Bleeding Heart

[nightcrawler]

*BAMF* Was the sound heard in the empty foyer, followed by a blackish purple smoke and then a small and slender body appearing out of no where to fall to the ground gracefully. The blue skinned creature with the unusual looking prehensile tail and oddly colored yellow eyes remained squatted, quickly letting his eyes dart back and forth to see if anyone was around. It had been a long time since Kurt Wagner had called this place home and he was unsure if he was still welcome here after his sudden disappearance. He had not given any of the others an explanation as to his sudden departure, none save for Professor Xavier. Standing up slowly, Kurt continued to glance about as he hunkered over slightly, his hands brought up in front of him and his large, long fingers twitching and flexing about nervously. His tail flicked back and forth, as if it had a mind of its own and he licked his lips nervously, nearly holding his breath as he cautiously took one step forward and then another.

"Entschuldigen Sie," Kurt began, his voice no where near loud enough to be heard or so he thought as he laughed nervously and shook his head, "Is anyone here?," he asked a bit louder now as he stood a bit straighter, beginning to feel more comfortable the further he walked inside the mansion. The smells and sights were returning to him slowly, making everything seem to feel like home again. Kurt made an attempt to straighten the long jacket he wore and then tugged at the golden vest he wore before running his blue hands over the top part of his pants. Would the others come running out to greet him or would he even be welcomed back at all? This question kept repeating itself in Kurt's mind as he stopped in the middle of the foyer, looking around, listening for any sign of life.

[Damien Schwartz]

*BAMF*, and suddenly, there's someone else in the foyer. Who is that? Damien stands up from his lotus sitting position on the ground, where he was meditating, trying to decide where to go. The wonder and amazement is increased as he sees the look of the person...mutant who just appeared there. As if there is no end to surprises, Damien hears his own native tongue being spoken.

"Was?" he asks automatically, but then shifts to English as the newcomer does so too. "What? Who are you? Are you a teleporter?" he asks, strong German accent edging his words. OK, this is really freaky. Am I going to look like that? Wow. he thinks as he waits for the man's response.

[belladonna]

The first person to come into sight was Isabella, or Bella. Of course she also used the code name Belladonna, because her body was able to make and secrete poison, be it out her pores or through her saliva glands.

Bella had been walking down the hall, repeating a list of things to herself that she didn't even notice Kurt's voice - it wasn't like he had made a loud entrance or a pressing issue to make his presence known. She walked about the corner, thumbing through a stack of papers she had, confirming that all was in order.. And indeed it was for a moment. However Bella had just been this way, simply retrieving these records. And his presence - considering the students were in class - surprised her, so much that when she seen him, out of the corner of her eye and almost too late, she let out a gasp and dropped her papers. Of course it wasn't because he was blue, no... although she realized that her actions may have seemed rude. She blushed deeply and quickly bent down to gather her things, partly trying to cover up her embarrassment. "I am sorry, may I help you? Were you looking for someone?" She asked as she worked on the scattered about papers.

As usual, her hair fell past her shoulders in deep waves, wearing a black skirt and a white blouse with bell sleeves. She fit in but at the same time she seemed... too authentic. She wasn't what you would call young.. say not at least a child. And in actuality she probably had more age on her than most here at the academy.

She heard another voice, and his short remarks sounded rather rude, which made her become a bit defensive because of her own fault, "Mr.Schwartz, surely you can show our guest a little more respect." She said this in a hushed tone, never over bearing or too authoritative - unless she felt threatened or pushed.

**Sorry mate, I wasn't redoing my whole post**

[nightcrawler]

The appearance of the lovely woman naturally kicked Kurt into chivilary mode, causing him to stand as straight as he cold and smile to her sincerly, revealing his many sharp white teeth. Her reaction was rather disheartening, Kurt thinking she was taken back by his appearance, but like most other things in his life, Kurt had grown accoustomed to such things and pushed that aside for the moment. He didn't expect anyone to openly take to his appearance, he was indeed a freak and did not fault anyone for backing away from him. Unlike most others, his mutation affected him physically, letting the whole world know up front what they were dealing with.

