Welcome to Gaia! ::

MJ thought for a moment, but really couldn't think of anything inparticular. "Anything would be fine. Maybe just a sandwich." she replied.

// Alright, g2g. Classes in the morning. Erm...in a couple hours. //


MJ paused a moment, then moved towards the table and pulled out a chair to sit down at. She glanced around the room a bit as she waited. She didn't really know what to say or ask at the moment. She should probably ask if there were places in the house she shouldn't wander into or something. She definately wasn't touching anything, but...ugh.

The odd being reading a book on the chair across from the sleeping Alcina suddenly flinched. He groaned and slowly put the book, which...for whatever reason he had been reading upside down, on his lap. "Well that's just terrific...I can already tell I'm going to have a migrane before this is all over with. I just know it. Seriously, why am I here?" he mumbled to himself.

A bit of movement caught his eye and his attention went back to Alcina. He woke her up. Oh, perfect. She couldn't sleep through this all nice and completely unaware. Oh, no...that wouldn't be any fun. Well, suppose he'd just have to hope that she didn't have her powers back enough to be aware of everything. Spending some time with her was one thing, comforting a distraught goddess was another.

"Hey there sleeping beauty!" he called cheerfully, jumping from his seat and zipping over towards her.

Alcina groaned a bit and tried to sit herself up. When she opened her eyes, she found an upside down, smiling, cartoonish skull face in front of her.
The being has leaning over her with its hands holding himself up on the couch as if he were trying to do a suspended push-up on it.
She blinked a moment, then seemed to realize what was going on and sat herself up straight on the couch again.
"E-Exo, what are you doing here?"" she asked.

"You know I asked the same thing, and I never got a straight answer from her." he said as he plopped down onto the couch beside her. "Really, I was just waiting for you to wake up. Honestly, why else would I be here, other than to see you're stunning face."

"Wake up? Oh, I...um..." she started, but couldn't really think of an explination. She never slept. She never needed to. Magic kept her going nonstop basically.

"I already know." he replied. "And really, need to sleep or not, you should do it more often. Hard to believe, but you're almost prettier when you're asleep. You seem so innocent."

Alcina gave him a bit of a grin. "And I don't when I'm awake?"

"Come on, Al. Do you really want me to answer that? I came here to see you, not give you a reason to put a hole in my face." he said with a smile. "I mean, we haven't seen each other in...what, a couple hundred years or so?"

Alcina smiled a bit and looked away from him. "But that's not really why you're here, is it?"

Exo sighed. "I wasn't going to bring it up, but, no. To be absolutely honest, I had no choice what so ever. There was no other option for me, other than to come here and try to cheer you up. Or...keep you occupied or whatever you want to do."

// Good. No more bugging me I trust? rolleyes //

// burning_eyes //

{Enter Reaper from New York}

Reaper suddenly found himself standing in front of Strange's desk. The sorcerer supreme was sitting at it, facing toward him, his finger steepled. "... Would you like to explain," he began in a low, dangerous voice, "What THAT was?"

Strange glared. "Contrary to what you and X seem to believe, I do have better things to do than babysitting you constantly. Did you even see who you ended up fighting? Wolverine. And Spider-man. Two of the people I SPECIFICALLY told you to leave alone."

Strange continued to glower in silence for a few moments. Finally, he began to speak very slowly and distinctly. "Let me see if I can put this in a way that you'll be able to understand. I am dealing with at least two beings who are on or above my own power level. One of them is extremely vengeful and difficult to control. This whole situation is just waiting to blow up in my face, and I need to stay focused. If I don't, we could all end up very, very dead. It would be appreciated," he continued, his voice taking on more of a strained edge, "If you could exhibit a little self control. You are an adult, and bloodthirsty pyromaniac or not, you clearly have at least some common sense. He was baiting you. Wasn't that obvious? He was trying to get you too upset to think straight, and it worked perfectly."