Thunderous Applause [Lucy]

[Nica Serrano]

Nica Serrano was a student of Hammel. Officially. The plane had landed. The transportation had been arranged. An excited albeit sleep deprived teenager was shepherded through the terminal and got all her bags and was placed in the car that would take her to her new 'home.'

She fell asleep instantly in the back seat, but the driver and the school recruiter let her catch some R.E.M.

A gentle hand on her shoulder woke her up and her dreary eyes caught their first ever impression of Hammel.

A lot of brick buildings. It was....okay. But some of the things she saw in the connecting cities on her way from the other side of the world were much more interesting looking. The powers recruiter was polite in helping her with her bags, but Nica was looking out more for her older sister, who should have been there waiting for her.

Nica had her bags in her hands and around her in the parking lot, and the power's recruiter helped her towards the inside. Nica pulled out her phone and texted her sister, letting her know she had arrived.

"I just take my stuff to my room right? My sister will help me. Thank you so much." Nica maybe was being rude because she was tired, and maybe it was a little because she hadn't seen Lucy in three years and she missed her sister like a missing appendage.

The power's trainer was picking up what she was putting down and left the three bags he had of hers around her and she stood there, her eyes casting from one person to the next looking for her sister.

"Where are you Lucy?" She asked no one.

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

Who didn't love a good skype chat with their mum?

Lucy, that's who.

"This is important, Lucky." She'd said. Lucy cringed at the nickname, running a hand through her fringe before leaning against her hand, her elbow on the desk. Important. It always was with her. But there was something in her tone that had the older Serrano worried. So she glanced across through the line of her hair at the image of her mother on the screen; "Ne-Ne's on her way."

Lucy was fidgety as she waited, knowing the plane ride took forever but she made a point to check her phone every second minute. Finally she got the text, and launched out of her room as quickly as she could and ran towards the offices. Thankfully it wasn't too far. She hit the courtyard, stalling her fast steps and staring out.

Bags and a perplexed expression across the way. That was her first clue, but she'd know her sister anywhere.

As she started running to close the distance, she had a huge full toothed smile on her face. Smiles weren't usually her forte, but her sister was the exception to almost every rule Lucy had. As soon as she got to her, she enveloped her younger sister in the biggest hug she could offer. Given that Lucy couldn't make it home for the holidays last year, it'd been way too long since they'd actually seen each other in person.

"You have TWINS?" Lucy practically shouted in her ear. Yeah, she'd heard the story of how her powers came to be.

[Nica Serrano]

Each second seemed to stretch out longer than the one before it, and it seemed like more and more eyes were turning towards her. Her expression was becoming increasingly perplexed but there was her older sister. Running flat out, coming to greet her.

She had changed, but Nica didn't really noticed because she had her sister back! Her older sister! Her best friend! Her second mother! She dropped her purse that was in her hand and grabbed up her sister in the tightest hug imaginable. "Luccccccy!" She drew out in a thrilled squeal. "I can't believe it!!!"

She laughed at her sister's description of her powers. "Yes. They think I can make more than one, but there has, at one time, been two fabulous Ne-Ne's about." She giggled and hugged her sister again. "How have you been? Is school really OK here, don't lie to me, I'll know. Did we get put in the same hallway?" It really hadn't been that long since the two of them had spoken, but actually being there was so much different than over a laggy skype chat.

"Ah! I am so excited!"

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

It was such a huge relief to just be able to hug her sister. Lucy hadn't realised how badly she missed that kind of contact until she had it now. In that moment she'd become incredibly grateful that Nica developed an ability. And that they hadn't sent her off to Kocher. Because hell, that would have been the absolute worst case scenario for this family.

"You lucky little bitch." Lucy said quietly, her voice radiating pride as she spoke. She knew her sister would know she didn't actually mean she was a bitch. Swearing was simply second nature to Lucy. "Oh, yeah. It's okay, I guess. People suck, but y'can't really avoid that anywhere you go." She replied with a shrug, pulling away finally and settling her eyes on her. "I'm in the co-eds."

She raised her hands and pressing them to Nica's cheeks. "You," She started, smiling sincerely, "Look a hellova lot like mum, don'cha." Lucy quipped, pinching those little puffed out cheeks with a knowing smirk.

[Nica Serrano]

The last couple of years of absense between the two sisters seemed like forever ago. Even though Nica hadn't been with Lucy for more than a minute, at the very most, their extended time apart was so far behind her already. She certainly didn't forget it, but everything was right. Things were as it should be. Nica would, of course, miss her parents, and all of her other friends, but ever since Lucy had come into her power, Nica had decided that that was going to happen to her as well and she had accepted it.

"So long as it is the people and not just being here." Nica could only accept the news of people being shit, because Lucy was right, that was everywhere. If Lucy hadn't liked it here, however, then no doubt Nica would start sharing the same opinion--not that Lucy directly decided Nica's opinions. "Co-eds?! Oh. My. God. You have boy roommates?! How hot are they?" She was beyond excited to hear this news. If Lucy was...then surely Nica as well?

She grabbed up the purse she had brought that held the room assignments, class schedules and etc. The heartbreaking look that crossed her face gave away the bad news. "Same-sex dorm?" She furrowed her brow and her jaw came out a little--the tale tale sign of distress for this particular Serrano sister. "That is so not fair!"

"Oh-hey! Don't." Nica leaned backwards to try and avoid the cheek-pinching antics of her sister. "I hate them. They make my eyes disappear when I smile and jiggle when I run." If there was one thing any self-aware girl hated, it was anything that jiggled that wasn't her breasts. "I've heard. I don't see it myself." Nica wasn't so upset or embarrassed about being compared to her mom--she adored the woman--Nica just really didn't see the resemblance.

