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Tweak says, "Byakugan!"

Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) (kitty_has_claws) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-04-21 09:43:00

Entry tags:

charlotte charles, deanna troi, elena gilbert, helen magnus, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), nathan harris, spencer reid, terry mcginnis, ton phanan, tyki mikk

Day 268 [Open — voice & action] [Closed video & voice]
[It was the heaviness Kitty noticed first before her eyes were even open. At least waking up in Ton Phanan's body is a pretty good distraction against the pain she normally feels when she wakes up to find Reid went out to sleep on the couch again or even that thread of panic she tries to deny where she fears maybe he disappeared again instead. But this morning is all about figuring out what's going on and damage control. She starts by listening to the vague daypost.]

[Video | Private to Ton]
Stop touching my boobs. [The voice sounds and feels very wrong to her. She even clears her throat, but it doesn't change anything.]

[Voice | Private to Reid]
Hey. We have a situation. [She keeps her voice low since he's likely in the next room. She really wishes these things would text suddenly.]

[And a little later...]

[Voice | Open to everyone]
You've probably already noticed something strange going on. I want to get a head count here. Who is affected? Who isn't? Anyone in danger with this? Let me know and we can get the force working on it.

Oh, and this isn't Ton.

[Action | Open]
[It takes awhile before she's ready to test the new body out elsewhere but she isn't going to stay cooped up all day either. There's bound to be some chaos and she needs to do what she can...without her powers. And why are his wrists too large for her claws?]

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	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	I really don't. [ Oh God. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	What do you think I've been doing with it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know! I mean, you must've noticed something! I'm not saying you've- [ Augh. ] Nevermind. I shouldn't have asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	[There may have been some very light experimental doing of things...] I'm sure it's fine. It looks fine. Why don't you just ask him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	You can't just go up to a person and ask if his junk is fully functional! [ But apparently it's okay if someone else is borrowing his meatsuit. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Pretty sure it's not!] Well, I haven't put him through that kind of testing. [Actually sounds a little embarrassed here which is pretty rare.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Okay... okay. Thank you. [ Deep breaths, Chuck. ] Oh God, this is so weird. I'm sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	You know if you're into him I'm sure you could work it out even if something...didn't work. And I'm not saying it doesn't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I have a boyfriend back home. [ Okay, game's up. She never was a fan of lying. ] Okay, so maybe I like him. He's a nice guy and really good looking and I have fun with him. [ Notice how there's no "even with the prosthetics" here. ] I don't know if I'm falling in love with him or whatever this is, but he can actually touch me and that goes a long way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	[If there had been an "even with the prosthetics" they would have had words.] Your boyfriend can't touch you? [Definitely something familiar in that. Colossus could touch her of course, but he hadn't been able to turn back to flesh for some time so it was a metallic touch he had to struggle to make it anything approaching gentle.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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2014-04-23 09:08 pm UTC (link)

[ Her aunt is missing an eye and this one time she fondled a one-armed bandit. Prosthetics and missing limbs are so not a terrible thing in Chuck's world. ]

Okay so, this is probably going to sound really weird because most people here that I've explained this to didn't really get it. [ Deep breath. ] I died. Murdered on a cruise, dumped in the ocean, woke up in a casket... the whole nine yards. Ned brought me back — it's what he does and no one really knows how but if he touches a dead thing once, it comes back to life. N rotting bits, just... alive again.

As long as he doesn't touch it again.

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	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	[She can't think of a mutant power that was exactly like that, but to her way of thinking it's not that hard to follow.] Making Ned the boyfriend. Dangerous boyfriend. Hard to ignore being able to be touched. You kind of forget how important it is until you get a reminder. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	Did I mention that Ned is the only boyfriend I've ever had? Before those pervy robots came around, I'd only been kissed once... when I was eight. [ Wow it's nice to just spew emotions at someone, even if she usually doesn't really like Kitty. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	If you're looking for permission only you can give that to yourself. This situation? Being trapped away from people we love sucks. But it's the situation we're in. I know I'm better in living in the now and what is than in the future and what might be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not really looking for permission. [ Or is she? She asked Jack the same thing not long ago. ] I love Ned. I do. What kind of girlfriend would I be if I betrayed that just because he's not here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	A bad one I guess. At least you aren't married. [Because if you think you feel guilty about it now... Also cigarette cravings are not just the muscle memory habits or nicotine withdraw, but she won't do that to Ton.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	You were married? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't say I... [Doesn't really matter.] Yeah. I was married. I didn't take it very well when I found out he killed me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. [ Yes, wow. ] Ned killed my dad. He didn't mean to, but he did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Piotr didn't mean to kill me. And it's not like it happened exactly. Here I am. Things were in a bad place and I couldn't really talk to him or yell at him about any of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like you know what I'm going through, then. More or less. [ Close enough. Closer than she ever expected with Kitty. ] You're with that guy, right? Who does the criminology classes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Reid. Yeah. I am. There was a less healthy relationship in there too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	So how did you know when it was time to do something... different? Stop waiting, I guess. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; kitty_has_claws 2014-04-23 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	I...didn't. Exactly. I was hurt and angry about my death and the deaths he...contributed to [by not actually going back to save their students and not letting her go back either.] And feeling very alone. So things with Tyki just happened. There wasn't a lot of thinking or searching my emotions. I mostly just wanted to feel something else. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	locked; pushedback 2014-04-23 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	[ She's about to say something in agreement but then Kitty goes and says something like that and- ] Whoa whoa whoa, hold the phone. You had a thing with Tyki? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)