16392/Family Meet-Ups

Family Meet-Ups
Date of Scene:	22 November 2023
Location:	Madripoor
Synopsis:	Cable and Rachel renew their unique family acquaintance.
Cast of Characters:	Cable, Rachel Summers

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Cable has posed:
Madripoor.

Just what images are conjured up by the name probably depend on one's life experiences. For some it is a tropical paradise, filled with beaches and warm weather, nightclubs and the finest hotels. For others it is a virtual cesspool, replete with the lowest of the low. Criminals and villains of all sorts and a new threat, new danger around every corner.

These days, for Cable and his allies it is the next best place to home. There is a lot going on within this tiny island nation, predominately made up of its one infamous city.

Which is why he can be found here, not in the city itself, not in the safehouse that they've laid claim to, but instead on one of the rather quiet, nearly deserted beaches outside the city proper. The sun is setting, sending a cascade of deep reds and oranges across the sky and flickering across the ocean waves as they roll up towards the beach.

And the half-man, half cyborg stands there, arms tucked behind his back, folded there as he stares out across those glowing waters. It has been quite the few days for strong psychic impressions. And while dealing with Penance so recently wasn't so pleasant, the looming encounter ahead has a much different feel...

Rachel Summers has posed:
It's not long till that red seems to grow deeper.. hotter! Almost like the sun is saying today.. today it will fight it will not give into the darkness!

     Then a sound like a phoenix cry seems to echo from deep into the ocean before a rather familiar at least to Nathan, comes into view.. She's got her spikes and red suit on showing off Floating for a moment as she looks down, Wreathed in the Firey Tk field.. before she floats down slowly and looks over towards the large imposing man.. She gives a quirky smile " Hi big brother " .

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Cable has posed:
The visit is not exactly an unexpected one.

Which is a little odd to conceed, given just how... unusual their particular family dynamic works. Children from futures, different futures, different versions of the same parents even perhaps. All bound together in one way or another by the Summers and Grey blood that runs through their veings.

And along with that blood tends to come rather formidable telepathic powers as well. Telepathic powers, ties that Nathan Summers, the solider from the future known better as Cable, used to reach out to his younger sibling.

The greeting brings a brief smile to his grizzled features and he dips his head in her direction as she floats over those gentle waves towards the beach where he stands. "I suppose I am at that. Good to see you sister," he offers up quietly.

Rachel Summers has posed:
Rachel Summers She smiles. What comes next that grizzled soldier might not be ready for.. She floats down and lands before moving right up for a big hug, pressing her face into that powerful chest as if to reconnect with him, hugging the big man! She knows most people who wanna connect with cable do it in a much more violent way!

     In a sense, they are both similar and diffrent, but for her , at least for now, she needs and wants family, Strained or otherworldly or otherwise.. she dosn't seem to care. She just wants a family. That's why her mind was sweeping the planet, looking for those of the summer or grey line.. That's why she pinged Nathan.. She knew he would sense and respond .. he did so she's here hugging grumpy bear.

Cable has posed:
Admittedly, not too many would find Cable terribly huggable. He definitely does not give off that particular vibe, most of the time. Possibly that might be the mounds of heavy armaments that are usually strapped to him. Or maybe it's those usually grim -- or at least stoic -- facial features that do it.

Of course there are at least a few exceptions to the rule. And it would seem that Rachel is one of them.

So while the gesture might not have been expected per se, perhaps the future soldier might have a surprise or two of his own.

He does stiffen -- for just a moment -- when those arms go around him. But if anyone might have a certain sympathy for the importance of family, of having that in one's life, well, the grizzled warrior would definitely be one of them.

So after a moment his own arms slide around his redheaded sister in turn, smiling briefly once more.

"It's good to see you too Sis," he says quietly.

Rachel Summers has posed:
Rachel Summers Rubs her face in that strong chest just for a moment before she lets go and beams a smile at him. " Had to come say hello," She says..

     She puts her hands behind her back." I also wanted to fill you in.. I kinda got attacked.. Not sure who it was, but they scrambled my memories.. I know I've been here 3 years but other than a few memories of certain people.. I can't remember anything," she sighs. "to me, it's like I just got here, " .

     She looks over at him " But I did remember I had siblings, so I came to find you " .

