[hr][hr][center][h1][i][b][color=cc33ff]Guin Stark[/color] and [color=yellow]Lance Banner[/color][/b][/i][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SKMrfKRY/giphy.gif[/img][hr][b][color=cc33ff]Location:[/color][/b] First Sub Basement - Chemical Laboratory 
[b][color=cc33ff]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [/center][hr][hr]	Guin's gaze lingered a little bit where Pietro had been, before she sighed slightly and turned her full attention to Lance. As he asked about why she was mad at her father, she hesitated slightly for a moment, not really certain if she wanted to talk to anyone about it quite yet. [color=cc33ff]"It's nothing... Wait, what the fuck? Your dad is dating Aunt Nat?!"[/color] Guin exclaimed, her eyes widening. If she had been drinking something, it would have sprayed everywhere. [color=cc33ff]"How the hell does that even work?!"[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Don't ask me, he called me about it like, not too long ago... Right before I hung up the phone and decided to break a few things... Is it just me, or does that seem like, really really weird though?"[/color]

	Guin nodded, thinking about it for a moment before she half shuddered, half twitched, and she jumped slightly. [color=cc33ff]"Yeah. I think not thinking about it is a good call."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"No kidding..."[/color] he mumbled, looking at the floor for a moment. It wasn't something he wanted to think about at all. [color=yellow]"So, are you going to tell me why you were pissed at Tony? Or would you rather not? Your choice..."[/color]

	Guin shrugged slightly, sitting down on one of the counters. She picked up a vial of a cobalt complex Lance had synthesized, looking at the gorgeous blue color as she just turned the vial and caused the little blue powder to move. [color=cc33ff]"...Honestly, I think I'm just being crazy... I haven't really been [i]right[/i] since... since y'know."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Yeah, that's understandable... I don't think you're being crazy,"[/color] Lance said with a shrug, looking up from the ground and looking at her again. It had been a while since they actually had a conversation that was just between the two of them.

	[color=cc33ff]"...Well, you are the only one here that's... y'know... seen me like that,"[/color] Guin mumbled. [color=cc33ff]"...Sometimes I wonder what the people here would say about that, if they saw me... y'know..."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Honestly? I don't think anyone would really care... It's okay to show your problems... The irony being that I'm the one kind of saying that, but still, look, I don't think that anyone would care, and if they do? Then screw them, they aren't really your friends then. Guin, you need to stop worrying about stuff like that, okay? Don't worry."[/color]
	
	She laughed slightly, giving Lance a slight smile. It was ironic that he was giving her this advice. [color=cc33ff]"Can you imagine how Mary would react if she found out? I don't even talk about it to Pietro and he has a fucking hotline to my brain."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"In my opinion, I don't really think Mary would really care. She doesn't exactly hold anyone's past against them, like, at all... The fact that Pietro is here kind of speaks volumes... She probably wouldn't care at all, but it is your choice whether you tell her about it,"[/color] he said, shrugging slightly at that. He really didn't think Mary would care about that sort of thing.

	Guin shook her head slightly. [color=cc33ff]"Mary has a really narrow world view. She's like Mary Poppins - perfect, yes, but filled with ego too. Don't get me wrong, she's my friend but... Not the kind of person to discuss problems with. You should have seen the way she flipped out on me when I first got my powers... Honestly, I wish you had been there. It was so terrifying..."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Yeah, she kind of does have a bit of an ego doesn't she? Anyway, I still remember us trying to figure out how to use my powers correctly when I first got them... I kind of wish I had decided to come here sooner to be honest, I mean, not like I can really stand being around my dad for very long."[/color]

	Guin nodded, giving Lance a bit of a melancholy smile. [color=cc33ff]"I kind of wish I didn't join S.H.I.E.L.D. sometimes... But we can't change the past. I mean, technically that did happen but you get my point. We'd go insane if we just played the [i]what if[/i] game constantly..."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Yeah, I know, we just have to move past that. Move on from what has happened, and focus on what lies ahead..."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"...Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?"[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Um, well, no..."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"You know, Annie would totally go out with you if you asked,"[/color] Guin mentioned, tugging on her hair. She was starting to feel a bit anxious about being away from Pietro and she wanted to kick herself for it. She never wanted to be the clingy girlfriend. 

	[color=yellow]"Uh, I don't know what you are getting at, or what you are talking about..."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"She likes you,"[/color] Guin said. [color=cc33ff]"Like she [i]likes likes[/i] you. And I'm pretty sure that you think she's pretty and sweet, so ask her out on a date, go with her to a library or something. Could do a movie, then you don't have to talk."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"...Are we really having this sort of conversation right now?"[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"Yes. So ask her out - you're going to go up to her, ask if she wants to go see a movie with you this weekend. You'll borrow my car and drive to the theater. You sit there, you pay for the popcorn, and if you have fun, you do it again. If not, then you come home and we play video games until Pietro decides to yank me away."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"I-I-I don't like talking to people o-o-or asking anyone things like that,"[/color] he protested somewhat, he was just staring at her right now.

