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[thelittlestbub]

[She's got her head bowed, shoulders rising and falling as if she's panting. Her hair is black, with red and silver streaks in it. The wall behind her is utterly blank.

Her harsh panting comes over the audio. Jubilee has been working. The video trembles for a moment and then she raises her head.

Blue eyes are seen through stringy hair. Sweat streaks her face.

And her eyes... her eyes aren't normal. They're flat, dead, exhausted...]

Dr. Michael Xavier is dead.

[The video cuts out, with the NV being hurled across a room.]




[OOC: Jubilee has locked herself in the Danger Room. And then locked the Danger Room down so no one can get in except herself, Emma and Magneto. She's also wearing void cuffs, because... yeah. She's surging and can't be around people.

To the people in her condo: Her phone went off at about 3am, right as she got to bed and then she just left. No one saw her again until this post.

Anyone wanting to look into the shenanigans: HIT THIS PLOTTING POST]

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voice;

[thelittlestbub]

[A soft snort and a thunk of her head against the wall behind her.]

You'd be surprised how many people I actually meet when someone I know dies.

voice;

[secretlabtech]

I think that's something we can all relate to. Casual acquaintances, sure, but it makes it tough when there's whole parts to them that you don't know about until they're gone. It makes you wonder why they didn't talk to you about it while they were still around.

[ Pause. ]

I'm sorry, that was inappropriate.

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

[Another snort.]

You'll find I'm pretty hard to offend when it comes to death. Even the death of someone as close as Michael was.

voice;

[secretlabtech]

[ People around here deal with death even more strangely than I do. ]

I know people like that, but they tend to have been on the force for a while.

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

[A bitter laugh.]

So not a cop. Don't want to be. But back home... folks kept trying to kill us. Sometimes, they succeeded.

voice;

[secretlabtech]

I'm sorry, I really am.

Do you have any idea how this happened?

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

You saw the news feed? That's as much as I know.

[Because you aren't trusted, sorry.]

voice;

[secretlabtech]

Alright. Well thanks. I hope you find out what happened soon.

[ And maybe Dexter will investigate. It's what he does best. ]

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

Don't worry. When he comes back, he and I will be having a loooong talk.

[Because, hey, he got the welcome speech right? RIGHT!]

voice;

[secretlabtech]

[ Pause. ]

I'm sorry. What?

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

[Paaaause.]

He might come back. Death isn't permanent here.

voice;

[secretlabtech]

[ He looks unconvinced. ]

You're messing with me, right? This is a wind up the newbie thing.

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

Yeah, I just announced that my grandfather is dead and I'm going to wind up a newbie by lying.

[Seriously?]

Dude what planet are you from?

voice;

[secretlabtech]

Earth, I think. But it does sound pretty... [ A meek shrug punctuates his words, temporary silence. ] Suppose it doesn't make much sense.

Still not easy to believe.

voice;

[thelittlestbub]

[What planet are you from? Seriously.]

Easy to believe or not, my grandfather is dead. The last thing I'm going to do is tell you a lie.

voice;

[secretlabtech]

[ He really doesn't understand this. If he's dead, fine, but she says he's coming back. And... Yeah, he's just so lost. Human interaction is hard enough at the best of times, but he reckons he's just scratching the surface of weird in this place. ]

Okay, okay. I'll uh... Sorry.

[ Quickly disconnecting before he can faux pas his way through anything else. ]