Jeb and Jubilee
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ax_mainJeb manages to track down Jubilee and inform her of a Very Important discovery...
He couldn't believe it. Of all of the things for a gym equipment locker to have, Jeb hadn't expected this. Granted, this school seemed like it was full of surprises, but he thought this was the greatest surprise of all.
Of course, he couldn't haul it all by himself and he didn't feel like finding something to haul it all in, so he was determined to enlist the assistance of the first person that sprang to mind when he'd found the stuff.
Jeb stopped in front of room 205 and knocked. "Hey Jubes," Jeb called, figuring that at this hour in the afternoon, she had to be up, if she was in. "You 'round?"
It took a moment for Jubilee to realize that the knocking on the door was an actual thing, considering she had earbuds in and was bopping around the room to "Call Me, Maybe." Once she did, though, she made her way to the door (still with improvised hairbrush microphone in hand) and opened it. "Hey! What's up? she asked ash she saw Jeb standing there.
"Hey," he said again, grinning. "You gotta come see this," he said, waving her on. "Get yer coat on an' stuff, I found the coolest stuff in the gym equipment locker."
"O-kaaaay." Jubilee went to retrieve her coat, her forehead furrowed. "Why would I need my coat to go to the gym? I mean, okay, it's probably shorter than going through the buildings? But definitely colder." Still, she pulled out her winter coat (yellow, because dude, they needed something cheerful in all this gray weather) and her hat, scarf, and gloves. "Do I need boots?"
"'Ventually," Jeb said, grinning still. "An' it ain't about goin' it's about what's in it," Jeb added. "Trust me, yer gonna think this is amazin'," Jeb said, bouncing a bit. He wasn't wearing a particularly heavy coat, but he was wearing a warm jacket and a sweater, so he was fine. Besides, Kentucky wasn't too different, winter-wise, than New York, in his mind.
"I'd better, if I'm going outside for it. How do you deal with months of this?" Jubilee grabbed her boots, slipped off her fuzzy red monster-face slippers, and tugged them on, then stood up and pulled on her coat. "I mean, seriously, can't we just fast forward to Spring now? It's post-Christmas, no one needs snow anymore, right?"
"It ain't so bad," Jeb said, easily, shrugging. "Y'get used to it. Besides, ain't nothin' a hot cup a cocoa can't fix." They always had a tin of Swiss Miss back at the Guthrie house. Not the real brand name stuff, of course, but the store brand. Which was just as good, probably. "Y'all good to go?" he asked, just to make sure.
"I'm good!" Jubilee crammed her hat on her head and fell in next to him. "And dude, I'm from California. Snow was something you went and visited, not something that like, came to your house and stayed." Granted, it was kinda pretty, and the big snowball fight last month had been awesome, but since then? It mostly just meant she couldn't go out and rollerblade.
"Well, I reckon I can imagine it might take some gettin' used to, after all that," Jeb admitted. He'd forgotten (somehow) she was from California. "Ain't ever seen the ocean, m'self, so I reckon that's another diff'rence between us," Jeb added, leading the way toward the gym. "Y'wanna cut across the yard to get to the gym, since yer all kitted up?"
"Might as well," she said, cheerily enough, following along. "And the ocean is like, omg. I mean, I wasn't a total beach bum or anything, but I went sometimes. We should totally go check out the Atlantic sometime, once it warms up, see if it's the same, though I kinda doubt it because, y'know, we're a lot more north."
"I mean, ain't it just like, a bunch'a water?" Jeb asked, not sure what the appeal was.
"Dude. That's like say New York City is like Salem Center with a bunch more people." Jubilee waved it aside. "But whatever, you'll see. I bet we can get Dr. McCoy to take us sometime. He seems pretty awesome."
"Yeah probably," Jeb said, shrugging. He pushed the door open to the outside, bracing a bit against the cold air. "Ah, that's a nice winter breeze," Jeb said, grinning just a little. "When we was little, Jay an' I used ta try'n dump snow down each others' backs," Jeb said, remembering that fondly. "'Course, that was what we all did. And chuck snowballs at each other. One time I hid behind a snowbank so I could tackle Sam when he walked by." He laughed.
"Sounds fun. I mean, cold? But fun." She grinned. "I dumped snow down the ice guy's back during the big snowball fight last month. Except it didn't work so good, because he really didn't care? But it was fun anyway."
Jeb chuckled. "Yeah, I tried to get that green kid. Garth?" He shrugged. "Turns out he can turn into all kinds of critters. Kinda hard to hit a rabbit with a snowball, turns out."
Jubilee laughed. "I'd say that's cheating, except seriously, everyone was totally cheating."
