TWAT club meeting mingle

[laserguy]

Who: Scott Summers and members of TWAT (Teenagers With Abilities and Talents) Club. Or any teenager that just stops by really.
Where: Roof of the club building
What: Teenagers with abilities or maybe no real abilities hanging out on the rooftop and eating food. Talking. Doing club stuff.
Warnings: Probably none.


[Maybe you're already part of TWAT club and read the message that Scott sent out to everyone, basically stating that they're having a meeting this Saturday to just hang out and meet new members. Or you saw one of the flyers around town that mentioned about having a meeting. Either way, the meeting is held at the rooftop of the club building, so just come. No food or anything required. He's a good leader like that, yeah. Definitely.]

before the meeting;
[Why did you come early, god.

Well, anyone that is one of those people that like to come early to events, Scott's putting you to work. Maybe it's just helping getting the food out on the tables, or bringing up chairs or tables up to the rooftop. Either way, work needs to be done and setup is still in progress, so pair up with other TWAT members or whatever to get things ready. Thanks, Scott appreciates it. Probably.

Also, if you have your own food or brought a game of some sort, that's cool. He definitely isn't going to say no. Go set that up.]

just hanging out;
[Once the meeting starts and Scott gives some basic speech and welcoming new people to TWAT Club (in which he wasn't nervous at all shut up), people are more than welcome to just eat the pretty decent spread laid out in the tables. Stuff like chips, pizza, rice balls, ramen, probably some mixture of American and Japanese food because he's him and his girlfriend is Kotone, so yeah. There's also a little sign or note in front of the tables that states 'provided by cooking club, so join us. ✨'

Since this is a place filled with teenagers and abilities... Scott probably has encouraged people to show off their powers a little. JUST DON'T BLOW SOMETHING UP it's okay, he's talking about himself too. Of course, he's not forcing anyone to show off their powers and everything, but he sort of hopes people are feeling more comfortable to do so. That is the purpose of his club and everything.

There's also a random cornhole game set up. Don't ask.]

after club;
[Feel like being a nice person and help clean up? Nice. Scott isn't forcing anyone to stay after to do so, but he appreciates the help. It's mostly just taking tables down and clearing out the trash. Anyone that stays can probably take home some of the leftovers. So, that's a nice bonus.

Maybe you just want to sit on the ground and enjoy the evening a little. He's not judging.]

[ooc: TWAT mingle log! Please feel free to post your own top levels and tag each other. :> If your character would bring food or set something up, go right ahead. The more the better, right? Also your character doesn't need to be part of TWAT to join, Scott will just sort of let any teenager in. 'Teenager' being anyone that doesn't look too much like an oldie--]

Comments

[izanagis]

It is. [Hard. Yosuke never seemed to get the message, not really. He understood that Yu was mad, but...Yu was never totally convinced he wouldn't do it again. Even Mikey...he left in some ill-conceived attempt to keep everyone else safe.

The tone of Scott's voice, the words he chooses... Yu pauses for a second, at that. This is clearly something very personal for him, something that means a lot. His first guess is that it involves Kotone in some way...and he can believe it. Leading and self-sacrifice are often intertwined -- even if you're not aiming for it, fighting like this still means sacrificing your time, your safety. Your childhood, so to speak.

But he doesn't ask. Not yet.]

It can be hard to understand that there's another way. But... [He lightly bumps Scott's shoulder.] We just have to show them. Prove to them that if we work together, no one has to get left behind.

[That's-- an oversimplification of what he means, in a way. But it's the general idea.]

[laserguy]

[Between Mikey and Yosuke, Yu really understands, doesn't he? Maybe even more than Scott. Tears almost spring up in his eyes, finding someone that really gets it, but he manages to fight them down. Be stronger, Summers.]

...Show them that there's always a second option.

[Even if it may seem impossible, even if it is. Scott knows that somewhere, he's probably being childish, but what's wrong with trying and wanting with all your might for your friends-- for everyone to make it through? He just has to get better, be better, a leader that works himself to the extreme so that no one dies. Even if it sucks and is stressful, it's better than anyone dying.

He wonders if that's how the Scott in Quentin's timeline feels.

Shoving that thought aside for now, Scott nods to Yu's words, feeling a little better that he at least agrees with all his sentiment. He still feels raw in a lot of ways, emotional even, his voice not really hiding any of that as he speaks up once again. Why does he feel so open even with this stupid glasses hiding half his face?]

Prove that we want them to be here with us more than they want us to continue on without them.

[izanagis]

[It's never the only way. That's the part that's so infuriating, really, in the end -- pushing someone forward at the cost of yourself...it's not right, and it doesn't work. Yu had fallen victim to Izanami's attack, too, in the end, and it wasn't his friends' sacrifice that had allowed him to pick up and go on -- it was the strength of their love for one another.

If it wasn't for all of them...

He pivots from that grim thought, nodding in Scott's direction.]

We have to be there for them, too. The way they want to be for us. If you're a team, you have to protect each other, right?

[Trust is what it comes down to. Trusting your team to have your back -- and them trusting you to have theirs.]

[laserguy]

[Seeing the more firm determination in Yu's eyes helps to strengthen his own resolve, that emotional fragility slowly disappearing to be replaced with a familiar confidence. He's not sure what kind of challenges Yu faced back home or the sort of demons or Shadows his group had to fight, but he knows that it wasn't easy for him. He's just glad that he doesn't seem to have the same mindset as Kotone or Minato, as much as he loves the former and bullies the latter.

If he ends up being a leader someday, in charge of the X-Men as Quentin mentioned, he wants to adopt more of Yu's leadership style.]

That's what it means to be a team. Trusting and protecting each other. [He repeats, mouth thinning as he squares up.] Even if we have to keep showing it to them.

[izanagis]

[This is an opinion that he and Scott share, and there is something so deeply refreshing about that realization, especially in light of the sacrifice Yosuke made over the winter -- in light of Mikey's decision and the reasoning behind it. Yu is not someone who believes in sacrifice for the greater good, and he never has been; rather, he'd prefer to find another way. He operates under the belief that there is always another way.

Maybe that's not true. Maybe it's foolish and naive to think that way. But he represented the idea of hope in Izanami's game, after all. Of course he believes in that hope.]

They're all pretty persistent, so it'll take some work. [The smile in his expression indicates that this is work he won't shy away from. He puts out a hand for Scott to shake -- a manner of agreement, in a way.] But...I really do believe we can protect each other. All of us.

[laserguy]

We just have to out persist them. Luckily, we're both stubborn assholes.

[Scott almost seems like his regular self once more, the normal determination he has when making others do what he wants being guided to something that is really important to him. He still doesn't know if he'll actually be a leader back home or if he'll follow the same steps as his counterpart, but he's determined to do something here.

After all, there are plenty of people that matter to him in this world.

So, he takes Yu's hand, gripping it firmly with a small nod.] We can. We will.

[izanagis]

[Yu exhales. It's not really a chuckle, not even close, but it's an acknowledgement of what Scott is saying -- an affirmation that he's not wrong.]

We will.

[He gives the other teen's hand a soft squeeze before letting go.]