Emma Frost & Kitty Pride

Emma needed a drink. The Quiet Council meeting she and her fellow Hellfire representative Kitty Pride just left was tedious and exhausting. Charles and Mystique got into a pissing contest over control, Shaw had no ideas of his own despite constantly shooting down Emma's, and Exodus and Sinister would've gotten into a physical fight if they hadn't broken for lunch. On days like these, she was happy she and her fellow X-girls had a little tradition of heading to the Green Lagoon to unwind after each meeting. Storm had another challenge on Planet Arakko so she couldn't join, and Hope wasn't old enough to drink even on Krakoa, but Kitty was enough company to keep Emma entertained.

As she and Kitty approached the bar, Emma groaned. She didn't remember when Blob added an outdoor section to the Green Lagoon but ever since she had to tip-toe around a million scantily clad women sunbathing on the beach that she'd never seen before. Emma's own outfits were known to draw the eye, but she was surprised so many drop-dead gorgeous women decided to spend their time drinking at the Blob's saloon. Come to think of it, when did she decide to start spending so much time here?

"Pryde and I's usual, Fred," Emma said as she sat down at a bar stool and slapped her clutch on the counter. A much skinnier arm than Blob's immediately placed her classic Mai Tai in front of her, already made. Emma looked up at the man. He barely looked old enough to drink, let alone run a bar on his own.

"Where's Dukes?" Kitty asked as she eyed her own preferred drink, a whisky bourbon margarita with salt around the rim, made just as early. The new stranger didn't look up from the glass he was cleaning as he answered.

"Blob decided with the new expansion he wanted to sleep in so I take the day shift. He briefed me on your guys' traditions and, dare I say, you came right on time." He looked up to smile and click his teeth at Emma. Emma rolled her eyes. She was old enough to be his mother, and then some. Well, no sense in letting the kid down if his eagerness meant she got her drinks sooner.

"Well, it's one thing to make a drink fast." Emma crossed her legs. She stared at the drink. The ice cubes were an unmistakable cloudy white, amateur mistake. "A whole nother story to make it well."

Emma brought the Mai Tai to her lips, ready to test the rookie's skills. It was overwhelmingly sweet. Did he add extra sugar to this? And in his attempt to impress, he left the drink out in the sun too long. She could tell it was watered down by the melted ice cubes. The texture was also just a little bit off, with a slimy feel to it, like he added something that didn't mix well. All in all, a very poor attempt, but hey, it was still **** and still drinkable. Emma swallowed her first sip, and then time froze.

You smile from ear to ear. Emma Frost was now yours to do with whatever you wanted. You made a lot of changes to reality with Blob but having the babes on the Quiet Council come here every day was a stroke of genius. Your power for today was split up across four ice cubes in anticipation of Storm and Hope, who never came. That meant you could only make one change to Emma Frost and Shadowcat a piece. Do you play it safe and hide the taste? Emma didn't seem to like your mixology skills. But you want to have some fun damn it! The only thing you've done since you got on this island is, jerk off, feed semen to an old fat ex-supervillain and fail to learn to make drinks. You deserve to do something cool with your powers!