[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: August 3rd, 2021 - 1:30 PM [/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Various
[b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][/center][hr][b]Outside the Hospital...[/b]

	Unfortunately, ghosts could not hear telepathy - so Ben had little to no idea what was going through Casper's mind as Casper's jaw dropped. [color=DBA1DE]"I didn't know Veil and Callie were telepaths,"[/color] Casper said, looking at James for reassurance. He was definitely feeling overwhelmed, what with the new baby and the fact that Ben apparently was trying to come back from the dead - and let's be honest, Casper wasn't already the most logical of people on a good day. It just didn't occur to him that someone [i]else[/i] was projecting their voices into their minds. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Sooo.... It looks like Ben is telling the truth, which makes sense because you were always a horrible liar, no offense,"[/color] Casper said. [color=DBA1DE]"Do we have time to help bring someone back from the dead when we have a baby though? Can we get a babysitter for that? Or I guess we could just ask Maman to watch after him, she might be a little mad she's a grandma because she's too fabulous to be old, but still..."[/color]

	His voice trailed off. Casper was privately a little terrified. He loved Ben. What if something went wrong - what if they accidentally killed Ben again - like what if they destroyed him like whatever Selene had done when she ate up those ghosties? 

	[i]"I'm a better liar than you are, bitch,"[/i] Ben said, rolling his eyes. 

[b]Outside the House of M...[/b] 

	Andy had pulled herself away from Zarina, in order to not consume any of Zarina's precious life-force. As an Asgardian though, ironically Zarina would probably be one of the few people who would not be strongly hurt by a psychic vampire feeding briefly on them. It really did suck that all of this had to happen for Andy right here, right now - when she had finally managed to confess her feelings to Zari and find out that Zari had reciprocated. Today certainly had been a day of ups and downs - especially given Zari's fight with Magneto, in which he had decided to disown the valkyrie. 

	[b][color=black]"NOT YET,"[/color][/b] the skull answered. The crows squawked expectantly at Andy. Her vision was blurring now. The wound the crows had caused had been healed by her new vampiric powers, but she had to replace that energy. If not with Zari's life force, then perhaps with the crows?

[b]Outside the Green Lagoon...[/b]

	If Martha had been something other than a floating brain in a jar, she might've rolled her eyes, twitched, or sighed slightly at the avalanche of thoughts coming in from Casper. They were disorganized and chaotic, some of them not even words, instead just being a series of images and vibes. [i]"Oof... Your friend's mind is a disaster,"[/i] Martha said into Callie and Veil's minds. [i]"It's like a lost-and-found bin in there... Anyways, nothing's coming in from the other one. And the baby isn't going to respond either really."[/i]

	[color=935DB8]"Wait, a baby?"[/color] Veil said, her eyes widening slightly. [color=935DB8]"That's what James and Casper were up to - is it their baby? Or is it someone else's baby nearby?"[/color] Veil asked. She couldn't imagine Casper as a parent, but she felt like James would be an amazing one. She just wasn't too sure whether Casper was really mature or thoughtful enough to raise someone - he seemed like a baby himself in a lot of ways. 

	[i]"I'm not going to pry, that's gross - consent is important,"[/i] Martha answered. 

	[color=935DB8]"... Fair,"[/color] Veil said. All they could really do was pause and see if James would hopefully agree to come help them bring Ben back from the dead. Without them, this plan wouldn't work.