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[Here's a familiar face that hasn't shown up on the network in a while now. Santo is hanging out in front of the monitor, still flexing his hand and making sure that he can move it without any problems. He's still to afraid to try to reassemble himself.]

Hey, nerds! Long time, no see!

Do you wanna know what really sucks? I'll tell you anyway. It's being totally unable to move, so you're stuck on a couch for weeks without any TV to watch. I mean, come on, there's aren't even any old episodes of Law & Order to kill time with.

None of you probably get that though, since you were off having adventures and saving turtles or whatever. Lucky jerks.

Anyway, I've been bored forever now, and really need some kind of entertainment. Anybody wanna spar and see if I die when I break apart? Come on, it'll be fun on a bun.

Or, you know, tell me a story about what's been going on here. Or something from your home. I'm totally good for anything. I mostly just want to make sure everyone isn't dead, so check in, guys. You know... The important ones... Which is everybody, cool?

[He starts to shut off the feed, but then stops for a moment, looking a bit unsure.]

Oh, and... Witch- I mean, Wanda? There's something I need to talk to you about. I kind of meant to do it a while ago, but... Yeah, forced to become a couch boulder.

[OOC: And with this, Santo is officially off hiatus!]

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Huh.

[Her Sub-Mariner-sized ego is based almost entirely on an inherent sense of her own worth, and the idea of having actual fans as opposed to people who are just attracted to the famous in general is something she doesn't give a lot of thought to.]

Well, if we're ever in the same universe, I'd be happy to meet him. It's too bad I...wasn't around ["was dead"] when he first came to the surface. The transition's kinda rough and I could've given him some tips.

[Victor nods.]

I'm sure he'd appreciate it. And no one'd hold...not being around like that against you.

It...didn't really affect mutants much, from what I've heard. Not like M-Day.

[In a way she'd never admit, she's perversely glad the Sphinx plucked her from when he did--based on what she was able to learn in her short time back on Earth, she'd skipped a whole lot of awful things.]

Yeah...Ms. Frost sent Stark's side packing when they came to the mansion. We had plenty of trouble from O.N.E. and the government though.

[She makes a face. Nita doesn't like Emma, even if she's supposedly a good guy now.]

A lot of things changed.

Yeah. It was right after that whole mess that...well...things started going to hell at the mansion. Worse than usual.

What happened? I know you went to the West Coast, but I was just getting the highlights from old papers and stuff. I didn't have a chance to do more than skim things I missed.

[And she was understandably focused on Civil War.]

The short version of it is that the first mutant baby since M-Day was born and everyone from Marauders to Bishop to a giant killer mutant-eating monster was after it. A bunch of my friends were hurt and nearly killed, something took over O.N.E.'s sentinels and used them to destroy the school.

There was one last huge fight for the baby and it ended with Bishop shooting and killing Professor Xavier...only he didn't die but we didn't find that out until later. Cyclops gave the baby to Cable and told him to jump into the time stream...and then him and Ms. Frost just up and decided there was no more school and no more X-men. And sent us all away...whether we wanted to go or not.

...Oh.

[What else is there to say? "Sorry being a mutant is suffering unless you're filthy rich foreign royalty?"]

That's awful.

[She means it, at least.]

[Victor nods.]

Yeah...that's one word for all of it. And then Cyclops and Frost had the nerve to think we'd all just come running when they called us to California.

To be fair, we kind of did.

You and some of the others did but I didn't.

You did eventually.

And I only went because because I was going to be on the team and Cyc-... Yeah forget it.

[He's still kind of torn up about that.]

Someone had to come and make your team awesome.

[Trying to distract.]

Hey, my team was totally badass...

But it got better once you showed up.

You guys didn't have nearly enough green.

Oh yeah, green is pretty much a prerequisite for teams now, huh? You're our own little mini-Hulk.

So you're saying my costume should be nothing but little, tattered, and purple shorts.

Wrong... No shirt, no shoes, no heroing. Got it?

Actually, I think you need a getup like Dust's from now on.

[And he laughs.]

So we better cover you up too.

Are you kidding? When you look as good as I do, you don't need to cover up.

So let's stick to existing uniforms until we come up with newer ones.

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