Max gave a weak smile as Veil acknowledged an Agent that Sapphire had been talking about. For a moment it confused him, thinking about Sapphire liking anyone else besides Veil, Havok excluded he supposed, let alone some Agent that worked for S.H.E.I.L.D. He tried to imagine what it would be like for her to be in love, having previously thought that perhaps Veil was just an unrequited version of that that never moved past the best friend stage.
He figured it was a lot like what she had with Havok however, just insults and maybe some light hitting, but no real flirting. It was this train of thought that allowed Max to think further about Agent Flynn, when suddenly his eyes went wide at the realization he had just made. Agent Flynn was the Prince from WandaWorld. The selfsame Prince Max had tried flirting with in the alternate reality. He gave Sapphire a weird look, as if he couldn't believe that they liked the same guy. "I've actually met Agent Flynn before, I can contact him and tell him if you want." In truth he didn't care about helping her out, only about seeing him again.
As this all happened, Max couldn't shake the feeling someone was watching him. It was one of those weird sensations when you could tell someone was staring at you, even if you weren't looking at them, their eyes still bore holes into him. He didn't want to meet their gaze, afraid to see who it was until finally Sapphire disappeared and Max had to look to see if he was right. Unfortunately he was. Waverly had been giving him a strange look, but it lingered for what felt like hours until she finally decided to shift her gaze, in between that moment Max simply gave her a deadpan look as he spoke. "Do I have something on my face?"
Echo
Location: Genosha Skills: .
Harry watched his twin closely as she took in what was happening. The emotions swirling about her face as she finally tried to land on one and figure out exactly how she felt about her best friend's death. He was about to cross his arms before his chest when suddenly Veil began to softly cry. Instinctively his hand reached out halfway, about to touch her and try to comfort her, when suddenly the crying was mixed in with laughter. Harry really hoped she hadn't cracked and just gone crazy from all the pressure and bad news.
But when she spoke he understood what had happened. It was something he'd seen before with his late fiancé. Sometimes, even in the harshest of times, one could find laughter to help lighten the load. Whether it was Harry forgetting to place a timer on the oven and making an accidentally blackened chicken. Or when she'd tried to bake him cupcakes and he came home to her on the ground crying with the kitchen so messy you'd have thought a bomb of frosting went off, and both times the other couldn't help but laugh and cause a reaction. Harry smiled at his sister as she turned to tell him about how obsessed Sapphire was with this agent. "I can't imagine" He said, shaking his head slightly with a bit of a chuckle.
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (passive)
Andy stood up and stretched a bit. Doing a small scale of warm-ups she'd do before a boxing match. It felt good to move. Everything still was sore but it didn't hurt like it had when she had first woken up. "Thank you." She told James. He seemed really nice, but he seemed quieter than he had been before they all got frozen.
"I'd like to get my stuff. I don't want to be in this any longer." She gestured to the clothing someone had put on her while she was not only unconscious but also frozen. Impressive. She also wanted a cup of coffee, but that could wait until after she got her jacket.
Andy kept out of the argument over stabbing people for touching their things. But she was in agreement with Zari, more or less. She'd rather punch then stab. As for people touching her stuff she'd be pissed if anything happened to her jacket.
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward Skills: N/A
James just watched everything play out. Now that Sapphire had gone, his apprehension and stress had mellowed out into something far more neutral. He wasn’t empty by any means, wasn’t emotionless or cold, but he just felt quiet. Even in the middle of the trademark chaos that defined this family, a small, fond smile crept it’s way on his face and if only for a moment, the whirlwind of dread and stress and agony settled. He watched, content to observe rather than participate.
Except with his duty done, he found his way back to Casper’s side. James let himself indulge in Casper’s presence, soaking in his conscious form in a few gentle touches, before he leaned on the man. Everything was okay for now. They’d been hurt and it would take everyone more time than they probably had to heal but they were strong; they’d find a way to stand again, to move forward despite what may come. They’d remember everyone who once stood next to them and they’d miss them but whatever hell may come, James had full confidence that everything would turn out fine.
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward -> Outside the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex Skills: Mediumship
Veil nodded morosely at Callie, returning her friend's hug. She still couldn't believe that Sapphire was gone, even with her ghost having been right there. It was all so surreal. They had missed so much - what felt like just moments ago had really been months ago. She wished that they had a way to stop time - or to reverse it entirely so that way they could save Sapphire. But in her gut, Veil could feel that this was all final. There was no undoing what had happened - this was forever.
Sunshine rolled her eyes at Jack. Things between them hadn't exactly improved since coming to Genosha. She wasn't a huge feelings person and she wasn't a fan of expressing those feelings, so she hadn't explained to him why she was feeling angry - that she had actually wanted him to want to be her father, to fight a little bit for that right, but instead she was just passive aggressive - and sometimes just straight up aggressive towards him. "Yeah, it's very clear that you know fuck all."
"Oi! Ne parle pas à ton père comme ça1" Renegade snapped, her eyes narrowing at her granddaughter slightly. She knew that her granddaughter and son had issues - some of them warranted, others not - but she didn't want to see her granddaughter taking shots at him regardless. They were family after all.
Sunshine's French had gotten rusty since House of M, where the Scarlet Witch had made Sunshine bilingual. She was out of practice when it came to speaking it, but she could understand her grandmother when Renegade switched into French. "I can talk to him however I fucking want," she said defiantly, her eyes blazing with a challenge. She was daring Renegade to do something to her, to force her to be nice to Jack. She was also partially daring for Jack to escalate things, to turn this into a screaming match.
"Il est ton père - tu auras seulement un père. Cette île ici, elle est pour tous les mutants. C'est une renaissance2" Renegade advised. Renegade had only been half paying attention to Zarina, as she was more concerned about stopping the brewing family feud, but she nodded at Miranda's suggestion. A change of scenery might be good for everyone - let them stretch their legs, see the sunlight, and whatnot. "D'accord, allons-y tout le monde3" she said, motioning for everyone to follow her as she went to the door.
As for the ghosts, Ben nodded, looking a little bit excited that he'd have someone to talk to who wasn't Casper. Most of the ghosts that they'd meet tended to be pretty upset over their deaths, they weren't exactly great conversational partners. But now that he had someone to talk to, Ben couldn't really think of a good way to strike up a conversation. "So... If you hate Hawaii, where's your ideal vacation spot?" he asked Sapphire.
