[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=cc33ff]Guin Stark[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/2c7919d1c6222c4f923a38e3e509c948/tumblr_inline_odikgj8J1Y1rifr4k_250.gif[/img][hr][b][color=cc33ff]Location:[/color][/b] X-Mansion 
[b][color=cc33ff]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A
[url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/42/7a/f1427ad677d3f5ce8f2c1f9bef0daa87.jpg]~Fit Check~[/url] [hr][hr][/center]	Guin had to resist the urge to roll her eyes and explain to Jean how her own powers worked - that even if Mary wasn't letting her in, she could just skim through the surface thoughts of others present, looking for glimpses of Mary. Maybe Guin wasn't giving Jean enough credit, but she felt like crawling out of her skin, and interacting with Scott and Jean wasn't helping things at all. Especially because they were being vague as shit and overly dramatic about everything, like they were right ahout to walk onto the set of a soap opera. 

	[color=cc33ff]"Can we just skip the drama and get to it?"[/color] Guin asked, crossing her arms. She didn't see why they needed to fuss over all of this, or why they were being so weird about whatever message this was. If they could just go ahead and explain what they knew, they'd be closer to get to the bottom of this situation anyways - and closer to the two former X-Men leaving the mansion. 


[hr]	Runa couldn't help but smile slightly at Lance's trick - he was a quiet soul, just like her. He didn't make grand sweeping gestures or displays of affection. He showed his care in little ways, tiny little things that were for Runa and Runa alone. She looked in his direction for a moment, hoping that he would see her thanks in the glance, before lifting the can to her lips and taking a sip - soda was strange, a symphony of syrups and bubbles, a sensation that wasn't quite like any other. She couldn't drink too much of it without feeling ill, but she did enjoy it. 

	"Oh, it will explode?" Runa tilted her head, confused. Nothing explosive had happened when Lance subtly cracked it open for her. "Is that normal for your drinks?"

	The conversation then drifted to a member of the X-Men who hadn't been around for a few days, but Runa wasn't concerned. A few days was such a short period of time, she hardly noticed its passing. [hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=f26522]Avery Spellman[/color]
[img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/86cec6d38d47218f7dafbb840a74b7f1/2089eac01cae8eb6-05/s250x400/1e755ce4912f22c6e13fb41c2a3d9d26d767286b.gif[/img][/b][/h3][hr][b][color=f26522]Location:[/color][/b] X-Mansion
[b][color=f26522]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A
[url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgY7v9UXHqCy_w1YoKfbMi6qOsIUd6oH6uUEDMJqdxQQ&s]~Fit Check~[/url][hr][hr][/center]	Avery flushed pink at Carolina's question - it was one that most people in their life had been tiptoeing around, leaving them without any practice answering it. Truthfully, the experience of having a completely new body was odd... If anything, it made Avery feel less connected to their physical form, to their flesh. They felt these days more like a spirit inhabiting a puppet, a soul hidden behind skin and bone and hair and blood. There were moments where they wished that they didn't have a body at all, that they weren't burdened with one. 

	And of course, when they looked in the mirror, they startled sometimes, not used to the reflection looking back at them. 

	But the strange thing was, Avery didn't want to return to their old form. This was new and strange but at the same time, it felt right - more so than their flesh had felt before. It was a chance to really determine who they were, to start fresh, to discover who they wanted to be. They weren't the nervous boy from New York that they'd been. Not anymore. 

	[color=f26522]"It's...weird,"[/color] Avery admitted. [color=f26522]"I don't always recognize myself. Sometimes when I see my reflection, I'm a stranger. But... I'm still me, on the inside - I'd be the same person no matter what my body was... Is it... is it weird for you?"[/color]