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April slowly shifted on the spot, clinging to the area radiating heat while Erik went and made her a drink. She was very very down for a hot drink, but she was not going to shift from the heat until she had to, no sir. She leaned her head back and started to slowly feel more and more comfortable. There was this odd balance between wanting to go out and explore this brand new city she apparently lived in, and also trying not to totally freeze to death whenever she went out into the cold.

She glanced around as Erik came over with the drink, trying to take in the room and work out what it was for. It was pretty inconspicuous. A charity maybe? It definitely didn't strike her as a business. She gazed into his eyes and tilted her head slightly. He was showing a lot of concern towards her, which was a little odd. Something about the way he held himself and sized her up earlier struck her as odd. It wasn't the normal checking out her rear, it was more calculated. And familiar.

"Uhm, some bar around here. I walked into about 4 wrong bars before figuring out that I was totally lost." she admitted, taking a sip of her sweet drink. April was by no means a snob, hot drink was hot drink. And caffeine. Caffeine was good. "Oh, that makes sense! So, sorta like a mutant shelter?" She was now very interested, she'd never heard of anything like this but then again it made sense that it was here.

"You could say that..." How did you word this to a new person? "Er... I sorta woke up in an alley a few blocks over last week." She admitted.

Oh. She was a recently manifested mutant? That made her tension and general aura of anxiety seem more understandable. April supposed that she could see a person freaking out being in the city and then having their world turned upside down. She changed the smile from the 'get into your pants' smile to the 'hey it's not so bad smile' in her opinion they had equal practice, one was for keeping people from going into shock while you pulled shrapnel out of them, one was for getting laid. She thought she was pretty good at both.

"I'm sorry, it can be rough. I nearly burned the house down when it happened to me." she admitted. Recalling her and Danny's practically joint manifestation. His power was so much more simple and easy to control than hers. Though, hers was much prettier. "Oh really? apparently I help people for a living." She blurted without really thinking. It was odd to think that she was an EMT now. Well, she was in the future? Ugh. Headache.

The fresh cold drink was placed in front of her, it was some kind of vibrant pink cocktail. April eyed the other girl as she spoke and took a long gulp. Kinda sorta girlfriend? That didn't sound super certain. April would happily take that. And if she decided she wasn't comfortable hanging and flirting with her, that was fine too. There were plenty of fish in this new, terrifying sea.

"Wonder how portland's changed." 8 years. Holy crap.

Ah, there was the blush. Ooooh she was a cutie. April smiled at the girl knowingly as she was studied. That kind of 'Oh I should check out the other person too' studying. So she was probably bi, or gay, judging by the conversation and her reaction to the compliment. And that suited April, just fine.

The grin turned into a cheeky smirk. "Can't say I've heard that one before. I've been around paint an' college students before." She grinned, letting that hang for a moment before letting up on the teasing a little. "'Course you can sweetie, especially when you're tossing around words like gorgeous." She replied with a quirked eyebrow.

April took a big gulp of the hot drink. Honestly it might've been a little too sweet, even for her, but it was hot. And it was alcoholic. Which meant she would at least not be bothered by the cold quite so much. The blonde gave a very unlady like snort in response to the comment from the pink haired woman sitting next to her. "Yea huh, you're right about that one honey." She resumed cuddling the drink and trying to leech warmth through the mug to no real avail.

April leaned over a little to see what she was doing and immediately picked up on the talent. "Ooooh, that's lovely~" she chirped, taking another sip of her drink. It was nice to find people with artistic talent in unexpected places, April definitely had appreciation for beauty on many levels meaning that not only could she enjoy people and arts, arts enhanced the attractiveness of some people to her.

April shuddered softly. "I heard about those things the other day, but I didn't believe the dude that told me, what the hell are they doing around??" she was very much perturbed by these things, why did new york have killer robots hanging around period.

"As if this week wasn't weird enough already, ya got killer robots roaming around now!" She took another sip of her drink and drained it. Oooh. That was a nice feeling, warm in her stomach.

Ooooh this was gonna be fun. April leaned into it whenever somebody checked her out. Almost universally speaking. "I'm sure it is sparky." she teased, enjoying the glow of the other girl as well as the warmth surrounding her. April really was a summer girl. She really ought to just win the lottery and spend the rest of her life sunbathing on beaches. That'd be the best outcome yup.

"Oooh. Mood rings are pretty." She burst into another chuckle. "Well, actually they're lame. But you're pretty hot so it made sense in my head." She admitted with a grin. "Oh stop~" She drawled with a impish grin plastered across her lips. This one was very cute. Had she been invited by somebody particular that she was neglecting for this cute rainbow mutant? Possibly, probably. Did she care? Hm. Nah.

