one ✷ action + written

[puryde]

a. action
[ Well, this was unexpected. Kitty was already past the whole waking up and discovering her wings part. She'd gathered her clothes and had gone well not to encounter anyone yet. This wasn't a place where she could tell whether or not she was in danger or not and that meant that she had to be careful. Extremely careful not to get caught until she could figure out where she was and how to get back to the others.

Of course it couldn't be too long until she screwed that up. It was easy for her to concentrate on her phasing, but it could get difficult when she wasn't exactly paying attention. And it was certainly hard to pay attention when you arrive in a new area without any of your teammates. Completely alone and defenseless. What a perfect target. Having a headache certainly didn't help.

Which probably explained why instead of phasing through the wall to grocery store, Kitty ended up slamming right into it. Landing onto her back, Kitty gazed up at the wall with a confused, dazed expression. ]

That wasn't supposed to happen. [ Not the most usual response for slamming into a wall. Help a girl out. ]

b. written
[ After recovering from the whole incident from before and discovering that this place was not trying to kill her. Well... not for being a mutant anyways. It was time to see if she could find someone that she knows. And maybe get some more info while she was here. ]


Icemen? Colossus? If you're out there, please respond. this goes for all of you other x-men. i need some help.

or to anyone. is there a place where i can rest? maybe get some sleep.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

a

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt manages to spot this poor girl just as she slams into the grocery store's wall and falls over. He can't help but suppress a chuckle as he goes to her side, even if something feels odd. Something about this girl, and the way she was walking at that wall... it seemed so chillingly familiar.]

Hey, are you alright? [He leans over to help her. His image inducer is on, and he has some gloves on as well to keep her from feeling his fuzz.]

[puryde]

[ Kitty glances over to him for a moment before releasing an irritated huff. This wasn't what she wanted. And why didn't she go through the wall. Still, she takes the offered hand and gets up before responding. ]

No. I just crashed into a wall. [ Well, at least she was honest. ]

[wildbluevagner]

[The huff seems oddly familiar. But maybe he's just seeing things.]

Don't you just hate it when that happens? [He asks snarkily. Then he holds up two fingers in a peace sign.] How many fingers am I holding up?

[puryde]

[ Really? The finger thing. Kitty scuffs a tad bit before snarkily replying back. ]

Yeah, it sucks. [ She'll actually glance at the fingers now. She didn't feel any better after hitting the wall but it wasn't a hard question. ] And two.

[wildbluevagner]

Way to go! I guess your mind hasn't been tragically lost. Where are you heading, anyway - I mean, aside from into walls?

a.

[chainred]

[ Was she expecting a preteen girl pressed up against the wall up above her? Probably not, but that crash almost threatened her grip. Barefoot and only in a cotton dress similar to the ones others have woken up with, she seems to fit in as a newcomer as well. ]

The door is on the other wall. [ Super helpful as she scoots across the wall with her back pressed to it. ]

[puryde]

[ Oh, yes, extremely helpful. Kitty tosses a mild glare up at her which is quickly lost once she sees what the girl is doing. ]

What are you doing?

[chainred]

Practicing. [ What does it look like?

This is actually pretty bad all things considered, but seeing as her companions are a street rat, thief, a prince, and a magic user... scaling walls is probably normal activity. ]

I lost my wings, but these new wings can't fly. Have to practice.

[puryde]

[ Lost her old wings? Well, this was all items of double-scooped confusing. ]

You had wings before? Are you a mutant or something? [ That would explain it. A containment center for mutants. Well, that really actually didn't explain anything. ]

A! If you don't mind another.

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor notices the unfamiliar girl ahead of her, her own path not really aimed to intersect with hers, which was fine with her. She wasn't feeling particularly social of late. It was only the fact that she watched her run straight into a wall as if she had been expecting it to move aside for her, only to be properly rebuked, that had her shifting her steps to carry her over to where the other girl lay on her back.]

...That rather looked like it hurt.

[Her voice was accented, a mix of Irish and British, and was tinged with worry and amusement at the same time. But she was at least nice enough to offer a hand to the other to help her up.]

not at all!

