text; backdated to friday evening of wk16

[lehnsherr]

[he doesn't need to check with jocelyn to be sure. the first charles left a while ago; but while erik would prefer to have him here, he knows it's better this way. charles had missed his sister too much. the second one had only just disappeared in the past week, and that's what finally prompted him to send this message.

certain teenagers deserved to know.]

Both Charles Xavier's are gone.

Again.


[locked to hope summers]

That was the third that I've met here. Five total, and I missed my own.

[the message gets sent like that, at first. but a few minutes later, a second is attached to it]

I need your help again.

[be proud? at least he's asking for it this time]

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locked.

[messiahed]

What do you need help with?

locked.

[lehnsherr]

I need to hit something that can hit back harder.

locked.

[messiahed]

[ Ohhhhh now we're talking. ]

Then I'm your girl. I need a good sparring session.

locked.

[lehnsherr]

You know how to find me.

Don't hold back.

locked.

[messiahed]

Fair warning, I've gotten better.

[ coming to find you still, Erik! ]

locked.

[lehnsherr]

I never expected anything less.

[he'll just be, you know, hanging out in a newly made clearing in the forest. trees really don't hit back]

action.

[messiahed]

[ She uses her powers to sense for him. They're stronger than they were, at least at sensing others. It's easier to feel him so far away. Especially when there's so few mutants and his is a signature she recognizes really well.

So when she finds him, she opens with a punch to the face. Might as well get him properly motivated. ]

Don't hold back.

action.

[lehnsherr]

[it's an all too welcome distraction to finally have someone who isn't under his command to fight with. telling his subordinates not to hold back doesn't mean much when most are too scared to even think about attacking him.

hope though. hope is different. she's never held back on him, regardless of who he is back in her world. her attitude towards him most of the time leaves him comfortable in the knowledge that she'll let loose just as much as he wants to.

with the punch landing solidly, erik uses the momentum to follow up with a punch to the gut; one to try and put some space between them so he can get a better look. they haven't fought one another before, but that doesn't mean either of them are new to fighting.]

action.

[messiahed]

[ Hope's fighting has always been more brute force than anything. Some fancy moves, but more soldier-esque in action. However, she was recently trained by Spider-Man and Iron Fist. Her techniques are a little bit of a mix of what Cable taught her and what Iron Fist taught her.

So she takes that punch like Nathan would tell her too, grunting with the brunt force of it. Then she turns on one foot while the other leg comes up and swings around to kick him in the open chest like Iron Fist would teach her. They'd both be proud. ]

action.

[lehnsherr]

[the force of her kick has him close to falling backwards, only a gratuitous use of his abilities keeping him from hitting the floor. he knows better than that. knows not to leave an opening in his defences. so this time when he strikes, it's a grapple instead of a hit. he dives forward, aiming to try and get her to the ground; to pin her in some way. and if there's a brief use of his power to tug at her very bloodstream, it isn't something he's entirely aware of doing right now.]

action.

[messiahed]

[ Oh, so we're using abilities now! Not only that but he does it in a way she wasn't expecting. It almost makes her panic a bit and lash out with her own, taking his powers and pulling back at whatever metal he had on him to throw him off. She still falls on her back, but with just enough room between them to get her knee up against his chest and shove back. ]

[cantcatchme]

Eh, so what? We don't need him around.

[Empathy. Pietro doesn't have it.]

[lehnsherr]

Your disdain of Charles Xavier not withstanding, he was a powerful ally to have, and one not easily replaced.

[cantcatchme]

The one I know is a jerk. Must be why he likes Summers so much. Cyclops, I mean.

[It's still weird to think of Hope as a 'Summers'.]

Think whatever you like. I don't trust him enough to EVER call him an "ally". And I'd say the same even if my father hadn't warned me about him.

[tiptoeing]

I'm sorry to hear it. If it's any consolation, we've successfully predicted a pod opening.