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[geomagnetically]

[ Here's a face that hasn't been around in a few months. She's back, with her memories intact and a few new ones from hopping around the multiverse a little more. There's no preamble or pretense when she starts to speak, though — more abrupt than not. ]

Sooooooooooo. Who wants to catch me up on the last four or five months? Looks like I've missed An Ordeal. Very likely more than one.

[ Was that luck or un-luck? There's no real flippancy to her tone, she just likes getting to the point of things, especially now. ]

Secondly, roll call for my family, please, of any universe of origin — just let me know if you're still here and who I have to slap into the next multiverse for doing something shitty to you while I was M-I-A.

[ She might be a little protective ok. ]

And in conclusion, for any new faces here since I've been gone, I guess: Hi, I'm Lorna Dane, I've been told I have a magnetic personality.

[ JOKES. There's a slightly cheesy smile as she cuts the feed. ]

Comments

[geomagnetically]

Well if he wants to renovate it, maybe he should build the boat. Or, you know, whatever Extra thing he wants to come up with instead, like jet pack shoes or something. [ give everyone little iron man armor shoes, yep what could go wrong???? ]

[doubled_speed]

Exactly my damn point to him. But I'm trying not to upset him because...

[Tommy looks awkward for a moment before taking a deep breath.]

He made me realize something, and now I'm trying to get him to teach me stuff.

[geomagnetically]

"Something" and "Stuff" sounds promising; anything shareable? [ She won't pry if it's not, but she is interested. ]

[doubled_speed]

I...

[How do you tell your aunt that you were pretty sure that you really were everything people called you, and you're starting to realize you can be more than your powers?]

It's hard to talk about. But he still treats me like a kid. Like, worse than most people do. Stupid age shit.

[geomagnetically]

Then he's far more incorrect and full of shit than I already thought he was.

[ WHICH IS SO MUCH. God, she would love to know the answer to the question 'what is wrong with most Tony Starks and why are most of them Like This?' ]

Because you're not some young, naive, inexperienced kid — and not just because of the whole fact that being a mutant means we grow up faster than anyone should have to. Though, that is an idea, him having to be a mutant for a week and see how he fucking likes the human-majority society then, but I digress. My point is you're way more than whatever stupid age shit anyone tosses at you, especially considering what you have been through, and the fact that your family, in our world, aren't the shining role models you deserve.

[ Herself, Wanda, Pietro, and Erik, are all hot damn messes, and she knows it. She wishes they weren't, but... ]

[doubled_speed]

He's not all bad, Lorna. He's...

[The guy tried to help him with his confidence. That was something.]

You're a better role model than my birth family.

[The Shepherds sucked. Lorna was... reasonable. Fuck, Lorna might be the MOST reasomable.]

[geomagnetically]

[ She has A Lot Of Feelings, she knows. Usually for the worse. Or at the very least, the inconvenient. She also tries not to think about what a low bar the role models must be. ]

Just please love yourself enough to say no to having sex with a Summers. I don't need that kind of role modeling influence on my conscience; that would age me twenty years, and thirty-nine is old enough, thanks.

[ It's delivered with a small smile and mostly deadpan. She's done worse (either by her own will — or more often, when her mind wasn't hers), but still. Still. It's an intentionally lighter comment. ]

[doubled_speed]

Dude, I was in Scott's presence once. Never doing that again.

[So yeah, not very likely. Besides, there was this... feeling he had about this one guy that he so isn't talking about because Stark made it awkward.]

Tell me what happened while you were gone.

[geomagnetically]

Wiser than I.

[ Being in Scott's (or any Summers') presence for more than five seconds should do that to a person. ]

Welllll, since I wasn't home, I was part of this...covenish? This witch brought people in from all corners of the multiverse to go save other worlds, basically. Results were varied. I met different versions of people from home, among with people from way other worlds, which was cool. Not a new thing, sure, but, cool. My favorite one we got sent to by the head witch in charge was the world that might as well have been straight out of a Dungeons and Dragons DM book; dragons, gold, taverns, et cetera.

