<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/55/f4/c9/55f4c993936a081c06c333b46f2a63b1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Medusa (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12988378#msg12988378)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>X-Mansion, outside her new room.<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 7th, Early Evening<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Kitty (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12922243#msg12922243)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Meeting Her New Roommate<br/><hr/><br/>Medusa listened as Kitty talked about what had happened to have her end up here.  It must've been nice to have parents that cared about you at one point, she mused.  But then again, given that her parents had apparently freaked out over her being a mutant and their choices, in their mind, having been between jail and here, she doubted that Kitty still saw it that way.  At least, Medusa wouldn't have if it had been her.  So in a way, it was probably to her benefit that she'd never had to lose a loved one because her powers had developed.  In fact, she'd only ever lost a loved one once and that was because he had allowed himself to be caught in order to protect her, a thing that she still struggled with from time to time, even more now that she was here.<br/><br/>She watched as Kitty settled onto her own bed and Medusa shifted slightly so that they were facing each other.  So far, so good, she thought to herself.  She wasn't really the friendly type, but Kitty seemed nice enough and didn't seem overly nice like she was trying to be all buddy-buddy or looking for something.  It was pretty obvious that she was seeing things the same way that Medusa was.  They were roommates and they would have to at least get along if nothing else.  So they were both doing things to make that happen, which was good for them both.  While they were quiet, Medusa noticed the posters and pictures and other things, showing that Kitty had been here for a while and had gotten very comfortable.<br/><br/>Then the topic of stuff came up and Medusa smiled lightly and chuckled a bit as Kitty seemed to be trying to bounce between being helpful and trying not to pry too much.<strong>"It's fine, really,"</strong>she said lightly,<strong>"Truth is I've never really had a whole lot.  I grew up on the streets, so usually all I was really concerned about was having a set of clothes on my back and food in my stomach."</strong>She watched Kitty, curious to see how she'd react to having a street kid as a roommate.  Some people, she knew, wouldn't really care as there were alot of mutants like her who were on the streets for one reason or another.  But others, and she knew some of those were probably around here, viewed them with contempt and she wondered which one of those Kitty would be.  She did hope that it was the former since she kinda liked Kitty so far and hoped it would stay that way.<br/><br/><strong>"As far as actually getting stuff, I might actually need the help,"</strong>she said as she sort of hung her head a bit, hiding her eyes behind her hair,<strong>"Due to my circumstances, I'm not allowed to leave the grounds without an escort from one of the teachers or other 'trusted adults'."</strong>She made air quotes with her fingers around the last part.  She knew that this statement would invite questions on why she wasn't allowed to leave the school, but it was what it was.  If Kitty didn't ask, then she wouldn't talk about it for now, but she had a feeling that she'd be asked.  After all, she would want to know why her roommate had such strict guidelines, so she couldn't imagine that Kitty wouldn't want the same thing.  So she stayed quiet for the moment as she allowed Kitty to decide for herself if she wanted to ask or not.