Angelus and Mystique

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Angelus sat in one of the dorm common rooms, killing time since killing anything else on school grounds tended to make Rover cranky.

He was sprawled sideways across a couch, technically facing the door but for the most part keeping his eye on his sketchbook.

Were anyone to look at said sketchbook, they'd see that he was working on a picture of Dru, albeit a younger and more innocent looking version than her current incarnation.

He might have occasionally been heard to hum in a manner that managed to be distracted, cheery, and somewhat creepifying all at the same time.

It was possible to interrupt him, but only if you were truly worth his while.

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[crazyvampchick]

(ooc: Oh, so very sweet, a portrait. Are you going to color it in with blood?)

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Naughty naughty. You'll have to wait and see.]

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

(ooc: Refuse to spank you until you beg prettily)

[crazyvampchick]

(ooc: That does sound like fun. Mustn't mess with Daddy's drawings unless you want to be punished.)

[crazyvampchick]

(ooc: And what will you do if I'm too impatient to wait?)

Stupid mun journal. Stupid posting in the wrong place.

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

Mystique watches him from the hall, moving to lean against the doorway. "You look bored. How could that happen to such a lovely man?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Happens a lot more often than you'd think," Angelus finished off a line of shading, then let his eyes be drawn up. His gaze started out with bare interest, but his eyebrows quirked when he saw her. "Don't think we've met before."

[ooc: Not to make this sound like a dirty phone call but what's she look like and what's she wearing?]

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Mystique." She nods to him.

(X Men movie Mystique. Blue skin, red hair, yellow eyes. Wearing her skin.)

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus put his sketchpad down in his lap. His eyes took in a long, lingering view of what, to him, appeared to be an all blue girl with a very hot body and absolutely no fetish whatsoever about needing to cover that up with clothing. This was the kind of distraction he could appreciate.

"Angelus," he replied. He sniffed the air, cocking his head to the side inquisitively. "You don't smell like a demon."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"That's probably because I'm not a demon. Regardless what certain bigots seem to think."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"And now you are definitely talking my language," Angelus put his pencil down, folding his hands in his lap and giving her his full attention. "Come on in, sit a spell. I have a feeling we might not bore one another."

Choosing a place

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She gracefully folds herself to sit on a bed or chair, whichever she can find. "Thank you." She inclines her head to him. "So what sort of bigotry have you been encountering?"

Re: Choosing a place

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"What haven't I been encountering?" Angelus replied. "Seems to me in this school if you're not 100% A-number-1 human you're pretty much second class. Assuming they even let you reach that high."

Re: Choosing a place

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Haven't been here long enough to run into it. But I can't say I'm surprised. Human...can be a matter of definition."

Re: Choosing a place

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"No kidding," Angelus smirked. Then gestured to himself. "Vampire, not that you asked."

Re: Choosing a place

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Interesting. Not a species I'm familiar with, I admit. Aside from legends that I suspect are highly inaccurate."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She leans forward and waits for him to tell her all about it.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Can depend on where you're from," Angelus said. "But the usual things apply: blood drinking, pesky sun allergy, walking corpse, yadda yadda. And also - " he switched into game face, his posture making it clear that this was only a continuation of the answer to her question, not a threat " - not exactly human."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Can you just drink the blood, or do you have to kill something?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus switched back to his regular face. "I can just drink the blood. I can drink animal blood too if it comes to that. Mind you, I wouldn't call it a taste sensation."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She laughs softly. "I can imagine it might not be. So you have a supply on store in the cafeteria? Or warmer resources?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Can get it from the cafe, can get it from other places," Angelus sat back on the couch, stretching his legs out so that he could prop his feet up on the opposite arm rest. "Why?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She shrugs. "Just curious."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"And what's your story?" Angelus asked. "I'm guessing jokes about certain all-male performing arts groups (http://www.blueman.com/) are both tacky and overdone to your ears by now."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Hah. Yeah. Mutant. Human stock. My guardian thought sending me here was a good idea. I guess it might have had to do with my refusing to change my appearance for public school." She shifts briefly to a caricature of a blue eyed, fair haired girl.

