maskormenace | VIDEO [posted from megan's device]

[When the feed flickers to life, on the screen is a wide-eyed girl in her late teens; she'd look pretty normal, if it wasn't for her eyes and bright pink hair. To some, she may be a familiar face.]

Oh my gosh, hi, um, Network! [Her accent is faintly Welsh.] It's been, like, a really long time since I was last here so maybe you guys won't remember me, but I was definitely here before, and I mean I can't say I really missed this place but some of you were pretty cool, so it'll be nice to see you again--

[And that's when a different voice cuts in from the background, way deeper, very not Welsh, and sounding vaguely like it's coming from someone with rocks in their throat. Because it is.] Are you making a post? Is this like a superhero Youtube thing? I wanna be in it too! [What looks like a big grey stone wall slides into frame behind the girl. At least that's what it looks like until it. Bends over. And now there's some kind of big stony head in the frame over her shoulder.] Yo! What's up, nerds? I'm Rockslide, and the weird foreign girl here is Pixie! We're with the X-Men and if you wanna like our video and subscribe to our channel--

[With that the girl shoves the strange rock-being in what seems to be the equivalent of a shoulder in an attempt to get him to move over. It goes about as well as you'd expect a teen girl shoving a strange rock-being. In fact, she barely even fits in the screen anymore.]

Santo! I mean--Rockslide! This is my video! Go make your own video! [It's no use, she's been totally upstaged.] They already know who I am, that's why I’m re-introducing myself, not just plain old introducing myself! There's a big difference!

You don't need to re-introduce yourself, everyone's gonna remember the pink haired girl with wings! It's way more important that people meet me and know how much of a cool guy I am. [Santo clears his throat to go back to his Professional Youtube Guy voice, leaning in more and thus taking up more of the screen real estate. Because he's an asshole.] And for all the single ladies out there, you can hit me up with a private message any time and we can totally set up someth--

[Yeah, Megan's completely out of frame by now, and she's not real happy about it. Plus, Santo's bulk is muffling her voice, the nerve.] I can’t believe you’re using my video to try and chat up girls!

[--And then the screen goes blank. Did she shut it off on purpose? Did one of them turn it off on accident while wrestling for focus? The world may never know.]

[ooc: Megan is pink and Santo is gray! Both of them will be responding to this post. If you prefer a specific character please make a note, otherwise we will reply at our own discretion.]

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[ Oop. Here we are again. ]

Nothing much. Or, well... I guess there's lots of stuff up, but that's a lot of explaining and it's miserable, and-- Yeah.

Sorry, I-- Megan was here before, you know? I thought just saying hi wouldn't be too weird.

Nah, it's cool, it's not weird at all. [A beat.] Okay, that's a crappy lie. It's totally weird, but. Y'know. It'll stop being weird eventually? [Trying to convince himself there.]

Yeah, probably. I mean, I've learned to be pretty casual about it usually, and... Well. You know. I'm the dead one.

At least you don't have to deal with that, right? It's kind of a doozy.

I guess. I mean, I almost died but then I got put back together and I don't think-

[Wait, shit, telling her he's probably immortal now is not going to help anything.]

-thaaaat's the same thing. But hey, it looks like you're doing okay for yourself here. Still...breathing. And talking.

[ Riiiight. ]

Yep. Both of those things and more.

I think it'll be two years this April, so it's... It's fine.

[Santo's jaw drops.] Two years? Like, year years? People get stuck here for that long? Megan didn't tell me anything about that!

It's possible. I don't think it's very common, though. There are a few people who've been here for a decent chunk longer than that, too, which is even more uncommon. I guess it's kind of a toss-up.

They say time doesn't pass in our home-worlds, if that makes you feel any better.

It doesn't! [Yeah, he's. He's definitely pouting now.] Now I gotta spend all my time wondering if I'm gonna get sent back to school tomorrow or next week or in a billion years. It's like trying to enjoy a day off but having that feeling that you're going right back tomorrow, but for every day.

Forever Un-Funday Sunday.

Are you still at the school? I thought that wasn't a thing any more.

It wasn't for a while, but some crap happened [not important enough to clarify as far as Santo's concerned] and then it was again. 'Cept it's named after Jean Grey now, not Xavier. Oh, and Wolverine ran it up until he died. Now Principal Munr-er, Storm does.

Wow. That's... [ That's some stuff right there. ]

Mr. Logan's dead? Really?

Yeah, super dead. Unless they're lying to us and he's just hiding somewhere!

But nah, probably dead.

Oh. That's one that you don't really expect to hear about. Then again... From what I've heard, pretty much everybody's got a chance at being the next one to go.

Unless something's changed, I mean. David made it seem like it's pretty dead-end for us, but I never asked a lot of questions.

David's a whiny baby who isn't even on the team anymore. [Wow Santo defensive much?] None of the other students have died! Recently! I think!

He is not! [ Er. ] A-a whiny baby, I mean. He just dealt with what happened different than you did. With everything that might've happened... I mean, I don't know it all, and I'm kind of biased because I was murdered on the front lawn, but I can understand his lack of faith in things. Especially if they kept going downhill.

Which it did, right? I know that much.

[Santo's very quiet for a few seconds.]

Yeah. Yeah, they did.

Yeah. He never said it directly, but... Jay's gone, too, isn't he? And-- I don't know. He told me about the school and the cross-country move, but I never dug in for details. I just know it's bad.

I keep hoping maybe some of the others that didn't make it could come live out their lives here, but the place doesn't seem to operate on wishes.

Sorry I dragged it up.

[There's no word in the English language to describe how badly he does not want to talk about Jay with you, Laurie.]

Whatever. It got better, though. We're safe now. Mostly.

[ That's cool. She's never sure if she's ready for a straight answer about that. Or anything else. ]

Well... Maybe you'll be alright while you're here, too.

[Santo snorts.] Me? I'm always alright. [Physically, anyway.]

If you say so. I don't know enough to call bullshit on that.

[ She tries to say that with casual levity, too. See? She cursed. She's totally developed into a cool person in her two years being undead. Who else can say that? ]

Well, you sure as Hell will now! You, me, and Megan are the only X-people here, right? That means we're the team, which means we're gonna be best. friends.

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