waking up is hard to do

[touchofrogue]

Who: Rogue and anyone else!
Broadcast: Part B, yes
Action: Part A, Vanquish, yes
When: Tonight!

[ Action, Rogue's room on the Vanquish, and later around the ship. ]

[When Rogue woke up, she knew something was wrong. Little things were off about her room and when she tried to raise her head, her arms felt like noodles. What - what happened? Why was she so weak?

If anyone is in her room, she could probably use some help getting out of bed...

Later, she will be walking very slowly down the halls, leaning hard on the wall, in order to get to the kitchen. Has anyone seen her captain? Her co-chef? Her brother?]

[ Video, Broadcast ]

All right, I'm up. I heard all the 'beauty sleep' jokes already, so try a new one. What'd I miss? Fill a gal in.

[She's hoping that this will also serve as a role call. After all, she's pretty sure it'd been over a month, and she knows how people come and go.]

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[complicatedliar]

[He's been in her room a bit less lately because there's that entire planet to explore, but as luck would have it, he'd decided that a nap was in order and this seemed the best place to rest. So Loki is in a chair nearby, legs stretched out and feet propped up on one corner of her bed. At the noises, he wakes up very quickly.]

What--Rogue?

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[touchofrogue]

Mmm. [Rogue glances over at him, drags a bare hand over her face and smiles a little.] Loki? Hey.

[She tries to lift herself up on her elbows, but her arms collapse underneath her and she falls back on her pillows.] What's goin' on?

[Why the hell am I so weak?]

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[complicatedliar]

[That she's awake and knows who he is--that's good enough. He all but lunges out of the chair and snatches her up into a very tight embrace.]

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[touchofrogue]

[Faintly:] Oomph. [Um. Okay. Carefully, she wraps her arms around him in return. It takes far too much effort, she feels exhausted even though she's just woken.

Quietly, crooning:] Hey, it's okay.

[Because they were together, so even though she felt like she'd been through the wringer, they'd gone through the loss of their daughter together -- after that, there was nothing they couldn't face. So. No matter what was going on that she got this from him, it would be okay.]

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[beathach]

[well there's a face he hasn't seen since he got here. No jokes from this one, just genuine concern]

Are you alright?

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[touchofrogue]

[It takes her a minute to place his face. They'd only talked the once... twice? Hank. Not her Hank. Right.]

I'm - grumpy. [A wry little smile.] Seems like I slept in a tad.

[It's OK, Hank, if you won't make jokes, she will. It's the X-Men version of therapy.]

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[beathach]

[yep, this one is younger and nerdier and distinctly less blue]

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed, too? [well if she's cracking jokes that means he's free to crack them, too. Mutant therapy all around] Just . . . a little. It's been - uh. I don't think I've seen you since I first arrived.

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[axiomed]

Well, we've left the polluted moon behind. I'm not sure what else might qualify as news.

[ There's what happened with Winter, but Charles wouldn't do that to him. ]

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[touchofrogue]

[Oh, so he was still here too, huh? She wondered who else was still here from his world.]

Well, you're askin' the wrong gal. [Since, you know, she'd been so completely out of it she had no idea what to ask.] Though I do recall somethin' 'bout the five faithful friends...

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[axiomed]

I don't know about that.

[ A little softer, gentle. ] Kurt Wagner left some time ago. I'm sorry.

[video]

[passingthrough]

[Rogue came back. Woke up. Whatever. It surprises Kitty. She wasn't expecting it. Not after Logan, Ororo, and the other Kurt all leaving like they did. But it's a good surprise. Rogue will see a soft smile settled on her lips when she turns the video on.]

Wasn't sure I'd be seeing you again. [And she's not exactly sure the last point Rogue remembers. Kitty hadn't seen her since the dance, but that doesn't mean she dropped off the face of the fleet immediately afterward. After all, Kitty was extra wrapped up in Winn right about then. It made it easy to miss things.]

There's a lot to cover. [She's about to start with the good news about the improvement in places to stop when she realizes the downside to this planet isn't just awkward touch—it's dangerous with Rogue's powers.] We're on a new planet. You're going to need to be extra careful out there.

[video]

[touchofrogue]

Yeah, apparently I was out for a while. [Yay.]

[Well, if she needs to be careful it's not likely something she wants to talk about over an open feed.] Ya wanna come by an' fill me in?

