driftfleet | Stirring the Sauce, Pounding out the Dough!

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Stirring the Sauce, Pounding out the Dough!

Who: Kitty Pryde, Pinkie Pie, and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide invites!
Action: Planetside
When: In between Winn waking up and the Marsiva taking off

[Video]

Early this morning, a video might interrupt whatever you're doing. On one side of the screen, there's a beautiful lady with light brown hair. On the other, the pinkest pony ever to have walked the multi-verse.

Hey hey HEY, everybody! It's the start of a new month, and we've had a GREAT time on this planet so far, especially with all this yummy real food! Sooo Kitty and I have been planning a pizza party!

Um, right. So, you should come. I guess. [She doesn't know how to do group invites with ponies. What is life?]

We'll be in this HUGE clearing at THESE coordinates, so bring some smiles, your stomach, and maybe a side dish or snacks if you want too! We'll see you there! And Wrath: we've got chimmy cherry chongas~!

We had to use a few substitutes, but it's still pizza, so you know today's priority. Also a good time to check it out if you've never heard of it.

[And with that, the feed ends and coordinates to the clearing show up on the communicators.]

[Action]

[Local vendors have been generous enough to loan the use of their ovens and some long wooden tables for the clearing. Sure enough, there's dozens of pies, plain or topped with meat or vegetables or both. There's also jugs and jugs of fruit juices and lemonade and punch, and an equally bountiful dessert table including apple tarts, cakes, donuts, and yes, chimmy cherry chongas. And the best part is there's not a single gel-based ingredient in sight. Feel free to add something to the bounty or just come in, grab a slice, and enjoy!]

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[ Sascha is a-ok with memories and feelings from Kitty; his own are nothing but excitement and adoration for her company, an extreme adoration for having her around in general. But there will perhaps be a flash or two of the thrill he'd felt while following Bigby on their hunt--and a flash of Kurt's very unprepared expression as Sascha tackles him into the jungle floor. It was awesome. ]

I caught him~! All by myself.

Kurt isn't prey. Tell me Kurt's okay. [Of course Kurt's okay. He's Kurt. He can take care of himself. He'd just teleport away if he was in danger. Tell her anyway. There's more worry coming through the connection than in her voice.]

[ It actually surprises and blindsides him a little because of course Kurt's okay--Bigby had been watching over and supervising Sascha's first real hunt and there's no way he would have let anything happen to him. And no matter how excited he'd been Kurt's someone he adores almost as much as Kitty, albeit in a very very Different Way.

So of course he's just confused on his end--and then worried, because what if Kurt isn't supposed to be tackled? What if he has a weak back or slipped disk, whatever that means?? ]

Of course he's okay... I didn't jump on him that hard.

[She takes a deep breath.] Sure. Good. I mean, right, of course. [She'll feel better when she can actually see Kurt again.]

[ Hot!mom :c do you think he would really hunt down one of the flooters for dinner! ]

......You feel really worried.

You did tell me you caught my only friend from home while hunting. It's not the most reassuring thing to say to a person. [Even if she trusts Sascha she's just very attached to Kurt and she just went through weeks of feeling like she might lose Winn and she just needs everyone to be safe and stable and definitely not hunted.]

Oh...I didn't mean--to eat, or anything. I mean sort of like in the "haha, I caught you" kinda way...

Sorry. [ You know, it's amazingly easier to understand where Kitty's coming from and why she needs certain answers when her thoughts literally just flow into his head. ]

I scared him a little? But I didn't bite! Promise.

I believe you. [Hard not to when she can feel that it's the truth coming from him. But also why so giddy about it, Sascha?

And Kurt was scared? Really scared?]

[ It was just really exciting to be chasing prey and wind up chasing Kurt and pinning him to the ground for some reason??? He's a predator Kitty he can't help but feel giddy over it. ]

I was pretty fun though...hehe♥

Okay...but Kurt is not prey. [This feels like it should be repeated.] You understand that, right? Kurt is your friend. Just like me.

Of course! I've never eaten a person before! [ In fact he's actually rather afraid to even try a bite like vampires usually do. Kitty should be able to feel how uneasy the thought of actually feeding off o someone is for him. ]

[She gives his hand a squeeze.] Hey, it's okay. I'm just a little overprotective. Especially with Winn only just waking up.

