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Featured Article: Moment of Awesome - Marie D'Ancato/Rogue: Pinch hitting for Marius' no-show date, Rogue reveals a not all is well with her own love life. "Relationships are so tricky. Just when you think you're done with someone, stupid love flares up and you're willing to accept things that maybe you shouldn't be. I mean, I don't pretend to know the situation with your lost lady friend there, but that sounds tough. Always tough to walk away from someone." "Truth be told we'd yet to meet in person, and it sounds as if that was to both our benefit. For the salvation of a relationship on her part, and a preference for only the most ephemeral romance on mine." Marius began to reach for his glass of wine -- balm for what was, if not thwarted love, then certainly something geographically adjacent to it -- and paused. "Oi, what did you do to your knuckles?" "Hm?" Rogue looked down and frowned. "Oh. Right. That. Can't sleep, gotta work out. Must've gone too hard in the gym." Marius raised a thick eyebrow. People were often surprised this could be accomplished without the help of a winch. "Doing what, going three rounds with a wall? No offence," he added, "it's just a bit odd to see you carrying any sort of injury." There was no way to answer that without lying; it also had always been an unspoken agreement that they never lied to each other. "I didn't want to use Logan's healing factor," she admitted. "I wanted to feel this because I'm just so.....angry, Marius." Tears suddenly filled her eyes with a ferocity that scared her. Sniffing, she reached for her napkin and dabbed at the corners, willing herself not to cry. "Why the fuck did I have to go and fall in love with someone who will never make me number one? And I'm okay with it, I am ... most of the time..... but that fucker hasn't talked to me properly in weeks, but oh look Weapon X situation? Gotta show up. And he acts like his usual self, and so I just go with it 'cuz why am I gonna fight when I barely get time with him anyways?" She swallowed thickly. "And then just as fast, without even a proper goodbye, he's gone again." Marius wasn't sure what kind of answer he'd been expecting, but it hadn't been this. Grasping for some suitable platitude, he tried to think of what he knew of relationships. This did not help. What he did know usually just reinforced his natural disinclination to ever partake in one. "I'm sorry," he offered. As a statement it was inadequate but safe. Marius tried to expand. "Is it, ah . . . have there been problems recently, or . . ?" "Can't have problems if'n you don't talk," Rogue mumbled. She sighed again and slumped back in her chair, posture be damned. "That's actually the problem. There ARE no problems. We're fine. The definition of fine. We got love an' mutual respect an' years between us. I just... je te jure, Marius. I'll kill you if this gets out but godDAMN is it hard to see Gar and Jean be all lovey lovey sometimes. Ya think Logan does that? Ever? And I don't know that I need that or have really wanted it .... it's just a lot when you're missing someone, I guess." Marius spared a moment trying to imagine Logan in the context of a romantic relationship. He failed. "Whilst not my area of expertise," he ventured, "it sounds as if one's desires would be difficult to define in the absence of basic communication. Logan strikes me as the sort who speaks through action rather than word." "He does, and that's fine. I'm just ... I dunno. Kinda feel like I'm floating and getting itchy feet and that's so dumb. Every time I leave here, I come right back. I miss everyone, I miss this life. Logan leaves and honestly, I don't think he misses anything. It'd be nice to have that kind of detachment," she said wistfully. "I always wanted to be able to jus' cut all y'all off." She gave a chuckle. "Okay, that's a joke, but you know what I mean." "I do, in fact. This place has a sort of gravity." One digit, exposed by the fingerless gloves Marius wore, rubbed slowly against the tablecloth. "Thinking on it, perhaps it is not so much detachment as being drawn to a different centre of gravity. Weapon X, for example. Does he miss it? From all accounts I would suspect not. More likely there is a sense of obligation attached to it, and it is that which he prioritizes." Marius scratched his head. He was unused to thinking about other people's relationships in any kind of depth and wasn't quite confident in his footing. "Although I suppose this is potentially its own complication." Rogue sat with his words for a bit while she cut into her steak, appreciating the perfect doneness of it. There was something to be said for going to a very expensive restaurant. "An example," she said, putting her fork in a piece, and lifting it up, examining her bite. "Do you know that I don't know how I like my steak? I know how Logan likes his. I know how Gar does. I know how you do even. But I don't know how I, Marie, like it. Logan understands that. He understands that I have so many people in my head, I don't even know what's me and what's not. I've been turned into a million people, and Logan has had to rebuild himself so much, he also doesn't know who he is." She gave a wry smile. "I'm not an obligation, but I'm also not even me so how can I even know how I want to be prioritized, I guess." Distracted, Marius speared a fingerling potato. The house intingolo was no doubt superb, but his focus was elsewhere. "If you find there's a thing you want, what does it matter