5189/Astral Flux: Nightmares And Things

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Astral Flux: Nightmares And Things
Date of Scene: 17 August 2018
Location: Xavier's School
Synopsis: Souvenir takes the weirdness on the nose, and talks to Professor Xavier and Bobby Drake about her visions.
Cast of Characters: Souvenir, Iceman, Professor X




Souvenir has posed:
    Some people had a hard time sleeping last night. Vague nightmares. Some people are well trained psychics, with guarded minds. They generally slept pretty well, able to protect themselves from the invasion.

    Erika Kristasdottir, on the other hand? had /screaming nightmares/ and woke half the hall up, proceeded to curl up in a ball and be a complete and total mess. It's just now that she is finally... finally.. able to get some clothes and her gloves on to make her way down here. And she collapsed on the way, so she needed help getting the rest of the way. She looks like a MESS.

Iceman has posed:
    Having heard the scream from where he was grading papers late into the night (yeah that happens when you're also a member of the X-men and a teacher), Bobby quickly made his way from his office to the hallway just in time to see Erika collapses against the wall. Rushing forward, Bobby reached an arm down under Erika's shoulder and helped to right her, "Erika. What happened?" he asks, looking around as if an attack were imminent. When her response is slow in coming, he crouches and gets an arm around her back and hooks her arm over his shoulder. "Let's get you to see the Professor. I'm sure he heard your scream."
    Luckily it's not far to the main office section where the Professor usually is at any hour of the day. With a quick knock of formality, Bobby pushes the door open and helps Erika in, "Professor, I'm sure you heard the scream, but Erika needs something and I'm not sure what."

Professor X has posed:
Professor Xavier was indeed woken up by Erika's screams. Both her physical scream and the ripples her mind made in the telepathic plane. With worry on his face, Xavier slides into his wheelchair and puts on a jacket for the cold, a blanket across his legs as he rolls after the sound.

That is..until young master Drake opens the door to his office.

"Bobby?" then he sees Erika. "Quickly, lie her down over there." one of the couches that was available for when Charles was meeting with parents or discussing important subjects with students and faculty.

As soon as she was set down, Xavier would try to read her mind.

Souvenir has posed:
    It takes a LOT of psychic sensitivity to pick up all the thought impressions left in inanimate objects.. but she doesn't seem to have any specifically telepathic skills, so there weren't any vectors she needed to worry about. But that last psychic burst wasn't... specifically.. telepathic. Her doors were wide open, apparently.

    Erika Kristasdottir whimpers. "She was screaming... She was screaming... The.." She waves her hand around vaguely. "She was fighting.. She lost. She..." She runs her fingers through her hair, coughing a bit and crying. She is easy to move, cooperative but disoriented, and lies down. The memory is clear, vivid, and burned into her mind with all the intensity of fresh trauma.

    Erika Kristasdottir was asleep. Not much memory there. Then a *woman* dropped into her mind, in that way that objects tend to do, snapping her awake. And she immediately absorbed the message.. She was fighting. Strong. Resolute. Calling out a warning cry into the ether. And then.. she was gone. Devoured, eaten, losing the battle.

    What she was fighting was unclear, and Erika's way of classifying contacts is alien enough that you can't be sure who it was.

Iceman has posed:
    After helping to settle Erika in on the couch, Bobby stood in an almost protective stance nearby as the Professor went about his work. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" the math teacher asked, not really waiting until the Professor had a chance to examine her.
    The words Erika utters and the visions Bobby sees through the help of Professor X stagger him. "Who is she?" he asks as if it should be the most basic of questions with an easy answer. Bobby looks between Erika and Charles with a hopeless look, wanting to help or do more, but knowing he's out of his element when it comes to dreams, visions and the like. All he knows is he stands ready to help.

Professor X has posed:
Charles reads her mind and he sees what he is meant to see. Though he does try to dig a little deeper. But he answers Bobby in the outside world as he asks. "I don't. This is...a new development." Charles answers. Another question, another answer. "I do not know, young Drake." Charles then focuses even deeper, as if now trying to figure out and decipher this warning cry the mysterious woman had given.

Honestly...Charles as the most psychically sensitive individual in the school aside from Jean Grey. But alas, he keeps looking. It was intense. Vivid. Loud and crazy. But...He has no idea who the woman was that seemed to have lost her fight.

"A message...but from whom?" With a subtle thought, he attempts to wake Erika up to try to learn more.

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir is awake.. but bleary. "I don't know who she is.. I'm sorry. It was so quick.. And I don't recognize her. Maybe if I find something of hers..? But I don't know where I would start."

She droops and looks down. "I... I'm afraid of what it was. That was really loud, and whatever it was ate her? I just.. I don't know what to do about that.."

Iceman has posed:
    Bobby helps Erika sit up after she awakens. "Whoever she is....she needs help? Unless this was a death ripple?" Bobby seems out of his element, but eager to track something or someone down. "We should check with others....see if anyone else had the vision or knows who it might be." Bobby stands up a bit straighter, "I don't think it'll do to wake anyone else up who isn't...but we should start looking into it as soon as we can."

Iceman has posed:
Bobby looks at Erika, "We will figure this out." To Professor X, he says, "I'll see if anyone else has visions and have them gather tomorrow."

Professor X has posed:
Charles looks to Erika. "Shhh...don't overexert yourself, young Erika. Rest. I can help you do the rest." he tells her as he notices that she's not only traumatized, but also that she happpens to not know any more else than he does.

Though he now looks to Bobby. "I find myself inclined to agree with you Bobby. I believe this was more than a death ripple." he sighs lightly. "But....I cannot say for certain. We will know more in the morning."

Souvenir has posed:
Erika Kristasdottir swallows and nods, chewing her lip. "I'll.. I'll do whatever I can, Professor.." She trembles a little bit. "I can't let that thing eat everybody." She looks down some. "I.. I thing I'm going to study the rest of the night. I don't think I can sleep."