Ohhh... How's he, uhh. Doing? [ He knows that's been hard for Kitty, and understandably so. Not so much for Sasha because he doesn't understand what a coma really is. ]

He's a little weak from being out of commission so long, but he'll be fine. He's still himself. [Which was super important to her and probably not a thing everyone worries about.]

Why wouldn't he be? [ Count Sascha as one of those people! Because he can't see Winn being anyone but himself. ]

Sometimes people come back with more memories. It's not that they aren't themselves, but they could be different or feel differently about things. [About people. About their girlfriends.]

[ Which is of course what Hits Sascha first through their shared connection, and he very quickly clutches her hand tightly and shakes his head. ]

--No way, Kitty! He totally loves you! Falling asleep and remembering stuff wouldn't change that, he's always super-happy when we talk about you!

I know he does. I know. It's just something that's happened to me before in the prison. [Reid was super happy and in love with her once upon a time too. She doubted it for awhile after the break up, but he was. And then...]

...What happened in the prison? [ The one she was sent to for jay-walking, the most serious of crimes. ]

[Well, jay-walking, murder, trying to reset the timeline. There were things. It was still pretty random and unbalanced.]

Oh... [She'd told Winn and Kara, but it's not like it's tattooed on her forehead just because everyone in the prison knew their business at the time.] Um, I was dating someone and he disappeared for about a week. When he came back, he had new memories from home. About a year's worth. He'd fallen in love with someone else there and she was murdered. He just saw it happen moments before they brought him back.

Things were never the same with us after that. [Trying to simplify and leaving out some of the depth of feeling, but the connection feels a lot of it back in.

She'd loved Reid deeply and had started seeing a future with him. Hell, it was the first time since her childhood that she saw a future for herself at all of any kind. And it was a good one. Married with kids if they could figure out a way. It wasn't exactly allowed in the prison. Maybe somehow they'd get back to his home and she could go to college. It wasn't practical in the place they were in to think of such things. A lot like it isn't practical now with Winn telling her that he'll get her home to National City, but it was hope. It was nice. She'd softened and opened so much for Reid. Her walls had largely come down and while they had their problems they'd been getting through them she thought.

And then he was back and neither of them were in a good place since she gone a week not knowing if she'd ever see him again—returning that quickly wasn't common. He'd gone a year that ended in massive trauma. She didn't know where she stood with him and he was grieving. He needed space and she needed connection. They both did their best, and had some ups and downs before he gave up. He said some hurtful things he didn't fully mean when he was overwhelmed. She crumbled in ways that had something to do with him, but also a lot to do with her PTSD and grief over losses back home she'd never had the time to really deal with.

She's afraid of going through that again even though having done it she'd probably handle it better this time, but she doesn't want to lose Winn. She's weary of always losing the ones she loves—family, friends, and lovers.]

[ It's a heck of a lot to take in all at once, that's for sure. Sascha's never felt a vast majority of these emotions and he has no idea what to do with them when they come filtering through their contact. They make his chest feel heavy and his throat tight, and there's a pressure behind his eyes he's only felt a few times in his life before. It's all incredibly disorienting.

The one thing he does understand out of all of this is the need for a connection, and that has him wrapping his arms around her in a tight hug before he really knows what he's doing. Sascha doesn't want Kitty to be sad. He doesn't want her to hurt, he just wants her to be happy and to be able to stay by her side until she grows old and happy. That's what she deserves, and he wishes he could do something magically to give it to her. ]

[She hugs him back, feeling touched that he's this concerned and moved by it all and feeling bad that all those bad feelings leaked out at him.] Hey, it's okay. It worked out this time. I have Winn and pizza and friends who care about me. [Yes, that last one is you, Sascha.]

[ ...Bloobloo, hot!mom. This is why you're forever his mom and the best ever. ]

I care a lot about you. [ This Sascha says with equal parts pride and promise, trying his best to convey that through the mental link their contact affords them. He really does think the world of her--she's accepted so much about him and still tries to teach and support him, he can't imagine what life would be like without her. ]

I care a lot about you too. [She pets the back of his hair gently. She does feel very protective toward him. Not so much that she thinks he'll get hurt physically the way she protects some people, but worried for his heart.]

[ Oh...oh no, Kitty, that's so sweet and Sascha literally doesn't know what to do with that feeling. It makes his chest feel all tight and uncomfortable, in both a happy and sad sort of way. He's never felt that from someone else about himself and it's honestly humbling as all heck.

So he's going to hug her tighter with a flustered sound. ]

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This week on As the Mutant Turns...

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