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<li>'''[https://xp-friends.dreamwidth.org/read Read the Game on xp_friends]'''</li>
<li>'''[https://xp-friends.dreamwidth.org/read Read the game on xp_friends]'''</li>
<li>'''[https://x-project.dreamwidth.org/tag/game+summary Last Week in X-Project]'''</li>
<li>'''[https://x-project.dreamwidth.org/tag/game+summary Last Week in X-Project]'''</li>
<li>''[[Humanis Honoribus Amicis]]:'' News of a new disturbing turn in American politics has [[Hope Abbott]] investigating.</li>
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<li>''[[X-Men Mission: Weapon X-XXIII]]:'' The [[X-Men]] get involved when a YouTube vid captures a familiar-looking feral mutant.</li>
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<li>''Case File: Feel the Rush:'' [[X-Factor]] investigates a new deadly party drug following an overdose at a [[District X]] club.</li>
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<li>''Don't Quit Your Day Job:'' [[Rogue]] breaks the cardinal rule of spam - she clicks the link - and winds up caught up in a mutant sex ring.</li>
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<li>''Ghost of Muir Island:'' While visiting Muir, [[David Haller|Haller]] encounters an unknown entity.</li>
"No, seriously, we have a bingo card, and I am mad, because Tour of an Alien Spaceship isn't on mine. I don't even have aliens on mine," Kyle explained to Bobbi. "I mean I dunno if anyone actually has aliens on their card. Marius might have made a new one, he might have it now, we can ask. You kinda get to build your own, but we have a couple of standards, like, we all have 'briefly evil' as the bingo square though, I think." Kyle had considered taking an alien spaceship selfie, and then dismissed it, because who knew what sort of weird cultural nonsense the aliens might have against selfies.
Also his phone was on the Blackbird.
"I would've bet money on banging Warren would've been the bingo square," Bobbi replied with a shake of her head. "Aliens though, yeah, gonna need some new cards to add that onto." She took a big breath and puffed it out from her cheeks in a long, drawn out expression as she glanced around the literal alien surroundings of the ship. "Fuck me though if it ain't cool. Is it sad to admit that? I don't care if it is, because yeah." She leaned closer to one of the walls, careful not to touch anything just in case but taking it all in with big eyes.
"You wanna check out that side, I'll do this one, to start for a first pass anyway?"
"I'm not like, so jaded by X-Men shit to not be in awe of aliens, even if they're only kinda aliens. Also we're not putting Warren on the X-Men bingo sheet." Kyle gave a big, almost dopey grin. "If nothing else, not on mine. I am an engaged man, you know." At this point the entire team knew, because he had been caught out mid-monitor-duty looking at a list of reception venues rather than filling out a report sheet. He clacked his toenails against the metal floor for a moment, almost like tapping his fingers – but toes, and claws. "Look, these aliens seem nice, but we should probably not split up. Learned that the hard way one too many times."
"Fair enough," she said. "It'd be too much like cheating to have him on there anyway I suppose," she mused. "Oh, no, I meant I'll look at this side of the hallway or room, not to split up. You're dead right on that one . . . er, probably not the best term to use here, huh?" Bobbi said with a chuckle. "It doesn't look that damaged anyway, if I'm not mistaken, not that I'm an expert but . . . something seems a little suspicious," she concluded, taking a closer look at her immediate surroundings. "You seeing any signs of damage or a struggle that jump out at you?" Kyle's senses were far better than hers so maybe she just wasn't seeing it.
"I dunno, usually with smells I go off a baseline, but this is alien, so." Kyle shrugged. "Smells acidic, but just could be weird alien febreze for all I know." He chuckled a little. "Maybe we find a supply closet, and figure that out first, see if they have space mops, or space roombas. Actually, legit I want a space roomba." He picked along the hallway. "Legit I'm surprised it's not more beat up if they were struggling. Like." He waved a hand at the hall. "I mean I'd think it'd be cracks and shit, not like, whatever. Scuff marks? I dunno, what is even that?" He pointed at a long scuff on the floor.
"I bet space roombas would be so quiet," Bobbi said, "because in space no one can hear you clean," she finished with a deadpan tone and expression alike. Her face slipped into a frown though as she examined the marks Kyle had indicated on the floor, kneeling down and carefully reaching out to touch the darkened area. "Looks more like burn marks than scuffing . . . huh," she hummed. Looking around for more of the same, she didn't see any immediately. "That's odd. Something is off about this . . . which, well, it's literally all alien so maybe that's part of it, but I think there's more to it than that."
She continued to scan the area, stopping when her eyes fell on a door just ahead of them. There was a sign that read 'CRYO' and it only just clicked into her in that moment what was so odd about that.
". . . are you able to read the writing on that door too or is it just me?" Bobbi asked Kyle.
"So." Kyle started. "So what I want to know is, is this weird dimensional aliens using our alphabet and that doesn't mean cold as fuck, or is it like." He flexed his finger claws a few times, in and out, all at once. "Like, were you here for the psis having powers shit? Doug had a day where his powers hit most of the mansion. Is this English or some freaky translation field shit?"
"I can't say for sure, but you know about Occam's Razor, yeah?" Bobbi countered, still frowning as she looked throughout the rest of the immediate area for any other signs or words in their native tongue. She headed for the door marked CRYO and took a closer look at it. "It's also odd that there seems to be damage along here," she pointed out, waving a finger towards what looked like potential pry marks or places where someone or something was trying to force the door open, along with more scorch marks. "Yeah, no, something's not adding up here."
