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expiationlogs2024-10-09 02:37 pm
mightymorphin) wrote in expiationlogs2024-10-09 02:37 pm
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knocking at the door [open]
Who: Morph and you!
Where: The newly-spawned X-Mansion
What: Both closed and open prompts taking place in the X-Mansion this month! Feel free to use this space for your own closed threads in the mansion, just make sure to note that in the subject line.
Warnings: Nothing yet
A. DISCOVERY - CLOSED TO ROGUE, BACKDATED TO OCT 5TH
[Morph was in Archangel's winged form, on the search for the missing Peter by air, taking advantage of the good eyesight that came along with it to check out alleys and rooftops. That was when they first spotted it - something new just outside of Aldrip, a large building that looked achingly familiar the closer they came to it. It nagged at them, enough that once they finished checking that part of the city, Morph only briefly landed on a rooftop before winging it in that direction.
What they saw nearly made them forget to flap their wings. The mansion was unmistakable, looking for all the world like a someone had scooped it up and dropped it there. Morph circled around it once, then landed in the front yard, staring up at the building in sheer disbelief as they shifted back to their regular form. The last time they had seen the mansion, it was a demolished, scorched ruin. Morph had shared a beer with Logan right there on the lawn while waiting for the fires to die down. But this mansion wasn't damaged in the slightest - it could've come from the day before the Prime Sentinels attacked, or any of the more peaceful days before that point.
After a long moment, they finally fish out their tablet to write a quick text to Rogue.]
B. OPEN HOUSE
[After the announcement made on the network, the mansion's been left open for the Chosen to wander into. For anyone interested a bright yellow sign has been posted with an arrow pointing towards the elevator, and another sign inside the elevator letting guests know which floor will leave them outside the Danger Room.
The rest of the mansion's doors are unlocked, left open for anyone to wander around as they wish. There's a few locations that might be of interest, including a pool and a basketball court outside. The first floor has a sizeable library and a living room with a big-screen CRT and a VCR, along with a shelf full of VHS tapes. The second basement, above the one containing the Danger Room, has its own gym and locker rooms, along with some laboratory space that's going unused.
The only places that are semi off-limits are the office on the first floor and the bedrooms on the second floor. Start rifling around in either area and chances are that one of the new residents will find you doing it, unless they're sufficiently distracted elsewhere. The mansion will also get locked back up around 10 PM each night, so no late night visits unless you ask about it!]
C. WILDCARD
[Morph can be found pretty much anywhere on the mansion grounds if you need to talk to them!]
Where: The newly-spawned X-Mansion
What: Both closed and open prompts taking place in the X-Mansion this month! Feel free to use this space for your own closed threads in the mansion, just make sure to note that in the subject line.
Warnings: Nothing yet
A. DISCOVERY - CLOSED TO ROGUE, BACKDATED TO OCT 5TH
[Morph was in Archangel's winged form, on the search for the missing Peter by air, taking advantage of the good eyesight that came along with it to check out alleys and rooftops. That was when they first spotted it - something new just outside of Aldrip, a large building that looked achingly familiar the closer they came to it. It nagged at them, enough that once they finished checking that part of the city, Morph only briefly landed on a rooftop before winging it in that direction.
What they saw nearly made them forget to flap their wings. The mansion was unmistakable, looking for all the world like a someone had scooped it up and dropped it there. Morph circled around it once, then landed in the front yard, staring up at the building in sheer disbelief as they shifted back to their regular form. The last time they had seen the mansion, it was a demolished, scorched ruin. Morph had shared a beer with Logan right there on the lawn while waiting for the fires to die down. But this mansion wasn't damaged in the slightest - it could've come from the day before the Prime Sentinels attacked, or any of the more peaceful days before that point.
After a long moment, they finally fish out their tablet to write a quick text to Rogue.]
hey, leave the city and fly southeast, right now.
no one's dying but you NEED to see this.
no one's dying but you NEED to see this.
B. OPEN HOUSE
[After the announcement made on the network, the mansion's been left open for the Chosen to wander into. For anyone interested a bright yellow sign has been posted with an arrow pointing towards the elevator, and another sign inside the elevator letting guests know which floor will leave them outside the Danger Room.
The rest of the mansion's doors are unlocked, left open for anyone to wander around as they wish. There's a few locations that might be of interest, including a pool and a basketball court outside. The first floor has a sizeable library and a living room with a big-screen CRT and a VCR, along with a shelf full of VHS tapes. The second basement, above the one containing the Danger Room, has its own gym and locker rooms, along with some laboratory space that's going unused.
The only places that are semi off-limits are the office on the first floor and the bedrooms on the second floor. Start rifling around in either area and chances are that one of the new residents will find you doing it, unless they're sufficiently distracted elsewhere. The mansion will also get locked back up around 10 PM each night, so no late night visits unless you ask about it!]
C. WILDCARD
[Morph can be found pretty much anywhere on the mansion grounds if you need to talk to them!]
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[Morph leaves the doors open as they lead the way inside, where sure enough there are a couple of large plastic containers that have 'HALLOWEEN' written on them in faded marker on the side. Rather than dealing with it right now, they toss the decorations they were carrying back onto the boxes before turning to face her again.]
It's hard for two people to decorate this whole place, but I can put up a few things to make it look a little more festive.
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[Not that it's very big in Japan to begin with, but she in particular never got to do anything with it, and didn't care that much.]
You, uh... want some help?
[She did come here for the Danger Room, true, but... well. Leaving the two people she fought before to do all the decorating feels... kind of rude. Maybe this can make up for it.]
