01st transformation . video . locks for erik & charles

[permutates]

[ She greets the barge with a smile. Her appearance is 'normal' - normal for a human. No blue skin or yellow eyes in sight. ]

Hi. [ And a little wave. She regrets it immediately. That's kind of embarrassing, isn't it? And not something that she should be doing, because she's here for a purpose. ] I'm Raven.

I heard a few of my friends were here, so I thought I'd come… help. I'm a warden.

And I'm here because I really believe that even if you're trapped, you still should have a chance to figure out who you are. I think that's important.

[ locked to Erik ]

Well, you thought I was crazy for trying, but I found you.

[ locked to Charles ]

[ She considered her approach to this for a long time. There are a lot of things that they should probably say to each other, and she's supposed to be responsible here. She can't just avoid him, as much as she wants to, while she gets her head together. ]

You should know that I'm here.

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[la_belle_rogue]

All right. If you're sure. [Here goes everything.] Mystique is mah mother. Not by birth, but she adopted me. Raised me. Ah know she loves me, but she's done things ta me that...

She didn't like mah boyfriend so she posed as a student at the school we teach at ta seduce him and break us up. She joined the X-men later, shot me, put me in a coma, and then risked killin' an infant ta bring me back. All on the chance that Ah'd love her again, because that's what some prophecy told her.

[There's a whole lot more to it, but that's Mystique's part of the mess in a nutshell. Let the awkward commence.]

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[permutates]

[ This is far too much to process. My mother is where Raven's mind stops, where it catches, and the rest - it hardly skims across the surface of her mind. It's too much. ]

Do you... you don't love her. [ Otherwise her reaction to Raven would have been different. Wouldn't it? ]

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[la_belle_rogue]

Ah do. Always will. As much as she's done that's hurt... she saved me once, when Ah really needed it. Ah honestly don't think Ah'd be who Ah am today if she hadn't done that.

[And she's just not going to mention that the last time she saw her Raven, she had made the choice to kill her. It failed, but still, Rogue had tried.]

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[permutates]

I'm not anyone's mother.

I don't want to be.

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[la_belle_rogue]

Like Ah said, her choices don't have ta be yers. Where you're from, that world's version of me isn't even born yet.

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[permutates]

And she's already... older. And not Charles' sister.

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[la_belle_rogue]

[She nods.]

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[permutates]

And you don't want anything from me.

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[la_belle_rogue]

[That gets a small, kind smile. Poor thing.]

No, sugah. Honestly, Ah think it's great that you're here as a warden. It gives me hope.

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[permutates]

That it could be different this time.

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[la_belle_rogue]

Yeah, exactly.

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[permutates]

What can you do?

What's your power.

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[la_belle_rogue]

Ah can borrow powers, abilities, skills and memories from people through touch.

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[permutates]

That's... amazing.

[ She means it, too, even though she's completely in turmoil over this. She wants to talk to... someone. Angel. Angel isn't here - Erik, Alex, Charles. ]

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[la_belle_rogue]

Well, it wasn't always sunshine and roses. It's only been about a year since Ah've been able ta control it.

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[permutates]

It wasn't exactly sunshine and roses for me either. I know.

But they're still amazing. We should all remember that.