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Evan Sabahnur ([personal profile] genesishero) wrote2014-08-16 11:24 am

Room 330, Saturday Morning

Evan was sitting on the edge of his bed, a piece of paper in his hand, which was shaking, just slightly. Old Lace was awake, but resting her head in his lap, coiled around him on the bed. Ozzy was curled up at his feet. He'd had the paper with him in an envelope for most of the week, putting off opening and reading it because of who it had been sent by.

Evan had a complicated relationship with Logan. Seeing his name on the Jean Grey School letterhead as he had pulled out the letter didn't help that.

The contents of the letter helped him even less, just raising more questions than anything else.

Uncle Cluster -- Fantomex -- was alive somewhere, and being kept in a high-security prison in The World.

Logan needed Evan there, to help get him out again.

Evan's time on the island was done. Just like that. Headmistress Pryde had left, apparently ages ago, Storm had taken her place, and Logan needed Evan's help to get Fantomex back.

He needed to pack. He had... more books than any one kid could carry, on any subject under the sun. He wrote a little 'Free' sign on a piece of loose paper, and had Old Lace help him lug the majority of them out into the hall. There were a few, mostly the ones he'd read with Sholeh while she was here and, um, the magazines that Wade had left for him, that he didn't have the heart to part with. Packing Ozzy and Old Lace's things came next. And while he did that, he placed handwavy phone calls, to leave messages for Rosalind and Mr. Constantine, to tell them that he wouldn't be back to work for them again. There was already a portal booked for him, courtesy of Logan, set to leave in just a few hours.

He would have argued if Logan had called him back under almost any other circumstance. The island was more a home to him than the Jean Grey School had been, after all. But then there was Uncle Cluster, who, in spite of all of the lies and hurt and everything horrible he'd done to bring Evan into the world, was still more family to him than anyone on the island. Maybe that was just the way Evan had been programmed. Maybe there was no way he would ever be sure. But right now he was certain of one thing.

It was time to go.

[OOC: Open door, open post. Last chance to talk to Evan before he vanishes forever. Feel free to loot the small mountain of moddable literature sitting out in the hallway.]
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[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-16 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Alana was on her way back up to her room when she all but tripped over the pile of books. She knelt down to thumb through them like the good nerd she was; when she leaned her head in Evan's door,it was with a look of concern on her face.

"Hey, are you sure you want to give away every Barry Plodder book?" she asked. "'Cause I'll take them if you are."

[OOC: Usual weekend SP applies,I'm afraid. *clings to Evan*]
not_a_moonie: ([neu] sultry)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-16 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know," Alana nodded. "I spent a whole shift at the bookstore reading the first one a while back. So, hey, thanks. Free books."

She raised her eyebrows at his packing. "Okay, so ... you're going home, huh?"

It wasn't exactly a hard guess. But it was a disappointment. Alana didn't see Evan that often, but every time she did she enjoyed talking to him.
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[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-16 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, well, that sucks," Alana commiserated, leaning against Evan's door frame. "Do you think you'll be back once you're done helping your uncle,or is it going to take a while?"
not_a_moonie: ([neu] talking honestly)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-16 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah." Alana bit a thumbnail thoughtfully. "Does that, um, happen a lot where you're from?"

Because in her world, dead meant dead. Usually.

[identity profile] nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Eleanor was on her way up to the fourth floor when she was distracted by the pile of books on the floor.

She peered into the room so that she could frown at Evan.

"You're giving away your books?"

For someone who worked at two different book locations, that seemed like a rather bad sign.

[identity profile] nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"You're leaving?" She hesitated in the doorway, not sure what sort of words were appropriate at a moment like this. "Did you graduate, or ... is everything all right?"
not_a_moonie: ([neu] bored now)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-17 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Stupid families," Alana contributed, not really meaning it but feeling frustrated and sympathetic, and wanting to commiserate. "They pop back up and whammo, you have to be ready to say how high if you say jump. I'm gonna miss you, Ev."

[identity profile] nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Eleanor held her hand out to Old Lace, wondering if the dinosaur remembered her. Maybe people all smelled alike.

"Your uncle's in danger?" she asked, her stomach twisting. "Does that mean you're ... going away for a bit, or are you ..."

It was just that he seemed to be packing, was all. It had less the feel of a weekend trip.

[identity profile] notacokeperson.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Karina had spotted the books and, while she didn't generally snoop, since that invited snooping back, the lure of free shit was enough for her to at least wander down the hallway.

When she realized whose books they were, Karina decided she wanted nothing to do with them. At all. They were probably evil books. Somehow.

"You're leaving?" she asked brightly.

Guess who wasn't sad to see you go, Evan!
not_a_moonie: ([neu] abashed)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-08-17 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure, and if you do I'll write back," Alana said. "But if you can't, I'll make up awesome adventures and decide you're busy having them with the dinosaur."

[identity profile] notacokeperson.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Karina was ignoring the dinosaur. Because it was a dinosaur.

Reason enough to pretend it didn't exist in her books.

"Oh, thank god," she said, since they clearly weren't pretending to give a damn about each other.

Luckily.

"And, nah, don't think I will. I don't need anything that belonged to my murderer."

[identity profile] notacokeperson.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Who'd want to have kids with you?" she snapped. "Other me must have been sick in the head to even consider it, and that's before you destroyed her."

This was a friendly conversation! Really! Okay, no, since they weren't even pretending to keep up even the vaguest tatters of pretence at what had never been a very good masquerade anyway.

"So, I don't know, I think I'm entitled to being glad you're leaving." Karina pretended to think about that. "Yeah, pretty sure about that. Why are you leaving? Does someone actually want you or is the school kicking you out?"

[identity profile] notacokeperson.livejournal.com 2014-08-17 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Which was good, because pointing out the murder carnival would get him a punch to the face.

Karina had this coping thing under control. Definitely.

She leaned in the doorway, crossing her arms over her chest. "It's not on my list of 'things I need to know'," she admitted freely. "But, like, I hope no one's died."

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