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Who: Kitty and EVERYONE!
Broadcast: So broadcast!
Action: Very action! (Twin Roses)
When: Oct. 1 (and also later)

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[Kitty is still in her bedroom where she's been for the past two months when the video opens.]

If the timestamps I'm seeing are right then I'm surprised I don't have a long beard by now. That's a Rip Van Winkle joke for any of the non-earthlings who think maybe I can grow a beard.

So, I'm Kitty Pryde for anyone who just showed up. Just so you know I still have seniority over you. I could take your lunch money any time I want. And hi. Any new mutants? Maybe some Avengers who should be mutants, but they aren't because timelines are funny that way? [Wanda and Pietro were strange, okay?]

I haven't flipped through much of the network yet. Feel free to do a roll call. Let me know you're here—new, old, returned, twice baked, whatever. Did I miss anything fun? Maybe some birthdays? Oh, right, like mine. [She picks up some pretty and unusual stones and nudges an illustrated physics book. She speaks softer.] Maybe someone remembered.

[Scrolling through some old network posts and her eyes widen slightly.] Maybe I missed something not so fun...

[ACTION : TWIN ROSES]
[Her body feels lethargic and uninterested in all this moving she wants to do. But she's been out of commission and she feels the need to catch up. So she'll be looking for crewmates and visitors.]

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Maybe our joined name should have been the Three Thorns. [She smiles, but it weakens at his apology.]

I just hope he's healthy and happy wherever he is. [She's never been great at simply believing people go home. She didn't when she left the last place.] And if I get to be extra selfish I hope I get to be with him again too.

[She spent months just going through the motions. She allowed herself to be obviously sad for awhile, but then she had to go on if only not to disappoint Winn. But she is feeling less of oppressive loneliness and longing now. He was still her first thought upon waking, but she's carrying it along with her better than she was. Time will tell if she stays on the upswing.]

[He knew what it was to lose someone you loved with everything you had. Whereas he had plunged a blade into Karl's chest himself at the other man's request, Kitty had simply had Winn torn from her. Anders had blood on his hands that belonged to someone who'd once been his everything, but Kitty could at least hope for Winn's safety and happiness.

But where Anders had the chance to say goodbye and know of Karl's end, all Kitty had were hopes and dreams that seemed cruel to even hold. He did not envy her lack of closure.]

I think you deserve some selfishness and then some. If you ever need to talk or, really, anything at all, you can always call me.

[If she knew all that she'd be extremely glad at least she didn't have to kill Winn for some reason. It's really bad enough as it is. She did try to kill a past lover once after he murdered a friend of hers and was threatening others, because why should anything ever be simple or normal, right?]

Thanks. I appreciate that. I think I spent the first many months doing nothing but missing him and talking about it and crying about it which is a weird response that might actually border on healthy. I'm much more used to punching things. Anyway, I think I've turned a corner. I still miss him and want him back, but I'm remembering how to be without him too. Which was kind of a lot of talking to say I probably don't need to talk about it anymore. [Smiling.]

Well, healthy reactions are always a plus. [Especially considering most people of his world seemed to be incapable of having them, so knowing someone could be successful at it is nice.]

I'm glad things are better. I imagine it will always hurt if he's not with you, but time does heal things, even if it doesn't seem it can.

Still, I consider you my friend, so the offer is still there, for the 'anything' part, if nothing else.

I enjoy the complete open-endedness for greater exploitation of "anything". [Teasing. Probably. Also, it's easier to tease than look into a Winn-less future and how bleak that feels even with the love and support of other friends here.]

So, what have I missed out on with you?

[He shrugged with a brief smile.] What can I say? I like leaving myself open to all kinds of possibilities.

[Her question brought a slight shadow to his expression, though it didn't reach his voice.]

Not a whole lot, if I'm to be honest. Used up every ounce of magic I have healing people during and after the evacuation and spent several days just sleeping. Before that, a friend of mine came to the fleet that I wasn't expecting. I've been helping him settle in.

[He'd told her once, he thought, that he'd been possessed by a spirit and then separated from him while on the fleet, he couldn't honestly be certain he hadn't simply told her he'd lost 'a friend.' Either way, he wasn't sure if it would be a particularly good thing to let her know the friend now on the fleet was that spirit.]

Seems like a lot of people overextended themselves. I'm glad you slept it off afterward at least instead of trying to power through and make it worse.

[Good time to decide because she's going to ask about him!] Oh yeah? Who's the friend?

I've done that one before, it's not pleasant.

[If he could avoid it, he would.

As for the friend...well, now it was time to decide how much he trusted her.]

His name is.. Justice. He's a spirit, but right now he looks human enough. Well...sort of. If you see a man who's practically a corpse walking around, that's Justice.

You and me both.

That's quite a name and description. What's being a spirit like back home? [She's guessing not like someone wearing a sheet with eye holes and saying, "boo" a lot.]

