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Shit, Kitty?

[It's a surprise when the other woman drops down through the ceiling into the room Natasha's claimed, and what can she say? She's been tense.]

Hey! That was my name. [Sure, dropping in is a bit of a jerk move, but she's not regretting it now that she's seeing someone who knows her. It sends her tension down several notches even as she's lifting it up for others. This is her third abduction, but it's the first time there was anyone there she recognized from the start who recognized her back. Well, okay, there were a few other mutants in Drift, but they were all recognizing versions of each other. Her hope is this is different, but it's best to confirm.]

You know me too. [She gets her feet planted firmly on the floor—solid again and glad for the break.] From the fleet right? Not some other weird multidimensional nonsense? [Versions of their worlds had seemed more interconnected in some realities after all.]

I do, right. [Know her, and from Drift Fleet.] Seems like a few of us made it here.

[Without putting a lot of thought into the action, Kitty moves closer bring her arms up around the other woman in a hug.] I know we're probably not hugging friends, but I thought... [That she was starting all over again. Losing another found family probably forever. It's happened too many times. Losing her parents and her city. Then the X-Men and her world. Then Marina. She wasn't ready for the fleet to send her adrift too, but here she is.]

It's just nice to be known. [She might have had a smaller reaction had she really participated in the Whale Comb party. As it was she barely skirted it and only saw one face who was a little too familiar, but the man inside wasn't. At least things didn't get less complicated. What would she do with a simple life?]

Oh, hey. [Unexpected, but it's not entirely unwelcome. Natasha returns the hug, quick but not without some warmth. Or some sympathy.] Yeah, well... you're not that easy forget.

You'd be surprised.

[She doesn't try to hang on past the point of social conventions. It was already more than she really wanted to admit the situation bothered her. Practice should make perfect instead of trauma, right?]

Have you seen many others yet?

A few. Winter's here, and Steve. Vision and Wanda. There doesn't seem to be any way to do a head count, but I have the feeling we might run into a few more familiar faces.

Oh holy fuck!

[Tommy's so used to being perfectly aware of all traditional entrances and exits that he hadn't bothered worrying about other potential entrances, especially when just passing some time emptying and cleaning out rooms not yet used in the hotel. Just to make things easier for anyone else who shows up new.

The thing is? He should know better. Because he can phase through things with enough effort, and his uncle can, and his dad? Yeah. He should know better.]

Wow, such language. You'd think a girl walking through a wall was a big deal. [Does she feel bad giving people a bit of a shock when they are under similarly stressful circumstances? She does. And sarcasm is how we deal with those feelings. At least for now. But her eyes narrow as she takes him in.]

Wait, have we...? We've met. Have we met? [The most decisive. But no, it was Marina. And there's a family resemblance that's strong. The hair doesn't hurt. She's just not sure if he'll recognize her. The odds are ever not in her favor on that one.]

[Met? Interesting. Because Tommy would definitely recognize her. His eyes roll up and down the woman as she mumbles about language and frowns.]

No, we haven't met. I'd remember you.

That's what they all say. [Has anyone ever actually said that? Well, it still happens to her a lot.]

Kitty Pryde. X-Man. [This is not a normal way of introducing herself several years into being a captive of one seemingly all powerful overlord or another, but it feels appropriate now. It doesn't hurt that she's wearing the suit too. It's managed to go with her one more time. Of course, it's not the same suit the Kitty of his world has ever worn. Still, there's an X on the belt.]

[Ah, yeah, he sees the X. Interesting.]

You're Shadowcat. Never expected you here.

[You never expect the Shadowcat Imposition.]

Uuuuh.

[There's a lady in his floor?

Actually, he knows her. Kind of. They met once, and he definitely saw her on the network and around the fleet. At least a version of her.]

Depends on your interests, I guess?

[Oh, no, did you not order a lady in our floor? Was it those kids down the street again? They're the worst. They never tip.]

Swoopy-haired kid? [The recognition is there, but the name is eluding her. She manages to fully emerge into the room.] Are you swoopy-haired kid from the fleet or just reset swoopy-haired kid from your world?

[That's the third time this week! Dang kids.]

[He grins at the name, as it were. And also because she does remember him, even if she doesn't remember his name, and that's the important part.]

Fleet. I guess we didn't get a chance to really get to know each other. Name's Prompto.

