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[darkchilde]

Back to this old song and dance, munny?

Though I can not deny I like this idea. I have been getting bored playing with only Julian Keller for so long. He can only be so entertaining for so much time.

What 'home' will you be sending me to now? One where my skills are useless, no doubt.


Whatever is to come, at least I know Piotr will be with me.

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[hellionated]

I got a lot of reasons to be confident. You keep giving them to me, remember?

I don't know what the hell the City of the Unanswered Questions is. But the other one sounds like fun.

[darkchilde]

Remind me to stop, then.

It is the one you are at if I remember right. Abax. City of Sins sounds more my taste, though.

[hellionated]

[ Smirking. I like things as they are.

You'd like Abax. Everything about it's impossible and it's full of dark magic. Hell, it's like Limbo but colder.

You'd fit in either. Or you'd make it fit you.

[darkchilde]

Of course you do.

It is a good thing I cannot feel the cold then. [ Dark magic? You tempt her too much Jules! ]

Most likely the latter.

[hellionated]

I do. [ Moving over to her. She's tempting and he's bad at resisting that. ]

There's no heat. No light. And last week I almost died, you'd like it. And I'd like it a hell of a lot better, with you there.

[darkchilde]

[ And she's real bad at drawing lines. ] And what if I do not like that attitude so much, hmm?

Even if Piotr was there too?

[hellionated]

I guess you'll just have to live with it. [ He'll draw a line for her, with his finger. Right along her jaw. ]

You ought to know me better by now, Illyana. Your brother doesn't scare me.

[darkchilde]

Or I could get rid of you. That one sounds easier. [ Suppressing a shiver cause no! you don't get to win that easily! ]

That is going to be your mistake one day, Julian. Piotr's a scary man when he wants to be.

[hellionated]

Does it really. [ Smirking again. Bravado to cover ho much that bothers him. Can't let her think she hit a sore point. Can't let her think she's won. ]

Maybe it will. Maybe I'd come near you and he'd fastball special me home. [ Pause. ] Maybe I think it's worth the risk.

[darkchilde]

[ You can let her have a win sometimes~ ] It is not that difficult.

Maybe you have lost too many brain cells in fights.

[hellionated]

[ Likewise, Magik sweetheart. ] You're a liar.

What's wrong, Illyana? Worried I'll get hurt?

[darkchilde]

[ She lets him top doesn't she?! ] You think yoo much of yourself.

I never said that. I was more thinking about my poor brother's reputation that a boy would think he could beat him.

[hellionated]

[ Lets him?! ] I don't think you're that heartless. So sue me.

[ That makes him laugh, oh Magik. Such a sense of humor. ] So what you're saying is you think I could.

Your brother doesn't bother me. [ Beat. ] Unless it bothers you.

[darkchilde]

[ Lets him. ] You do not know me that well, Jules.

What I am saying is you cannot, and you should not think you can.

Unless what bothers me?

[hellionated]

[ Whatever. ] I know you well enough for that. Same way I know even if you believed it you wouldn't admit it.

Unless you don't want me around when he can see.

[darkchilde]

I destroyed my own friends whom I had grown up with. What makes you think you are so special?

I do not keep secrets from Piotr.

[hellionated]

They're still alive, and near as I can tell they're still your friends. Least that's what they'd say. [ He understands if she feels different though. He'd understand that better than anyone. ]

I wouldn't ask you to. It wouldn't change anything for me.

[darkchilde]

They hate me. [ she smirks. ] They were tortured for my lies. They faced their on mortality. They killed for my lies.

Then you would deal with the consequences?

[hellionated]

So what, you'd do that same thing to me? Give me a break, Magik, I'm not like them. You know that.

[ He touches her jaw again, and turns his eyes to hers. ] I told you. It's worth it. Whatever consequences there were, I'd deal with it.

[darkchilde]

That does not make you immune either.

[ Dammit. Now she has to look up at him. ] You are a fool.... but I will not stop you.

[hellionated]

It means I'm not afraid of you, Magik. Even if you want me to be. [ And even if she's afraid of herself. Not the first time he's thought that about her. ]

And I'm not scared of Colossus, either. Face it, sweetheart, you aren't scaring me off.

[darkchilde]

Some people would call you brave.


I think you are incredibly stupid.

[hellionated]

I just know what I want, Magik. That's all.

[darkchilde]

Remember when you and all your little friends used to hate me? I miss those days.

[hellionated]

[ Snrk. ]

Heh. Don't worry. They still do.