The College Years - The Writing on the Wall

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:10 pm

It's dark in the common room though maybe not as quiet as the time would have you expect. In the middle of the night Nailah is slowly wandering through the room, often stopping and just standing there, wings half spread and staring at nothing with blank eyes. This goes on for a while until she pulls out a pen and starts going to seemingly random spots on the wall and starts writing indecipherable things on the wallpaper.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:19 am

Upon finding her roommate missing, Samantha had been looking around. Stepping into the common room, she looked at the sphinx in puzzlement.

"...Nailah?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:36 am

She stops for a moment and turns around to look at Sam though it doesn't seem like she actually sees her. Instead she turns her blank stare back to the wall and starts writing again.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:02 pm

"Are you... alright there?" She said, stepping closer to her roommate.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:08 pm

She doesn't seem to react at first but when Sam steps closer her eye-lids seem to twitch and flutter a bit and she suddenly looks very confused.

"What... where...?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:19 pm

"You were... I don't know, sleepwalking?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:28 pm

"I was... Oh god damnit, not again!" she says when she looks around and notices the scribbling on the wall.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:41 pm

"This... has happened before?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:52 pm

"Is... it too late to say no?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:58 pm

"Like I'm going to judge you?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:12 pm

"As long as you're not asking for an explanation..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:17 pm

"If it makes you uncomfortable, I won't. I just was worried about you, okay?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:24 pm

"I'm okay. And it's more that I don't really have a good explanation..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:26 pm

"You were... writing something?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:44 pm

"Yeah, I'm just not sure what. But I've done it before. I... had kinda hoped it had stopped."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:45 pm

"I thought you could understand any language?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:51 pm

"I'm not sure it is." she shrugs a bit helplessly. "It's all... scribbles and symbols but it just looks as much as gibberish to me as it does to you."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:53 pm

"You think... maybe this has to do with your powers?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:59 pm

"I don't know." is what she says but it sounds suspiciously like 'Yes.'

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:00 pm

"...maybe we should get you back upstairs."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:06 pm

She nods faintly. "I'll have to get some paint in the morning..." she mumbles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:07 pm

"Aye well, it's a bit drafty to go walking about in our pajamas," she said with a friendly smile.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:11 pm

"At least I didn't wander outside." she jokes weakly as they head back to their room.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:13 pm

"Look," she said as she opened the door to their room, "it's going to be okay."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:18 pm

"Of course. Not the end of the world. It's just sleepwalking, right?" At least when it happens during the night...

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:21 pm

As she had a few times before, Sam seemed to keep listening a few seconds after Nailah had stopped speaking, before she replied.

"Aye, and it's something you can probably figure out."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:26 pm

"I... kinda know what it is." she admits. "Sometimes it's just jumbled up so much it makes no sense anymore..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:29 pm

"Do you want to talk about it? I mean, it's okay if you don't."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:35 pm

"I kinda... get these blackouts sometimes. Except they're more like... visions and dreams. About the future." she says carefully, as if waiting for the laughter or rolled eyes.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:37 pm

"Some mutants do, you know."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:42 pm

"I know. Just... I don't want to. And they're all jumbled most of the time. It's all symbolism and metaphor."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:43 pm

"Do your parents know you're a precognitive?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:46 pm

"Yeah. And they are so excited about it." she sighs.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:47 pm

"Could be worse, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:52 pm

"Probably." she admits. "It's just... you know how I told you I knew it'd be pointless to fight with administration or that I wouldn't get to go to Xaviers? That's not because it seemed that way. I already knew. I just get to sit there and wait for it to play out..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:54 pm

"Well don't you get to know about good things, too?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:59 pm

"Yeah, but... it's the same thing. It just feels like I'm waiting for it to happen because it doesn't really matter what I do. You get used to the patterns. Like how I already know I'm going to meet someone here and hey, look at that, my roomie wants to take me dancing, so I'm probably going to run into him there." she says, sounding, well, a little defeated honestly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:00 pm

"Just someone, huh?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:09 pm

"They're not always that specific. It just... it feels like it's taking any choice I have in anything away."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:11 pm

"So... a homeschooled girl who never dated before meets someone at university. Not that shocking, is it?"

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