Disclaimer: I do not own the world of the X-Men. I do, however own the original characters...

however, the character of Alex is based off an old rp character of a friend I haven't heard from or spoken to in quite a while now, but I don't think she'll mind if I take the old concept and write him as my own version (I don't remember the rps well enough to copy him exactly). If she does mind, I'm sure she'll tell me, and I'll take this down.

Also mark two, I don't own Deviantart or their chatroom formats (It's not clear now, but they are in a Deviantart chatroom and not some made-up chatroom site that I made up. I promise that if it weren't Deviantart, I would have formatted the messaging differently.) (And yes, I know there's supposed to be brackets around the usernames. The doc manager wouldn't let me D: )


His hand froze while still curved over the mouse, as if some spell had been cast to keep him from making that life-altering mouse click. With a slight shiver, the hand rose slightly, digits twitching but otherwise in the same position. The hand then suddenly was jerked back and up to its owner's face so that the bruise-colored fingernails could pick at the last flakes of a healing scab, causing light little flakes of dead skin to join many other little flakes of dead skin on a thin, bony, hunched-in shoulder. The hand, the shoulder, and everything else above the waist were surrounded by darkness save for a single light source casting an eerie glow on skin, cloth, hair, and a bright gleam on a pair of glasses. Not far below the glasses, a thin, chapped pair of lips were parted slightly to allow small breaths to drum a careful, controlled rhythm: in, out, in, out, in… "Okay…" whispered through the next note. The hand, forced to relax but refusing to stop shaking, returned to the mouse. It moved slightly to adjust the cursor's position on the screen. Alex clicked the mouse button.

*** You have joined #MutantDiscussion *

SilenceoftheCrows Hello.

Alex123 hi

SilenceoftheCrows Are you a mutant, family member, friend, or general curious person?

SilenceoftheCrows Hello? Are you still there?

Alex123 yeah, sorry…

SilenceoftheCrows If you don't want to say, that's alright. We could just talk about anything; it doesn't have to be about mutants or anything like that. I just made this on a whim, really.

Alex123 k thanks. Um u like hannibal lecter?

SilenceoftheCrows Yes. Again, this was a whim of mine. I guess I was trying to be clever, heh.

Alex123 def. more clever than mine. im not too creative. i like the books n movies too. i love movies

SilenceoftheCrows Me, too.

SilenceoftheCrows I don't suppose you'd mind if I asked how old you are? It's just that some other chatrooms I've visited had 14 year olds and younger and no one knew, so they were privy to some very adult conversations and I don't want to make the same mistake.

Alex123 16

SilenceoftheCrows I'm relieved. Also, I do hope I haven't offended you with my inquiries…

Alex123 no. i have a hrd time typing so ppl think im a kid or dumb. you r nice tho

SilenceoftheCrows I'm sorry to hear that. So, what brought you into my little chatroom, if you don't mind me asking?

Alex123 crap gtg sew finger bak on

** Alex123 has left [connection closed]

SilenceoftheCrows …Eh?