Sweet dreams are made of these...

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ROOMS BY CHARACTER

A Abigail Hobbs Aiya/Gray Nightingale Adrasteius Anor'thalion Ahsoka Tano Alex Russo Allen Walker Anders Anthony Crowley Asteffiel Axel

B - D Belthazar Spellscry Beverly Crusher Bran Stark Caesar Zeppeli Cayde-6 Cheese Sandwich Clay Terran Coil Cole Davesprite Duke Pantarei

E - I Elecman.exe Elena Gilbert Elize Lutus Felix Harrowgate Fenris Finrod Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus Imperator Furiosa Isabela Issac Lahey

J - M Jade Harley James Barnes/Jim James Barnes/Winter Joseph Joestar Katara Katniss Everdeen/Nova Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Kurt Wagner Leanne Loki Maladict(a) Max Caulfield Megaman Mordin Solus

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[digthefuzz]

[Pure fanon ensues.]

...Things change. We were happy for a while, but... I guess it wasn't meant to be. Her parents moved far away with her, a-and we had to call it off...

[resnipstance]

... I'm sorry. That must have been hard.

[She puts the record carefully back where she found it.]

[digthefuzz]

...Thanks. It was what it was.

[resnipstance]

[TIME FOR AN ABRUPT SUBJECT CHANGE.

Which is to say, Ahsoka wanders around the room for a bit, giving that statement room to breathe, before saying:]

... I can't help but feel like there's another reason I'm supposed to be here...

[digthefuzz]

...Keep taking a look around. Maybe you'll find what you're looking for, or pieces of it.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shakes her head, as if trying to clear it. But she can't remember the reason she came here quite clearly-- such is the nature of dreams. Something about... someone Kurt lost...? Maybe that was Amanda. But no-- that's not quite right. There was a falling out, wasn't there?

Idly, her foot scuffs through some of the papers on the ground, and she crouches down to inspect them.]

[digthefuzz]

[The papers on the ground, scattered near stone fragments, are actually pieces of pictures. Each piece seems to make up an image of one of two figures. One of them seems to be of a blue woman, with a smile that seems to be full of so many mysteries.

The other seems to be a child version of this girl.]

[resnipstance]

[... Huh. After taking a few minutes to piece them together, she holds the one of Mystique up to Kurt.]

Is this... your birth mother?

[I mean. They're both blue. It's the logical explanation.]

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt loos pained at the sight of the picture.]

Yes.

[He answers that in a fragile tone and then looks away immediately.]

[resnipstance]

... Bad association?

[She stands and moves back over to rummage through some of the drawers, in search of some sticky tape.]

[digthefuzz]

...I don't know what to call it. [He says with a deep frown.

She can eventually find some clear tape to use.]

[resnipstance]

Well, that's okay too, isn't it?

I guess it sucks when we can't easily define things though. Some relationships are just... like that.

[Eventually she does find the tape and sticks the photo back together.]

I don't even remember my parents.

[digthefuzz]

...I'm sorry to hear that, Ahsoka. That can't be easy.

[Now that the photo's taped together, it may unlock a memory if tapped.]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shrugs.]

Truthfully? I barely ever thought of them until after I left the Order. As far as I was concerned, the Order was my family.

[She leans back then to admire her handiwork. Then she picks the photo up to find a frame for it.]

[digthefuzz]

...That's great. It sounds like me and the X-Men. They're really like family to me. And I had my foster parents...

[It does seem like there's room to fit it into the frame that has the picture of young Kurt and his adopted parents.]

[resnipstance]

[Good. After a moment's thought, she does just that. Nobody busybodies like Ahsoka busybodies.]

The X-Men... that's the group of other people like you, right?

[digthefuzz]

Yeah. Mutants, like me. We all learn our best about using our powers responsibly... and getting along with the rest of humanity.

[Well, once she puts that photo in, the frame glows. It looks like a memory will be starting any moment now.]

[resnipstance]

It sounds like a good place.

[She braces herself for it, this time. She's getting used to this.]

[digthefuzz]

It's definitely a home away from home...

[He says that warmly, but then he winces as he sees what will happen next.

And then, flashes of memories begin to play. First it's just flashing of hard-to-make-out images and a woman's voice.

"Monster! What have you done to him?" She flees with the baby, fleeing wolves and a man in red, to a rickety old bridge.

But then, one wolf bumps into her, and the baby falls from the bridge, straight down into the river. She looks down as this happens and screams. "Noooo!"

And then, the baby being found further up the river and being recovered by the two people who would adopt him...

Then, a flash forward: Kurt, now a teenager, arriving in a construction site.

"Okay, so I'm here."

"Hello, Kurt." The voice from the earlier memory speaks as she appears, garbed in a cloak.

"You! You're the one from Rogue's dream. Who are you? Why don't you show yourself?"

She pulls down her hood to reveal the blue face from the photograph. "You already know me. Son..."

"No! No, it can't be! It's impossible!" As he speaks, she looks distraught and reaches out with a silent gasp, but Kurt continues speaking angrily. "What happened to me?! Why didn't you..."

But then, the Blob drops down from the sky and the conversation is cut off.

And so there ends those memories...]

[resnipstance]

[Wow. That was... weird. She can't quite make sense of it all. She stills a moment, trying to fit the pieces together in her head.]

... This woman in the photo. What's so bad about her...?

[digthefuzz]

Her name is Mystique. [He slumps sadly over his food.]

She's one of the mutants who... aren't so good. And want domination over humans... and she's attacked and betrayed us X-Men so many times. Once, she even blew up the mansion...

[resnipstance]

[She tries to imagine that for a moment, from her own perspective. How would she feel, if she found out tomorrow that the parents who gave birth to her were Separatist spies? Even though she barely remembers them... it would still be upsetting.]

What-- even though you're her son?

[digthefuzz]

Y-yeah.

...I mean, she never attacked me directly! [He says with a slight perking up, as if that makes things so much better.]

But... That was the only time she tried to talk to me. About... that.

[resnipstance]

I don't really know the situation all that well, but... it sounds like she has some issues of her own, to be honest.

[digthefuzz]

...Right. I think so, too. But...

...I never got to find out.