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

As she shifts back, "not my thing."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Don't blame you," Angelus said, in all honesty. "This is the far more attractive view."

He sat forward, fascinated by her trick. "So what's the other version? Is that you the way the fangs are still me, or are we talking something else here?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"This," she gestures at her blue skin, "is how I usually look. Anything else is an effort. It's still me though."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Anything else..." Angelus turned sideways, resting his feet on a coffee table as he faced her head-on. "So... shapeshifter? Or mental manipulation?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She shifts into a copy of Angelus. "I can do others." She uses his voice. "Shapeshifter. I'm no telepath." She makes a face.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus sat forward even further, studying 'his' face for any sign of flaw.

"Well," he said, half to himself. "Aren't you all kinds of interesting? Where you been hiding all this time, kitten?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"In plain sight. It's the best place."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She smiles, shifts into Angelus in game face, then Angelus as human, then to herself. "Like you. In a way."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

There is no flaw. It's an exact copy.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I've always felt so," Angelus said, in agreement with her comments. He sat back, the look of appreciation not leaving his face. "Mind if I ask you two questions, Cosmo quiz style?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Go ahead. If I don't like them, I just won't answer."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"More than fair," Angelus waved his hand to indicate he had no problem with that. "Question one: I tell you one of my old hobbies used to be killing humans just for the fun of it. Your reaction?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She regards him cooly. "There are enough people out there who need killing. You don't need to select random bystanders. It's a good way to get enough people angry enough to hunt you down. I hope it's an impulse you can control well."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Haven't killed anybody on campus yet," Angelus pointed out. He nodded to indicate he liked her first answer. "Okay, question two: Fate has paired you and me up in the wacky buddy cop movie of the summer. One night we find ourselves trapped in a burning building and surrounded by our enemies. Escape is possible, but only for one of us. Do you stick it out and fight with me, or say screw me and go for it?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"You'd have to give me more specifics than that. Depends in part on how the situation happened. Anyway, I refuse to believe categorically that there is no way for both to escape." Her tone becomes dry. "I can become fairly small if I have to."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Huh," Angelus said. "Suppose that'd help, assuming your mass changed too. Incident in question involved a horse that could only stand to carry one of us to safety."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"I can *be* a horse. Not a problem. But I wouldn't be sacrificing myself if you got us into the situation by being stupid. Comedic value or otherwise."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angelus laughed. "I respect that in a woman.

"So here's my thing," Angelus said. "I've got this little group that I work with. Nothing fancy, but we do what we can. Common interests include surrounding ourselves by the best and the brightest of Fandom High, recognizing that there's a blatent double standard in how humans and non-humans are treated at this school, and a mutual understanding that in a burning building scenario it's perfectly acceptable to save yourself if your companion's being a jackass. Don't suppose you want in?"

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"I'm interested. But I want to meet the others before I commit to this."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"We're meeting tomorrow night if you want to join us," Angelus said. "But the names that matter right now are Faith Lehane, Belthazor, Jonathan Crane, Draco Malfoy, and Lindsey McDonald. Our faculty advisor is Dr. Carter." Angelus shrugged. "Occasionally people have heard of us, but more often people at this school have their heads in the sand."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"I'll make sure to be there."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"8:30, Dr. Carter's classroom," Angelus said. He put on his most boy scout expression, though clearly ironically. "There'll even be free cookies."

[blueskin-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She laughed. "Can't miss that then. I'll see you there."

(ooc, bed soon, tired mun)

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Looking forward to it," Angelus's expression was more candid than he normally showed people. "You know, I've always felt any good plan needs strong women behind it. If you're one of them... well then, happy day for me."

[ooc: no prob. same here]