Hanging out

[Nikkolas Blagetovich]

The Institute was full of surprises and things that Nikk didn't know about, and the Rec Room was one of them. It was pretty sweet, and to Nikk's surprise it had couches! Nikk was planning on meeting Danny in here.

Nikk sat on the blue couch, twrilling his finger on the soft cushion. His finger nail caught some of the snags on the couch, which slightly agitated him. He was early, so he just sat waiting.

[Tempero]

It does not take a major even for Danny to lose track of time. Surprisingly, though, this never means that he is late- it just means that he runs his soul out of his body trying to get to the designated meeting place at the designated meeting time.

He is supposed to meet up with Nikkolas, and he got way too sucked into the book he has been reading the past night. He had to make a break to get something to eat, and when he came back to the room, Nikk wasn't there, so Daniel simply went on reading. And now one could find him running like all hell was at his heels. It must be some treat for the brand new students in the hallways, to see a blur of black and white to pass by. Black tennis shoes, white shorts, black T-shirt, long, white, unbuttoned shirt over it, and pure white hair seem to combine to make quite the effect when in full sprint.

So, he finally arrives in front of the Rec Room door, and holds for a few seconds to regain his composure and catch his breath, and then waits a few more seconds for the blood to drain out of his face, and so he finally enters leisurely, as if he has just taken a nice walk through the building, rather than ran.

It does not take much for him to spot Nikkolas, and so he waves. "Hey there!" he calls to him, taking a seat on the same couch.

[Nikkolas Blagetovich]

Nikk was a little bit surprised by Danny, he just seemed to pop in. Well, anything would have surprised Nikk at this point, twiddling his finger on the couch was kind of...hypnotising. Nikk found pleasure in the simplest things now adays, it was weird.

"Hey there!"

Nikk stood, if you could call it that because he almost tripped over himself as he did. "Hello!" He said with a large amount of enthusiasm. "How do you do today?" He was going to try communicating with words today rather than thoughts. He needed to improve his English skills if he was going to be living in America. He was sick of relying on other people's English skills, or minds, to communicate effectively.

He took a seat, inviting Danny to do so as well. "Please have seat. We have much talking to say." He thought he was doing a fairly good job with his English skills he thought. As he was sitting, he pulled out a cook book. "Zhis vill help me vith English no? Boy in zhe dorms picked out for me" He took a deep breath, and sat back relaxingly looking at Danny.

[Tempero]

> "How do you do today?"

Danny's smile widens, and he sits next to Nikk on the couch, Shrugging lightly. "Pretty good, actually. It's just another normal day. How about you?" he says, recognizing the want for actual conversation, and not just thought exchange. After all, what better way to learn a language other than to actually speak it? He looks around the room, wondering if anyone would have come by last night if he decided to simply stay here.

>"Please have seat. We have much talking to say."

Daniel sends him a questioning glance, and it lasts for a second or to before he finally figures it out. Sometimes, it seems that Danny not only has a blond moment, but a super-bleached one, exceeding what is stereotypically (and frequently unjustly) thought of normal stupidity for a blond person.

"Oh? What about?" he asks, still not quite following. His confusion increases as Nikkolas pulls out a cookbook. What the...? He wants to cook? he thinks, before hearing what the other has to say.

>"Zhis vill help me vith English no? Boy in zhe dorms picked out for me"

And then most of the conversation clicks in place. Oh...poor guy... he thinks, smiling still in that same, almost eerily friendly way. One does not see such sincere smiles on the streets any more.

"Um, I guess, if you wanted to learn how to cook...I mean, I myself would choose something that is less of a list and more of an actual content-heavy book. You know, a story, or a collection of them. I would say that would help you fill in some blanks if you're confused, and it also might expand your vocabulary...but then again, that's just me." he finishes up with a shrug and the slightest of blushes, he went into a rant yet again.

[Nikkolas Blagetovich]

"Pretty good, actually. It's just another normal day. How about you?"

Nikk cracked his fingers; he smiled from ear to ear. He was just in a naturally good mood, which was incredibly rare. Now that his mental blocks were down, he was experiencing emotions that were very uncommon to him. Sometimes he worried that he'd get addicted to emotion like a drug since he's been deprived of it for so long. He was really liking this 'happy' emotion; he tried to express it as much as possible. "It is vonderful day. Dhis room is great!" He looked around it as if it was new, and he took a big whiff of the air. "Smells soo good."

"Oh? What about?"

He nodded, "I vould like to talk about our powers. I think very much that ve could help each other. Is it ok me asking dhis?" He was hoping that maybe if he gave Danny a link to his mind, he might be able to help him with his problems of stability. Maybe he would be able to take a different approach at this problem that Jake and Josh weren't seeing.

"Um, I guess, if you wanted to learn how to cook...I mean, I myself would choose something that is less of a list and more of an actual content-heavy book. You know, a story, or a collection of them. I would say that would help you fill in some blanks if you're confused, and it also might expand your vocabulary...but then again, that's just me."

