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[geomagnetically]

• MEMORY SHARE POST

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[ Lorna is so new here; new enough she's not reached out yet to see if anyone she knows is here too, an if they know more about this place than she does. Which is nothing, so anything is better than what she's working with.

She picks up one of those funky looking leaves, wondering how or why it's doing what it looks to be doing, because since when do leaf veins move?

And before she knows it, a memory broadcasts; a young girl whose mutant powers manifested far too young with too much power. (ooc: content warnings include — Parental deaths, degrees of memory manipulation/mind control.)

That's certainly ONE WAY to make an introduction. ]

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[cetrary]

[ Oh dear. Aerith doesn't recognize the woman but that doesn't mean she can't offer sympathy. Especially if she's a new arrival. What bad luck ]

I'm sorry. I think a memory of yours was just shown to us all. A pretty not so great one.

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[soulsword]

[ Been a while since Illyana's seen anyone she's recognized. It's always a tricky situation for her but that doesn't stop her curiosity. ]

I think it's a universal constant that mutants always make the most dramatic entrances. [ Despite her words she does have a tiny frown on her face. ] And the worst childhoods.

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[doubled_speed]

[The video was one Tommy had only barely paid attention to at first. And then he'd started to realize who it was. Which, of course, made him immediate shut it down and race into the city. He had to find her. It... it had to be her, right? Except fucking hell, he doesn't know where to look.

It's with supreme annoyance that he finally goes back to the network and sends a message.]

Lorna?

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[faithfulsupport]

[Ignis isn't quite sure what to say here for a moment, but he does speak in a soothing sort of tone.]

I'm sorry you went through all of that. It seems memory sharing is the name of the game here lately.

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[geomagnetically]

[ That actually gets a brief laugh that's somewhere between in agreement and cynical. ]

Isn't that the truth. On both counts. Definitely comes with the genetics - well, I'm pretty sure.

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[geomagnetically]

Well, that's awkward. [ attempt to play it off: the Lorna Dane playbook. ] Is that...a normal thing here?

[geomagnetically]

It's me, the one and only... I hope. [ ha. ] Where're ya at?

[geomagnetically]

To what end, I wonder. Fair warning, I'm super bad at group therapy type deals.

[doubled_speed]

Never known another like you.

[And she WAS his favorite other than his brother. Still, he's relieved she's asking, that she knows his voice, that she cares so much as to ask.]

Markets. Town isn't big, but I gotta keep slower to not break things.

[geomagnetically]

Sounds like hell. [ Being forced to go slow, she means, for someone so fast. ] I'll make my way there, if you feel like being a tour guide.

[doubled_speed]

[He knows how to go fast through the place when he's got a specific place to go. When he doesn't know where to go...]

Definitely happy to do that. I know this city pretty well, Minimoff Deliveries is the primo delivery business in this place. I've been everywhere.

[geomagnetically]

So that means you know where pizza rolls are? I have a craving for trash food along with the tour.

[doubled_speed]

[Damn, it's just so good to hear someone from home again. Other than Illyana. She's, well, creepy a little. His heart just about aches for it, and he's left laughing.]

I don't have a line on those. But the Hunter's Lodge, my boss there, he's a fucking A+ chef. Let me treat you.

[cetrary]

Nope, thankfully. It happened once a year ago or so but it was a lot...nicer then. Instead of putting it up for everyone to see, it was just a single crystal that people found.

[soulsword]

Oh it does. I mean have you ever met anyone who said they had a normal childhood and their powers developed without any problems? [ Nope. Probably not. Because that just didn't happen. ]

[faithfulsupport]

[Ignis had to smile very briefly.]

Not to worry. Hopefully what's going on to everyone won't last long.

[geomagnetically]

I have impeccable timing, clearly. As always. That aside, I guess I should say, hi I'm Lorna.

[geomagnetically]

Honestly, if I did, I would call absolute and utter bullshit without a second thought. That or it sounds like something a drunk mutant would say trying to impress someone at a bar.

[geomagnetically]

Here's hoping, because I have more awkward where that came from.

[geomagnetically]

Say no more, I'll find it and meet you there.

[doubled_speed]

Awesome to hear. I'll be waiting. I'll even treat you to a mug of something good. I think we've got some mulled wine this time of year.

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[asthecroweflies]

[That was one of the more terrible memories he's seen, and there are many of them when you're someone who learns things about people by touching them.

Still, a few things stick out at him. "Mutant" chief among them. He wonders if she knows Illyana.]

It's probably a moot point after all this time, but you know it wasn't your fault, yeah?

[cetrary]

I'm sorry. There are definitely better times you could have been brought. And...I'm really sorry for what I saw, Lorna. I'm Aerith.

[soulsword]

Nah, a drunk mutant would try to impress someone by telling them stories about how bad their childhood was and how great they were to overcome it.

[faithfulsupport]

I'm rather certain that if you scratch the surface of anyone's past here, that some form of awkward is in theirs as well.

[geomagnetically]

Nice to meet you, despite circumstances. That event may be responsible for a little but of an 'I'm indestructible' complex. [ Has it bit her in the ass before? YES. ]

[geomagnetically]

Oh yeah, that too. Apparently, I threaten my brother while drunk, but...I do that sober too. [ #classy. ]

[geomagnetically]

Oddly comforting, I think. I'll take it as a win, anyway, not being the only awkward tragic person.

[geomagnetically]

Yeah - just, of all the times for that to happen, in a flying metal thing. A hardware store would have been less of a, well, that. And the fact that TSA lets me on a plane is..almost impressive.

[geomagnetically]

Mmm, mulled wine, yes we're cracking into some of that. Hundred percent.

[doubled_speed]

Cool. Maybe I can get a board of meat and cheese and fruit. We can be as froofy as David says Jean-Paul gets.

[cetrary]

Is an I'm indestructible complex good or bad? It sounds like it could be a bit of both.

[soulsword]

Brothers deserve it sometimes. Yours especially. [ If it's Quicksilver...who could blame her for threatening him here and there? Though Illyana would lean more towards threatening Mikhail than Piotr. Gotta love complicated families. ]

[asthecroweflies]

Maybe they're worried about what might happen otherwise.

[It's something of a joke, and it's spoken that way.]

Sorry you had to show up this way, by the way. I'm Jagger.

[geomagnetically]

Fair point. We can say jury is still out on that one?

[geomagnetically]

Oh man, yeah; understatement of the freaking century. Especially when they think they're smarter.

[geomagnetically]

Oh, you know I always love getting bougie as hell. Bonus points for fancy ass outfits.

[geomagnetically]

Ha! Yeah, most likely that's the one.

I've made worse arrivals, somehow. How long have you been here?

[doubled_speed]

I don't got any of those, but I know a place to get them.

[soulsword]

Ten times as bad when they're convinced they know what's best and understand everything.

[asthecroweflies]

Nearly two years now, I think, and there are worse ways to arrive, yeah. Name's Jagger, by the way.