001 [VIDEO]

Dec 09, 2011 03:37

[ There's a shirtless teenager on your screen who looks remarkably like that kid from the Taylor Swift video, er... well... There's an upside-down shirtless teenager on your screen, looking at the datapad like it has somehow hideously offended him just by existing and having far too many knobs than what one would reasonably expect. At first, his ( Read more... )

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excessivehubris December 9 2011, 12:32:37 UTC
[As someone has completely given up sleeping, at least in the past twenty-four hours, Charles is at hand when he hears a very familiar voice. He freezes and then practically dives for his data pad.]

Alex?!

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doomhoops December 9 2011, 12:55:18 UTC
[ Finally something that makes sense. All other conversations are immediately put on hold, because they're nutjobs and Charles is here and he could now care less about them. ]

Charles? [ He's moving towards the door, having much rather see Charles in person and have solid proof he's okay ] Where are you?

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excessivehubris December 9 2011, 13:45:41 UTC
I'm at the library, Alex. Where are you? Stay put I'll come find you, just tell me where you are if you can.

[Suiting action to word, Charles is already on his feet, his datapad moving along with him.]

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doomhoops December 9 2011, 13:51:46 UTC
[ ...Library? Abductees get libraries? He'll ask about that later, though, as he's looking around now for something to tell Charles. He heads back to the door, leans back a little as is zips open (that's still a little beyond freaky), and peers outside into the hallway. Oh, convenient. A room number. ]

Looks like... B-3? Does that work?

[ He glances to the screen. Sees it moving. Sees Charles moving. On his own. Sans wheelchair. His eyes go a little wide, voice muting a bit. ]

Professor... You're walking.

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excessivehubris December 9 2011, 13:58:10 UTC
[Wait till you hear the rest of the story, Alex. The lightsabers are cool though.]

Yes, B-3 works. [He says as reassuringly as possible, though he wants to frown as the team is further fractured across the dormitory.]

Excuse me I'm wha? [Charles glances curiously at the data feed, though he keeps moving, even taking a couple of those quick jog steps he's know for when he's feeling particularly restless.]

Well yes, I'm afraid I haven't master how to drive any of these scooters or other vehicles you see zipping around.

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doomhoops December 9 2011, 14:06:27 UTC
[ Ignoring the part about scooters because what, and this whole... not-paralyzed thing is sort of a complete shock to his mental state at the moment. ]

You're walking. [ Like somehow repeating that is supposed to make it clearer ]

Where's your... [ some hand gestures that look vaguely like pushing wheels ] chair?

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excessivehubris December 9 2011, 14:08:56 UTC
[He's gotten to the dormitory and is doing something of a double take at Alex.]

Alex, honestly what has gotten into ... just, hold on I'm almost there. We can talk in person, it will be easier.

]ooc: Shall we action this hideous family reunion, bb?]

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doomhoops December 9 2011, 14:13:44 UTC
[ He takes a moment to look away, breath, collect the scattered pieces of rationality that have been all screwed up in the last five to ten minutes since he woke up. ]

Yeah. Okay. See you soon. [ And he'll cut the feed himself to keep from asking more questions. ]

[[ooc; Yes please bb! X3 /wibbley eyes~]]

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There there, little shark baby, Mommy's here. excessivehubris December 9 2011, 14:16:22 UTC
[It truly does not take Charles long, as he might have run through a few corridors as he makes his way from the base level up to level B. His own mind is a scatter of thoughts and emotions. Erik leaves and suddenly its like the flood gates open!

At least Alex knows him, not some older, wiser and yet still foolhardy version of himself.

Charles is at a light jog as he comes down the hall, voice already calling out.]

Alex?!

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SOB MOMMY WHY ARE ALL THE PEOPLE CRAZY ;; doomhoops December 9 2011, 14:27:14 UTC
[ The time Charles takes making his way to the apartment Alex spends fidgeting. Picking at the knobs on the datapad, pacing around the living room - so much energy from the frustration of the situation making him restless. He's definitely a little more than on edge when Charles gets there.

The voice rings out from the hallway and there's an urgency in his step when he goes to the door, leaning out into the hallway at first, and then stepping the whole way out (because he is so not cool with standing right under the freakish opening and closing creepy door). ]

Here.

[ He sees it - Charles walking all on his own as if nothing the couple days before had ever happened. His expression might closely mirror a goldfish - eyes wide, mouth hanging a little open. ]

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Timelines, Baby Shark, they makes us all insane. excessivehubris December 9 2011, 14:31:12 UTC
[You know, after the past couple of days on the one hand he's getting used to that expression, even as it sinks his heart further.

Nudging a scampering droid out the way with his foot, he reaches to take Alex's shoulders and guide him back into his room.]

Thank God, come on. Step back inside, we can talk more privately. Are you all right, Alex? I mean, despite the obvious disorientation, you're not hurt are you?

[Might still be thinking of Scott's arrival and panic.]

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;; sob, wait til crazyface Magnetopants comes back. That'll be fun for bb shark and his canon point. doomhoops December 9 2011, 14:39:17 UTC
[ Had it been someone else and had he not been in a state of shock and bewilderment, he might have tensed at the hands on his shoulders. But Charles is Charles and still walking, so he lets himself be guided back into the room easily. ]

I'm fine. Fine. [ Said quickly, dismissively, and as the door zips back closed he wheels around, brow furrowed in confusion as he stares down at Charles' feet. ]

You're paralyzed. [ Matter-of-factly. With a point to the feet. Well, you should be paralyzed. Obviously you're not right now. What are you doing not paralyzed? ]

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F.M.L. excessivehubris December 9 2011, 14:51:10 UTC
We've been taken from our own timeli... [He'd started to explain when Alex's matter of fact words slam into him like a hammer to the gut.]

I'm... ah, no, I most assuredly am not.

[Charles glanced down at his legs and even shifted his feet a little as if assuring himself they were still attached.]

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S O B I AM SO SORRY, CHARLES ;; None can escape Alex's hideous lack of tact doomhoops December 9 2011, 22:42:20 UTC
[ Considering the first sentence didn't get finished, Alex glosses right over it, needing to know about this whole... suddenly miracle healed thing immediately. ]

But you're supposed to be. Remember? Bullet in the back? Had to life-flight you back to the US?

[ It was kind of hard to miss. Was it the government? Did they do something to him? ]

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>.< excessivehubris December 9 2011, 23:32:38 UTC
No I do not reme...

[Fighting on the sand in Cuba, his head ringing and the sound of gun shots. Charles feels his stomach sink and he looks at Alex, face going pale.]

The last thing I remember, was fighting on the beach with Erik. He'd punched me, hard and gotten up to finish sending the missiles at the fleet ... what happened next, Alex?

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Re: >.< doomhoops December 9 2011, 23:55:15 UTC
Don't remember? [ So... the Professor has amnesia? That magically heals paralysis? Okay, well, he's just going to go ahead and explain this, so they can get on the same page first. It's spoken in a distant kind of tone, like 'you should know this'. ]

Moira tried to shoot at him. Erik. He deflected the bullets and one hit you in the [ass] back. [ He swallows dryly, getting uncomfortable with reliving this. He'd been trying not to think about Erik and what he did since the couple days they'd been back. ] Then him, Raven, Angel and Shaw's guys left.

You kept saying you couldn't feel your legs.

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