because AvX turned out so well for everyone involved

[myownbestfriend]

Considering that delightful preview of coming attractions you decided to give me--there's a reason habitual time travelers usually aren't pleasant people, you realize--I'm less resistant to the idea of being plucked from my universe and dropped into one that runs on the whims of bored college students than I otherwise would be, but that certainly doesn't make me enthusiastic.

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[ofdrumsthesound]

I think time travelers are wonderful.

Probably because I am one, but oh well.

[myownbestfriend]

It's important to be able to identify your biases.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Have you managed it yet?

[alpha_squad_leader]

You not being enthusiastic probably just makes them more excited about it, Ms. Frost. Muns can be jerks like that.

[myownbestfriend]

The mind is my business. I'm rather good at it.

[myownbestfriend]

Hello, Victor. The voice of experience, I take it?

[She's pre-Second Coming, because fuck gratuitous character death, man.]

[ofdrumsthesound]

It's usually easier to spot the faults of otthers, though.

[alpha_squad_leader]

That's right. Usually it just makes them want to send us places more and make things worse. It's like they enjoy us suffering.

[Vic's from post Schism.]

[myownbestfriend]

Mm. I've already taken Psychology 101, so if we could skip the poor man's Socrates routine, that would be lovely.

[myownbestfriend]

What's this nonsense about a giant turtle?

[Emma does not approve of her students getting kidnapped to exotic locales that take their powers away.]

[ofdrumsthesound]

Would you rather talk about time travel, then?

[myownbestfriend]

That depends how unpleasant you're going to be.

[alpha_squad_leader]

That's where my mun sent me. A city on the back of a giant turtle. It's better than the last place he sent me at least.

[myownbestfriend]

Well good lord, you're not on your own, are you?

["No, Santo's there" is not exactly going to reassure her.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

I've got Santo to keep an eye on. And Nightcrawler just showed up...which is weird. And there are other people around but no other X-men from our universe.

[ofdrumsthesound]

What do you mean by 'unpleasant'? I don't know how you die, the end of the Earth is a fancy party and I saved the poor bastards stuck at the very end of time myself--they have a nice planet with warm beaches to gibber like the poor madmen they are on.

I can tell you that New Earth has apple-scented grass, and all the nuns are cat people. I can tell you about Tivoli, most-conquered planet ever, with an anthem called "Glory To INSERT NAME HERE." Or Planet Barcelona, where the dogs really do have no noses.

I was going to make this more hostile, and then I was like lol fuck post-schism everything

[noifsandsorbubs]

Do I wanna know?

[futurerevolutionary]

That's the problem with finding out what the future holds... especially if you don't like everything you see.

mte

[myownbestfriend]

No, Logan, you most certainly do not.

[myownbestfriend]

[Oh good lord baby Scott what do.]

...Are you speaking from experience?

["Are you from All-New?"]

[myownbestfriend]

Kurt... That's good, at least.

[Better that than dead from Bastion's arm cohabiting with his heart.]

And Santo. He hasn't...

[...done anything horribly stupid and gotten himself killed? YOU HAD ONE JOB, VICTOR.]

[myownbestfriend]

[Right. Strike "unpleasant," substitute "crazy."]

I'm thoroughly unconcerned about the end of time. I have more immediate problems, like whether my people are going to live to see the end of the decade.

[ofdrumsthesound]

At least you still have people. There are only two of my kind left, and our whole planet is gone to boot.

[futurerevolutionary]

I'm afraid I am.

[He's afraid he is.]

You're with him, right? I mean, me. The older me.

[Of course, he's not speaking in the biblical sense. There's still a good bit about his future self that he hasn't found out yet.]

[myownbestfriend]

[Yes, well, they had a nasty breakup right around when he came on scene and she's currently in a committed relationship with her issues.

This version's from before all that, though.]

Ah. Yes, I am.

[Future you gets all the hot telepaths, kid. Speaking of which, hope you weren't counting on too much mental privacy.]

The Phoenix hasn't returned yet, for me.