[MINGLE] One-Man Show

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Inari Shrine and elsewhere
WHEN: 25 January 2019 through ?
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[praypal]

After Cissie's vision, Kurt stands there for a long moment, waiting for his own to begin- this seems like a pattern. His mind reels with what terrible moments these poor kids are about to be subjected to.

It's one very clear possibility in his mind that has him looking understandably at Cissie. He's often pictured the night of his birth, but he very much does not want to see the reality of it. To see his own mother discard him for death- even if he's forgiven Raven, even understands some of her decisions that night, he doesn't want to see the look in her eyes. He's too afraid to see blame in them.

He knows teenagers well enough to know the girl does not want pity. So when it becomes clear that his own traumas aren't about to be made into the most depressing and useless Danger Room program possible, he doesn't say anything to her about the vision, only;

"Not all of us. My name is Kurt Wagner," he addresses the other three. "I'm not sure why I was brought here with you three, but I almost feel as if I should apologize for seeing into your lives without having my own trauma to offer in kind." Catholic guilt is a hell of a drug, OK?

[bindsthedead]

"I survived," Sabriel assures her, "And I accomplished what I set out to do." Her tone is reassuring, but her expression is of grim satisfaction, rather than any attempt at a smile. The memory was raw, but it had served as a reminder- it had cut off before she had returned to Life, but Sabriel knew what had happened afterwards, the people who'd surrounded her body.

She was Abhorsen, and Touchstone was waiting for her, along with her school friends- the ones who hadn't died, at least. She'd have to confront that when she got back to Ancelstierre... somehow. She turned her attention to Kurt.

"Well, at least one of us wasn't affected- but were those our memories, or were we being watched before we were taken?"

[cisskabob]

"Good," Cissie says softly, giving the other girl a small smile; she sees that expression, and she hears what she says. After seeing what she did, she can't imagine that what she had to do was anything remotely pleasant, or easy, given her condition. It makes Cissie ache a bit, and think of all of her friends, the heroes that they are. Kon and Bart, who both saved the world and died in the act, and eventually came back. Tim and Cassie, who had to live through losing them and keep throwing themselves in the path of danger, even when they themselves may have been close to death.

And Cissie can't help but feel a touch of guilt, because what does she do? She can easily imagine what she would do in a situation where people she loves are being killed around her, and it's nothing that her friends would respect or appreciate.

There are reasons she quit, even when she hates sitting on the sidelines when terrible things are happening.

She looks up at Kurt when he speaks, and gives him a smile, shaking her head. "You don't have to apologize; you didn't do this. And it's not like my memory was exactly the most traumatic." Is she brushing it off? Possibly, but the point does stand. She lets out a sigh, shaking her head. "I have no idea how we'd even be able to tell the difference," she admits to Sabriel's question. She waves a hand at the air in front of her where her memory just was. "To be honest, I think I had mostly forgotten this."

[mrsarcastic003]

Mostly forgotten this. That... doesn't actually make any of that better, Cissie, because it means that conversations like that were so commonplace that this particular one didn't even stand out as unusual. He doesn't comment on it, though, instead choosing to address Abhorsen's question. "If they have been watching, it would have had to be an extremely long game on their part." He motions toward the empty space that had played their memories. "It's been quite a while since I was that little."

[praypal]

Maybe, Kurt wonders, that's why he didn't have a vision- the thing he'd least want to see was a moment from before he was able to form memory.

"I think maybe speculation is less of a pressing concern than finding our way out of here," Kurt suggests. "And I'd suggest staying together as we do so. I've been told it's never wise to split the party."

Kitty's D&D games had been pretty intense.

[mrsarcastic003]

The tabletop gaming reference surprises a quiet snicker out of Tim, and he gives Kurt an appreciative grin.

[cisskabob]

Cissie, meanwhile, completely misses the reference and does not necessarily know why Tim laughs. But she's looking around the crowded room, noticing others around them for the first time. "...Looks like we're not the only ones going through this little private personal film fest."

[praypal]

"Well, that's- potentially a good sign. A larger group will have an easier time making do on our way back." He is purposefully not mentioning the possibility that they're re-kidnapped to some new dimension- there's no evidence of that thus far, and he doesn't feel like he's on another caper across time.

"I really do miss my powers, though. I could have us back to the village in minutes." Everyone, even. he'd pass out for a few hours, but he'd do it. Because of course he would.

[mrsarcastic003]

Tim raises an eyebrow curiously at the mention of powers. According to Billy, any powers they might have had previously have been replaced by the ones that correspond to the scrubs they had on their arrival, but that doesn't make him any less interested in what people might have been able to do before. Who knows? It might come back.

"What kind of powers?"

[praypal]

"Back home, I'm a teleporter. Here, I have some sort of empathic power I don't quite understand yet- it's... very different from what I used to. It would be a very simple thing to evacuate people out of here and back to the village." A sigh and a shrug. "It's hardly a pleasant experience for anyone hitching a ride, but I'm sure it would beat the long hike back int he cold."

[cisskabob]

"That sounds really convenient right about now," Cissie says wistfully, "but it doesn't sound easy, either. There are a lot of people here." She glances up at Kurt. "Is that empathy thing related to these?" she asked, raising her wrist. "Someone told me we have different powers based on these colors."