OPEN : AUGMENT MALFUNCTION

[passingthrough]

Who: Kitty Pryde and YOU!
Broadcast: Open
Action: Twin Roses & Iskaulit
When: 3/4 - 3/10ish

[ Video ]
[Kitty appears on video looking a liiiiiiittle different than the way she usually looks. The augment had some fun adjusting her. She’s not a cat, but she’s certainly got a lot of catlike features which isn’t unheard of for a mutant.

The pupils of her eyes are no longer round, but a slit. Her nails have also changed, growing to a point and hooking slightly to serve more as claws. Her fangs have extended slightly. Her ears now come to more of a point and are soft and fuzzy like the rest of her body. There’s a short layer of fur everywhere now, similar in color to her usual skin tone, but with gray tabby-like striped markings appearing over certain parts of her body like her face, legs, arms, and tail. Oh, yeah, there’s a tail too. Of course there is.]

Okay. Just get all the puns and jokes out of your systems right now.

[ Twin Roses ]
[You might spot the direwolf pup, Seeker run by with Kitty following him.] Come on, it’s still me.

[Or maybe you just run into her in the kitchen, bridge, lounge, engine room, or shuttle bay. There are only so many places to be on the ship after all and she gets cagey being all locked up during the drifting weeks when she’s at her best. Right now she’s even more restless than usual. And you know how she’ll often sit on a table or counter instead of a chair? Well, she’s still doing that, but sometimes she’s taking it even more extreme being up on the top of book shelves and various equipment.

You could also find her in her room if you’re looking for a more private moment.]

[ Iskaulit ]
[As awkward as she feels in this body, she’s not going to stop living her life because of it. That means time spent training in the gym where she very awkwardly isn’t sure what to deal with her tail. You might get to see her step on it again. It also means she’ll drop by the library to replenish her book supply and Jarvis’ for some food. A girl’s gotta eat!]

Comments

[hollystrike]

[AoA Colossus was the worst.]

Isn't it? You can't be betrayed if you didn't trust them to begin with. [And having your trust broken feels so terrible. If you even survive the experience. She got her soulmate killed by trusting the wrong person. It sucks.]

[passingthrough]

[Good thing that's the one she married! /sob]

True enough. But it's not much of a life if you go through it never trusting anyone. [At least that's what she tells herself when she finds herself falling in trust over and over when she's had so many examples of why she shouldn't.

That's rough, buddy!]

[hollystrike]

Also very true! You just need to make sure nobody can ever betray you more than once. I'm much more of a cat person in that regard, really.

[passingthrough]

That's a good standard. I wish I could say I've always lived by it. [Piotr got their students killed before it was her. And then there was her relationship with Tyki. Well, she never exactly trusted him, but she got too close anyway.]

[hollystrike]

No shame if you haven't. Some people are just far too nice for their own good, but they balance out their opposites.

[Whereas Katie goes to extremes. Betray her once, she'll hunt you down and destroy your life.]

How long do you think you'll be a cat for? I've no idea how glitches run usually.

[passingthrough]

I'm trying to remember the last time someone said I was too nice. [She smiles.]

I was in a guy's body for five days the other time I glitched. I think it's anywhere from a day to a couple of weeks? I guess we'll see.

At least I have someone to check with for fur care.

[hollystrike]

[Blink.] You do?

[She wasn't aware of anyone furry on fleet. Well-- apart from various pets and herself, but...]

[passingthrough]

Kurt. Blue guy? Has a tail? Teleports? [Okay, she really shouldn't be that surprised. Kurt isn't as social as she is a lot of the time and she can't remember ever talking to this person before though she recognizes her from the network. And she did talk to her once, but she was smaller and lied about her name and she doesn't know they're connected.]

He's a friend from back home. Our mutations can be physical. Mine's usually not.

[hollystrike]

Kurt's still here? [She's genuinely puzzled now. No, she hasn't really met your Kurt, Kitty.] Didn't he leave?

[If he were still here she'd surely have seen him by now. Nope sorry, wrong Kurt]

[passingthrough]

No. I mean...unless you've been here long enough to know the other, younger version of Kurt.

[hollystrike]

I've been here since I was a little girl. Does this Mr Wagner retain the memories of the other Mr Wagner?

[It's a half hopeful question, but she already knows the answer, really.]

[passingthrough]

Wait, what? Are you saying you grew up here?

And it's Mr. Darkholme. Things were different in our worlds, so no, no overlapping memories.

[hollystrike]

[Aw. He's from a different universe. That's a shame.]

Something like that. I've been here since I was nine years old.

[This is not technically a lie.]

[passingthrough]

How old are you now? [Because she's never heard of anyone being here that long.]

[hollystrike]

I forget. I keep sleeping through my birthdays, it's a problem.

[Alas.]

At least twenty, I'm sure.

[She looks mid-twenties-ish, anyway.]

[passingthrough]

Uh...huh. [It doesn't feel like she's getting straight answers. These answers are all bendy and crooked.] I guess you'll have that. You don't go by Rip Van Winkle back home, do you?

[hollystrike]

It is one of my many nicknames. Most of them are a lot more insulting.

[passingthrough]

I'd hate to fill up on nicknames when I don't even know your actual name. I'm Kitty. [Thus the hilarity of the situation. And you are...?]

[Not Here]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash can't help himself by listening in to this conversation. Having met young Katie and knowing that she can never give a straight answer.

He considers helping out his co-captain and let her know that little tidbit. It would probably help Kitty out as well with some of the confusion that comes with speaking with Katie.







...naw. He's just going to watch.]

[hollystrike]

[Vash is a jerk, FYI.]

Katie McCoy. Do we have the same root name, I wonder? I'm a Katherine.

[passingthrough]

[The jerkiest!]

Me too, though no one has called me that for awhile. Nice that we're not overlapping. Kate didn't go by Katherine while she was here either. Makes me wonder if anyone does.

[hollystrike]

Oh we had more than two Kates? [Clearly we're Pokemon.] What a shame I didn't meet her. Was her hair also dark and curly?

[passingthrough]

Katherine's a popular name I guess.

Her hair was dark and straight usually. She may have gone through a curly period though. Not a doppleganger.

[hollystrike]

Pity. I thought I was getting a start on my whole clone army. Sorey would have been thrilled.

[passingthrough]

I don't think I know Sorey. Is he a big fan of armies? Or clones? Or clones specifically in armies? Or maybe just you?