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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[burnmythoughts]

It's - a genre, sort of. Like - scifi victoriana.

Oh, do you like to read? I bet I can find some good books.

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[permutates]

I - oh, I don't read that often. But I could.

Not much to do right now, I guess.

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[burnmythoughts]

[Her smile is rueful.] Yeah. I wish I could tell you how long it'll take to get an Inmate, but...it really varies.

We've got a pool, though. And a spa, and a firing range, a gym, the CES - it's a sort of...I'm not sure how it works, but it can imitate any natural environment. It's a nice place to just think.

Oh, and the CTS, that's the Closed Training Simulator.

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[permutates]

It's okay. I'm not in a rush. I'm not sure I want to start right away.

What does that do?

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[burnmythoughts]

It gives you enemies to fight. [Something shifts, in her expression, and she looks less like a girl and more like a warrior.] None of it is real so you don't have to feel bad for cutting lose.

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[permutates]

That... sounds good, actually.

[ She's only been a couple months in training for this, but her natural grace led her to pick it up faster than Azazel had thought possible.

She wants to continue training here. ]

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[burnmythoughts]

Good. The Barge - it can get pretty stressful. It's nice to have a safe way to let off steam.

Have you trained at all?

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[permutates]

A little. I'm not an expert or anything.

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[burnmythoughts]

[Her smile is simply earnest, again.] You can definitely keep learning here, then. Natasha Romanoff is giving people lessons, and a ton of people are willing to show you what they know.

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[permutates]

Is there anyone here who knows gymnastics? Or... dance.

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[burnmythoughts]

[Her brow furrows, a little. Natasha moves like she can dance, and Stephanie -

Stephanie's gone.]

You'd have to ask.

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[permutates]

I will.

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[burnmythoughts]

[A slight, ginger nod.] Good. Be a good way to make friends.

of course it's a ginger nod, look at ur hair jean everything about u is ginger

[permutates]

Do you know Charles and Erik?

terrible

[burnmythoughts]

I - yeah, I do.

[permutates]

Is that why you're talking to me?

[burnmythoughts]

Part of it, yeah.

[After a moment, softly.] I know you're Charles' sister and he loves you. And Erik - Erik can care about people a lot, when he lets himself. He's getting better about that.

[HI ERIK.]

[permutates]

So he has talked about me.

[ She leaves it ambiguous which 'he' she means. ]

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[burnmythoughts]

[Jean considers, for a moment, before

Of course he has. You're family. You're - it sounded to me like you're all he really had.

And Erik - doesn't talk about much, usually. When it comes to himself.

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[permutates]

He was all I had.

[ She doesn't think she was all he had. ]

He talks sometimes. You just have to be there long enough.

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[burnmythoughts]

You can have more, here.

[A slight smile.] I'll keep that in mind. And then I'll blame you if he gets all grumpy at me.

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[permutates]

[ A flash of a smile. ]

Tell me how it goes.

Are you a mutant?

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[burnmythoughts]

Yes. [And her smile deepens, a little, because she'll never get tired of being able to say it without fear.

She waves a hand, and some of her pencils float over to her.]

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[permutates]

[ Her smile gets wider. ]

That's really amazing.

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[burnmythoughts]

[She ducks her head, a little, as her smile deepens all the more.]

Thanks.

[The pencils are dancing, now, twirling and twisting together in the air.]

I've been able to do it since I was thirteen. [And there's a question, in there, but she doesn't want to be - blatant. Rude. If Raven wants to show her she will.]