"No, seriously, we have a bingo card, and I am mad, because Tour of an Alien Spaceship isn't on mine. I don't even have aliens on mine," Kyle explained to Bobbi. "I mean I dunno if anyone actually has aliens on their card. Marius might have made a new one, he might have it now, we can ask. You kinda get to build your own, but we have a couple of standards, like, we all have 'briefly evil' as the bingo square though, I think." Kyle had considered taking an alien spaceship selfie, and then dismissed it, because who knew what sort of weird cultural nonsense the aliens might have against selfies.
Also his phone was on the Blackbird.
"I would've bet money on banging Warren would've been the bingo square," Bobbi replied with a shake of her head. "Aliens though, yeah, gonna need some new cards to add that onto." She took a big breath and puffed it out from her cheeks in a long, drawn out expression as she glanced around the literal alien surroundings of the ship. "Fuck me though if it ain't cool. Is it sad to admit that? I don't care if it is, because yeah." She leaned closer to one of the walls, careful not to touch anything just in case but taking it all in with big eyes.
"You wanna check out that side, I'll do this one, to start for a first pass anyway?"
"I'm not like, so jaded by X-Men shit to not be in awe of aliens, even if they're only kinda aliens. Also we're not putting Warren on the X-Men bingo sheet." Kyle gave a big, almost dopey grin. "If nothing else, not on mine. I am an engaged man, you know." At this point the entire team knew, because he had been caught out mid-monitor-duty looking at a list of reception venues rather than filling out a report sheet. He clacked his toenails against the metal floor for a moment, almost like tapping his fingers – but toes, and claws. "Look, these aliens seem nice, but we should probably not split up. Learned that the hard way one too many times."
"Fair enough," she said. "It'd be too much like cheating to have him on there anyway I suppose," she mused. "Oh, no, I meant I'll look at this side of the hallway or room, not to split up. You're dead right on that one . . . er, probably not the best term to use here, huh?" Bobbi said with a chuckle. "It doesn't look that damaged anyway, if I'm not mistaken, not that I'm an expert but . . . something seems a little suspicious," she concluded, taking a closer look at her immediate surroundings. "You seeing any signs of damage or a struggle that jump out at you?" Kyle's senses were far better than hers so maybe she just wasn't seeing it.
"I dunno, usually with smells I go off a baseline, but this is alien, so." Kyle shrugged. "Smells acidic, but just could be weird alien febreze for all I know." He chuckled a little. "Maybe we find a supply closet, and figure that out first, see if they have space mops, or space roombas. Actually, legit I want a space roomba." He picked along the hallway. "Legit I'm surprised it's not more beat up if they were struggling. Like." He waved a hand at the hall. "I mean I'd think it'd be cracks and shit, not like, whatever. Scuff marks? I dunno, what is even that?" He pointed at a long scuff on the floor.
"I bet space roombas would be so quiet," Bobbi said, "because in space no one can hear you clean," she finished with a deadpan tone and expression alike. Her face slipped into a frown though as she examined the marks Kyle had indicated on the floor, kneeling down and carefully reaching out to touch the darkened area. "Looks more like burn marks than scuffing . . . huh," she hummed. Looking around for more of the same, she didn't see any immediately. "That's odd. Something is off about this . . . which, well, it's literally all alien so maybe that's part of it, but I think there's more to it than that."
She continued to scan the area, stopping when her eyes fell on a door just ahead of them. There was a sign that read 'CRYO' and it only just clicked into her in that moment what was so odd about that.
". . . are you able to read the writing on that door too or is it just me?" Bobbi asked Kyle.
"So." Kyle started. "So what I want to know is, is this weird dimensional aliens using our alphabet and that doesn't mean cold as fuck, or is it like." He flexed his finger claws a few times, in and out, all at once. "Like, were you here for the psis having powers shit? Doug had a day where his powers hit most of the mansion. Is this English or some freaky translation field shit?"
"I can't say for sure, but you know about Occam's Razor, yeah?" Bobbi countered, still frowning as she looked throughout the rest of the immediate area for any other signs or words in their native tongue. She headed for the door marked CRYO and took a closer look at it. "It's also odd that there seems to be damage along here," she pointed out, waving a finger towards what looked like potential pry marks or places where someone or something was trying to force the door open, along with more scorch marks. "Yeah, no, something's not adding up here."
"Fuck," Kyle drawled out, elongating the 'eff' sound as he crouched down. He snuffled a little, face close to the floor and the scorch marks, and then gave a snorting inhale. "Okay, miss forensic person, what's acid and smoke together, because I get both. Like, I know I said alien febreze before, but it's stronger down here. You think someone definitely fucked with this door?" He stood, and shook his joints loose. "Let's go find our tour guides, because I have questions."
"What questions?"
One of the aliens that had been assigned to make themself generally available to the mutants seemed to have materialized behind them. Their birdlike attributes appeared largely vestigial, but it seemed they could also move with the silence of an owl.