how you come by it?" he asked, genuinely puzzled. "You feel it no less, correct?" "Probably not," she admitted after a pause. "I'm just in a shit mood, and this is good food so I shouldn't be feeling this awful. But," she added suddenly, "you know what I was doin' before you called? Nothing. Fucking nothing. Sitting, thinking about drinking just to sleep because no one was around, I was bored, I didn't even feel like picking up a pen and sketching because what's the point?" She sighed. "Ugh, okay I gotta suck it up and stop ruining dinner. This is stupid and I should just not dwell on this." Today in XProject: June 18 PHASE 2 2015: Alison is gleeful that she actually slept the night through. Hope A. emails Wade to ask for lessons in picking locks and similar activities. Clint texts Matt to ask if he’s ready for Pride. Amanda posts a follow-up to her latest Magic 101 talk about demons. 2016: Jean starts an impromptu pizza party, with prizes for the weirdest topping requests. 2017: 2018: Meggan texts Wade about having car issues. X-Men Mission: Type X Negative: The newspapers report there seems to be a lull in the violent attacks. 2019: Fear in the Dark: Molly posts an update on the hammer situation. 2020: June 2021: Angelo texts Terry to ask how she's settling in. 2022: Maya muses on turning 21 and anticipates a party at a later date. 2023: Gabriel announces a Pride event being organised in District X for mutants. Clint posts a poll for eXcalibur to help him name his office. 2024: Liam posts a country music version of “Walk Like An Egyptian” PHASE 1 2003: Crimson Dawn: Essex examines Betsy's eyes with a view to curing her blindness. 2004: Pete emails Nathan from Uganda mentioning he's been shot helping a journalist friend. Amanda and Manuel end their vacation in Spain with an ancient pagan fertility site. 2006: Dani moves into Marie's suite. Mondo arrives at the mansion. 2005: 2007: Remy drops by Amanda's apartment to leave something, and there is a rather distressing scene. Yvette says goodbye to Mondo. Laurie and Garrison talk self-defence. Krakoa: Juggernaut, Blink and Sunfire go to Krakoa, the Pacific island, on request from the Japanese to discover what has happened there; the team is disturbed to realise the island was the base for wartime experimentation on POWs; the team find an old man, survivor of a microwave bombing, whose mutant power makes him toxic to everything and everyone; at his request, they give him the means to kill himself and leave; the team make no report of what actually happened. Sound of Silence: Maximus Boltagon and Fabian Cortez meet to discuss their plan to kill the royal family and Maximus seize the throne. Amahl Farouk arrives in New York. Marius brings brunch to Ororo and they discuss his education. 2008: Creations Beautiful and Wondrous: When Angelo and Nathan fail to return or call in, the remaining group of Rahne, Jane, Monet, Yvette and Domino debate what to do; back up is unavailable, so they have to search for the missing pair themselves; Nathan and Angelo are located, and a plan made; the girls go in and disrupt things, and make their departure before disgruntled dreamers blame them for awakening. Scott checks up on Forge and they discuss the Blackbird. Amanda finds herself in Beaumont-les-Bains, the French village that is Remy's personal haven. 2009: Kevin helps settle Yvette back into her room and shows her his progress with his powers; Yvette posts again, asking for visitors; Jay emails Yvette, asking her to ask Kevin to leave; Jay visits and shares his movie magazines. Nick meets Catseye in the woods and they play Chase; Nick introduces himself on the journals. Manuel and Jean-Paul gossip at the pool. Catseye accidentally delivers a baby mouse to Sarah when she mixes up rooms. Mnemovore: Nathan and Jean-Paul plan out their trip and discuss the past. 2010: A Betrayal of Heart: Unable to cope with the idea that Nick might be dead, Catseye seeks out Kurt; Catseye posts to the journals saying goodbye and explaining where she's going and why. Jean-Paul sits for Kevin for an art assignment, then discussion of age ensues. 2011: Matt mentions mail he's received from Wade, discusses his punishment work with Kyle. My Long Forgotten Son: Artie discusses his decision to not talk about Annalee with Mr Haller. 2012: Scott give Layla a singing beaver. Jubilee warns North about not harming Kurt. Angelo posts about being back and doesn’t know what to do now. Warren offers him an possible internship. Remy dispatches the troupes to start repairing the intelligence network. Professor X posts about Piotr Rasputin not yet returning from Russia. Sooraya posts about being back from Muir. Angel leaves Catseye a copy of Peter Rabbit outside her suite. Sooraya mails Lorna about helping out at the food stand on the Fair. Jean warns anyone who escapes the Medlab, will be the responsibility of Amelia. Jean angrily texts Scott about North escaping. Wanda posts about being around for a while and she and Jean agree to go drinking; drunk and angry about North, Jean bails up Remy at 2:00 a.m. and they argue. Dori and Kyle go on a date in L.A. compare their hands and feet to the famous, take pictures, eat pizza and talk over the food. Catseye thanks Angel and makes her a chocolate carrot cake. 2013: Tandy posts asking why Molly ran out of the rec room screaming. 2014: Billy states his love for pepperoni. Cecilia writes to Spain in a post saying LOL. Wade posts about his disappointment in Cameroon.

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