"Really, Ben? Are you trying to bore her to death?" Casper groaned. "Or do you just really not know how to talk to other people now? Have I ruined all conversations for you?" Casper asked, a hint of glee creeping into his voice. He liked having Ben's attention all on him sometimes - at other times, he found his best friend very annoying and wished that Ben would just leave him alone. Every now and then, they'd have a chat about boundaries, although it was rarely a productive one.
"No, just talking to her and trying to get to know her," Ben said, defending himself.
"Even Waverley's conversation about ghost Hawaii would be way more interesting!" Casper protested. He didn't know all too much about the afterlife - the rules always struck him as contradictory and inconsistent, ever-changing as if the afterlife hadn't quite made up its mind on how it was going to work. Or maybe it just was different people perceiving it differently. He didn't know. It was only recently that he had gotten clean enough to even begin to ask questions like that - and he hadn't done it for curiosity, he had gotten clean for the love of his life, for James.
Casper pressed a kiss to James' forehead - he was the center of his universe.
"I-I'm fine," Veil tried to reassure Waverley. She didn't feel fine, but she also knew that sitting in this room wasn't going to change matters. Doctor Nemesis gave her the creeps and she didn't want to get involved in whatever latest family drama was going on with Sunshine and Jack. That entire family seemed to have mental illness and being overdramatic in the genes in addition to the X-gene. "Let's go," she then prompted, getting up but staying close to her twin.
"Yeah, whatever, let's leave," Havok said moodily.
Renegade then led them out of the hospital - it was about the same size as any other hospital, except everything looked brand new and state of the art. "This is the Emma Frost Memorial Hospital," she said once they had gotten outside, acting the part of a tour guard. The island was beautiful (ref. images: 123). The sun gave the trees an almost pinkish red hue, with the grass a lush and vivid turquoise. The air smelled so sweet, it was easy to imagine that they really had died and gone to heaven. It was paradise. Across the way from the hospital was a smaller, yet just as sleek looking building.
"That there is the lab, Nemesis and the science types work out of it," Renegade explained, gesturing towards it. She then directed them onwards, moving through the trees along what looked like a natural path, lined with glowing lights. The next structure that they came upon was a magnificent mansion that looked like it was made out of pure crystal, sparkling in the light and a little difficult to look at. "Hellfire Manor," Renegade narrated, as they then went on an upward slope for a while, gaining and gaining in elevation until they came upon what looked like a massive apartment complex, completely built into the natural glory of the island, not an ugly piece of concrete flooring in sight. It was as if the island had grown all of the buildings. And behind the complex was a massive, beautiful lake.
"Magda Memorial Housing Complex, ah'm in omega building, c'mon and we'll fetch your things."
Veil was a little bit speechless and stunned. She didn't trust this place yet, but it was beautiful - and it felt so calm, so serene. She really wanted to believe in it, to accept that there was finally a mutant homeland - the thought made her a bit teary eyed. "James... Is this really happening?" she asked him softly, not caring if Renegade overheard. There were so many of them, they could take her easily she figured. Plus, Renegade seemed old.
Casper wasn't nearly as impressed, more focusing on his boyfriend than their new surroundings - it wasn't the first time he had woken up in a strange place, so he was more or less at ease. And of course, Sunshine was used to all of this by now.
(French) 1 = Don't talk to your father like that! (French) 2 = He's your father - you only get one. This island, it's for all mutants. It's a fresh start. (French) 3 = Sounds good, let's go everyone
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward -> Outside the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex Skills: N/A
Callie looked at Zarina as she protested about people messing with her machines she was pretty sure that she'd end up killing or hurting anyone who did end up doing that to them. And then Sunshine flipping out on Jack again she really wasnt sure why Sunshine still hated Jack this much and Renegade scolding her in what probably was French. When it was finally time to go Callie started to follow everyone out of the hospital, she stood by Veil and Harry mainly just to comfort and make sure that her friend was alright as well to. She turned around to look at the hospital named after Emma Frost obviously and then some other building where all of the egg heads apparently worked as well to.
As she continued to follow behind Renegade as she pointed out the other fancy looking buildings seeing the one called the Hellfire Manor, this place was definitely been backed by the Hellfire Club. Which made her a little bit weary of this place right now as well to as she gently rested a hand on Veil's shoulder admiring the land it looked so vibrant here and peaceful for all mutants which she was actually happy to see. "This place looks amazing." Callie said as she could see the apartment complex coming into view now as well to, and wondered if they already would have a place set up for all of them somewhere.
Kristina Smith
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward -> Outside the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex Skills: N/A
Kristina looked towards Max for a moment, she wasnt sure how he actually did know Flynn really though she hadn't actually met any of her sister's teammates really she only knew them by name. Except for her sister in law Dominika she had met a few times in the past before her sister did get married, she just needed her cellphone and call her sister and tell her to pass along what happened to Sapphire to Flynn. "I can get my sister Maria to pass it along she works with him I believe." Kristina said to Max, she listened to Sunshine trying to press Jack's buttons by the looks of it or something by arguing with him.
It was time to get going now as Kristina slowly got up to her feet and stretched slightly again and followed them out of the building, as soon as she got out Kristina squinted her eyes for a moment. Having them closed for so long and being frozen for months it was a bit hard to adjust to the natural sunlight. As she followed along with the others she decided to walk along side Sunshine, she didnt really know the girl all that well and she didnt really want to know what was going on with her and Jack. She listened to Renegade as she pointed out some of the landmarks and turned to see the large set of apartment buildings and couldnt help but admire them. "So you've been here for awhile, are there any cool places to go to?" Kristina asked looking over at Sunshine.
Location: Some Medical Room in Genosha Skills: N/A
Waverley gave a small, content nod at Veil's affirmation, a warm smile snugly at home on her lips as she readied herself to go. It fell away from her face, however, when she heard Max spoke out in her direction. Her eyes flitted back to him, though they looked to be filled more with soft annoyance than the fiery fury that'd previously been burrowing into him.
"I dunno, dude, I'm not your beautician. Your face isn't my responsibility," she said with a passive aggressive shrug, blowing off his warranted confusion, instead stepping in line with the others, finding herself drifting between Callie the twins, and Sunshine and Kristina. She almost snorted when the name of the hospital was revealed to them, but she managed to stay quiet. She found it darkly funny that despite all it's s Genosha was sticking to the age old tradition of naming things after sketchy people who committed sketchy acts in the name of their country. But that sense of amused irony died inside her as she got an eyeful of the paradise that stretched out before them.
