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|Date of Scene=2020/08/26
|Location=War Room - X-Men Base
|Synopsis=Megan has a little (big) robot problem that requires the attention of Jean and Scott.
|Cast of Characters=248,114,47
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn had called to speak with both Jean and Scott about a little...Problem that had come up last night. She hadn't actually been to the war room before and she's pretty nervous, because this may well come to bite her in the butt..But it was something that hopefully Jean and Scott would be able to fix. Or help with, or...Something. So here she is, waiting impatiently, anxiously, pacing back and forth, pondering if she did the right thing..<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:114|Scott Summers (114)}} has posed:'''<br>The doors swish open to reveal Scott in his civilian clothes of a polo and pair of jeans. His hair is a bit windswept having been outside in the garage working on a car. As he wipes the last of some dirt from his hands with a rag, he tucks it into the back of his pants. <br><br>"What's up, Megan?" He asks as he takes a seat at the large table, easing himself back into the chair as he settles his red stare upon her.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:47|Jean Grey (47)}} has posed:'''<br>Similarly dressed casual, Jean makes her way in along with Scott. When there's important 'other business' meetings, it was the War Room, and she sits down in her usual chair with all the familiarity of auto-pilot. "We'd gotten a message from Shannon earlier, so I assume this may be related? Seems a bit too coincidental to be anything else."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn swallows a bit, turning around to face them. She's still standing, but looks like they're both sitting so this might be awkward. "Um.." she takes a seat at the table, thankful that it's round and not square. "Well. Yes..It seems that Shannon received some sort of..Distress signal from an old friend of hers." she coughs, on that last word, 'friend'.<br><br>"Well anyways, her friend, who by the way is a giant robot, was found badly damaged. Of course she didn't go alone, both Theresa and myself accompanied her, for her own safety if nothing else." she frowns, staring down at her hands. "Okaay, well, her friend Blurr, was *not* alone. There was another..Giant robot, name of Lockdown hanging around. I'm not sure how trustworthy he is, but he did say he could take Blurr to his repair chamber and repair him, but Shannon, Theresa and Blurr were dead against that..Sooo I figured the safest thing to do..Was to flee..With Blurr in tow."<br><br>She glances back up towards them, "Don't worry, I didn't take him here, he's..In a safe place, but..I'm not sure what to do now. I'm not sure if we can even help him.."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:114|Scott Summers (114)}} has posed:'''<br>There is a slow blink from Scott as he stares at Megan, then gives a subtle tip of his head towards Jean. His jaw shifts a bit as he thinks for a long moment. "You are talking to talking robots? How large are we talking? These are not Sentinels?" <br><br>&lt;&lt; Remember in the old days when fighting The Blob was the big highlight of our day? I feel old now. &gt;&gt; <br><br>He rubs his hands together slowly in thought. "So, Shannon has robot friends and it got injured and you took it somewhere to repair it?" <br><br>He cants his head to the side. "Is that correct?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:47|Jean Grey (47)}} has posed:'''<br>&lt;&lt; We are old, Scott. &gt;&gt; Jean lets out a slow, measured exhale as she thinks this over.<br><br>"From the sounds of it, these robots are also... sentient? Her message had some sort of signal, nothing I recognized though."<br><br>She does not her head towards Megan as she says they left. "And you're right, retreating is sometimes the best course, especially when dealing with unknowns. At least until you can gather more information. What did this robot and its counterpart look like? Sentinel design, Terran design, alien?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn nods slowly. "Um. Yes, yes sir. That's correct." It's hard not to feel really formal around Scott, honestly, especially being the newbie and all. "No, they are not Sentinels, although probably around the same size. About 10 to 15 feet I'd say? And, uh...Well, they're apparently from another planet."<br><br>Hooboy, how much did Shannon tell them of them, if anything? "Well uh..It seems these two robots..Blurr and Lockdown are involved in some sorta, intergalactic war, and they crash landed on earth. I dunno how much Shannon told you, but apparently they were, at least at some point, looking for some sort of mechanical transponder gizmo thingy. Shannon apparently had it at some point. took it..Somewhere. I dunno where or what it does or anything. But.."<br><br>She frowns, "OKaay, so I once encountered them briefly before. I called on Logan for help, and then we fled, I teleported us to safety. But this time, yeah, big damaged robot now in Avalon - err, Morgana's 'safe place'. I know she's got magical protection around that place, dunno how long that'll keep him out but..."<br><br>Megan sighs. Oh, it's so very complicated, and she honestly only know a very small bit of it all.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:114|Scott Summers (114)}} has posed:'''<br>"Right." Scott says as he processes the information, giving another glance to Jean with a light shrug of his shoulders. <br><br>&lt;&lt; This is news to me, unless it was something I may have glossed over in conversation since the kids seem to have a flavor of the week incident and I can't even keep up. &gt;&gt; <br><br>His lips press together tighter. "So, Shannon had a piece of technology that would send these robots home? Do we know where it's at now and is the option to send them back still available?" <br><br>&lt;&lt; Geezus, robot wars here on Earth. Why aren't the Avengers or Shield involved in this? &gt;&gt;<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:47|Jean Grey (47)}} has posed:'''<br>As Megan explains the situation, Jean's face steadily looses a few shades of color. She rubs a hand up across her face and through her hair to come to rest briefly at the back of her neck.