Dropping In

[Cyril Kingsley]

It was late at night, not in the A.M.s but it had to be around at least nine or ten at night. The sun had already set, people had to of had their dinners by now and those who were going out to party and have fun were likely either heading out or already at their destinations. Cyril had wanted to go get some drinks but he had not yet obtained a car since he moved over here. He was very tempted to just saddle up and ride into town on Ivy but felt like that might have been a bit much. Sure he could have called a cab but it was not pay day yet and he was saving up for actually getting a car for himself. Thus he had decided to use his power in order to get down into town a little father. He had to snap several times so that he was high enough to not be so easily spotted while trying in the air. He could not actually fly no, it was more of like being in space where there was no gravity and once an object was in motion it moved in that same direction at the same speed unless something else affected him.

He had made sure to make himself weightless near a telephone line and used it to push him off in the right direction. Things were going great other than the fact that Cyril was now recalling that he had used his power a lot today and now using if for the amount of time it would take him to get into town was just a bad idea. He already started to feel the headache kick in as he got close to the residential area of Kalispell down in the town. He started to snap with his right hand to add gravity back to him, nose starting to bleed which distracted him just enough that he snapped too many times and added too much gravity on him and broke through someone’s roof. Ow. Cyril said smooshed to the ground and managed to snap his left hand to lessen the gravity on himself as he felt his body being forced to the groan on top of the mess from the hole he created from falling in.

He let out a groan as he rolled over to look up at the hole and pouted. So much for that new car. He was going to have to pay to get the roof fixed for sure and also was trying to quickly think up how to explain how he ended up crashing through the roof in the first places. He just hopped that no one was home so he could actually start trying to fix up the roof himself, being a handy man and all.

[Katerina Blackwell]

Now, Katerina had finished up her last amount of work for the evening and was ready for a calm night in with her favorite snack and nothing but the TV to keep her company. Maybe she would watch a good movie, or simply channel-surf until she fell asleep; The brown haired woman didn't really care. She wasn't one for partying every night, and she surely enjoyed a quiet night in every now and then, especially as busy as her work tended to keep her. Maybe it would have been nice for her to spend a night out to get to know a few more people, considering how new she was to the town and its people, buuuut it didn't really tempt her at all.

After taking a long and relaxing bath, Katerina tied a towel around her curvy form and tossed her hair over her shoulder. She stood in the bathroom, running her hand through her damp hair as she heard the crash coming from her bedroom. Turning around, Katerina squinted her eyes; Not once did the gullible woman even consider the idea of this actually being something dangerous. Oh no, her curious side was a lot stronger than her sense of danger. Instead of screaming, or even thinking about calling the police, the illusionist opened the door to the bedroom and stepped out of the foggy bathroom.

Looking around, her eyes went from the ceiling to the floor, until they finally rested upon a man she had never seen before; ''Oh my god,'' the brunette stuttered as she moved forward, ''Are you okay? Do you need me to call an ambulance?'' Surely, he had to be hurt, right? Falling- Wait, why had he been falling through her roof? Unless, unless he was a mutant of course. That would make sense, especially with the academy being right up the hill, right? Was it safe for her to- of course it was. What was the worst that could happen? If he wanted to hurt her, she could send him through a fit of pain and send him on his way, crying for his mother.

Kneeling down, Katerina tilted her head to the side, ''Well, this is the first time I've ever had a fellow mutant fall through my roof,'' she chuckled. And yes, she was odd. Very odd - in fact, she sort of always had been.

[Cyril Kingsley]

The sound of a door opening had Cyril freezing in place as his blue eyes looked for the source of the sound. A bathroom, steam rolling out, as well as a very eye pleasing woman with just a towel on. I must have died. Cyril thought to himself because no way was he that lucky to not only have a woman come out of a bathroom in her towel; still a little wet from her bathroom activities, and not be screaming at him or yelling into her phone for some cops to come. She was even asking if she was okay and if she could get him some help. He had fallen through her roof and sure his nose was bleeding and he had a few scrape ups, but that was mostly from his power. "Am I in heaven? Or since I feel am I in like the best part of hell?" Cyril asked as he blinked at the woman, unable to keep his eyes from wondering and his accent seeming to be heavier than normal.

