Collab Post with Laivandur, Gands and LocalAreaMan
Simon & Susan
Simon is in fact incredibly happy. But he does notice something in the back of Bens expression that makes him curious.
He stops and looks at his roomate for a moment.
Meanwhile, Susan senses a chance to show off a bit. She concentrates for a moment & makes Raven invisible.
"Look at yourself she tells Raven."
Raven Darkholme/Mystique
Raven is looking aside at Simon having a semi-private word with Ben when Susan commences her trick. At the other girl's suggestion, she turns to her and asks "What? Do I have something on my face?" She touches her lips and feels nothing, then looks down to attempt to check the tip of her nose as she reaches for that next. Not seeing her nose, Raven gasps and jumps an inch off the floor and back. "What happened?" The girl tries to look down at the rest of herself and sees nothing. A moment passes as she examines herself. Still solid, so still there in the physical sense. She concludes it has to be she's been rendered invisible.
"Oh ja, so this is your power." Raven giggles and while the invisible cloak is on her, she changes. "Make me visible again, and I will show you mine."
When Susan does as asked, the others don't see the Raven from before. They see her natural form in her school uniform. She smiles at them "I like your outfit by the way. I want to try it on." She then changes to appear to be wearing Susan's suit. Raven looks at herself. "Hmm. Blue on blue is not fashionable. How does this look?" She asks and changes again, this time to her 'normal' appearance in the suit and does a spin.
Ben/Loki
"Yes, everything is perfect, honey. Don't worry about me," Ben teased flirtatiously as Simon once again acted like an overprotective boyfriend. What Ben realized was that Simon possibly carried a large set of intuition to be able to break through Ben's act. That in itself, Ben valued in a friend. The ability to discern whenever and wherever to confront him about it however, he valued even further. Simon would have to pay and learn for each time he outed Ben like he did just now, so the gilded teen grinned and reached up to Simon's cheek to stroke it gently as an addition to his flirtatious tease. Hearing Raven react to being invisible however, made Ben laugh and step back a bit. He stepped back to avoid any retaliation from Simon too, who'd already made it quite clear to Ben he was not interested in the same sex. To flick Simon's worry away with a joke suited Benjamin quite well, and just like that he hoped they could return to being teens having their dreams fulfilled.
Simon & Susan
Simon grew a concerned look as Ben teased him, caressing his face. He resisted grabbing his friend and just let it go. But quite clearly to Raven and Sue, his expression slowly changed to a more thoughtful, but still concerned look.
Susan was having fun for a change with her powers. She of course turned it off when Raven asked and laughed & clapped as the other girl changed forms. She is astute enough to catch Ben's teasing and Simon's odd expression.
Susan promised herself, her mothering instincts engaged, to talk to the boys later.
Ben/Loki
"That's-! How are you doing that? That's almost like me!" Ben said to Raven, glancing between the girls in a comical looking expression of awe. To further push Simon's untimely worry away, he put a hand on his shoulder and said friendly to the group of four "I never believed I could meet people like-...You know...Like you!" Ben was certain he'd seem super innocent saying stuff like that. Ben was, in a way, as innocent as he sounded, however not quite.
Raven Darkholme/Mystique
"Danke, danke." Raven says to each of them smiling wider as she basks in their praise, small as it may be. All this time she's been afraid people would scream, run to see her change. Yet these people...no her peers even...they loved it. Hearing Ben say she was like him was the perfect lead-in to her next set of changes.
"Why yes, I can be like you." Raven changes into his mirror image, right down to the pose and expression. She puts on a flirtatious smile and copies his voice to say "Hello, handsome." Then she turns to Susan, and Simon, turning into each of them as she does in two blinks of the eye. "Or you, or you."
She changes back to herself in the school uniform and shrugs, smiles "As for how? Well...I was born like this. Made my parents.." Raven stops herself from revealing a bit too much of what it was actually like being this way. "....not sure who was coming to dinner to say the least."
Simon & Susan
Susan is feeling pretty good now. What Raven could do was nearly magical. . Her own powers, while they needed a bit of polish and practice were going to be very useful. She wasn't entirely sure what Ben could do yet. Nor, was she sure certain about Simon either. The brief interaction
between the boys still had a bit of her attention. What was clear, Ben was teasing Simon with the feminine touching & Simon didn't care for it.
Simon took a moment to gather himself. Ben's teasing was neither expected nor understood. At least at first. The pieces were finally starting to be put together in his head. The style of touching, the tone of his voice. Ben likes other boys....
The fact hit him hard and quick. A few minutes of remembering some of that previous several weeks of social training moved back to the front of his head.. It was okay to be Ben's friend and roommate, as long ss Simon's own preferences were clear. Now, while his mind wrestled with this.. Raven continued to change shapes. Pretty incredible really. He managed a smile and clapping.
Ben/Loki
Benjamin appreciated Simon letting the matter go, and gawked excitedly at his own image, made by someone other than him. It also freaked him out a little, but for now, he chose not to reveal that part. He would simply take it into consideration for later. The picture of Raven being able to fool her parents with her powers made Ben laugh merrily. Grinning he said "That's great! You could do that in front of your parents? I'd love to do that!" Shrugging and lifting his hands in a jester like way Ben explained wryly "I couldn't, cause I'd never know what they'd think of me." Lowering his hands and looking at Raven with warm acceptance, Ben said "But I'm glad you could live freely like that." Unaware of how Raven's upbringing truly was however, Benjamin continued, asking Susan "How about you?"
Susan
" I'd like to think my parents would be proud Ben. I live with my maternal Aunt Marygay. She's a nice lady and all, but really doesn't do much parenting of us. My brother and I. My powers came to me after my parents were out of the picture " She has something of a haunted expression, just for a moment, then her smile returns.
Reed Richards
As everyone's gazes, even for just a second, all turn towards the young genius. They all get to watch on as part of Reed's tongue gently licked a small part of the shield. "...wat?" Reed asked aloud, glancing back before finally letting his tongue off the artifact. "Just... science isn't always pretty you know..." He noted to them with a nod of the head.
Raven Darkholme/Mystique
The girl manages to keep herself from reacting emotionally to the blissful idea of being able to do this in front of her parents without the usual consequences. She only replies "They rather I not change in front of them." And leaves it at that. All throughout their interaction she has caught on to the way Ben has touched and teased Simon, which only served to reinforce her thought from earlier that Ben was not exactly 'straight' at the least. But she is thankful to have captured his attention with her tricks.
Raven's own attention is diverted by the door opening as three more people enter the room. Before her eyes fall on them however, they fall on Reed as he….licks the shield Margaret had been holding? Raven is silent a moment, then starts giggling. Just a little at first, then louder until she was fully laughing and holding her sides. It subsides rather quickly as the girl composes herself and walks over to the group of new arrivals, still giggling a bit.
"Hallo, willkommen bei ... wie auch immer das heißt. Oh! Es tut uns leid!" She giggles and starts over. "I apologize, I forget to speak English here sometimes. Hello, welcome, I am Raven."