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Girls Trip: Mykonos

What's Up?

Ages ago, Emma (drunkenly) promised a girls trip, and she's not one to go back on a promise. So, before school starts up again, she's dragging the women of the X-Men (and Selena, Kitty's ?girlfriend?) off with her to Mykonos for a three day weekend. All transportation is via Illyana (thanks girl), so they can arrive and depart with no travel time. Magical! They'll head out mid-morning Friday and return Sunday night. Have fun at home, boys!

As one would expect, Emma has booked them ridiculous accommodations in the Diamond Villa at Cavo Tagoo, which has more than enough room for everyone. Selena and Kitty get their own room, and Emma will claim one for herself (someone can share a bed with her, if they want), but everyone else can fight over that last bedroom!

Emma is paying for everything, and she'll even take anyone who wants to go shopping on her dime as well. What's money for if not to spend on your friends, right?

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On arrival in Mykonos, Rogue is immediately a favorite of the hotel staff for whatever reason. They spend the entire weekend getting extra special treatment, including a fresh vase of flowers next to wherever they're sleeping, random nice drinks appearing for them when they're by the pool, and one of the hotel workers even asks for a selfie with them! The X-Men are so cool.

Laura Kinney thrives at the clubs and gets adopted by a group of cool Greek kids who teach them some Greek words (mostly curse words) and spend a lot of the night pulling them to dance with them.

What's a trip without a little bit of superhero work, though? Illyana Rasputina manages to prevent a catastrophic end to an engagement when they catch a thief after they've snatched the engagement ring. The relieved couple thank them profusely and invite them to their wedding, when they get it planned.

Itinerary

The first day is arriving and mostly lazing by the pool and around the hotel, with a nice long walk along the coast before they head to Cavo Paradiso Club. They have a private VIP area and bottle service all night.

Saturday is for some recovering and a trip out to the Delos Archeological Site for a bit of culture and enrichment for nerds. A quieter night is planned hanging out and having dinner and drinks at 180 Sunset Bar, but if people want to go clubbing after, Emma is always down.

Sunday is mostly beach lazing around until it's time to return home in the evening. There are small hikes around the island, boats to rent, and various towns to explore if anyone wants.

No one is made to do any activities if they don't want to, outside of dinner at 180 Sunset Bar the second night. You have to hang out with Emma a little bit.

FRIDAY ♥ SATURDAY ♥ SUNDAY ♥ OOC

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FRIDAY

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Before leaving, heading out, chilling and a beach walk. And then? The clurb.

FRIDAY: Emma & Rogue

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

While they're getting ready to go out to the club, Emma sidles up to Rogue, already dressed and with her hair and make-up done. All she has to do is pick out what jewelry to wear, which is what had reminded her she wanted to bother the other woman.

"So, your birthday present from your adoring husband."

FRIDAY: Emma & Rogue

[glovedup rogue]

Rogue is also dressed, just pulling on gloves, for safety. A long dress to dance in, but that's a sacrifice she makes all the time. She grins over at Emma, completely unsurprising. Of course she knows about the necklace. "Too heavy for my weekend bag, sorry, darlin', didn't bring it."

FRIDAY: Rogue and Open by the Pool

[glovedup rogue]

She'd said how she couldn't possibly drink one more craft cocktail. She'd made jokes about how she had to do a business meeting later, and save lives. But the over-attentive waitress still slides one more glass into the cup holder in her cabana bed. (She'd also been shown to a private and prime-placed cabana without asking.) She thanks them as kindly as she can.

The moment they're gone, though, she sees one of her friends and beckons them over. "Hey, sugar. You want a drink?" Her eyes say something more like, please take this drink from me.

FRIDAY: Rogue and Illyana by the Pool

[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

Illyana is not a big drinker (equal parts being embarrassingly lightweight and dislike of lack of control), and she's already had a handful of craft cocktails of her own today and certainly nowhere near enough water. But the drink Rogue is offering her is one of the ones she'd tried earlier and liked, and her common sense has more or less abandoned her for the weekend, so she takes it anyway and flops down on another chair in the cabana.

"Thank you," she says. "Is it from your admirers?"

SATURDAY

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Recovery, Delos Archeological Site, dinner and drinks at 180 Sunset Bar.

SATURDAY: Card Guessing Drinking Game

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Emma has organized a drinking game for after dinner in their swanky hotel, using some playing cards that Rogue has provided.

The game is simple - make a guess about the card you're about to draw (face card? higher or lower than a certain number? pick two potential suits? red or black?) - if you're wrong, you have to drink. The cards are kind of weird, though, so suits are pizza (red), donut (black), pretzel (red), sandwich (black). The person who hits five wrong answers first has to slam a cup that's just a mix of everyone else's left over drinks.

(Rin has physical cards she'll draw for you - just post your guess and I'll draw a card for you and let you know.)

ROUND 1

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ROUND 2

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ROUND 3

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ROUND 4

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ROUND 5

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NEVER HAVE I EVER

[wildlike laura kinney (wolverine)]

After Emma imbibes the gross drink that's a mix of all of their leftover drinks, they need a new game to play.

(Respond to this comment with something you've never done. If anyone has done that thing, they need to drink.)

NEVER HAVE I EVER

[wildlike laura kinney (wolverine)]

It takes a moment for Laura to think of something normal. Never have I ever left a paid assassination target alive isn't exactly a relatable experience.

