Room 528, Monday Afternoon

[icecoldfrost]

Let it never be said that Emma Frost did not learn from her mistakes.

After the last fuss Jack had raised, since he'd heard about her body-swapping adventures from Karla rather than hearing from Emma herself, she decided to head this particular bout of flailing off before it could even start.

Which was why she was sitting on her bed, very carefully pressing the buttons on her phone as she sent a picture-text to a boy half a world and a dimension away.

Look, darling, new trick!

Yes, she was counting down how long it would take him to call back. Emma was bored.


[Open door, open post, SP warning.]

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[icecoldfrost]

"I think I must be. Glass or quartz would have shattered by now, right?" Emma asked. "I don't know what else it could be."

"At least I'll cause a sensation in class tomorrow and distract everyone from their emo."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"What have you been doing to shatter it?" Sookie asked, instantly worried. "Or to get this way in the first place? You weren't with us in that horrible Rapture place, I would've found you."

[icecoldfrost]

"Well, an abandoned building fell on me. One moment everything's crashing, the next, I'm under rubble with a cranky Alex and looking like a 'Christmas Tree' according to him."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Oh my God!" Sookie immediately started looking Emma over for injuries -- which was stupid, since, you know, sparkles. "And you're okay? Other than...shiny? Did it just kick in 'cause you were in danger?"

[icecoldfrost]

"If I knew how or why it kicked in, I could change back," Emma pointed out. "I've tried thinking, 'hello, I would like to be fleshy and have my telepathy back now,' but it doesn't seem to work."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You don't get to be telepathic like that?" Sookie asked, frowning. "Poor you. I mean, I know how much you rely on it. I'm flying blind at the moment myself, but that's on purpose." She frowned, thinking. "Maybe it's a chemical thing? Something came in contact with you?"

[icecoldfrost]

"I had the clinic check me for radiation, but no luck," she sighed. "I suppose it's going to be like when my telepathy first manifested itself; coming and going in fits and starts at the most inopportune times."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Holy -- radiation?" Sookie's eyes were round. "Where were you? I thought we had it bad, but nothing was irradiated."

[icecoldfrost]

"Some place called Rivet City? Giant mutant crab monsters and scorpions and cockroach-things." Emma made a face. "They sold radiation sickness medicine in the stores."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"And you're fine?" she checked again. "No one's all radiation-y? Jesus." She shook her head, wincing. "I ended up in an underwater city called Rapture. Full of crazy people, but no bugs, at least. That I saw, anyway. Or radiation. Mostly just insane people."

[icecoldfrost]

"We had plenty of insane people too. Why can't Fandom ever send us somewhere with puppies and rainbows and all the coffee we want?" Emma complained. "It simply isn't fair."

"But as far as I know, no one is all radiated or anything like that. Beat-up, perhaps, but nothing fatal."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie nodded, still a little worried. "Our crazies broke my shields," she admitted. "'Cause I kept my mind open all weekend to track everyone. Karla had to fix it. But hey, can't complain. I haven't been turned into a rock."

[icecoldfrost]

"I think I'm quite pretty," Emma sniffed, "but I do miss my telepathy. Well, not at this moment, since everyone is probably freaking out, but it is very quiet in my head right now."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You do look pretty, sweetie," Sookie said with a little smile. "But yeah. I'd miss looking like myself after awhile. And it's quiet in my head, too, but it's probably for the best. Everyone's either freaking out or having reunions we'd rather not overhear, I'd bet."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma made a face. "If I can't have a fun reunion, I don't want to hear everyone else having a good time," she complained.

"...which reminds me, Jack has announced he's portaling out here today, because he doesn't believe me that I'm fine. I feel mildly indignant that he doesn't trust me."

...possibly because you lie about that sort of thing on a regular basis, Emma. Just a thought.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Awwwwww, he's checking on you!" Hopeless romantic that she was, Sookie found this unbearably sweet, yes. "He just wants to make sure you're all right! How cute."

[icecoldfrost]

"He couldn't wait until the end of the week?" Emma asked. "I'm clearly not dying, I don't understand why he's in such a fuss."