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[ Perhaps it a bit too late for this sort of conversation, but Erik necessitates its need anyway; the Tranquility has nearly always been a bastion for acceptance and tolerance, and the idea was constantly perpetuated throughout his previous stay here, something that deeply unsettled him. He's in a deserted room, particularly one that Alex Summers might be familiar with from their training sessions long ago, but his reason for being there is more along the need for silence. ]

For those of you who remember my face, I can assure you, you're not mistaken. [ He pauses for a moment, because while it needs to be said, it still angers him that he's back here. ] The ship has brought me back since then. For those of you who don't, [ welllllll. ] I expect we'll be acquaintances soon enough. [ But not really. ] In the meantime, you can call me Magneto. [ Except the fifty billion people that still call him Erik. ]

No doubt all the lectures have made it clear that the ship is not, in any way, safe, and this is hardly any different. I won't speak on false pretenses that unity is what matters, but my issue at hand is this: if you are non-human of any sort, vampires, werewolves, mutants, what have you, I urge you to seek solidarity only among your own kind. It is our strengths that will allow us to survive, our own inherited abilities, and we must use these to secure the ship against its ongoing threats.

We must defend ourselves by striking out towards the enemy and to an equal degree, protect the sections of the ship we have acquired. While the Security team has this under control, the ship's size makes this difficult. [ Considering Erik is on SEC, this is just asking for double protection. ] Your offense is our best defense.

PRIVATE » Alex Summers [ All that he gets is a ping to notice this, because the location should be familiar to him: its where Alex and he had trained a while ago and there are some things better discussed in person than over these. ]

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I take it you're interested in one then?

[ Clearly he's speaking of something that isn't run by Tyke. ]

I'm interested. Used to running my own little organization back home. [ And by little he means little but whatever. It still counts. ]

Are you going to share specifics?

[ Which means he might be interested in aligning forces. ]

What kind of specifics do you want? [ Because really, Peter has specifics up to here. ] It was a terrorist cell. According to the government, at least.

Funny. [ Erik scoffs slightly at that. ]

The government back home likely thinks the same of me. Or so they were trying to say so.

[ Having missiles launched at you sure does make you a threat. ]

They don't usually try when it comes to these kind of things, do they. Never any second warnings when you're a terrorist.

[ Or when the president's your brother. That really doesn't help much either. ] Been one for over two years and i'm pretty sure they've run out of all their options.

Point taken. I have a lifetime ahead of me as one, so it seems these things don't change, no matter what universe they're in.

I'd say it be a concern here, but it hardly seems like there's much of a government in the first place.

Except for the one people keep trying to make.

Which does beg the question, what sort of government are they planning.

Considering who'll be at the forefront of it, can't really imagine it'll be anything good.

While I don't necessarily believe in following Tyke wholeheartedly, I can't see her doing anything terribly awry.

[ But that's the extent of Erik's trust. ]

[ That earns a slight shrug. ] Don't know her well enough to have much of an opinion. Not really who I was talking about, though.

It's just like back home -- Nathan's managed to get too many people under his thumb.

Are you referring to -- [ Because he does know Nathan, though not terribly well. ]

he's your brother then, I take it?

[ There are some days where the mention of their relation makes him want to cringe. This is one of those days where he actually does. ]

Big brother. [ Insert terse sneer here. ] Back home he's the President.

He seems entirely unsuited to be one.

[ Aka Erik thinks he's a jerk. ]

And yet, somehow, people can't help but talk about what a great guy he is.

[ Definitely not Erik's impression. ]

The last time we spoke, he seemed insistent on pretending there was nothing wrong. You wouldn't happen to know if he's changed.

[ Snort. ] That's just Nathan. You get used to it after awhile -- him pretending, making up whatever lies he can to make everything look like it'll all turn out all right. Something he picked up from our parents.

He can make just about any lie look good if you believe in it hard enough.

I can see why the rest of the ship seems to put him on a pedestal, then. [ And he rolls his eyes at that little bit. ]

Considering they all like to pretend there's nothing wrong at all, he'd fit right in.

Everyone around here's so quick to believe the first thing they hear -- won't even consider the possibility that what's right in front of them might not be exactly what they think it is.

Nathan just perpetuates it. Wants to make it all better, wants me to try to be on his side, when he's just as naive. [ Reel it in there, Peter. ]

Foolish as it may be, perhaps it's for the better. [ oh look erik is conceding his hypocrisy. ] Everyone here believes it's easier to play pretend than to face the horrors that await them, so a leader that does exactly that is a man they'll live by.

If they want to follow him, then they can be my guest. I won't be pulling any favors for the few who haven't realized what awaits them. [ pointed glance to you there peter pls join him ]

[ like he'd do anything but join you erik, geez, just keep talkin' like that. you don't need to give him the STARE DOWN, he's right there with you. ]

All I want is the truth. About whatever the hell this place is. Why we're here. Not like i've never been stuck in my own inescapable nightmare before, but at least I understood what was going on. At least we weren't the ones being lied to, that time. It was everyone else that got fed the same exact bullshit.

But this? This is all a facade for something else. I want to know what we're not being told.

Good luck with the latter. [ It's not Erik being dismissive, it's Erik being honest. There's enough secrets between people, too many stupid fucking encryptions that are enough to get him riled up and it's not because he's outdated; he learns. It's the fact that everything is so damn near secretive it's impossible to learn anything, and suffice to say, ~~ain't nobody got time for that shit~~ making friends is a waste of time. ]

Everyone is lied to, and the ones that know the truth? Won't tell anyone.

[ So if Peter's gonna do something about it, he needs to start with the apparent know it alls. ]

Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

[ For all of Peter's furious gumption, he was already on the, very literal, edge before he showed up here. He was slowly coming to the realization that there was nothing he could to fix anything, and so certain measure would have to be taken. Granted, it didn't mean he'd stopped trying, but he was spinning his wheels just that much deeper. It couldn't be the end if he wouldn't let it be, and then he showed up here.

The proverbial end. ]

The fact that no one out there is going to believe you? [ He purses his lips for a bit, because it's not something anyone wants to hear at all, but better Peter gets this now than later. ]

Everyone here is clamoring for their voice to be heard, and while I'm inclined to agree with you, it's the masses you need to be concerned with.

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