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ax_mainTamara has a fan.
That was her.
Jubilee hadn't been sure at first. Okay, the wings should've been a dead giveaway, but seriously, who expected to meet an honest to god YouTube Celebrity in their World History class?
Not that she was impressed by that. At all. Totally cool, no big deal at all.
Which somehow, wasn't keeping her from staring at the girl from across the room instead of taking notes on whatever it was that the Prof was going on about. Because seriously. This was really beyond cool.
Tamara was bored. Seriously bored. And really ready to be done with a class, her wings were dying for a stretch.
...and one of the new kids was staring at her? What was that about?
Realizing that Tamara'd caught her staring, Jubes made a show of focusing hard on her book (which yeah, might've been more effective if she'd thought to turn the page once in a while) until the bell rang, signaling their Release from Imprisonment. She quickly gathered up her books and headed for the door.
"Hey, wait!" Tamara caught up with the younger (but still taller, because everyone was taller...) girl quickly.
Jubilee paused and turned to see who was speaking, then blinked. "Oh, hey," she said, totally casual. Because yeaaah, she could do casual! "Did you need something?"
"I was gonna ask you that," Tamara said, raising one (perfect) eyebrow at the girl. "You were kinda staring?"
"I was not!" Jubilee protested, because really, that was what you did when someone accused you of staring. "I was just kinda looking in that direction, and then I kinda dazed off, because seriously, Ancient Incans? Not interesting. And then I saw you were looking at me looking that way and thought omg, she's going to think I'm staring and are you really the girl from the YouTube video? The one about the riot? Because that was awesome." Yeah, okay, maybe her resolve hadn't lasted long. Sue her. It had been awesome!
Tamara had been giving her a seriously skeptical look, but it turned into a full grin by the end. "Yeah - filmed the video with a webcam in my dorm room," she confirmed. "It's Jubilee, right?"
"Jubilee, yeah - or I figure I'm going to use that as my codename, anyway, so using it is totally cool." Jubilee grinned. "I thought it was you, but I was like, you don't run into YouTubers in World History, right? Because, as if."
Tamara laughed. "Wanna grab a snack?" They were done for the day, and Tamara was totally game to get to know a fan.
"Dude, I so want to get a snack." Because no way she was going to turn that down - plus besides, she was hungry anyway, so score. Jubilee started walking towards the kitchen. "So, tell me about the whole riot thing? Because I asked Gar, but he seemed pretty freaked out about it so then I was like, Dude, don't worry about it. Because seriously? I felt really bad. But it seemed awesome when I saw it on tv, and then I saw your video and was like, Whoa!"
Tamara was grinning, a little overwhelmed by her energy, but hey, at least it was friendly. "Wow, where to start? I mean, I saw the protest in Central Park and got angry, so I turned off my inducer and got in their faces. It turns out assholes like that aren't very good at peaceful protesting."
"Please. Pretty sure they don't know what peaceful protesting is," Jubilee scoffed. "There was one asshole who used to show up once in a while when I did my shows at the mall? And he'd get all in my face, but luckily everyone wanted to see the show they mostly made him back off. Except one time when they didn't and he totally pushed me off the wall I was standing on. Total jerk." She made a face at the memory, then paused, trying to remember where she'd been going with it - oh yeah!. "Anyway, he had the same look on his face those people in the video did. Definitely anti-peaceful."
Tamara rolled her eyes. "Let me guess - angry old white man?"
"Actually, pretty sure he was twenty-something and Hispanic, but dude, I've gotta admit, I really didn't ask for his Ancestry.com info. Why, do you think you know him or something?" Jubilee looked over at her curiously.
"Nope, just used to the angry old white men," Tamara replied with a little smirk. "What kind of performance were you doing?"
Jubilee grinned. "Fireworks on roller blades. Twice a day at the Beverly Hills Mall - more or less. Depended on how much attention the rent-a-cops were paying that day and which ones were working." She swirled her hand, letting off a stream of harmless pafs in multiple colors.
Tamara nearly jumped in surprise, but her face lit up with delight. “Okay, very cool! I like it!”
"Yeah?" Jubilee's face lit up, though she waved away the praise a moment later. "Way cooler on 'blades. Anyway, it drew crowds, though I figure about half of them figured it was some kinda mechanical light show. But whatever. Girl's gotta make a living, amiright?"
"Totally," Tamara agreed. "I'm trying to figure out how to make some money now, actually. Figuring out a wing-friendly wardrobe kinda pushes the limits of the Xavier allowance, y'know?"
Jubilee grinned. "Y'know, you're talking to someone who literally lived at a shopping mall. If there's a way to shop without spending much, I know it." Including shopping without spending anything, but she didn't know where Tamara stood on that kind of thing, and honestly, it wasn't her first choice anyway. Way more fun to shop the sales.
