Return of the Queen

[soulsword]

Who;Illyana + You
What; Network + Log of her return
Where;
When;Night on May 2nd
Warnings; Talk of death

I. Network

I found Athony. Turns out he has his own pocket dimension. Aspect of death and all that. Looks like they've at least mastered using the portals to go from here to there. Good for them.

Anyone visited the Academy while I've been gone. Been told recently that we could all do with a few lessons.

II. Wandering the streets

After what had happened before Illyana probably should have learned her lesson. Too bad she'd never been that great of a student. Sure, she picked up on things unusually fast, but she'd always been too headstrong to make a perfect student. Besides, she'd just gotten back and she wasn't really sure if she actually wanted to see anyone. Her head was a jumbled mess of memories of death from her home.

Memories of a small child slowly wasting away from a virus her own brother gave her. The memory felt more like watching a movie, as though it weren't actually her own memory. I hope to act like it does, if nothing else.

Was that all she was doing here? Acting like a real girl? For the first time she felt the full pang of missing her brother. She wished he was here. Big simple Piotr who only ever saw his little sister as the Snowflake she once was. She missed him, just like she missed Kitty and every one of the New Mutants. Tears welled up in her eyes, tears that she'd insist mainly came from frustration.

A portal appeared around her feet and engulfed her body only for her to remain exactly where she was.

"How dare you," she muttered as she wiped the tears away from her face. A series of curses in Russian escaped her lips and she pulled the hood of her jacket up.

Comments

[monochromatically]

I dunno that those are, but if you can draw on bags with them, then that might help if I gotta draw faces on the bag.

[ But the boy was internally trying to figure out how to not allow his face to freeze that badly. It was going to haunt him now. ]

Oh… [ He tilted his head slightly, worried. ] I guess if you gotta, okay. And you’re welcome… I’m glad I could give it back.

[soulsword]

[ Someday he'll probably get some delivered to him. She will continue this joke. She shifts a bit awkwardly. ]

I'm... sorry you were worried about me. [ She frowns a little. ] And that my sword came to you. It's only ever done that with Kitty.

[monochromatically]

[ Mono shook his head. He didn’t really know why she should be sorry about either of those things. ]

You don’t gotta be sorry; you didn’t mean for me to worry and stuff… I’m sorry you’re still not okay, even if I’m glad you’re back. [ Though the boy still didn’t know why the sword came to him. ] And you didn’t mean for it to come to me, and nothing happened since I didn’t use it, right?

[soulsword]

[ She let out a tiny sigh and then forced a smile. ] I'll be fine. Maybe I'll even tell you about how the sword works more one day.

[monochromatically]

I hope so… But if you aren’t okay for a while I kinda understand, bad stuffs like that. [ Mono squinted a little, like he was trying to decide if he believed that smile or not… But he would be keeping an eye on her a little more closely than he had before, perhaps. Like he did with a few of his important people in this world, just to be on the safe side, not wanting her to disappear again. ] Okay, I wanna hear more about it too when you’re feeling better.

[soulsword]

I'll be fine. [ She folded her arms across her chest defensively, more an attempt to cut anyone off from her than to seem tough. The smile stayed on her face, though it faltered some under his scrutiny. It was definitely time to be on her way. ] Then you'll hear. [ When she speaks again she sounds awkward, thanks is definitely not something she's used to giving. ] Thank you. You're an innocent boy, it's good it went to you.

[ Instead of someone else that would have been an idiot and tried to use it. And with that final statement she smirked, weakly, and then teleported out. Unfortunately not to Limbo. ]