"Holy shit..." she mumbled, those two simple words an instrument of all her amazement. There was, of course, a darkness hanging over that wonder, the knowledge of the kind of people who fought for the place, but it wasn't enough to overshadow the beauty of the place completely. She couldn't bring herself to fault the flower for being planted by bloodstained hands. As the tour went on, Waverley slowed a bit, soaking it all up as she walked alongside Sunshine and Kristina. "I...I kinda think the whole place might be cool..." Waverley offhandedly replied to Kristina, even if the question had been directed at Sunshine.
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward -> Outside the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex Skills: N/A
"Maman, arrête juste d'accord, elle peut me crier dessus si elle le veut, honnêtement j'ai arrêté de m'en soucier si elle l'a fait il y a un moment," Jack said towards his mother who was there. He truthfully had stopped arguing or fighting over it, not too sure what else he could do about it. "Et pour ne pas mentionner, je n'ai pas vraiment besoin que tu me défendes." There were better things to really do at this point then to just follow along and see what happens with everything.
Miranda was a bit unsure of what to say given the conversations. Of course she knew exactly what SHIELD agent they were referring to, but she wasn't really wanting to say anything out loud to them. It was a bit odd to hear them just casually talking about getting a hold of him, but she didn't very much want to let everyone know what fully was going through her head. Maybe she'd talk to Ellie later about it, her mind found it a bit strange, but she was still silent, as she glanced over at the girl who was threatening to kill people.
"Nope nope nope! They deserve to get severely injured or lose a limb at the very least!!!" Zari instantly snapped, clearly not too thrilled with this still. Why was everyone okay with random people messing with her things? Just why? They were her things, no one else's, and they were all just sort of brushing it off! "No one can mess with my things, since they are mine and the robots are the most important things to me so how the hell do you get the right to let someone else fucking mess with them???" Yeah, she was definitely not happy.
Those robots mean literally everything to her, well, aside from her sword and maybe her fancy watch. But Mr. Eyeball who was with her now was the first thing she had truly built with her mother, and Mr. Jaws was the first robot that she had started to build all on her own without any real help. They meant a lot, and the idea of others even touching them when she wasn't around was enough to freak her out. It wasn't really the idea of her having to fix them, it was the idea of what if something happened, and they broke, and she couldn't fix it, or at least in Mr. Eyeball's case a full on memory wipe. Cause then she'd lose her closest friends anywhere.
"Well let's get going then for the bit of a tour then," Miranda said as everyone headed outside of the hospital finally. In her opinion the place was starting to feel a small bit crowded, namely from the arguing and everything that seemed to be going on internally with the group of sorts. It was better to be out and about, enjoying the fresh air as opposed to being stuck inside. Things were going alright, at least for the moment, which she supposed was a good thing, it did provide a bit of a distraction it would seem.
"You kind of get used to everything..." Jack commented as everyone seemed to be busy taking in the surroundings. It wasn't all that surprising, Genosha was beautiful, even if a few things that were going on were a bit questionable. He still remembered what it had been like for him to look around at the place at first, and that probably was going to stick with him for a while yet. Of course, he fell silent and stood back a little ways, just letting the others head off first and sort of look around, he was just watching how the others were reacting to everything.
"Honestly? Never really thought about going on vacation anywhere. Usually I was off doing something else and was too busy to even think about vacations, either that or bad memories associated with typical vacation spots, like Hawaii, even though I'm from there." she commented to Ben.
"Mom, just stop it alright, she can yell at me if she wants to, I honestly stopped caring if she did a while ago."
"And not to mention, I don't really need you to defend me."
Max's hand twitched slightly, his attention pulled towards the stern voice coming from one of the strangers in the room. It was as if she was scolding Sunshine, only proving to further press her buttons as the heated exchange continued. Sparks of magic danced at Max's fingertips for a brief moment before he decided that Sunshine could fight her own battles and he had no need to intervene. It felt weird having had a protective thought about the walking disease ball, but ever since he healed her back at the clinic, the loss of Magik, and then the island, it was as if Max could finally see her for more of what she is...or was?
So much time had passed while they were frozen. A lot could've changed not just in the world but in those that got to walk the earth before their escape from the frozen prison. Max let out a sigh, rolling his eyes as Waverly answered his question. He didn't know who passed in her left shoe but she clearly didn't enjoy it. He decided she wasn't worth the effort right now, instead focusing on trying to get Sunshines mind elsewhere, anywhere. So as everyone decided it was time to leave the cold and sterile to gather their belongings, he decided to hang near Sunshine and walk alongside her.
To say the scenery was breathtaking would be a severe understatement. It didn't even feel as if they were on Earth anymore. The world around them seemed to take a different hue, one that radiated peace and tranquility. For a second his eyes began to water, wondering if Leighton would've liked this. If her spirit was here, would she believe that her death was worth it? A part of him wanted to ask if Glimpse was able to make it here, if anyone had heard from her since the split. But Max couldn't bring himself to ask. So he decided to keep his mind busy on other things.
Max quickly passed a hand over everyone from near the back of the line, using the perspective to his advantage. Swirls of magic surrounded those in the white spandex and gave them a...not so spectacular look. They looked like the discount Underground, clothes bought from a JC Penney's that fit everyone's aesthetics just fine but...it wasn't what he envisioned. Max made another pass, the clothes improving slightly, elevating the designs to a more Macy's feel, but still nowhere near what he wanted. Andy should be wearing Doc Martens, not Levi's that were black, Harry definitely needed more designer less off the rack, and Casper...well who knows with him to be honest. Max decided to give it one more try, an exasperated look coloring his face as he let out a heavy sigh of frustration.
Everything had felt so easy back in the hospital. It all felt so natural and now… now it just wouldn't click. The clothes weren't better or worse just...caught in between the two renditions. His head wasn't in it at the moment, too many thoughts distracting him from focusing on what it was he was trying to do. But for the most part at least the Underground didn't look like it was part of a cult. As his annoyance peaked, Max finally decided to turn to Sunshine and talk. "I know you mentioned youd need my help to decipher it but...did you get a chance to look at that book I showed you before? Maybe in the past months you'd deciphered something?"
Echo
Location: Genosha Skills: .
Harry was fully on board with getting his items back. He didn't have anything particularly valuable to others, nor was he worried that anyone would break or destroy his things. But he wanted to have his wallet back. To be closer to the image of his late fiancé. Her image, and a keepsake he kept from her, that's all he cared about. Harry absentmindedly reached up towards his chest, feeling where the necklace would be, touching the ghost of it as if he had just had it on yesterday.
