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Tweak says, "I've given it some thought..."

Kitty Pryde (shadowkitkat) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-05-26 01:19:00

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kitty pryde (616), ororo munroe (616)

Who: Kitty Pryde and Ororo Munroe
What: Kitty is touching base with her people
Where: Around the garden
When: Sunday

Things had been... well she was tempted to say normal, but nothing about this place was truly normal. But things had been crazy since Kitty had found herself here, between her arrival and the house and her trip through the door with Pyro and just everything else, it was a sort of day to day that Kitty was used to as an X-Man. So she could handle this too.

But there were people she needed to check up on, she needed to make sure they were okay, that they were on the same page and that they were working towards getting back. And Ororo was next on her list, so Kitty set out to find her. Thankfully the town wasn't large by any stretch of the imagination and it took her just a short walk to find her friend, looking like she was getting some work done. Leave it to Storm to find a need and set to work taking care of it, even if she had only been here a short time.

Kitty raised a hand in greeting as she approached, "You look like you've already got a plan in mind for how exactly to best use this space." She said with a grin on her face and feeling just a little bit more relieved to see her. It was not an ideal situation for any of them to be stuck there, but if she had to be - that some of her favorites were here too made the sting of it just a little more bearable.

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easterly
2019-05-31 11:16 pm UTC (link)

"I actually agree with you on that," she admitted; it felt strange to admit, but Pyro had never been one of the manipulative ones. She couldn't see this as being some kind of long con that he was playing, especially after the way he'd reacted to the news of his death. That hadn't been fake. "How did it go?"

It seemed as though the mutant question was one that had been weighing on all of them. It probably wasn't a surprise - she was sure it would affect anyone to know that their entire species simply didn't exist in a world that was otherwise so similar, but for them especially, with the sheer thoroughness that being a mutant affected every part of their lives, it was hard to dismiss the spectres of attempted genocides past. "I'd almost feel better if they at least had stories." Not that it mattered, though, materially speaking. The history of another universe wasn't their most pressing concern. "The best thing we can do is probably keep going as we have been. Be helpful and visible enough that people are less likely to turn against us if there is a conflict someday."

There was a certain cynicism in it, but she liked to think she would have done the same thing even if it didn't have the potential to be self-serving.

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shadowkitkat
2019-06-01 04:10 am UTC (link)

"It was -" She paused considering what to call it, and then she shrugged. "It was an experience," She decided finally. "I don't understand how the doors work yet, we ended up in a place that was.... like no world I've been on. John proved to be a very capable partner." She added because it had been true, because he'd watched her back and kept her safe at the expense of himself, another sacrifice she realized. All of it really just had solidified for her that he was one they didn't have to worry about constantly, he could be pushed of course, but most men could, but left to his own devices, he wasn't the threat he'd once been.

She nodded when Storm echoed the sort of sentiment that she had felt, even if the stories had been bad, it would had settled something inside her that felt off knowing that the whole of their species simply didn't exist in some worlds. It was everything some groups had wished for where they were from and she couldn't imagine it. "Yes, same as we do at home." They weren't a threat and considering that most of these people had never heard of mutants let alone encountered them, they didn't have the same sorts of immediate prejudices to work against.

Everyone here seemed to be dealing with their own angst and issues to worry too much about what plagued them here or at home so that was some small comfort. "I don't know what I'll do with myself here." She said finally, there were no X-Men to lead here, no classes to teach, no training - Kitty was at a loss.

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easterly
2019-06-01 05:19 am UTC (link)

Ororo nodded at that; they all had plenty of experience at assessing the capabilities of potential allies - or enemies - and there was no point in second-guessing Kitty's opinion. She might have still been a child when she'd first come to the school, much as Storm more-or-less had been, but they were both full-grown women now. They had been forged into leaders, people who knew too well that sentiment too often came in second to survival.

The whole thing was exhausting.

Day to day practicalities, at least, were something more productive to discuss, rather than treading the same ground over and over. "I think you'll find a lot of people feeling that way. I got lucky with all this." She nodded at the garden plots, still dark with all of the watered soil that the plants hadn't yet grown enough to cover. "There's so little to do and even less delegation that it could become a real problem eventually."

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shadowkitkat
2019-06-01 06:57 am UTC (link)

She nodded, her lips thinned out a bit as Ororo's assessment of the place seemed to mirror her own. Plenty of people looking for something to do, finding small odd jobs but nothing truly meaningful in many cases. Ororo was right for this job, Kitty knew that, just like she was sure many of the other jobs that people were taking upon themselves would be good for them but this wasn't a true city there weren't employers with positions to be filled.

It would be one thing if it was a group of mutants, Kitty could have very easily taken up her previous leadership role and assigned tasks that suited everyone, but it was more difficult to do something like that in a place like this. It was no wonder Stark hadn't attempted anything like it, instead leaving people to find what suited them best rather than trying to assign roles. And he did seem to be aware of the needs of town - she didn't doubt his abilities for all that she might have doubted the man back home.

"Let's hope it doesn't get to the point where it becomes a problem, they do seem eager enough to help one another, that's something." She just hoped that sort of mentality remained as their numbers grew. A small group worked together more easily, everyone was far more dependent upon one another, but the larger their group got the more dissenting voices they could have. "We'll have to keep an eye on that in any case."

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easterly
2019-06-01 08:08 am UTC (link)

The advantage of that, Storm thought privately, was that the best way to keep an eye on things was to mingle. Even when they didn't intend to mutants had developed a habit of being insular, too used to only being able to rely on each other when push came to shove. She herself had done the same thing in the past - joining the Avengers, branching out, only to walk out on them the moment they knew that the Phoenix was coming for Hope Summers. It was a decision that had cost her, too.

"We won't need to worry about Bobby, at least. He seems to be making friends just fine." He always did, of course, in a very distinctly Bobby way that always made her smile a little. He was easily the most extroverted of the group that was here.

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shadowkitkat
2019-06-02 05:12 am UTC (link)

Kitty laughed softly and shook her head. "No, Bobby has always been good at that." She agreed, he was making friends and already seeing someone, at least a little bit. She loved him, she really did and she was glad there was one person here she didn't feel like she had to babysit. Bobby as always was a delight, and she was glad he seemed to be finding a place for himself here. It was just the rest of them that were going to need a little bit of work.

"I guess I'm just going to continue what I have been." She decided with a sigh, "Making the rounds, checking in on our people occasionally, trying to be of use." And of course keeping an eye out for the things that they always knew were coming, even if they couldn't see them yet. She could do her best to make sure they were as prepared as possible for whatever eventuality they might have to deal with.

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