video UN: Polaris

[ferrokinetically]

[ Tired. That's the best way to describe how Lorna currently looks. Tired and out of it. The video feed comes on to show her sitting with her legs dangling off the edge of her bed. For a few seconds she doesn't say anything, she just kicks her boots against the back of the bed as she tries to resist the compulsion. After the seconds drag on to a frustrating degree she pulls out one of the military knives she's so keen to play with and starts to toss it up. Green mist swirls around her hands as she causes it to stop just before it'd have landed into her own thigh. It's a game. Toss it up, let it fall down, stop it with her powers just before it's too late.

Or maybe don't.

She really doesn't want to say what this compulsion is pushing her towards. Not at all. ]

I brought down a plane with innocent people on it just to kill one person. I ripped it apart while it was in the sky and I bet nobody on board even knew what was happening. [ She looks at the camera directly. ] The entire world caught on fire after that. It all went to hell but I don't know if I'd take that back if I could. That's the messed up part. He needed to die and there wasn't another way. Nobody else was going to step up and do it. [ Is that a hint of bitterness in her tone? You bet it is. There's a lot of feelings about that she's never discussed or even brought up and that builds up. ]

He had to be taken out for my people to be safe. [ And she cuts the feed off there just as her knife comes back down to her thigh. ]

Comments

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[brightboy]

Lorna... [He really should have thought about what else he was planning on saying before he messaged her. He couldn't take the pain on her face, though, it tore at his heart.]

I'm coming over.

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[ferrokinetically]

[ She casts her eyes away. ] No need.

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[brightboy]

Don't do this, Lorna. We can get past this.

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[ferrokinetically]

Isn't that what we've already done? It's all over and done with. All forgiven right?

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[brightboy]

Yeah, I thought so, but you don't seem too over it.

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[ferrokinetically]

I'm over it.

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[brightboy]

Really? Are you sure, Lorna? Because you don't seem like it.

Private Audio

[doubled_speed]

I know that it doesn’t matter, but... who was the one person?

[ferrokinetically]

Dr. Campbell. Creator of the Hound program. Bonus round went to Senator Montez being on the plane too. Campbell had convinced Montez to support the Hound program. If they'd made it to Washington it'd have been over for us.

[doubled_speed]

Hounds. Heard about that back home. It’s a hella dystopian future where they come from.

[ferrokinetically]

If he'd made it to Washington they would have passed a bill to implement the program across the entire US. Would have been hella dystopian future for us from there.

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, it would have been bad. It would have been annihilation. YOu... did a bad thing. but for the right reason.

[ferrokinetically]

We tried other ways first. Ways that would just get him. They got screwed up though. It was the only chance we had left.

[doubled_speed]

I don't get caught up in mutant stuff much, but I guess I get it.

Private Audio

[11calls]

[Alex's voice is worried, and it's clear that it's not because of what she said, or at the very least not only because of what she had said.]

Lorna, are you alright?

[ferrokinetically]

[ Her voice sounds unsteady but she's trying to hide that. ]

Yeah. Just great. Always wanted people to know about that.

[11calls]

No one wants anyone to know their secrets. But is that what's making you seem so ill?

[ferrokinetically]

No. Maybe. [ She lets out a low scoffing sound and squeezes her eyes shut for a moment. ] There's a lot more to it that's making me ill.

[11calls]

Where are you? I think you need a nonjudgmental ear, Lorna.

[ferrokinetically]

Everyone judges, especially humans.

[11calls]

I won’t. I mean I can’t. We’ve all done things we’ve regretted and that we’re not proud of, Lorna. I think this proves that.

Audip Pirvate

[minus1twin]

Are you okay Lorna? I can come over if you'd like.

I can't give you advice but you don't have to be alone.

Audip Pirvate

[ferrokinetically]

Yeah, yeah, I'm great. [ No, she's not. And her tone betrays that by how unsteady her voice is. ]

I've always been better alone. [ Not at all, but hey, she's trying to be tough. ]

Audip Pirvate

[minus1twin]

I know that's a lie.

No one is better alone.

Audip Pirvate

[ferrokinetically]

Some people are. It's not like being with people got me anywhere. I still had to be the one to do the dirty work.