Video; early morning of 01/19

[ceruleans]

[The woman who pops onto the screen? She doesn't look at all pleased. She's disheveled and incredibly sore, but at least she's been able to have a shower since things have returned to normal. She'd woken up in her own bed, having muddied up the sheets -- so, okay, she's still pretty annoyed.

Still, it had occurred to her that she'd done something a little bit irresponsible the night before. It had been motivated by anger, certainly, but it isn't as if she'd killed the man -- still, she needs to get it off her chest and just make sure that he's -- you know, still alive.

She clears her throat.]

Uh, all right -- this message is especially for Alistair, or for anyone from his world -- now that this thing is working again.

I was attacked in the forest last night by someone accusing me of being a demon, so I thought that you guys might know him. I knocked him out and left him tied up outside the tavern, so I don't know where he'd be now.

[She scowls.]

And just to clear it up for anyone who might be wondering ... I'm not a demon.

[She motions to her hair.]

I mean, do you see a set of pointy horns? I have no interest in your immortal soul, okay? So further attempts to end me? Not going to be dealt with so gently.

[It's a bit of posturing since she's never actually killed anyone, but...they don't need to know that.]

Comments

[ceruleans]

That must have been terrible.

[Her mind goes immediately to Erik. The situation with Shaw might've been similar, but not identical. After all, people had believed in the Holocaust -- just not that it had happened to mutants, too.]

Feeling so powerless, I mean. I hope you found a way to deal with it.

[accelero]

It was - hard, most of the time. I was just a kid at first but then people thought it was all a reaction to trauma. it felt - lonely.

[ in a way. being the only one to believe in what he had seen and in his father's innocence. ]

but then when meta-humans started showing up, people - have changed their minds and things looked up. It was nice not being the post traumatic stress case anymore.

[ceruleans]

[She nods. She might not know exactly what he's been through, but childhood trauma -- she's got that in spades.]

Small miracles, I guess.