His thoughts were however cut short as suddenly he felt fabric against his hand. He touched it softly, trying to figure out what had happened as he watched everyone suddenly don clothing out of thin air. The outfit wasn't bad per se, but the fabric. If there was anything worse than the spandex he had on before, it was the fully polyester shirt he had now. How anyone thought this could mimic the silky smooth texture of silk was beyond him. The clothing changed again, new outfit, new fabric, and Harry thanked the gods above. He inspected himself but as he went to do so it changed once more. He now had black denim skinny jeans, a white dress shirt buttoned down three buttons, and a leather jacket whose sleeves stopped midway down his forearms. His tattoos were for the most part exposed, and the shoes were nowhere near designer, but at least the look was as on brand as one could get without money.
Location: Emma Frost Memorial Hospital - Terrigen Ward -> Outside the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (passive)
Andy couldn't help but give a low whistle of appreciation. The place was beautiful. She looked to Zari though and nodded. "I agree with you. If anyone touched my jacket I'm gonna punch them." Her punches were a bit more dangerous than most, there was a good chance the person she punched heart would stop. She didn't have a lot of belongings, but her jacket was her most prized one.
Andy didn't know all the attachment reasons Zari didn't want her robots touched, but she could understand the sentiment. She'd tell Zari later when there wasn't anyone in earshot if she figured out who needed punching she'd punch for her too. She listened to the descriptions of the buildings. She wanted to know her way around the place. And in her ever paranoid manner, the best way to get away. A part of her was itching to run. This place felt too much like Northwood but with a pretty face.
Max walked past her and clothing appeared on her. At least it was all dark. And the weird hospital stuff was gone. How they had gotten her old clothes off and that on was beyond her and she didn't want to think about someone moving her around like some weird frozen doll. She didn't really care about clothing, though she liked to keep her semi-goth appearance as best she could. But beggars couldn't be choosers. "Thanks." She told Max.
Location: the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex - Omega Building: Renegade's Apartment Skills: Mediumship
Veil felt Spark Plug's hand on her shoulder and she reached up, giving Spark Plug's hand a squeeze. She knew that she ought to be thinking more critically about the island, that Genosha had to be too good to be true - but a part of her was hopeful. Maybe it didn't matter how a place was made - maybe all that truly counted was what they did once they were there. Maybe the Hellfire Club was worthy of redemption. It was an uncomfortable thought, trying to remember the pain of the past yet look ahead towards the future.
So many mutants had died - and for what? They had always been fighting to just get mutants to safety, to take them out from a hostile situation and into a new one. It had never been about freedom, just hiding. But it seemed like here on Genosha, they could live openly - children could grow up feeling normal, without having to learn what it was like to be hunted and feared. Veil's eyes teared up again and she wiped them on the back of her sleeve. She then realized her clothes had changed - rather than wearing the white spandex, she was now in ripped jeans and a grey t-shirt with some red converse shoes.
Sunshine glanced at Kristina, and she nodded brightly. "This place is paradise. We can do whatever we'd like," she explained. "There's even natural hot tubs - the Broken Baths - that look out over the cliffs. There's no pollution on Genosha so you can see the stars at night. And wicked parties are thrown at the Carousel, I went to a telepathic concert with my fiancée last night and it was so cool! You could hear the music but also these psychic butterflies gave you the feeling of being the one performing, def recommend."
When Sunshine wasn't insulting Jack, she seemed more normal and calm than she had before Genosha. Yes, she had fallen in with a violent crowd of mutants, but so what? They were free here and each breath just fell so light. She had found a woman who was truly her soulmate and Sunshine couldn't imagine life anywhere else. Genosha really was paradise, where only the worthy (mutants) could dwell. Sure, there were a few human refugees, but Sunshine didn't count them as they were mostly the children of mutants. Sunshine smiled encouragingly at Waverley. "We're safe here."
She bit her lip slightly when Max asked her about the book. "I looked at it some, I dunno it seemed like magic stuff, you'd probably be better asking Selene about it - she's an actual witch." Truthfully, she had forgotten Max had asked her about it at all. She hadn't opened it, but she didn't want to tell him that. For whatever reason, she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Ugh.
Renegade led them into omega building. The entire building was overgrown with plants, vines twisting around it - yet the building couldn't have been more than a year old at most. Natural light spilled in through all of the windows, yet the temperature inside was perfect - as if someone was using the mutant power of air conditioning to run the place. "Forge designed the place, ah think some of you might know him?" Renegade mentioned, as they went up to the top floor and Renegade opened the door to her quarters. There were tons of photographs of her kids on the wall growing up, including one of Casper, age 6, wearing a sparkly pink dress and beaming into the camera. There was one of Jack, age 4, in a fedora with his face covered in birthday cake.
"And here are your things," Renegade said, tapping a large and heavy looking box - it instantly slid across the room as if she had given it a shove. If anyone tried to move it, it would take way more effort than her light tap. Renegade then opened up the lid, revealing only the things they had had on them when the terrigen bomb went off.
Casper was currently ignoring the two ghosts and he peered into the box, before he spotted his things. He purposefully left the ID, phone, and sobriety token behind. He left all of his old clothes too except for the black fur coat, pulling it out and wrapping it around himself. "Daddy's home," he declared with a slight smirk, striking a bit of a pose. He had always been super into fashion, ever since he was a little kid. "Not that your clothes weren't great," he told Max. Casper was in a pink t-shirt and a red skirt thanks to Max's magic. Not as flashy as he would have liked, but the fur coat brought it all together.
Havok had crossed his arms, not all too happy. He was wearing practically an identical outfit to Veil, only his t-shirt was white instead of grey. He didn't have anything on him when everything had happened. And he didn't care how pretty this place was - it gave him the creeps.
Callie looked over at Veil as she gently squeezed her hand and gave her friend a comforting smile, maybe they all would be safe here and this would actually be the safe haven for all mutants around the world. As she followed Renegade into the building she looked down as her outfit changed from the white spandex hospital clothes to something normal. She now had a leather jacket, and a black tshirt with a pair of blue jeans, and a pair of boots. She turned to look over at Max for a moment and gave him a slight nod grateful for the outfit change, she didnt really feel comfortable wearing the tight fitting spandex anyway. She still had no clue how they would have changed her clothes while frozen in a block of ice.
