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first one to make that doctor who joke loses

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

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[ he doesn't expect it to ever be completely gone. in a way, the pain and fear that accompany him are reassuring - they're proof that his sanity isn't all gone yet.

he accepts her hand instantly - it may not be something he's used to, but that doesn't make it a bad thing. they both could use a little comfort.

is it wrong that the prospect of experiencing her powers again makes him excited? is it wrong that excitement shows very clearly in his eyes, that practically twinkle with giddiness, his heart that starts to race a little bit with the exciting kind of fear that comes with trying something completely impossible for the first time? it's not just his hand this time!! yeah, he's ready. ]

It's like they're begging us to -

I know? Who locks a room unless they want someone to break in and hang out. [Not that they broke anything to get in. Also, she is noticing that look on his face now and she tilts her head.] What?

Nothing -- it's just.

[ feeling a little sheepish now, which is weird - feeling like he's getting caught doing something wrong in the midst of doing something wrong by his partner in crime - but they were getting serious and he's getting excited like a little kid. maybe kara has a point, he is a little childish. ]

It's really cool. [ pointing back at the door. ]

Oh. [She smiles softly.] Cool is good. [It's much better than scary. She's still holding his hand, isn't she?] I should have pulled you through a wall sooner.

[ definitely much better than scary. he won't be the first to let go. ]

You are wholeheartedly forgiven. [ he smiles and finally looks around the room ] You wanna - sit?

[That forgiveness gets a laugh.] Thank you, kind sir. Yes. Sitting. [And since the chairs are still stacked up and not easily sittable in their current form she does need to let his hand go to attend to one.]

Thank you for telling me what you did. I know that couldn't have been easy.

You're welcome, my lady - [ he'll even take an exaggerated bow, just because laughter is so much easier for him to handle than his feelings, before mimicking her by taking out a chair for himself and flopping into it.

he shrugs a little as he meets her eyes again. ]

I know talking to someone who's never been there can be awkward, and...full of looks that no one should be on the receiving end of. [ pity, judgment, fear, discomfort... ] I just want you to know -- that you can always talk to me.

[She sits on hers, one leg curled under her and arms leaned across the back of the chair because why sit like a normal person? She keeps her eyes on Winn, interested.] Who took you in after you mom left?

[ being normal is overrated anyway ] The state. [ he shrugs. he's told kara about his dad, and then everyone found out. but what's happened since, that he's yet to really talk about with anyone...at this point, it's...weird for him to be asked about it. huh. is that weird? ] Wasn't all that bad, I turned out alright, I think.

[She was hoping for kindly aunt, but he makes a good point.] You turned out more than alright from what I can see.

...I was thirteen when I lost my parents.

I'm sorry.

[ so what if he said that already, it stands repeating. he loves that he and kitty have so many things in common - but he could definitely have done without sharing that particular history. ]

Who -- were you with?

I was on the streets for a few months trying to hide from the people who killed them. Apocalypse's forces found me again, but the X-Men rescued me. Took me in. Trained me.

The - X-Men?

[ it sounds like something he would love to watch in a movie. it's crazy to think that it's the real life of his new friend -- and that's coming from a guy whose best friend is an alien superhero.

it feels him with so much anger. anger has always scared him, but right now - he can't be bothered to care. this is so unjust. kara's suffering, kitty's...why do these things keep happening to the people he cares about? ]

My team. A group of mutants who didn't like what was happening to the world and wanted to stop Apocalypse and his genocide. [She's throwing up the air quotes.] Genetic turncoats since we were fighting our own kind to protect humanity.

[ he can't imagine fighting a war at any age, let alone thirteen, after just having lost your parents...he's quiet for a long moment, not really sure what to say now, not really sure that there's anything to say.

so instead, he gets out of his seat and pulls her into a hug. ]

[She hugs him back and lets a hand drift up to mess up the back of his hair.] Hey you. It's not like any of this just happened. When you're living it, it's just life. It probably sounds worse in summary. [It was probably worse in practice, but after awhile you stop expecting better and you deal with the reality of things. Transitioning to the prison was the hardest part because it gave her the time and peace to think about everything she'd been through and everything she'd done. But she's had some time with that too. Not that she couldn't use years of therapy and hugs of course.]

Don't -- do that. You don't need to comfort or reassure me. [ he pulls back so she could see how serious he's being for a change. he knows how that song goes; he's spent years brushing his pain off with a smile and a change of subject. ]

I'm here for you, Kitty.

[ therapy is beyond his abilities, but he'll give her all the hugs she could want. he gives her arm a little squeeze to illustrate his point. ] You don't have to spare me.

What if I want to spare me? [She gives him a weak smile.]

Winn, about four months ago I guess [Time really flies, it feels like last week, but it couldn't have been because it was in the prison, not here.] I had a really painful, messy break up with someone I loved. Which probably sounds really unrelated, but I got to a really low, bad place and I think it was a little bit about him and a lot about everything else I never really dealt with. I spent probably a solid month just being miserable and feeling all of it and doubting myself and everything and I'm sure that didn't just fix it or anything, but I don't want to go back there.

I want to enjoy what I do have instead of mourning what I lost. [Time, people, her life.]

I get that.

[ he nods, now grateful that he stopped himself on the tourist. it's probably a bad time for that. ]

I've -- had something sort of like that a little while back too. [ weeks of misery trying to cope with everything that's happened with his father, everything that would never happen with kara. the last thing he wants is to go back. ] Thankfully, I'm better at fun than I ever will be at serious - [ he offers her a smile. but even so, it's still nice when what he has now gives him a hug to mourn what he lost. ]

[Four months ago is practically a lifetime for her. She misses the intimacy a lot. This is actually the longest she has ever gone between serious relationships. Not that she's had any frivolous ones.]

You're pretty good at serious too. [She smiles at him.] And I am not calling for a moratorium on serious and or unhappy topics. I mean, if there's anything you want to know just ask, okay? Or if there's anything you want to tell me then I'm here. [And she is definitely wondering if he means Kara with the "something sort of like that."]

[ he definitely means kara, but since he doesn't know she knows about that, he isn't about to open that particular can of awkward. it's been kind of nice, pretending none of it ever happened. ]

Right back atcha. Anytime, anything.

Really? Anytime? So, middle of the night calls are on?

You can tell the difference up there?

[ he shrugs with a smile. it's not like he's getting that much sleep anyway. nighttime is a good time for quiet work. honestly, middle of the night calls would be a relief. ]

[For all her talk of wanting to embrace the positive, she spends a lot of nights keeping herself busy until she can basically pass out so that she doesn't lie awake worrying about people from the prison.]

Will I seem cooler if I say yes? [Regardless of accuracy.]

[ yet another thing they have in common ]

I donno... [ he tilts his head ] maybe?

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