Cable has posed:
While Cable can be a little guarded with his emotions, it isn't particularly difficult to tell that he is glad to see his sister, arms lingering around her for just a moment before dropping back to his side when she takes a step back.

But any hint of that smile rather quickly vanishes when she mentions the fact that she has been attacked, that it was serious enough to scramble her memories. Almost at once his expression goes bleak, the glint in that cybernetic eye seeming to grow a little. "If you need any help just let me know," he says, a grim note coloring his words.

"I'm glad that you remembered me at least. And I'm sorry about the rest," he adds quietly. "Things never seem to be entirely... simple in our world," he conceeds. There is always some crisis, some sudden obstacle that seems to rear up, like this one.

Things do usually find a way to work out as well though. That's something.

Rachel Summers has posed:
Rachel Summers Slides back closer and pulls that arm back around her and puts her arm around him. "That's what family is for " she says brightly. " Our lives are hell, and like you said, always something," she says. " But I got a big brother who is very scary.. so I think I'm okay," She says, giving that little sister teasng smile ! "

     She looks around. " So why you here.. you don't seem the beach type big brother." She looks around. " It's a pretty beach, though " .

Cable has posed:
That draws a faint smirk from him and Cable dips his head her way ever so slightly. "I like to think that I have a few uses. Begin scary is probably a pretty good one," he agrees wryly, slipping an arm about her in turn, starting to walk up along the beach at her side, the lapping, incoming surf only a foot or so away, that quiet sound a counterpoint to the swaying of palm leaves as the evening breeze rustles through the trees.

"Here on the beach, or here in Madripoor?" he asks with arched brow before giving a little shrug. "We're in Madripoor these days dealing with some of the local violence. There's schemes afoot so X-Force has kind of stuck their nose right in the middle of it," he admits drily. Which, of course, is usually where one will find them.

"The beach though? That's more about just trying to center myself a little. We ran in Emplate the other day. Dealing with him took... a rather significant outlay of psionic strength," he conceeds. Strength that he normally directs towards the techno-organic virus that threatens to ravage his body. Stength he needs to gather back up now.

Rachel Summers has posed:
Rachel Summers She looks at him she frowns and nods as she walks along, then she thinks for a moment and closes her eyes.. He's her brother and well, power is something they both have and a TON of it.. while she has been flavored, she's still more or less lot like him and her mother.

     So she does something most likely only a sibbling could do she gives some of her power to Nathan.. While it's not all her power, she has to get home.. it should be more than enough, though she might be giving him WAy more than she thinks .. she kinda forgot how powerful she is or how much more powerful she got since coming to this timeline " here " .

Cable has posed:
It is not often that Cable is caught off guard, even for a small matter, but for the second time in this early evening that proves the case. His slow progress across the sands of the beach suddenly slows, eyes widening for just a moment as he feels that faint surge of power, a gift from his sister. Unexpected, but so very welcomed in this moment.

Just as was the case with Emplate, Cable is better positioned to take that gift, to use it to stabilize that internal battle with the techno-organic virus within, even rolling it back ever so slightly, the metal that envelops his arm rippling for just a moment before settling once more, calm, smooth and unruffled.

And Cable? He lets out a long, slow breath he didn't even realize he was holding. "Thank you," he says quietly, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "That helped. A lot," he admits.

Rachel Summers has posed:
Rachel Summers Grins: " Your Welcome. We summers tend to have a lot of power.. but that also means when were low, we need a bigger boost .. and it's easy to share among family." she smiles. " found that trick out " .

     She squeezes " Least a little sister can do is help big brother keep that strong guy look " She says with a grin as she walks along with him .. though that share did cost her a touch the tk shields she uses to hide her face markings dropped and she didn't notice.

Cable has posed:
There is no denying that Cable's mind has been set to rest.

Not that very much breaks through that stoicism that he tends to carry himself with of course, but he can be a little more relaxed among those that know him best at least. Not always a lot, mind, but a little. It's something. A measure of trust that only a few are given.

Letting out a long, slow breath, the grizzled future soldier nods his head. "So I see. Handy that," he admits quietly, glancing her way, catching those markings that only come out when she has expended a not inconsiderable amount of her own power. "Well, since you've come all this way the least I can do is to treat you to a bite to eat," he suggests. "What do you say little sis? Let your big brother treat you to some ice cream?" he suggests wryly.