Silver Carrot

The X-Pendibles

@pyroman

It's probably still operational. Plus I have a few ideas for Heidi once she gets back to the Mansion, like make sure Shawn's okay, or asking Tatiana why she took Heidi's form earlier. It's just in the transport that I don't have enough to say.

X-Men: The New Era

Lotta tension in this room all of a sudden. I'm gonna wait a bit before I post. Ideally for the teacher guy to come in.

The X-Pendibles

I legitimately don't know what to post. This has never happened before

X-Men: The New Era

Natalie's response to being woken was to stir, murmur, and then slip a hand out from under her sheets and give a thumbs up to Lily, before seemingly going back to sleep. In truth, she was just dozing, and waiting for Lily to leave the room before she made her preparations. Natalie had never been a particularly private person in the past, but there was just something about a roommate who could see through your clothes if they so wished. I mean, you know she's not actually going to, but the paranoia's still there, festering and pestering.

Once she heard the door shut, Natalie got up, stretched and yawned, then noisily looked around in all her draws for something to wear. There was still a chill in the morning air, so maybe something long-sleeved. She went with a black cardigan and a red scarf around her neck. She didn't bother with toiletries besides deodorant, so her trip to the bathroom was brief. She would brush her teeth and put on her makeup after breakfast.

As she headed out of her dorm and towards the conference room, Natalie started to muse of the mean that both she and Lily were chosen for a special meeting. She knew it couldn't realistically be, but there was a tiny, childlike part of her that wondered if they were being recruited for the X-Men. The group had become heroes and figure of legend to Natalie since she'd heard of them, and to be added to their ranks would be a dream come true!

After entering the room via a handprint lock that she still couldn't get over how cool it was, or how she'd accidentally broken one on her first day by trying to open the door normally. That was embarrassing...

The room was pretty empty at the moment, but that was understandable given how early they were. Lily was already here, of course, as were that mutant who wore a trenchcoat and hat quite often, and another one who Natalie didn't recognise. She waved at them all, before sitting down.

"So, anyone have any guesses as to what they called us here for?" she asked, curious to see if the two boys shared her ideas about it being for the X-Men. She already knew Lily had her doubts. That of she was just trying to stop Natalie chattering like an excited child and go to sleep.

X-Men: The New Era

@ShieldsOfWar

This looks good! I think all of these matchups make a lot of sense!

X-Men: The New Era

@ShieldsOfWar

That's why I always leave personality till last, and even then I have a lot of trouble writing it out. And honestly, when I get ten posts in with her, expect my personality section to be slightly inaccurate.

X-Men: The New Era

I'm doing pretty good, thanks for asking!

The X-Pendibles

Where's Nate? It seems like he's the only guy we're waiting on.

X-Men: The New Era

I say random too

X-Men: The New Era

Name: Natalie Ellis

Nicknames/Aliases: Nat, Nellis, Nelliphant

X-Men Code Name: Atlas

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Physical Description: Nat is slightly above average height and bang on average weight. She's a fan of vests and scarves, no matter how hot or cold it is, and is usually wearing jeans unless it's a very nice day where she switches to shorts. Her figure's nothing to write home about, and her face is more handsome than pretty, but she has legs to be proud of, and she's also very personally proud of her arms (hence the vests)

Mutations: Super Strength, superhuman durability

Personality: Natalie is incredibly social, loves to laugh and loves parties and social gatherings of any kind. She values friendship incredibly highly and puts a lot of trust in her friends, expecting them to do the same. She's highly competitive, even though in feats of strength she's unmatched, She's not particularly good at much else, be it sports, or games, or tests of the mind. All her grades are average to below average due to her seeing school and even classrooms in the middle of class as social areas, and doesn't much care for education. It's just something she has to put up with.

Background: Natalie was born in Dudley, England but moved houses multiple times throughout her childhood. Wherever she went, she made friends. She was the life and soul of every party. Once her powers awakened when she was 14, she changed drastically. She was scared to leave the house and would skip school for days on end. Her parents, not knowing about her powers, and not letting her open up, began to home school her, all the while looking for tutors or schools that she would agree to go to. It was through her own research that Natalie found out about the Ashford Institute for the Gifted. She expressed interest to her parents, and glad that she had found a school she wanted to attend, sent her there. For the past three years, she has been attending, and her old personality of the kooky, fun-loving life and soul of the party quickly reared itself again.

Recap of your mutations awakening: It was at a friend's birthday party, and they were playing swingball in the back garden. Natalie, her competitive nature drawn out, was hitting the ball harder and faster with every swing, until one of her swings sent the ball zooming out of the garden, snapped off the string, straight through part of a brick wall, through the metal body of a car across the road and embedding itself in another wall, slightly smoking. The trail of the ball through all these objects was a perfect circle, with no cracks. From that day on, Natalie never talked to any of the girls present at that party since, so she never learned if any of them were scared of her.