"One, mainly," Bobbi said, her eyes turning from Kyle, to the damaged door marked Cryo, then finally to the alien. "What actually happened here?"
2018:Murder They Tweeted: Hank texts Sue a picture of Quentin at the wedding, and about the murder; Quentin and Hank have some post-wedding fun. Miles goes to confront Warren post-demon about his actions while he was possessed.
2004:Unwell: Nathan finds Marie-Ange outside and takes drastic measures to fix her problem, with some success. Amanda heals Jubilee of her injuries, but it doesn't quite go to plan. Alison manages to stop glowing.
2005:Skeleton Coast: Nathan and the others reach Luederitz, the next site on Esther's map, and find out that Gideon is a step ahead of them - and was a step ahead of Esther, as well; later, Nathan and Pete share a moment of frustration out on the balcony of the hotel, staring into the fog; a subject they're going to have to talk about at some point comes up, but then the future intervenes; Alison and Nathan finally get the chance to talk, at least about the matter at hand; there's a lot more not-talking on other topics. Miles checks on Lorna during a sunstorm, helps her cook, and lets slip that Alison is recording again. No Way Out: Tommy runs into Manuel - or Empath - who gives him a 'gift'. Jamie recruits help to teach Catseye about video games. Scott declares that he will not be doing a Jack Sparrow impression, eyepatch or no eyepatch - but will, however, be eating his grandmother's highly alcoholic rum cookies. Marius posts about the latest development with his mutation, and runs a poll of who in the mansion has long-range passive powers.
2006: Jean begins reconnecting with the mansion's residents, and Marie has some issues for Scott regarding himself, Jean and Logan. Scott and Jean discuss Tibet and their actions regarding Mystique. Operation: Xorn:Nathaniel Essex shows up in the Snow Valley offices and tells Pete he needs the help of X-Force, explaining the Chinese government are going to execute a powerful mutant called Xorn whose death may result in the destruction of China; Betsy reacts badly to Essex' presence and Haller is there to help.
2007: Nathan encounters Jean after the party and they plan to go out and get into trouble. Jay mentions not going to the party. Operation: Melittology: Marie-Ange obtains information in Prague about one of Von Strucker's accounts showing activity and X-Force begins digging. Jishin Da! The field trip group leaves for Japan.
2008: Nori's parents arrive and begin to find out many things they didn't know about their daughter and the school. Amanda emails Angelo, Kurt and Meggan, checking in. Kevin has his session with Leo and the West Coast Annex is suggested as a potential alternative to the school and its stressors. The Magnificent Seven:Sway discovers Tara Trask, Amber Hunt and Ilyas Saidullayev are in Wakanda also.
2009: Catseye runs into Emma while chasing sunbeams and after Emma shows Cats her diamond skin (the shinies distracting Catseye enormously) they discuss the cost of being extraordinary and also Yvette. Julian tries to contact his father but is blocked by the receptionist and explains his situation to Manuel, who offers to help him find a job. After their riding lesson, Amara and Manuel talk about Lil, Valentia, and the weather but awkwardness ensues when Manuel comments that he and Amara have more in common than Lil and Manuel. Nico and Megan have roomie bonding time.
2010:The Gift: Amanda 'ports to LA and joins the X-Men in looking for Nico and the others, narrowing their location to Wyoming.
2011: Sooraya moves into the suite with Yvette and the old/new roommates catch up.
2012:Light in the Darkness: Kane visits Tandy in the Medlab and she asks tons of questions; Kurt makes a post saying that Tandy is back and in the medlab; Tandy, Adrienne and Father Michael Bowen talk about the funeral plans for next week. Kurt meets up with Tandy as she’s leaving the medlab and reassures her. Korvus and Kurt schedule a sparring session. Billy texts Amanda for some help with the snow in the greenhouse classroom. Clint texts Billy asking him how much trouble he’s in from the snow. Callie posts about it snowing in the greenhouse and how the balance of the plants is off. Amanda texts Ororo for some help about the snowing inside the classroom. Clint texts Tandy asking if she is okay. Scott talks to Billy as he's cleaning up the mess. Billy posts that he is sorry for making it snow and that the classroom is almost back to normal. Billy emails Amanda and Wanda asking if a song stuck in his head causes a spell to be cast and if there is anything that could help with that.
Operation: We'll Always Have Paris: The security of a powerful magical resource requires X-Force (and some friends) to get involved with the Paris Hellfire Club.
Reality OWD: Glamour Machine:eXcalibur investigates a series of disappearances on the Isle of Man connected with a dimensional flux.
The Curse of the Man-Thing!:Rictor brings home a cutting... and a whole lot of trouble!
Don't Quit Your Day Job:Rogue breaks the cardinal rule of spam - she clicks the link - and winds up caught up in a mutant sex ring.
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