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[After all, Fauna had the ears and tail going on, and they had no idea if that was normal in her world. Morph stops to consider her offer for a moment, rubbing their chin in thought.]
That would make it go a lot faster... if you want to help out, I won't say no. Just pick stuff out of the boxes and go from there. And let's keep all the decorations on the first floor, otherwise I'll still be finding rubber bats by Christmas.
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... And you're okay with that? Only letting that stuff show when people won't realize?
[She knows she shouldn't say that sort of thing. It's not her place to cast judgment, or argue about it. But that's always been one of the core problems she has- She chafes with the world around her because of it. She wants to scream into the world, 'this is who I am'. The idea of hiding who she is- It makes her skin crawl. It's unfair. Hiding who you are, only showing it as a 'costume', when it's 'safe'...
A world that won't accept the people in it isn't a world she wants any part of.
But regardless, she does go to pick up a box, and pulls out some tiny plastic pumpkins, looking for good spots to put them.]
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[Morph picks the two crepe paper rolls back up, heading over to the stairs to start winding the alternating colors around the railing, something that takes a little work but won't look half bad once they're done.
Mostly, they're wondering how to explain the whole mutant situation without it taking a good half hour. Though they've done it before, most of what they had to say about it wasn't pleasant. Morph had already learned that a lot of these other worlds just didn't have an equivalent to mutants, or if they did, the situation was far different.]
Sometimes public opinion goes our way, but generally mutants aren't well-liked. A lot of regular humans are afraid of what we can do. But my team, the X-Men, were formed to prove that humans and mutants can live together peacefully. That we have the power to protect and help them. That's our mission statement when we're back home, anyway.
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[To her situation. Being trans.]
But I just made sure people won't mess with me. People tried to be that way to me until I broke a kid's nose over it.
... Is it possible to live together peacefully? Really?
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[Morph could sympathize for sure. If they hadn't been born a pretty strange type of mutant, they might not have been brave enough to tell their friends that they didn't want to be treated like they were always a man. As glad as they were that most of the team had been fine with it, they have no doubt that being a shapeshifter had smoothed things over.]
The Professor thinks so - he's the guy who taught us, and the guy that owns this mansion. I wouldn't be on the team if I didn't believe in his dream of the future. That doesn't mean it won't take a lot of work, though.
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[The professor, huh? She never got along well with teachers, but she's listening.]</small Huh. So this place isn't yours and Rogue's?
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[Since superpowers were involved, well, the mutant issue just naturally had a lot more violence happening on both sides. There was a good reason the X-Men were trying to play defense more than offense - they were out to stop fights, not start them.]
Nope, neither of us are that loaded. This place originally the Professor's family home, but Rogue and I have both lived here for years, along with the rest of the team.
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[She understands that, though. She was trying to build that world, too. She just thougt she had to destroy the world that existed first....
... but the second part gets her to fidget nervously, clearly thinking something.]
... For years, huh?
[why's it so hard to ask things... she's trying to build up the courage to ask, but.]
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[Morph was happy to chat away like usual, but they spot her fidgeting and it makes them pause. How often did she ever look that unsure? They could guess that it had to be a rarity.]
Something on your mind, Fauna?
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It's hard to ask for help.]
... Do you have any open rooms? I get it if they're all taken or belong to people already, but...
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[Morph ties the crepe paper ends into a bow so they can leave the rolls there on one of the stairs for later, beckoning her to come on up.]
If you need a place to stay, you have one here. D'you wanna come up and see what the women's rooms look like?
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... Wait, I- That easy?!
[She's looking around. Is this a prank? Are people about to come out and laugh at her? Is it really that easy?]
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[Morph takes a casual pose as they lean against the banister, regarding her with a smile.]
I know we had that big fight, but Rogue and I both understand why you did what you did, even if we didn't agree in the end. That doesn't mean we hold a grudge. If you'd rather stay here than in town, I think it would work out just fine.
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[... she's so confused. They don't hold a grudge???]
And I, uh. I'd trust this place more than whatever place this city wants to give us.
[... she... slowly starts following Morph up those stairs to check out those rooms after all.]
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Great! C'mon, it's this way.
[Morph continues up the stairs and takes a left at the top, leading the way around a bend and to a hall that is lined with doors.]
So, only one of these is Rogue's, but about half the rooms will have a bunch of stuff in them. It's, uh, what belonged to my teammates back home. You can just pick one of the empty rooms and grab any linens you need out of the closet next to the stairs.
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... Woah. I've never slept in a big Western bed like these before... They're kind of huge.
[Well, to be fair, anything's big when you compare it to a kid's futon.]
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[Morph picks a spot in the hallway to lean against the wall while she's looking through the rooms.]
There's no real ground rules, just clean up after yourself when you use the kitchen or the other rooms. I'll make sure the kitchen's stocked, and there's a grocery list you can add to if you have any specific requests.
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[She's trying to figure out if she could move any of this... well, of course she could, but still. It seems so big.]
I guess I'll just... grab whatever's easy or pre-made. There's a microwave, right? I can use that.
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[No longer having to do cooking duty for an entire team took a little getting used to - Rogue's already made enough food to feed a small army at least once while they've been here.]
Just don't eat food that has someone else's name written on it. Anything else in the kitchen or the pantry is up for grabs. That system has always worked pretty well for us.
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[She's nodding... then looking at the decorations, and looking around.]
... You know, I could probably get out these windows to help hang stuff from here.