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<td valign="top">[[Image:Moa talon.png|left]]'''Moment of Awesome - [[Laura Kinney|Laura Kinney/X-23]]:''' ''[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/4562608.html Laura and Sharon discuss dessert] on Laura's birthday.''
<td valign="top">[[Image:Moa talon.png|left]]'''Moment of Awesome - [[Laura Kinney|Laura Kinney/X-23]]:''' ''Prom night takes an unexpected turn when [https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/4574237.html Laura finds herself dancing with a surprising partner].''


"I believe you." Laura took another bite of her ice cream. "But physical strength wasn't the only thing I was talking about. Feeding your body can also improve mental strength and sometimes that is all you need to win in a fight." Grabbing the lid and walking across the kitchen to get a paper towel to wipe her lower lip. "Or maybe sometimes we eat it because it tastes good, like this ice cream. I never had it before but I like it."
Laura managed to escape into one of the nearby classrooms, and she had already sent an SOS on her watch to alert Doug and Kyle that she was in trouble.


"I eat what I please. Food made for me, but food I hunt also. I am Self Sufficient." Sharon continued to watch the younger girl suspiciously. "You are fed here and outside also. Douglas Ramsay was your escort? This departure I witnessed. A buffet, was this not food enough?"
"X-23. You're making this less enjoyable than I had hoped. You were so full of spunk the last time we fought." Kimura lunged for Laura, grabbing her jacket, which the teen managed to wiggle out of it. Kimura tossed the coat to the side and charged at Laura.


Laura gentle put down her ice cream as it was her most prized position, her mood shifted significantly - almost into hostile territory. "I can tolerate you watching my every move. I can even tolerate you being rude and I will answer this only once. My mutation means I have heightened metabolism. So yes, it wasn't enough." Her eyes narrowed at her as if Sharon had become her next prey. "When you are locked up for your entire life then you will also understand the love of food I have. Don't insult or question if I have had enough food. Besides asking a girl that implies she is fat, and you are shaming her."
Laura managed to turn and was hit with Kimura's full force as she was pushed into tables and chairs. The two wrestled for control, with Laura pulling Kimura close before head-butting her hard with a crack. That had Kimura letting go, and Laura managed to fall over on the other side of the table. "Fuck."


Laura's entire body relaxed and she picked up her ice cream again. "You have a weird flex." She said as she scooped up more ice cream. "You aren't self sufficient when you come to the kitchen looking for food that was supplied by someone else. You are a scavenger at that point."
The young feral stayed hidden behind the table as the sounds of her two dates filled the air.


"Hunting consumes energy. I am merely efficient." The rejoinder almost disguised the way the hairs on the back of her neck had raised at even a glimpse of Laura's anger. Sharon attempted to recover. "You have been locked up all your life," she said, "but 'fat shaming' is known to you?"
Gaia followed behind Liam closely, walking down the hall in search of their friend. It had been too long since she had left for the restroom and they had begun to worry.


"Then I don't understand your flex." Laura looked down at her ice cream. "Friends at school. People come in all shapes and sizes and it is important to accept people for who they are and not what they look like. We don't know their history or what hell they've been through. I beat up people for far lesser words than what you said to me. It is my only reason for being at school, to socialize and learn the norms of my peers. Inside the mansion and outside of the mansion." She looked at Sharon again, "I don't know everything about how it all works, but I do know that words can hurt people more deeply than a cut."
Thankfully, having a feral on hand meant it was much easier to track people down.


Sharon just stared. All the words sounded right, but something about how they were said felt as if they were being repeated without full understanding. Sharon thought Laura must be drawing from: a catalogue of aphorisms provided as a blueprint to navigate the world. Was this a trap, to lull prey into a false sense of security? Camouflage, so that her true nature would go undetected by those strong enough to challenge her?
Emotion hit her hard and fast as they neared the door, causing an involuntary gasp to slip out. Something was very wrong. Gaia stopped and tugged on Liam’s arm, whispering. “Wait.”


Her tail twitched in small, tense twitches. 'Words can hurt people more deeply than a cut,' Laura had said, but Sharon knew what was hidden in the heaviness of her step and the corded muscle of her forearms.
"She needs help!" he whispered back, hearing the conflict on the other side. It didn't matter what caused it or that he wasn't a fighter, they had to do something!


