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[frost_queen]

I promised an update on Charles. I was hoping something would have changed from when he first fell comatose to now, but it's remained stable.

His mind is [...] empty. The closest thing it comes to is astral projection, but it's not that. At least not in any way that I've encountered it before. All his vitals remain on track, of course. I'm not sure how useful any more digging around on my part will be, but I'm going to keep checking in for changes.

[Jean]

When was the last time you slept properly?

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[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

So his body is still functioning normally, but his mind has vacated the premises. Or do you still sense his mind there, but it's empty of thought?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

His mind is not there at all. Even if it were simply devoid of thought I would be able to pull up something, but [...] I can't.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Okay. So he's left.

Possible scenarios:
1) Someone or something did this to him on purpose.
2) An accident. Something happened that no one intended, or at least didn't intend for him.
3) He chose to do this to himself.

#3 is the least likely, but not out of the question. Professor Xavier wouldn't abandon us without notice unless circumstances were incredibly dire.

#2 is more likely than #3. But the eight of us getting the same mark as him suggests a certain amount of deliberate action. Either it's the same thing which put the mark on him and us, or something put the mark on him, and something else transferred it to us.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

As far as I can tell.

[...]

Yes, I could see a scenario for #3, if he was protecting himself from something worse.

The marks do make it feel very deliberate. Just us, the original group, being marked, feels strange. Particularly because it includes Manny and me who aren't publicly known as members.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Something that caught him by surprise too. He keeps his secrets, but if he was poking at something truly dangerous [...] he would've let one of us know.

Who's everyone who knows you and Manny are part of the original X-Men?

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Not very good news. Thank you, though, Emma.

Have you ever seen anything like this before?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

No, it's not the best news. I wish I knew more what to make of it, but there's just nothing that I can find to go off of.

Astral projection normally leaves behind an anchor on the body. This is akin to that, but there's no anchor. Not even the wisp of one, from what I can tell.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Could another telepath have done something to him? Severed his consciousness?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Maybe? I don't have any experience with anything like that.

I'm also unsure of how that would relate to our marks.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

I know. The marks make any normal accident unlikely.

[hotfrosty bobby drake ❄️ has a perfect attendance rate.]

Maybe to took 'letting his mind wander' a couple continents too far.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

And forgot to leave his breadcrumbs home.

Cerebro would, unfortunately, be a good way to search for him if he's just [...] out there.

[hotfrosty bobby drake ❄️ has a perfect attendance rate.]

(Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonliiight.) You've got the keys, right?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Is that from that mouse movie?

I do. I'm annoyed that this makes it feel slightly more necessary for me to use it.

[hotfrosty bobby drake ❄️ has a perfect attendance rate.]

Wow, your education really has taught you important things!

What if you use the 'Bro and I stand by and jab you with things so you don't get too comfy and leave your mind, too

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

When a consciousness gets untethered, would it even be identifiable? Like, would we be able to tell it's him, or just someone's life force sort of floating around? Or in a box, or wherever it went?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I can identify someone astral projecting, so if it is a similar mechanism I should be able to tell.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

That makes sense. Good.
This doesn't solve the issue that there's no great way to find him right now without just reaching around. Cerebro or otherwise.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I agree. And his mind not being there doesn't necessarily mean it's just [...] somewhere, technically. Even if it is, it could be unreachable.

I wish I had more ideas. Or we had more clues.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

I'd assumed I couldn't sense his emotions because there was still some unconscious defense there. I could never read him even when he was asleep, so that made sense. But there was just nothing to find. That's [...] worse.

So what's that mean? That there's no 'anchor'?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Yes, he has very good defenses. It took me some time to confirm that I wasn't being blocked, either.

When you astral project, it's the tether keeping your body and mind connected, even as the latter travels. [...] The emptiness of his mind just feels similar to astral projection. It could mean his mind is untethered. It could mean that something entirely different is going on that doesn't require an anchor.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

You don't have to spare my

Untethered sounds [...] precarious. Even for someone like Profesor Xavier.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

It makes me uncomfortable just thinking about it, to be honest.

[Manny]

I think I'm going to end up in Cerebro.

[totalities marvel girl]

That's

[Emma]
Last night. Why?

Jean/Emma

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Are you lying?

I wanted to make sure you're sleeping.