Voice;

[studieswaitressing]

[Private to Emma Frost:]

[Wow, she is just the most unsure about this...]

I -- have to ask you something. It probably sounds stupid, I'm pretty sure it doesn't even work this way, but -- do you sense other telepaths? It's just that I don't think -- I -- Charles isn't here any more, is he?

[ End Private to Emma Frost]

[Some time later, the following voice post goes up. Mystique is -- very pointedly not showing her face right now, and she sounds a little shaky.]

For anyone who knew Charles -- my brother, Charles Xavier -- he isn't here any more.

Just -- so everyone knows.

[And she clicks off the feed, because she's going to go have her own private pity party. She knew that the little bit of peace she got here, pretending that things were okay with her brother, wouldn't last ... but she hadn't wanted to think about how exactly it would come to an end. The selfish part of her had always hoped she'd be the one to go home first. It had happened once before, after all.]

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[gevurah]

I heard about a mission in Russia. Not too long ago, either.

[studieswaitressing]

...yeah, that was one of them. A couple before that, too.

[gevurah]

Where to?

[studieswaitressing]

[it takes her a minute or two to recall.]

...uh. Somewhere close to Greece, on a pirate ship -- and what I've been led to believe was the prehistoric.

[gevurah]

[ She files that away in her head. ]

There's probably more information on the Network. [ She sounds apologetic. ] It's a lot to read through.

[studieswaitressing]

...well, I can tell you that we were on a pirate ship when we were near Greece. Other than the fighting, it was really -- nice.

[gevurah]

It must have been.

Don't suppose anyone took photos. [ That's actually a joke. ]

[studieswaitressing]

Not exactly the first thing on my mind.

[Except...]

Maybe Castiel could show you a little bit of it somehow, though.

[His magical angel powers could probably swing that, right?]

[gevurah]

Castiel?

[studieswaitressing]

Uh -- yeah. He's a friend of mine. I'm sure if you ask about him on the network he'll show up.

[gevurah]

I'll keep it in mind.

[studieswaitressing]

I've been here for a little while, too. If you have any questions -- I can try to be less useless.

[gevurah]

[ A beat. ]

I doubt you're useless.

[studieswaitressing]

...fine, fine -- a bit less self-pitying.

[gevurah]

Everyone's their own harshest critic.

[studieswaitressing]

Unless you've got really terrible friends.

[gevurah]

They're not friends if they're saying that.

[studieswaitressing]

...well, no. Or they wouldn't be for long, saying stuff like that.

[She clears her throat.]

I'm -- Mystique, by the way. I don't think I actually said.

[gevurah]

[ Peculiar name. ]

I'm Kate. It's nice to meet you, in spite of the circumstance.

[studieswaitressing]

...yeah, you too.

I did mean it when I said you could ask me about things if you wanted to.

[gevurah]

Maybe another time. [ Now it doesn't feel right. ]

[studieswaitressing]

Just letting you know the offer's there.

[gevurah]

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.