The appearance of another, this one a male youth, caused Kurt to divert his attention away from the female, albeit breifly though. He laughed again nervously, glancing down at his feet and then back up to the woman, but only to look back down at the floor again, holding his head somewhat. "It is alright Fräulein," Kurt said as he tried to smooth out the situation and avoid the young man from getting into any sort of trouble just because he was curious.

Taking a deep breath, Kurt closed his eyes and then looked back up, this time his face more confidant. "I am Kurt Wagner, other vise known as..," he said as he did a back flip and then *BAMF*, he was gone again in a trail of purple black smoke only to reappear the same way he disappeared, only this time behind both of his spectators, falling a few feet from the air to land gracefully again, his arms in the air, "The Amazing Nightcrawler," he said proudly before taking a bow. Kurt was clearly proud of his title and had enjoyed the life he once had in the Munich Circus. "I have come back to offer my service in the vake of....," he said then trailing off as he rose his head, a look of sadness there now, looking away briefly. "In the vake of Charles Xavier's death," he finally said with a sigh as he stood up straighter but still hunched over some. His accent was heavy, indicating his strong German roots, but his speech was still understandable.

[Damien Schwartz]

Damien reddens at the scold, and bows his head down. It raises his spirits a bit when the newcomer says that it's OK, but he still feels sort of ashamed. "Um..Sorry, Miss Demanti." as he turns to face the teleporter, he disappears in a back flip and reappears behind them. "Wow..." he says. It's not that he hasn't seen teleporters. Hell, he is one! It's just the fact that this blue demon-resembling man seems to be from Germany, and a teleporter as well, both of these traits Damien never thought he would find in another. At least not here, in America.

At the mention of professor Xavier, Damien holds his words, though. Even if he didn't know the man, he knew about his accomplishments, and he knew that this was definitely not the time for exasperating questions by a curious and eager teenager. Maybe he could teach me something... Oh, I so hope he will! he thinks as a small silence falls over the room. Perhaps miss Demanti will end it? Perhaps not.

[rileyfletcher]

It was the middle of the afternoon and everyone was in their classes. Since Riley never attened any of the classes, she mostly just spent her time wandering around the mansion and it's grounds. She had been in her room for a while reading a book, but after an hour of reading, she thought it would be a good idea to get out for a bit.

So Riley began to make her way through the halls and to the entrance hall, to get out of the mansion. One her way, she could hear the students in their classes and what they were learning. She stopped a few times just outside the doors of the class rooms, to hear what lesson they were learning and also to wave at a few of her friends. Then she would continue on walking. Riley sometimes felt really old around here and usless sometimes, but she always managed to have some sort of fun sometimes.

While on her way to the entrance hall, she could hear people having a conversation with each other. She continued on walking and as she got closer, she could hear someone speaking with a German accent and there was a slight bamf noise. Right away she knew who it was and a smile spread across her face. It was Kurt, also known as Nightcrawler. She remembered seeing him around the mansion around the time Jean died.

Riley always thought Kurt was a very cool guy and was never afraid of what he was, and she admired him for that. She soon rounded the corner and saw him standing there, with his back to her face two other people, that she still hadn't met yet. Man there is a lot of people joining this school.

"Hey Kurt! I'm so glad that you are back!" she told him with a smile. Riley didn't know if he would remember her, since they really didn't talk much when he was around before he disappeared. Once he left she always wondered what had happened to him and what he had been up too.

[belladonna]

Bella wasn't one that liked to scold people and make them feel belittled or embarrassed, and truth be known she more than likely would not had said anything if his words didn't sound like he was observing a talking lab rat at the moment.

She gave him a faint smile as he apologized, "It's ok Damien, but it was not I who you might have offended." She let it slide at that, keeping her voice low so not to draw more attention to the matter. Of course her attention was drawn to Nightcrawler as he bamf-ed behind them, turning to see him in a pose with his arms up, then taking a bow.

She gave Nightcrawler a bright smile and nodded her head at him. "Pleasure to meet you, Nightcrawler." Surely a codename.. of course would it be so odd to name a blue child something like that? Either way it didn't change the way she would see him. Personality was all that mattered, one couldn't go on looks... or strange abilities.

