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[notrosecolored]

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[notrosecolored]

I'm not sure if that's a remarkable show of compassion, depreciation, or both.

[ He likes Carver fine, but he's pretty sure of...

Nothing with this, actually. ]

Why didn't you have family?

[hippie_ninja]

[There is the smallest hesitation]

I aged out of the foster system. Years ago, obviously. Family just isn't something I tried to have.

[notrosecolored]

What did you do between aging out and the world ending?

[ Hesitation would mean backing off is polite, but Scott's starting to think this guy is going to stick around.

So he wants to know more.]

[hippie_ninja]

I worked. Not steadily. I stole things, I had boyfriends, I moved around.

[notrosecolored]

[ He lifts his eyebrows a little like something just made sense to him. ]

And then the world ended and you found a specific purpose.

[hippie_ninja]

[softly] yeah.

For a while, anyway. I don't think I was doing much good when I died.

[notrosecolored]

[ Maybe it's weird, but this makes him trust Paul more. Makes him less cautious, anyway. Because he at least makes more sense to Scott - if he's reading this right, really. ]

I wasn't doing much good just before I got here, either.

[hippie_ninja]

Whatever put you in prison must have made some kind of impact though, right?

[notrosecolored]

[ It takes him a second, but ]

Yeah. Though I didn't realize that when I went in, or for a while after. The impact was what made me willing to get out. ...Part of what made me willing.

[hippie_ninja]

[And instead Scott ended up here.]

What was it? The impact?

[notrosecolored]

[ There's a period of silence while Scott figures out how to best condense this into the fewest words possible.

Because the thought of explaining the whole thing, verbally, just makes him tired. He's pretty sure he'd run out of energy to do it halfway through if he tried.

Right. Skip to the end, and answer exactly the question. It really isn't even avoidance it's just. so. much. ]

A lot of new mutants.

[hippie_ninja]

A good reason to get out.

[If Scott wanted him to have the full context, he figures it would have been offered. Just like he's pretty sure without having been there, he can't really grasp the situation, just like Scott can't fully understand what Jesus has been through. He takes the answer as given.

Your people are always a good reason to keep going.]

[notrosecolored]

I was still pretty willing to leave it to a friend. Until another friend got killed.

When all else fails: Get pissed off.

[hippie_ninja]

I'm sorry.

It's true... But it shouldn't be.

[There's sympathy, but not pity and not horror. Friends dying is a pretty strong catalyst in every world.]

[notrosecolored]

...What shouldn't be?

[ Eh. He's lost people closer to him and been fine. He's pretty sure the entire 'grief' center of brain overloaded and shut down decades ago.]

[hippie_ninja]

Loss as a motivator.

[Same boat, sir. Jesus isn't numb, per se, just unable to mourn for long. You feel it in the moment and then you let it go.]

So. Then you came here.

[notrosecolored]

I'm not sure the direct motivator isn't still just 'mad'.

[ Just... in fairness, but also where is this going? His eyebrows twitch up, just a bit. ]

Yes. Then I came here?

[hippie_ninja]

[He shakes his head, smiling a bit at just how abrupt it all is. Scott was in prison. Now he's in an eternal sex city.]

Just making sure I have the timeline right.

So. [Now that he does.] I'll bring back whatever information I find out. It might not be much, but it'll be firsthand. That usually counts for something.

[notrosecolored]

It counts for a lot and saves me a lot of effort in getting it for myself. Is there anything particular I can do for you?

[ Only seems fair. ]

[hippie_ninja]

Keep me in the loop. I want to know about this place, too. I want to help.

[notrosecolored]

Sure. Just don't expect a whole lot from me immediately, though I can tell you that the Creator probably has some kind of psychic working for him - or is some high level of telepath. So be careful.

[hippie_ninja]

What makes you say that?

[notrosecolored]

...I'm not answering that question on grounds that it will incriminate someone else.

[hippie_ninja]

[Fair enough. He won't press.] Well, going after the Creator sounds like it's out of my paygrade right now anyway. I'm still figuring out how the ground floor works.

[notrosecolored]

It's a lot above your pay grade. Ground floor's a good place to start. Speaking of, are you having particular trouble with anything specific?