Laura would enjoy her ice cream elsewhere. "Enjoy your hunt." She opened the window that was over the counter and without another word she dropped down. It wasn't a far fall, as they were on the first floor. Taking another spoon full of ice cream she walked off into the darkness.  
It didn’t seem that Liam had any weapons on his person, and Gaia hadn’t had the foresight. She gave Liam a go on then motion with her head.
 
Springing into action once more, the mutant grabbed an abandoned water bottle from the hall and chucked it into the room with an assist from her TK, metal making a beeline for Laura’s assailant.
 
Screaming as he ran into the room in the hopes of distracting... whoever was attacking, Liam utilized the fine art of moving over trying to engage in combat. They'd already determined he wasn't a fighter.
 
The water bottle smacked Kimura from behind, and she looked down to see the makeshift weapon lying at her feet. "What the fuck..." She got defensive as a boy came screaming into the room. "Teenagers." She unholstered her gun, but the pain of two pairs of claws sunk into her back, and she yelled out in pain. She may have been augmented to be more durable, but why couldn't they try to make her more durable against adamantium?
 
Laura used her strength to move Kimura further into the room as she was taking full advantage of Kimura being distracted but also she didn't want Kimura to shoot at her friends.
 
The guns flew from her grip by an unknown source, and in a second both Laura and Kimura were sailing out the window. Gaia, who has slunk in behind Liam’s commotion, put all her strength into the shove, grey energy billowing around her.
 
Laura would be fine. Probably.
 
Staring out the window, Liam debated going to help Laura or not. On the one hand, he should help. On the other hand, he was pretty sure he would be no help. "The hell is going on?" He muttered.
 
"I AM FINE!" Laura yelled from outside and gave a thumbs up but hadn't move to stand quite yet.
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Revision as of 22:19, 5 September 2025

Moment of Awesome - Laura Kinney/X-23: Prom night takes an unexpected turn when Laura finds herself dancing with a surprising partner.

Laura managed to escape into one of the nearby classrooms, and she had already sent an SOS on her watch to alert Doug and Kyle that she was in trouble.

"X-23. You're making this less enjoyable than I had hoped. You were so full of spunk the last time we fought." Kimura lunged for Laura, grabbing her jacket, which the teen managed to wiggle out of it. Kimura tossed the coat to the side and charged at Laura.

Laura managed to turn and was hit with Kimura's full force as she was pushed into tables and chairs. The two wrestled for control, with Laura pulling Kimura close before head-butting her hard with a crack. That had Kimura letting go, and Laura managed to fall over on the other side of the table. "Fuck."

The young feral stayed hidden behind the table as the sounds of her two dates filled the air.

Gaia followed behind Liam closely, walking down the hall in search of their friend. It had been too long since she had left for the restroom and they had begun to worry.

Thankfully, having a feral on hand meant it was much easier to track people down.

Emotion hit her hard and fast as they neared the door, causing an involuntary gasp to slip out. Something was very wrong. Gaia stopped and tugged on Liam’s arm, whispering. “Wait.”

"She needs help!" he whispered back, hearing the conflict on the other side. It didn't matter what caused it or that he wasn't a fighter, they had to do something!

It didn’t seem that Liam had any weapons on his person, and Gaia hadn’t had the foresight. She gave Liam a go on then motion with her head.

Springing into action once more, the mutant grabbed an abandoned water bottle from the hall and chucked it into the room with an assist from her TK, metal making a beeline for Laura’s assailant.

Screaming as he ran into the room in the hopes of distracting... whoever was attacking, Liam utilized the fine art of moving over trying to engage in combat. They'd already determined he wasn't a fighter.

The water bottle smacked Kimura from behind, and she looked down to see the makeshift weapon lying at her feet. "What the fuck..." She got defensive as a boy came screaming into the room. "Teenagers." She unholstered her gun, but the pain of two pairs of claws sunk into her back, and she yelled out in pain. She may have been augmented to be more durable, but why couldn't they try to make her more durable against adamantium?

Laura used her strength to move Kimura further into the room as she was taking full advantage of Kimura being distracted but also she didn't want Kimura to shoot at her friends.

The guns flew from her grip by an unknown source, and in a second both Laura and Kimura were sailing out the window. Gaia, who has slunk in behind Liam’s commotion, put all her strength into the shove, grey energy billowing around her.

Laura would be fine. Probably.

Staring out the window, Liam debated going to help Laura or not. On the one hand, he should help. On the other hand, he was pretty sure he would be no help. "The hell is going on?" He muttered.

"I AM FINE!" Laura yelled from outside and gave a thumbs up but hadn't move to stand quite yet.

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