Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt awakens with a startled grasp, sweat drenching his fur as if it were a blue dishrag. He's in a state of confused panic as he tries to come to terms with what just happened and what is happening now.

He died. Didn't he? Isn't that what happened? But what was that thing? What did he see - or what saw him? Whatever it was, it wasn't God. And Kurt felt a deep sinking in his stomach as he realized that.

As his breathing started to steady, he held his hand out in front of him. Three fingers. Just was they'd always been. All the cuts and leftover wounds he'd accumulated in battle were gone. Could he be dead?

But then he recognized a small bruise he'd received the other night. And as he felt it, his fur felt warm. As he stopped and listened, he soon realized why. It's because his heart is beating. He's alive. He really is alive.

This realization washes him with relief, but mingled with a sense of dread and fear. He teleports around rapidly - partly just because he's glad to be alive, glad to be himself again - and also because he has to find the others and make sure they're okay too. This blue, furry devil-like guy could even end up coming across a stranger.]

[touchofrogue]

There you are. [The relief is evident in her voice and Rogue starts over to him quickly. She may half run on the way.]

[wildbluevagner]

Rogue! [Don't worry. He'll teleport half the distance himself, and he's ready to wrap his arms around the clothed portion of her body.

So much of him is sick and hurting from what just happened but for the moment that all is trumped by the relief and joy of seeing his sister truly alive again.]

[touchofrogue]

[She's in her uniform. He's safe as houses as long as he avoids her face.

Rogue wraps her arms around Kurt and holds him tightly. She lets out a shaky sigh.]

So. [After a moment.] Let's not do that again.

[It's a joke, ha ha.]

[wildbluevagner]

[A joke. Right. He remembers those. There's so much fear and dread when he thinks of the bomb. But it's probably thank to the warmth of the hug and the familial feelings that he finds himself able to laugh at it.]

Trust me, you don't have to tell me twice. [Then he pulls back a bit to get a good look at her.] Did that - that time thing really work alright? You're okay?

[Kurt himself had been pretty messed up at the end of that all, and now he was good as new. Rogue seemed to be the same, but he had to make sure.]

[touchofrogue]

All parts present an' accounted for. [She gives him a searching look.] You?

[wildbluevagner]

I'm glad to hear that. And me... I'm good as new. [He holds up one of his hands, flexing all three fingers in front of his face as if double-checking.] I feel - just as fine as I did before this whole mess. [It really was like his body was sent back in time. Sure, he's grateful for it, but it still feels so weird.]

[touchofrogue]

[She closes her eyes in relief.] Good.

[Opening her eyes again, her gaze is sober.] Let's try an' keep it that way. We've got a little more time now, but we need to find that bomb.

[wildbluevagner]

Right. [He says, as he fumbles for confidence.] We can do it... right? We're the X-Men. This is our jam.

[touchofrogue]

Dancin' to the end of the world. [She gives Kurt a small, hard smile.] C'mon. We've gotta find the others an' make a plan. We can do this.

[wildbluevagner]

[He gives her a fond smile.]

Right. Let's make it happen!

[Maybe they really could beat this bomb. Maybe they really could beat Apocalypse.

Kurt gives one more quick yet tight hug before he pulls back to disperse in search of the others.]