"You've got to show me around! After we drop my shit off, anyway."

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

"God no. I have one guy roommate and he's really not." Lucy replied, cringing at the thought that she could find something attractive about him. Her other roommates were young. And well, girls.

Lucy watched her rifle through her stuff to find the note in question; a dorm assignment. She threw her head back in a laugh at the verdict though. Looks like someone called ahead to ensure dear Nica wouldn't get stuck with any guys. "That was so nice of her." She said sarcastically, knowing Nica would catch on to what happened eventually.

"Shut up. They do not." She offered gently, a stark cry from the overtly swearing teenager everyone else knew her as. "Yeah well, you're not looking hard enough. That's called denial."

Glancing behind her, Lucy took note of how many bags she'd brought. She rolled her shoulders and sighed to herself. "Guess you're gonna want some help, huh." With that she stepped past her, she hooked her hand around two handles and lifted them up. "Fine. C'mon, let's go see if your new girlfriends are around." She snerked to herself as she started walking towards the dormitories building.

"Everything's okay, right?" She asked quietly, glancing at her out of the corner of her eye. She didn't want to look at her directly.

[Nica Serrano]

Finding out that her sister's boy roommate wasn't hot wasn't really that much of a disappointment. If he was hot, Lucy would maybe have already tried dating him. Nica was not going to go after any boy Lucy had in any shape, way, form, or fashion. No way. Gross.

Not that Nica was thinking about being sexually active. No way was she going to get pregnant. But still....she was coming into her hormones and was pretty boy-crazy.

"What." Nica did take a moment to put what Lucy said together but when she did she let out her disgruntled squeal-grunt. "WHY would she do this to me?! She didn't care that YOU got assigned co-ed! Why not meeee?" This was the biggest tragedy in the entire world. Like, what the hell?

To the amount of Nica had brought with her, she grinned. "I certainly wasn't going to leave any of my favorite things behind." By things, she meant clothes, and by favorites, she meant all of them. She wrinkled her nose as they gathered them together, because clothes are heavy when packed tightly together.

"Yeah everything is okay, Lucy. Duh. For real. I guess being in same-sex is for the better. Think of all the trouble I'd get into." By trouble, she meant pants.

((SO SORRY FOR LATENESS URMURGURD.))

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

Lucy bit into her bottom lip lightly, not really wanted to answer her question honestly. "Cause you're just that special." She compromised, deciding to leave it at that.

"I can see that." Lucy replied a little sharply. She should have expected that Nica would pack just about everything she owned. By the time he was ready to go back, Lucy didn't want to think of how her suitcase collection would multiply.

Ugh, she had to cringe at that. She might have been something of an absent older sister, but she was still an older sister. The thought of Nica getting into any capacity of trouble was just... Annoying.

And think of what her friends were going to say and do when they found out she had a sister? "Now I'm a little glad you're stuck with a bunch of chicks." She admitted, hauling the luggage in the direction of the dorms. "Hopefully they won't be too bad. But y'never know; there are some pretty fucking weird people around here."

[Nica Serrano]

At Lucy's admission of being glad about Nica having girl roommates, she laughed. "It's a school for weirdos, isn't it? Bunch of people with X-men powers and stuff like that." Nica grinned a little and really started looking around. None of the buildings or faces that they passed were familiar, but Nica was starting to accept that she would be here four years regardless of how she thought about it.

"The teachers are alright?" She asked glancing at her sister. It would just be a nightmare if the teachers were strict and difficult and stuff. High school was about fun, and maybe a little bit of learning. Besides, they had their powers to learn, their focus couldn't just be on history and algebra, right?

"What is your favorite bit about the school? Any super cool hiding places? Is there a pool?" Curious Nica was curious. She had also had a long flight and nothing to do.

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

"Yup. Lucky you. Now you're one of those weirdos." Lucy pointed out. She supposed so was she; the X-men type, anyway. Not that she'd be useful in an overly dramatic life like that. "They didn't try to send you to the Switzerland school, did they?" It was suggested to her back when she first got her powers, but she reasoned her way into Hammel instead. Because come on, moving to Switzerland? Really?

"They're okay, I guess. Try to make sure you get a good trainer. Some of them are so shit sounding. And some are total hard asses." She wasn't sure where her trainer fit in yet - she'd only just been transferred over to him, and she hadn't bothered going to a session yet. Did she really need to?

Though she laughed, she had to cringe a little at the weight of Nica's suitcases. How the hell did she pack so much stuff into these bags? Lucy had to wonder if she batted her eyelashes and conned a few guys into hauling them into her cab, because there was no way she handled all this on her own. Or maybe her Recruiter had been just that good to her. "Yeah, there's a pool. And a swimming team I think, if you're that keen." Sports had never been her own forte, but who knew what Nica was into now?

"They've got a pretty good art room. A heap of supplies that are there for the taking. It's a lot better than the school back home." She explained. Given how small the place was where they came from, Hammel was a huge change. "Try not to get too overwhelmed by everything, okay? The massive buildings and all that can be a lot to take in. And then - yeah, there's the people. Gotta be ready for anything."

She paused as she lead her younger sister into the dorms building. Ugh, the single-sex one was so far away. "Like... Lately I've had this mirror jumping lunatic just appear in my room. When I'm not there." She cringed again. If only it were a joke. Not that she really minded.