The X-Base, Utopia-Which-Is-Totally-Not-Alcatraz, Earth 616

[glacial_queen]

After a brief pit stop at the other island off the coast of San Francisco (look, Alcatraz loomed large in Karla's recollections; there was a lot of trauma associated there), Karla and the others made their way to Utopia--which, truth be told, probably should have been their first stop, consider how utterly ridiculous it looked. Was there some kind

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[apocalipped]

It was very rarely that one might be able to say, 'Good thing Wolverine broke in,' since Pixie, still shaken from the events of yesterday and not in the mood for being shaken down by a total stranger, had gotten as far as "Sihal Novar-" with the total intent of teleporting over the bay and dropping Karla in from very, very high up. Of course, grabbing Karla by the wrist that she was holding the girl by probably wasn't the most politic way to break up a situation about to get unpleasant fast, either.

"Problem here?"

For the record, Logan hated when Jono's friends came to visit.

[glacial_queen]

Excuse him. Karla and Raven had been instrumental in saving the lives of many mutants, both those who were X-Men and those who had just been saved by them. Some people and the giant gaps in their memories...

"She was just helping me find Jono," Karla said, turning her smile down towards Wolverine. He had about ten seconds to let go of her wrist before things got ugly. She was the one grabbing people around here. "Before I got all impatient and rude."

[apocalipped]

"And we'd all hate to see that," Logan replied dryly, arcing an eyebrow right back up at her. He wasn't in any mood for this. He'd had a shitty week too, here. "How about you let go of Megan and you and I have a chat about manners, instead?"

[glacial_queen]

"Or we could forego the smalltalk entirely," Karla offered, letting go of the girl and making shooing motions at her with her hand. Her presence was no longer required, thank you. "And you could just lead me and my friends to Jono, where we'll take him off your hands and leave all the faster. I think we can agree that would be best for all of us, no?"

And the continued structural integrity of your ridiculous base went unsaid. But Karla liked to think it was audible all the same.

[furnaceface]

It wasn't that Jonothon had been uncooperative since he'd been marched down to the infirmary. He'd stayed still for those x-rays, after all, and he'd let Dr. Rao poke at him however she needed to in order to be certain he wasn't on the verge of sudden death or something. He'd just been... uncommunicative, too. Lee was the only one who'd been able to get a straight answer out of him since his memories had returned, and even those were something on the monosyllabic side.

He was waiting for a lift out of here. He wasn't talking to anyone until he had that much. And in the meantime, his eyes were going to be on his knees, staring through his flames.

[glacial_queen]

He almost certainly heard his ride before he saw them. Karla wasn't going to any trouble to stay quiet, after all, and if Dr. Rao or Scott Summers thought they were going to stand in the way of Jono's own friends (not teammates, friends) from coming to get him, they had another thing coming.

"I don't care that he's still undergoing whatever bullshit testing you're putting him through in an effort to feel useful," she said, completely reasonably. "I'm going in there to fetch him, and, if I have to, I will go through you to fetch him."

[trigons_child]

Raven had been anxiously looking around for Jono as they entered the infirmary. Once she saw him, her heart almost stopped. For a moment, she couldn't breathe.

She didn't know if anyone here was going to try to prevent them from getting Jono out of there. Try. She was picking up on confusion and some anger from those around them, but nothing that indicated a wish to stop them, not yet at least. She hung back a little, tense as she waited for a reaction, ready to teleport them out of there instantly if needed.

[apocalipped]

Scott was going to need to beat his face against a wall after this, wasn't he? And Logan was being no help, just standing back against a wall with his arms crossed over his chest, looking for all the world like he'd washed his hands of this situation.

Thanks for the help, Logan.

"It's for his own good," he said, attempting to sound something approaching calm. He was too damn tired for this. "We'll be happy to let him wander around as soon as we know there won't be any adverse effects from his ordeal."

You know. The one nobody was really talking about at length.

Meanwhile, Back at the Estate...

[not_a_parakeet]

Warren was having a grand time trying to keep the Estate staff from suspecting too much about Karla's absence. With time going at a fair clip faster in Kaeleer than it did in Jono's reality, he had double the time to try to fend off questions. And, before long, people had stopped settling for 'Karla is with Raven and nobody is to enter her chambers,' and had started asking more questions beyond that.

The best so far was Morton, accusing Warren of getting Karla pregnant. There had been a bit of indignant sputtering - Warren was on top of drinking his tea, thank you - and after a while he'd just excused himself to head back into the room, where he was working on budgets for a schoolhouse in a nearby landen village.

The started squawk and the spilled ink that resulted when Raven's soul-self manifested without warning behind him were understandable, right?

Look, it had been really, really quiet around here without Karla all morning, and avoiding the last vestiges of Winsol festivities. Warren had been enjoying the silence.

Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Estate...

[glacial_queen]

"That was very dignified, love," Karla said when Raven's Soul-Self had cleared, immediately bustling over to their bed. It was still unmade, considering the maids hadn't been allowed in to tidy up, so she threw the covers up and motioned for Momoko to set Jono down over here.

He didn't have to rest, no. But it was probably the best place for him to sit while they all got in their scolding and clinging.

"How long has it been? Do I have to make an appearance?"

Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Estate...

[not_a_parakeet]

"People are starting to ask if we're expecting," Warren noted dryly, reaching into his pocket for a handkerchief to try to sop up the ink spill before it could get too far. "Looks to me as though the delivery went smoothly, at least."

He glanced over at Jono, there in Momoko's arms.

"... Relatively smoothly. He's okay?"

Re: Meanwhile, Back at the Estate...

[heromaniac]

Momoko was totally not giggling at your startled parakeet impression, Warren. Nope. She was totally not.

Juuust setting down her friend, yep!

And then tripping over the coat as she tried to step away, landing on her backside. "Ow!"