touchofrogue: (Hair Tuck | Shy or Sly?)
Rogue ([personal profile] touchofrogue) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-07-18 09:32 pm

[ Video, Action ] Deuce of Clubs

Who: Rogue and you! Yes, you.
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Saturday afternoon

[A is for Unintentional Broadcasting (or action, if anyone's there)]
[When Rogue wakes on the Marvisa, the video picks up on her suddenly convulsing. It has been months since she has experienced her powers in full, and her mind is thrown into sudden, loud, throbbing pain. She is surprised that the internal chaos is not as bad as it has been, and after a moment she realizes why: she only has three psyches left, and they are all more or less friendly. After taking a few moments to settle down, Rogue sits up. She is woozy, distracted and disoriented. She goes to stand and overbalances, the missing appendages on her back throwing her off enough that she trips on a sheet and falls gracelessly to the floor.]

Oh for the love of -[she can hardly believe it, she reaches to her back to confirm: her wings are gone.]- what in the Sam Hill--

[At this point, the Network decides that further following Rogue Walking Around to Get her Bearings will be boring, and shifts to something else. Later, she comes back to the communicator not only to answer any return comments that her embarrassing swan dive might have drawn, but to address the fleet as a whole.]

[B is for Delibrate Broadcasting]
[While the communicators aren't set up like Luceti journals, Rogue gets the general idea. She sends out a video post.]

Uh - hi. My name's Rogue, an' I guess I'd like ta speak to the Welcoming Committee. I'm hopin' to get a little bit more than the 'Lost in Space' vibe up here. Speakin' of... anyone have any idea how to turn this music off? I swear it's killin' brain cells.

[A pause. Her gaze shifts downward, and she seems to be bracing herself before she looks back up and addresses the camera with a small smile and a wry, if slightly hopeful light in her eyes.]

Guess I should throw some names out there, just to see if anythin' will stick. Anyone ever hear of... a group called X-Men, say? [A gloved hand reaches up to wrap around a deep green crystal pendent hanging from her neck.] Or a place called 'Luceti'?

[Another awkward pause. She's got a LOT OF EMOTIONS right now, okay, and she's not sure what else to say or do. She kind of hates throwing her hopes out to space like this, but what other choice did she have, really? She gives the camera another quick, small smile.]

Thanks.


[Rogue stretched. She was standing on a narrow railing in the Hospitality Deck - just standing. She hadn’t tried walking yet. She was still not used to this strange feeling of being without her wings. Her balance was off when she moved, when she stood… it would take her a few days to get used to it, maybe longer. She’d get used to it, though. If there was one thing all her experiences had taught her, it was that you could adapt to anything.

Her wings. Her wings were gone. She'd been left with two narrow scars running a lurid red down her back. She could access Logan and heal them, easy, she thought. But right now they were a physical reminder that she hadn't lost her mind completely. She could use that. She felt… oddly adrift (ha ha, and she couldn’t even blame Kurt for that). Even when she’d come into Luceti, Kurt and Kitty had been there. She didn't know what to do. She was alone and afraid... and already lonely.

She took her first step forward and wobbled, much to her frustration, and then another step. She didn’t fall - not yet - but it would be all right if she did. Rogue knew how to fall. She’d just take it one step at a time.]
alwayscomeback: (It's empty in the valley of your heart)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-07-29 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh... about ten months now, I think. Maybe a little less. I came a couple of weeks into everyone being brought in for the first time.
unbearablynaive: (concern)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-29 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's exactly the kind of power the Mind Stone has - and exactly the reason it should be kept away from those who would abuse it.]

I am not. I've known telepathy from others-- [Wanda, though she may not want that known publicly] --and while I suppose I could use its power in that way, it seems unnecessary. I'd much rather talk to someone than hear their thoughts without their permission.
unbearablynaive: (upward bound)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-29 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thing is, he's actually sincere about it, too. Some people might call it being disgustingly good.]

In fact, that's precisely why I was created as a stone bearer. A normal human's body and mind can too easily be torn apart by its forces. The price of power is one that must eventually be paid.

[But then the smile is back.] In my case, it's several billion dollars worth of a metal called vibranium used in my construction.
unbearablynaive: (city at night)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-30 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She's actually heard of it, and Steve. That's saying something.]

It's true that Captain America's shield was all America had in the 1940s. Vibranium is a valuable and precious commodity of the country Wakanda, which has no commerce with the rest of the world. A vial about so large [he holds his hands apart in example] is worth the billions I was alluding to.

unbearablynaive: (profile)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-30 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Magneto could probably cause a real problem for him--as could Toph, but he doesn't exactly know about her metalbending yet. Luckily for both of them.]

A human body was grown from scratch and infused with the vibranium. Were it not for that, my cells would be as organic as your own.
unbearablynaive: (oh dear)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-30 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Unique", at the very least. [His tone is light, amused; it's stranger than that and she doesn't know the half of it.] For I truly believe the process would not work the same way twice, even with all the same materials.

[He pauses, looks a bit contrite.]

Though I hope that doesn't sound too terribly arrogant.
unbearablynaive: <user name=starcandies> (innocent)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-30 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. I'll try not to be overly concerned.

[Still, if she knows Steve...]

Are you familiar with the Avengers, then?
unbearablynaive: (upward bound)

B - video;

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2015-07-30 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[He raises his eyebrows at that admission and its stumble in her voice.]

Not another reality show, I should hope? I've heard of a "castle" that was similar as well. It all sounds very confusing for the participants.
zessica: <user name=zessica> (Neutral ➾ Read)

[personal profile] zessica 2015-07-30 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Vega. [Zessica takes another drink, pondering the second question.] Well, we've got cities, towns, schools, militaries... You'd need to be more specific.

Anyway, what did you do back on your world?
savedtheworld: (has a good idea)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2015-07-30 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[he doesn't know this gal! But she looks and sounds really cool and nice!]

Thanks. I always try to be right type of kind! It's really really nice to meet you, too.

But I feel bad that I can't help you with your questions. Do you have any others?
savedtheworld: (goofily trying to understand)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2015-07-30 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh monkey feathers, he never has to explain this. How does he explain it. Why are they in space?

He stares blankly for a moment as he tries to assemble his thoughts, everything he knows about their situation.]


Beeeecause... there's aliens?

And...

People wanna watch us do space stuff.

[Nailed it.]
alwayscomeback: (Like a thief in the light)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2015-07-30 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I really hope it does. If I can get the people who want to go home- home, then all that work will be for something. Heck, I'd even take a tiny little answer to anything right now.

[He's the plan guy, and he can't plan against something that changes month by month with zero inclination of what they'll soon face. It's frustrating.]

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