[puryde]

[ Kitty stared at the wall for a moment in shock before shaking it off and taking the hand. She didn't recognize the girl, but she wasn't going to deny a kind gesture like that. Though she did hear the amusement in the accented voice. ]

Definitely. [ rubbing her head. ] Guess it could've been worse though.

[notyourutopian]

Probably. [She agreed once the girl was standing, taking a half-step back and turning her attention to the wall. Her own wings, white with large, rust-colored blotches splattered across them, fluttered as she tried to decide what to say.]

So...you did see the wall, right? You ran right into it.

[puryde]

[ The wings catch Kitty's attention as they flutter. Did everyone have wings here? Not that they looked bad on some of the people. ]

Uh, yeah. I guess I just dazed out of it though. [ That was probably a better explanation than I thought I was going to walk through it. ]

[Written, locked to Kitty]

[shades_of_jean]

If you're looking for X-men, I certainly qualify. Though I'm not Bobby or Colossus.

[She's uncertain of Colossus's real name, so his code will have to suffice, for now. She is interested in his being listed in a call for X-men, though.]

What's up?

[Written, locked to Jean]

[puryde]

Oh, thank god! I didn't think that I'd be able to find anyone. This whole kidnapping thing, are we sure that it doesn't have anything to do with the Sentinels?

Do you know if the others are safe? Or where the Professor may be? Have you seen any of the others at that?

[Written, locked]

[shades_of_jean]

There's actually quite a few of us here. More than's strictly good, given the whole 'kidnapping' angle, really. But as far as a support network goes, you certainly won't be hurting!

In my experience, Sentinels aren't quite as

[She pauses in her writing here, trying to think of a word that accurately describes the bizarre situation they're all in. She doesn't want to scare this person, whoever she is.]

"generous" as the Malnosso. Which I write only in the extent that we have freedom of movement here, whereas the Sentinels are more on the 'stomp first, freedom of movement never' side of things.

This is Jean Grey, by the way. Do you have a place to stay, yet?

[Written, locked]

[puryde]

Who all is here? Is Ice Man here? [ her writing pauses her. She'd gotten ahead of herself and had begun writing before she finished reading. ]

Jean Grey? No that's impossible is this some sort of sick joke because it is NOT funny.

[ Voice ]

[rashness]

[ HE REPLIES WITH VOICE. Defiantly. Though he can write if needed but ]

There's all sorts of places you can sleep, but did you like find the town yet?

written.

[puryde]

[ What th- who responds back with voice to something written. This guy apparently. ]

It's a whole town? I was thinking it was some sort of containment center.

written.

[rashness]

[ O......oh we're writing. they're insisting on it Uh. okay he can write.

With terrible penmanship ]

ther is a welcom center u can go to

its in the town

yeah thers a town

voice

[puryde]

[ Okay, now she can see why they went with voice. No part of her wanted to do with that terrible writing either. She'll just make the switch back herself. ]

What's this about a welcome center?

SO HOW ABOUT THIS

[touchofrogue]

[After learning that new!Kitty was at the X-House, Rogue as at least prepared to see someone who wasn't one of her best friends from home. But she wasn't entirely prepared for how that felt. She knew alternative universes were a thing, but this was really weird.

Still. She plasters a smile on her face. X-Men are X-Men, after all.]

So - you're Kitty, huh?

THIS WORKS

[puryde]

[ Kitty couldn't deny that it was uncomfortable staying in a room where a different version of her had once stayed; probably the reason why she preferred to rest in the living room. At the sound of a familiar accent, Kitty looked up expectantly to see Rogue. ]

Yeah. You're... This Jean's Rogue? [ She didn't have any other way to say it. ]

\o/

[touchofrogue]

[...okay. This is weird.]

...Okay. This is weird. [She gives this other Kitty a searching look, noting in particular the age of this girl- only a few years younger than she was, so about the proper age difference between her and Kitty - and the signs of strain.] Ice cream?

[puryde]

[ so weird. It didn't help that she didn't have the best relationship with Rogue back home. From what she could already tell, these two were completely different. ]

Yeah, really weird. [ a small smile. ] If you're offering, I wouldn't mind.