[ Ah, good times. ]

Then I got pulled to this futuristic world that was a disaster, but I did offer my help to what was classified as a 'militant organization of rebels' because that's what you get labelled as when you're anti-capitalist and pro-dismantling government corruption. Not that that's exactly uncommon in our world, either. Highlights there included threatening Stephen god damn Strange's life to his face for being a dick by selling everyone out and almost getting us killed, and also meeting a mutant from a similar world to ours who told me he .... had a child with another version of me. So THAT'S a thing somewhere in the multiverse.

[ Marcos Diaz: The Only Mutant To Successfully Stun Lorna Into Surprise During Her Multiverse Travels. Congrats to him for telling her something she hasn't heard before. ]

[doubled_speed]

[Oh no. A cousin out there that Tommy doesn't know. Dammit, must meet this kid.]

Sounds like an experience. Uh, never heard anything like that before, honest. I mean, other than TJ, our other-cousin that is SO weird."

The idea that there was a world where Wanda had a kid with Kurt was so weird.

[geomagnetically]

Right? I mean, on both counts — that thing, and the Wanda-Kurt kid thing. Wanda and Pietro can have the kids; I'm more than fine where I am as possibly cool aunt. The multiverse doesn't need me having kids all over it.

[doubled_speed]

Why not?

[Tommy seriously looks confused by that.]

You can't say you wouldn't be a better mom than Uncle Pete is a Dad.

[geomagnetically]

Given the parental skills track record in the family, I'm not eager to wanna test that out. Also, see previous statement about my most recent relationship choice anyway; does the world really need more Summers offspring?

[doubled_speed]

Billy's so going to combo-breaker for that. He'll be a good parent.

[Yes, there is no need for more Summers family. They're a mess.]

[geomagnetically]

True. He can restore some respect with it, I'm sure. You could too.

[doubled_speed]

And it's not like I'm ever going to have kids so that's moot.

[Too much history of bad family in his life. But at least he's got her back. For all of himself, for all his being so distant and shallow, he reaches out for her hand.]

Lorna? I missed you.

[geomagnetically]

[ She doesn't hesitate to return it and meet his hand with hers, in assurance. ] I missed you too. [ Her memories of all her multiverses sorted themselves out and she had a lot of feelings about a lot of things. ]

Even though it was beyond my control, I hated the feeling like I'd just left people like a jackass. I hated most in the context of you though. [ At home, Billy has Teddy, Wanda has Pietro and other Avengers she's close with. ] I didn't want you to think had I had a choice, I was just someone else who bailed.

[doubled_speed]

[What? No way. Him? Oh. His heart aches just a bit.]

Lorna, I... I am sorry. You don't have to worry over me.

[Such a lie.]

[geomagnetically]

Oh, please. Nothing to apologize for; and yes I do, because we're family and it's what I do. I can't not worry over people important to me.

[doubled_speed]

[Damn that's nice. He grins and nods along with her. That's a good plan.]

You and me both. It's never easy, but we gotta take care of the people we care about.

[geomagnetically]

Exactly. Especially when they're people who have habits of getting into trouble anyway and need an extra set of eyes and hands looking out for them. [ Herself absolutely included. ]

[doubled_speed]

[Wow, you talking about him, Lorna? He thinks you’re talking about him. It’s totally fair to be talking about him.]

You watch out for me, I’ll watch out for you.

[geomagnetically]

Deal. What could go wrong? Nothing, that's what.

[doubled_speed]

[Really? Nothing? Tommy laughs.]

Man, we’re coming up on my birthday again, and weird shit always happens around then. Last year they locked us up on our ships for several days around that.

[geomagnetically]

If they get cute and try something near then again, I'll have Some Words. And by words I mean busting people out of ships if I can. Chill birthday please, universe.