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]

"Because my mother wished me to stop - it wore the pens out and didn't look proper. So my sister smeared bacon grease from a neighbour over them." And his face screwed up a little thinking about that one.

[motioned]

"Bacon grease? That's disgusting!" Her nose wrinkles up a little in turn.

[magnetic_magpie]

"It really was. Fairly effective way of breaking the habit." Still, he smiled a little. "Ruthie was trying to help."

[motioned]

"Ruthie? So that's your sister's name, huh?

[magnetic_magpie]

"Ruth, yes. We always called her Ruthie. She was named after our great-grandmother." Neither of them had ever met her, but they had both known Ruthie was named after their mother's grandmother.

[motioned]

"Well, she sounds really nice. I hope you can see her again."

[magnetic_magpie]

"She died a long time ago. I like to think she's at peace, I'd rather her stay there." As hard as the memories were, at least they were better than they could have been.

"Do you have siblings, back home?"

[motioned]

"Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that..." She pauses, looking towards the ground, a shade more somber.

"No, I don't have any family."

[magnetic_magpie]

"It was a long time ago." He reached over, placing a hand on her back, gentle.

"Family isn't all about blood. It's about who you love too."

[motioned]

"Well, there are a whole lot of people I love, both here and back home!"

[magnetic_magpie]

"That helps a great deal." He smiled but didn't remove his hand. It helped keep him calm too.

[motioned]

"Do you have people like that here?" She doesn't shift from his touch, though she does still seem tense, as she had before.

[magnetic_magpie]

"Quite a few." Whether or not they still returned his affection he didn't know, at least in some cases.

[motioned]

"Do you want to tell me about them?"

[magnetic_magpie]

"You're one of them." Warm and gentle. "Jack. Griffin. Jinx. Jubilee. Some aren't here anymore."

[motioned]

She smiles at his first sentence, looking at the ground as she speaks.

"Jack's a really good person, he deserves it. Tell me about the ones who went home." Because as much as she wants to know what he did, she really does love hearing about the people her loved ones treasure.

[magnetic_magpie]

"Well, I have my children, the twins and my youngest. My grandsons and granddaughter. Then the others I love as my own. Katherine. Rahne. Danielle. Illyana. Douglas, although he was murder several years ago. Samuel. Wicked and Freakshow - I'm afraid they won't tell me their real names, just their nicknames. Some adults, Charles and Rogue mostly."

He took a breath. "The other children where my students. I was...afraid, at first. I'm not good with teenagers, they were wary and hurting. All had suffered horrible loses, they didn't trust a stranger. I was surprised by how much I grew to love them."