"Fuck," Kyle drawled out, elongating the 'eff' sound as he crouched down. He snuffled a little, face close to the floor and the scorch marks, and then gave a snorting inhale. "Okay, miss forensic person, what's acid and smoke together, because I get both. Like, I know I said alien febreze before, but it's stronger down here. You think someone definitely fucked with this door?" He stood, and shook his joints loose. "Let's go find our tour guides, because I have questions."
"What questions?"
One of the aliens that had been assigned to make themself generally available to the mutants seemed to have materialized behind them. Their birdlike attributes appeared largely vestigial, but it seemed they could also move with the silence of an owl.
"One, mainly," Bobbi said, her eyes turning from Kyle, to the damaged door marked Cryo, then finally to the alien. "What actually happened here?"
2016: Laurie makes stuffed Reeses puff pastry donuts. Jubilee shares a Tumblr post about the Christmas goat. Bobby is shocked it’s only three weeks until Christmas and he and Miles make Christmas shopping plans.
2017: Amanda makes a journal entry about replacing Jubilee with a safe-cracking robot. Sharon F. receives a text from a friend, checking up on her and letting her know what’s been going on.
2018: Laurie texts Kyle to ask if he can smell electronics.
2022: Pyotr approaches Amanda to discuss Illyana and, more importantly, her safe stay at the mansion. Following her night out with Kevin S., Darcy opens up to Doug about some relationship points that had been brought up. Kyle drops by Harry's to apologize to Kane and they begin to create a profile for Malice for the future.
2023: Sam texts Clint to ask if they could do something for Clint’s birthday. Sam texts Alani about whether or not he should hypothetically have sex with Clint. Laved by the Gulf and Ocean Grand: The Spirit of the Chesapeake tells Namor about newly unearthed Atlantean ruins. Namor makes a post to eXcal saying that he is going to Florida to look for the ruins and requests companions to come. Kyle comes across April, still stuck in her symbiote form, and suggests food options while her teeth are still Wrong.
2003:X-Men Mission: Syria: Logan is brought back to the school. Cain organizes the first repairs of the school with the students. During a training accident, Marie senses something dark in Piotr's past.
2004:Remy's Eleven: Remy, Pete and Nathan begin planning to steal back some Cerebro files from the wrong hands.
2005: Moira wakes up on Sunday morning to find that her husband has spontaneously reappeared in bed. He reassures her that everyone who went to Africa came back in one piece and they finally get the chance to talk a little bit about what happened the week before before Rachel breaks the tension with some levitating. No Way Out: Tommy tries to commit suicide, but Jean happens to pass by in time to stop him, and later informs selected staff of what happened. Moira gives Domino a once-over and Domino talks Moira out of welcoming Pete home with a broken nose. Haroun has a bad mobility day. Madelyn goes home to be with her sick father, leaving presents and inviting anyone who wants to visit to Edinburgh.
2006: Scott takes Forge on a test flight of the new afterburners on the Blackbird. Terry and Pietro meet. Medusa asks to volunteer at the Elpis office.Operation: Xorn: On the plane, Haller and Mark discuss the hook-up that wasn't; X-Force invade China and rescue Xorn; Xorn decides to wander the world afterwards.
2007:Jishin Da! The students sightsee in various parts of Japan. Angelo is overwhelmed by puppy-ness. Operation: Melittology: Doug and Wanda catch sight of their target and plans are made; X-Force attacks the hanger, intent on rescuing the latest cargo, only to discover it's a trap set by Von Strucker's friend/experiment, Swarm; Wanda is stung and nearly dies, her powers going haywire; Amanda uses magic to save her and Remy, Mark and Sofia combine to drive Swarm back whilst Marie-Ange shields everyone else; Wanda is taken to a local hospital. Forge mentions having issues getting Jean-Phillipe on the journals due to his powers.
2008: Clarice celebrates the near-end of her exams. Mark is happy about the release of the new Britney Spears album. Wanda gets an old message from during Day Zero from someone claiming to be working for her father; Wanda sets Doug to finding out what happened to him and notifies Remy that it appears he was killed. Jean-Paul and Shiro catch up. Crystal suggests people try and do something positive. Nori's parents encounter her roommate Karolina and things don't go well. Jean-Paul helps Callie with climbing. Jean-Paul and Haller discuss Catseye's issues and Haller is left with the job of teaching her social skills.
2009: Catseye visits Hank for a fitness test necessary for joining the X-Men as a trainee; Catseye posts to the x-team comm about becoming a trainee and asking for a special name. Nico posts about buying herself a sewing machine. Kevin posts about schoolwork never allowing him to see the light of day. Callie and Angelo discuss Fred.
2011: Angelo emails Doug about the men Sooraya had issues with in Attilan. Garrison and Adrienne have fish and chips and discuss tattoos, Victorian clothing and baseball. Wade emails Scott about wanting to talk to him. Terry and Doug meet for breakfast and discuss the personal issues skirted around in their emails.
2012: Sooraya posts to X-Corps to let them know Elpis has sent over their documentation of the Afghanistan project and that she will be storing them in a closet as she goes through them. Adrienne takes Tandy out to eat to get away from her parents’ wake and they discuss protection from things that go bump in the night. Johnny posts a picture of his abs for the ladies to see.
2013:Maddie posts up a picture of Clint pointing out his biceps.
2014: Sue posts a formula which when entered into google creates a revolving human heart. Gabriel meets Rogue at the boathouse and the two chat about art and adulthood.
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