"We should probably ask about housing or something so that we all can stick together if it's possible." Callie whispered to Veil, it wasnt that she didnt trust this place, the whole group was pretty much a family now at this point now. And if this place had any of the bad mutants who had attacked them in the past then they would be better together. As they entered Renegade's apartment she looked around to see some of the pictures seeing ones of both Jack and Casper. "You two looked cute as little babies." Callie decided to tease them a little bit.
When Renegade kicked over the chest she went over to see her clothes that they had before being frozen along with her wallet, she opened it seeing that none of her things were taken and slipped them into her pocket. She also lifted up the clothes she had with her tossing them over her shoulder and her old shoes in her hands. "Thank you for keeping our things safe." Callie said towards Renegade she turned to look over her shoulder towards Havok who was eerily quiet and made her way over to him. "Are you going to be okay?" She asked him.
"I'd definitely would love to go there at some point if you don't mind showing me around that is." Kristina said to Sunshine giving her a bit of a smile, this place looked so peaceful and amazing as well to. She followed the others into the building when she looked down as her clothes suddenly changed to a simple blouse and skirt as well, glad to be out of that tight spandex hospital clothes. She didnt know who this Forge guy was as she entered the building it felt really nice and comfortable to be inside actually. Eventually they made it into Renegade's apartment and looked at the trunk that she slid over letting Casper, and Callie go first before making her way over towards it.
Kristina pulled out her purse and went to make sure everything was still in there while ignoring Zari going off about her things, she was satisfied that all of her things were there. She was about to grab her clothes, seeing the bloodied shirt she was wearing she hadn't had a chance to actually change when she was recovered from the gunshot wound when they went to go and disable the terrigen bombs. Kris decided to leave the shirt in there and grabbed the rest of the clothes she was wearing before draping them over her purse. "Thank you." Kris said to Renegade.
Location: Some Medical Room in Genosha Skills: N/A
Max's clothing magic actually managed to peg Waverley's style pretty spot on, perhaps even improving on it. Waverley had never put much effort into her appearance, having long since mastered the art of throwing on whatever was clean and closest. The magic, at least, seemed to have some sense of color coordination, giving Waves a deep purple blouse under a black baggie hoodie, as well as black leggings and a pair of tennis shoes with purple trimming. All in all, she looked like an ad for leisurewear. She stiffened as the magic worked its...well, its magic on her, her jaw setting as she looked down. She pulled the neck of the blouse out a bit to see if the spandex was still underneath. Luckily it was; she would've had to have a long chat about boundaries with their matricidal magician if it wasn't. But instead, she let it go.
"I...I hope you're right," she mumbled to Sunshine, letting out a deep breath. She had to let herself believe that the place could be as good as it seemed, at least for a little while. The thought was quickly expelled from her mind as she finally processed something else Sunshine said, something that made her eyes widen. Her hand shot out to grab Sunshine's arm as they entered the omega building, holding it tightly for a second, practically bouncing with excitement. "Sorry, did you say fiance?! Shit, dude, why didn't you fucking lead with that?! That's big! Enormous! The fucking goliath of news! Do you have a date for the wedding? A venue? Bridesmaids? A videographer? I can do it for free, if you want, though I've never done a wedding. Shit dude, this is so exciting! It's exciting to just say it! Wedding! Sorry, I'm being weird, but god, this is gonna be fucking awesome! Oh shit, I didn't even ask about your fiance. Are they cool? I mean, obviously they are if you're marrying them but, like, what're they like? What's their name?" Waverley excitedly rambled as they made their way through the omega house, up to their things. She bent over the box, rummaging around the things until she found what she was looking for: her camera, as pristine as the day they were frozen, perhaps even more so. She'd been worried it'd be damage, but it was perfect, practically brand new.
Zari personally didn't even really notice the random change in clothing, after all, she was more of just happy that she had one of her two robots, even though she was still pissed off at the fact that the robot was covered in some weird sticky goo. Right now she just wanted to find where the other robot was, where Mr. Jaws could have gone off to. The poor thing didn't have much of a power source, something she knew that she needed to fix. It was the reason why the robot unless she was around giving him a bit of a boost. Mr. Eyeball was different, but that's because her mom had helped her build a better power source for him, which is why he could do a bunch of things without her.
Jack didn't even really seem surprised at all by Sunshine's declaration about her getting engaged and all. He hadn't really been keeping track of what it was that she was up to on the island. Before all of the insanity Sunshine had made clear that she wanted nothing to do with him, which is why he's been keeping his distance for the most part. It made sense for him to just not know, and honestly? It was her life, so he didn't really much care what it was that she did.
Miranda smiled simply at Sunshine when she mentioned that she was currently engaged to someone. "Weddings don't have to be very big," she said rather calmly to Waverly when she started more of less bombarding Sunshine with a million questions about the potential wedding. "All that matters is if you are going to end up sharing the moment with the one you love most... Or potentially the people you care most about... Whether it just be the person you are marrying or whether that includes numerous family and friends..."
"Been to a lot of weddings?" Jack asked, finally breaking his silence on the whole thing.
"I... Attended, my daughter's wedding a few months back... It was a rather small wedding, only those she considered close were there, and some well, that didn't she didn't care much for either..."
"Sounds like more then a bit of a fun wedding."
"You could say that..." she was purposefully being vague with regards to the whole situation. Miranda had hesitated with regards to saying the word attended for a reason. After all, she had sort of just actually crashed the wedding, even though she technically had been invited, just by a family member of the couple and not the actual couple. Of course, Ellie knew all about that, she was her best friend after all, so it was sort of difficult to keep that sort of secret from her.
When the group reached his mother's apartment, Jack sort of rolled his eyes slightly when Callie commented about the pictures of him and Casper as kids. They didn't exactly have much of a stable home life, at least not really when they were kids, since his mother moved around, and well life at Xavier's was not ideal. "Hahaha, very funny whatever you say Callie." There wasn't a whole lot else he said as the others quickly started grabbing their things from the trunk.
Reaching the trunk, Zari grabbed her bag and started going through everything that was there. Everything seemed okay... Except for one thing. WHERE THE HELL WAS HER OTHER ROBOT???? She stood straight up now and started scanning around and almost looked like she was panicking, like something scared her because it was gone. Frantically looking around the apartment, she seemed to calm down slightly after a moment, when she saw Mr. Jaws sitting on the counter, with a flower crown? Using her powers, the robotic head flew straight to her and she caught him, the crown flying off of it. Mr. Eyeball was still floating around her, covered in goo. Looking at her two robotic friends, she ended up drawing her sword, and hitting it against the nearest object. Good news was that it wasn't a person! Bad news was that a poor table was the unfortunate recipient of her fury as her sword swung down and smash it.
