Peaking back into the world

[magnetic_magpie]

Who: Magneto and to be updated
When: Week of 4-10 through 4-15
Where: Mostly the HoA, a few others
Summary: Mags is talking to people again. A few people want to see him in person
Warnings: Will be updated
Other: Tag in with when you are meeting/where ok?

He'd made appointments with various people. He was going to keep them. But even still, he was looking entirely well. He'd lost a little weight, was tense, and mostly very still. Except his eyes. They never stopped moving.

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[magnetic_magpie]

He curled up warmly around her, sinking into the chair. He was still tense, alert, but not as wary. "Good, I'm glad. I should...talk to him some time. Soon." But not too soon. There was Castiel to deal with.

"How are you, really?"

[thelittlestbub]

"No. You shouldn't." Because, Jesus, Magneto. Did we forget what Castiel said? She hasn't. "Let me be the go-between for a while, okay?"

Because, that was safer. She wasn't Castiel's friend, and she hadn't been threatened with death.

"Me? I'm fine. Needed some time off, that's all."

[magnetic_magpie]

He shifted - he was fidgety lately, when with those he trusted, rather than so deathly still. "I said talk to, not meet with." Because no, no he hadn't. At all. "Does he know about this?"

"I'm sorry." For dumping this mess on her. He hadn't meant for any of it to happen. He hadn't meant to crack at all.

[thelittlestbub]

"I told him what Castiel said. What Crowley said. A few other things." But she didn't go into all of it because that not only wasn't important, but none of Sam's business. Mostly, she'd gone to see him because she could cry in front of him.

She looked up at Magneto and touched their foreheads together. "You don't owe me an apology. Not for having emotions and problems and having them overwhelm you. I don't blame you for that, or for anything, really. I'd like an explanation, when you're up for it."

She didn't blame him.

[magnetic_magpie]

"What did he say?" Because those boys did know Castiel longer, if not better as well.

He leaned into the touch, being still. "You may not believe so. But..." He sighed slowly. "Everyone is asking for that. No one has asked if I'm up for it yet." He wasn't.

[thelittlestbub]

"That he wasn't going to get involved. And Cas has a temper." She shrugged. She didn't need to be told things that she already knew.

Jubilee smiled a bit crookedly. "Yeah? Well, don't give them a damned thing until you're ready. They can sit on it and spin if they don't like it." That included her. She wasn't going to press him into explaining anything. Because she knew what being a mutant meant and knew somewhat of what he was going through. "And if you need a hand to hold when you do talk to them, you know where I live." Because she wouldn't leave him alone, no matter what.

[magnetic_magpie]

"I've known Castiel has temper for a while. But I'm glad he isn't getting involved." Quite a while. It was pretty clear, to him at least, from the way the angel carried himself.

"Ahiru and I already had a chat, though I didn't tell her much. She doesn't really need to know. Daedalus asked but I told him my lawyer told me not to address the issue." Which is advice he would have given, had Magneto spoken to the man.

"But yes, I'll need it."

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee smiled crookedly. She knew about Castiel. She just didn't care. She wasn't going to ever be his friend. So none of it mattered.

"Good. Frankly, I don't think you owe anyone - beyond me - an explanation." Because she was going to get one just because things had been dumped on her lap, so there. "If you don't want to tell them? I'll back your play, no matter what it is, you know that."

She tucked her head back onto his shoulder because that was what he needed. "But until then... Want a cup of coffee? I'm starving."

[magnetic_magpie]

The problem was, Magneto did like Castiel. Quite a lot, even with all of this.

"There's a few who won't take that for an answer. Jinx, for instance." Who was a big point of stress in his life.

He held onto her, breathing slowly. Trying to be calm. "Any take away places still deliver here? That Thai place maybe?" He'd rather hold onto her than cook right now.

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee grinned and dug her hand into her coat, offering him the phone. "Speed dial five." Because, she kept them on the phone. No idea when it might be needed. "I'll have the Khao khai chiao and if you ask for Kamon, he'll stop at the one coffee shop and pick up Turkish coffees for the pair of us, and won't charge us extra delivery fees."

Because these things are important. Also, she tips really well.

