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EIGHTY ONE ✖ VIDEO & SPAM
[Charles is back, and while he doesn't look any different - he doesn't look older, he's got the same hair cut and navy blue sweaters - there's still something different. He seems... happier, more enthusiastic than he's been in a long time before Erik graduated.]
Well, I'm glad to see the ship hasn't burned down in my absence. [And if he sounds mildly surprised about that, can you really blame him?
Anyway, moving on.]
I'm very happy to report that things are moving along quite smoothly at home. Erik says hello, [Or some variation on that to some of you, let's be serious graduation didn't suddenly turn him into a super fluffy fun guy who particularly cares about 90% of you.] Although he remains fairly adamant that he's absolutely not coming back in this lifetime, if at all possible.
[Which kind of begs the question of what the hell is he doing back here, but that's for him to know and you guys to find out at some point maybe.
And with all that said and done, he sobers a little, although he's still looking pretty upbeat and generally pleased.]
I've spend two years on this ship, and in that time, I've had too many people tell me some variation of "you can't change your future", or that I was wasting my time putting my faith in someone who's too incompetent to ever do anything right, and I understand where all of that stemmed from. It's incredibly easy to lose hope here, especially in regards to both those things, and if anyone tries to tell you you're weak for doing so, they're wrong.
But it does work, and you can change your future. This place has done everything it could to drag me and the people I love under, but we've still managed to overcome it, and you can, too.
[And he means that, seriously. He's got the proof to back it up now, too.]
For any new arrivals, I'm Doctor- or I suppose it's really Professor Charles Xavier, now. I'm a warden, I'm a telepath, [Mutant and proud, right?] and I'm one of the wardens in charge of the garden, if anyone's interested in lending a hand. I'm also available as a counselor for anyone - warden or inmate - who feels they need someone to talk to.
[Spam for Jonah]
[He'd been a little concerned when he'd first returned that he might not remember everything about the ship. It's not uncommon - he can still remember how jarring it had been to see Merlin staring at him with a combination of confusion and wariness when Charles had told him they were friends - but it seems like he shouldn't have worried. Everything feels familiar, and he knows most of the people he sees in the hallways, remembers the amenities and physical layout.
Still, it's been a few months for him, even if it's only been a few weeks for everyone on the Barge, so taking some time to re-acclimate himself seemed to make sense.
The library is a logical first stop, if only because he seems to have inherited the books Erik had "borrowed" from the library and never. Brought back. And he does actually need some space on his desk and coffee table for other things.
He enters the room with a stack of books, and instead of leaving them for Chromie or someone else to put away, he chooses to return a couple himself, if only so he can go on an investigation to see if anything new has turned up since the last time he's been here. There usually is, and honestly, he thinks this is going to be the thing he misses most about the Barge when he does leave for good.
Whenever that turns out to be.
He's reshelving a copy of Through the Looking Glass he'd been borrowing before he'd left when he spots a familiar face and gives Jonah a friendly smile.]
Hello again.
Well, I'm glad to see the ship hasn't burned down in my absence. [And if he sounds mildly surprised about that, can you really blame him?
Anyway, moving on.]
I'm very happy to report that things are moving along quite smoothly at home. Erik says hello, [Or some variation on that to some of you, let's be serious graduation didn't suddenly turn him into a super fluffy fun guy who particularly cares about 90% of you.] Although he remains fairly adamant that he's absolutely not coming back in this lifetime, if at all possible.
[Which kind of begs the question of what the hell is he doing back here, but that's for him to know and you guys to find out at some point maybe.
And with all that said and done, he sobers a little, although he's still looking pretty upbeat and generally pleased.]
I've spend two years on this ship, and in that time, I've had too many people tell me some variation of "you can't change your future", or that I was wasting my time putting my faith in someone who's too incompetent to ever do anything right, and I understand where all of that stemmed from. It's incredibly easy to lose hope here, especially in regards to both those things, and if anyone tries to tell you you're weak for doing so, they're wrong.
But it does work, and you can change your future. This place has done everything it could to drag me and the people I love under, but we've still managed to overcome it, and you can, too.
[And he means that, seriously. He's got the proof to back it up now, too.]
For any new arrivals, I'm Doctor- or I suppose it's really Professor Charles Xavier, now. I'm a warden, I'm a telepath, [Mutant and proud, right?] and I'm one of the wardens in charge of the garden, if anyone's interested in lending a hand. I'm also available as a counselor for anyone - warden or inmate - who feels they need someone to talk to.
[Spam for Jonah]
[He'd been a little concerned when he'd first returned that he might not remember everything about the ship. It's not uncommon - he can still remember how jarring it had been to see Merlin staring at him with a combination of confusion and wariness when Charles had told him they were friends - but it seems like he shouldn't have worried. Everything feels familiar, and he knows most of the people he sees in the hallways, remembers the amenities and physical layout.
Still, it's been a few months for him, even if it's only been a few weeks for everyone on the Barge, so taking some time to re-acclimate himself seemed to make sense.
The library is a logical first stop, if only because he seems to have inherited the books Erik had "borrowed" from the library and never. Brought back. And he does actually need some space on his desk and coffee table for other things.
He enters the room with a stack of books, and instead of leaving them for Chromie or someone else to put away, he chooses to return a couple himself, if only so he can go on an investigation to see if anything new has turned up since the last time he's been here. There usually is, and honestly, he thinks this is going to be the thing he misses most about the Barge when he does leave for good.
Whenever that turns out to be.
He's reshelving a copy of Through the Looking Glass he'd been borrowing before he'd left when he spots a familiar face and gives Jonah a friendly smile.]
Hello again.