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[notmarieanymore]

[A young woman appears on the screen, she’s pale, but the most striking feature about her would have to be the white streaks that frame her face, standing out in contrast from her otherwise brown hair. She gives a half-smile, and holds up a gloved hand in greeting.

When she speaks, her accent is a soft Southern, with a few New York quirks. She's lived there long enough to pick up a few vocal ticks.]

Hey, ya’ll. This is some nifty technology, ain't it? [Whew, ice broken.]

So I know some of everyone here happens to be from the same… worlds, I guess? Universe? So I just thought I’d ask… Does the letter X mean anything to you?

[She doesn’t want to come right out and announce to the whole place that she’s part of a group of mutants that sometimes go out and superhero. She doesn’t know what sort of people are here, what their prejudices might be. It’d be really stupid to come out and tell everyone she kills people when she touches them. That’d be a fast way to get herself airlocked, and she’d rather not experience that, thanks.

BUT if there are people here who are like her? She's not holding her breath for anyone she knows knows, but it'd be good to have a potential ally, should things go South.]

If it doesn't, no worries. I look forward to meeting ya'll. [There. She's putting herself out there. Logan would be so proud.]

Comments

[ventifact]

what school?
my name is rey

[notmarieanymore]

the xavier institute.
hi, rey. i'm rogue

[ventifact]

oh charles' school
the x thing makes sense now
nice name

[notmarieanymore]

thank you, picked it myself.

yeah, I just found him!

[ventifact]

right
i guess we'll probably meet at some point
we live in the same unit

[notmarieanymore]

oh great! it'll be good to know at least one person in my unit then

[ventifact]

so are you a mutant then?

[notmarieanymore]

the others are out as mutants here?
yeah. I am.

[ventifact]

i guess
they don't really try to hide it at least
charles talks about it kind of a lot
to anyone who will listen

[notmarieanymore]

And is that seen as...
not a bad thing, here?

[ventifact]

why would it be?
there are people from all different worlds here
of all different species
nobody has any reason to judge anyone else

[notmarieanymore]

We're practically hunted down, at home

[ventifact]

[that is sort of the vibe rey has gotten from every xfam member she's talked to, but none of them have ever said it aloud (or typed it). her stomach flips, and she feels an overwhelming urge to be kind to this girl. she knows what it's like to be hunted.]

nobody will hunt you here

[notmarieanymore]

[No offense, Rey, but she's a cynic most of the time, so when she says no one will hunt her, Rogue doesn't believe it.

But she doesn't want to be rude about it. ] I hope you're right.

[ventifact]

[that is all too understandable]

so are you from earth then?

[notmarieanymore]

Yea, I am.
are you?

[ventifact]

no
i'm from a planet called jakku

[notmarieanymore]

Don't get mad when I tell you I've never heard of it

[ventifact]

i think i've met three people maybe who have heard of it
my part of the galaxy is pretty far away from earth

[notmarieanymore]

And here it seems everyone knows Earth.
What's Jakku like?

[ventifact]

yeah
which is weird to me
where i'm from earth used to be a big tourist spot but it really isn't anymore
jakku is a desert planet
lots of sand lots of crashed ships
not much else

[notmarieanymore]

really! Oddly, I can see that.

It's all desert?

[ventifact]

yeah
there are some caves
but there are still sand in them
couple of villages i guess
one outpost

[notmarieanymore]

and I thought Meridian was boring.

[ventifact]

what's meridian like?