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[Kurt arrived none too gently in the middle of the night, lying in front of the fountain. His head was dizzy, but when he finally came to, he realized people were walking by him without so much as looking at him, despite his current state. He realized it was night time, but he was still stunned that they didn't seem to notice him. It was only when he waved his own hand in front of his face and realized he could barely see it that he became suspicious. After moving into the light, it was almost as if he was not stepping from the shadows, but front a literal blanket of darkness. It was almost as if the darkness made him completely invisible.

After making his way to the roof, he realized that everything around him was so much clearer. It wasn't quite like daylight, but he could see even into the dark alleyways with almost perfect clarity. Whatever the Malnosso did to him, it was weird. He makes his way home that night, not realizing an even bigger surprise is waiting for him.]

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[The next day when Kurt goes out, he does so with a pair of sunglasses on, in order to cover his now glowing eyes. He avoids the Brigade meeting on purpose (and will be doing so for awhile), instead settling for the mundane task of a quick trip to the grocery store. He's trying to avoid being spotted, so most of his travel will be done by roof top. For the sake of his friends though, he does leave a voice post. He's still wearing his sunglasses for that.]

Hey everyone, it's Kurt. Looks like I'm back. I'm just ahhh... a little under the weather, yeah? I'll be back to normal in no time.

[At least, he hopes he will.]

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[Oh. The sunglasses. Kurt's eyes dart away, unseen, at the comment. He kind of feels stupid wearing them in doors. He doesn't quite have Scott's boldness in wearing shades everywhere.]

Thanks. [... he glances at Gambit to comment on something about him.] Nice... goatee. [Though that's when he notices Gambit's unusual eyes. He'd never really given much though to those before.]

[Yeah, the Cyclops resemblance isn't missed. The Malnosso return people with weird effects, right? Are eye-lasers one of the possibilities?

...Still, the goatee comment earns a half-hearted laugh. Of all comebacks.]

If you say so.

[These unusual eyes regard Kurt for a beat longer before turning back to the jalapenos he was inspecting. His tone is off-handed.] Hope you already told de other X-Men you're back.

Yeah. They all know. [Well. The professor might not know. That remained to be seen.] They told me you were here. [Kurt just goes back to looking at these... pickles. They're for his sandwich.]

[Good. Gambit might not be on their team, but seeing Rogue and Storm both worried about this kid was hard not to sympathize with.]

Yeah. Jus' seem t'keep runnin' into all of you. Small world, non?

[Really small. Seriously, Luceti.]

Well there's only a few hundred of us here.

[So. Kind of inevitable to not run into the few other mutants in Luceti.]

[It's like they all have some kind of gravitational pull towards one another.]

Guess you got a point.

[He's still paying more attention to produce than he is to his fellow mutant. At least on the surface.]

So're those sunglasses some kinda fashion statement or what?

[Given who this is, Kurt sees no reason in hiding it. Who cares what Gambit thinks. He pulls the shades down, revealing the glowing eyes.]

Just something the Malnosso decided to do.

[He finally looks over. Slight eyebrow quirk. Solid yellow, huh. Definitely a striking image, but. Well. Gambit's not too terribly moved by it. He's got his own weird eyes and it's never slowed him down.

But he's stalked around the X-Men long enough to know how much the demonlike appearance bugs Nightcrawler. So it's probably hitting the kid hard. Which, of course, calls for making light of it.]

Could be worse, neh? They coulda made you look like Sabretooth.

And what, made me two feet taller? [He's pretty sure he exceeds Sabretooth in the fugly department.]

[You should probably rethink that one, Nightcrawler.]

I heard they did that kinda thing. Or at least shrunk people.

[C'mon, dude, it's not so bad.]

I've done the shrinking thing already. Not cool.

[It's very bad, dude. Gambit's eyes are cool and mysterious. Kurt's are scary.]

Wouldn't think it would be.

[Gambit's eyes have scared people since he was born. He knows how it is.]

'Sides, I'd think people'd be used to this kinda thing 'round here by now.

[re: Will not care about your weird eyes.]

It's not just that.

[He could explain it. But this is Gambit. For all he knows, he'll just get mocked for it. More than that, he just doesn't have any reason to share this kind of thing with him.]

Anyway, are you working for Magneto again?

[Ah, so he's already heard that Magneto's here. Not that he would expect much less from the X-Men.]

Ain't that it's any concern of yours, mon ami, but non. No reason to, here. Last I heard, all he's worried about is gettin' outta here, anyway.

[And honestly, who can blame him for that? He's sure half you good guys are focused on the same.]

[That's kind of what he was expecting. Still, it helps to have it confirmed. He can pass that along later, if it isn't common knowledge.]

Ditto for the rest of us. [He wonders if Mags can do it, though. He is one of the most powerful mutants in the world.]

[Exactly what Gambit's been wondering. He's willing to toss in his hand if Magneto can find a way, but until then, he'll just be on the lookout.]

Common goals, homme. I ain't here to cause any trouble for y'all.

[Or, at least, he hasn't seen any reason to yet.]

[You know, he's not in such a bad state that he can't spare a barbed comment at Gambit's expense.]

Who said anything about being worried about you? [Fighting in a war puts old foes into a whole different kind of perspective.]

[Gambit just gives a small shrug. Rather unmoved.]

My mistake. Old habits dyin' hard, I guess.

[A pity. He'd been hoping to crush Gambit's hopes and dreams. He'll settle for a jar of pickles instead.]

If it makes you feel better, I'll keep an eye on you anyway. [He was planning to anyway. Just like last time.]

[He can start by watching Gambit nab a few peppers. Although the speed of it is a little ridiculous. No need to steal anything here, but, well. There's those old habits again.]

Jus' like old times. But don' say I didn' warn you if it's a l'il boring this time 'round.

[Yeah, he notices that. Kurt gives him a weird look.]

Maybe I should be watching you for shoplifting. You do know it's all free, yeah?

[He knows it's free. But pushing buttons is always fun.]

'Course I do. But it ain't no excuse for gettin' rusty.

[Even though it kind of is. But you never know when you'll need thievery skills.]

Since I noticed, maybe you already have.

Or maybe I wasn't really tryin'.

[Don't challenge him on this, Nightcrawler. Things might mysteriously go missing.]

Right... well that's sure convenient.

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