[ A nod and a silent promise are what Charles receives from Scott pertaining to Rogue. There's a lot of complicated feelings there, for sure, not helped by how they're scattered timeline-wise. Normally, if they're back home, he'd schedule a one-on-one. Walk through the halls of the school while he talks to Rogue.
But as it is, Scott's somehow at a loss where to start. How can he fix her issues when he's also in the process of fixing his own? They're all a mess right now, but it doesn't mean they have to stay this way forever. He'll talk to her. He just hopes it yields good results.
Speaking of good results, though, Scott's face slowly lights up at the mention of the things planned for the gathering. All good things. So good, in fact, that he wishes he's not too engrossed in his work at the Scrapyard and came up with some of these things. ]
Those sound like good preparations already. I can help you with the decorations. Many things at the Scrapyard can be turned into some. Been to the temple a couple of times so I'd know the lay of the land.
[ He can also tell them where certain things should go, etc. ] Do you already have a guest list?
[ Scott and Ororo always prove themselves the perfect team leader to him by their unfailing speed at trying to help. He loves that dearly about both of them. The two of them have such constant competency about everything that they do. He has faith that this celebration will go well, and maybe Scott will get that chance to speak with Rogue at some point. It would be good for her to talk to more than Charles and Logan, who both have their own reasons to feel guilty about her particular future.]
I invited the same people as the diner. All of us and Wade and Cable.
[ Technically he considers Laura and John automatically as 'all of us,' because in his eyes they are still X-Men. And all of us includes Erik. Perhaps it's the mutants he means in a general way, but Cable is one too. He's still somewhat outside of them though. He's guarded about his future, outside of telling Charles that it is yet another bad timeline. And Wade is something mutant-adjacent. It's close enough.]
Perhaps someday we'll have people here we consider family enough to make this larger, but for now, it felt better for it to be us.
[ Charles isn't against people bringing anyone they've become close to later on, or at other gatherings of the group. It's only for the time being that he feels they should really stay close to one another.]
[ That it feels better that the gathering's for them only first. It's their first Christmas in this place, only having been here for six months, so it feels appropriate they keep this a bit more private.
The mention of Cable, though, visibly piques Scott's interest. His jaw tightens a little, as if in contemplation. It takes him a few seconds to follow-up on his earlier words. ]
Did Cable ever tell you about who his parents are, Professor?
[ That honestly seems highly unlikely knowing Cable's allergy to say more than one sentence but Scott only wants to make sure they'd be on the same page here before dropping the proverbial bomb on Charles. ]
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But as it is, Scott's somehow at a loss where to start. How can he fix her issues when he's also in the process of fixing his own? They're all a mess right now, but it doesn't mean they have to stay this way forever. He'll talk to her. He just hopes it yields good results.
Speaking of good results, though, Scott's face slowly lights up at the mention of the things planned for the gathering. All good things. So good, in fact, that he wishes he's not too engrossed in his work at the Scrapyard and came up with some of these things. ]
Those sound like good preparations already. I can help you with the decorations. Many things at the Scrapyard can be turned into some. Been to the temple a couple of times so I'd know the lay of the land.
[ He can also tell them where certain things should go, etc. ] Do you already have a guest list?
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I invited the same people as the diner. All of us and Wade and Cable.
[ Technically he considers Laura and John automatically as 'all of us,' because in his eyes they are still X-Men. And all of us includes Erik. Perhaps it's the mutants he means in a general way, but Cable is one too. He's still somewhat outside of them though. He's guarded about his future, outside of telling Charles that it is yet another bad timeline. And Wade is something mutant-adjacent. It's close enough.]
Perhaps someday we'll have people here we consider family enough to make this larger, but for now, it felt better for it to be us.
[ Charles isn't against people bringing anyone they've become close to later on, or at other gatherings of the group. It's only for the time being that he feels they should really stay close to one another.]
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[ That it feels better that the gathering's for them only first. It's their first Christmas in this place, only having been here for six months, so it feels appropriate they keep this a bit more private.
The mention of Cable, though, visibly piques Scott's interest. His jaw tightens a little, as if in contemplation. It takes him a few seconds to follow-up on his earlier words. ]
Did Cable ever tell you about who his parents are, Professor?
[ That honestly seems highly unlikely knowing Cable's allergy to say more than one sentence but Scott only wants to make sure they'd be on the same page here before dropping the proverbial bomb on Charles. ]