axiomed: (You mean nothing to me anymore)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-11 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Charles hums, rubbing Erik's knuckles subconsciously. ]

We've come a long way.
grandstanding: (And ask me your questions.)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-12 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
[That's true, but what is their destination? Erik doesn't have one in mind, and it still irks him at times.]

Further than most, certainly. [In a literal sense, and spiritual. Recollection sparks in him, vague memories of their fights, their losses, their gains.]
axiomed: (To fall so hard for you?)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-12 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder sometimes . . . about our other selves. Everything I hear sounds depressing.
grandstanding: (There's truth in your lies)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-12 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Do you hear it often? [Most who talk to Erik don't reference his other selves again after their first meeting. He doesn't mind; in fact, he prefers it.] You can tell them to stop, you know.
axiomed: (You are my everything)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-12 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ He shakes his head. ]

Not all that often. Most of it I heard from the start. Mystique has told me a little bit more about her world and the state of affairs there to help me with ours.
grandstanding: (22)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-13 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Forewarned is forearmed. It was what prompted Kitty to tell Erik about Apocalypse and the warning from Leto, he's certain. How much use the information will be is anyone's guess. Some of their realities were quite different, but so much remains the same...]

Anything in particular?
axiomed: (From the work of sorrow)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-13 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ He hesitates before nodding. ]

She gave me some details about a man who wants to head a Mutant Registration Act.
grandstanding: (We'll always have Paris)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-13 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
[It sends a chill through him, seizing onto one of his eternal fears. A mutant registration act. This was the very future they were warned about, the concept Erik had argued with Charles about on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A brief flicker of that time, playing chess in the early dawn and talking about the inevitability of human nature, passes through their physical contact.]

It happens everywhere. No matter the reality.
axiomed: (Default)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-13 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a faint murmur of agreement. ]

Having a name helps. I can keep an eye on them.
grandstanding: (Mind the ass)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-15 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
[It's this comment that reminds Erik that Charles isn't quite the same naive young man he used to be, always arguing for peace above any kind of rationality. No, Charles understands things now that he would have refused to see before. He hasn't become the kind of hardened cynic that Erik is - Erik will always be much farther down that road than Charles can ever go - but he understands. And it fills Erik anew with respect and affection, to know that they have edged closer to a middle ground than he would ever have thought possible back in 1963.

He nods sharply. He'll get the name from Charles later, once they leave this place.]
axiomed: (Let the lights go out)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-15 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ His lips twitch slightly at Erik's reaction. It's a little hard not to grin a little. He knows the person he appears to be at times. ]
grandstanding: (This hat is for business.)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-15 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be so smug. This is serious.
axiomed: (By the end of the day)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-15 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm allowed a little smugness.
grandstanding: (Floating Head Villain.)

[personal profile] grandstanding 2016-07-15 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
We'll continue this conversation later, then. [When they're not relaxing in the springs. And Erik fully intends to discuss this later, make no mistake.]