001- I WANT to know what's going on?

[wearingthestars]

Who: Billy Kaplan and OPEN
What: Exploring the power plant, the hotel, and being sick
When: First few days on Agra 10
Where: The power plant, and the hotel
Warnings: N/A will edit as needed.



The Power Plant

Because of course Billy Kaplan would immediately head away from safety and towards possible danger. Not that the weird squirrel like things are proving too much of a hazard, but he is getting pretty far from town. The path isn't too difficult to manage, but he does have the advantage of floating lazily over any fallen debris or dangers.

His feet return to the ground as he finds the power plant, head tilting curiously as he sets out to explore. There's a bunch of tools, and some strange crystal things, none of which seem of much use until he find the data point. He hesitates a moment before giving into the urge to touch it, shivering at the strange sensation and the sudden knowledge that follows.


The Hotel

Despite how run down everything is, Billy feels wrong about approaching the stores as a means of shelter. Of course, the hotel practically screams 'you-might-get-murdered-here' but beggars can't be chooser, and he's reasons maybe they'll actually be some kind of bed. His magic isn't working so great, the less he has the conjure up the better.

He tries to get handle on the layout, exploring a few floors before finding a room that seems to be more or less empty. Of people or animals that is. What it is full of is debris. Trash, broken furniture, some stuff he doesn't want to examine too closely.

While he's still got a bit of light to work with he tries to clear the worst of it out.


The Contagion

It's slow to hit him, but Billy eventually has to admit he isn't feeling great, and it's not just his powers being weaker than usual. He's hot, and sore, and increasingly paranoid, which makes it rather difficult to get him to listen to reason and stay put.

He keeps leaving his room, too sick to make it anywhere in particular but sure he needs to get out of there, suspicious of anyone who tries to approach him.

[OOC: Fine with brackets or prose, as well as present or past tense, reply how you prefer and I will match. If you want to plot stuff out first feel free to pm me here, or hit me up on plurk @
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Hotel

[passingthrough]

[You know how some people sneak up behind you? Well, this isn't that because Kitty is phasing through the wall across from you which is sheer luck. You know, just sliding her molecules through the molecules around her. It's very strange to look at when she stops and appears bisected or does it slowly, but she's been moving with purpose so it's a little less body horror-y. Kitty figured this room would be just as empty as the last twenty she'd been through, but she stops when she sees it isn't.]

Hey. [She recognizes him, but she doubts it will be returned. At least, she doesn't expect him to recognize her but a counterpart of herself—a different Kitty Pryde of the X-Men. One that was from a less Apocalypse-y world. That's how it went before when she met him in the prison and then again in the fleet. This is her third abduction. She's met a lot of people if only briefly in some cases. And she's met a lot of people several times.]

(OOC: Hey, just wanted to check in. She has CRAU memories of him obviously. Just let me know if you want her to keep that info to herself. We can always discuss more on plurk if you want! I'm hauntedreality there.)

[wearingthestars]

[It's a little startling, Billy's fingers glowing with a shielding magic at the abrupt intrusion, though it fades when he recognizes the figure. Who else could it possibly be? That was unmistakably Shadowcat. What hero nerd worth his colours couldn't recognize that?

He flushes a little, head tilting at the familiar way she addresses him.]

...Hey. [He answers belatedly.] You're...Shadowcat, right? Kitty Pryde?

[ooc: Hi! Yeah, feel free to tell him, he's a least a little familiar with alternate versions of himself, it shouldn't be too brain breaking for him.]

[passingthrough]

[Okay, she had hoped he'd remember the fleet at least. He wasn't there that long, but the last time she'd seen him she was trying to have a little mutant poker night with him, Remy, and Kurt. It was nice. An odd assortment of mutants maybe, but it was the assortment they had. Still, it's good to see him even if it's her third time and his first. She even manages a smile which she's not sure she's done since arriving.]

I guess this means I'm not the only mutant here.

And correct as usual, Billy. Though I haven't used Shadowcat much in the last few years.

(OOC: Thanks!)

[wearingthestars]

Yeah, no, there's a least three of us here.

[Assuming he and Tommy actually are mutants. He still hasn't had the testing done, but it makes the most sense.

His head tilts in question.]

As usual?

[passingthrough]

Three? [You can bet she's going to follow up on that. Her first thought is hoping Kurt is still with her.]

I'm not from your world. [On that point, at least, she can be sure. After all, Wanda died on the X-Men's first mission before Kitty's time, but she knew the mythology. She knew what not to bring up around Pietro and Erik.]

But I've met... [pausing so she doesn't just say "you"] Billys before. This isn't my first multidimensional abduction.

[wearingthestars]

[Oh. That prompts a small frown. The Billys that Billy's met before were all bad. And he worries that's the sort of Billy she means.]

So you're like an old pro? Nice. Kind of niche, but nice.