Room 516 [Saturday Morning]

[longislandicedme]

The Bobby Drake who normally woke up in a dorm room in Fandom on your average Saturday morning might have done so slowly, lazily, quite possibly even reluctantly.

However, this was not your average Saturday morning, and this was most definitely not the Bobby Drake who normally called Fandom home. As such, the transition from asleep to awake consisted of his eyes snapping open and the realization that these were entirely unfamiliar surroundings. Which then resulted in a startled yell and a leap out of the bed, backing himself into a corner of the room.

What in the hell was going on?

Sookie	And of course, Sookie, who usually woke up wrapped up in the arms of the Bobby Drake who normally woke up in this room. And while her mind was suddenly buzzing with unfamiliar nerves, she still wasn't awake enough to process it. "Bobby?"
Bobby (of the AU variety)	Bobby didn't respond right away to the unfamiliar voice. Foremost on his mind was the fact that for the first time in years, he didn't feel cold. One hand crept up to his neck, fingers tracing over the spot where the power inhibiting collar all of the Alamo's prisoners wore usually rested. No collar. Well then. "You know my name."
Sookie	"Of course I do," she said softly, watching him as she reached out, brushing her mind against his for signs of unfamiliarity. "Are you okay?"
Bobby	What she'd find in his thoughts would probably give away pretty quickly that this wasn't the Bobby she knew. Perhaps the most obvious clue was the fact that he didn't have any reaction at all to the telepathic contact. It just wasn't something Bobby- this Bobby- had experience with. "That depends on who the hell you are and what you're gonna do with me," he said, temperature in the room dropping rapidly as he spoke.
Sookie	And yeah, that was the big tip-off she needed -- not only did he lack a reaction entirely, but his thoughts were...different. Wrong. Not to mention his verbal responses. "Okay, hang on a second," she said, fully awake now and holding up her hands in a placating gesture. "Hang on. I'm a friend. I know you're in an unfamilar place. But I'm not going to hurt you. My name's Sookie."
Bobby	It had been a while since anyone had claimed to be his friend. "Nice to meet you," he replied, although he sounded as if the jury were still out on that.
Sookie	"And I'm like you," she added, her voice lilting a little in hope. "And I won't hurt you. No one here would. And I already know you, even if you don't know me."
Bobby	"Like me," Bobby repeated. "You mean, you're a..." he trailed off. "Is that why you broke me out?" he asked.
Sookie	"I didn't break you out of anywhere," she said gently, shaking her head. "And I'm...sort of like a mutant. Not the same, but close enough to spit. Just as likely to be persecuted, from what I can tell."
Bobby	"So if you didn't break me out, how'd I get here?" Bobby asked, still just as confused as he'd been when he'd first woken up.
Sookie	"It's a long story?" she said carefully. "You're in a place called Fandom. No one's going to hurt you here, okay?"
Bobby	A disbelieving retort was on the tip of his tongue, but then one hand reached up to his neck again and- yeah, the collar was still gone. That was a point in her favor, he had to admit. "You promise?"

[ooc: Annnd Bobby is now Bobby Drake from the House of M 'verse (although several years before canon). preplayed with the lovely justwantsquiet. tbc in comments as schedules permit, & also open afterwards. details of conversation about mutantness = nfb please.]

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For Sookie!

[longislandiceme]

...Hopefully this comment isn't gonna show up three times, wtf LiveJournal.

For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

Chronologically after the above thread of course.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

They hadn't had a chance to meet up at the social yesterday, but Bobby had told her to come up and find him. Okay, technically it hadn't been this Bobby, but in Kennedy's defense it had been the one she expected to find here.

"Yo, Boy Scout," she called, tapping at the doorframe. "You around?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

Startled, Bobby jumped a little at the sound of someone knocking.

Opening the door just a crack, he peered out suspiciously at Kennedy. "You have the wrong room."

