2525/Moving Forward and Old Mission Reports

Moving Forward and Old Mission Reports
Date of Scene:	19 July 2020
Location:	Sub-Basement
Synopsis:	Lorna and Scott chat about Magneto, the bottles, and old mission reports.
Cast of Characters:	Lorna Dane, Scott Summers

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Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna had been down in the sub basement all day, her humor had been dark and brooding, more so than previously.. Something odd perhaps considering the 'good' news that they'd rescued Mutant Town and parts of Genosha. People long thought dead might very well be alive. And well.. that was good, wasn't it? Genosha would no longer be her burden to carry.

She sat at table, a mug of coffee long since cold beside her. On a tablet in front of her ran over video clips of old news reels and camera clips replaying old battles of the X-men verses the Brotherhood.

On the official computer in front of her were the various X-men reports on the Sentinels and where they'd come from. She had several tabs open there, and was clearly clicking through and reviewing the intel.

Her green hair was tied up in a messy bun, and she wore a pair of team issued sweats, cleary having come from the locker room and Danger Room previously.

Scott Summers has posed:
It is rare the day Scott does not come to the X-Men operations area. There are usually some data files to update or news reports to cross-check. Some other X-Men could do it, but Scott is the most throughout with this kind of work, so he prefers to do it himself.

And when there is nothing to report or update, there are evil ideas to program in the Danger Room. Improvements!

He is not the only one that comes down for a reason or other. After all the Danger Room is rarely empty. But he is a bit surprised to find Lorna working. He has not seen her in the past week or so, "good afternoon. I thought you would be back to Genosha. I am sure there will be a parade or something soon."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna blinked groggily up from the screen in front of her as Scott entered, and she rubbed at the dryness in her eyes. She sat back in her chair, a muttered grumble of noise escaping her as the computer chair creaked beneath her movement. A twist of her lips followed, "You're assuming my father doesn't come out swinging and demanding the heads of everyone that made those Sentinels." She muttered, her lips twisting.

"He's been locked up for months in a bottle, doubtlessly thinks I'm dead along with everyone else in Genosha that's not there.. I mean, sure he got out a few transmissions but that doesn't mean he knows jack all." She sighed heavily, and reached up to pinch the bridge of her nose.

"Or that he sits still long enough to talk to and doesn't just come out in a rage.."

Scott Summers has posed:
"No one will admit they built them," replies Scott. "We only have Master Mold data files, not exactly a reliable witness. In fact, they could be fake..." he frowns, then shakes his head. No, Master Mold is not subtle enough to fake datafiles to make the US Government look bad. He knows this.

"Also, I assume he will be dancing with joy since you are alive," he adds, totally deadpan. "Or at least mildly pleased," most likely 'mildly pleased'. Maybe enough he will spot frowning for a couple seconds. "Who has the bottle cities now?"

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna exhaled a breath as she glanced back to Scott, "Yeah and do you really think my father will accept no admission of guilt from anyone as a reason to stand down? I'm worried Scott. I love my father.. but I went to Genosha and stayed because I thought what he was doing was a good thing. If he slips from that? I.." She blinked repeatedly and looked down at the tablet, clicking the video off.

"Clarice doesn't think that it's possible.. but she has always held my father in high regard." Her lips pursed together and she reached up to comb her fingers through her hair.

"I barely kept the refugees together when he was thought to be dead.. Once he's back? I don't know what will happen."

Scott Summers has posed:
"If he goes back to Genosha, nothing will happen," replies Scott, taking a seat. "In fact many powerful folks will breathe in relief because he will have to spend a year or two rebuilding. Most of those think short term only."

They don't have numbers of survivors yet, but there were a lot of dead mutants in Genosha anyway. They buried many corpses. Genosha might need ten years to get back the numbers it had. "Otherwise... hell if I know. Someone needs to lead in Genosha. But they can also choose their own leader."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna seemed to just appreciate that Scott took her concerns seriously. She might have been going down a path that the X-men team leader didn't approve of.. but at least now, here, about her father he was listening. "If he goes back to Genosha.. yes. But I dunno.. I just.. Part of me worries that my father will want revenge once he sees what happened. And once he hears what the survivors have gone through. I dunno.. I know it's pre-emptive to worry so much when he's not even out yet.." She reached up and pressed her hands against her temples and rubbed them lightly.

