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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[studieswaitressing]

[Oh look, it's the Magneto that still seems kind of skeptical of her ... she swallows thickly.]

...yeah. I talked to Emma.

[andfutureking]

[ He pauses again.

Probably looking for the scotch tbh. ]

I'm sorry.

[studieswaitressing]

[It's cool bro, she assumes Wesley is going to bring her liquor so she won't try to gank his scotch]

Me too.

I -- Wes is coming over. I don't know if it'll be weird for you, but -- we could go somewhere else.

[Somehow the suite doesn't seem quite right now, anyway.]

[andfutureking]

Do not be put-out on my behalf. I think I am going to spend some time in the library. [ BROOOODING. ]

[studieswaitressing]

I don't think we'll stay here anyway.

[andfutureking]

Regardless. Do not change your plans on my account.

[ a pause ]

You are Charles' sister. [ and not the psychotic evil twin one ] If there is anything you need, do not hesitate to let me know.

[studieswaitressing]

[Wow Magneto, right in the feelings]

...yeah, all right. I'll -- do that.

Same goes for you, I guess.

[Because he kind of still sounded like 'her' Magneto there a little, oops.]

[andfutureking]

It is not so bad that he went home. There is work for him to do there.

[ It sounds like he's half saying this to convince himself, not just for Raven's benefit. ]

[studieswaitressing]

[Fortunately, that mutual assurance thing is taking immediate effect and she's totally not going to blurt out that he's just going home to have her version of Magneto cripple him...yet...]

There always is.

[andfutureking]

He has done a great deal of good, in my time.

[ Likewise, he's not going to mention the part where general opinion of him is pretty jaded and a bunch of people think that Professor X is, in fact, a jerk. ]

[studieswaitressing]

[They should both feel good about not telling each other these things.]

And probably given out just as many really bad pick-up lines.

[At least she's trying to lighten the mood.]

[andfutureking]

Fortunately, he has grown out of those.

For the most part.

[studieswaitressing]

Colour me surprised.

[No, actually. She was pretty sure those were there to stay.]