Dreaming of Jeannie (from backdated email files)
*OOC -- Crossposted to shadeof_grey. I apologize in advance for the self-indulgence
Our narrator: It wasn't so very long ago that Jean Grey, under the pernicious influence of a great deal of red wine, made an ill-advised post, containing some eyebrow-raising details of her personal life. Emma Frost, like the good rival she is, copied the message and forwarded it on. It was circulated and recirculated, as these things will be, and eventually found itself on the desk of one Tony Stark. He found the message interesting for a number of reasons, including but not limited to, (1) Jean Grey is supposed to be dead, (2) Jean Grey, if not dead, has the potential to be one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and (3) Jean Grey is, if the message is to be believed, a natural redhead -- and an extremely available one. Being one of the smartest men in the world, Tony could hardly help engaging in some followup
Email messages:
To: Grey-Summers, Jean (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
From: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
Re: Red-headed women?
Dear Jean --
I never thought to hear of it these circumstances, but it gives me great pleasure to know that you are alive and well. In fact, I had a little money riding on it in the office pool. Not that anybody bet against you but Jarvis, and I always wonder if he knows something I don't know. He's the butler, after all, and what's the line from Citizen Kane? He knows where the bodies are buried.
But allow me to retreat from a rather morbid tangent, and point out what you must have heard. There's a war going on, and your esteemed (ex?) husband has laid out a clear case for X-neutrality -- which I respect -- but the decision was presumably made without your input, and I can't help but be curious regarding where your loyalties might lie. I would be happy to discuss this over a drink. In fact, I would be happy to discuss many things over many drinks.
-Sincerely,
Anthony Stark
IRON MAN
CEO, Stark Industries
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Katherine S. (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
Re: NOT FUNNY!
Mr. Stark --
I am disgusted and appalled by your message. Jean Grey is dead, Jean Grey would never side with your fascist pro-registration policy, and Jean Grey would certainly never drink anything with you. The implication that she would do any of these things -- were she not, as I mentioned, dead -- is an insult to a great woman's memory.
-Disgusted,
Kitty Pryde
To : Pryde, Katherine S. (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
From : Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
Re: Not convincing
Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie --
That is the worst attempt to forge an email address that I have ever seen. All you did was change the ID tag. It's especially unwise to take on the name of the one of your sad lot who seems to know anything about information technology. I have to say, up to this point, I half thought that this whole thing was Emma, trying to mess with me. But Emma wouldn't make that mistake either. The only person who would make that mistake is the woman who used to BCC her love notes to little Scotty Summers to the combined Xmen/Avengers/Fantastic Four/Heroes for Hire listserv. Welcome back, Jeannie!
Now, about that drink. . .
-T
PS -- Kitty's middle name is "Anne." Even I know that.
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
Re: GO AWAY!
Look, you wiretapping freak. I *am* Kitty Pryde. I walk through walls. I'll come in your big house and invade your privacy some time and see how you like it. I am Kitty, but I can tell you that Jean would not want anything to do with you, and also I she never sent any emails like that. About Scott. You're just trying to get her to deny it. Which she can't. Because she's dead.
Go away.
-J
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
RE: GO AWAY! (PS)
PS: Before you can ask, I (Kitty Pryde) do not want to have a drink with you, either. I have a boyfriend. He has REAL metal armor and he can kick your ass.
-Kitty
To: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
From: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
RE: Wow, you really suck at this.
Jean --
You signed the first message "J."
You. Me. Vodka. Soon.
-Tony
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: daemon@mailservices
Re: Returned message (user unknown)
THE USER SHADOWCAT987@WEBMAIL.COM DOES NOT EXIST OR HAS BEEN DELETED.
Our narrator: It wasn't so very long ago that Jean Grey, under the pernicious influence of a great deal of red wine, made an ill-advised post, containing some eyebrow-raising details of her personal life. Emma Frost, like the good rival she is, copied the message and forwarded it on. It was circulated and recirculated, as these things will be, and eventually found itself on the desk of one Tony Stark. He found the message interesting for a number of reasons, including but not limited to, (1) Jean Grey is supposed to be dead, (2) Jean Grey, if not dead, has the potential to be one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and (3) Jean Grey is, if the message is to be believed, a natural redhead -- and an extremely available one. Being one of the smartest men in the world, Tony could hardly help engaging in some followup
Email messages:
To: Grey-Summers, Jean (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
From: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
Re: Red-headed women?
Dear Jean --
I never thought to hear of it these circumstances, but it gives me great pleasure to know that you are alive and well. In fact, I had a little money riding on it in the office pool. Not that anybody bet against you but Jarvis, and I always wonder if he knows something I don't know. He's the butler, after all, and what's the line from Citizen Kane? He knows where the bodies are buried.
But allow me to retreat from a rather morbid tangent, and point out what you must have heard. There's a war going on, and your esteemed (ex?) husband has laid out a clear case for X-neutrality -- which I respect -- but the decision was presumably made without your input, and I can't help but be curious regarding where your loyalties might lie. I would be happy to discuss this over a drink. In fact, I would be happy to discuss many things over many drinks.
-Sincerely,
Anthony Stark
IRON MAN
CEO, Stark Industries
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Katherine S. (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
Re: NOT FUNNY!
Mr. Stark --
I am disgusted and appalled by your message. Jean Grey is dead, Jean Grey would never side with your fascist pro-registration policy, and Jean Grey would certainly never drink anything with you. The implication that she would do any of these things -- were she not, as I mentioned, dead -- is an insult to a great woman's memory.
-Disgusted,
Kitty Pryde
To : Pryde, Katherine S. (jgs@xavierinstitute.edu)
From : Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
Re: Not convincing
Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie --
That is the worst attempt to forge an email address that I have ever seen. All you did was change the ID tag. It's especially unwise to take on the name of the one of your sad lot who seems to know anything about information technology. I have to say, up to this point, I half thought that this whole thing was Emma, trying to mess with me. But Emma wouldn't make that mistake either. The only person who would make that mistake is the woman who used to BCC her love notes to little Scotty Summers to the combined Xmen/Avengers/Fantastic Four/Heroes for Hire listserv. Welcome back, Jeannie!
Now, about that drink. . .
-T
PS -- Kitty's middle name is "Anne." Even I know that.
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
Re: GO AWAY!
Look, you wiretapping freak. I *am* Kitty Pryde. I walk through walls. I'll come in your big house and invade your privacy some time and see how you like it. I am Kitty, but I can tell you that Jean would not want anything to do with you, and also I she never sent any emails like that. About Scott. You're just trying to get her to deny it. Which she can't. Because she's dead.
Go away.
-J
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
RE: GO AWAY! (PS)
PS: Before you can ask, I (Kitty Pryde) do not want to have a drink with you, either. I have a boyfriend. He has REAL metal armor and he can kick your ass.
-Kitty
To: Pryde, Kitty Anne (shadowcat987@webmail.com)
From: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
RE: Wow, you really suck at this.
Jean --
You signed the first message "J."
You. Me. Vodka. Soon.
-Tony
To: Stark, Anthony (stark@starkindustries.com)
From: daemon@mailservices
Re: Returned message (user unknown)
THE USER SHADOWCAT987@WEBMAIL.COM DOES NOT EXIST OR HAS BEEN DELETED.