They're...well, I suppose you could consider them sort of like another species of being.

[He and Merrill had exchanged Words on this before, but he didn't think there was much harm in stealing a bit of her definition if it made the whole thing a little easier to understand.]

He comes from a realm that's attached to our own, the place people's consciousnesses go during dreams. He got pulled into the mortal world by accident and ended up possessing a corpse. He's not still wearing that corpse, apparently, but he's never had a solid appearance of his own, it's the only one he knows to take.

Buuut if you talk to him and he says something weird or blunt, don't take it too personally, he literally embodies the sentiment of Justice, most other concepts escape him.

You're worried about someone saying something too weird or blunt to me? [She looks amused.] You think I'll get jealous that someone else is working my territory, right? [Or maybe she just isn't as bad as she used to be back when she did more testing people by challenging them with hard truths. She's done some healing in these abduction realms.]

Embodies justice though. How does that work out? Does he try to enact justice on people? [Is he going to be killing folk?]

We'll see what you think once you meet him. [It was only partially a joke. He'd be forever impressed if Kitty managed to take the spirit in stride, he couldn't deny that.] Although what you might find more frustrating is his complete lack of humor.

[Even while Justice had possessed Anders' body, humor had not been in Justice's realm of understanding. At her question Anders hesitates a moment before answering. Way to hit the mark there, Kitty.]

Well...yes. Mostly. He has a hard time ignoring injustices, to the point where I'd say it's nearly impossible. He has to fulfill his purpose, otherwise he could be corrupted and suffer for it. It's...complicated.

Complete lack of humor, huh? Always taking things literally or just tragically unamused?

[Leave it to someone from her world to go right for the worst case scenario. For what it's worth she was hoping she was wrong. She looks a bit more somber at his answer.]

And how does he seek this justice? Too much to hope he goes around assigning people community service?

A bit of both, really, but more along the lines that he barely knows what a 'joke' is. I think I'm helping with that, at least.

[He smiles a bit, but then it's darkened and vanishes with the memory of nearly killing that innocent girl back in Kirkwall. But, no, that had been Vengeance guiding his hands, making those threats, not Justice. Justice was more noble than that. At least, for now, he was.]

I wouldn't put it past him. But it depends on how damaging he deems the offense. An interpersonal injustice can simply be addressed and fixed. A societal injustice isn't so simple.

I won't ask you to keep an eye on him should your paths cross, you've got plenty more to deal with than spirits running rampant. I just thought I'd let you know about him...since you're a friend.

Also, I tell you in full confidence he's very easy to tease since most of it goes right over his head.

[Oh, the eye will be on him. She appreciates the friend comment though. She thinks of him as one too and also assumes it has the added meaning of wanting her not to do anything he wouldn't when it comes to Justice. Still, she's concerned.]

I'm always up for teasing, but...

Is he going to be sensing everyone's past deeds? I mean, what metric is he even using to determine societal injustice? I've had some bad luck with that. My last one of these [Gesturing about vaguely.] was a prison with an actual prison theme versus a prison with a reality show, space theme. I think it's safe to say most of the Twin Roses could be in trouble if you look back far enough and have a strict enough system. [They're good people. At least she thinks so, but how much killing did she and Kurt have to do? What kinds of things did Makie do to survive? And she saw plenty in Vash's past during calibrations.] And I doubt we're the only ones.

[He nods. He understands his concern, really. He probably knows she has something to be concerned about better than most since he'd played host to the spirit for a decade. He had first hand experience feeling what was rightfully injustice...and sometimes what wasn't. It was a thin line between Justice and Vengeance and, eventually, Rage.]

I understand what you mean. His basis is the purist form of Justice, he is the embodiment of the concept. For example, say I killed a slew of men for something they did against another. That would be justice to him. However, it would also be justice if I were then slain for the peace of mind of the families those men left behind. Justice isn't a kind virtue, it's hard and his judgement can fall on the guilty as well as the innocent.

That said, he's better now than he was in the Fade -where he came from. He's got humanity to him now, he doesn't delve into other's pasts unless he perceives a justification for it, like helping that person or another or solving a mystery involving an injustice. I don't think you'll run into any trouble with him.

If you do, you can call me or Riona no matter what else is happening.

[She listens closely and then nods, accepting that. As much as she doesn't want someone running around exacting their brand of justice within the fleet and beyond, she also wants to keep herself from doing it. She's had to pull back a few times and remind herself of her current circumstances. This isn't home and it's not the prison and she wants all the victims of the Atroma to get a fair shot in here together.]

That's fair. [And she appreciates Anders for walking her through it.] Thanks. I don't actually know Riona, but I'll talk to you if something comes up. Hopefully it won't.

It must be hard for him. [There are a lot of people here who are "different" but being a spirit of justice goes further than being able to walk through walls.]

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