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

"Smartass." No, Kennedy hadn't figured out what was going on yet, so the grin she was giving him? Mostly approval for the smartassery, because she'd missed it. "I know it's technically not yours."

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

It occurred to him somewhat belatedly that maybe answering the door hadn't been the wisest of plans, but Sookie had claimed it was safe here, and she'd been nothing but nice to him so far, so.

"You do?" Okay, one person knowing who he was was weird enough. But now someone else did. This was getting weirder by the minute.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

"Sookie's room, duh." Kennedy gestured vaguely into the air with both hands. "Either I've been gone longer than I realized and totally forgot what a dork you can be, or you're extra dorktastic."

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"You know me too." Another difference between this Bobby and the one normally in Fandom? The other one was much more talkative.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

"Um." Okay, now Kennedy gave him the big ol' side-eye. "Yeah. What's with you today-- oh, god, no. Wait. Don't tell me. It's this again."

What 'this' was, exactly, she hadn't narrowed down past more Fandom wacky; she couldn't decide if she was glad it had skipped her, or creeped out.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"I just woke up here." Wherever 'here' was, beyond, apparently, someplace named Fandom.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy sighed. "Yeah. It's that thing happening again." Hello, letdown, but the lack of talkativeness was concerning. "You, uh. Handling that waking-up-here thing okay?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"It's better than where I went to sleep," he admitted.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Hell if that didn't wake up Kennedy's protective instincts, regardless of who or what he currently was.

"That's a plus, then." She eyed him thoughtfully. "You, uh. Are you still Bobby?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"Robert Louis Drake, that's me," Bobby confirmed, tone turning a little derisive as he got to the last name. This Bobby had even less reason to harbor any fondness for his parents than the one Kennedy knew, after all. "And who're you?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy could give as good as she got and matched his introduction right down to the inflection, although her own last name was spoken not so much with derision as indulgent resignation. (She loved her family; the expectations attached to the name got annoying sometimes.)

"Other you is kinda one of my best friends," she explained. "I was visiting this weekend, so... couldn't not hang out with him."

Which made this kind of a bummer, and she didn't mean to let that show in her tone, but it wasn't like she thought about subtleties like that...

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

It had been a long time since anyone had actually referred to him as a friend. The Alamo wasn't exactly the kind of camp where you made any of those, after all. And now she was the second person to do so in the space of one morning. "You could hang out with me?" Bobby asked, trying not to let on just how hopeful he was that she'd take him up on the offer.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

It was Bobby, even if it wasn't her Bobby. Kennedy wasn't going to turn that down.

"Hey," Kennedy told him, relaxing enough to grin. "I didn't haul my ass back down here to not hang out with you."

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"Cool," Bobby gave her a tentative grin. "So, um. Weird question. You know if there's anything to eat around here?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy stared at him for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Anything to eat? Oh, man, are you ever in for a bunch of choices. Want me to call out and order something for delivery?"

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"Pizza?" he asked hopefully. No, he didn't care that it was kind of early for pizza. It had been a long time since he'd had any.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy dug her phone out and waved it at him with a flourish. "On it. What kinds do you want?"

Slight emphasis on the plural there, and not a trace of joking about it; multiple pizzas were serious business.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

"I, uh," he blinked, looking a little gobsmacked. "I dunno. Whatever's good?" The Bobby Kennedy knew wasn't all that picky when it came to pizza either, but probably would've at least offered an opinion.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

"Boy Sc-- Bobby. C'mon." Kennedy reached out to cuff him lightly on the shoulder. "That's, like, everything but anchovies. I mean, I could order all of that, but..."

Re: For Anyone Else!

[longislandiceme]

Bobby flinched at the contact, taking a half-step back. "But what?" he said, trying to distract from his reaction.

Re: For Anyone Else!

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy hadn't thought about the contact being a bad thing; that was more foresight than she tended to devote herself to.

She didn't apologize out loud, but her expression hinted at it. "But that's a hell of a lot of food even for us."