"Who messed with them? Why is Mr. Eyeball covered in goo? Why is it that they both weren't in the damn box with literally everything else???? That would have made me feel a whole lot better then some weirdos who I don't know messing with and potentially breaking them. NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH THEM EVER!!!!!!" she more or less screamed out. But based on how she had been acting when she saw that Mr. Jaws wasn't in the trunk made it more then plainly obvious that she'd probably cut her own arm off first then to have something happen to them. It was beyond the fact that she tended to treat them like people, it was more of like there was something that made her freak out over them getting busted. When the X-Cutioner had broken Mr. Eyeball, she repaired him in an instant and more or less went berserk trying to take him down over it.
Max gave anyone who offered him thanks, a polite nod back as if to say don't mention it. They didn't need to be looking more like a cult than they already did, and perhaps wearing something resembling what they had before would at least make them all feel more at home in this place. He couldn't help but smile as Sunshine began to tell them of some of the adventures that she'd been on while they were on ice. In all honesty the place did sound like a paradise. As they passed the hospital of Emma Frost, Max wondered if his cat would be here, wondering what had happened to it that day he left.
Max let out a small sigh, his eyes going agape when Sunshine mentioned her fiancé. He hadn't considered that in all this time she could have moved on. That she could've found someone else. He was happy for her of course, but that made his question feel all the more inconsiderate. He silently cursed to himself as she gave him his answer. There was no real need to see Selene if Sunshine was already happy. Or was it selfish to let Magik perish in hell just because someone else found love again? Max was torn inside on what to do, managing to barely get some words out. "Right...Selene…"
Had it not been for Waverlys amazing ability to spew words out of her mouth the same way a geyser spews water, Max would've been caught in his awkward silence for too long. But the new topic and change of mood was more than welcome. "Was that Wanda's wedding by any chance? I bet it was amazing." Max had an almost far off look to him as he thought about Wanda finally finding true happiness. He'd been wondering what became of her after the events from her magical episode, only ever wishing the best for her. He really should rrach out to her sometime soon. A thought suddenly crossed his mind. "Wait. Is, is she here?" Max was smiling from ear to ear at the thought, wondering how many more mutants from that world may be staying in this haven. He turned his attention back to Sunshine for a moment to show he was just as happyfor her as he was Wanda. "Hey give me time and I can get you a wedding as grand as you want. I do have magic after all."
As they entered the Omega Building, Max looked around in amazement at just how serene everything managed to be. The plant life crawling up the walls and decorating the place as if it was part of the building itself. The temperature felt perfect, and it made amazement wish he could take off the stupid spandex. Once Renegade tapped a box and had it slide over to them, Max began to rifle through it, grabbing everything he owned while asking those who had been awake longer something he'd meant to ask Nemesis. "Is the spandex medically necessary? Or can we remove it? I wasn't sure if you guys managed to somehow create a life support suit to keep us stable."
Echo
Location: Genosha Skills: .
The more Sunshine talked about this place, the more of a paradise it truly seemed to be. He could just imagine himself lounging in the natural baths of this place, letting the hot water and steam melt his troubles away. Harry didn't feel particularly cold, which was odd given he'd just been frozen for months not but mere moments ago, but the thought of defrosting over a hot spring was definitely on his to do list. He'd almost glanced over the fact that Sunshine had mentioned a fiancé, practically sailing past the news as if it was centuries old gossip.
Harry didn't want to bombard her with any questions, but it didn't seem he had to. Waverly filled that role, starting off with the obvious and moving into a strange territory about a wedding. He supposed being engaged meant that at some point they would wed but it all felt so fast to him as they just found out. Harry shook his head slightly at Waves as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Breathe. And let Sunshine answer at least one of those questions. Oh, and if you ever need a musician and singer Sunshine, I know one...or five."
As they entered the Omega Building, Harry couldn't help but feel this place was perfect. Too perfect. It began to make him question a few things. Primarily if the ones they'd fought against, the ones his sister had fought so hard against, were the ones behind all this then...did the ends truly justify the means? If they did then, what does that mean for them? All the work they'd done to keep mutants safe beforehand? He chewed on his thoughts for a moment longer before retrieving his stuff, trying to ignore Zaris tantrum as they were guests in someone's home. She was a child...and unfortunately acted like one.
She grabbed her jacket and pulled it on checking the pockets. She was fine leaving the rest of her clothing since she had the stuff Max had magiked on her...provided that wouldn't just disappear later. She decided to grab the clothing and ball it up before tucking it under her arm.
Andy flinched. She couldn't help it. When Zari started yelling and slammed her sword into the table. She hoped for whoever had touched Zari's things that they wouldn't be found out. She wanted to shrink away and disappear. Something about how Sunshine talked about this place and how someone had been messing with Zari's things made a bit of sense.
There weren't rules, not like the laws among humans. Everyone was sort of their own law protecting what they wanted to protect. This woman hadn't cared to actually protect their things. "Zari, Sunshine said herself. This place they do whatever they like. You weren't there to stop it so they just did as they pleased. Now you're here they won't mess with it again." Her voice was quiet and low. Like she was Jamie teaching her how to punch something without hurting herself worse in the process.
Location: The Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex - Omega Building: Outside Renegade's Apartment Skills: N/A
James was content to follow everyone as they went to retrieve their belongings, the familiar warmth of Casper’s hand in his soothing. He considered Veil’s question and chuckled softly at the concern behind those words. Considering their history, he wasn’t surprised at the caution. With all its beauty and splendor, it’s promises and wonder, Genosia seemed like a carefully designed farce to those so used to running and hiding and crying. He’d certainly felt that way. It seemed too good to be true, an idyllic haven far removed from the life they’d learned to accept. But the simple fact was James was fighting too many wars at the time, both inside and outside, and after a month, and a great deal of conversation with acquaintances, he let that one slide. So all he did was shrug as a response to their leader because honestly, he wasn’t sure. He wasn’t sure if they could trust this place, he wasn’t sure if they were safe, he wasn’t sure if they could settle and call this home but for now, it would do.
