1st Blast Ω [Video]

[redhotsummers]

[The Portal flickers on, revealing a young man in the process of putting a leather jacket on. For a moment it seems he doesn't realize the Portal is on, as he runs a hand through his shock of blond hair. He paces in front of the bed for a moment, as if he's trying to calm himself down.

To a trained eye, it almost looks like flickers of red ghost

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[raventakeflight]

Havok. [You get a friendly smile along with your codename. IT'S WHAT ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING.] It's nice of you to show up.

[redhotsummers]

It's Alex.

[Yeah he isn't playing, Mystique/Raven.]

Aren't you sweet.

[raventakeflight]

[Oh dear, just as pleasant as ever.]

Alex then. [If that's what he prefers, she's nice enough to give it to him.] I know this isn't exactly the way I hoped a reunion would happen between all of us, but at least we can work together now to get home.

[redhotsummers]

[Hey, forgive him. You kinda ditched them]

Been talking to Erik about it, actually.

[He doesn't trust either of you. But he wants to get his team out.]

[raventakeflight]

[Very, very true.]

Really? What did he say? [As if she wasn't standing by listening...]

[redhotsummers]

Why don't you ask him.

[He isn't going to pretend. He isn't very good at it.]

[raventakeflight]

[Looks like this relationship is going to take a bit longer to mend.]

It really is nice to see you again, Alex. Take care of Charles for me.

I'm sure we'll see each other soon.

[redhotsummers]

[He liked you, Raven. But you weren't the father figure Erik was. And he has already threatened to blow the the metal mutant up.]

Still can't believe you left your brother for him.

[raventakeflight]

... [Ouch. It's not exactly what the woman wants to hear, obviously, but perhaps it is just the time for it to finally be said. After all, Charles welcomed her back with open arms, as if there would be no repercussions for her actions at all.

Raven honestly doesn't know how to answer him. She's grasping at straws.] I really don't expect you to understand...

[redhotsummers]

[Someone had to say it. Might as well be him.]

Oh yeah. Hormones are real hard to understand.

[He never had an issue with your blue side, Raven. That should be pretty clear from how he reacted to Hank being...well...Beast.

He doesn't know about how Charles treated you. So he just thinks it was for a piece of ass.]

[raventakeflight]

[Well, in her defense, it is a very fine piece of ass, but that is not something Alex would have noticed.

Sean maybe...but not Alex.] No, no. It's not like that. Not at all!

Is that how you think of me?

[redhotsummers]

[You underestimate Alex, Raven. Really.]

I dunno, you tell me, Raven.

I didn't leave someone bleeding out on a beach for the guy who did it.

[raventakeflight]

[Oh man, Alex is hitting all the right spots.]

I thought he would be safe with all of you! How- I mean, how could I have known that Charles was- [She stumbles right into the word, unable to come out with it straightforward like that.

It's so hard to think of the situation from a different perspective.]

[redhotsummers]

How could you have known?

Oh I don't know--not leaving.

That might have told you.

[Alex snorts, glaring at her.]

[raventakeflight]

[Though Mystique may do her best to stay strong in whatever unsettling situation that just so happens to pop up, Raven is a different creature altogether. Though it is true that she's made quite a few errors and bad decisions in the past (just the same as anyone else), the girl has honestly never given those decisions and the outcomes too much considerable thought besides her own immediate outcome.

Did Charles feel this exact same way? Though it was obvious that he had missed her constant presence in these last two months apart for him, underneath all of it did he truly blame her for not staying? Did he hate her for choosing Erik over him?

Her blue lip trembles. Can you make a girl cry and keep going, Alex?]

You think I made the wrong decision.

[redhotsummers]

Yeah, I think you did.

[His face softens, then. No, he can't. He's a lot of things, but he has respect for women.]