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[he's lost track of time since his arrival. bar the few, brief conversations he's had on the network during his breaks from standing watch over charles' pod, he hasn't spoken to many people yet. he hasn't seen a need to. not while he's still trying to work out what to do next. he knows that charles would be disappointed in him if he knew how little he'd done so far. that he'd spent all this time mourning the loss of someone that hadn't actually belonged to him for years. or was that just months now? he doesn't know anymore.

but regardless, he's forced himself to leave again. this time, for good. until he knows just how to get charles out of the pod, he knows he can't go back. not to mention that already, there's already another problem he needs to deal with.

more than one, really.]

If there are any others here who know a man named Erik Lehnsherr (or Magneto) in their home worlds, now is the time to mention it.

[yes, it's text only right now. no, that isn't changing for any of you yet. sorry?

okay, hold on. you're getting that other question too. the sooner he gets the answers he needs, the better.]

Are there any people here familiar with the technology used to contain those trapped aboard the ship? I need a way to open one of the pods without harming the person inside.

[and then on to those...other issues.]

[locked to xaviers]

I apologise for my absence since my arrival. There was something that needed to be take care of first. Charles, if your offer of somewhere to stay still stands, I think I'd welcome it right now.

[and then reluctantly tagged on-]

[locked to shepard]

Thank you.

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mystique gave me a place to live. seemed only fair ya no? sides those x-geeks are jerks. never one of em was nice to me.

[Not that his friends often were, either, but that's beside the point.]

[it still makes no sense to him. he already knows that his own timeline is the anomaly. that in the rest, mystique and charles are siblings. so there's no reason for them to be working against each other in any reality.]

So you only chose to side with us because you were offered somewhere to stay. You have no belief in the cause?

hey i think mutants got as much rite as anybody to be able to do what we want too. always seems to go bad whenevr we try neway.

[Which is supposed to be an agreement in the cause, in general, even if it's a bit awkwardly worded. It doesn't help, though, that his Magneto and Mystique have never been entirely clear on "the cause" with him.]

How far has he progressed? Is it safe for mutantkind to make themselves known?

no. last time we tried the whole place freaked and then the prof came in an made everybody forget. it was crazy. we kinda stopped goin to schol after that

[well, that explains jocelyn's request.]

That won't be allowed to happen here. If you wish to use your abilities, use them. If you find yourself in danger because of it, come to me.

yeah i kinda have been. i mean we got giant talkin robots an dudes with magic an stuff here. hangin out on walls aint as weird as all that. nobodys been to weird about it.

[There's a pause, then a second text comes through.]

but thanks.

[Since hey, that's nicer than the other Magneto ever was....]

[sorry, toad. that thanks gets seen and set aside. he doesn't deal with gratitude well when it comes to things like this.]

You're aware of the Outer Authorities and their technology, I trust?

[Hey, he didn't get laughed at or growled at for expressing it. That's better than he usually gets.]

yeah i heard of em. guess there what messed up all th buildings an stuff here. lots of guns an flying cars and things.

[The collars, though, nobody's told him about.]

[the very thing he's focused on just now.]

They also have a device capable of suppressing mutant abilities.

oh. well thats kinda nasty. how free re they with those things?

[Because the thought of losing his jumping is just... painful, man, it really is. Would it keep his tongue from working, too? Horrors!]

If you make it clear you're a threat to them, they'll attempt to use it on you.

[in other words, don't go and do something stupid, toad.]

dont think there gonna think climbing on walls is a threat if i dont try climbin on theres. m probly ok.

[Todd isn't about to go getting himself into trouble that easily. Unlike some mutants, he mostly gets into trouble on accident.]

The fact you're a mutant sets you apart from most here. It places a target on your head that you cannot remove.

[which is why he needs to make sure that toad stays safe. or at least knows who to call if things do go wrong.]

[Right, right. He's not had any trouble yet, has he? But that does remind him:]

theres other peeps with other powers not just mtants. kinda weird huh?

[He feels like he probably ought to at least warn the guy about that. So he won't be too surprised.]

This planet is a nexus for all possible realities. It seems only logical to include those where magic or supernatural beings are real.

[and after the issues he's had in the past with a certain vampire, he's long since given up on trying to play ignorant to it all.]

yea swhat i figured.

[Only with less fancy words. What the heck's a nexus?]

dont seem like bad folks some of em tho. got a guy who says hes a wizard.

[and that would be a lesson he learned the hard way. it wasn't mutant vs human in bete noire, and here is no different. sometimes, humans behaved better than non-humans.]

Sometimes people do manage to surprise you.

u think hes not cool? the wizard guy? u met him yet?

[Because hey, he's not entirely sure he trusts Magneto's judgment-- especially a Magneto he hasn't actually worked for-- but he'd still like to know if he was supposedly on the black list.]

Briefly. People are less likely to admit to their abilities here than in our own worlds.

[well, his in particular. he knows that his own world is seemingly the exception to the rule. mutants have a home and the promise of safety, so they have no reason to hide there.]

well he admited it to me. showed me 2. he can float stuff around an turn it into other stuff. s pretty cool.

[He's a little bit proud to tell Magneto that, if just because now he knows something Magneto apparently doesn't.]

You have abilities of your own. He has no reason to hide what he's capable of from you.

[Which... is what Todd thought Erik had been saying a moment before. However, being confused by Magneto really isn't an unusual thing, so he just lets it pass.]

well still. i thought he was prtty cool. could be worse rite? so where u stayin?

Potentially, yes. The Xavier's and myself have been living near the harbour. You're still within the Old City, correct?

yeah at the flop with quicksilver. easy to find yo.

[Should Erik need him, or anything. Not that he's really his boss anymore, but... still. Just in case.]

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