Literally Pirateninja (shadowcat) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2012-09-13 16:13:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, clarice ferguson (blink), illyana rasputin (magik), kitty pryde (shadowcat), moira mactaggert, xi'an coy manh (karma) |
"Think solid thoughts, Katya."
Who: Kitty, Xi'an, Illyana, Clarice and Moira
What: Aftermath of this log. Moira puts in a temporary fix to keep Kitty alive!
When: Same morning as above log!
Where: Kitty's apartment
Status: complete
Rating: PG-13
Kitty could feel her body drifting apart, bit by bit, molecule by molecule. She knew that, before long, there would be a fine mist around her, and she really would start to resemble a ghost. Fighting down the panic and knowing that Xi’an wouldn’t hear her, Kitty tried to figure out just what she was going to do. She needed something that could...keep her in place. Even if all it was was a giant aquarium.
She just had to keep calm. Just keep. Calm.
Xi'an grunted softly and rubbed her head. Had she heard something, or had she just dreamed it? She rolled over and opened her eyes to check the time, then froze.
Kitty was floating above the bed, but something was different this time, Xi'an thought. Was she...screaming? Or trying to, at least. But there was no sound. "Kitty?"
Oh thank god, Kitty thought, as loud as she could. She knew it was no use but it made her feel better. She flailed her arms, mouth moving but no sound coming out.
Help!
"...are you stuck like that?" Oh, that was bad. That was very bad. "What do I do?" Besides try desparately not to panic.
Kitty nodded her head in the affirmative, thinking they were all going to need to get very, very good at charades.
She would be hyperventilating if she could actually breath right now.
She held her hands out, palms several inches apart, then pulled them slowly away while wriggling her fingers, then made a blowing motion like 'poof'. Then she held her left hand palm up, and held her right hand over it and made a 'screwing the lid shut' motion.
"...you need a...container? Or you'll...oh God." Xi'an took a deep breath. "How big does it need to be? What sort of..." She ran a hand through her hair. "What would work, do you think?"
Kitty shook her head, unsure. In her dream she'd just arrived back on earth (yay!) but had been stuck phased. She hadn't dreamed yet what would happen after that. If anything happened. The one other time this had happened she'd had to stay in a special containment unit. Probably magnetized. And it had taken Dr. Doom and Reed Richards working together to save her.
She made a reassuring heart shape with her fingers as she thought about it.
Slowly, she drifted to the ground. When she had landed, mist began to form around her feet. She looked at Xi'an with wide eyes, and held up her hands in the classic 'don't panic!' motion.
Xi'an took a deep breath. "Moira. We should call Moira. She might have some idea about...something."
Yes! Forgetting herself, Kitty ran over to hug her, passing right through her and into the neighboring bedroom. Clarice jerked awake as she felt something pass though her. She watched Kitty pantomine for a moment then elbowed Illyana awake.
"... had a sword once... but I lost it..." Illyana mumbled sleepily, before her eyes blinked open. She yawned and stretched, then blinked up at Kitty, who was floating off the ground and partly through her bed.
"Good morning, Katya?"
Kitty pointed at her throat, then at her legs still partially in the bed then ran back into her bed room where Xi'an was. She gave her lover an apologetic look, then made a phone motion with her hand and nodded.
Clarice rubbed sleep out of her eyes, "What just...?"
Xi'an nodded and grabbed the nearest phone. She dialed Moira's number and prayed that the other woman was available to answer the phone. "Please pick up..."
It was 'wtf o'clock' and yet Moira answered the phone as if she were awake, and working. Which in fact, she was. Even if she was a little terse, "MacTaggert."
"Oh thank God. Moira. This is Xi'an Coy Manh. Kitty's stuck in a phased state." The words tumbled out with relief. "We need to...we need something to keep her in so she doesn't...disipate."
Moira blinked, mind wrapping around what Xi'an was saying, "Och...I might be able tae put taegether some sort of magnetic containment...her powers basically work by reversin' the polarity o'her atoms, sae I think that may keep her intact while we work on a longer term solution." She would need...help.
She looked around her lab. If she took apart...and put it with...that might work until she could get a tech expert on it, "I'll be about twenty minutes."
"I'll let her know. Thanks. What should we...what should we do in the meantime?" Xi'an asked.
