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Hello, hello

WHO: The Power kids and Sue Storm
WHERE: uhhhh some place with privacy?
WHEN: Wednesday
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: The kids have questions and Sue just might have the answers.
FORMAT: Quick-ish

[The past few days for Katie had consisted of trying to catch her brother up with her timeline and arguing with said brother about nearly all of it. While, despite the fighting, she was glad to have him here, Katie was just as glad for the break seeing Sue would provide. Katie had been wanting the chance to really talk to her since she arrived and she knew Alex would have questions as well.

Katie ran past and ahead of her brother, looking around for Sue and expression just daring her brother to make any fuss today.]

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[Sue has her own questions about the Power children, though admittedly they have to more to do with universal differences than anything else. All she knows of Katie and Alex is that they are friends of her alternate universe children-- the children that Reed seems to want to use as some sort of weird leverage against her. The whole situation is complicated and messy, and Sue doesn't want to drag these kids into it, but she does want to be helpful to them. The maternal instinct weighs out over any other reservations she has, and so she waits for the pair of them, reading the latest issue of a scientific journal to pass the time until they arrive.]

[ Alex is not exactly in a great mood.

in fact, it's probably a good thing they're in a public space, or else he might be tempted to do more than just gripe at his sister on the way over here. he'd finally convinced Katie to leave the Xavier Institute and come to the MAC with him, but she hadn't been happy about it, and that plus the stress of hashing out timeline nonsense has had him on edge the past few days.

hopefully this meeting will at least shed some light on the Fantastic Four's situation in the City. Alex has to admit he's curious. Katie keeps trying to tell him that something's wrong with the Dr. Richards here, but Alex hasn't seen any evidence to support that statement. he's also nervous that "Sue" knows about Power Pack, but that can't be helped. ]

Katie! Don't run so far ahead.

[ he's only complaining for the sake of it at this point, though. Alex spots Sue nearby and waves Katie over as he approaches. he's much politer now, in the presence of a grown-up. ]

Hello, Ms. Storm.

[Katie gives Alex a sour look for the reprimand; she was finding it a lot harder to take his authority when he was barely older than her. But she smiles brightly for Sue, running over and skidding to a stop next to her. She holds up her arms a moment, like she's about to hug the older woman but ends up letting them fall by her sides awkwardly. It was Sue, not Mrs. Richards. Hugs might not be appropriate in this situation.]

We're glad you could come see us.

[Sue stands to greet them with a warm, friendly smile that masks any of the internal strangeness she might be feeling over this situation. Now isn't the time to dwell on any of that.]

Of course. Thank you for inviting me. I'm glad for the chance to meet you both.

[She turns to Alex, not recognizing him immediately as she had Katie.]

You must be Alex. I'm Sue.

[ Alex smiles back, tension easing a little despite himself. Mrs. Richards was always really nice to them back home. ]

Hi...Sue. [ that'll take some getting used to. ] Yeah, I'm Alex. It's nice to meet you, I guess--that is, uh, the you from your world.

[ KATIE, QUICK, SAY SOMETHING TO DISTRACT HER FROM THE AWKWARD. ]

It's takes getting used to, Alex.

[Nope. Going to call attention to the awkward like a champ of a little sister.]

How have you been? I haven't heard from you since all that fighting happened.

I've been fine. [She smiles, relaxing a bit more.] My research has kept me busy, but I think I'll have some time to myself now that the hard part is finished.

[She eyes the kids carefully, reminded faintly of herself and Johnny, only in reverse.]

How about you two? All settled in at the Institute?

[ Katie you TRAITOR!!

Alex hesitates before answering Sue, giving his sister a warning glance. they're not living at the Institute, and he doesn't want to lie, especially not to someone they were so close to back home....but everyone here seems to want to make sure he and Katie will be supervised, and that's not really conducive to Power Pack superheroics. ]

...Yeah. We're all settled in, Mrs. Ri--uh, Sue. [ clearly uncomfortable. about lying; about everything. ] What is it that you're researching, if you don't mind me asking?

