⨂ — 001. VIDEO; un: Sugarlips

[southernchere]

[ there's a lot of unsteadiness and out of focus visuals when this feed starts. it's a big indication that whoever is doing this recording is extremely unskilled with this phone device, and they're trying to get it to work right. but the individual gets it eventually (without breathing out a few swears), and it's a grown woman with red hair with white streaks and in a full bodysuit.

it seems strange for a woman to be in this attire, given the heat (on her side of the town), but maybe that's not important. the lady beams at the camera as she holds the phone out so the viewer can get a full look at her. ]

Lil' late, but Daddy used to say, "Better late than piddin' around." But howdy, folks...! My name's Rogue and I'm a mutant and new around these parts.

[ she feels a little awkward introducing herself given the events last month, but she trucks on through. ]

Couldn't introduce myself earlier 'cuz all the ruckus, but with everything simmering down, I done figured now it'd be good to say hello. But the real reason for me hollerin' is that I put myself into a bit of a tissy.

[ the feed jitters around for a few seconds, and she shows a display of food laid out on the table. rogue chuckles sheepishly as she pans over each meal, so the viewer can get a better look. ]

Every first week of the month, it'd be my turn to cook for everyone in the mansion. Been doin' it for years, and I plumb forgot I ain't at home. — When ya feedin' the X-Men, you gotta cook enough to feed a herd of buffalos. Especially durin' the holidays, but this ain't nothin' compared to Jean's. She'll spend night and day in the kitchen if ya don't tell her to quit.

[ she turns the recording back on herself, and continues to smile from ear to ear. ]

So how about you lovely folks help a gal out with some eatin'? I bet them bellies ain't full like a tick, neither. I'm —

[ before she could even finish her sentence, a chair by the table glitches out of existence, and then a creature phases in its place. the wharf rat looks around, genuinely confused at its new surroundings, and rogue too blinks over at the monster that's now behind her. ]

What in tarnation?

[ the monster spots the food and her, then immediately lunges forward, which causes the mutant to abandon the phone — leaving the viewer to only see the ceiling, and a lot of commotion of a scuffle. ]

Now hold your horses, Sugah...! — Thems people food!

[ there's a one big slam and a rumble heavy enough that the phone staggers where it lies. after that, the room is filled with silence except maybe a casual whimper from the creature. rogue hovers (yes, she can fly) in view and lowers down to grab a hold of her phone. ]

I'mma take a wild guess that ain't normal.

[ the video feed pans over to the monster lying on its back, now quiet and unconscious, with her sighing in exasperation. ]

Dammit, he might've got my cake all lopsided...

[OOC: EDIT: action log of giving out food is UP. ]

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text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

!!!!

do you need help defending the food???

[southernchere]

There you are, Morph! I've been frettin like a mother duck cuz I haven't heard from ya.

I think I've got it handled, but I do need sum help carryin this big boy out of here and somewhere else. It's out cold, but I don't know for how long.

[mightymorphin]

sorry. I uh, needed some time to think.

give me a few and I can fly it out of the city, maybe. what IS that thing anyway?

[southernchere]

I figured we all needed a min to. I'm just glad I got to hear from ya. If ya need a shoulder to lean on, you know where I am.

It looks like a shark but got teeth like a beaver. Don't know how in the hell that came to be, less someone made them in a lab.

[mightymorphin]

maybe we should talk. it happened again, Rogue.

guess I'll leave it near water, that looks like its natural habitat. promise I won't turn into one just to scare you.

[southernchere]

[ happened again? the only thing they could be referring to is being brainwashed, and her heart weights heavy behind her rib cage as her padding fingertips dance quickly against the virtual keyboard. ]

Meet me at the apartment.

[ in any other time, she'd joke or reply to the secondary message, but the former is far more important. ]

[mightymorphin]

hey, don't up and abandon all that food. I'll be there once you're done feeding the city.

[southernchere]

Or how about you meet me lil outside the city where I'm settin up? Cuz, you can just say that and then expect me to carry on like you didn't, Sugar.

[mightymorphin]

sure, Rogue. I'll release that beastie somewhere and come right back.

[southernchere]

Okay. Be careful.

text | un: gwenstacy

[arachnerina]

[She met the flying woman briefly at the beach, but it's the name dropping that catches her attention. "X-Men" and "mutants" in particular. Isn't that what Scott said the superpowered people in his world were called? Interesting.]

looks like you really creamed that monster

[sorry not sorry]

but yeah
the glitches keep getting worse and worse around here
good thing it looks like you can handle yourself

[southernchere]

Creamed like creamed corn! And sadly, that ain't on the menu today.

