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[xp_jubilee]

So, did I miss something? Have teenager vs adult lines been drawn?

I'm pretty sure the Prof. is doing his 'letting people do their thing' non-interference thing he does but seriously.

When I came here I was one of the worst, most horrible brats you've ever encountered. If it weren't for the adults and a whole mess of help and forgiveness I'd be dead.

We don't gotta be all lovey but like, having kids feel like they're ignored or not wanted is a total power keg of bad decisions waiting to happen.

We gotta find a way to live here and with them without goin' mad, right?

Anyone got any thoughts?

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[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to catch one or two but with the state of our networks right now I'm totally not here enough.

But you're well placed to play the role though. Who else you gonna trust but a doctor?

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you could email with a couple of them once you met them in person? When I was a girl I had a couple of pen pals, Kitty included. I always looked forward to correspondence. Not to mention I'm sure they'd enjoy your stories from abroad. I believe one of the girls has similar powers to yours...Allison? Not quite the same but it could be interesting.

Joint training exercises are nice and all but we can't do that all day every day. It'd be nice to build a connection.

Lol most kids are afraid I'm going to poke them with a needle. But I've been trying to talk to a couple like Rahne. You're right, I should definitely branch out more.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

People who want to be mentors and family members to the kids here, feel free. Good for you.

I, for one, do not. Been there, done that. Done the teacher thing. Been burned too many times, mainly by the vast majority of my students dying. I want nothing to do with these kids and I should feel like I have the option to NOT engage with them, particularly when they're calling me rude in my own journal, if I so choose.

Last I heard, this place was basically a boarding house to keep mutants safe. I signed no contract to be responsible for or mentor teenagers when I moved in here. Forcing adults into positions of authority and responsibility over kids when they don't wish to get close to them is not going to work well for anyone involved.

But if the stipulations of my living here are changing and I'm going to be forced to act like I want kids involved in my life when I don't, bring it on. I've got a penthouse I can go live at instead.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Simmer down, Adri. No one here is gonna force you to interact with the kids. Not like I didn't lose some pretty damn important people myself.

I get the need for distance, believe me.

Other then moving to your penthouse - what would you prefer? Third level seems to be adults these days - we could make it an official no kid zone?

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

I have to agree on the awesomeness of dry shampoo On a 12 hour shift in the ER it's like a miracle in a bottle. Well, that and Red Bull.

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

Like on those horrible shows you say are 'culture'?

Bah. I'll have you know that there is no sadness in indiscriminate sex and expensive libations. Only glee.

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

I have a lovely mental image though.

I'd love it if you'd bend over. for science,of course

[xp-northstar.livejournal.com]

I am amused. I am an adult, oui? So I see this. Also, the conversation that they are having for Generation X members because I am that, as well. C'est la vie.

Do not force anyone to do anything. Hurt feelings will mellow and becoming very upset is pointless. Besides which, Google is a useful tool and if the Brazilian has not found it yet, it is good someone pointed her toward it.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Good to know, because that's how your thing comes across. But I'm also pissy because the Sox lost to Kane's Jays so I may be reading more into it than you intended.

Don't make anything official on my count. Kids don't come near my rooms anyway. I see kids anywhere near my rooms and I start playing Garrison's weepy Canadian break-up music. That always sends them running for the hills.

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

I like how you think, Frost.

Kids (although I absolutely don't want any) are much more interesting when you have no biological link to them.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

I'm not allowed Red Bull unless it's 4th July.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

You are my favourite. (See, I even spelled it the Canadian way for you!)

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Feathers. You just don't understand the joy that is Indian soap operas.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Nah - mostly I'm just trying to head off wars before they start. Occupational hazard these days. Who'd have thought I'd end up a negotiator?

I mean, back in the day we had the grad comm and A kids only comm and such.

Can't see why the adults couldn't have something similar.

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

If it brings us all together, I'm game.

Chicks dig scars.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

So, does that make you a kidult? :D

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you have plenty of mental images. Which is why I generally stay far away from your head. :)

I bet you would. But calling you a scientist is like calling me an astronaut and we both know that's not true.

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

Lol. Is this a powers interaction thing or a you specifically thing?

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

Are you sure?

Because your ass is out of this world ;)

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

Why is everyone dancing all the time?!

And their heads! It's like they have no necks, bobbling around....

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

Oh...lol, that was painful.

The 90s called, they want their bad pickup lines back.

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

Still got it. Oh yeah.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

You are a very strange man.

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

I mean, sticking a bunch of people of varying ages in one place is gonna cause some weird interaction, which is - y'know, whatever it is. But speaking from recent experience, I'm not trained to deal with kids. Expecting me to intuit how to handle them (when they're not actively attempting to injure themselves through pure stupidity, which seems to be Quentin's MO lately, someone not me should really look into his issues and coping mechanisms, fuck how do I get myself into these situations, Jesus) is kind of unrealistic.

Anyway, I'm with Adrienne on this. Tutoring's fine, cause math and science are awesome, but it's weird having fourteen year olds show up to what's otherwise and all-adult movie night at 11p. Also weird: having 14 year olds text you nonstop for a week. Weird and uncomfortable. I'm just saying.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Can't argue they dance well though.

If it helps - dancing is a substitute for sex in some cases.