[Katie shifts uncomfortably, lowering her gaze from Sue. She heeded the unspoken warning, but she was sure it would come out eventually. Someone was going to notice they weren't where they're claiming to be. And she dreaded how that conversation would go.]

We're both doing fine. The people there are nice.

I've created a synthetic skin based on Skrull genetics. It's very promising in the biomedical field.

[She looks excited, but then she realizes that it might not be interesting for the kids.]

I haven't visited the Institute yet. I suppose I should drop by sometime.

You want to visit the Institute? [ nooooo ] Just, ah, let us know before you're coming! So we can come meet you.

[ hopefully she won't show up too soon. Alex doesn't plan on keeping the truth from Sue forever, especially not if she's nice like Katie says. they just need a chance to get settled into their new place first, so that everyone can see the two of them can handle themselves. ]

Your skin must have a lot of special properties, Sue--yanno, being you. What are you trying to do with the synthetics?

[ it's a distraction AND a science talk! Alex wins! ]

[While Katie isn't that enthralled by the impeding science conference, she does pause at 'Skrulls'.]

Skrull genetics? There are Skrulls here?

[Sue adopts a comforting look to reassure the kids, realizing that bringing up Skrulls might not have been the best idea.]

There aren't any Skrulls here anymore. There were some that attacked the City, but the imPorts banded together to defeat them.

[She gives Katie's shoulder a reassuring squeeze, just to be safe.]

The synthetics are designed to be used in place of a skin graft. They'll allow burn victims and other patients with skin maladies a permanent, less painful option in their recovery.

I hear that kinda stuff happens alot. [ just like home sweet home. ]

[ and huh cool. biology isn't Alex's focus of interest when it comes to science, but the applications Sue's describing sound really useful. ] Do those synthetics work? Have you tested them?

Even if it happens a lot, it's still something to worry about.

[She smiles slightly at the contact]

I think that's great you're putting something like that to good use.

It does happen, yes. But we don't need to be so worried that we're afraid all the time. Just like in your world, there are people here with the power to fight back against danger, and those people are willing to do so to protect everyone else.

[She turns to Alex again, genuinely excited to talk about science, and to meet children who like it as well.]

We've done months of testing in our lab and we've just been approved to begin trial tests with human patients.

[ Alex nods thoughtfully and smiles at Sue's words. she seems to understand how he feels, about what it means to be a superhero, and having that responsibility.

also, the bit about the synthetic skin is really, really cool. ]

...It sounds like you're doing really well in the City, Mrs.--uhm, Sue. [ darnit, he slipped. subject change time! ] You've really been in the City for months?

I noticed that with the vampire-monster nonsense.

[Lightly] She's been here longer than me.

[She nods.] I was ported in in January. [A pause.] Do you two want a snack or something? I could go for a hotdog right about now.

A snack? I wasn't really hungry, but... [ he looks over to Katie with a shrug. ]

I wouldn't mind one. [She smiles back at Alex, plea in her eyes. She doesn't care either way about the food. She just doesn't want this to be cut short.]

Then maybe we can find a nice place to sit and visit. [Sue doesn't want to cut this short either.] I don't know much about your world. Maybe you'd share how you two met the other me?

[ Alex takes one look at Katie and resigns himself to the hot dogs. they don't have a lot of disposable income, but he's done the math, and the money wired into their bank accounts ought to give enough leeway for a bite to eat every once in a while outside the groceries. ]

Sounds good. There's some vendors and restaurants pretty close by--we can talk on the way. It's kind of a long story, but it sounds like we've got time.

[ he has a knee-jerk negative response to the thought of spilling a bunch of personal (family!) information to a woman who's basically a stranger to them in this world, but...it's Sue, and she apparently knows all the important stuff already. they've lied enough for one day, right? ]

[Katie jogs ahead again to lead the way, not nearly as wary as her brother about sharing.]

You probably already know how famous you and the rest of the Fantastic Four is in our universe. And that you're married to, um, you know.

[She glances at Sue sheepishly.]

Yes, to Reed. [She looks a little sad. She misses her Reed so much.] And you two are friends with our son?

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