<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13381189_236387550075587_999398268_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI3MDM1MDIwOTYwMzcyODQ4MA%3D%3D.2&amp;se=7)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Blackout (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12962174#msg12962174)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Common Room<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 10th, Midday<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Domino (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg13046814#msg13046814)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Brooding darkly over the mission.<br/><hr/><br/>Usually when Blackout addressed someone like that, they would walk away in a huff.  And that's what she expected to have happen right here.  So when the other girl remained, she was shocked.  And when she offered her hand in a handshake, Blackout was shocked enough that she would take the handshake and return it politely.<strong>"Joanne,"</strong>she said,<strong>"But everyone around here calls me Blackout."</strong>Taking a look at Domino, she realized that she had never seen this girl before, which meant she was probably a new girl which wasn't at all uncommon since new mutants came and went all the time.  Her innate curiosity was sparked despite her dark mood and kept her from searching for a new spot to brood.<br/><br/>Then Domino cut right to the heart of the matter.  She knew that something was bothering Blackout and was willing to give her someone to talk to.  And that was something she desperately needed right now.  It didn't matter that she barely knew who this woman was, it was someone to talk to and get these dark thoughts and feelings out.  And right now, that was something that Blackout couldn't resist, but still it took her a moment to figure out where to start.  After all, she had no idea how much Domino did or didn't know about her.  But eventually, she found a place to start and she started.<br/><br/>And once she started, it didn't stop.  She talked all about the mission and how she'd been so confident going into it.  Then how they'd arrived and everything had been fine at first and then, painfully, she admitted to panicking and then getting hit by the rock.  Then being dragged through the crowd and being hit and spit on and everything else.  And then finally she came to the part where she had cut the arms off the two men dragging her.  Here, she paused as she looked at Domino.<strong>"I cut them off like they were nothing,"</strong>she said softly,<strong>"And there was so much blood.  It took hours to wash it all off.  They couldn't have survived that, could they?  I killed.......I killed two men didn't I?  I'm a murderer."</strong>Those words escaped her mouth and she fell silent as she stared at the ground, unable to believe that that word could now apply to her.