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Who: Jean Grey
Broadcast: fleet-wide
Action: SS Vanquish
When: 10 June

( Jean isn't a stranger to space. She isn't a stranger to time travel. She is a stranger to this particular space ship, though, and she's not really sure why she's here or how she got here. It's a pain in the ass, really, considering she just got back from space not even two weeks ago and here she is again, trapped in the limbo of endless black and stars close enough to touch. She'd started on a ship with limited capacity and basically no people and at least she's actually on a ship with people now. It's an improvement - somewhat.

Great. Just peachy.

Maybe this time they can skip the Invasion of the Symbiotes and she'll get to keep control of her own body and mind. It'd be nice, for once, not to have to worry about some alien entity invading her body for the fun of it. )

So, uh, question? What sector of space are we in, exactly? Because I just got back from a stint on Klyntar and let me tell you, it wasn't great. I don't want to go back. So if we're anywhere remotely close by (read: within one million lightyears), I'd like to go ahead and nope out now.

( Maybe this isn't the best way to introduce herself to an entire space fleet but, hey, Jean has never been one to beat around the bush. Being a telepath, she has an idea of how people's brains work and it's given her the overarching sense that she needs to just shoot straight ninety nine percent of the time. What's the point in subtlety? Say what you think, be bold, no regrets. It keeps people from misinterpreting your motives, anyway. )

Anyone got ideas on how I can get back to Earth from here? I don't want it to seem like it's less important than the former, because really, if I'm not anywhere near Klyntar I'm good, but I kind of have a team I need to get back to. I'm Jean Grey and I'm captain of the X-Men.

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[Earth means only slightly more to Leia than Klynar does, if only because she's heard from so many others from that planet on board the fleet.]

Should I be asking what it's like there, or what you did there?

I was uh, trying to save the world. It didn't go as planned - way not as planned since I ended up here.

( And that's a mess that's apparently going to take a little while to sort out since she's not in contact with her team. Hmm. )

How'd you end up here? I'm sure you were in the middle of something major.

I was.

[It seems to be a common thread here, from what Leia's noticed. She's not sure whether it's good, in that it makes it easier to relate in some ways, or if it's just an annoyance, with everyone eager to get back to their far more important tasks.]

I was involved in something similar. I was trying to get back to my own fleet to help my own galaxy.

( Jean can't help but nod her head a little in both solidarity and sympathy. This place has the worst timing, it seems. )

I'm sorry about that. From what I can tell, this place doesn't really care about how important your life is before they rip you away from it. It's really, really unfair.

[Leia nods as well, knowing exactly where Jean is coming from with that.]

I haven't been here long, but that's been my experience here thus far. And that's not the only complication I've experienced so far.

No? What do I have in store for me? Hostile attacks from rival ships or something like that?

[Those would be worse, there's no denying that. As far as Leia knows, though, that isn't something that happens. Or happens with any regularity, at any rate.]

Not exactly. If there's anyone you knew before here, there may be... discrepancies, you could say, between what you last remember and what they remember.