xp_logs | Crystal and Medusa - Another Phone Call

After seeing the news, Crystal calls Medusa to discuss her frustrations and her feelings on the situation. Both sisters would prefer to be in Attilan at the moment but understand that's not the way things can be right now.

"~Answer the phone. Please answer the phone.~ Crystal floated back and forth in Medusa's living room. She was extremely agitated by what the news had revealed and felt trapped and helpless at the mansion. She wanted to be back at home... why did she have to come back here now? She was a Lady of Attilan, and if she couldn't be out actually doing anything to help, she should at least be where she belonged. "~Medusa!~" Crystal came close to shouting her sister's name when Medusa finally answered her international cell phone. "~Before you can ask, yes, I have seen the news.~"

"~I had assumed so,~" Medusa said, the exhaustion in her voice faint, but noticeable. "~At least now we know who is behind these acts.~" The redhead took a seat on one of the couches in the room she was staying at in the villa, hair floating out to pull the curtains open and stare at the sky outside.

"~How can they do this? How can they think that going around killing people will help anything?~" Several objects rattled slightly, pushed by brief bursts of wind. "~They have killed and injured both mutants and humans! That is not the solution! That way of thinking is sheer insanity!~" Crystal winced slightly as she heard something crash somewhere behind her.

"~Calm down little Crystal,~" Medusa said soothingly. "~Terrorists do not always think through things logically. They see their cause and they want to make a statement. To some, they view humans as the enemy and those who work with them as just as bad. They will be punished for the harm they have caused, do not worry.~"

"~I am certain it all makes sense in their delusional minds,~" Crystal replied. "~Such ways have always worked so well in the past, have they not, so yet another terrorist group needs to follow similar lines.~" She shook her head, the pieces of the broken object swirling about in the air. "~This is what people end up seeing; the insane fanatic mutants who believe that the lives of those who do not share their beliefs have no value and are simply in the way. They do not see that most of us have no desire to kill people.~"

"~That is why the work of Elpis and other similar organizations is so important. Why we must not let their actions halt us in our tracks.~" What Medusa left unsaid was that she herself would prefer a life where she only had to deal with mutants - it would make things simpler, to be sure.

"~Have you checked the mansion's journal system since you and Nathan discussed how you could bother the other one while remaining at a distance? No? Let me fill you in, then. What are people here posting about on their journals? The bombings? How they feel about these 'Preservers'? No. They are talking about pancakes and hitting each other. Clarice hit Shiro and Mr. Summers said that he has hit Logan many times during the past year! Oh yes, Pietro is no longer required to wear a tracking device, but that is something that was worth a post. Of course, the discussion about hitting various people seemed to interest people far more than his regained freedom.~"

"~I understand your frustration, but sometimes people use other means to relieve their stress. That is great news for Pietro though - I am sure he took full opportunity to stretch his legs.~" Medusa paused, hair dropping to allow the curtains to close. "~How are you holding up? I know things in Attilan were tense during your visit and I have not been as available to you as I wish I could be.~"

"~Yes, they relieve their stress by hitting each other,~" Crystal answered wryly. ~I understand that they joke about things, I do, but still... it is almost as if they are proud of using violent means to 'solve' their problems.~" She sighed. "~I do not want to be here. I know this is not something new, but right now... I really do not want to be here. I want to be in Attilan. I should be there now, not anywhere else. You are out helping with Elpis, and this is a good thing and a valid reason to be elsewhere, but it is extremely hard to remain here and attend classes as if nothing is wrong.~"

"~The year is almost over and you will be back home before you know it. And I know it is difficult, but you would have to go about living life if you were in Attilan too.~" Medusa sighed, wishing she were in Attilan as well. "~Things will always be happening.~"

"~Well, yes, that is the point,~ Crystal told Medusa. "~Attilan is where my life is; it is where I belong. When things happen, that is where I should be. Not here. But, Medusa, as much as I like to think to myself that the year is almost over, it will not be over for more than three months. At least we have vacations and weekends that can be used to go home or visit other places, although right now I simply wish to go home and do not have any desire to visit any other place.~"

"~Soon, though I know it does not seem soon enough. It will have to do,~" Medusa said. "~I am hoping things will be calm enough for me to return to Attilan this coming weekend. Even with all the clerks, there seems to be a neverending supply of work.~"

"~I hope you have one clerk devoted solely to making sure that Nathan and the other members of Elpis eat,~" Crystal said, laughing just a bit. "~He is more than welcome to test just how far his reach is by attempting to throw me into the Mediterranean while I am in New York.~"