[snuggle up real close everyone]

[cephalon]

Who: The fair crew and visitors of the Windrose
Action: Aboard the Windrose
When: May

[It's a mingle! Make friendly everyone~]

Comments

[beathach]

I think mentioned it in passing once. What was that like?

[passingthrough]

Really, really weird. [Affecting a voice.] Especially because she like totally talked like this all the time.

[beathach]

[the blankest look]

. . . people talk like that?

[passingthrough]

She did.

I'm actually pretty sure she's the Kitty from the same world that Rogue, Remy, Raven, and other Kurt are from.

[beathach]

Huh. Were you two anything alike? Aside from - ah, the way she spoke.

[passingthrough]

Same name. Same powers. Both X-Men. [She shrugs a little.] I didn't spend a lot of time getting to know her. It was awkward. [And sometimes she felt like the evil twin.]

[beathach]

[a small smile] It sounds awkward. I can't say I wouldn't go out out of my way to avoid a version of myself.

[passingthrough]

If it's my world's version get the hell out of there as fast as you can. He'd probably want to experiment on you...a lot.

[beathach]

I'd strangle him and shove him out an airlock before he could entertain the thought.

[passingthrough]

Oh, is that all it takes? We should have thought of that. [Eyes are rolling. But in fairness to both of them he had protection in addition to his own considerable skills back home. Something he wouldn't have in the fleet.]

[beathach]

A missed opportunity. [exactly, and Hank doesn't often think about actually killing anyone, but the Dark Beast is certainly on that short list] Though I guess that's the opposite of avoiding him. Oops.

[passingthrough]

It would be a little opposite, but I'd support permanent solutions with that one. And I'm trying to...avoid those.

[beathach]

As much as I threaten, I don't think it's something I'd follow through on. And I'm sure there'll be other people in line in front of me.

[passingthrough]

...Have you? I mean, have you ever had to kill someone? [She would follow through. On him, she would. The list is small, but it's there. Others? She'd try her best to find another solution.]

[beathach]

Not directly. [has his team's decisions lead to someone dying? Sure, but that was how Kyriakos was] And never - with my own hands. Some of the competitions were . . . [he makes a gesture] Not every team would come out alive.

[passingthrough]

Competitions? You mean in Kyriakos, right? Did they come back to life? [Seems like such a strange question to ask, but she knows just how very real that can be.]

[beathach]

Usually when the game was over, yeah. [he's glad she seems to understand, since it's always hard to explain how that even works] Either - completely, or they'd have to heal from . . . whatever happened.

[passingthrough]

[She nods.] Death was death for awhile in Marina. At least it seemed that way. Then we found out it was a virtual reality environment and they dropped the act and started bringing people back if they died.

[beathach]

[a huff] There was one game, where . . . they didn't bring everyone back immediately. Something like that had never happened - at least, not in the time I was there.

Otherwise . . . usually it was instant. [he rubs the side of his neck] I, uh - I only died once, I think. But I came close a few other times.

[passingthrough]

I'm sorry. Even once seems like it would be a lot. It never happened to me in the prison. [Just in real life.]

[beathach]

[his lips twist a little, and - he drops his hand to gesture to a scar on his neck, under his ear - a puncture wound, about the size of a pencil] My teammate had to kill me. That . . . was probably the worst part. After - I was so focused on everything else going on that I forgot to be upset about dying myself.

[a pause] Maybe it's for the best it didn't happen in the prison. You . . . in your world, didn't you?

[passingthrough]

[She looks, wondering what the weapon had been, but not asking.] It wasn't betrayal though? [She does wonder what would make someone have to kill him.]

[Softer.] Yeah. I mean, I didn't technically. The prison pulled me out before it could happen, but it's what Kurt remembers. And it was just seconds away. I still thought... [That he'd stop.] It was a teammate of mine too. [She can't remember if she told him it was her husband or not. How much shock had she thrown in?]

[beathach]

[he makes a brief, stabbing gesture at her curious look] It was a quill. But no, it was nothing like that. We had to offer things up, and if they weren't accepted one of us would be the sacrifice - that was me. She . . . actually spared me from a death that would have been much worse.

[a huff] It was one of the last games I played there, too.

[he didn't tell her, no, but just it being a teammate means it must have hurt and he can't help but look surprised. But - not technically, she was pulled out right before. He immediately wonders if she has a chance to fix that, if she ever goes home] Another X-Man? I'm sorry.

[passingthrough]

I guess they are mightier than the sword. [Hilarious in our little conversation about deaths, right?] It must have been hard for both of you. [She would hate killing a teammate even if she knew it was temporary and the best thing for them.]

[She nods.] Peter. I mean...Piotr. Not the one you're thinking of. ...My husband. Ex-husband now.

[beathach]

Heh. [it does earn a brief smile] They're not supposed to be so sharp, though. [he purses his lips, then shakes his head] At first, but - like I said, our focuses turned elsewhere.

[that's a little more than teammate, Kitty. And that's a lot more upsetting than it just being someone she worked with] Your - I'm so sorry. Why would he - ? [he isn't sure if he's allowed to ask]