[magnetic_magpie]

"There's a reason I love you best." He grinned - really truly grinned - and took the phone, and placed their order. And copied the information into his own NV.

"I'm glad you're home Jubilee."

[thelittlestbub]

"It's because I'm adorable and small enough to be portable, really." Jubilee enjoyed teasing him. Plus, people knew he was Magneto, even if they didn't understand what that meant, they knew.

She snuggled into his lap, wrapping her arms around him. "I'm glad you're here." Even if she knew he was leaving again.

[magnetic_magpie]

"Those are good reasons yes." He would mind a lot less if people did know what it meant.

He held onto her, resting his chin on her hair. "What did you do on your walk-about?"

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee stayed where she was, enjoying the peace and quiet for a change.

"Stayed in a couple motels. Tried to give myself alcohol poisoning." Twice, actually, but she figured she was allowed. "Meditated a lot. Got back to some basic things that I'd let slide and had forgotten how important they were." Morning tai chi, meditation, things that Logan had taught her that she'd just been letting slide. "Now that I'm back here, I'm going to be working on some other things."

Balance. She'd tipped too far in one direction; time to tip it back.

[magnetic_magpie]

"I've done that before." He wasn't going to judge, he'd managed to give himself alcohol poisoning on a few occasions. As well as wandering around getting his head together.

"What are you going to be working on?"

[thelittlestbub]

A smile. She knew he'd understand. He always did.

"Morning tai chi, meditation." That was just a start. "I need to start drawing again, planning things. Even though Frances is gone, I'd like to work on his apartment. Maybe decorate the other apartments. Make this place more a home than just a flop house for Newcomers." She yawned and closed her eyes. "Get back into sewing, and home decorating."

[magnetic_magpie]

Some things Mutants just understand.

"Sounds like a good plan. I should probably start meditating again." It would help keep him centred, which he knew was sliding around again.

"Do you know how to do a suede technique?"

[thelittlestbub]

"Meditation helped settle me a lot." She could admit that. She shrugged. "It can't hurt. Any sunrise, we could go to a beach. It's not like the Darkness would bother us."

She frowned for a moment. "It's been a while since I did it. Paris, at least." She hadn't worked with suede since then and only for that one design course.

[magnetic_magpie]

"It does. It's something I learned in India. That's a good idea. I miss the stars at night." Which was part, though only part, of why he's latched onto Lucifer so hard.

"No, it's a paint technique. It feels and looks like suede when it's dried."

[thelittlestbub]

She smiled. "We should spend more nights in the greenhouse, but it's not quite big enough." Because she loved sleeping out under the stars. Thanks to Logan.

A head shake. "No. I've heard of it, but I've never done it." Glance up. "Why?"

[magnetic_magpie]

"We should build a bigger one." He was serious. He'd wanted more space for a while.

"I was thinking of doing it on some of my walls." The window seat and his bedroom, mostly.

[thelittlestbub]

She smelled a project. "How big are we talking?" Because she knew, if left to his own devices, Magneto would take over most of a sector just because. And that was being cautious on the estimate. (Alright, he'd take over the island, but that was a separate issue.)

"Sorry. I've never done it. I can study it, see if I can get it right, if you're willing to be patient?" No reason she couldn't study something, after all.

[magnetic_magpie]

"A whole building with a few floors?" He wanted more but was trying to be realistic. And it would give him a reason to stay indoors.

"Paint's cheap. And we have plenty of wall space to practise on." It was fairly easy, from what he remembered.

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee thought for a few minutes. Her mind start calling up the surrounding area, and where they could put it. "If we've got a place big enough to put it. No reason it can't be as tall as this place, with a catwalk roof access from the current greenhouse..." Trail off and continue thinking. "Are we talking greenhouse or like one of those zoo rainforest thingies?" Because she wanted the latter.

"Nah, work on canvas first, then walls. See what the what is. Shouldn't be too hard."

[magnetic_magpie]

That was his idea as well. A building close by they could snap up and fix up. He needed a project. "Zoo rainforest thingies" A smile, and a small laugh. "Not all rainforest but...different levels, paths and trails, a couple water features."

"Sure. You're the expert."