canon-swapping in exsilium

[andfutureking]

It is about time. Adequate planning is paramount, of course, but timeliness is never to be dismissed either. That being said, it is something of a relief. There is work to be done, and it is clear that one can never trust others to do these things properly-- not even oneself in this case, apparently.

Pity that you insist on sending me to a place where there are so few mutants, however. Though I suppose alternate-future dystopias should be almost old-hat to me. I can only hope that the opportunity arises to give certain individuals from the past a piece of my mind.

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[withouthumanity]

No-one in that place can be trusted to make adequate progress with anything, truth be told.

[ lMAO WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS LOKI GET OUT ]

[oxfordian]

[ hi sup





hi sup ]

...


[ SORT OF BREATHLESS HERE ALSO KIND OF CONFUSED. jk really confused, motherfucker. ] Erik?

[myownbestfriend]

Well. Look at you. I'd gotten out of the habit of expecting white hair.

[studieswaitressing]

There might be more than you think.

[She recognizes that hair. :| ]

[andfutureking]

Even yourself?

[omnilingualism]

Well, there's only so many mutants that the world can lend out.

[andfutureking]

Charles.



It will take some time to accustom myself to the hair.

[andfutureking]

I do hope it's not too jarring to you.

[andfutureking]

Ah, Mystique.

Well, we take what we can get.

[andfutureking]

You do not need to remind me, of all people.

[omnilingualism]

I don't, but people tend to forget.

[myownbestfriend]

Tsk. I think I'll survive being jarred. One does get tired of alternate timelines, and the younger versions of you lack a certain...steel.

[you see what she did there]

[withouthumanity]

[ wow insert this: motherfucker

STEP OFF

right in my sensitive fucking feelings, WHOEVER YOU ARE oh ho ho ho ]

I am very much more pro-active, it'll behoove you to know.

[andfutureking]

You have neither taken over nor been banished as of yet, from what I have observed. I almost expected more from you.

[oxfordian]

[ always with the hair

Charles just smiles, albeit in a cautioned fashion. He stares at Erik for a few more moments -- this is obviously the man everyone has been talking about, and is very much not the Erik he knows so well. ]

You'll be coming to the place -- ah. This City where I currently reside?

[withouthumanity]

[ oh okay yes well he'll just display himself
here
LIKE A MAJESTIC PEACOCK
for his ego to be stroked, dude ]


You know of me? [ A few more moments. ] You know me.

I can't return that favour.

[studieswaitressing]

Yeah, it's starting to seem that way.

[septim]

What are you planning?

[andfutureking]

The one that expects us to serve as their soldiers, yes.

[ He's watching Charles' reaction carefully.]

[oxfordian]

[ "This will take some getting used to" is an understatement. Charles' eyes fall after a second. Well, all right. ]

Yes. What you mean to say, here, is that the man I know so very well is going to be leaving? You will be taking his place?

[ He is trying very, very hard not to be upset, okay. Welcome to baby Charles, Magnus. ]

[andfutureking]

I would say to "go easy", but that would be rather self-serving. And I cannot truly say that I do not share the sentiment at times.

[messiahed]

Mutants tend to spring up when you least expect them.

[andfutureking]

In this world, yes.

If it is any condolence at all, I am still the same person. For the most part.

[hatesvampires]

Well, you sure sound like a barrel of laughs. Sort of thing that dump really needs, too.

Care t'share?

[oxfordian]

[ Well, Charles feels a little bad for the self-deprecating laugh that escapes him. Not entirely the same, no. ]

I am afraid there are a great many things about my relationship with Erik in these worlds that differ... differ far drastically from the environment you are used to.

[ He stops, tries so very much to be polite. It's so very strange -- it's as though he has a sense of deja vu in speaking to this man, as though he's truly with Erik but in a way so distant that it's almost painful. With that in mind, he feels a great need to be polite and accommodating. ]

[myownbestfriend]

Relax. You've always responded better to the carrot than the stick, and I'm far too pragmatic to meddle with a winning strategy.

[andfutureking]

I gather we are to be room-mates.

[andfutureking]

Then it is them that we will be reminding.

[studieswaitressing]

I don't think Charles would have it any other way.

[It's honestly the way she prefers it too -- it's familiar.]

[andfutureking]

Some well-needed adequate leadership.

[omnilingualism]

In what ways?

[andfutureking]

That does seem to be in our nature.

[messiahed]

Pretty good trait to have if you ask me.

[andfutureking]

Comic relief has never quite been my forte.

[andfutureking]

We have met. [ voice so dry ] You will know me soon, in any case.

[andfutureking]

You do not know that. Not unless this version of you is even more adept at sneaking about in my mind than I could have anticipated.

[ There is the faintest undertone of sympathy in his voice. ]

[withouthumanity]

Presumptuous. [ but whatever ]

Whomever it is that you are.

[oxfordian]

[ There really is absolutely no nice, kind, careful or clever way to say what he's about to say, so it just comes out dry -- sharp, though with gentle edges as though Charles is still trying to coat the words to make sense of them.

He has been spending a great deal of time in thought, and after a near year of this he's managed -- in some form -- to become capable of being more open and public with the nature of his behaviours with Erik. But only with Erik. ]

I would say that perhaps that is true. But it is not what I had meant to implicate.

No, our relationship is -- romantic. I hope that will not create problems. [ Soooo, that happened. ]

[andfutureking]

[ He is silent for a long moment, expression carefully blank as he absorbs this information. ]

I see.

[ The silence continues to drag onward, but eventually he speaks. ]

It is more appropriate to say that I hope this does not cause problems for you.

here's another au for you erik i hope you enjoy them

[abetterway]

Well, you're certainly the closest I've seen thus far.

The costume is very dramatic, it suits you. [That blasted helmet, on the other hand. :|]

[hatesvampires]

That depends on a guy's sense of humor, wouldn't you say?

I just want things to get interesting. Do you think you can manage that?

[fathers_hair]

Father.

[andfutureking]

Ah yes, and winning strategies are what this is all about, it would seem.

[myownbestfriend]

Only an idealist thinks otherwise.

[nobodysbishie]

Yanno, I almost think this might work out for you.

Guess I can only hope you're the better option this time.

[oxfordian]

[ Charles wasn't sure what, exactly, he'd expected to gain from his admission. He seems pleased enough with what he's been given -- though the second set of words make him raise his brows and look somewhat concerned. ]

I will not allow it to.