She knelt down by him and he could not help but to smell what she had used to wash herself up with. Wow she smells amazing. Cyril thought to himself as he felt himself feeling a little hit. It had to be the fact that her bathroom had steam seeping out of it. Then a question that Cyril had half missed at first because he was distracted by the woman in the towel. Jezz, know her name first before your mind goes there. Tsk tsk. Cyril thought to himself as he just smiled at her when she brought up the fact this was the first time a mutant fell through her roof. "Oh good, you are one two then I assume?" Cyril asked as he moved to sit up and get to his feet fully and looked up at the roof for a moment. He could fix that, he just needed his tools.

"Hopefully I'm the last. Lucky for you I can fix that and lucky for me you have not called the cops on me. Why have you not? Or did you and you are just planning on making me feel all relaxed and then spring an attack on me?" Cyril asked with a raised eyebrow but then moved to gather up the mess her made so he was not just staring at the woman's body. He was stealing so many glances at her the whole time however, because he was a guy, he liked woman, and she was in a towel after all. It would be so easy to use his power to put some extra gravity on the towel to make it fall down, but he behaved...for now.

[Katerina Blackwell]

Heaven? The man's comment had Katerina smiling; Well, at least he seemed sweet, and not like one of those typical 'hey, I dropped through your roof, and I'm gonna kill you now, k? kthxbai'. So she had that going for her. Not that she had been worried to begin with, of course; The guy looked seemingly harmless, and she doubted he'd be able to do much damage after falling through her roof. That tended to take its toll on people, and Katerina wasn't exactly one of those vulnerable, defenseless women.

''That I am,'' Katerina nodded. Well, there was that too; Mutants had to stick together in times such as these, right? Now, an act of kindness would get her much further than yelling at the poor guy. After all, Katerina really doubted he'd done this on purpose, so what would it tell them about her if she attacked him for something like this? No, she wasn't going to yell at him, or even call the cops. Besides, it wasn't like she couldn't afford to fix her own damn roof!

Laughing, Katerina waved his comment away as she stood. Reaching her hand out, Katerina quickly lowered it again as the man started moving, ''Oh don't worry about it; I'll call someone tomorrow and have them take a look.'' Her eyes travelled upwards, ''Besides, I've always wanted a open roof; It seems more cozy that way, don't you think?'' Looking back at the man, Katerina smiled. ''I don't really see the point in calling the cops; It's not like you did this on purpose, right? And attack you? Harmless, little me? Please,'' she grinned. With that, Katerina stepped back and turned to look at the bathroom again.

''If you excuse me for a moment, I'm going to go get dressed. If you need anything, help yourself to the kitchen.'' With that, Katerina turned around and headed back towards the bathroom.

[Cyril Kingsley]

“Oh mutantatic!” Cyril said, unable to help the pun or his small little chuckle that followed it as he just smiled at the woman. He was going to ask her about what her power was, but he was distracted with her body and he also didn’t want to be rude. You could not just fall into a woman’s house and then just start asking a ton of question. No, he had his manners and he already was here all uninvited and all so he was playing it safe. Plus not knowing her ability could mean that he could end up in a world of hurt, or laughter at any possible power that he would see as weak. All he had to do was snap a few times and have someone being forced down on the ground do to the weight of gravity or floating up in the air and hitting the ceiling. She would have to have a pretty impressive power in order to get at him and from the few mutants he had met he was not all that worried overall.

“You sure? I could fix it up myself in the morning once I got my tools, but I leave it to your call.” Cyril said, willing to help but he was not going to force it on the woman. It was her house she was free to have whoever she wanted to work on it, his services were just free. She made a comment about always wanting an open roof that made him smile a little more as he looked up to the hole in the roof. It would be nice to have like a little sun roof going on. “It would be nice, so long as there was something to protect you from the rain, plus then peeping toms could sneak on your roof to watch you sleep and that would be no fun.” Cyril said with a small nod because he was no pervert and he did not like the idea of other perverts getting their jollies off of…what was her name. How rude of him? He had not even introduced himself or even gotten her name yet.