Kitty. [The recognition feels great even if they couldn't really be classified as close before. They had a shared history now.]

How did I forget Prompto? [Is it because it's not even remotely an name?] I'm going to blame it on the new things I've had crammed into my head. [She could mean the data point. She partially means the data point. She also got some new memories on arrival.]

[It is so a name! And rather tame on his world.]

I'll buy that excuse. [The data points were ... something. Effective, though!] It's nice to see a familiar face, especially one that remembers me.

[Well, let someone named "Kitty" mock it for you anyway.]

Same. I saw Natasha from the fleet too. I don't know how many of us are here or how spread out we might be. [Part of her is hoping everyone is there and they just aren't densely packed enough to realize it yet. Is it wrong to wish them into this place?]

So much for choosing where we went from the fleet.

I ran into Keith. He said Lance, Ignis, and Noctis made it here. And a couple others.

[If it's wrong, he doesn't want to be right, selfish as that is. There was one person in particular he didn't want to be without.]

Heh. Right. Sucks we didn't end up on a world with...anything, really. Some electricity would be nice. Maybe a burger joint.

[The Vision is in the greenhouse area, exploring all the fancy new plants that have overgrown it. It's a lot to take in, and a distraction is welcome.]

Ah, Kitty, welcome. Look at this lovely garden - it's rather larger than the one on the Twin Roses, isn't it?

[That's an understatement. The building is massive.]

[Vision may seem chill about seeing her, but she misplaced all of her chill. Maybe it got confiscated along with her claws. Her eyes widen when she catches sight of him and for a moment she feels frozen in place until he says her name. Her Vision is here. And with all due respect to Natasha and swoopy-haired kid, both of whom she was thrilled to see this is a pretty great discovery, because Vision was part of her crew. Her home. Her family.

She moves more quickly and solidly toward him until she's close enough for a hug. PREPARE YOURSELF, SIR!] What garden? [Her focus is elsewhere. But, no, she can see the garden. Don't worry.]

[And that was why he'd led with the reference to the ship. Kitty's getting a warm hug back and a big grin.]

Ah, I've missed you, my dear. I hope you've been well. Or--well, for me it's been a year since the end of the season, so to speak, but I gather for others it has not?

[It wasn't that long ago since she last saw him as everyone went their separate ways from the fleet. And yet she could totally understand the feeling of missing him even with as little time as she remembers passing. It didn't take a lot of time being thrown into a new world she wasn't expecting to miss her people.]

A year? [She's bewildered and yet of course he was. Of course. When have these places ever played it straight and narrow with the timeline?] No, I never made it where I was going. I was in the fleet one moment and here the next. A whole year?

A whole year. Wanda and I were married and caught a ship back to Naviadna. We built a home together and--lived our lives, I suppose. A little dragonet adopted us; her name is Thistle and I believe she is with Wanda at the moment.

[To just live their lives away from life-shattering crises? Amazing. And yet he doesn't look sad to be here. He's happy, healthy, energetic. This is a new challenge, and he's thriving.]

Wow. That's...wow. [She's seen people come back with years more memories before, but never quite like this. It was always back home and often bad.] And married that's incredible. Congratulations. [To think they were out there living their lives as he called it. The dream she believes. And then this. Always back to this.]

Vision, I... Wait, a dragonet? Are we talking tiny dragons here?

Thank you.

[He smiles brightly, making an approximate size estimation with his hands. Apparently it's less than a foot tall and about a foot and a half or two feet long.]

Yes. We're not sure if she's a baby and will grow larger or if this is her final size. There are so many creatures there from other worlds that it's all still poorly categorized, despite how long the place has been inhabited. She likes to bring us flowers, so we've named her Thistle.

[Adopting a pet together is an important step in a relationship, especially for reproductively incompatible people.]

Ah, but enough about me. What do you think of this place? What are your concerns?

[When Kitty drifts into one of the hotel rooms she'll find a different sort of cat. Namely a black cat with bright green eyes sleeping on the bed. It should be familiar as that is indeed Vash's cat snoozing on the bed and there are signs that someone may be trying to turn this room into a temporary home. Bottled water is stocked here and there's a plate with crumbs left on a table.

Kuroneko wakes when Kitty comes in. Quickly running up, meowing at her, and rubbing against her legs if Kitty will go solid for her to do that. The question now is will Kitty wait for whoever has stashed a cat here? Or will she go searching?]