She giggled at the explanation. "So you went from slightly gloomy to a stereotype?" She winked. "Not for nothin' though, it suits you. Makes you more alluring one could say~" She chirped. April was moving the whole time she was talking and was slowly getting the point where the jacket would become uncomfortable for her, she didn't peel it off just yet though.

Another bright grin coloured her lips, showing off some teeth through an excited smile she replied, getting a little closer so she could lower her voice. "Keep looking at me like that with those gorgeous eyes and you can get away with calling me pretty much anything you want."

Man, she was cute. April had met a lot of pretty girls... Well to be honest pretty much all of them had something attractive about them. Everyone had something worth dancing about. She grinned as the girl noticed her. April was a little taken aback when the colour changed. Had she done that on purpose? Her hair colour changed too. She wondered idly if the girl had been using the colours to find someone to chat up.

April sized the girl up, checking her out, she wasn't subtle about it. "Well that's good, nicknames are kinda ma' thing" she chirped, enjoying the pretty light show and the body heat surrounding her. Until she found someone to snuggle in a more intimate setting this was a good substitute to keep her warm.

"Ooooh. Skye is almost as pretty as your smile and hair. The lights are cool too, how's that work then, are you a walking rainbow?" She eyed the other girl a little hungrily "I love the colour clash between your bright hair and your punk clothes, it's so totally adorable." She lathered ontop, grinning at the other woman.

"Totally screams I'm a scene girl with attitude." She nodded to herself as she made the observation before letting out a hearty laugh, it was a very merry happy sound, she danced a little closer too. April was clad in dark skinny jeans and a sleeveless fiery orange top with a dark leather jacket gently draped on her shoulders.

So April hadn't taken long to get back on top of this flirting thing. She'd occasionally get reprimanded at the base for it but here there was nobody to stop her going crazy. She'd gotten this pretty cute guys number and was supposed to be meeting him at this bar. He'd only vaguely described the bar to her, and told her that he'd show her around after she got there and they'd had a few drinks. She doubted he'd be showing her much of the city, probably show her something though.

She wandered down into the bar out from the cold, absolutely shivering despite having 3 layers on and immediately scooted next to the radiator at the bottom of the stairs. It was pretty quiet, mostly wooden interior, she glanced around and after leaning against the radiator practically purring for a minute or two she made her way over to the bar, stripping down a couple of layers so she didn't look like an arctic adventurer.

As she reached the bar she noticed one other patron, a women was also coming to the bar. April glanced around and huffed, gently placing her folded clothes onto one of the bar stools. Was he running late? If she got stood up she'd be super annoyed! She eyed the other woman curiously before ordering a drink.

"Uhm. 'Scuse me hun" She called the bartender. "What's the name of this fine establishment of yours?"

April was still kind of doing the roundup of places she apparently liked that Danny had given her. April was glad that her older-self had bought much more thermal laced clothing because it made walking around New York site seeing in the middle of winter a lot less painful than it otherwise would have been. But she still couldn't get away with wearing the sorts of clothes she normally would, and that bothered her.

Okay, so the blue jacket and scarf and beanie were sort of stylish but she couldn't show off any skin! Well, unless she wanted to actually literally die of frostbite she couldn't.

The current stop on the site seeing tour was a little corner of central park her brother had informed her she'd been to a lot. She hadn't been sure why until she got there and realised a lot of pretty people liked the spot, it seemed like she probably hung out here to pick people up, or just let them know that they were gorgeous and went well with the scenery.

Most of the city had a dusting of frost today, but there hadn't been any actual snow around her all day which was a good thing. April hated the snow, it was pretty and all but she hated being out in it. Photographs were fine, and watching it outside from the comfort of a fire and a preferably an also warm body were also fine. But liquid ice? Nah, no thank you.

She was lost in thought and maybe checking a passerby or two out as subtly as she could before she came across something most unusual. With a little gasp she blinked and leaned forwards. It was snowing, but only in this little localised area, almost like a little clearing of snow. And in the centre were these glittering ice sculptures of different people and animals, they truly looked like the work of a master.

She had no idea how there could be so many, and in such a good condition before she chided herself. It was probably the work of a mutant, that'd explain the little ring of snow. She fished through her bag and muttered "Should've brought a camera April." and eventually settled on a pretty low fidelity snapshot or 10 with her phone. This was less about actual photography and more about having something to show Danny to prove she wasn't making it up.