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[permutation]

[ So, do you remember Raven, Asgard? Unfortunately, she doesn't remember any of you. Raven sits tall, back straight, looking directly at the video feed ]

I don't like this place already. Apparently they brought us here so that we could bring color to their world? I feel like someone's trying to make fun of me.

[ She looks less than impressed. She assumes that it's clear as to why she feels like she's being made fun of, and needs no explanation. Bright yellow eyes, red hair and most importantly, there's her blue skin and scales ( both of which are on full display with her sitting there, completely naked ) ]

I'm proud of who I am [ finally ] and I'm not going to let someone treat me like this.

[ She huffs a little and rolls her eyes, but she's calming down regardless ]

So this place is called Asgard and they replace whatever we could do at home with whatever they want to when they bring us here. They do that, and still expect us to help them. I think I would rather find a way back home, where I know what I'm supposed to be doing, and where I know people respect me.

Comments

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

I think the joke's on all of us. We're -- all stuck here and none of us have been able to find a way to leave when we want to.

[video]

[permutation]

All? How many are even here?

[video]

[eisenrache]

[Erik had dealt with Raven leaving - privately, of course, but he'd dealt with it. When both Charles and Raven left, relatively at the same time, Erik had assumed it was an escape. A chance for them to go back home, and he had hope that Raven would continue what they had started - even if the Raven who had been here with him didn't remember.

Seeing her face, though, her real face, sends a mixture of disappointment (he had wanted her to escape this place, be free) and pride. Because this? This is his Raven.

So when the video starts up, he's smiling. Faintly, softly, but smiling, because he's missed seeing her like this.]

Raven, you are a sight for sore eyes.

[But then he remembers - stories he's heard of people leaving and coming back, not remembering what they experienced, what they'd done. He steels over a bit. He will find out what she knows, what she remembers, but first he must find her.]

Where are you?

[video]

[permutation]

[ Seeing him, seeing Erik's face, it isn't surprising since she'd just been with him. Off to see that other telepath, that Emma Frost. She'd been watching as he tried to recruit Emma to their whatever it was. Band of merry mutants? No, the surprising part is seeing him here in this place, and even that... Azazel could teleport, right?

Regardless of her level of shock and awe, Raven's face lights up when she sees him, because his is a familiar face in a place where she seems to know no one else ]

I prefer to be called Mystique.

[ Any sign of huffy annoyance brought on by her current situation is all but gone when she says that and she smiles wide. The smile fades quickly and her expression turns to one of concentration as she looks around. Since getting here, she's already ventured out. Seeing so many grey people made the girl with the blue skin that much more unafraid of venturing outside the safety of the building she'd been in.

The tiger's finally getting more comfortable with her stripes ]

It's called Heimdall. Do you know where that is?

video;

[gymnast]

...you do realize you're naked, right? [ Allison's going to focus on that because focusing on anything else - the scales and the eyes that remind her way too much of the kanima, even if her coloring's completely different - is simultaneously rude, the worst idea ever, and honestly a little frightening.

But the fact that she still looks human - or human-shaped, at least - is enough to convince Allison, for the time being, that this is something different. ]

video;

[permutation]

[ Raven looks down at herself, as though for the first time discovering something she hadn't been previously aware of. She knew, though. She obviously knew. How couldn't she know? ]

Who do you think took my clothes off?

video;

[predators]

They don't care who you are, how they treat you or what you'd rather do. [ Let alone what you are since everyone is as attached to their strings as possible. But yes, this is all said with the most positive face. Just look at it. ]

video;

[permutation]

[ If this is positive, she'd hate to see angry ] How do you know so much about what they care about and what they don't?

[burping]

[You are blue. And Mithian taps her bracelet, wondering if it's broken already.] It seems that many of us have been brought here at the same time.

[permutation]

[ Quite blue! Please, don't adjust the color on your bracelet. There's nothing wrong with it ] Did some mysterious godly force bring you here against your will too?

[rollingboy]

[ Ah, blue. He doesn't mind blue. It's a cool color, and he's seen odder here. ] I don't think we'd help them anyway unless we were brought here with the powers they choose. [ A breath. ] That's how it works.

