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McCoy and His Stupid Paperclip [Open]

Julian was in one of the sensoriums, which is where he had been spending a lot of time the last few days. Learning to fly a Federation starship wasn't easy, which was a shock to Julian since at first it seemed like the ship was smart enough to fly itself. But learning how to pilot one ended up being a crash course in astrophysics, stellar cartography, astrogation, warp physics, subspace sailing, and piloting all rolled into one. You practically had to have a Ph. D. in gravitational physics just to park the ship into a stable orbit.

Things that took Starfleet cadets months, if not years to learn, he had to cram in only a few days. It was time consuming (which meant far less Kara time than he would have liked) and he felt like his brain was going to melt out of his ears.

Which is why, for now anyway, he was taking a break. He had again recreated the SoCal beach where he grew up by, where the surf hit the sand, and the jagged rocks that were only a few feet down the shoreline. But rather than play basketball like he did last time, he was working with his telekinesis. Now that the collar was off, he was free to use his powers as he saw fit.

--And speaking of that collar, he was still holding on to it, oddly enough. Though rather than wear it around his neck, it hung from the side of his hip by a piece of his plantsuit; like he was displaying it as some kind of badge of honor--

But right now, he felt a little bit of practice time would do him good. Judging by the occasional loud explosion that came from in the sensoriums, followed by the rather emphatic cursing of one pissed off teenager, he could use the practice.

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Yes, clinging, though he eased up a little. Still, he was hugging her, but at least his hands weren't being too friendly.

"Look, all smartassery aside," ~~Yes, 'smartassery' is a word. Shut up.~~ "I am glad to see you. A you, anyway. Even if you're not the you who put me through a wall once you're still you and... ok, see? This is why time travel stuff gives me a headache."

All joking aside, the sentiment was very real. She was probably his key to both getting back home and finally regaining full control of his powers, as well as pushing them to the next level. Not to mention he associated her with a time when hope seemed eternal and the sky was the limit for him.

And the fact that she was still wickedly hot for a zombie did not hurt at all.

"Look... Julian was it?" She begins as she begins to push him away. "I'm glad you're glad to see me, but if you keep up your attitude I am going to do the same as your Jean and put you through a wall." She's not kidding.

She could tell he was being truthful, but that didn't make her like him anymore... Besides, he was still thinking she was a hot zombie and that wasn't helping his case any.

"And stop thinking of me as a zombie, I'm NOT." Well, ok, she should have been dead, but is it her fault that Stacy decided to yank her out of her time when she did?? Nope.

"You'll get used to it," he stated casually. "I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time together anyway, teach."

He at least let her go, despite not really wanting to. He did poke her experimentally a few times in her side.

"You sure you're not a zombie? You've never died at all? Like, not even once?"

Instead of giving into the urge to knock Julian across the room,she merely rolls her eyes and shoves him telekinetically a few feet away from her. "Would you stop with all the touching and poking and stuff? Please? Thank you."

She eyes him and throws her hands up in complete exsaperation. "I'm pretty sure I'm not a Zombie. I think I'd remember dying and I think I'd know if I had the urge to start eating people...."

Well she hadn't died. She would have if the ship hadn't snatched her when it had... But here she was alive and about un-zombie as was possible.

"It's a sign of affection, I assure you," he stated elegantly, even while stepping backwards from being pushed.

"So, not married yet, you haven't even once died yet, you're not a zombie, never heard of the Phoenix..." he ticked those items off on his fingers. He was mentally trying to gauge where she might be from in his world, or the relative equivalent thereof. "You must be kinda young. Or your life on your world is just really, really dull. How old are you?"

"I'm sure it is," Jean replies dryly, not really believing a word that just came out of his mouth.

Reaching up she pushed a strand of hair out of her face. Does she even want to give this kid anymore fuel to feed off of?! Seriously? He wants to know her age, and really.... She's not sure she wants to give it to him.

"I'm twenty-eight...." she finally admits after a few moments of silent debate. "Why? How old was the other me?"

"She was... thirty-something when I last saw her... I actually found out the exact number once, but she mind-whammied me. Don't know why, though. You definitely retain your hotness through your thirties."

That was going to take some math. How long had Jean been dead this time anyway? At least a couple of years. Plus the guesstimated age difference.

Hn...

"I'm guessing you're an alternate reality Mrs. Grey, because you really should have died at least once by now."

Hn.

"I've never met an alternate someone before. This is kinda cool. What's your world like?"

Jean's eyebrows arch again and she stares at Julian like he's gone and lost his mind.... Well she's thinking he must have because is he actually meaning to say everything that's coming out of his mouth???

"You must really want me to smack you one...." Jean mutters and crosses her arms, almost looking as though she's pouting for a moment. "I'm not an alternate someone. I'm just me. Jean Grey."