	[color=cc33ff]"Alright, I'll do it then,"[/color] Guin said, snatching Lance's phone from him. [color=cc33ff]"I want you to be happy, Lando."[/color] She glanced down at the phone and it was locked, there was a passcode on it. [color=cc33ff]"Besides, you're lonely and apparently didn't like me enough to ask me out so might as well get you set up with Annie."[/color] It helped that she knew him for ages as Guin guessed the password easily and entered it, unlocking his phone. 

	[i]Hey Annie - would you like to see Wonder Woman 1984 with me before it leaves theaters?[/i] she typed, before she hit sent on the message and looked at Lance. 

	[color=yellow]"What the hell did you do that for?"[/color] Lance said, snatching his phone back from Guin, before he stared at the phone. [color=yellow]"Really Guin?"[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"I'm just trying to help you, Lando..."[/color]

	Lance just let out a sigh, setting his phone down and looking at the ground. There wasn't much he could do about it, so he might as well keep quiet. Who knew what was going to happen after all. [color=yellow]"Whatever you say Guin."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"I mean it, Lando, I really want you to be happy. And if it doesn't go well, you can smack me or something. Hell, smack me right now if you want to, I don't care."[/color]

	[color=yellow]"Whatever Guin, doesn't matter now does it? Can't take back things or whatever, so we'll just have to wait and see I guess..."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"So if she says yes, you'll go out with her then?"[/color] Guin asked, feeling a bit hopeful. She scratched slightly at her wrists. 

	[color=yellow]"Yeah, I will..."[/color]

	[color=cc33ff]"Yay!"[/color][hr][hr][center][h1][i][b][color=0072bc]Dean Kesseli[/color][/b][/i][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/0NNNTVhp/tumblr-p0m6mp-Ysv-L1w350v2o1-540.gif[/img][hr][b][color=0072bc]Location:[/color][/b] First Floor - the Kitchen
[b][color=0072bc]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [/center][hr][hr]	On his way to the kitchen, Dean turned slightly, hearing a shout. It was the same obnoxious girl from before who had painfully reminded him about Max. He thought about going back there, but decided nothing good would come of it and he continued into the kitchen. There didn't seem to be a lot of people here in comparison to the formal sitting room, something Dean was grateful for. He just wanted to make some floats with his friends. He grabbed a series of glasses and some cool looking bendy straws, before he overheard Annie's comment to Carolina. 

	[color=0072bc]"Ayita lashed out?"[/color] he asked, paling noticeably. She scared him and Dean doubted she was really happy with how he had talked to her earlier. He ran a hand through his hair nervously, hoping that Ayita wasn't going to track him down and lash out at him next. However, now the slight yelp that he had heard made sense. Someone might have provoked Ayita or Ayita might have decided that it would be "fun" to terrorize another innocent person. Did part of him feel bad for snapping at her? A little. But for the most part, he was worried about self preservation...

	[i]Richard...[/i] He felt like throwing up and Dean quickly zipped over to the freezer, opening it up and pulling out all the ice cream he could find. The assassin was going to [i]murder[/i] him, wasn't he? Dean gulped. He didn't even have a will drawn up. And he wasn't dumb. He knew about the speedster curse. Maybe he'd be unlucky and as the so called wannabe speedster, he'd be hit by it next. 

	[color=0072bc]"Please tell me it was because of what's her face..."[/color] Dean asked Carolina and Annie. He liked Carolina and trusted her, but also knew that Annie had some sort of mutant sixth sense. [color=0072bc]"...I kinda yelled at Ayita earlier..."[/color] he then admitted quietly. [color=0072bc]"...So that uh... that might be why she's... you know... going all Hulk on people..."[/color] He assumed that was what Annie meant when she said Ayita lashed out, at the very least. [hr][hr][center][h1][i][b][color=12ABB0]Neil Spellman[/color][/b][/i][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/sxGsV8Jh/ezgif-1-eb65a3178f7e.gif[/img][hr][b][color=12ABB0]Location:[/color][/b] First Floor - Formal Sitting Room
[b][color=12ABB0]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [/center][hr][hr]	Neil snapped to attention, his gaze going up as he heard Shelly ridicule Ayita to her brother. He wasn't really much for talking - especially not in crowds with people he didn't know - but he liked Ayita. He really admired how she could turn into a wolf - and in this case, a cat. Had he ever gone up to her to tell her that? No. Would he ever? Probably not. He was debating if he should say something or not when Allison swooped in - [i]of course she did[/i]. Neil admired her and disliked her at the same time. She was the popular, socially confident butterfly - the opposite of him. She was everything he wanted to be. 

	[color=12ABB0]"...Okay,"[/color] Neil said to Carolina, nodding as she went off to get a float. He was sad to see one of his friends leave the room, but at the same time he felt he could breathe a little easier - but more people came in without fail. He half smiled, half grimaced at Bethany's nod. Kamasi standing there, sipping his orange juice, felt a bit like a meme come to life. Once more, not that he'd ever say that. He wasn't comfortable talking to people he didn't really know. 

	Then the original X-Men team piled into the room, making comments on the situation that they had overheard. He bit his lip again, mentally kicking himself for not doing anything. He should have done something to help. Allison was right - they were a team and they needed to stand by each other.