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Acht - [Action/Voice]

[One minute, Kurt was in the middle of hanging out in his room in the evening, literally upside down, reading through a book. The next, he suddenly found himself wondering why he was wasting time with books. Landing on the ground, he tosses the book aside and regards himself in a nearby mirror. He's in the same ragged clothing he's used to. He pulls the hood over his face, obscuring his features, and teleports out of the room.

After the sun goes down, a hooded figure will be prowling through the streets. His walk is a little odd, as he walks only on his toes. His tail lashes about freely behind him, often latching around objects to forcefully pull them down. He doesn't care much for regular humans, so any he comes across are likely to get a scowl. Although his face cannot be seen under the hood, his eyes will light up whenever he spots someone. He's also out to do some thievery, particularly whatever can be looted from outside a window without needing to go in. Or maybe he'll just drop by the bar and see if he can't get himself something to drink. It's not like the bartenders will withhold alcohol from something that doesn't even look human, right?

After getting bored, he decides to leave a message on the journals. Notably, his voice lacks the usual soft spoken German accent, but is now a harder, northern American accent.]

I'm getting sick of this hole. What's there to do around here for some real fun?

((ooc: AU information here. Yes, he'll be answering to a different name. He remembers Luceti and the people he's met here, although naturally these memories are a bit twisted. Also, if you want to let him steal anything, let me know. He'll be sure to give it back once he's his old self. Also, no special alt journal! Use your ~imagination~ to see him as looking a lot grungier than usual. He isn't in uniform.))

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I don't know, this experiment keeps making him crazy! He kept telling me he was somebody else! Some Graydon Darkholme guy. That's Mystique's last name, isn't it?

[Anger. Yelling. She's still just a second away from crying, but it's better to let herself get mad, especially in front of Rogue.]

Oh hell.

[At the mention of Mystique's name, Rogue shuts down completely. She can feel the psyche's stirring in response and-

-Not now.]

Calm down, Kitty. If it's the experiment that's got him, he'll get back to normal when it stops. In the meantime, we have to keep him from hurting anymore people.

[She chews on her lip.]

So what, we're just supposed to go out there and try to catch him? He'll just teleport. And I tried talking some sense into him, but he just totally flipped out at me.

Edited 2010-12-04 01:22 (UTC)

We won't need to try to catch him. [She tightens the band on one of her gloves.] Ya said his name was Darkholme, right? If I get out there, he's going to want to talk to me.

[She's not even sure how she knows this, but she does. Just like the Brotherhood boys couldn't pass up a chance to rub her face in it when she saw them, any 'son' of Mystique's was going to want to do the same thing.]

And then, we take him out.

Whoa, wait. We can't hurt him.

[Does Rogue seriously think they could just keep him knocked out for days on end until this's over? They can't do that to Kurt, even when he's like this. She won't have it.]

We're not going to hurt him. He's just going to take a nice little nap and wake up in the tunnels.

[Yeah. She's heard about them.] And then when he gets back to normal, he'll thank us from keeping him from doing that [And she points to Kitty's forehead] to anyone else.

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[Now she knew he hit her, and she knew it's been throbbing since then, but she didn't realize she was bleeding. Not until she reaches up to touch it and pulls her hand back, her fingers smeared with a thin coat of blood.

And here come the tears. She can't bring herself to say anything. Rogue's right, as much as she hates to admit it. If they can get him in the tunnels and keep him there, it would be the best thing for him.]

[They'll keep him there because they'll freaking tie him up inside them, but Rogue hasn't decided to tell Kitty about this part of her plan yet.

...what, she has recent kidnapping experience, okay?]

...go clean up your cut, Kitty. [And pull yourself together.]

Yeah....O-okay. [She swallows hard again, wiping her face with her unbloodied hand and heading for the bathroom.] Yeah. I'll be right back.

[If you go anywhere without her, she'll hate you forever.]

Edited 2010-12-04 05:05 (UTC)

[She thinks about it. She really does. But she knows what Mystique put her through wasn't a joke, and that was when she was pretending to be normal. And he managed to cut Kitty, who was pretty damn near untouchable.

She's going to need her help.

So she waits for Kitty to come out.]

Edited 2010-12-04 05:13 (UTC)

[She emerges back into the room a few minutes later, wound clean and eyes dry, though still obviously bloodshot.]

Okay. [She breathes, collects herself.] We need to get his attention somehow. You should try calling him on the journals. You said he would want to talk to you...

And say what? "I know you want to talk to me?" What's to stop him from just ignoring me, or keeping it to the journals. No, if we're going to do this, we're going to have to let him find me.

[And it is probably going to hurt like hell. Thank God for Vash's memories of the local doctors.]

