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[laserguy]

So, catching up with everyone:

-The AI is in Quentin's brain and he can't access that part of his mind anymore.

-There's a tiny Phoenix inside me, no, I'm not possessed yet.

-Kurt's been sentenced and showing side effects of it, namely, turning into stone.

I feel that we all should discuss these things. Or at least, be aware of it. Also, Morph, Rogue, got anything to share? Might as well add to the list.

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[digthefuzz]

No way!! No one else is getting in on this!

[After some more teleporting, he finally spots them.]

There you are! Morph, you can't just strike out for me!

[mightymorphin]

[Morph stops right where they are, greeting Kurt with a wave.]

Sure I can. What those jerks put on you is real unfair, y'know. What're we gonna do if you're stuck as a statue, huh? Put you on the mansion front lawn?

[digthefuzz]

[He frowns while approaching them - with a bit of a limp, as a good chunk of one leg is stone.]

Well, maybe I was meant to be a gargoyle... [He tries to joke.] B-but that doesn't mean that you have to take the fall. OR Quentin! [He adds loudly, just in case the other mutant's in earshot.]

[mightymorphin]

[They aren't trying to run away, at least - since the whole point was to let Kurt turn them in - but seeing that Kurt's having that much trouble with his condition makes them frown.]

C'mon, I bet this'll just get me community service. It'll be nothing I can't handle. If you turn into a statue... that one might be worse than death. We don't know if it'll really kill you, or leave you trapped in it.

[Cutting this off at the pass and preventing it entirely seemed way better than trying to find a solution later. Morph wasn't too sure if any of the Chosen could cure someone turning into stone like that. It's not something you could just rub a cream on.]

[digthefuzz]

[That... does give Kurt pause. Because it brings him back to the start of it all - when Mystique was petrified into stone. They couldn't find a way to cure her, and he never got to say if Agatha Harkness's idea would have worked. So he does feel dread at imagining himself in that position - trapped in stone, unable to interact with anyone at all.

He looks down with a frown, and he sighs.]

It... it is real scary. I really don't even want to imagine it.

[He looks up towards Morph.]

Are you sure about this?

[querulus]

[Hi, he's here now! Quentin can fly, but it's hard to compete with a teleporter in speed. He lands a few yards behind Kurt. He didn't bring any equipment—TK is handy like that—but he did bring his uniform. This is Official X-Men Business, after all.]

Yo, yo! Am I late? What'd I miss? You talk some sense into the kid yet, Morph?

[mightymorphin]

I meant bring a baseball uniform! [They call out to Quentin as he lands, but it's a fairly good-natured comment. Not every has the benefit of powers that can give them instant wardrobe changes.]

I think we've come to an understanding. I'm totally sure, Kurt. Look, I'll even cuff myself.

[Morph rapidly shifts back to their regular costume, the baseball bat disappearing along with it. Then they slide their wrists together with a flourish, like a magician doing a trick, shifting a pair of handcuffs on fast enough that they seem to appear out of thin air.]

[digthefuzz]

[He quickly waves his hands dismissively at Quentin's arrival.]

Really, man, thanks but we have it handled! I- I just need one person, really. I don't like this, but I guess we might as well go for this.

[He still worries, but between Morph's actions and the points raised by both of them and Scott, Kurt feels like he might as well just try for this. So he heads back to Morph.]

Wow, you can even make things. ...S-so I guess this is it then. Off to court we go...?

[querulus]

Why the hell would I have a baseball uniform? [Quentin tilts his head in impatient confusion before dismissing it with a wave and a headshake.] Whatever.

Well, since I came all the way out here. [Quentin raises his hand and manifests a revolver of pink psychic energy that he twirls once before casually firing at a streetlight, obliterating the glass bulb while leaving the majority of the structure undamaged.]

There! Now I feel better. You can report that or not, I don't really care. Just couldn't live with myself if I let Morph take the L all by their lonesome.