And We Danced (Masquerade Overflow!)

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[beathach]

[ah, so her world freaks out over them, too. That seems to be a common theme.

The smile turns lopsided and a little wry]

It seems like no world can make up its mind when it comes to mutants.

[ladybro]

They've certainly had a hard time of it. With or without their powers.

[beathach]

Mm, it's definitely not easy. Even for those of us who have ways of - fitting in or looking normal. It doesn't seem to matter in the long run.

[ladybro]

As if looking normal was ever an appropriate prerequisite. I don't know -- people can be so ungrateful. There are good mutants and there are bad mutants, but only in so much as there's also good non-mutants and bad non-mutants. It's the way of the world.

[beathach]

[he huffs a little]

Mm, and all it takes is a couple of the bad ones to ruin it for everyone else. At least, in my experience.

[ladybro]

Especially when you consider -- well, I don't know what it's like in your version of the world, but...it's not like mutants have the last word on superpowers. Plenty of people are walking around with enough mojo to take out most of a city block. But somehow it's mutants who always get the rap.

[beathach]

Ah - if there's anyone like that, we don't know about them just yet. It's always just been mutants, in some capacity or another. Usually the ones who think we're superior in some way. [he can't help but roll his eyes]

[ladybro]

Magneto, right? [ ... ] Sorry. Erik.

Some things never change.

[beathach]

[he quirks a smile] If it's easier to call him that, go ahead.

But - I was actually thinking of someone else. Someone worse than Erik.

[ladybro]

-- Who?

[ she doesn't even bother to hide her curiousity. ]

[beathach]

Sebastian Shaw. The first - iteration of the X-Men, I guess - we were brought together to stop him.

[ladybro]

[ shaw industries, right? kate frowns. ]

What was he trying to do?

[beathach]

Essentially? Start World War III. [he's usually pretty good about keeping growls out of his voice, but not this time] He was trying to goad Russia and the USA into starting a nuclear war, and in the aftermath of that, he thought that mutants would rise up and rule, while humanity died.

[ladybro]

...Because mutants want to inherit a nuclear wasteland. Of course. [ deadpan. ]

[beathach]

Right? [he faintly shakes his head]

Erik . . . even with how things have gone, he was never as bad as Shaw was.

[ladybro]

I guess that's saying something. And if I have anything to say about Erik, it's that he's at least fiercely loyal to his...family.

[beathach]

It's . . . admirable, yeah. [he quirks a lopsided grin] I've seen that much with him, but probably not in the way you mean.

[ladybro]

[ alright, all in: ] Is the name Wanda Maximoff familiar?

[beathach]

[how quickly the grin disappears]

Not - Wanda, no. But I'm familiar with the name - I know a Peter Maximoff.

[ladybro]

Huh. [ her head cocks. she's withholding something -- and that something is interesting, at least to her. ] Quicksilver? And no Scarlet Witch?

[ disconcerting, to say the least. ]

Do Quicksilver and his father get along in your universe?

[beathach]

[he looks utterly confused. He tilts his head]

Is - Quicksilver Peter? Then - I . . . don't know? Do they get along in yours?

[ladybro]

Not really. It's complicated. At least -- last time I saw Erik and Quicksilver together, they weren't really on the best of terms.

[beathach]

Oh. Er. Peter and - Erik only spoke . . . very briefly when they met. And I don't think they've spoken since, so - I can't really say?

[ladybro]

Huh. [ this is food for thought. ] Maybe...maybe they're not even related in, uhm, your world.

[beathach]

It's - possible. Either way, I mean. I don't really know that much about Erik's past, but -

I think he'd, uh. Say something. If that were the case.