Tamara blinked in surprise - she hadn't known that about the other girl - then shrugged it off. "That's... probably what I would've done, actually, if the Professor hadn't turned up when he did."
"It's not a bad place to live," Jubilee agreed. "I mean, if I ever have a choice between eating Panda Express again and starving, I might go with starving, but otherwise? Pretty awesome. You've got everything right there, y'know?"
"No idea what I'd do for money though," Tamara said, considering. "Like, I can do people's makeup or work retail or whatever, but pretty sure no one would hire the girl with dragon wings."
Jubilee looked at her with surprise. "Dude. It's almost Halloween. There's gotta be a costume shop at the mall, right? I mean, it won't work after, but if you're looking for a quick fix?"
Tamara laughed. "Oh, I meant if I'd been trying to live in a mall! No, I can't show my wings around here, and invisible wings are really hard to manage around baselines."
"Eww yeah, that'd suck." Jubilee frowned. "Seriously, though, if there was ever a time when wings wouldn't stand out? Halloween would have to be it. You'd just have to spray some glitter on them or something, which seriously? Could be a really cool look." She eyed Tamara's wings speculatively.
Wings fluffing, Tamara glanced over her shoulder speculatively. "No to the Halloween stunt thing, but possibly yes to the glitter..." She'd need help to pull it off, but if she could? Oh man, that could be really cool. "It'd be a project, but for the right party or something?"
"Totally." Jubilee stepped back to get a better look. "Right along the vanes, maybe?" She grinned. "All you'd need would be some of that roll on body glitter."
Tamara’s own vision had already reached way beyond that now that the wheels were turning in her head. “A base layer of some kind of body paint, maybe? Colors’d depend on the outfit, but I could do something on the tips too, maybe make them the focal point....”
"There's those stick on gems people use on fingernails," Jubilee said doubtfully. 'They'd be kinda small, though. Unless you used a lot of them, but honestly, that could look kinda tacky?"
"Super tacky," Tamara agreed with a wince. "But I mean, they're just bone, I could use finger paint to turn them black or something - that could be cool?"
"Ooooh, yeah. Do the joints black, and then use colored glitter on the rest to match what you're wearing." Jubilee nodded approval enthusiastically. "It'd totally set them off."
"I like it," Tamara said, grinning at Jubilee. "You're gonna help me when I try it, yeah?"
Jubilee grinned back. "I'm so there. Just say when."
That was her.
Jubilee hadn't been sure at first. Okay, the wings should've been a dead giveaway, but seriously, who expected to meet an honest to god YouTube Celebrity in their World History class?
Not that she was impressed by that. At all. Totally cool, no big deal at all.
Which somehow, wasn't keeping her from staring at the girl from across the room instead of taking notes on whatever it was that the Prof was going on about. Because seriously. This was really beyond cool.
Tamara was bored. Seriously bored. And really ready to be done with a class, her wings were dying for a stretch.
...and one of the new kids was staring at her? What was that about?
Realizing that Tamara'd caught her staring, Jubes made a show of focusing hard on her book (which yeah, might've been more effective if she'd thought to turn the page once in a while) until the bell rang, signaling their Release from Imprisonment. She quickly gathered up her books and headed for the door.
"Hey, wait!" Tamara caught up with the younger (but still taller, because everyone was taller...) girl quickly.
Jubilee paused and turned to see who was speaking, then blinked. "Oh, hey," she said, totally casual. Because yeaaah, she could do casual! "Did you need something?"
"I was gonna ask you that," Tamara said, raising one (perfect) eyebrow at the girl. "You were kinda staring?"
"I was not!" Jubilee protested, because really, that was what you did when someone accused you of staring. "I was just kinda looking in that direction, and then I kinda dazed off, because seriously, Ancient Incans? Not interesting. And then I saw you were looking at me looking that way and thought omg, she's going to think I'm staring and are you really the girl from the YouTube video? The one about the riot? Because that was awesome." Yeah, okay, maybe her resolve hadn't lasted long. Sue her. It had been awesome!
Tamara had been giving her a seriously skeptical look, but it turned into a full grin by the end. "Yeah - filmed the video with a webcam in my dorm room," she confirmed. "It's Jubilee, right?"
"Jubilee, yeah - or I figure I'm going to use that as my codename, anyway, so using it is totally cool." Jubilee grinned. "I thought it was you, but I was like, you don't run into YouTubers in World History, right? Because, as if."
Tamara laughed. "Wanna grab a snack?" They were done for the day, and Tamara was totally game to get to know a fan.
"Dude, I so want to get a snack." Because no way she was going to turn that down - plus besides, she was hungry anyway, so score. Jubilee started walking towards the kitchen. "So, tell me about the whole riot thing? Because I asked Gar, but he seemed pretty freaked out about it so then I was like, Dude, don't worry about it. Because seriously? I felt really bad. But it seemed awesome when I saw it on tv, and then I saw your video and was like, Whoa!"