"Yeah, ain't no fun if you can't use yer mutant powers at mutant school. 'Course, ain't a help shootin' lightnin' from yer eyes in a snowball fight." Whatever, Jeb's aim was good enough.
"I dunno - could be a really huge distraction, maybe? I was thinking that about my fireworks, 'cept I kinda just got into throwing snowballs and watching the guy make the snowball thrower. Which was totally awesome." They'd reached the gym, and Jubilee stomped the snow off her boots as she opened the door. "So, what're we here for?"
"Told you, it's a surprise," Jeb said, grinning as he kicked the snow off of his shoes as well, opening the door. "I couldn't believe it, though. Was just diggin' through the equipment locker, lookin' fer somethin' to do. An' I couldn't believe what I found at the very back. Figure nobody else really noticed yet," he said, leading the way across the gym floor to the equipment room. He opened the door and picked his way through the piles of equipment, grinning to himself more than anyone else. "I reckon it's back here 'cause folks thought it'd best keep fer summer."
"A frisbee?" Jubilee guessed, following him back through the maze of equipment. She wasn't sure that was worth getting this excited over, but it could be fun to play in the snow. "Or oooh, frisbee golf! Cuz that could work in teh snow, y'know? You'd just need some really bright frisbees and stuff so they'd show up good.
"Much more awesome than a frisbee. Or frisbee golf," Jeb said, pulling a tarp off of a rolling rack near the back, exposing an array of paintball guns. "Tada!"
Jubilee's eyes widened and a grin spread across her face. "Dude. Paintball? Ohmygod, I'm so in."
"Right?" Jeb replied, grinning. "There's a case with pads and masks back here, too," he said, gesturing towards it. "Ammo, too. Everythin' we need," he said. "And from what I count, enough for two teams'a five each if we wanna get a bigger game goin'."
"Hmmm. Not sure I can get four people on short notice. Two maybe." Jubilee grinned. "Or, y'know, we can totally just try the stuff out today, and then schedule team stuff. Because y'know, it could've been in this closet forever. We should test it."
"I reckon we should," Jeb agreed with a grin. He turned to the gear locker and opened it up, rummaging through it. "Let's get ourselves some masks an' pads," he said. He'd heard tell of kids losing eyes to paintballs and, well, no thanks for him on that. His eyes were way too important for him to lose over a stupid game of paintball.
He couldn't believe it. Of all of the things for a gym equipment locker to have, Jeb hadn't expected this. Granted, this school seemed like it was full of surprises, but he thought this was the greatest surprise of all.
Of course, he couldn't haul it all by himself and he didn't feel like finding something to haul it all in, so he was determined to enlist the assistance of the first person that sprang to mind when he'd found the stuff.
Jeb stopped in front of room 205 and knocked. "Hey Jubes," Jeb called, figuring that at this hour in the afternoon, she had to be up, if she was in. "You 'round?"
It took a moment for Jubilee to realize that the knocking on the door was an actual thing, considering she had earbuds in and was bopping around the room to "Call Me, Maybe." Once she did, though, she made her way to the door (still with improvised hairbrush microphone in hand) and opened it. "Hey! What's up? she asked ash she saw Jeb standing there.
"Hey," he said again, grinning. "You gotta come see this," he said, waving her on. "Get yer coat on an' stuff, I found the coolest stuff in the gym equipment locker."
"O-kaaaay." Jubilee went to retrieve her coat, her forehead furrowed. "Why would I need my coat to go to the gym? I mean, okay, it's probably shorter than going through the buildings? But definitely colder." Still, she pulled out her winter coat (yellow, because dude, they needed something cheerful in all this gray weather) and her hat, scarf, and gloves. "Do I need boots?"
"'Ventually," Jeb said, grinning still. "An' it ain't about goin' it's about what's in it," Jeb added. "Trust me, yer gonna think this is amazin'," Jeb said, bouncing a bit. He wasn't wearing a particularly heavy coat, but he was wearing a warm jacket and a sweater, so he was fine. Besides, Kentucky wasn't too different, winter-wise, than New York, in his mind.
"I'd better, if I'm going outside for it. How do you deal with months of this?" Jubilee grabbed her boots, slipped off her fuzzy red monster-face slippers, and tugged them on, then stood up and pulled on her coat. "I mean, seriously, can't we just fast forward to Spring now? It's post-Christmas, no one needs snow anymore, right?"
"It ain't so bad," Jeb said, easily, shrugging. "Y'get used to it. Besides, ain't nothin' a hot cup a cocoa can't fix." They always had a tin of Swiss Miss back at the Guthrie house. Not the real brand name stuff, of course, but the store brand. Which was just as good, probably. "Y'all good to go?" he asked, just to make sure.
