xp_logs | Medusa and Crystal, Monday lunchtime (Reply)

Medusa is late for lunch, so a concerned Crystal comes to find her. After discussing the situation in Prague, both girls reach a similar conclusion.

~I understand~ Medusa signed, the frown on her face deepening. ~I will see what I can determine from this end. Nathan has already asked to speak with me and I am sure he will share his information in exchange for what you have told me.~ A strand of hair extended towards the screen and her face softened momentarily. ~Me too.~ Reaching out, she shut of the webcam, letting out a sigh.

"Medusa?" The door to her sister's room was unlocked. Normally, Crystal wouldn't enter a room without being invited in by someone who lived there, but this was her sister's room. Crystal stepped in and, noting her sister's online conversation, waited inside the doorway.

"Crystal," Medusa said, rising from her seat and glancing at the clock. "I am sorry, I did not forget about our scheduled lunch, it is just that more time passed than I had thought while I was speaking with Blackager."

Crystal did not miss her sister's troubled look. "~We can always have lunch at a later time. What is wrong?~" Medusa wasn't usually upset after a conversation with Blackager. Crystal had read the posts about the mutant ghettos and made a calculated guess. "~Were you speaking with him about the situation in Prague? Finding out information to tell Mr. Dayspring?~"

Medusa nodded, suppressing a shudder. How could things like this be happening? Had not the world learned from their mistakes? "~The situation does not appear to be improving. There have been a few more mutants that have come to Attilan seeking asylum. They barely made it out before the ghetto was sealed. The stories…~" She paused and reached out to squeeze her sister's shoulder. "~They are not pleasant. I do not need to tell you the details. Blackager is concerned because Attilan cannot interfere without diplomatic consequences apart from loosening the requirements to immigrate from Prague.~"

"~Something must be done!~" Crystal replied indignantly. "~We cannot just sit idly by and allow such monstrosities to happen! Today these horrific acts take place in Prague...where will they take place tomorrow?~"

Medusa merely looked at Crystal for a moment before shaking her head slightly. "~We are not just sitting by, Crystal. But we cannot march into Prague without starting a war and it is vital that we try and solve this through other means first.~" Even if it seems as though they are not working. "~I understand your anger, as I myself feel it rising within me, but there are proper ways of stopping this that must be attempted.~"

"~You will be helping with these other ways, then?~" Crystal queried. "~Officially, or unofficially, you will be involved with these proper ways?~ Crystal couldn't see that her sister would be content to sit on the sidelines with this. Even if Attilan itself couldn't interfere, surely Medusa wouldn't be so calm if she didn't plan on getting involved.

Medusa looked at her sister thoughtfully. A similar idea had formed in the back of her mind, but she had begun to wonder if it would be proper for her to be involved. "~You are a very smart girl, my little Crystal.~" Just because Blackager and Attilan had to sit this out did not mean that she necessarily had to follow suit. After all, hadn't her mother and the prince been after her to have new experiences that she could not have back home? "~Perhaps I shall what ways I can be involved, not as Lady Medusa Amaquelin, but simply as a concerned individual.~ "

Crystal smiled and laughed lightly. "~Yes, a concerned individual with short, motionless black hair. Perhaps you should use color contacts as well?~" Her eyes widened slightly. "~I do not mind if you receive a code name, but... I do hope you manage to stay out of the leather bondage outfits the teachers here seem to favor on their save-the-world trips.~ "

Only because she was with her sister did Medusa allow her shock to appear clearly on her face. "~The day I dress up in leather and am not heading to a club is the day that you may lock me up in a sanitarium.~" She smiled at her sister. "~And what name could I have other than Medusa? There is no more fitting name.~ " Extending a several strands of hair, she caused them to form into the shape of snakes and wave around in the air.

"~True, but it is that name by which you are known to the world. Medusalith, or Medusa....you do not have a common name. Besides, are you going as Medusalith Amaquelin of the royal family of Attilan, or as an ordinary, concerned citizen? If it is truly the latter, it would be much safer for you to be called a different name while you are acting in the role of a commoner.~"

Medusa paused, considering what Crystal had said. "~Perhaps I should consider creating an alias, then, just to be on the safe side. I am not sure that it would be wise to draw the media attention that the name Medusalith Amaquelin would bring.~ "

Crystal shook her head. "~No, it would not be wise at all.~"