Tamara was grinning, a little overwhelmed by her energy, but hey, at least it was friendly. "Wow, where to start? I mean, I saw the protest in Central Park and got angry, so I turned off my inducer and got in their faces. It turns out assholes like that aren't very good at peaceful protesting."
"Please. Pretty sure they don't know what peaceful protesting is," Jubilee scoffed. "There was one asshole who used to show up once in a while when I did my shows at the mall? And he'd get all in my face, but luckily everyone wanted to see the show they mostly made him back off. Except one time when they didn't and he totally pushed me off the wall I was standing on. Total jerk." She made a face at the memory, then paused, trying to remember where she'd been going with it - oh yeah!. "Anyway, he had the same look on his face those people in the video did. Definitely anti-peaceful."
Tamara rolled her eyes. "Let me guess - angry old white man?"
"Actually, pretty sure he was twenty-something and Hispanic, but dude, I've gotta admit, I really didn't ask for his Ancestry.com info. Why, do you think you know him or something?" Jubilee looked over at her curiously.
"Nope, just used to the angry old white men," Tamara replied with a little smirk. "What kind of performance were you doing?"
Jubilee grinned. "Fireworks on roller blades. Twice a day at the Beverly Hills Mall - more or less. Depended on how much attention the rent-a-cops were paying that day and which ones were working." She swirled her hand, letting off a stream of harmless pafs in multiple colors.
Tamara nearly jumped in surprise, but her face lit up with delight. “Okay, very cool! I like it!”
"Yeah?" Jubilee's face lit up, though she waved away the praise a moment later. "Way cooler on 'blades. Anyway, it drew crowds, though I figure about half of them figured it was some kinda mechanical light show. But whatever. Girl's gotta make a living, amiright?"
"Totally," Tamara agreed. "I'm trying to figure out how to make some money now, actually. Figuring out a wing-friendly wardrobe kinda pushes the limits of the Xavier allowance, y'know?"
Jubilee grinned. "Y'know, you're talking to someone who literally lived at a shopping mall. If there's a way to shop without spending much, I know it." Including shopping without spending anything, but she didn't know where Tamara stood on that kind of thing, and honestly, it wasn't her first choice anyway. Way more fun to shop the sales.
Tamara blinked in surprise - she hadn't known that about the other girl - then shrugged it off. "That's... probably what I would've done, actually, if the Professor hadn't turned up when he did."
"It's not a bad place to live," Jubilee agreed. "I mean, if I ever have a choice between eating Panda Express again and starving, I might go with starving, but otherwise? Pretty awesome. You've got everything right there, y'know?"
"No idea what I'd do for money though," Tamara said, considering. "Like, I can do people's makeup or work retail or whatever, but pretty sure no one would hire the girl with dragon wings."
Jubilee looked at her with surprise. "Dude. It's almost Halloween. There's gotta be a costume shop at the mall, right? I mean, it won't work after, but if you're looking for a quick fix?"
Tamara laughed. "Oh, I meant if I'd been trying to live in a mall! No, I can't show my wings around here, and invisible wings are really hard to manage around baselines."
"Eww yeah, that'd suck." Jubilee frowned. "Seriously, though, if there was ever a time when wings wouldn't stand out? Halloween would have to be it. You'd just have to spray some glitter on them or something, which seriously? Could be a really cool look." She eyed Tamara's wings speculatively.
Wings fluffing, Tamara glanced over her shoulder speculatively. "No to the Halloween stunt thing, but possibly yes to the glitter..." She'd need help to pull it off, but if she could? Oh man, that could be really cool. "It'd be a project, but for the right party or something?"
"Totally." Jubilee stepped back to get a better look. "Right along the vanes, maybe?" She grinned. "All you'd need would be some of that roll on body glitter."
Tamara’s own vision had already reached way beyond that now that the wheels were turning in her head. “A base layer of some kind of body paint, maybe? Colors’d depend on the outfit, but I could do something on the tips too, maybe make them the focal point....”
"There's those stick on gems people use on fingernails," Jubilee said doubtfully. 'They'd be kinda small, though. Unless you used a lot of them, but honestly, that could look kinda tacky?"
"Super tacky," Tamara agreed with a wince. "But I mean, they're just bone, I could use finger paint to turn them black or something - that could be cool?"
"Ooooh, yeah. Do the joints black, and then use colored glitter on the rest to match what you're wearing." Jubilee nodded approval enthusiastically. "It'd totally set them off."
"I like it," Tamara said, grinning at Jubilee. "You're gonna help me when I try it, yeah?"
Jubilee grinned back. "I'm so there. Just say when."