She had heard Damien's reaction and that brightened her mood. She had to admit that he was quiet impressive but she usually had great interest in other mutants anyway, respecting their unique gifts.

And if Damien wanted Kurt to teach him something then that was fine. However it was only polite to let him get settled in and reacquainted with everyone. "I am sure that we would be happy to have you. Perhaps I should take you to Jake Sheppard, right now he is the one running the institution." She pushed her hair back behind her ear, giving a slight sigh as she realized she had not gathered all her papers yet, bending down to collect the last few. "I'm free to take you now if you wish."

[nightcrawler]

Kurt forced a smile as Bella offered to escort him to the new man in charge and if his face had not been such a dark blue color, he would have blushed. He diverted his eyes from Bella's, trying to hide what he was feeling at the moment and he knew that if the woman were to look at him hard enough, his eyes would betray his thoughts. Kurt was not overyly shy, but around Bella he felt a bit awkward, but then again, who wouldn't when faced with such beauty? Of course, Kurt was saved from this crushing tension when he heard a soft and sort of familar voice from behind him. He turned slowly, his tail flipping up and over his shoulder as if looking at the newcomer as well. The look on Kurt's face showed he was trying to piece the puzzle together but he had not been around Riley enough the last time he was here to really remember her, but her voice and face did ring a bell.

"It seems I'm not as forgotten as I had feared," he said with another nervous chuckle as he turned sideways and looked to Bella and then back to Riley. "I am sorry little one, but I can't seem to remember your name," he said feeling ashamed that he must say such a thing and feeling as if he may have hurt the girl's feelings, for he himself seemed important enough to her to be remembered.

[rileyfletcher]

Once she had spoken to him, she watched him as he turned around slowly, soon facing her. She watched him as she noticed a puzzled look on his face, but she still continued to smile at him. Riley knew that he wouldn't remember her, since the last time he was here, they had only spoken a few words with each other. Riley would have loved to have more conversations with him, but then he soon disappeared, and then there was the situation that they were in with the professor's death.

"I'm Riley. I know you wouldn't really remember me, since the last time you were here, we only had a chance to exchange a few words and you soon disappeared." she told him, still smiling.

Stories soon flashed through her mind, remembering what some people had told her, what he had done at Alkili Lake. She thought that is powers were amazing, with all the things he could do and he was use to the looks he gets when people first meet him. But Riley wasn't sure if she was the only one that was shocked to see his appearence, but she never jugded some one on their appearnce, only their personality and how big of a heart they have, and Riley knew that Kurt had a big heart.

[belladonna]

Riley's face was one not really known to her. Of course it was hard to get to know everyone here and she had been here for a while. Of course this was after Kurt had disappeared and before Xavier had been .. killed.

And since she didn't recognize the girl and wanted him to feel more welcomed by someone that he should be more familiar with, she remained quiet. But that didn't seem the case. If he had any recollection of her it was mild and hanging on the boundaries of forgotten acquaintances. Of course he seemed embarrassed by this and this silence was filling up between the group quickly. Surely each step taken by the other would only wind up on the wrong path, kind of like I don't mean to hurt your feelings but I keep digging a deep ditch with my mouth sort of deal.

"Perhaps later would be a better time to talk to Nightcrawler. How about we let him get settled in first and then you all can catch up and get acquainted?" And even though her words were more phrased into a question she was merely softening a statement.

[rileyfletcher]

Riley turned her attention onto the lady that had just spoken to her. She thought that she was quist beautiful, and seemed slightly familiar, like she had seen her some where before, but couldn't remember where. But Riley quickly dropped that subject in her mind, and knew that she must be one of the new teachers here, since all of her papers were on the floor.

With what the lady had said, Riley nodded her head in agrement, that they should let Kurt get himself settled in and use to the place again, and later on be reaquainted with each other. She was in no rush at all in talking with Kurt. She took a step aside, so that they were able to get by her.

Soon quickly remembering that there was still a bunch of papers on the floor, Riley quickly bent down and helped pick up the rest. She then handed it over to the lady and smiled at her. She really hoped that they would get along great with each other and that she woulcn't get annoyed at her, like Nothstar, whom had gotten on several people's nerves.

[Bobby Drake]

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