Okay, this is what we'll do. I'll go out, you follow. Then, when it comes down to it, I'll say the word - and you jump in and trap him long enough for me to knock him out.

I have no idea where he is, Rogue. You're really planning to just wander around and hope you guys run into each other?

[The rest of the plan she can do, though. It sounds good in theory, at least.]

Do you have any-- no wait, you're right. That is kind of stupid.

[She turns around and snatches up her book.] I bet he'll show up just when I'm getting to the good part. He always does. Come on, Kitty.

[And she starts heading out to find a nice public-yet-isolated spot where she can read in 'peace.']

[If she wasn't so distraught, she'd think that book idea was adorable.

Okay, she still finds it pretty cute.

Once Rogue finds her spot, Kitty surveys the area, taking every part of the terrain into account, just like Wolverine had taught them in combat class.]

We should make him think that you're alone. I'll have a better chance of grabbing him if can hide and ambush him.

[Rogue has automatically done the same. Those 'memory games' her mother and Destiny played with her helped in her training, and she's relieved to find a spot where she can sit with her back to the wall... and it even had a little overhang. Perfect for someone who might want to teleport on top of it.

They'd both been careful to walk on the shoveled road, so they had no tracks to give them away. Rogue nods at Kitty.] Good idea. And when I say the word, just come on in.

[She tries to keep the nervousness out of her voice.]

All right.

[Then ducks around behind the building, positioning herself just behind the wall Rogue leans against, crouching behind some evergreen bushes.

Okay, here goes. She crosses her fingers, but at the same time, dreads the thought of actually doing this to him.]

[Rogue? She opens her book and starts to read, doing her best to ignore the sourness in her stomach. This is going to hurt in a lot of ways.

And it makes her angry. Kurt, attacking Kitty? Somehow, in her mind, it bypasses the Malnosso entirely and focuses the blame where it really belongs: Mystique.

It takes a little bit of doing, but she does manage to get into the story.]

[She might get a good five minutes or ten before Graydon notices her in his prowling. He sneers, watching her for a moment. She's out here in the evening, using a lamppost for light to read? He's not buying it. His mother had driven such naivety out of him long ago. More likely, Rogue was just the bait. Shadowcat and Storm must be somewhere in hiding, waiting for himself to show.

Heh. Well if they want a fight...]

Edited 2010-12-04 17:01 (UTC)

[Always aware of your surroundings, Graydon. You don't need powers to take down a dozen people at once. Just always know where your opponent is before they do. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it. So long as he stays aware of his surroundings.

So he teleports down into the streets, out of the range of the lamplight, leaning up against a wall. The only indication of his presence are a pair of glowing eyes.]

Hello sister, a bit late for pleasure reading, don't you think? [He doesn't even sound like his old self.]

[Classic. She glances up and over to those glowing eyes. You want trained by Mystique? Try being her.]

Kurt. [Yeah, she knows Kitty called him 'Graydon.' Yeah, she knows that he'd probably respond be more willing to talk if she called him by whatever lie he thinks he is. But 'Graydon' wasn't why she was out here. 'Kurt' was. And she wants to see just how foreign a person she's dealing with - even if he sounded more regular American than she did.] Ya didn't even wait for me to get to the good part.

[Remember to stay back until I say so, Kitty.]

Edited 2010-12-04 17:12 (UTC)

[He moves a step forward, swaggering just a little as he does. There's frustration in his voice.]

Your friend talked to you. You know my name. So use it.

[And it's because he knows the X-Men too well that he suddenly changes his position where she can't phase through the wall behind him., appearing on top of the lamp post instead. Not to expose him, oh no. His tail suddenly pierces it, shattering the light and blanketing their surrounding with darkness, illuminated now only by the Moon, stars, and distant lights. He prefers to operate in the darkness.]

[Well, that's not at all creepy. She blinks a few times, waiting to adjust to the near-darkness. The spaced out streetlamps provide some relief, but Rogue knows he's just upped the danger level. That's clear and present threat - he can see in the dark far better than she can.]

I am usin' it. But all right, we'll play it your way just this once, Graydon. Aren't you curious?

[Her hand goes to her glove, but she doesn't strip it off yet. She's willing to keep this from turning into an immediate throw-down. And she needs a few more seconds for her eyes to completely adjust. He'll be in the shadows, even now. So she's straining her ears.]

[There's the familiar BAMF, he teleports again, but it's not clear where. It's on the opposite side and further off the ground. He's sticking to a wall.]

Curious about what?

[He's still trying to spot her teammates if he can.]

[And Rogue? She's sticking to her bench. Hard to spot someone who can hide wherever she wants, ain't it.]

Kurt. I bet not a single person called you by 'your name' today, huh, Graydon.

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