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[Scott's been feeling all kinds of ways since returning to Aldrip. A little off his feet? Not upset exactly, not when he remembers everyone important to him, but it's still a lot. Kind of weird that he's actually older here than back home, and that's not mentioning suddenly getting almost two years of memories shoved inside his head that he completely forgot about until now. But he's trying. A part of him wants to just lie on the bed with Kotone and just take more time to himself, but he figures that he should say something to his friends.

Maybe focusing on them will help. Better than thinking about Alex or how Apocalypse sort of ruined everything back home.

He breathes in, fiddling with his tablet. Something in him wants to change his username from 'shades' to 'cyclops,' but maybe not right now.]

hey, i'm back now. sorry if i worried anyone. a lot happened, like, back home. yeah i went home and came back. i'm okay though.

[None of that sounded super awkward, right.]

if you wanna meet up, i'll be at the diner. you're paying though.

[ooc: Scott's back from his canon update and just Dealing with Stuff. Totally open to threading Scott meeting others in person! Also, he'll be back in regular clothes for the time being, but he will be wearing his visor for now.]

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I just kind of hoped that it was going to be my world after everything you and the others have told me.

[But... Morph's probably right. There has to be some universe out there where things are totally fine and great for mutants. A cynical part of him still wonders if that peace is only temporary for them too though, like his, that something inevitable will happen to change everyone's minds. But. He tries to shove that part of him down. He doesn't like being that way.

He has to believe in Xavier's dream. He wants to.]

Y-yeah, I know. [He nods, still carrying that more somber note but Scott isn't anywhere near beaten down. Be kind of sad since he literally just became a X-Men not too long ago. It's just hard in a lot of ways. He's sure that Morph understands, probably more than most. They've been doing this longer than him.] We're going to try and improve things too back home. Restore relations.

[No matter how long it takes. Will he get to retire? He bites his lip.] It's lasted for years before... so it can definitely happen again, right?

Yeah. I think there's a good chance. Not only did your world get the closest so far, I don't think the Professor would throw us at a hopeless cause.

[Yes, Xavier was an idealist, but he was also one of the smartest people that Morph knew. It wasn't just that they wanted to believe in the dream, but that they thought it was possible to achieve. Maybe it'd be tough to get there, or maybe it'd take longer than anyone thought it would, but the alternatives were worse.

... Might be worse. What Genosha had been, what it promised for mutants, that's been stuck in Morph's mind a lot lately. That was in no small part thanks to Nura, and everything he'd said about what youkai had been able to make for themselves.]

And if there's one thing the X-Men are good at, it's bouncing back. So keep your chin up, kiddo.

[Their words honestly help a lot. Though his anxiety about everything is far from being gone, the honest idealism in them manages to raise his spirits, enough where Scott nods before giving Morph a small smile. While it's grim to think that his world managed to get the closest, it just feels at little more possible at least-- and the Professor wouldn't want them to do this if he didn't believe it in himself. Yeah.

Raven told him and the others that all of the original X-Men besides her and Hank are dead, but... guess that's where he and the new team comes in. If he thinks about it further, how he might have to expect that some of his friends may die, that anxiety from before returns, so he tries to shove it down for now.

He doesn't want to just be some anxious mess when he just came back. When he just reunited with another X-Man.]

By the way... have you and Rogue ever fought a mutant named Apocalypse?

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Apocalypse?...

[They lean back in their seat, crossing their arms over their chest, but any attempt at seeming casual is probably ruined by the concerned expression on their face. Yeah, they'd been told about Apocalypse, and the first time they heard it all the chill it gave Morph could've frozen them on the spot.]

I know of the guy, yeah. That's another one the team faced without me. He's supposed to be the first mutant that ever existed, so of course he wants to take over the world. I know that he promoted a fake cure for the 'mutant condition' and just... totally messed up Warren. The last time the team dealt with Apocalypse, there was a lot of stuff with time-traveling and kidnapping psychics, I'm pretty sure.

[So... he is a constant between universes as well. Kurt mentioned him in his world, although they haven't defeated him yet, but it sounds like the X-Men have dealt with him in Morph's timeline? He's glad to hear that at least.]

Yeah, that was pretty much his deal in my world too. First mutant, wanted to take over the world. Left out the whole 'fake cure' for mutants though. [Honestly it sounds like something he'd be adamantly against, but guess it was a trick anyway. And Warren... wasn't that the guy with wings that died in Cairo?

Scott frowns a little to himself.]

He kidnapped the Professor in my world. Before we kicked his ass.

You know... I think my Apocalypse kidnapped the Professor during all that stuff with the psychics, too. Maybe he just has a fixation on telepaths, or a lot of schemes that require them.

[Neither of those was a nice option. Apocalypse was just way too powerful, period, and Morph was well aware that dealing with the guy always took a huge effort from the whole team to send him packing again. And Scott must've had a team around his own age backing him up, too... taking him on so early couldn't have been easy.]

Good on you guys for kicking his ass, though. Did everything go okay with that?

Or he just really has it for the Professor. I'm pretty sure his plan was to take over his body so that he can get his telepathy.

[Or something like that. Scott mostly cared about just stopping that guy, no matter what. He already was responsible for Alex's death and wanted to take over the world, he didn't need any extra reason to kick his ass. He's really glad he's gone. Hopefully for good.

The question though gets Scott to pause, a minute flinch going through his body, before he nods his head. Y-yeah, everything went fine with that... don't worry about him.]

Considering everything? Yeah. Although, tensions back home have risen because of him. It's why I'm officially a X-Man now.

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sry for the wait on this one

np!