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[geomagnetically]

[The woman on this video transmission has green hair everywhere -- on the top of her head, her eyebrows, her eyelashes -- and green eyes to match. She's wearing all green, too; in addition, her lips are green -- but that's just because she has green lipstick on, not because her lips are naturally green.

She's levitating her device by way of creative use of her mutant powers, so at least people aren't getting an extreme close up of her face.]

Sooo, I guess I'm doing the multiverse and-slash-or space thing again. Cool. I mean, new places and worlds are kind of par for the course for me at this point, so I'm more fascinated than disturbed -- at least for the moment. I'll see how this shakes out.

[A beat. She is super chill right now.]

Anyway -- name's Lorna Dane, AKA Polaris, also on and off member of teams of the likes of X-Men and X-Factor.

[She says all of that in hopes that someone here will know at least one of those names. If not, oh...well?]

I've been poking around and seeing what I can, but if anyone wants to tell the newbie here the less obvious do-'s and dont'-s' of this place, I would be much obliged before I make a dumbass out of myself.

[Or, you know, people can start taking bets on how long it is before she gets in trouble, some way, some how.]

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[frankensteinian]

It could be worse. [He's been through worse. He's a survivor.]

That story sounds familiar. [He's spent time all over, too.]

[geomagnetically]

Sounds like we could swap stories for days, then.

[And then, she considers something else entirely for a moment.]

What do you go by here, anyway?

[Because it's probably weird to call him 'dad' right?]

[frankensteinian]

I'm sure we could.

[One thing he's learned about this place is that not everyone is from the same time and place. They all have plenty they could share, he has no doubt of that.]

Erik. [Not that there aren't plenty here who know him by other things too.]

[geomagnetically]

Noted. [About what he goes by here, she means. She adjusts so that her legs are draped over the arm of the chair she's on and her back is resting against the other arm. What is sitting properly any longer? She's getting lazy and comfortable.]

We should do that sometime. Not having a regular schedule here yet, my time's pretty open.

[frankensteinian]

I live here. There's plenty of space if you wanted to live here too. Then I'm sure we could find time for whatever we want to do.

[geomagnetically]

I think that's going to be my plan, actually. Closest thing to home as I'll probably get here. Maybe we should get in some time in the danger room while we're at it.

[frankensteinian]

It is useful to have. Practice is never a bad thing.

[geomagnetically]

Agreed. Plus, even better when you have the same skillsets. We might even teach each other new tricks.

[frankensteinian]

We might. I could use a few new tricks.

[geomagnetically]

[she nods.] Back home, Charles taught me the most of how to use my powers.

[frankensteinian]

Charles taught me a few things too.

[Though he wouldn't say Charles taught him the most. That honor, somewhat dubiously, should probably go to Shaw.]

[geomagnetically]

Sometimes I wonder if he's actually five hundred years old and has taught every mutant at least some. [ she says it jokingly and fondly. ]

[frankensteinian]

He'd be even more insufferable.

[But it still, strangely, is said almost fondly. They may have had disagreements, but he never intended -- or wanted -- to hurt Charles.]

[geomagnetically]

[She'd mostly understand that, actually. Charles and Erik were always complicated in her world too.

She laughs a little.] And here I was going to go with 'personable'.

[frankensteinian]

Is that a synonym for 'always right'?

[Maybe Charles thinks there's hope out there somewhere. Erik has yet to see it.]

[geomagnetically]

Not necessarily. I've been on both sides of that debate at various points.

[frankensteinian]

There are some who can accept us for what we are. [He has no doubt that she knows who he's referring to. Humans, the oh-so-frequent targets of his formidable ire. But thoughts of Magda, who had known the truth and hadn't cared, temper that opinion, at least for the moment.] The problem is the ones who can't.

[geomagnetically]

Guess it's just a matter of not giving those any more reasons to have no chill since they seem to have enough already. Why hand them more ammo, you know?

[frankensteinian]

[If there's a point Lorna's trying to make here, he's ignoring it.]

That doesn't mean I just have to accept it when it happens.

[geomagnetically]

I don't think anyone could sway you otherwise. [ of course he is. ]

[frankensteinian]

Is there something wrong with that?