video; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

[It's a rare video post from Morph, starting with a selfie-style shot of their smiling face, and a distant view of trees behind them.]

I still can't believe it happened, but my home showed up? And it's not a half-burnt, demolished ruin like the last time I saw it. Here, take a look.

[Then they turn the camera to show that they're standing on a driveway that leads up to a literal mansion which is as promised, intact and very non-destroyed looking.]

This is Xavier's School for 'Gifted' Youngsters. A full tour would be pretty boring, but there is something here that you absolutely have to see.

[The video feed cuts off and then restarts in a metal hallway, right outside a set of doors that promptly open up into... a big metal room. Other than an observation platform at the top of the room that's lined in glass, there's nothing all that notable about it.]

This is what we call the Danger Room! Long story short, the Professor has this alien squeeze that gave us access to some awesome technology. Talk about side benefits, right?

Computer, let's run simulation Juggernaut 24-A.

[With a shimmer of light, there's suddenly an entirely new landscape around Morph - they're now standing in a construction yard, with stacks of steel beams and construction equipment visible behind them, along with the slightly more distant buildings of a city.

There's also a huge armored guy standing in the construction yard, who's distinctly confused expression is still visible despite the helmet. "Hey, whuzzat?"]

This is where the X-Men do a lot of our training! It's all fancy holograms set up to put us through our paces. Using the Danger Room, we can plug info about our opponents into the computer and practice fighting them like it's... nearly the real thing. It's not perfect.

[Morph is paying no mind whatsoever to the holographic Juggernaut approaching behind them, who's looking angrier and angrier.]

Stop by sometime if you want to check it out! You don't have to load up a program with enemies in it, that's just what we use it for-

[At that moment the Juggernaut bellows out, "STOP IGNORING ME!", swinging a huge fist at Morph. They promptly drop their device, leaving the view tilted up at a grey, clouded sky as there's the SLAM of an impact that makes the device rattle.]

Whoops! I'm okay! Computer, end program!

[There's another shimmer of light before the view changes to a metal ceiling, the feed cut off shortly after.]



(OOC: The X-Mansion now exists in-game! Here is the info page, and a log for checking out the mansion will be going up a little later.)

Comments

voice, un: fauna

[nightwild]

[There's a lot to process here, but-]

Are you okay?!

[They just said they are, but that was not a comforting sound.]

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

Oh yeah, I'm fine! He completely missed me.

[nightwild]

Jeez... Be careful, all right? I thought you got flattened for a second there.

voice; un:curtaincall

[endcaller]

Are you able to conjure an enemy within this Danger Room who alters reality?

Imagine it! A simulation within a simulation within a simulation! How deep can we go before we encounter some heretofore unknown divide-by-zero error within the AI?

[Rustling and a soft giggle.]

You must allow me to play with this fascinating alien technology of yours.

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

I... don't know if Hank ever tried that one.

You can take a look, as long as you promise not to break it. We're lucky the Danger Room showed up here in the first place. The mansion's other computer systems are totally gone.

TXT; un: Sugarlips

[southernchere]

Now Morph, you ought to know out of all the villains we got on that dang system that the Metal Meathead don't like it when your tongue's flappin. You can't change that boy's whinin less he wears diapers.

text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

it doesn't help that he hates any word longer than two syllables. the danger room must have to turn off a processor or two to make sure it's portraying him just right.

video, un: junpei

[coolerjunpei]

[Oh good, someone else already made the simulation inside a simulation joke--]

What else does your holo-training thing do? Ultimate Movie Night?

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

That's a fun idea, but it'd be a big project to turn a whole movie into a Danger Room program.

You can load up a location with the enemies turned off! There's already some places in the computer the rest of the team designed. Like a few beaches, a meditation garden, things like that.

text; un: dynamight

[nitropowered]

huh, that kind of training reminds me of UA, but we didn't have simulations.

can I check it out sometime? sounds useful.

text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

UA?

but yeah of course! it's in the third basement down. I'll make some signs so it's easier to find it.

[invinciblemikey]

ye tends to happen
the dojo is actually my home too
you get all your stuff too?

also i wanna play.

text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

sure did! not to mention all the stuff my teammates owned. we're gonna have to move it all into storage at some point.

head southeast out of town and you can't miss the mansion. I'll leave the doors unlocked.

video; un: tsuna27

[theskyaccepts]

[And he thought that training with Lal Mirch and Reborn was bad.]

That looks...really intense.

The rest of the place isn't like that, is it?

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

Nope! Above ground it's all a normal mansion. Well, as normal as any mansion can be.

video un:wundervagner

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt is pretty much stunned throughout the entire feed. He can't believe it! Things might not look exactly the same as he remembers from his world, but that doesn't matter.]

Whoa!! The- the whole mansion?? And the Danger Room? It's all - here now? Just like that?! This is... even further out than far out!

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

Pretty lucky, huh? A lot of the other computer systems aren't intact, but all the important stuff is here.

voice;

[laserguy]

[He didn't need to know that the Professor fucked an alien--]

Seriously Morph? The entire mansion is here?

[And guess that's what the Danger Room is like, huh? Funny how this is the first time he's seen it when he's heard so much about it. A place where the X-Men train... guess it's time for him. He wonders if something like this was back in the mansion back home, but he just never got to see it.] If you're still conscious to answer and everything.

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

[Sorry Scott, that's how he got the good stuff apparently.]

Yes, I'm conscious!!

And the mansion is mostly intact, yeah. We're missing security systems and some other computers, but everything else is here.

text; un: principal

[nuraridouman]

So that's your famed palace of a home.

Should I say congratulations or oh dear?

text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

here I thought you'd be happy about it, since now you have a bigger fridge to mooch out of.

[Yes, Morph did finally do their homework.]

un: sephiroth

[aonibi]

Is anyone allowed to use your training room?
Will there be appointments?
How sturdy are these holograms?

[ because he's used to them being just.. you know.. images. ]

text; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

there's been a lot of interest so I'm leaving it open to everyone! the room has a built-in schedule if you want to block out time in advance, otherwise if it's not in use you can just walk in.

I'd say they're pretty sturdy? plus the computer can just generate new ones as it needs to. the holograms try to mimic what would happen to a human or a robotic opponent when you hit 'em.

voice; un:kidomega

[querulus]

[Well, if nothing else this confirms roughly where Morph (and Rogue?) are in the timeline. Meaning old af. Assuming theirs is anything like Quentin's, which... is questionable, considering Quentin still has no clue who this Morph person is. The fact that they seem to be from an earlier time is even more perplexing.]

Hey, Cain's not too bad a guy when you get to know him. Sure, still dumb as a bag of rocks, but what do you expect from a guy whose whole shtick is running headfirst into stuff?

voice; un: goo

[mightymorphin]

Oh yeah? The team's helped him out before and he decided he's still going to keep a grudge. Not much seems to get through to him.

How are you buddies with the Juggernaut, anyway?