Well, we gals gotta know how to. Can't let the boys have all the fun. But all this glitchin just got me thinkin more we are definitely in a simulation or a video game. If only Jubes were around to tell me the know how or the cheat codes on how to bust out of here.

[arachnerina]

i'm glad someone agrees
we needed some more powered ladies around here

[it's been a sausage fest! not that she minds her guy friends, but it's definitely nice to know there are some other powerful ladies, not just her.]

yeah, that's a popular theory
me and the stem club are trying to look into it
if it is a simulation, we're hoping to find the ai access port so we can take control

[southernchere]

Behind every powerful man is a powerful woman. Whether it's their sweetheart or their mama.

If it is, Sugar, then I'll let yall handle it. I won't be much of help when it comes to technology. I hardly know how to work this doohickey.

[arachnerina]

i love you

[Ladies, is it weird to fall in love but in like a platonic, badass sort of way? Shhhh, you're just bi, Gwen]

i mean
i love that ABOUT you!
cause that's
so cool and all!
and so
so true

[goddamn she's so bad at this.]

we're
um
always up for helping with that sort of thing?
at stem?
so feel free to stop by and we can help you if you ever need anything?

[southernchere]

[ that is... adorable. she wonders if captain america or the other avengers get these kinds of responses too. she knows for a fact they have fans of people of all ages. ]

I love you too, Sweet Pea.
And I'll keep that on the noggin. You ain't the first who've told me about this stem place. I might just take a gander at it some day.

[arachnerina]

[can she just crawl in a hole and die now??]

yeah!
you should
we do some cool things there
also
some of us have powers too so
since you said xmen i'm assuming you know scott?

[southernchere]

I do. I know an older version of him but he is one in the same.

[arachnerina]

he told me some friends of his are here
just from different universes
i get that
i've met some people like me from other dimensions too
here and back home
i'm not a mutant like you guys, but i do have a genetic mutation of sorts

[southernchere]

Oh, is that right? Like what?

[arachnerina]

like the bitten by a radioactive spider kind?

[she doesn't actually know the x-men might know spider-man, so she doesn't expect that to make a whole lot of sense. scott doesn't know spider-man, and he's her first thought when anyone mentions x-men.]

[southernchere]

Is that right? Do you swing around by chance?

[arachnerina]

maybe?

i mean
i make a synthetic webbing to do so but
yeah
that is something i do

text; un: shades

[laserguy]

[A part of him is surprised to see Rogue offering food to well, everyone. Not just mutants, but anyone that's watching this video. But... but he knows by now that she's not a fully bad person, maybe just someone that's been through a lot. Morph still believes in her. And she helped him cure Kurt.

All that counts for something, right?

Of course, Scott's not feeling his best still. But he picks up whatever energy he has to respond to her, especially after beating up that monster.]

I was hoping that the glitching would've stopped after last month, but it doesn't seem like it.

[So, he still has to worry about that...]

[southernchere]

Guess this means we gotta be on our toes and sleep with one eye open. Who knows when these mystery fellas will spring up again. I'm hopin they won't.

[laserguy]

[he's less worried about the monsters springing out of nowhere, but scott decides to keep that to himself for the time being. he's not sure how to bring up the whole phoenix thing to her.]

hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

do you really cook this much for the x-men?

[southernchere]

Sho nuff! Wolverine can eat 3 plates full when he's starvin. I think out of all of us, you, Jubilee, the Professor, Magneto, and Jean are the only ones who dont eat like a pack of wild animals.

[laserguy]

[He doesn't know who Wolverine is, but those other names are familiar. It's not hard to imagine him, Jubilee, Professor Xavier, and Jean eating together-- it's kind of nice actually. Magneto is the only outlier to him still, only able to recall the terrorist that tried to kill a bunch of humans years ago. The President, years ago.

...

A couple of uncharitable thoughts spring up in his mind, but he's just. Tired as well right now. He doesn't feel like arguing.]

so. you're saying that you and morph eat like wild animals. got it.

[southernchere]

Well, one of us can turn into a cow if they wanted. Haven't seen them do it myself, but I wouldn't put it pass them.

[laserguy]

[Rogue and Morph really treat each other like family, don't they? Scott isn't sure if he really fits in that yet. He doesn't know them that well still and... he's not their Scott.]

well, i guess if you're offering, i'll stop by and grab some food. i'm going to grab extra too. for my friends and everything.

[southernchere]

There's plenty to go around! I'll be settin up outside the city limits. In the fields so we can all get sum daylight.

[laserguy]

i'll be there.

[save up on money and he doesn't have to cook for a bit. so why not.]

🎀

[southernchere]

Don't wait too long, or it'll get cold. :)