❧ 005 [video] (forward dated to july 18th)

[shadowblends]

[ Tired of shadow people going stabbitty on your loved ones and ruining your family dinners? Then listen up, because here's a psa from your friendly neighborhood blue-toned mutant and a cute boy who's never had parents (don't tell him that): Kurt Wagner and Matthew Lynch!

They appear close together in front of the camera, leaning forward earnestly, and both of them start talking at once. ]

Everyone--
Hey, guys--

[ They didn't practice this in advance, it was more important to get the message out as soon as possible. Matthew looks at Kurt, nods, then back to the camera. ]

We know how to stop them. All those clone-- people. You can get rid of them if you make, like, a sacrifice.

Exactly, ja. There seems to be multiple ways of doing this, whether you decide to forgive someone who has wronged you in the past, disclose something personal, admit to feelings for someone, allow yourself acceptance and closure of people you've loved and-or lost, or facing the one thing that you fear most. Then, and only then will you be able to defeat the shadow being. [Pause.] Or reason with them, at the very least.

Right, yeah. All of that. Or, they said you can give up a memory about one of those things and that'll do the trick, too.

[ Who said what exactly? Matthew doesn't think to explain where this information came from. ]

So, that's all you have to do, and then everything can go back to normal. [ He looks to Kurt again for confirmation. ] I think.

[There's a brisk nod from the teleporter, a brief glance from his peripheral at Matthew then back toward the screen, apprehension clear on his face.] I'm sure I speak for the both of us when I say this, but ... be careful.

[Kurt exchanges a final look with the dream boy before ending the feed.]


(ooc: replies will mostly be handled like a three person conversation! if you prefer having a conversation with only one of the boys, simply state in your response so we know. .^.)

Comments

[shadowblends]

Wunderbar! [Nightcrawler curls the hand he'd raised into a fist, pumping it with satisfaction. They may not be able to communicate telepathically with everyone, but he's determined to figure out another way for his mentor to help.]

Okay, I've got a better idea. Should anyone be searching for it, would you object to them seeking shelter at the institute?

[welcomeprofessor]

Of course not. That's what it's for, isn't it?

[ All things considered, that's a much more measured response. And not something he'd ever object to. Even under more predictable circumstances, the answer itself is a given. ]

[shadowblends]

Well, ja, but I wasn't sure if you would be open to the idea of strangers coming into the school.

[Taking into account that Kurt's almost positive that he and Charles haven't met all the same people.]

[welcomeprofessor]

If I was recalcitrant to the idea of strangers, I think we would be in a very poor place right now, wouldn't we?

[shadowblends]

Point made. I was a stranger and you accepted me with relative ease when I arrived.

[welcomeprofessor]

I regret only that the timing didn't make that transition any easier.

[ He hasn't seen any of it. He's heard of it, and heard the silence surrounding Cairo which is almost worse. So he has some idea of when and how Kurt had surfaced, but they'd had so little opportunity to make anything of it.

He's not about to squander that opportunity now. ]

[shadowblends]

[Kurt's somewhat taken aback by the statement, but for reasons unknown to him right now. To be fair, when Raven had found him, he'd never expected to end up in a place like the institute; he's happy that he did, though, and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

And while the timing may have been off, he isn't a stranger to rekindling friendships.]

That's a thing of the past, Professor. We can focus solely on what's to come now.