"Dunnae panic. I doubt she'll disappear in the next hour or tae." Moira replied, then hung up. Oh, bed side manner, where are you?
Meanwhile, Clarice was dressing and tossing Illyana her robe.
Illyana pulled her robe on and toddled over to Xi'an and Kitty's bedroom, "So. What is going on? Katya is being extra phasey today."
"She's stuck that way," Xi'an said. "Moira's going to try to work on something to help keep her from...flying apart."
Well that could ruin the honeymoon, Clarice thought, hugging an arm around Illyana, "How did this happen?"
Kitty wished she could say something. Anything. She could only try to use her hands and facial expression to relay what she wanted to say. None of them were telepaths, and even then, telepathy was difficult when she was phased.
"Flying apart does not sound like a good thing, no." Illyana frowned, then stared at Kitty. She stared like she could somehow keep Kitty together simply via the power of her mind, even though that was completely preposterous.
"Think solid thoughts, Katya."
Kitty gave her an incredulous look.
"What? It was worth a try."
Kitty tried to tug at her hair, then gave up. The mist around her was more obvious now, and several parts of her skin were now transparent. She was also nude, but was ignoring that for now.
Illyana glanced at Xi'an, "I am sure that this is only temporary problem. But perhaps we should stuff her into one of those gigantic glass bottles of apple juice the twins are always going through. OH. Wait. We can't do that, she would phase through it."
This was really a problem.
"...she wouldn't fit anyway," Clarice replied.
Moira, meanwhile, was quickly putting together a device and testing it. Satisifed, she ran out to her car and started to drive. She just hoped it worked - tech wasn't her primary area of expertise, but then it didn't need to be pretty. It just needed to be a magnetic containtment bottle and she understood the basics!
"All we can really do right now is try to stay calm." Easier said than done, of course. Xi'an ran a hand through her hair. "And hope that Moira figures something out."
Clarice let go of Illyana and walked over to Xi'an, hugging the other woman, "It'll be okay."
Kitty hoped someone could come up with a way for her to interact with a phone or computer, or she was going to go nuts.
Moira was less confident than she let on, but she gathered her make-shift device, and made her way up the stairs to Kitty's apartment.
Xi'an hugged Clarice back. She wished she could hug Kitty, but that was, sadly, not an option at the moment.
Moira knocked!
Illyana headed over to the door, and opened it, "Ah. Hello. It is just right through here..." She indicated the way to the bedroom, while ushering Moira inside.
Moira took a good look at Kitty and clucked her tongue, "Och, ye've gotten intae quite the mess, haven't ye?" She set up the equipment, which looked a lot like a car battery, "Now, this is just a temporary solution until I get in contact with Stark or someone, but I think it will work."
"How temporary is temporary?" Xi'an asked.
"A few days or a week," She replied. "We'll want a better solution. I 'll send a message tae Stark and..what was her name? Tali?"
Kitty nodded her head.
"Aye, Tali. I'm a doctor nae an engineer, but I know how ye powers work an' I had parts on hand. On yuir stable we can concentrate on fixin' ye."
"How is this equipment going to make her stable?" Illyana eyed it dubiously.
"Magnetic containment, lass. It'll keep her in one piece. Mostly."
"Good." Xi'an gave Kitty a faint smile.
Kitty returned the smile as Moira flicked a switch. A hum filled the room, and the mist that had been drifting away from Kitty seemed to swirl around her a bit. She didn't feel any more solid, but the relief was palpable.
"Well. See? You generally look less..." Illyana waved her hands around in a circle, "Like rolling fog. That is good!"
"Is there anyway to be able to talk or communicate with her?" Clarice asked.
Moira shook her head, "I dunnae know, ye may want tae talk tae Stark or Tali about that."
"I think we are all going to get very good at Charades," Illyana commented. She'd been introduced to the game when she'd moved to this country. It was a fun friday night activity at the center.
"You do know the way Charades works, yes?" She added, glancing at Kitty.
Kitty started making some unusual movements with her hands.
"Very Funny," The russian commented, dryly.
Kitty tried to put a hand on Xi'an's shoulder. The sudden distance between them was painful. Not being able to touch her hurt.
"I love you," Xi'an said. "We'll get through this."
I love you too, Kitty mouthed.