one 〣 voice

[cuckoos]

[ three voices come on over the network, speaking in perfect unison and... weirdly entirely chill with just showing up here. like it's a trip to the mall. ...and not even a very good mall at that. ]

Not our first trip to another dimension. [ pause, like they're considering... and come to the conclusion of "eh". ] Suppose the A.I. is preferable to demons, so there's that.

[ they hum thoughtfully. ]

We do have somewhere to be. [ but no, you know, rush or anything. whatever. ] Cuckoos to any X-Men listening. We know you're out there. [ then, vaguely playful: ] Come out, come out, wherever you are.

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permavoice

[ankhs]

Mindee, Phoebe, Celeste! Hello! Nice to hear your voices!

permavid.

[symmachy]

[creepy as fuck]

Am I to assume you're one of them?

permavid.

[ex_engineers208]

Tiny Emma ladies? [ clearing his throat!! ] Sorta didn't expect y'here without the lady in charge, but...

Jeffries, callin' in.

video

[hellionated]

Five minutes in and you're already pulling the creepy little girls routine? Ladies, that's just not polite.

[ But he's smirking, and using video for once. Don't you feel special. ]

permavideo;

[cuckoos]

[ of course they feel special, you know exactly how to make them feel all fuzzy - you know, if they could feel

also come on, they can't help the creepy little girls thing it's their shtick that's like telling wolverine not to be hairy seriously ]

We're sure the people here are used to creepier.

Hi, Julian.

[borntobewildcat]

There are three of you? [He can tell from the voices.] She brought all of you in together?

permavideo;

[insufferablysmug]

[ oh. well, at least it's not Emma herself. ]

Aren't you cute.

permavideo;

[cuckoos]

[ rolling their eyes at you, sadmad ]

Contrary to popular thought, we aren't entirely dependent on Miss Frost.

[ and then tilting their heads at you in perfect synch ]

We weren't aware of any Jeffries on the roster. [ beat as they tilt their heads in the opposite direction. ] ...Though there are so many these days. Hard to keep track.

[cuckoos]

[ they get that a lot

enjoy your video of identical children of the corn triplets with glowing white eyes ]

Three-in-One, actually. [ a vague kind of smile. ha. they made a funny. ] Yes. You know of the X-Men?

[cuckoos]

[ ...someone sounds.... vaguely familiar??? this is curious because telepaths have perfect memory and they like new things ]

Hello. Who is this?

[symmachy]

[it's okay scathach has a twin
who she fucking hates]

Ah. Yes, I do. I teach at the Institute here.

[cuckoos]

Good ears. And it would appear she has, wouldn't it.

[cuckoos]

[ hey now don't be mean about their mommy she may make very questionable life/fashion choices but ]

That's new. We usually get creepy. [ one pipes up among the others: ] Among other things.

[ back to unison ]

Miss St. Croix, isn't it?

[hellionated]

Yeah, I think the Children of the Corn act ranks pretty high. It works for me, though.

So I gotta ask. What's the last thing you remember? And don't be cute about it, crap like that matters here.

[cuckoos]

Mm. We'd heard there was one here. [ "heard" being a subjective term. phoebe adds on: ] Wonder how many times they've had to rebuild it here.

[ triple small smiles before they go back to the whole vaguely thoughtful ]

Are you a mutant?

[symmachy]

Twice, I think.

[a small smile. her lips are pressed together.]

No.

[cuckoos]

We know. We remember.

[ nostalgic little smiles, but then nodding because a) super used to orders and b) they know timey wimey shenanigans can be a thing (even if they're not summerses) ]

Cyclops and Miss Frost called everyone to San Francisco. Are we ahead or behind or caught up in some alternate apocalypse timeline?

[ cause let's face it - would not be the first time it's happened in x-history ]

[ex_engineers208]

Yeah, w-well. She's sorta, y'know, a little higher on the X-ladder than you girls, so.

[ nervously: ]

Y-you're not tryinna say I'm dead from when you're from, right? Less than two-hundred's many?

[insufferablysmug]

[ but she's a creep who once tried to sell Monet out? yeah ]

Creepy would work too.

Yes. Hello, Cuckoos.

[cuckoos]

Huh. [ blinking in (again) vague surprise ] ...It can't have been around for very long then.

[ ...and judging you, sorry - don't blame them, blame their upbringing miss frost ]

We see. [ studying the video feed ] What do you teach?

[cuckoos]

[ ...yeah she does that /kanyeshrug ]

Hello. [ vague smiles ] Is X-Factor here as well?

[symmachy]

[she laughs] About three years, I think.

[she sees that judging, and isn't bothered by it. just drop by her class one day during summer school, girls. she'll show you what being a non-mutant can be like.]

Combat. And Latin.

[insufferablysmug]

Some of us.

We don't all get brought in in groups.

[cuckoos]

Everyone gets bounced around a lot. Mr. Summers does like changing things up. [ shrugs all around - also they don't much care unless put directly on things so there's that too ] But we haven't been to a funeral or memorial for a Jeffries, so most likely not.

[ they are the most reassuring ]

[ex_engineers208]

[ aw how... nice?? ]

Utopia? Y'know Utopia, right?