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Who: Kitty and all the people of fleet!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Windrose if you want
When: At some point before the masquerade

We have a masquerade coming up, and I was bored so I thought I'd mettle in people's lives for my own amusement. First, the disclaimer, there is nothing wrong with going to a dance solo.

Now, for anyone else, who wants a date?

Sorry, not me. Taken. But there are probably some of you out there thinking a date would be fun, and sure, why not? So speak up. Let's make some love connections. Or, you know, awkward dancing connections. I'm a mutant, not a miracle worker.

(OOC: Please feel free to threadjack.)

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What if it's both?

Well, it was three things, but I guess you probably mean the two that could fit together. Who is the lucky lady? [Because she needs to check her out and make sure she's okay with this. It's weird that it's not Rogue, but under the circumstances it would be weirder if it was Rogue.]

Man. [The correction comes quickly; he's not interested in being coy. He snaps the feed to private at this point.] And it's Charles.

[All of that delivered smoothly, but he's paying attention to what the reaction will be.]

[She's just...staring at him for the moment, dumbfounded. She just wasn't expecting either part of that at all. Men being with other men is certainly no shock. Maybe it wasn't handled well at home, but in the prison, it became something she saw as common place. But this isn't someone new she was meeting for the first time and neither is Charles. It takes her mind some time to wrap around what she just heard and to dismiss any thoughts that he might be messing with her before she manages to make with the words.]

Oh. [As far as words go, not impressive.]

So it's a date? [You've already been over this, Kitty?] I mean, are you...dating? [If he was just going with him as a friend he would have specified, right?]

[As far as these things go, it could have been a worse response. He, too, has been ensconced in a world where his relationship hadn't made anyone bat an eye. At home, he knows it's an entirely different story. He cares little for those kind of societal norms, as it's just another example of how they hate and reject anything that doesn't fit the concept of "normal". He hasn't been part of society in a long time.

He knows, too, that the man Kitty remembers from home was married to a woman. So of course this wouldn't be what she expected. Hence the private feed, though that's also for his own sake. He doesn't care to bandy his private life around on a public network.]

Yes, we are.

I'm sorry.

[Quickly.] For me! Not you or the dating. You just caught me by surprise. [She manages a smile.] Is it weird to say congratulations?

[She's still processing, but there is something about it that makes a certain kind of sense. The man had changed his entire world around for Charles Xavier back home. They'd been close enough that Xavier gave his life for him and then Erik had formed the team Charles wouldn't be there to start. He lived another man's dream for him and spoke of him with great reverence. She'd never suspected anything romantic between them, after all he had two children from one woman and another from Rogue. And maybe nothing romantic ever did happen between them at home, but clearly there was a profound connection.]

[It was automatic for him to be on the defensive, expecting some kind of fight. He does, at least, relax now that the initial reaction is out of the way. Despite getting to know Kitty in recent weeks, there's always an element of doubt. Trust is a long way off, for a man like him.

His expression loses some of its hawk-like intensity, and he shakes his head a bit.]

A little, but mostly people don't congratulate me for any reason. Much less my relationships.

[She settles into a more comfortable smile.] Well, no time like the present to start?

[She tips her head a little.] Is it a secret? [She noticed the private filter going up after all.]

Not as such, but I'm not fond of my personal life going over the airwaves. I'm certain Charles feels the same way. [They tended not to address it unless directly asked. Kitty did, so he delivered.]

Oh, so broadcasting that you're taken might not go over well? [You know, the thing she just did. Of course she just meant she had a date for the dance, but the people who assumed it meant more aren't actually...wrong.]

Let's try not to spell it out, that's all.

No spelling. Never a strong suit of mine anyway. [Even if she is good at multiple languages.] Thanks for letting me in on it though.

No problem. [It isn't, really. Just still not something he's used to sharing.]

[She smiles.] I should probably put some actual thought into some of these matches. I'll see you at the party though.

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