She said she was not going to call that cops and Cyril let out a breath, he was only a citizen of the US because of Bellefonte Academy. He didn’t want to cause any problems for them by ending up in jail and having people ask questions about why he decided to get citizen ship to just work at a school over in the US. Not that it was farfetched or anything like that. He just didn’t want to get a record when he was still so new to the country. “Well I don’t know your mutation so you could do some damage to me and I not even know it until it was too late.” Cyril pointed out but with a smile since he didn’t think this woman was going to hurt him. She had already been so nice to him already and if she wanted to hurt him she would have done so by now. There was a grin and she excused herself to go into the bathroom to get dressed, even offered him to go into the kitchen if there was anything he needed. She was just way too nice and he had a soft spot for red heads and really nice woman. Even if he did like him woman rough since that was how he liked to give it.

“Take your time. I’ll be out here. I’m Cyril Kingsley by the way, I never introduced myself.” Cyril pointed out, not sure if she heard him through the door. Either way he moved to clean up the mess to have it out of the way but still able to be access if it was needed by anyone who would fix the roof.

[Katerina Blackwell]

Shrugging a little, Katerina pursed her lips, ''I mean, if you want to, I'm not going to stop you, but there's really no need; I don't mind hiring someone.'' She didn't really care whether the guy knew what he was doing or not; After all, it was just a roof, and even if it didn't end up being perfect, she wouldn't mind. Maybe it would make her room a little more charming? Needless to say, even though Katerina had been married into a rich family, she wasn't picky. She didn't need much to make her happy. ''True,'' she nodded and gazed upwards once more, ''But there's worse things in life than getting soaked by a little rain.'' At least she was optimistic.

Smirking a little at the mentioning of her ability, Katerina had to nod, ''That's true,'' she mused. It was actually a little ironic that he chose to word himself that way, considering the fact that she couldn't actually harm anyone. Well, she could make them feel it, but that was about it. The worst she could do was make someone pass out from feeling the pain. ''I'm a pain illusionist, so I suggest you choose your next words carefully,'' she teased with a chuckle. ''No, don't worry. I'm not really a violent person, unless people give me a reason to be.''

As she entered the bathroom, Katerina made sure the door was shut behind her as she let the towel drop to the floor. She didn't waste much time getting dressed and settled for comfy clothes. ''Katerina Blackwell,'' she threw back as he introduced himself. Pulling her hair up into a messy bun, Katerina turned back towards the door, and exited the bathroom.

''Do you work for the academy?''

[Cyril Kingsley]

"Your call. I owe you so you just tell me how I can make it up to you and I'll do it." Cyril said keeping his smile and meant it, since he did break the woman's roof, he owed her big. This was sue worthy and she was just being so nice about it all that he wanted to be sure that he played he back. She even said true to the whole getting rained on and how it basically would not be a big deal. So not even rain could rain on her parade! Cyril thought to himself and again had a small inner chuckle going on at the little joke. "You're a half full glass kind of girl huh?" Cyril asked but it was not really a question, more of him just pointing out how optimistic she was. In a way it was a breath of fresh air and that was not just because of the hole in the roof that was indeed letting in fresh air. Good thing it was a clear night so there was no big concern for rain. You could even see the stars and it was a pretty view.

Yet he was still thinking about at least putting a bag to cover the hole so the woman would have some form of privacy when he would leave. She then was letting him in on her power and his choice of words was all too real. Pain Illusionist, that had to be fun. "Sounds kind of hot or kinky in a way." Cyril said as his smile turned into a smirk at learning of this power. Would it be naughty of him to ask her to try using it on him sometime? Tempted to ask for a lesson-ahem, sample now. Cyril thought to himself as his smirk still lingered but he did not say what he was thinking because that would not be very gentlemen like of him to do with a woman he just met, even if her power was oh so tempting to one of his more...guiltier pleasures. "Oh...so if I was a bad guy then..." Cyril stopped himself and cleared his throat, going to do his best to be good. He did not want a repeat with that no named red head woman.

