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[messiahed]

Today's been.... I can't even describe it.

I guess I'll start at the first. My mother's dead. I mean, I guess I already knew that. But now I know that. Her name was Louise Spalding. She was a redhead, of course, and a firefighter in Alaska. She died the night I was born. She didn't even get to name me. It says 'Baby Spalding' on my birth

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[webslings]

You should be a little more careful about jumping off roofs after people. It's dangerous stuff.

[messiahed]

She jumped first.

[webslings]

So it was like a game of chicken? One person jumps, the other has to jump too?

[He's teasing to cover up the fact he's pretty sure she can't fly or shoot awesome web lines. :(]

[messiahed]

Yeah. See which one hits the pavement first.

[Totally not mentioning that she had no idea Laurie could fly]

[ttlynotcable]

... I think you guys are tryin' to make my hair turn fully white from stress lately, sheesh.

[Though he's honestly joking.]

[messiahed]

You might look good with white hair.

[ttlynotcable]

But I like my hair like this! It's a classic look.

[messiahed]

All grey isn't such a bad look, though!

[spazgardian]

I'm really sorry about your mom. She sounded like an amazing woman.

Today sounds pretty weird, but new friends are always good. Even high maintenance ones.

[messiahed]

Thanks. From how my grandmother described her, she was.

Laurie's actually not high maintenance now that we've got her calmed down. A bit of a know-it-all but that's not that hard to deal with.

[spazgardian]

It's not the same, but it's good to know you still have your grandmother. I'm sure you could learn a lot about your mom from her.

I know that type. I might actually be that type. It's hard not to share your obscure knowledge of Norse mythology and superheroes with the world, doesn't everyone want to hear it?

[messiahed]

I probably won't see her again. As far as she's concerned I was just a stranger passing through.

Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing some superhero knowledge. Got a lot of catching up to do.

[primary_concern]

You know, I can't tell if this means the whole returning to your own time thing is going worse than you thought, or better.

[messiahed]

Well it got worse, now it's better. Helping people makes me feel better.

[primary_concern]

Yeah, helping people is kind of the point at the end of the day, isn't it? So,are you picking up people for a team, or just regrouping?

[messiahed]

Just helping them. There were five new mutants discovered and so far all of them are having problems. If they want to join the X-Men that's their choice.