Of course, that little piece of serenity shattered as soon as Sunshine revealed she had a fiancée. When the fucking hell had she even met someone? Did Sunshine fall in love with someone in that little group of psychos? He fucking knew he should have interfered. He should have hunted those things down and politely convinced them with a few passes of the knight to―
He took a deep breath.
When everyone went inside with Renegade, James stayed outside. He needed a moment to collect himself. He was angry about the news but anger was a secondary emotion, a result of his own inability to process something in that moment. So what was he failing to process? Sunshine, someone he cared for immensely despite their current situation, had someone close enough and important enough to her that she intended to marry them and didn’t tell him. How did that make him feel? Frustrated, scared, disappointed… Disappointed felt like the right one but what about it. Why would he be disappointed in Sunshine over that? He didn’t necessarily agree― Actually, he loathed that she connected to this type of crowd but he would never be disappointed that she found someone to love. So why the fuck was he disappointed?
He was disappointed in himself. That made much more sense. He should have been there to celebrate with her, to support her, but he wasn’t. James… wasn’t sure how to handle that news right now. He felt fragile. He felt drained. Before he had a goal, something to work towards, and now with it gone, he wasn’t sure where that left him. There was so much to do, so much to fix, and he didn’t know where to begin.
Location: the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex - Omega Building: Renegade's Apartment Skills: Mediumship
Veil nodded slightly - she hadn't even considered the possibility that they would be split up. She had lived with the Mutant Underground for what felt like an eternity, the thought of not having Spark Plug or Sapphire just a few feet away at night... it was strange. It was equally bizarre for Veil to realize that she wasn't in charge here. She had been leading the Mutant Underground for so long, it was weird to know that she wasn't the one with the final say and she didn't have all of the information. She was just like the rest of her family here, minus those who had been on Genosha and fully conscious a bit longer. "Of course, we will... if we stay here," she whispered softly to Spark Plug.
Casper gagged slightly at Spark Plug's teasing. "I did not have the complexion for that dress," he said with a sigh, shaking his head. "It was before I discovered god's gift to the world - Sephora. A little blush would've gone a long way towards tying that outfit together..."
Renegade smiled at Spark Plug. "Pas problème. Ah'm sorry if any of them were disturbed, Flower Child might've snuck into here when ah was with the Quiet Council. Ah think ah got it all back from her, with the addition of the flower crown to the robotic head," Renegade explained. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear. Her left eye had a scar running through it, with the eye itself a more faded shade of blue than her right eye. She was clearly old, having several adult children, but looked like she was in decent physical shape for her age. "Ah non, those are mutant medical garbs, designed to prevent I think stiffness and sores, monitor vitals, ah'm not a médecin so I can't be more specific than that."
Havok glanced up at Spark Plug, debating for a moment brushing her off. "I'm fucking fantastic. My girlfriend's gone to the dark side and we've been freezer burned, so for all I know, she's either fucking dead or still evil. And then Sapphire drops a bomb on me and gets herself killed, so I can't even begin to process my feelings on that, as I have to mourn her. And now, we're stuck on this trippy ass island with a bunch of murderers, so yeah, I'm great!"
Sunshine hadn't told anyone she was getting married yet for a few reasons: 1) she knew that James wouldn't approve of her fiancée and she didn't want to fight with him about it, 2) she knew that Jack wouldn't care about her being engaged and she wanted to fight with him about it, and 3) she had wanted to tell everyone more or less at once, so that way they could get all of the freak outs out of the way. She knew from movies and TV and all that humans made a huge deal out of weddings, spending waaay too much money on dresses and flowers and food and pretending to be nice to people that they hated.
She didn't want a human wedding.
"Her name is Marrow, she's very cool," Sunshine reassured Waverley. "There's no date or venue and there won't be pictures or food or anything, because that's all human stuff. I dunno, we're still figuring out the details. The two ideas so far are a ritual fight or asking a telepath to do something in the astral plane," Sunshine explained with a shrug. Sunshine glanced at Miranda, considering what she said. She didn't really know much about Moneta's personal life. "Is your daughter here on the island?" she asked.
The conversation was interrupted though with Zarina having a complete meltdown. Renegade sighed slightly. She had seen things like this before with her own children. David and Val would have good days, great days really that made her forget that they were sick, and then the slightest thing would set them off and they would instantly turn to violence. They hadn't conducted a psychic evaluation on the newcomers yet, largely because everyone was supposed to have a fresh start in Genosha, a second chance.
"Hey, deep breaths," Veil encouraged, jumping in as Renegade put a finger to her forehead. Veil went on over to Zarina, standing three inches taller than the young girl. Veil had seen people lash out like this before, especially young mutants who had lost everything they knew and couldn't cope with the change. "When you're ready, can you tell me what's going on?" Veil asked gently, locking eyes with Zarina. In her experience, the problem was usually something deeper than a lost or damaged item.
Casper didn't really want to listen to the child throwing a temper tantrum. And he was feeling concerned - James hadn't come in with them. "Ben, let me know if anything interesting happens in here, okay?" he asked the ghost, before dashing back out into the hallway. He grinned widely, seeing his sweetheart, although he sensed that there was something wrong. "Fancy running into you around here..." he teased gently.
Callie looked down for a moment when Havok brought up Sapphire, she still felt really guilty that her friend was now dead though she was most likely watching all of them right now. "Want to go and have a chat with her later or something?" Callie asked looking over at Havok the whole thing was Polaris was a bit crazy after all as well. Maybe they would be able to settle here at some point if everyone decided to stay here for the long term. Callie turned to Veil and nodded towards her, if she wanted to leave she'd go with her if she decided to stay then she'd stay as well and wanted to be there for her friend and the rest of their family.
Callie turned to Sunshine and gave her a smile. "I'm happy for you that you found someone here." Callie said to Sunshine, she knew that Magik had passed on due to M-Pox and Sunshine took it really hard. She flinched a bit when she heard a table getting smashed and Zari freaking out about her robot. She made her way over towards Zari, though just far enough from being hit by Zari's sword as she looked over at Renegade. "I'm sorry about the table." Callie said as her attention went towards Zari after she found her second robot. "Zari it's okay your robot is here and safe now." She said trying to calm her down, if Zari lashed out again she'd have to use empathy on her.
"I'm really happy for you Sunshine." Kristina said to her giving her a bit of a smile as she took a few steps away from Waverly as she started to bombard the poor girl with thousands of questions. She shook her head slightly as she leaned back slightly against a nearby wall as everyone else started to talk amongst themselves her attention turned towards Renegade and Moneta, she was curious about the ceremony. "So when is this ceremony thing going to start anyway?" Kristina asked the two of them.