<br><br>"So, let me recap this. Shannon has a friend who would seem to have the potential to be a significant threat who is a mechanical being of alien origin. You and Theresa assisted her in answering a distress call, and have since secured and thus aided this being who is actively engaged - and presumably injured by - whomever its people are in a state of war with. A war which, if word would come out that they have even some allies on this planet, may then come here."<br><br>She gives a faint nod in agreement to Scott's question and seems to wait for answers to them, all while silently remarking to him with a grim, &lt;&lt; I don't like handing SHIELD any additional technology, they have quite enough, but if there is even a slim risk that we may have a war bleeding over onto our door then we'll need to at least alert the Avengers. The X-Men are not equipped to handle that sort of thing, not alone. &gt;&gt;<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn hmms, "Well, I'm not entirely sure *what* that technology did, or where it is now..I just heard bits and pieces of it. I know that at one point Blurr and Lockdown were fighting over it, I know that they've been super secret about this whole war..I don't believe there are others like them, at least on earth.."<br><br>she nods again to Jean. "Yeah, that seems to be the case. Who knows if they have reinforcements on the way or not? I'm..A little regretful that we DID take him and flee. I'm kinda thinking he'd been better off in the care of Lockdown. Shannon seemed to think he wasn't *evil* just kinda..Neutral, some sort of mercenary. At the least, he didn't shoot us on sight when he could have."<br><br>She sighs, "But now, I'm not sure what to do about Blurr..He's damaged, how can we repair him? He could probably answers your questions better than I can.."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:114|Scott Summers (114)}} has posed:'''<br>"I honestly think we contact Shield and we let them deal with it. This isn't something for the X-Men to be involved in, or our students." <br><br>Scott is stoic and straight forward with his response. Black and White. "If we are talking about an Intergalatic war between alien species that are clearly dangerous, this is not a mutant problem. I don't want us repairing him. I don't even want us involved." <br><br>He tilts his head over towards Jean as he gives her a firm nod of the head.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:47|Jean Grey (47)}} has posed:'''<br>"Mm, just remember that you are an X-Man now." Jean says towards Megan. "I don't hold you responsible for realizing the ramifications of getting involved in this as you're still brand new to this. I am disappointed that Siryn doesn't sound to have done more considering, as well as alert us. Still, remember in times like this is you are out there with students, even your former peers, you are empowered to take command. He may be Shannon's friend, but that makes her opinions on his care biased. So, thank you for at least ensuring that he was somewhere more difficult to trace."<br><br>She gives an agreeing nod to Scott. "I'm with Scott on this. While the X-Men do help when we can, there are situations that we are not equipped for. Our primary concerns are the safety of mutants, followed by aiding humanity within the scope of our power. When a situation is beyond us, we call on those who can help. It's why keeping up relationships with the others out there - the Avengers, Superman and his family, the Atlanteans - are critical. We all have a niche that we play in protecting this world. While we may have some means to repair him - Forge would be offended if I presumed he couldn't figure something out - we can neither protect him nor everyone should more come calling."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn nods and sighs. "I suppose that makes sense, although, the fact remains that we DO have him..Should I just teleport him back to where we found him? I'd..Rather not get involved in some war that will just make us targets either, but, what do we do now..Hand the robot over to SHIELD?" shannon sure wouldn't be happy about that but..It's out of her hands now..<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:114|Scott Summers (114)}} has posed:'''<br>"We don't have him. You said he's in Avalon, correct? That appears he is Morgana's problem." Scott says with another firm nod of his head. <br><br>"And I don't know what Shield would plan. But they are equipped to handle situations like this. They are the world's police so to speak. At the end of the day, while I may not be comfortable with the idea of a watchdog organization, they are the experts in a situation such as that. I'm not going to pretend that they aren't aware of our existance here at Xavier's. The best thing to do is not put ourselves any deeper on their radar. We play dumb. We found the robot, we called them. We don't discuss relationships with the robot. The last thing we need is being dragged in front of Nick Fury for intense interviews." <br><br>"You and Shannon are definitely not equipped for that type of face to face interaction."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:47|Jean Grey (47)}} has posed:'''<br>&lt;&lt; Scott, I don't want to leave it there either. Giving magical beings access to alien technology sounds like our next big nightmare. &gt;&gt;<br><br>"And Megan," Jean begins, albeit it slowly. "Do not let Shannon know what we intend to do. I can't trust her judgement in this situation, and I don't want her trying to find some way to release him or involve someone else. In fact, Siryn as well. Scott and I will need to speak to Theresa. I know that you're likely the only one among us now who can get access to him, but, just to be safe. Does this robot look like it's capable of getting away on its own that we'll need to secure it for SHIELD to retrieve it?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:248|Megan Gwynn (248)}} has posed:'''<br>Megan Gwynn sighs, not really liking keeping secrets from others..But she's not just a student anymore. "Well..Morgana doesn't yet know I ported Blurr over there as it was an emergency last minute thing. sooo..It might be dicey. Granted he's in some random cave in the wilderness away from anyone, and no, he's not in any shape to go anywhere right now. HeckSHIELD probably can't get there without me porting them there. Can't we just..Leave him there to go on his way if or when he's able to heal himself?" she shrugs helplessly.<br> <br>
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