"Never have I ever gone to a hairdresser."

NEVER HAVE I EVER

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

"Never have I ever..." Emma has to take a moment to refocus. "Flown economy."

NEVER HAVE I EVER

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

To be inclusive and include something she knows Illyana may have done; "Never have I ever seen an episode of Gilmore Girls."

NEVER HAVE I EVER

[glovedup rogue]

Rogue could get really depressing with this. There's a whole world of things she hasn't been allowed to do. She doesn't exactly want to get into that right now. Instead, "Never have I ever paid for furniture."

SUNDAY

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Beach lazing, personal time, and returning home.

SUNDAY EARLY AM: Emma & Kitty

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

It's a little jarring to go to Emma's room and not find her there, but that's solved in a matter of minutes by just peeking outside. Kitty goes out to her. She's given Selena the room for now. It's sort of the least she could do, after everything. She should probably feel bad, but she can't quite bring herself to feel anything but at peace right now. That's probably wrong, too. She doesn't wake Emma, but does shove her over a little so she can also curl up next to her.

SUNDAY: (EVEN EARLIER) Morning- Kitty & Selena

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Everyone's retired to bed for the evening, Kitty and Selena to their own room. Only in their case, Selena had gone to bed first, about half an hour before Kitty did. She'd been wrapped up in knowing what people had never done, and making sure everyone got in safely. Tension is palpable as she opens the door, slips in to an already darkened room. Unsure of exactly the move here, she just changes into pajamas without saying anything and slips into the bed. A pause, then she reaches out for the other figure, who forcibly brings her shoulder in, away from Kitty's touch. Yeah, okay. She's in trouble. She doesn't say anything about it, though, just lays down and puts her repentant head next to Selena's pillow.

"Sorry. I just wanted..."

"To spend time with your friends, yes, got it." There's barely-concealed venom in her voice, which is strange. Selena's a little drunk, they both are, but Kitty hadn't heard her talk like this before. She pauses. "I mean yeah. They're my friends."

Two large eyes turn to catch Kitty's, and they're maybe a little damp. That makes her feel even worse. "It's always your friends. And I mean, I guess that makes sense, now that I've seen them in action. That one rich girl got us this entire villa. I've never stayed in a place this fancy. How am I supposed to compete with any of that?"

Kitty, because she's not sure what else to do, stretches her hand out and smooths back Selena's hair. She doesn't tense or fight away this time, at least. "You're not." She says, as gentle as she can. "I have to spend time with them, but I still do with you, too. Being with you is a rest. It's..."

"Boring."

"I was gonna say normal..."

Selena scoffs. "Boring." She turns fully away from Kitty, who sits up in bed and follows her with her eyes, anyway. "They can travel to Mykonos in literally three seconds and they've never flown coach. I've never even left the country before today. I just didn't think you were the type of person to be impressed by that kind of thing."

This stings. Kitty wrinkles her nose in protest. "I don't like my friends because they're talented and rich. They've been with me through everything. We've literally saved the world..."

An exasperated sigh, again. "I know. I'll never save the world. I'm busy saving other people. But afterwards, I want to come home to quiet. To you. I thought you wanted the same thing."

Which marks, Kitty thinks, a turning point. She could assure Selena she did. She could even make an effort to come home to her every night. But she knows it wouldn't work, even as it turns through her head now. She would try. For months, or weeks, or days. But there would be more missions. Her friends would always need something. She can't promise to prioritize anyone else, because that would be a lie, and if there's one thing Kitty Pryde is bad at.

So she turns away from the now upturned, pleading eyes on the other side of the bed.

"I think...maybe what we want is different." She says, quiet. "And I don't think it's working to pretend otherwise."

She's sort of glad she can't see Selena scoffing, a touch of bitter in her voice. "Of course you don't."

Kitty does turn to see. It feels wrong to not do this face-to-face. "I'm sorry. I am. But you deserve someone who can meet your definition of normal. I'm not going to do that. I don't think that I ever can, and it wouldn't be fair to you, if I kept being really bad at it."

"You're breaking up with me in a luxury villa. Oh my god."

Selena, laughing in a way that isn't funny at all, turns as though to leave the luxury villa, but Kitty's already standing. "I know. It's shitty timing. You don't have to go. Spend the night. I can ask Illyana to..."

"I am not letting one of your friends cart me across the world in a magic portal. I'll get a plane ticket like a normal person."

Which is maybe her right. Kitty just nods, and turns away. "...Thank you. For coming on this trip at all. I really hope you find who you're looking for."

But Selena remains stony and unmoved. "I thought that was you. But you know, for someone who works so hard, you sure give up easy."

Kitty has no great reply to that. "That's a new one, actually." She says, voice small, and since nothing else she says will make anything better, she slips out of the door.

OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I couldn't think of anything to really run but if you want me to do an RNG game or something lmk and I can cook something up 😘

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Re: OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I have kidnapped both Lyss and JJ this weekend but we're not planning on being too crazy so I should be around and as always, I want five million scenes 😌 If anyone wants to share a bed with Emma just lmk. I think she'll probably sleep outside on one of those insane pool beds one night, though.

Re: OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

[wildlike laura kinney (wolverine)]

I think the girls need to play a drinking game

Re: OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

HIIII I'm here sort of now!!
I want threads wiv everyone and I will be posting Kitty's ill-fated relationship that is ending Sunday morning I think. Oops.