She sighs, and leans against the doorframe to the sensorium. "I don't know... I guess... It's just..." she trails off, trying to figure out how to explain the world she lives in.

"People are afraid of mutants because we're different. We work more or less behind the scenes, not trying to expose ourselves to the public more than we have to. I've been working on trying to halt mutant registration..." She shrugs a shoulder and trails off.

There's so much to tell, but really! Does she even want to be talking to this kid?!

This kid obviously wanted to talk to her. And despite her threat (or maybe even because of it) he was enjoying himself.

"Ugh, registration acts..." He was actually thinking of one other than the Mutant Registration Act, which had been derailed by his time, only be replaced with something worse.

"So I at least take it your X-Men were still doing the whole 'Protect a world that hates and fears us' thing?"

She nods slowly. "Yes....Why are yours not?" Her eyebrows furrow just thinking about the idea that the X-Men might not be doing just that. It was who they were....She couldn't even begin to imagine it any other way.

"Nnnnno..." No, they were not. Not these days. But, then again, no one was really doing what they were supposed to do.

"It's kind of a long story." And even without her telepathy, she would be able to tell that it was neither a pleasant one or one that he would want to tell.

"What?!" Her eyes widen again, she can't help it. The thought of the X-Men not...It was just unreal to her.

She shakes her head, and for a moment just studies Julian. She can tell he's not wanting to talk about it anymore. So she bites her tongue....For the time being.

"Oh... Well, who's all part of the team?" Maybe that was a bit of a safer topic with him, though why she's caring for his feelings is beyond her at the moment, but she supposes it's just part of her nature.

Julian shrugged. "I don't even know anymore. Cyclops disbanded the X-Men, then changed his mind about it later, but considering everything that happened and how it all ended, I wasn't in any kind of hurry to go back."

She doesn't even know what to say! What Julian's just said doesn't sound anything like the Scott she knows! Her Scott would never do something like disbanding the X-Men and then turn around and change his mind. His Scott must have lost his mind!

"Where's the Professor?" Jean finally asks.

Again, he could only shrug.

"He's off walking around somewhere," he stated. "Yes. Walking." He wanted her to make sure that it wasn't just a turn of a phrase.

"He went to Genosha shortly after you-- other you-- died." Again. "And he's been around every now and again, but Cyclops is the guy running the show."

WALKING?!?! The Professor was walking in Julian's world?!

She blinked and shook her head, finding all he was saying and all that he'd said very very hard to take in. "Genosha? Where's that?" She couldn't remember ever hearing the Professor speaking of a Genosha.

"And Scott? He's wi-" she cut herself off, deciding she doesn't want to know who the other Scott was with. It wasn't important. "He's running what's left of the X-Men? Is he... You said he disbanded it... Is he OK?"

He paused while he considered that question. He knew Emma wasn't ok, particularly wit the way she shoved all of her students away, including himself. But Cyclops? He didn't really know the guy, but who's to say?

"I don't think any of us are 'OK'..." He shook his head. "Things just kept getting worse and worse, then everything just degenerated to the point where anything beyond 'still alive' happened to be a bonus." And unlike Wall Street, there weren't a whole lot of bonuses handed out.

Wow, is just about all that is going through Jean's mind right now. And then of course she's thinking how glad she isn't the same Jean from his world. Not that she hadn't thought that before... But now she was thinking that a lot more.

"So is that the reason you're... difficult?" She can't help but ask that one. She's of course also wanting to kick herself because now... Now she's starting to feel sorry for the kid.

That got a sideways look. There were many words he'd use to describe himself, but 'difficult' wasn't up there.

"I'm not difficult. I just prefer to do things my own way."

And there went sympathy flying straight out the window.

"Alright. Is that the reason you act like a jackass?"

That's fine. He did not want pity anyway.

"It got your attention, right?"

He normally wouldn't admit that, but she can read his mind anyway. At that range, he probably had no secrets.

"It's the wrong way to try and keep it," Jean informs him with a blank expression.

No, she's not really impressed by his jackass skills.

There was a smart remark about not being able to get a hold of flowers and candy, but it didn't make it past his tongue. Not that it mattered with a telepath.

"So what the right way?" Particularly for those who didn't have claws, or excessive body hair, or even a chance in hell with her.

"For you?" She acts like she's thinking for a minute and then shakes her head. "Nope, there's no right way for you. I have a feeling all your ways would be classified as either annoying or highly annoying."

He only chuckled. "They call me Hellion for a reason."

Despite his constant needling, she hadn't dropped him on his head and stormed out, which he took as a positive sign.

"I can't wait until our classes start. It's going to be fun."

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