cape_kore | one. | Day 82

[ The video shows a very large, very blue eye blinking directly into it. Almost as soon as it appears, the camera pans out to show Julian's face, and then it seems to hover directly in front of him. His shoulders are down but the camera is directly in front, held by his telekinesis which also happens to be holding the gauntlet it's attached to. Julian walks along like this is completely normal. Once it reaches what he thinks is a reasonable distance, the Town Center with its fountain can be seen behind him.

His expression is a sardonic smirk, and his voice is a drawl. He doesn't sound panicked. ]

So, Cape Kore. My 'new home'. That's cute. What is this, like Survivor for mutants? I see the cameras. You guys aren't subtle, whoever you are.

[ The camera comes closer again, and something bright and metal taps the face of his watch. ]

Who's even on the other side of this thing? I'm fucking talking to myself, aren't I. What a joke...

[ He rolls his eyes, and for a moment looks like he's about to turn this off. Then he appears to think better of it. His face hardens, and his lips compress into a line. ]

Whatever. This is Hellion, I'm with the X-Men. If anyone's out there, sound off. I need to get off this ride, and one of you is gonna tell me how, right now, or I'm going to take every one of those little cameras and grind them to dust.

Start talking.

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Yeah. Not the Professor or Magneto, though. They're sticking together elsewhere.

[ Which is all nice and cozy. He doesn't know if there's a story there, if she's awkward with them or if they're awkward with her. They can't be if Magneto is offering to teach her.

But whatever. He knows her, and she's the only one he knows, and even if they've never been friends, he trusts her enough that he thinks she won't betray him right away. That's more than he can say for anyone else. ]

Thanks.

I lived alone for a while. I can cook stuff well enough that we won't starve. [ Though probably not much more than that. He didn't live anywhere pleasant. ]

Hey, if you can cook, you're more than welcome to stay. I always lived where there were other people to feed me. And credit cards.

[Jubilee isn't ashamed of that. Not at all.]

They're... not ours. The Prof isn't sure what to think of me, and I'm pretty sure I pissed off Mags by making a joke.

[She shrugs.]

I'm actually pretty okay with them being elsewhere. We don't see eye to eye on more than a few things.

[ Julian eyes her, thinking how much that's not a surprise. Jubilee ruffles feathers, anyone who's ever met her knows that.

Then again, so does Julian. ]

Yeah? What kind of things? If I shouldn't trust them, I'd like to know why.

Mmm, more Mags than the Prof. I was trying to help him out and said something to piss him off. Not sure what, but when he heard Logan was gone, he stepped up and offered to teach me to cook. Which is cool with me. He'll regret it, but whatever.

[She taps her temple.]

I let the Prof in to root around a bit, and he's not nearly as nosy as our Prof. He only took what I gave him and didn't go looking for more.

It's easy to piss Magneto off in any world. [ AKA he does it basically every time they speak imagine that. ]

And maybe Xavier's not as good as our guy. He's a hell of a lot younger. Less experienced.

[Jubilee just shakes her head. Julian doesn't know.]

You've been around him? Or Frost? They create pathways that you really have to concentrate to keep them out, especially in those of us that have natural shields. They're subtle little paths. It's so they can snoop and spy when needed. He found the ones our Prof put in my head. He can run around anytime he wants. He hasn't. I can tell. Especially since he isn't as subtle as ours.

[Advantage to having been an X-Man for a long time.]

C'mon. Let's go find you a bed and stuff. We might end up stealing things, but... eh, you're an X-Man. You'll get used to it.

Frost was my mentor. I know what it's like to have someone in my head.

[ And he knows about shields, but he doesn't think there's much of a point in mentioning that. It's a standard class at the school. Jubilee should know that, even if she's from an earlier period. She's probably taken those classes herself. ]

But maybe he just ain't as free with that crap as the guy we knew. He's from the sixties, it's not like anyone was proud about being a mutant back then. Anyways, you should be glad. I would be. Would you want to know your future?

[ He's not just saying that to make a point. He does know her future. Whether she's interested in it or not is something he should keep in mind. But when she suggests finding a bed, he nods, and finishes his beer. Whatever this house is like, it's got to be better than his dorm room. ]

[She raises her eyebrow at him. Frost was one of her teachers as well. As well as most of the X-Men. Advantage of being the only student there for a while.]

He announced to the entire place that he's a mutant and can read everyone's minds. If anything, he's freer with that info than ours.

[She snorts.]

Every time I run into Bishop I hear about my future. It gets old after a while.

[Jubilee hasn't been up in the attic. But it isn't as bad as it could be. And there's already a couple of mattresses up there.]

Well, that'll help. I'll get the broom and help you clean up.

[ Bishop. Julian eyes her. God, there’s so much she doesn’t know.

Well, he won’t tell her. She’s right, it gets old. And there’d be too much to explain, a long story lacking in happy endings.

Except maybe for one, but the jury’s still out on the full consequences of what Hope and Scarlet Witch did to the Phoenix. All in all, he’d probably have an easier life if he didn’t go into any of it. ]

So the Prof’s weird. I can deal with weird. Do we even know for sure he’s from the same timeline as we are?

Hell, I don’t even know if you’re from the same timeline as I am.

Forget it, I’ll check out the attic. [ He pauses, standing, and then looks at her. ] …Thanks.

He's not. His original group is Sean, Alex, Hank, and Mystique. Not our Prof in any way shape or form.

[Then she smiles.]

You're welcome. Anytime you wanna train, I've been staking a place out not far from here. I'm up before dawn most days.

[ He almost makes a vampire-related comment in response to that, but forbears. Dickishness needs to be restrained while she’s sharing a house with him. ]

Yeah, I tend to never see dawn if I can help it. I’m not hearing there’s a hell of a lot else to do here though. I guess I’m up for training. A Danger Room would just be too much to ask for, right?

Usually I see dawn from the opposite side, but Logan trained it into me to get up early, the jerk.

[It's said with fondness. She misses him.]

Man, I'd give just about anything for a Danger Room. I mean, we almost broke the barrier, if I had a Danger Room to train in? We might be able to break out of here.

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