"I have anger issues, and I'm aware of it. My father's temper though? When he thinks something isn't right?" She gestured at the computer screen and then glanced back at Scott. "He doesn't even need the data we got from Master Mold to start pointing fingers at 'humans' in general before he'll act. I've spent most of the morning reviewing old files.. You know what he can be like."

Scott Summers has posed:
Scott nods. "I know exactly how bad he can be," he confirms. "And I have no doubt he was planning some apocalyptic revenge against humankind as a whole, and kept delaying it because Genosha's prosperity was actually very important. That was... I guess many hoped he would die of old age or get killed before Genosha achieved the impossible perfection he would find the bare minimum satisfactory."

And look, in that Magneto and Scott a bit in common. Impossibly high standards. Eternal grumblings of disappointment at the performance of others.

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna shifted the seat around to fully face Scott rather than the half turn she'd been in before. "If he was doubtlessly already planning things..." She trailed off and waved a hand. "Did you know he had ties to the Hellfire Club before Genosha fell? I ended up invited there because of his involvement after he was dead. There are //so// many things that I don't know about what he was doing before all of this.." She made a frustrated sound at the back of her throat.

"And I have to deal with that. But I don't want him to come out and ... I guess what I'm trying to say, is that I don't want to have to fight my father. What the government did was awful Scott. People are dead because of what the government here developed.. and there's no sugar coating that. They built machines meant to slaughter us. Regardless on whether or not they pulled the trigger." Her lips pursed into a thin line.

"And wanting justice isn't wrong, but I'm honestly very worried that with my father's return innocent people are going to die in the process."

Scott Summers has posed:
"Justice is not revenge," offers Scott. "Are you afraid he will do in America what you did to the Magistrates in Genosha? Because chances are that is what he had in mind, always had in mind. But Magneto was smart enough to realized the Justice League, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men would be there to stop him."

He leans back, looking at Lorna through his red-tinted glasses. "I have to wonder if he realizes of the futility of seeking revenge at this scale. It would only lead to further acts of vengeance, and the bulk of those injured or dead would have had nothing to do with the poor decisions that started the vendetta."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna shrugged wordlessly, shifting in her seat as she struggled with her thoughts and feelings for a long moment. "I don't know Scott. But yes, I am worried he'll want revenge on America for the deaths in Genosha. Hell maybe all of humanity. I don't know. But I do know that he's been locked up in a bottle for months with parts of Genosha and without me. Logically, I have to assume he thinks the worst. It's what his life experiences have given him. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but it's what I know of him." She sighed heavily.

"I've never had to fight my father Scott, and I'm worried about having to do so." She'd missed those combats, with when she'd joined, her training and so on. She had never had to face Magneto in battle.

Scott Summers has posed:
"It is a danger, but it always was," the X-Men have a stupid number of DR scenarios involving Magneto. Truth is they no longer saw much use, but they are there for a reason. "I hope you never have to fight your father in a real battle. But... talk to your siblings. They have more experience with that kind of dilemma."

Lorna Dane has posed:
Lorna sighed heavily, and glanced down at her cold coffee, long since forgotten otherwise. "I'll see if I can grab Wanda and ask... I just.." Her lips pursed together. "I don't want to bother them with just my worries and concerns needlessly. I don't know what I'm doing... It was one thing when I thought I was on my own.. And now? Now I have to contend with having reworked everything about Genosha's diplomacy, and international interactions.. and my father isn't dead." She shrugged and shifted in her seat to look back at the computer screens.

"Part of me just wishes we could leave him in the bottle..." She muttered, and shook her head, not entirely serious as she blurted her thoughts out.

"I guess I'll be running more Danger Room scenarios..."