Streets of Fandom, Tuesday Morning

[theworst_verine]

Well, a man could only ride that whole found family high for so long before the the reality of staying with Wade Wilson and his seventy something, cocaine addicted roommate started to kick in. The itchy feeling of needing to move on was always there, even as he stubbornly refused to give in this time.

But Wilson was better at observing things than Logan really felt he ought to be or he was eager for a little privacy as he and his girl were circling around each other to figure out what they were now. Could have been a bit of both, honestly. And then meant a place of his own close enough to get dragged into whatever bullshit was happening around the little group he had if the need arose. (And for Laura to keep an eye on him too. Not that Logan would acknowledge that was a thing she needed to do.)

But the castle? Hadn't expected the castle.

"He better not have sent me to fucking EuroDisney."

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[slothbabyproductions]

Uh, Disney owns you know, Logan. You better turn that attitude around.

Speaking of Disney owned properties, one was jogging through the streets of Fandom right now. Well, technically, above the streets of Fandom, but let's not split hairs.

Still the girl slowed down her run to give the old man a wave. "Hi!" she said trying to catching her breath. "Are you new?"

[theworst_verine]

Yeah, but he was the part of Disney that got to drop f-bombs and make sexual innuendo in the parks.

"Yeah," Logan said, definitely thrown off by the friendliness. Did his surly expression not do enough to scare people off? Oh no, had he been irrevocably changed by the whole hand-holding to Madonna thing?

[slothbabyproductions]

Look, we're now in one world under Feige. Don't worry about Madonna in this thread, Kamala has a hipper soundtrack.

"Oh! Well, then welcome to the island!" Kamala chirped, now descending from above to ground level. "I'm Kamala and go to the school here," she said jabbing a thumb to the castle. "And don't worry about all the stairs, you get used to it."

[theworst_verine]

Feige, prince of lies. There was only one 616 and none of these folks were from it!

"That's a school," Logan didn't so much ask as say. Oh no, was this going to be the most awkward thing in the world and somehow involve the X-Men when he was not at all ready for it? But that was all supposed to be in Westchester, right?

Because this kid? Clearly a mutant.

[slothbabyproductions]

Mutant? Mutant Hybrid? Terrigen powered mutant? Look, when comic book logic meets the MCU it's all a matter of marketing.

"Yeah! Fandom University. Though it's also a high school but I think they're phasing that out? I haven't really paid attention," Kamala replied because her attention span wandered after things weren't 100% relevant to her own world. "What brings you to the island Mr.-?"

There was a pause because he still hadn't mentioned a name yet. To be fair: Kamala hadn't really given him a chance.

[theworst_verine]

"Logan," he said grudgingly after maybe a beat too long of silence. "Fandom. Nothing with Charles Xavier?"

This was important. For him only, maybe.

[slothbabyproductions]

"Uh. I don't know about a Xavier," Kamala said, thinking hard. "We have a Charlie Gale? Colorful hair? Plays guitar?"

Definitely not Charles Xavier.

[knightinshinarmor]

Remy was slowly making his way to Needful things this morning, and had to stop and squint at the man he saw walking the streets.

"Would not have guessed there was a universe where you were tall."

Hello to you too, Remy.

[theworst_verine]

"How the fuck did you get here?" Stay classy, Logan.

Also, lookin' a little less broad than he last saw.

[knightinshinarmor]

More than a little. It'd been a hot minute since the era when all the male-coded X-folk were drawn like linebackers.

"Wandered in from Baltimore in between superhero gigs. You?"

[theworst_verine]

That... did not actually make any sense. But this was Logan, so he was just gonna ignore it. This was possibly how he managed to be around Wilson as long as he had.

And maybe, possibly, semi-considered him a friend.

"Looking for a place to stay." That wasn't New York. You know. Bad memories and all.

[knightinshinarmor]

"Place has got plenty of those," Remy said. He hooked a thumb back towards the boarding house. "I went with the sentient house back there. Feels a bit like the old days at the mansion, you know?"

Did you know about the mansion, Logan? You were, like, a full foot taller than you should have been so Remy had to guess here.

[theworst_verine]

Oh, he knew it! And Remy was treated to a complicated little face twitch at the reminder.

"Apparently I got an apartment. A sentient house?" Enjoy the judgement as a nice distraction from all his issues! You know. As a treat. "Guess it's a step up from the void."

The lowest bar. And that included living inside a dead Scott Lang's head!

[ifwebeworthy]

Don was out for a walk for his stupid mental and physical health when he saw someone he hadn't seen around the island before, but had seen before. Sort of. That guy was a lot shorter and usually wearing bright yellow.

"...Logan?"

[theworst_verine]

Yeah, the whole color scheme thing took a while, but they got there in the end.

"I know you, bub?" Because this place was getting way too friendly. Was this a big joke on him by Wade?

...yeah, that actually made sense.

[ifwebeworthy]

"Probably not," Don who was from the real 616 said ruefully. "Nobody does, so far, except my ex and her universe's guy was really different." It was fine. He was fine. Also, this was a Logan, so Don was just assuming he was already fine with the concept of the multiverse. "Did you...grow?"

[theworst_verine]

Again, none of that made much sense. But Logan was a survivor who could just power on! Through the power of being insulted.

"Did I what?

[ifwebeworthy]

"You used to be shorter," Don explained helpfully. He did not add, 'By like a foot,' but he did think it, because seriously, that was an insane late growth spurt there, Logan. "Oh, uh." Don offered the hand not occupied with his walking stick for a shake, which was a bold choice when you already knew that Logan's hands were made of knives, but Don felt good about it. "Don Blake." Ringing any bells? No? "Do you know where you are or is this a surprise arrival for you?"

[theworst_verine]

Hey, maybe it was one of those secondary mutations that were all the rage.

"I knew I was coming," Logan said with a sigh that was maybe half growl. "Someone else set up the apartment and apparently job."

He was going to be so annoyed it wasn't a bar.

[throughaphase]

Did you need more Marvel? Of course you did.

And there was Kitty, walking around with coffee from the Perk in her hand, doing a double take when she saw him. "Logan?"

[theworst_verine]

Well, he didn't even need to turn around because the scent was familiar! Mostly due to being all mixed up with the rest of the people back at the school and on the team.

Which was why Logan just froze up for a moment.

This was fine. Everything was fine.

[throughaphase]

That was a little surprising, but Kitty'd been here forever.

"Should I have started with hi?" she said lightly.

[theworst_verine]

Look, different Wolverines have different care and feeding instructions. And sometimes special and unique trauma!

"Hi," he managed just fine, forcing out that ringing in his ears. He was in a universe where people were still around, this was expected. "Kitty?"

She'd been a kid. Most of them were kids, after all.

[throughaphase]

"Yeah," she said. "Last I checked. This place does stuff like this."

This was a new reaction, turns out! She didn't quite know what to do with it.

[theworst_verine]

"Like what?" he asked, sort of just grasping at those straws to not be a weird mess about things.

He'd had character growth and everything! Madonna was involved.