[video]

[passingthrough]

You mean leave the beautiful planet that isn't a ship? [Someone got seriously stir-crazy with flying tin cans before they found this place. It didn't help that she had an aversion to the moon.] I could probably make that happen for you.

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[cajunspice]

[This was something that was not going to be answered over a video. As soon as the video goes out over the network Remy makes his way over to the Vanquish to meet up with his dear friend. He had stopped off over the many days she had been comatose, normally when he knew Loki wouldn't be there because if he was... well, there wasn't much that would stop him from throwing the 'man' out of the airlock.

Lucky for both of them Remy had shown up after her initial wake up, thus able to miss running into him. Instead he walked through the ship until he spotted her, having planned to make some smart remark teamed with a smirk, but, well... it was just really good to see her up and about.] Hey cherie.

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[touchofrogue]

[Rogue had managed to make her way into the kitchen and was sitting palely at the counter, but she looked up with a smile when she heard that familiar voice.] Look what the cat dragged in...

[She was, however, still smiling warmly, clearly glad to see him.]

[Action]

[cajunspice]

[And that, that was such a good sight to see, even better to hear. That she was up, awake. Walking into the room Remy moved up behind her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and carefully hugging her from behind, head dropping for a moment down beside hers. Goddamn he had been worried, kept telling himself she would be ok, that she would wake up again or at least head back to their world.

That she would be ok.

The hug was brief, knowing better than to hold on too long to her and Remy moved to take a seat next to her.] Well I wanted to see if I could surprise ya 'nd catch ya with a major case of bed hair. [Yet even with joking his voice was warm, not like with their normal teasing.]

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[only_skin_deep]

[She was awake. If Mystique believed in a deity she would say a thanks to whoever was up there. After everything with Kurt going home, to have Rogue fall into a coma and seeming to have no sign of waking up...

It had been impossible for her to keep a distance, to not go and check on her now and then, in disguise of course, same as she had done to check on Kurt's room after he had gone. To see Rogue like that, it had caused a numbed pain in that section that Mystique kept boxed up and shoved far down so no one knew it was there. Her wonderful, beautiful daughter...

Who didn't want anything to do with her. And she should respect that, it was the least she could do for everything that had happened...]

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[only_skin_deep]

Drink plenty of fluids.
Don't eat too many solids straight away, your stomach will not be use to eating.

[There, done, that was it. It was enough.]

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[touchofrogue]

[Of course, it figured. Kurt was gone but she was still here.

Even reading this left a weary sort of dull ache in her stomach. Who did Mystique think she was to offer advice like this, as if she had any position of care in Rogue's life, after all Mystique had done to her? It was infuriating when she thought of it, and Rogue was too weak to do anything about it.

But she couldn't just let it lie, either. Couldn't ignore it. This wasn't -- it wasn't something bad Mystique had done and her conscience told her that deserved to be acknowledged. Her petulant strategist told her that if she let Mystique leave comments in her journal unaddressed, the other woman would have won. A 'thank you' seemed like the best response... and utterly impossible.

She didn't want to do this, but Mystique didn't deserve to win either.]

Noted.

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[ladybro]

We changed planets again.

[ hi, rogue. ]

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[touchofrogue]

[Hiya, Kate.]

Ya say it like that, it sounds like changin' socks.

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[ladybro]

...Well, to follow the analogy through to its natural conclusion? These socks are a lot more breathable. Less fumigation required.

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[geonomy]

[Sure, Clay lets Loki have his space and time, but he visits Rogue every day as well, just to make sure she's okay, if she's woken up yet, to read her a book or talk about what's going on on the Vanquish or something.

In fact, he's heading there right now. But instead of making it to her room, he sees her right there in the hallway; looking like she's seen better days, of course, but she's been asleep for a while. Clay stops short in his tracks, eyes wide, dropping whatever book he's holding.]

Wha - Rogue!

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[touchofrogue]

[Rogue smiles when she sees him, weary but true.] Hey, Captain. I'm up.

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[geonomy]

[She's up, she's up, and god does Clay want to go to her and hug her, or hold her up since she looks exhausted, or -

His hands lift and twitch as if he so wants to do those things, but instead, he frowns a little, then moves to take off his jacket. He moves closer to her, smiling so big his cheeks are hurting because he's so happy to see her awake, so happy she's still - ahem. Well, he gets that jacket around her shoulders, making sure not to touch her.]

Here. Uh, in case you're cold.

[The jacket's still warm, after all. And this is probably the closest he can get to doing something like a hug.]