The door was shut, not like Cyril planned to sneak a peek anyways. He was a British gentleman and had his manners. A name was given, a very beautiful name at that, but pretty much most woman he met he thought they had beautiful names. He was already looking towards the door when she came out of the bathroom and had his blue eyes get a nice view over of her before focusing again. "It's nice meeting you Katerina. I am really sorry about your roof and I'll find a way to make it up to you. I do work at the school yes, I take care of everything stable related." Cyril said as he ran a hand through his hair to think if he should just leave or invite her out to drinks. "Would you like to get a few drinks with me? Well...you did have a shower so I don't know if you are still up for going out, but some other time perhaps?" Cyril suggested seeing if that plan would work out better with her.

[Katerina Blackwell]

''That I am,'' Katerina responded with a chuckle, ''And really, don't worry about it. I'll have someone come in while I'm at work tomorrow.'' She didn't want to hassle the man more than she had to, even though he had been the one to ruin her roof in the first place. But Katerina wasn't one to put out blame, and she wasn't going to hold something that obviously was an accident against him. No one had gotten hurt, and that was what mattered in the end.

His next comment however had the brunette laughing. Well, he didn't hide his amusement very well at all, though it was oddly refreshing. Most people didn't like the sound of her ability, and though she couldn't really blame them, it was nice to see it being appreciated once in a while too. ''I guess you could put it like that,'' she nodded. ''And yes, if you were a bad guy, I'd know how to protect myself,'' she added with another laugh. No, she wasn't afraid the slightest. She was a very brave woman, even stupidly so. Then again, she wasn't exactly the type to chase danger, so up until now, she hadn't had much to worry about.

''It was nice meeting you too, Cyril,'' she replied with a nod and then a smile. Of course, she couldn't let the poor guy feel guilty as he did; ''And don't worry about it. Really, it's fine.'' When the man mentioned the drinks, Katerina pursed her lips. Well, go big or go home, right? ''That sounds lovely. And I do have a few bottles of wine downstairs if you care to hang around?'' Hey, why not? She needed more people to get to know, and this guy had more or less dropped by without her knowing he would. Maybe it was Fate.

[Cyril Kingsley]

“Alright. At least allow me to pay the bill for it.” Cyril said because he really just wanted some way to pay her back and would just feel bad if he could not. Here she was being just a star. Hah, pun that works with it being night time. He just had to pay her back some way, she was just so kind, accepting, and not freaking out on him. She was laughing, that was even a better sign that things were going really well for him and her. It was nice to have someone laughing around him, he thought his jokes were awesome and that he made great puns but he knew not everyone thought the same. He did get the comment that he could be a bit childless on more than one occasion so he understood that some people could not just handle the awesome that was him. Katerina however could and he was pleased by this. He did appreciate her power, didn’t find it scary at all. If anything he found it just made her more attractive, but then again he had his kinks.

“Noted. I’ll have to have a little chit chat with myself if I’m going to be bad or good.” Cyril teased but was half being honest about it since he was currently having that inner conversation with himself. No he did not want to hurt her or anything so nothing actually bad. He just wanted her to use her power on him, just to see what it was like. She said it was an illusion so it was not like he would actually end up hurt, he would just feel like he was hurting. A trick of the mind in other words. He nodded to her reply that it was nice to meet him. It had been a very pleasant visit all around even if it did start off with him falling through her roof. He half expected things to end there but then she offered up to have some wine at her place, tonight. Man this girl was after his heart. “Well I can’t say no to a lady inviting me for some wine. Even more so if it’s your personal wine.” Cyril said with a smile, blue eyes twinkling, and he was just a very happy guy.

A pleasant woman, beautiful to look at, and now she was offering him wine? Shoot, was she married? She had to be or at least had to be at some point and the dumb guy messed things up with her. Either way that didn’t matter now and Cyril could not help but to do a quick fist pump when Katerina would not be looking. He was already fighting to hold back a happy squeal that threatened to slip out, but it was feeling a little difficult. “Shall I wait in the kitchen?” Cyril asked, not wanting to like creep her out by following her around her entire house and into her own little storage of wine. He just hoped she was ready to deal with him possibly going through a whole bottle and maybe a second one.