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first salvation ✝ video.

[ So there's this girl chilling out on some rock outside right now. She ventured out a little to try to get an idea of where she is, but... ]

As unlikely as this is, I have to ask- Did I timeslide in my sleep? [ She looks around warily at the landscape. She looks a little confused, but mostly annoyed as she addresses the video again. ] Not that I can without a time device of some sort, but this looks like the places I grew up in.

[ A pause. ]

Or did Bete Noire get a remodel while I was away? [ Because that's the only other option here really.

Behind her a large dog pops up to nuzzle at her, making her nearly fall and drop the communicator as she tries to shove it off a bit. Just enough so that she doesn't fall before she's reaching out to hug the big ball of fur. ] I'm leaning towards nuclear apocalypse in Bete Noire that somehow The Dog survived right now.

Anyone want to give me the real details? Thanks.

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You oughtn't sell yourself short.

/ I'm just trying to get everyone's expectations on the same level here. /

I see. Do people expect a lot of you, back home?

/ Just to save mutantkind. /

[Blink.]

Well. That's certainly a tall order. What are you meant to save us from?

/ Extinction. /

[ So she opens her mind up more, trying to do what she's learned to to transfer memories as a telepathic. She shows her what she knows about Wanda ending mutantkind, and shares how there was nothing, then she was born. ]

/ Now the rumor is I'm the savior for our kind. /

Good lord.

[The stunned whisper escapes her lips even as it echoes in her thoughts. She can't help but be overwhelmed by it, for a moment - by the knowledge that this is the future of mutantkind.

Then she takes it in her stead, and she carries on, as she's learned to do.]

That's a heavy burden, particularly to carry alone.

[ Yeah sorry. sometimes she forgets how much of a shock it can be. Five new mutants was an overwhelming amount to her before. 200 a miracle. The fact that that's less than before doesn't always hit her. ]

/ I can do it. /

I don't doubt you. [She seems relentlessly capable - it would be easy to forget her youth, if Jocelyn weren't staring into her eyes. She wonders how many people have.]

I've yet to find a saviour, however, who faced their challenge alone.

/ Everyone else was smart enough to avoid the job. / [ Plus... Hope has some trust issues lately. She does not want anyone else working with her. ]

Perhaps you haven't met the right people yet. [...Except she remembers thinking she had herself, and there's a sudden pang of loss she swiftly shoves aside.]

[ Hope definitely felt that, though. ]

/ We're kind of a small community these days. And we all lived in one place. Someone would have spoken up if they really wanted to help. /

[Dammit. Go away, feelings.]

It's possible that you need to look outside the community.

[ No they're here to stay! ]

/ We're not at the point where people accept mutants. /

[Disappointing, but not surprising.]

...I suppose you have sentinels as well? [She's really hoping you'll deny that, Hope.]

/ They were gone. Now they're back. /

Of course.

[She'd been stunned, horrified, when Pietro had told her about them. Now she feels resigned - even bitter.]

I wasn't expecting that, you know. [When she'd argued so passionately for peace - she hadn't foreseen her kind being hunted down by giant killer robots.]

/ Expecting what? /

Attempted genocide via murderous automatons.

I - [She raises her other hand, pinching the bridge of her nose.]

I apologise. This is hardly the time for me to get maudlin on you.

/ No it's okay.

When I came home the first time... I thought I was coming home to something great. I remember when I first saw how shattered our kind was. / [ It was probably the most upsetting reality that she'd had shattered. ]

[After a moment, soft and sincere.] I'm sorry we couldn't give you a better world.

/ It's okay.

I'll do it. / [ Failure isn't a word in her vocab. ]

[She shouldn't have to. That's what Jocelyn wants to say. It shouldn't fall to her.]

I imagine you will.

[ She knows. But... ]

/ For now this place is top priority. /

Yes.

[Better to focus on the present, regardless.]

The locals accept our aid, for the most part. ...Some grudgingly.