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[Today is a good day for serious business, apparently. There's a certain something he's been putting off for a while, and after one-too-many dreams interrupting his sleep, he's had enough: this morning when Billy wakes up, the first thing he does is jot out a note in the journal-]
[Private to Ben Grimm]
Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?
[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.
After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]
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I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.
There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.
[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.
In the end he just leaves it be.]
...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
[Private to Ben Grimm]
Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?
[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.
After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]
[Open to All]
I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.
There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.
[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.
In the end he just leaves it be.]
...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
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[He winces, his gaze dropping back to the pond, gripping the handles of the moped tightly. After everything, after she changed the world for Magneto and Quicksilver, after she lost her mind because he and Tommy weren't even supposed to exist...]
...That's not what I want. I just... want to help. We're part of the reason she went missing in the first place. I want to make it right, somehow. And then maybe she can have a family again.
[He has one already, sure, and he's okay with that. But Tommy doesn't, and Wanda doesn't anymore, and- what's wrong with wanting them all to be together?]
hahaha, stared at this forever and then suddenly ENJOY A FLASHBACK AKAI
I went through a time in my life that was - bad. Real bad. An' someone came along saw it. They got the drop on me in an alley an' when I woke up I was tied up in a cargo train. They said they were just openin' the door for me ta get out, but if that's all you're doin', you don't need knock-out gas. You see what I'm sayin'?
[Rogue shook her head, not even sure she knew what she was saying, and went to clarify, eager to get distance from that memory anyway.]
You want to give her a chance, you want to be a family, the best thing you can do is be there. And don't go away. Stay around. Eventually, she might be able to take hold of that, but whether she can or not, that's on her. You don't need knock-out gas.
WELL DAMN
It's pretty much terrifying. And her putting it in context gives him a minute to get over the initial "what the hell" reaction, but he's still very much at a loss for what to say about that so he skims over it for the moment.]
As long as she doesn't vanish on us again, then... we can do that. I mean, I don't plan on going anywhere. I know it won't be easy, but it's family. Family's never easy.
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Tell me about it.
[She shifts her gaze from Billy to glance over the simulated water.]
But there's no fixin' what's past. There's only healin' up for the future, and that if you're lucky. Being there an' staying there - that's the best thing. There's nothin' like having someone you can trust.
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[He still has his own worries and misgivings about it- what if she wants to take him back? Will there be a fight between his other family and her? What will Tommy do, if he has to choose where to be? How does he even feel about her?
Still so many questions. But he's not going to let it stop him, either.]
I'll definitely keep thinking about it, though. And... thanks. For hearing me out, and telling me all that. It helped.
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