driftfleet | [Video]

Who: Logan
Broadcast: Fleet wide
Action: The Marsiva
When: Now!

MEANWHILE...

[He's a Canadian Bub and he just woke up on the Marsiva. With all the shit that he'd been dealing with lately trying to track down Romulus and deal with his demented son, he might have handled this whole being in space thing a whole lot worse. Instead the feed opens with Logan standing in front of the viewing bay with his hands in his pockets and a less than pleased expression written in his features.]

Damn. Space again.

[It wasn't like he went into space all the time, but he didn't especially enjoy it. He could be seen tapping the glass gently with the business end of one metal claw protruding from his wrist. Well, he sure as hell hoped there was someone around who was a better pilot in zero atmosphere than he was. Besides, at least he couldn't see Galactus out there.

Later when the feed cuts off, Logan will try getting past the visitor's area of the Marsiva by trying to cut a path through one of the walls with his claws. Unfortunately besides making some very unpleasant sounds, he doesn't seem to succeed in cutting his way through. Too bad.]

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[This one might look a bit more clearly different than you remember, Logan...]

Wolverine? Now there's a sight for sore eyes!

[No, he still isn't resorting to eavesdropping on the other conversations.]

[Young, she said. Well, he's certainly young. Possibly younger than when he was first recruited to the team, though blue fur does a good job of hiding years. But he sure sounds young.

Well, alright then.]

Elf. Ain't been all that long for me. You doin' alright? [Because hell, he's on the video feed without his inducer. It took a long time for Logan to convince him to ditch that thing.]

['Elf'. How he missed being called that! And he seems like his usual self, too! Kurt smirks and nods along.]

Yeah, I've been alright. I mean, I'm stuck on a spaceship and all, but it's not so bad!

And you... um... you doing alright? [How does one smalltalk with the wolverine, the bubbinator himself]

Same as I've ever been. [Kurt... this is a man he's entrusted with so much of his own personal life. He wasn't a religious man, but Kurt was always the man he turned to when things in his soul didn't seem to sit right. It seemed strange to have that same man now be this kid.] You? These Atroma ain't giving you too much trouble?

[Same as he's ever been... that sounds about right. Even if something was up with him, Kurt thinks it's likely he wouldn't even hint at it. He answers Logan with a light-hearted shrug.]

Nope. They're really slacking in the trouble department! I mean, of course it stinks being away from home and everyone back at the Institute, but... hey, things could be a lot worse, right?

Kid. You say shit like that, you're only askin' for things to get bad.

[Like having some crazy firebender princess try to burn all your skin off bad.]

Hey, I'm just trying to count my blessings! I- I'm not jinxing anything! ...I hope!

[He sure is skittish. Definitely different.]

Hm. Well, ya ought to know I ain't your Wolverine.

You're - you're not? ...How am I supposed to tell?

Don't know. Maybe I'm more handsome.

...Sorry, you seem the same to me. [Although that little joke there would have sounded out of place from his Wolverine, at least.]

Are you sure we're not... from the same place?

The Kurt I know has got a few years more on him than you do, kid.

...Well, um... what if you're just from the future? [He crosses his arms and get some confidence.] Yeah! How about that?

Alright. We'll try that.

Chuck founded the X-Men with Scott, Jean, Bobby, Hank, and Warren. That sound about right?

What? No way, you've got to be pulling my tail, man! Hank's, like, a gazillion years older than any of them!

That man was old the day he was born. And as for us, we both joined up the same time as Ororo and Piotr did.

[... among others, but a lot of them aren't much in the rotation now.]

Wait. Do you mean us as in... you and me?

That's right. That sound hard to believe? [Cuz he finds it a little hard to believe that he might have been one of the original X-Men like Gambit suggested.]

Totally! I, like, just joined up the other year! And you and Storm... you guys have to have been in the biz for years by now!

[A beat, and then he goes on as if receiving a mindblowing revelation.]

Dude. What if we are from different worlds?

Then we're from different worlds. Ain't the first time somethin' like this has happened. An X-Man's still an X-Man.

[Blunt and to the point. He wasn't going to hold it against Kurt for being different. There wouldn't be the same bond, but the kid seemed sincere enough.]

Well this is one of the first times for me! [He scratches at his head.]

But, I mean, you're right. We're still X-Men in the end!

S'right. So you've only been at this a year, right? You any good at it?