4th Form

[only_skin_deep]

Who: Mystique and open.
Broadcast: Yes.
Action: SS Golden.
When: Now.

[During one of her brief stop offs between planets, Mystique has come across a package left for her in the Golden’s cargo bay. Opening up the box, she scowls at the contents. It’s an hour or so later that a broadcast goes up to the Fleet.] Does anyone want clothing?

[Panning the camera around her feed shows a selection of clothing laid out on the floor of the cargo bay, ranging over several centuries and decades of style, from similar to those they found on the previous Green planet, to more ‘futuristic’ styles as predicted by earlier eras.] I don’t need them. Don’t send them to me again.

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[only_skin_deep]

[She does mind... but she answers anyway. This wasn't her world, not everyone was anti-mutant and wanting to kill them off or experiment on them. Such questions were not always going to be used against her or the other mutants here. It was taking time to realize that, but Mystique was getting better not barking out a snarl at those curious to know.]

I really transform. There are others from my world who are able to manipulate either the air around them or the viewer's mind to create similar effects, but mine is a physical change. [She wouldn't go into detail about how far those changes could go, that she could manipulate almost all parts of her body to change forms. That was information limited to only a few here, primarily the likes of Raven.]

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[lord_wizard]

[It's hard to help, want to know every detail. Powers like hers were even more fascinating than those more easily categorized as magic, and he could easily spend hours dissecting her - but only verbally.]

That must be...interesting. To be someone else, I mean.

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[only_skin_deep]

It has it's benefits, [There was no lie there, her mutation was certainly one of the more useful ones, though the fact she had to typically use her powers to be accepted was not something Mystique was happy about.] However I would much rather be myself than feel the requirement to pretend to be another.

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[lord_wizard]

[He can't entirely understand what it's like to have her sort of power, but that sentiment still strikes a familiar chord. He's had to hide parts of his nature from time to time, and it had never been pleasant. Worse, some lies he'd told so long they became part of him.]

Nor should you. [A simple statement, but said with conviction]

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[only_skin_deep]

[Lies did have a way of becoming reality when you hid behind behind them for too long, yet that wasn't something Mystique was prepared to talk about with him, or anyone on the Fleet. That was a very personal matter, that only one other knew about.

Instead she just raised a brow and gave that little smile of hers, one that held pure confidence in herself and the fact that yes, she was better than others.] Yes, I know. Don't worry, my self confidence is not so fragile that it needs tending to.

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[lord_wizard]

Coming from a woman who has no need for clothes, I would hope not. [And maybe he had been attempting to be supportive]

Speaking of, I'm afraid none of your gifts are quite my size, but if you don't find a home for some of them, I could always re-purpose the fabric.

[His own self-confidence, on the other hand, tended to hang on how he dressed himself. Not an easy task in the fleet. It's what got his attention in the first place.]