Nikk looked at the book that he had in his hand; he was mislead by the boy for his own sick pleasure. Getting a laugh on Nikk's expense didn't go well with Nikk, it kind of drew out a darker side in him for a moment. "Vell, you mind helping me finding one? That boy..." Nikk's smile twisted a little, the Rasputin side was showing for a moment. "Anyvay, vant to test out our powers?"

[Tempero]

Danny doesn't react to his first statements, not sure if he's seen anyone this happy, including himself. Wow, he sure is glad to be here. he thinks with some amusement, but not the semi-malevolent kind that most other exhibit when encountered with strangers and foreigners.

>"I vould like to talk about our powers. I think very much that ve could help each other. Is it ok me asking dhis?"

"It is perfectly fine, Nikkolas. Like I said, I'm happy to help whenever I can." Danny replies cheerfully, wondering what it is that his roommate means by saying they could help each other. Interesting. his thoughts say, and his eyes convey the same emotion after fusing it with curiosity.

>"Vell, you mind helping me finding one? That boy..."

He gets worried for a second, the twist of the lips not escaping his green eyes. "No problem. That should be easy, at least. And, hey, don't worry about people fooling around like that. Most of the time, they pick on those they do not know about because they simply still entertain the illusion that they cannot get hurt that way. Pay no mind to them, it's just a part of the society...a bad one, I'll give you that, but nothing to get worked up about." he says, still incorporating his friendly smile throughout the whole miniature speech.

>"Anyvay, vant to test out our powers?"

"Um, sure. What do you have in mind?" he asks, sitting up a bit straighter, eager to play with his on mutation. He doesn't get the chance to visit the Danger Room nearly as frequently now that all staff seem to be sucked up in some sort of secret teacher work other than grading.

[Nikkolas Blagetovich]

"It is perfectly fine, Nikkolas. Like I said, I'm happy to help whenever I can."

Nikk smiled, shaking his head in approval. "Good, good." He moved around so that his back was on the arm of the couch, and he was facing Danny more directly now. <But I will understand if you ever decide to back out on this offer, once you have a peek into my mind...you'll understand what I am talking about.> Warren, Josh, and Jake were already heavily invested in Nikk''s well-being. His power was very dangerous, especially when handled it. If he fell into the wrong hands, or worse, into his own will, then things would turn out very badly.

"No problem. That should be easy, at least. And, hey, don't worry about people fooling around like that. Most of the time, they pick on those they do not know about because they simply still entertain the illusion that they cannot get hurt that way. Pay no mind to them, it's just a part of the society...a bad one, I'll give you that, but nothing to get worked up about."

His nostrils flared at the thought of that boy playing off of his ignorance. Sure, he shouldn't have taken help from any old person, but just the thought of it pissed him off. The vengeful part of his mind began to pulse, changing his aura a bit. He listened to Danny's words; they did little to suppress his vengeance.

That crazy look that he used to get in his eyes when he was full of mental barriers and blocks was starting to come back. The outer rims of his eyes became dark green and slowly towards the middle the turned dark blue. He cocked his head to the right and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. He slowly opened them, turning back to Danny. "I vill do my best." He bit the insides of his cheek. "But I can't guarantee anything."

"Um, sure. What do you have in mind?"

Nikk shrugged, "I don't know, why don't you show me vhat you're capable of, or I could show you. If you vant to take look in my mind, be my guest." He smiled, tapping his fingers on his leg.

[Tempero]

<But I will understand if you ever decide to back out on this offer, once you have a peek into my mind...you'll understand what I am talking about.>

Danny shrugs and offers a warm smile. It sounds a lot like a warning or an omen that says that everything will go wrong if it can, and if it can not, it will go even worse. It does not do anything else but simply intrigue Daniel even more, though.

Passing over the comment about that one boy as if it never was uttered, Danny decides it is best not to bring up things that might provoke Nikk, seeing as how...well, violent his reaction seems to be to a simple joke like that.

>"I don't know, why don't you show me vhat you're capable of, or I could show you. If you vant to take look in my mind, be my guest."

He chuckles a bit. "Well, I do not really have too powerful a telepathy. All I need for my actual mutation to work is just a telepathic link, nothing more." he says, and then closes his eyes for a second. He sees Nikk's mutation as light-blue, which he has learned to associate with mind-related powers, not that he needed to really know this from the given evidence. He just has to check his own theory about that "mutation vision" of his. He then establishes a link with Nikkolas, and locks onto the mutation almost immediately, leaving the link alone. It might as well be severed now that Daniel has a direct connection to the mutation.

He opens his eyes and uses his power only in a small degree, boosting Nikk's control and control only over his mutation as a green outline seems to start slightly shining around the boy's body. <Try to use your power now; you should notice a difference.> he sends the message over the link, smiling encouragingly.