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[ To say that it is taking some effort to adjust to the new reality Ororo has suddenly found herself in would be quite an understatement, but she still manages to look perfectly calm and composed as she offers the network a polite smile.

Would she like to maybe have herself a minor little breakdown? Sure. But she has absolutely no idea what sort of consequences that might have considering the quite substantial storm that is already going on outside the Ingress Complex, and there really just isn't time to fall apart right now. Maybe at some later point she can allow herself to fully absorb the shock of what has happened, but for now she has to keep moving forward. ]

Hello. My name is Ororo Munroe, and I'm a relatively new arrival here. Where I'm from I'm a teacher, mostly ancient history which isn't really going to be too useful around here unless some of you are dying to know about the Roman Empire, even if that was never a thing on your planet or in your timeline.

What I also am, is a mutant, which in my case means I have the ability to control the weather. I can survive in just about any climate, and I can get all sorts of information about what is going on in the environment around me because I am basically wired into it, which is a gross oversimplification but you didn't come here for a lecture.

[ Damn, but it feels pretty good to not hide what she can do. Screw anonymity, she's nowhere near Earth and its mutant registration act, and she is going to be completely and unashamedly herself. ]

I'm mentioning these things because I'm going to be needing a job pretty soon, so I figured I should put myself out there. Thank you for listening.

[ Her expression shifts into something a bit more amused, and at the same time sort of sad. ]

Oh, and if you have any good hangover remedies? Feel free to share them.

[ She's asking for a friend.

No, seriously, she is. ]

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Okay, ja, that works!

[He'd have no problem meeting up with her - maybe even soon, so he can show her the mansion?

Kurt blinks when Ororo mentions being 'fond' of him, turning away in a halfhearted attempt to hide the indigo flush that begins to spread across his cheeks.] You are?

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[ Awww, that's adorable. Then again this is Kurt, so she's not surprised. ]

Yes, I am.

[ Will she ever mention to this kid that she is pretty sure that the adult version of him was kind of flirting with her a little? Nope. ]

So I guess this means alternate realities really are a thing, huh?

[ This is somehow a lot stranger than meeting a Logan from the future. He remembers things that are going to happen to her, but Kurt? He remembers a past that includes her, but that she never lived. ]

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[Nooo! This is not making him any less flushed.]

I'm glad.

[Probably for the best, considering little!Kurt has no idea what 'flirting' is and wouldn't know it if it came up and slapped him in the face.]

It would seem so, ja. I've met a lot of people from different timelines and it isn't solely just X-Men either. Some of the people I've met remember more or less than their friends and so on.

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[ Well if he blushes that easily he might have to get used to that happening rather a lot around Storm. ]

Yeah, me and Logan...

[ She stops herself, realising that Kurt might not know who she's talking about. ]

Have you met him in your timeline? The Wolverine?

[ She has no idea of course that "her" Logan isn't the only one who's been here. ]

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[It wouldn't be the first time and it definitely won't be the last. There are tons of people that seem pretty dedicated to making him turn permanently purple.

Oddly enough, he does know Logan and there's a possibility that Storm also knows him, but ...]

I have. He was here, although I think he went home.

[And he won't mention the actual first time he, Jean and Scott met Logan.]

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[ As far as she knows, Logan arrived around the same time that she did, so what Kurt is saying here can only mean one thing... there were two Logans.

Now there's a headache if she ever heard of one. ]

He's still here. Well, a version of him.

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[Wait, did he hear that right? Logan was still here - as in he still resided on Thisavrou?

He scrambles to grab up the TAB, clutching it tight in both hands, his eyes looking almost frantic.]

What version? Do you know him? Where is he? [Time for twenty questions, 'Ro.]

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[ It's not an unexpected reaction. ]

He's from over twenty years further into the future than I am.

[ A future where she is dead, which is definitely an item on the list of things she doesn't really feel like mentioning right now. ]

And he's right here.

[ The view shifts as Storm moves the TAB to show Kurt a shot of Logan's head in her lap. ]

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Twenty years?

[That's ... so far into the future, despite him not knowing what timeline Storm's from exactly. She's older than him, so he can assume that it's much further along.

He waits patiently as she adjusts the TAB, iridescent eyes narrowing then widening once Logan's face comes into view.]

H-Hey, I met him! At the Complex, he ...

[Wouldn't say anything to him? Thought it was a joke? Ran away?

Kurt can't bring himself to say any of that. Instead, he stares at the screen, chewing the inside of his cheek in distress.]

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Was an asshole?

[ She's making what you might want to call a qualified guess. ]

Yeah, he does that.

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That's putting it mildly, [he mumbles, assuming it's not loud enough to be heard.

Then, he clears his throat and huffs, arms moving to tuck loosely across his chest.]

Is he the one with the hangover?

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[ Oh, but it is. ]

Yes, he is. Do me a favor and cut him some slack? He's been through a lot.

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[For a moment, Kurt's demeanor wilts, lips pressing into a thin line; if Ororo was asking a favor of him already, this Logan must have really been through something.]

... ja, okay. Only because you asked so nicely, miss Ororo. [This is emphasized by a brisk flash of fangs, his arms lowering so he can tuck his hands behind his back.

Come on, 'Ro. Someone so beautiful shouldn't be upset, riiight?]

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[ Both she and him have, really, but she doesn't think she'll be needing to ask Kurt to go easy on her any time soon. ]

Always such a gentleman.

[ She's missed you, Kurt, she really has. ]

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[Surely not, considering he's never had a reason to be mad at her. The time with Apocalypse definitely doesn't count in her case.]

Oh, uh, I ... I try?

[He missed you, too, but why must you make him blush???]