[She catches sight of something else with her in the room when she enters. She assumes it's a local animal for a split second, but the familiarity is too strong and her eyes widen as she drops down to better pet the cat.] Kuroneko? Did you come with me [Seeker and Pixels had arrived with her. She stashed them in a room she felt was reasonably safe. She didn't want to put the stress and strain on them of being phased around and she couldn't sit still without exploring.]

Or... [She looks around as if she could have simply missed the gunfighter somewhere in the shabby surroundings.] Vash? [She stands again, stepping toward the door to poke her head through it. She doesn't like this. She's getting her hopes up and this is not a time or place for hopes. But she did find his cat so maybe?]

[Kuroneko purrs happily. Leaning into that petting and loving the attention. Although she's not so happy when it stops. Possibly an unknown benefit to being able to make yourself intangible is that Kitty will have an easier time not stepping on the cat when she tries to get underfoot. Who said you could stop showing her attention?!

He's not immediately outside the door when she looks out, but given another moment or two he comes around the corner. One arm full of strange looking fruit and the other currently turning one of the pieces over and over. An arm that has a bracelet she should recognise on the wrist.]

Do I really think these are safe to eat? [He muttering to himself as he walks down the hall. Suddenly coming to a complete halt when he notices someone half coming out of his doorway.

His heart leaping into his throat his eyes immediately go to Kitty's throat and starts thumping louder when he spots the necklace she treasured so much around her neck. Although she might not remember him still.

Please let her remember me.]

Uh... hi? [Crap that's not what he wanted to say.] Do-- do you remember me? [He told himself if she showed up he'd take it slow and easy. Try not to freak her out in case the worst happened, but damn it was hard to not just run up and hug her right now.]

[She was ready to duck back in the room to figure out her next move when she caught sight of a flash of red and then the man the red coat was attached to followed closely after. And a second after that the most important realization hits.

It's him.

Not a version of him. Not a him with different memories. But him him. The one she gave that bracelet too. The one whose cat likes her. The one who isn't looking at her like a ghost but as her.

And the part where he asks if she remembers him doesn't hurt. Those words break her free from her frozen position and she bursts fully out of the door and does the very thing he's trying not to do. Alien fruit be damned, she's coming in for a jump hug, Vash!]

[What fruit? It's immediately dropped from his arms the moment she starts to run towards him. It's enough of an answer for him as he hurries to meet her halfway. Laughing with absolute joy in his voice he easily catches her in his strong arms, but it's not enough to expel his joyful energy so he begins to swing them in an erratic circle.]

Thank God you're here! I don't know what I would have done if you didn't remember me. [He can't stop grinning as he starts to wildly kiss at her face. Too excited to worry about aiming for her mouth. It's just a bonus when he hits it.

She was here! She was alive! And she remembers him! For this moment Vash can't remember a time being this happy.]

[Keith might have given a somewhat undignified squawk when Kitty showed up in his hotel room, but he dropped into a fight stance for a quick second out of reflex, reaching for a blade that wasn't there, before he realized who it was and let himself relax.]

Oh... hey...

[He gave a relieved sigh. Having already been startled by a speedster seemingly appear out of nowhere, he was having a somewhat rough arrival.]

[Another day and she might have laughed at he sound he made. As it is, she's more business minded than that. She takes in the way he relaxes when he sees her. Not really the reaction of someone seeing phasing or her for the first time.]

Keith? [He's Keith either—probably—but if he's not surprised a stranger said his name then he's fleet Keith and that's something.]

[He nodded.]

Kitty, right? [They hadn't interacted a lot, but it was enough that he knew her. In fact, she'd introduced him to her phasing in a rather "hold my beer" kind of way by dragging him with her through a door.

It felt so long ago...]

It's good to see another familiar face.

You got it in one.

I know it's probably a mistake to go around expecting things after you get pulled into a totally unfamiliar environment by forces you don't know, but I wasn't really expecting so many people from the fleet. [She hadn't seen a lot of people yet and they weren't all from the fleet, but a high enough percentage was that it's new for her. Normally she loses everyone when these things happen and "these things" seem to happen to her a lot.]

Yeah... there are a lot of us.

You've gone through this before, too, yeah?

[If he remembered calibrations right... reverse snowglobe?]

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