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[blauerdamon]

Good news, I think!

I have a magically inclined contact who has agreed to come look at our marks. She thinks it's potentially occult, but seeing them in person is the best way to be sure. Jimaine Szardos is my foster sister and a sorceress, and she'll be arriving on Friday.

None of you need to be poked and prodded if you don't want to (or even share that you have a mark), I'm already volunteering to be the experiment. Maybe we will get a lead out of this.

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

What's she doing to you and/or us? If I call her sorcery "magic" will she get offended? Do turtlenecks make me look like a twerp? Because I think they make me look like a twerp.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

She just wants to look at us and see if we and/or the professor are under any sort of spell or curse. I do not think she cares what terminology you use, I don't really know the difference. Sometimes turtlenecks make your neck look short, but I don't know if that's twerpy or not.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Are you just assuming a twerpleneck is a great thing to wear around sorceresses or what.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I'll vet all your turtlenecks.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Okay but is she cool or should we scare her a little??

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

I think that she's cool? Her day job is as a flight attendant. She speaks English so there won't be a communication barrier. I [...] haven't seen her in person for a few years.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Oh, cool. I bet that’d be fun, hopping around the world. Are you excited?

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

I think so. It'll be nice, and I can show her where I live now. Our Her mother is more experienced, but worse company.

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Then she can stay home.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

What did you have in mind?

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Off the top of my head haunted house impression but I know we could think of better if we had to.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Remember, she is a sorceress. She'll see through your "magic" tricks.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

We absolutely can. Though, I can make most people scared of most things without too much trouble.

But, for Kurt's sister, we'll be on our best behavior, of course.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

Sometimes I can almost forget how absurd our lives are and then you go and say something like this.

[...]

If she can help, I suppose we're in no position to turn it away.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

No one should ever expect anything about me to be less than absurd.

She's very clever. If there's a hint of magic to this, she'll know.

[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

Lesson learned.

I'll have to take your word on that. And hers. Magic is [...] well outside my area of expertise.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

And mine, mein Freund. Margali didn't think her boys had any talent for it, and I think she was right.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

She can look at my mark.

[...] It'll be nice to meet her finally.

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

I'm excited to introduce you both. I think she'll like you a lot.

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Hopefully I can live up to your description of me.

Is there I can do to help you prepare?

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Don't worry. You don't have anything to "live up to", you're both my siblings.

I was going to have food catered for a... brunch? Do you want to take over the coordination?

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Thank goodness for another potential lead. Or, at least, a confirmation of what this isn't.

How are you feeling about this?

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

Even if all this does is narrow down our theories, it will be worth it.

Good. A little apprehensive nostalgic. Jimaine is always reliable. She can at least give us some insight.

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I agree. Anything will help, so thank you for reaching out to her.

Of course, that's understandable. Any nervousness is as well. But yes, some insight will be helpful.

Will she be staying with us?

[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

The easiest thing I could have done. I didn't even need a knife or lab equipment.

Yes. I'm having a guest room set up for her for the weekend. It's a very long flight, so she'll need to rest and prepare when she arrives on Friday.