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[weightoftheworld]

[ someone’s looking a lot less composed than he did the last time he posted on the network. Alex just found out that Rachel Grey is gone from the City, possibly for good for all he knows, and he’s...not taking it well. ]

Darnit! Rachel’s got a lot of nerve, leaving us her dumb cats when she didn’t even trust us to look after ourselves! What do we know about taking care of animals? Our mom’s allergic! And Rachel didn’t even ask us before she left!!

[ of course, whatever he says, Alex is a lot angrier at himself than he is at Rachel. they’d had a fight over the network, and he never bothered to apologize about it--and now she’s gone. it’s not like Rachel had a choice about leaving or staying, and she probably won’t even remember it later, but Alex still feels like a first-rate jerk about what happened. after all, Rachel had only been trying to help at the time.

unfortunately, Alex is not very good at expressing those sorts of feelings whenever he’s in a bad mood. ...so naturally, he has defaulted to a full-on temper fit instead. ]

Well, I guess that’s her mistake, ’cause I certainly don’t want ’em! They’re not our problem! Find someone else to take Rachel’s dumb pets, Katie, I won’t--

[ suddenly Alex freezes, catching sight of something on his communicator: namely, he forgot to screen the message. it was only meant to be for his sister, not the entire network, but it's obviously too late now. ]

Oh, no. Oh, gosh, I’m sorry, I didn’t--that wasn’t supposed to be public. And it’s an awful thing to say besides. I’m so sorry.

[ he buries his face in one hand with a groan. perfect, just perfect. great. ]

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[incywincyhero]

Wait, Rachel as in Rachel Summers? Where's she gone?

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[weightoftheworld]

[ Alex fidgets. ]

She's...she's gone. She left me 'n my sister a note, and her two cats.


[ ooc; which comm is he using? ]

ditto; Spidey's comm!

[incywincyhero]

So, she's not ported out, then, or she wouldn't have been able to leave you a note. But she just -- left you two? Alone? [He's not sure whether to get indignant right off the bat or give her the benefit of the doubt.]

That... really doesn't sound like her. Are you sure it was her who wrote the note?

[weightoftheworld]

[ somewhat guilty look. ]

She didn't exactly leave us alone. We were already by ourselves in the MAC Building! I think Rachel was maybe planning on moving in, but she never did. [ and too late now. . . ]

I kinda thought she had been ported out. The note sounded like her, but...now I'm not so sure. [ stupid. stupid! why hadn't he considered that? now Spidey probably thinks he's an idiot for missing the obvious. ] She's got those telepathic mind-powers from being a mutant, so--I guess I thought she'd seen the future or something and planned ahead about the cats.

[incywincyhero]

I knew she was a telepath, but I never heard she could predict the future... but then, when I meet the X-Men we're usually having a team-up, not trading our baseball card stats over coffee.

Can you tell me what the note says, exactly? Or as close as you can remember it.

[weightoftheworld]

All it really said was that she was leaving us the cats, and she'd be back if she could.

[incywincyhero]

Have you showed the note to anyone who knows her well? Maybe Nightcrawler or one of the other X-Institute folks... meanwhile, do you have someone who can come to stay with you, or you can stay with? I know you two pack a helluva punch when you want to, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have some adult backup.

[weightoftheworld]

I haven't showed it to anyone, but I can take it to the Institute.

[ a pause, then: ] We've got a couple of people we can call if we need help with anything...