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Birthday Party for Laura/X-23
It's a pretty low-key party, all things considered, and not significantly different than the one Parker or Meg would have thrown in a dorm room for a friend at home, not-exactly-traditional menu not withstanding.
There's music, low enough to talk over (and maybe with a little more folk in the mix than one expects to find a party). Balloons and streamers in purple and blue and red. A place to leave presents. People to meet or catch up with.
And, most importantly, a chance to wish X-23 (or Laura) a very happy birthday.
There's music, low enough to talk over (and maybe with a little more folk in the mix than one expects to find a party). Balloons and streamers in purple and blue and red. A place to leave presents. People to meet or catch up with.
And, most importantly, a chance to wish X-23 (or Laura) a very happy birthday.
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Firmly.
Then she offers a shrug, quick and one-shouldered.
"The music is not too loud. And the food is good."
Plus the company.
"I like it."
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He laughed when he saw it. He's never attended a party that involved spaghetti before, but it's so very X.
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Beat.
"They are very thorough."
She approves of this. Clearly.
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Smell tends to be more straightforward for her.
Plus exact locations are not difficult, not with a crowd this small.
"Meg is there. By the food. Her hair is red."
Plus she's Canadian.
"Parker is over there, too. She is blonde."
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"Okay," he says. "Thanks. Got quite a few people here. I had no idea you had so many friends."
He's pleased about this. X should have lots of friends.
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"I like having friends."
Even when she worries.
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"It's great, isn't it?" he asks. "I didn't - really have any before Milliways. None I could really trust, anyway."
He has a feeling X can identify with that.
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"Some of them are friends now."
And some of them are--still teammates. It's not bad.
"It is easier here."
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"People are nicer here," he says. Then,
"Well. Nicer than on my world, anyway. And easier to talk to."
And a lot more interesting. Cal used to get so damn bored socializing back home, but he doesn't think he's had a single boring conversation in Milliways.
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"Sometimes. My neighbors are nice. At home."
Beat.
"They are not afraid of me."
To be fair, X is not sure if they know what she can do, but--it would be difficult for Mr. Simmons to remain clueless. At the very least.
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Just because someone can do something, doesn't mean she will.
Then again, Cal has some experience with being in the presence of people who know how and are ready to use the weapons at their disposal. He knows they're also ready not to.
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"They do not."
Just like the people here don't need to be afraid of her.
Unless she wants them to be. But that is not likely to happen.
Even when people break the rules.
(Unless they hurt her friends.)
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Cal's heard of neighborhoods where people get to know each other beyond just the occasional party, but his was never like that.
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"Mr. Simmons knows a lot of people. He is my landlord."
Beat.
"Duo said it is good to talk to them. My neighbors."
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Maybe that can be something else he does differently when he chooses a new world.
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"I am learning things, too. Like how to repair the roof. When it leaks."
And basic plumbing.
Mostly because X can fit in some tricky spaces that Mr. Simmons can't anymore.
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Yet more things he doesn't know. It doesn't particularly bother him, though, because in this case, he's pretty sure most people hire others for stuff like that.
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Beat.
"I like being busy."
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Beat.
"She helped. Before."