed opportunity to excercise he skills without the need for an internet connection.
Thankfully the game of choice for the night was one she had some decent time in and could at least pull off some of the more powerful moves and combos. Sure it wasn't something like Halo but she was still able to perform in the top three or four people each time.
This time round she'd only been in a couple of matches between scoffing too much trerrible food but at least one person had caught her eye and for once, not because it was a cute girl. She was, but that was more a bonus than anything else. No what had really made her pay attention was the familar accent. That and the occasional bout of swearing when she lost was definitely entertaining. The girl had some skills but it looked like her instincts were ethier wrong or for a different game which was definitly tripping her up.
Lazilyu reaching over from behind the girls left shoulder she pointed to a series of buttons, "Press these in this order," pointing to each in turn, "then pull both triggers. Stop getting baiting in and use that combo and you should be golden."
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Posted by Alice Rivers on Dec 21, 2019 8:16:12 GMT -6
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Redoing a year of school had been an interesting experience for Alice. Not just the fact that going of the rails a little had finally caught up to here or that she had managed to fail in a system that had seemed a fair bit easier than back home, but that she had to deal with the fact that some of the people she had finally made friends with were gone. Just, disappeared from her life.
Life was decidedly more sucky than normal.
The morning had at least been pretty good, some fresh food to cook with, no work for another two days and her she'd even managed to mostly patch up her favourite skinny jeans so at least they would tide her over for another few weeks. Thankfully the lazy day had allowed her to get away with some shorts and a mostly fresh t-shirt she'd scrounged up from the bottom of her cupboard.
Settling down into a comfier position she jumped back into the game she'd left abandoned a few nights ago and endeavoured to do a seriously stretch of gaming. Nearly managed to get into the zone too but a few knocks on her door made sure she just wouldn't be able to get there today.
"I swear to god if that's you brats playing pranks again I am going to........," her anger very quickly switched to joy upon seeing the similarly casually dressed Serena at the door. Pulling her into a big hug she immediately started berating her, "For God's sake sis where the hell have you been. And why the hell didn't you tell me you were back already, I could have met you at the airport!"
Oh God, yeah. The weight thing. She was kind of thin for how much she ate but in fairness, she didn't exactly have a choice. It was true she got away with a way too unhealthy diet and almost no exercise but the side effect of having to eat a full meal every hour did kind of have it's own caveats to go with it. Like money. So much money went on food it was kind of daft. "I, well it's kind of to do with the power. I have some kind of super metabolism because of it. Which is cool and all but having to eat pretty much all the time is not as much fun as it sounds, trust me." Especially when she was sick. That truly sucked.
Giggling a little at the girls shock, she nodded at the sudden realisation she was having over accents. "Yup, but it's totally cool. Makes it feel like I'm talking to someone right out of a movie from when I grew up." So many American movies, so many accents. And they all sounded so cool. "I guess we're just kind of more aware of it in the UK since we have a different one every thirty miles or so. Hard to forget your own one when you can hear accents from every corner of the country in London by walking down the street." And a fair few from further afield too but that was common for a major metropolis.
It was strange how easy it was to be open with the bright girl she was helping. It might have been something to do with the bright smile and generally 'bubbly' air she exuded. Probably also had a little to do with how cute she was but still, it was kind of cool to be able to talk freely with someone her own age. Allegra was cool and all but they kind of were on totally different wavelengths as far as personalities went. Well, that and she was far too close to the kind of girls she'd grown up with trying to fawn over her when they knew who she was.
Which was never going to come up. At all. In any way. If she managed to not spill it like she'd nearly done half a dozen times already.
A joker too! Oh the beautiful sound of sarcasm was music to her ears. Did explain what she wanted from the city though and it, well it sounded incredible. "That's awesome! Also, not only a dancer you're a theatre girl as well? So cool. There's got to be a story to why you got into that." Dancing and theatre did go hand in hand, but so few people fully embraced them both. Or move across the country to get into a school for them. Took a hell of a lot of guts to do that.
"Totally get wanting to study here though, I mean it's New York! Even us Brits have to, grudgingly, admit it's an amazing place to come and learn at."
Colour Code:054288 - Alice speaks in a strong, very posh, British Accent Massive thanks to Lix for the awesome Sig!