"I'm good!" Jubilee crammed her hat on her head and fell in next to him. "And dude, I'm from California. Snow was something you went and visited, not something that like, came to your house and stayed." Granted, it was kinda pretty, and the big snowball fight last month had been awesome, but since then? It mostly just meant she couldn't go out and rollerblade.
"Well, I reckon I can imagine it might take some gettin' used to, after all that," Jeb admitted. He'd forgotten (somehow) she was from California. "Ain't ever seen the ocean, m'self, so I reckon that's another diff'rence between us," Jeb added, leading the way toward the gym. "Y'wanna cut across the yard to get to the gym, since yer all kitted up?"
"Might as well," she said, cheerily enough, following along. "And the ocean is like, omg. I mean, I wasn't a total beach bum or anything, but I went sometimes. We should totally go check out the Atlantic sometime, once it warms up, see if it's the same, though I kinda doubt it because, y'know, we're a lot more north."
"I mean, ain't it just like, a bunch'a water?" Jeb asked, not sure what the appeal was.
"Dude. That's like say New York City is like Salem Center with a bunch more people." Jubilee waved it aside. "But whatever, you'll see. I bet we can get Dr. McCoy to take us sometime. He seems pretty awesome."
"Yeah probably," Jeb said, shrugging. He pushed the door open to the outside, bracing a bit against the cold air. "Ah, that's a nice winter breeze," Jeb said, grinning just a little. "When we was little, Jay an' I used ta try'n dump snow down each others' backs," Jeb said, remembering that fondly. "'Course, that was what we all did. And chuck snowballs at each other. One time I hid behind a snowbank so I could tackle Sam when he walked by." He laughed.
"Sounds fun. I mean, cold? But fun." She grinned. "I dumped snow down the ice guy's back during the big snowball fight last month. Except it didn't work so good, because he really didn't care? But it was fun anyway."
Jeb chuckled. "Yeah, I tried to get that green kid. Garth?" He shrugged. "Turns out he can turn into all kinds of critters. Kinda hard to hit a rabbit with a snowball, turns out."
Jubilee laughed. "I'd say that's cheating, except seriously, everyone was totally cheating."
"Yeah, ain't no fun if you can't use yer mutant powers at mutant school. 'Course, ain't a help shootin' lightnin' from yer eyes in a snowball fight." Whatever, Jeb's aim was good enough.
"I dunno - could be a really huge distraction, maybe? I was thinking that about my fireworks, 'cept I kinda just got into throwing snowballs and watching the guy make the snowball thrower. Which was totally awesome." They'd reached the gym, and Jubilee stomped the snow off her boots as she opened the door. "So, what're we here for?"
"Told you, it's a surprise," Jeb said, grinning as he kicked the snow off of his shoes as well, opening the door. "I couldn't believe it, though. Was just diggin' through the equipment locker, lookin' fer somethin' to do. An' I couldn't believe what I found at the very back. Figure nobody else really noticed yet," he said, leading the way across the gym floor to the equipment room. He opened the door and picked his way through the piles of equipment, grinning to himself more than anyone else. "I reckon it's back here 'cause folks thought it'd best keep fer summer."
"A frisbee?" Jubilee guessed, following him back through the maze of equipment. She wasn't sure that was worth getting this excited over, but it could be fun to play in the snow. "Or oooh, frisbee golf! Cuz that could work in teh snow, y'know? You'd just need some really bright frisbees and stuff so they'd show up good.
"Much more awesome than a frisbee. Or frisbee golf," Jeb said, pulling a tarp off of a rolling rack near the back, exposing an array of paintball guns. "Tada!"
Jubilee's eyes widened and a grin spread across her face. "Dude. Paintball? Ohmygod, I'm so in."
"Right?" Jeb replied, grinning. "There's a case with pads and masks back here, too," he said, gesturing towards it. "Ammo, too. Everythin' we need," he said. "And from what I count, enough for two teams'a five each if we wanna get a bigger game goin'."
"Hmmm. Not sure I can get four people on short notice. Two maybe." Jubilee grinned. "Or, y'know, we can totally just try the stuff out today, and then schedule team stuff. Because y'know, it could've been in this closet forever. We should test it."
"I reckon we should," Jeb agreed with a grin. He turned to the gear locker and opened it up, rummaging through it. "Let's get ourselves some masks an' pads," he said. He'd heard tell of kids losing eyes to paintballs and, well, no thanks for him on that. His eyes were way too important for him to lose over a stupid game of paintball.