After things get settled she wanted to call her family they were probably all worried about her after being in ice for five months really as she messed with her hair slightly. She looked at everyone else in the room, so far this place seemed like a completely peaceful paradise and actually could see herself living here to.
"Oh...I see..." Waverley was almost visibly buffering at Sunshine's assertion that her wedding wouldn't be what she was imagining. The girl tended to have a romantic, yet somewhat traditional view of marriage, having spent hours upon hours in the past imagining her own dream wedding. Her head tilted to the side, as if Sunshine was speaking a language she couldn't fully comprehend. In the end, it was memories of her old YA Fantasy Pinterest board that gave her the tools to try to better connect with the younger girl. "So...ceremonial weapons instead of wedding rings? Or maybe matching tattoos?" she suggested, "And can I still record the ceremony? For posterity?" As she asked, her finger twitched to press a button on her video camera, the red light blinking on. It seemed less like she wanted to record this specific moment and more like she wanted to stretch a muscle that'd been left alone for far to long; her videography muscle. She twisted both her organic eyes and the mechanical one that blinked away in her hand to look at Havock as he spoke.
"Well...she was fighting for Genosha, so now that it's here...she's probably chill again, right?" Waverley interjected optimistically, giving a hopeful shrug. She turned to Renegade, beginning to say "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know a woman with really cool hair named P-" before the loud crunching of wood interrupted her, causing her to flinch. She spun around to see Zari, sword out, swinging down on the table. She took a step towards the girl, ready to go see what was wrong, until she saw Veil stepping forward first. So instead, she quickly lunged into the box, pulling out her wallet. "Shit, sorry about that. We can pay for it if you..." she trailed off as she looked down at the pale green faces of the long dead racists that decorated the cash she was pulling out, the realization suddenly dawning on her. [color=purple]"...these don't have any value here, do they?
Jack wasn't too sure what to think with regards to Zari's breakdown, but to him it didn't seem like an actual breakdown, no it seemed like there probably was something else wrong with what was going on. At the moment though, his attention was more or less focused on what was being said with regards to Sunshine's fiancee. He vaguely had an idea of who she was referring to probably, but since there were so many people on the island, it was kind of hard to keep track of everyone. Yeah, that was the fun part with everything of course, so many people, no one really knew everyone.
"Actually it was not thank you very much, and from the sounds of it you have the wrong idea about me, so how about we set that record straight. One, Wanda isn't my daughter, not to mention the twins made clear they want nothing to do with their father, so no, neither one of them is here. Secondly, she wouldn't even be considered my stepchild, as I am not married to her father Magneto. Despite what many people might believe about me..." she commented to Max, before her attention turned to look at Sunshine when she asked if her daughter was on the island, and she gave her a sad smile, "No... My daughter is not here... And neither is my son," she added sadly. "As for the ceremony... Once you all are ready, we'll lead you to where it is being held and it'll start."
Zari started crying at this point, "Min mor..." she started saying through her sniffles, as she looked at Veil, "Sh-sh-she taught me how to build stuff... Mr. Øyeboll was th-th-the first thing she helped me build, a-a-and I took what she taught me to b-b-build Mr. Kjever wh-wh-whose not ferdig yet," she managed to say through the tears. Despite the random Norse words mingled throughout her words, it was obvious that she was referring to her robots and the person who had helped her build them.
"The value isn't just how much they might be worth or how hard it would be to repair them, more in the way of sentimentality, because of the memories they hold, not too surprising..."
Miranda instantly got a bit of an idea and she walked over and tapped Zari on the shoulder, causing her to look at her, "Hey... I need you to do something for me, okay? Just stay calm... And think for just a moment on one memory you have about that okay? Can you do that for me?"
"Ja, det kan jeg nok gjøre," she muttered, switching languages.
"Good..." With those last words, her eyes began to glow with a purple hue, before the room around everyone would seemingly fade away entirely. Instead the group would see what looked to be a workshop of some sort, and a young girl with long hair sitting on a table messing with what looked like a circuit board and what looked like to be mainly a sort of robotic shell, but the shape and size of it obviously looked like it was Mr. Eyeball. A few sparks shot up from the circuitry, a few of the sparks weren't exactly small.
"Zari, are you in here by yourself my little Valkyrie?" a woman's voice sounded out before a woman with shoulder length brown hair walked into the area as if out of nowhere, but it was a little difficult to make out her face as she walked over to where the little girl (now clearly labeled as Zari) looked up from where she was, just as a few more sparks flew up.
"Mor, I wanted to finish building my friend!"
"Well, you are in luck, since I just so happen to have time to help you work on him now okay? I know you're excited, but next time tell me, okay? You know that you can hurt yourself if you're not careful..."
"Sorry momma..."
"It's alright, now how about we get to work okay?" the woman said as she pulled a chair up to the table, before grabbing some tools from a drawer as well as some wires, and sat down, not seemingly worried that her daughter was sitting on the table, "So, think of any names yet for him?"
The light faded out of Miranda's eyes as the room went back to normal and the way that it had been before the projection had appeared, and now Zari was being oddly quiet, and Miranda just looked at her. "There you go... Is that better now?" she asked the young girl, waiting for a response now to see how she would react. It might be a mental thing still, but if Zari calmed down a little bit from that, there might be hope yet to fix this.
"...Thank you..." she said to Miranda, before turning to look at Renegade, "Sorry about the table... The robots though, I just don't want anyone to ruin them or hurt them... They are my friends, but my momma helped me build them... You shouldn't be letting others mess with things that aren't theirs..." she said to her, clearly not thrilled at all still that someone messed with the robots, but she seemed calmer now, for the moment anyway. "Can we get out of this room or something? Please?" she then added to Veil, clearly wanting to just leave the room and maybe the building at this point. Fresh air might do her some good or something.
He was just glad that Zari seemed to be calming down. Jack wasn't too sure what would happen or anything if Zari had continued lashing out or something. One thing was obvious, Miranda seemed to have a way with kids and solving problems, though Zari had mainly been talking to Veil, Miranda had managed to help the situation somewhat, since Zari wasn't trying to kill anyone. His attention turned to look at Waverly when she asked about money. "Money isn't a thing here... Actually as far as I know there isn't a currency that is used here. There might be some, but think that would be mainly for any sort of business outside of Genosha..."
