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[xtricated]

[The video cuts on to a girl staring intently at the screen, face flecked with something dark and dirty-it’s hard to tell what it is from the shadowed lighting as she holds the PDA away from her-as if she does not care to clean herself up. She does not.] This is another future. Not the only one. I must return to mine.

[She pauses for a moment,

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[ascending_angel]

[Video...oh my God LJ what did you do D:]

Laura. Hi. We can't go back, at least not willingly.

[xtricated]

[Video]

Santo said you were here, Archangel. [She is not sure how much he knows or what time he is from, or whether or not knowing her name means anything.] Do you remember X-Force?

[ascending_angel]

I do. Your arm...that's awhile back for me.

Did someone offer you some help?

[xtricated]

I have been directed to seek out one named Katara and Thor. [More importantly] Did we accomplish our mission? [By that she means are Julian and the others still alive.]

[ascending_angel]

Thor will definitely take care of you; he's a good guy.

[A pause, and he purses his lips together slowly.]

And, yeah, our mission was accomplished. All missions were accomplished and we're now disbanded.

[xtricated]

Disbanded? [What would she have done after?] What has happened?

[ascending_angel]

The girl returned from the future.

[xtricated]

Hope. [That is good. Hope was needed and they could protect her better as a group than leaving her alone with Cable.]

And the future? Was it changed?

[ascending_angel]

Too soon to tell, I think. I can tell you that there were a handful of new mutants manifesting powers, though.

[xtricated]

[The continuation of the mutant race was never what her primary concern was, but it is good to hear in some way. At the same time]

They were not mutants before Hope's return.

[ascending_angel]

No they weren't. They didn't manifest typically, either, but we don't know why yet.

[xtricated]

That is...troublesome. Anomalies are not often benign.

[ascending_angel]

It is very strange, yeah. I guess everyone is just trying to see it as an improvement over having no more new mutants.

[xtricated]

Yes. It is a start. [She is just not sure of what.]