[permutation]

That just sounds dumb. Are these powers we're given directly related to how colorful their world is? Because I don't see what this energy transfer thing [ Or whatever it was called ] has to do with any of that.

video;

[whitechocolate]

[Sam's trying really hard not to stare because she's naked but the blue is so pretty he can't look away.]

Wow, I like your skin... [Did he say that out loud? Sam is mortified.] Oh god, that sounded so creepy, I'm sorry... I just really like the color blue. [And she reminds him of someone out of Avatar.]

video; quietly screaming

[permutation]

[ That straight backed, confident way she'd been sitting? It's quickly abandoned when Sam speaks. She blinks a few times and then leans forward toward the video feed, peering at him like she's about to tear him a new one for his creepy comment ]

You like the way I look? Right now?

[ She's been seeking validation for forever. She's proud of how she looks now, and Erik told her she's perfect but... she's still a teenage girl who wants to be told she's pretty ;; ]

[Video]

[chartthestars]

[Silver might have blinked once momentarily, due to the swathe of normal human folk he's seen going about their business on this planet, but the ursid seems hardly fazed by Raven's altogether alien appearance.]

Oh, I think you nailed down the idea right, lass. Though can't say I'm too sure about the 'expect' part of your summary, mind. If they thought we'd all be right and willin' to serve, then they wouldn't be doin' the t'ings they do.

[Video]

[permutation]

[ The more people seem largely unconcerned with her appearance, the more she starts to think that this place isn't completely horrible. Well, there's no truly negative concern, at least ]

What things do they do? No one really mentioned anything like that yet.

Video

[seventeenpills]

[So. She's not wearing much. Actually. Anything. But she's new and looks pretty awesome. He can't help but comment.]

Sorry - there's no way back home. But this place isn't so terrible all the time, depending on the things you like to do. Most people are pretty upset when they first get here but it's not all bad.

My name is Hisao - It's nice to meet you.

Video

[permutation]

[ She's wearing the bracelet! That's totally something ]

We've been kidnapped. Of course people are going to be upset. [ Oh, she didn't meant to sound kinda... snippy ] There has to be a way home. It doesn't even make sense for there not to be one.

[ Sigh. Breath. Introductions. Right ] You can call me Mystique. [ She feels so secret agent-y saying that. It almost makes her giggle with delight ]

video;

[gwenhwyfar]

[Speaking as someone who looks completely derived of color.]

If they are making fun of you, then they are making fun of me as well. But I don't believe it is that simple.

video;

[permutation]

Maybe it's not that simple or anything, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong, does it?

[minifridge]

[No okay this teenage former monster hunter has to stare because oh jesus pretty.

wait wait MANNERS. Right yes.]

Are you all set up by now? Have you found your Welcome Hall and met anyone from your home world yet?

[permutation]

[ Okay now THAT'S the reaction Raven had been expecting ]

I guess I am. I mean, I found my Welcome Hall okay and there's someone I know coming to meet me here...

[ She trails off and there's some uncomfortable shifting. Despite her appearance, she's lead a pretty normal life up until recently and any normal teenage girl would be a little scared, right? Well, now that all that anger and frustration is going away, all that's left is for Raven to feel scared. And nervous and totally a little uncomfortable with her situation ]

video

[airborn]

[Rue should probably be paying attention to what the girl's actually saying, but she's too distracted by the blue skin, the scales, and the eyes.]

...are you from the Capitol?

[Because you look like you are.]

video

[permutation]

[ Raven doesn't answer right away, moooostly because she's thinking there has to be more to the girl's question. But when it becomes clear that there isn't- ]

The capitol of where?

[Video]

[sublimity]

[She isn't like anyone he's seen before, but her features hardly bother him, considering who and what he has encountered in Narnia.]

The gods are not the most forthcoming, yet they ask much of us. [Pause] I doubt you are being made fun of, Miss.

[He does believe that Aslan sent him and his siblings here, with their and the other travelers' purpose becoming more clear by the day.]

[Video]

[permutation]

[ Stick to that unbothered line of thinking and you and Raven will get along just fine, Peter ]

It's like they just expect us to know exactly what to do when they magically whisk us away to... wherever this is.