Hidden Lilly

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As the new day dawn, Phoebe was already up, and was just saying goodbye to her mother, and Daniel. She barely felt composed through it. She sighed softly, and gathering her strength, she went to prepare breakfast, losing herself in her process.

It still didn't seem real to her. The school gone. Her father...

She shook herself, placing toast on plates, and adding eggs, and putting grapes and berries in bowls, putting it all on the table. Breakfast was important, after all. She poured juice for the three of them, and then went to check on Makoto.

@Caits

Makoto awoke to the smell of eggs and was sitting up among the blanket that Phoebe had provided for her when Phoebe entered the room.

"Good morning Phoebe." she greeted, feeling her body groan in protest to any movement. Despite the comfortable surface to sleep on Makoto's night was filled with tossing and nightmares. They spanned from her failing exams to simply being restrained and forced to watch the Academy fall. "How are you feeling today?" She asked, glad that they both opened up and discussed both of their whirlwinds of emotions from the day prior. It was surreal but Makoto was already beginning to adjust to the new reality, already onto the 'what next?'. She recalled that she hadn't seen Katherin but from Phoebe she had found out that the cold wielder was at the scene shortly after the collapse. Makoto resolved to calling her after breakfast. She also thought of Flood but figured he would be more than alright. Makoto decided to call him later in the day, if he decided to pick up. "How are the boys doing?"

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@Mistress Dizzy
I hope I'm not too late to maybe give you an option to relax. I know how you feel, I'm actually diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and have had a few panic attacks (not fun). I honestly find exercise helpful, it makes me focus on one specific thing and I physically work out the tension in my body from being anxious. I find reading to help or sometimes i'll toss a movie in/turn the T.V. on and knit for a while.

If i'm really having a bad day with it i'll take 5-10min to lay down and kind of meditate. I can't turn my brain off either, also with being a girl we don't really have a special 'nothing box/space' to visit. What I do is i'll lay down (if i can in that moment) and have my arms comefortably at my side. I then try to take deep breaths and i mean deep (initial filling, chest inflates, stomach inflates), and focus on feeling the breath in my body. Kinda like imagining yourself as a balloon, felling the air/warmpth fill your arms into your fingers and back out. I just spend the time doing that and it usually helps.

I hope something helps you out of all the things suggested :s

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Good luck Caits! Study hard and don't forget to take breaks every now and again :)

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I would be alright with jumping to the next day.

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I'm going away for a few days so I won't have internet. I'll be gone tonight and then for 3.5 days. I'll be back on Tuesday :)

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"Yeah, a bit." Makoto sighed, giving her most honest answer. She felt numb and drained but she could keep a hold on herself now, so that was an improvement. "How are you doing?" she asked in turn, wondering what exactly would be shared. Her friend was definitely in a bad way and so naturally Makoto wanted to help where she could. Makoto craved a cup of tea, her comfort drink and she knew the house well enough to be able to locate the kettle. "Should I make us some tea?" She offered, hoping to relax the both of them.

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Makoto entered Ryan and Phoebe's home and allowed them to go upstairs on their own. Of what little she knew of relationships, she knew that coming back together and having a chance to breathe after a tragedy can be key. She cared for her friends more than she could say, and wanted only the best for them. Putting her bag down in the front hall, glad to be rid of it's weight and untied her shoes. She could still see the outline of her cellphone, the one that was indestructible and could contact Storm on. Her heart heaved in her chest, threatening another breakdown but she did her best to hold it in. Everyone had been so strong, she wanted to be too. Standing up, Makoto ventured further into the somewhat familiar house.

"Hello Miss Ivy." she spoke, as respectful a tone as possible. She remembered the flora women's wrath if angered and so Makoto was always careful to tread lightly.

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@Caits

Makoto moved herself infront of Phoebe, not directly but on enough of an angle to block out where the other girl had gone.

"Phoebe, let's go home." she suggested calmly. She hoped that if she stayed calm, Phoebe's internal storm would begin to respond and maybe calm enough to let her focus on something else. She took the time to search her friend with her big indego eyes. It was clear her friend had taken the hit to the school harder that she had, and from the outburst Makoto decided that Phoebe must have lost her father. Her fire-like friend who is usually strong in the face of any foe was displaying a great ton of her emotions now. Makoto wanted to comfort her as she had done for her earlier but with such anger a hug was not always the best solution. "Come on." Makoto said while takeing a few steps towards the street, assuming that was where they were going. She held out he hand to motion for her friend to follow.

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"Alright." Makoto agreed, completely trusting her friends judgement as she thought her own would be compromised at the moment. It's a basic practitioner's concept, If you don't think you are fit to handle the situation, especially if you have ties to people involved, let another qualified person do it. The notion of Phoebe potentially losing her father tugged at the back of her mind, pointing out that it would make Phoebe unfit to make the decision as well. Regardless, Makoto thought she could handle such a leadership role much better than herself.

S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed like it was a rather large group of people with... connections. Makoto watched the woman sympathetically, she seemed just as uneasy as the rest of them. She could feel it in the air, the tension from such a tragedy and exhaustion as well as... snaps of electricity. This was extremely new to Makoto and she would have to investigate this further later. There vaguely seemed to be a proximity concept involved.

"I have one last idea..." Makoto began tentatively. "S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to be at least trying to help and if they aren't we can monitor their operatives. We don't necessarily have to go to S.H.I.E.L.D. but what if S.H.I.E.L.D. sends people to us to help. They could kind of be a security net for us, fill the gaps that are left open. We can in a way protect each other." Makoto explained, hopeing she got her idea across. If S.H.I.E.L.D. was a safe place, keeping people out and away would be tough if they still offered protection It could work... Another idea dawned on her. "If S.H.I.E.L.D. being a government agency/program got involved on our side it would deter anyone normal who is against us from striking again, especially in such a magnitude." She specifically left out that it may also encourage another attack if this first one was from other 'special' people.

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@Caits @Avanhelsing

Makoto was thankful for her good friend, though she hoped she wasn't intruding. She had learned long ago that Phoebe and Ryan wouldn't offer if it was a huge inconvenience.

"Sure." Makoto agreed, more directing the notion to Ryan. "No, I don't need anything." She was glad she had thought of the potential overnight stay.

It was a hard thing to watch, the group of people so alike and so different struggling to figure out what to do next. Makoto felt herself slip into that easy defensive mechanism, if something is terribly wrong put your head down and work harder. Her mind became hurricane loud, thoughts whirling around and all focused on one point; where do we go from here?.

"Would a hotel or motel be willing to give us refuge?" She wondered allowed, trying to offer ideas. It seemed as though both splitting the group up and or staying as a large group could be of equal risk. From what she understood, Makoto didn't think anyone knew anything yet about who could have done such a thing. It troubled her to think about all the possibilities, especially in light of the conversation that notified her of the happenings here.

A strage young woman approached the group and offered protection but Phoebe seemed exhausted.

"I'm not sure but wherever we go, I feel like we should stick together." Makoto said, believing that with the talents they had together now would prevent another mass attack. At least, one without a warning. S.H.I.E.L.D. was also a foreign concept to Makoto, she hadn't heard of them really before. She sort of knew of their existence but that was about it. The advocate for S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed rather business like.