open post (steve rogers)

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steve rogers / captain america open post.

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[ There's not a lot of social visits in their line of work. Maybe there should be, but Steve only has one or two people among his team who he could actually hit up to hang out as friends and not coworkers. Jean Grey doesn't fall into that category.

So if she's here, it's serious. A "situation" could be just about anything, but Steve would rather get the details in person. ]

( I'll be down in a few minutes. )

[ The debrief is almost over anyway, so it isn't hard for him to explain that something's come up and he needs to bow out early. No one really questions it; again, this is just part of their lives.

As promised, he makes it down to the lobby of the tower, and after that it doesn't take long to find Jean. Steve quickly moves over to her. ]

I can take us somewhere quiet where we can talk, or do we need to get moving?

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( though she's patiently waiting the pacing that he'll be greeting with wouldn't look it. she's running through the events back over in her head, trying to start on a plan, getting everything straight when steve arrives downstairs.

jean offers him a friendly smile, a brief thanks before jumping in at his question )

We've got time to talk first.

( it might not be much before they started to lose the trail again but they needed to come up with some form of a plan before jumping in if they wanted to succeed )

Thanks for agreeing to help.

( though she guessed that he'd say 'any time', just as she'd always agree to help him )

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It's no problem.

[ Steve can already tell that Jean has a lot on her mind; he doesn't need powers of telepathy to pick up on that. Since she wants to talk here first, he directs them back to the elevator. A few people in the lobby are trying to subtly watch them both, but Steve won't speak of anything until they get somewhere private, as he suggested.

The elevator doors open and he steps inside, hitting the button for the floor that houses his room. Not that he explains where he's taking her, but it will become clear soon enough. ]

I'd ask you how you're doing, but...

[ He smiles wryly and bows his head, shaking it. If she's here, it means that things haven't been going well. ]

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You know better.

( jean leans back against the elevator wall. at least, other than this, things had been going well for a while. the government was never happy but they hadn't bothered the mansion at least. hopefully they could resolve this situation to keep that fact the same )

What did you say to the others?

( she'd felt the team around him )

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Just that something came up that I needed to deal with. I didn't know how confidential this was.

[ Steve still doesn't know, but he figures that they'll go over that soon enough, and then he'll have an idea of what to say to people like Tony and Natasha when they get nosy. Natasha always manages to figure things out even when Steve attempts to lie or withhold things from her, but he'll do his best to keep Jean's secrets.

The elevator dings and he leads them down the hall to his room. It requires a fingerprint and optical scan before the door will open, but open it does, and Steve waves Jean inside. ]

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I trust your team.

( jean waits until they're inside before she speaks. she trusts most of his team, at least their judgements. they're in a similar business, whether or not they always agree doesn't mean that it doesn't count when it matters )

I was tracking a mutant for the Professor. It was giving off a strange power reading. I hadn't been able to find anything and then it found me.

( which he can note from the light bruising on her face )

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[ It's good to hear that Jean trusts them. She likely wouldn't be here otherwise. All the same, Steve has checked his own room thoroughly for cameras and bugs, not wanting to take any chances after what happened in his old apartment building.

He motions for Jean to take a seat and leans himself up against the desk, arms crossing over his chest as he nods along with her explanation. ]

Did you get an idea of what its power was? [ If there was an altercation, chances are that she did. ] And I assume it got away. [ Given that Jean is calling the mutant "it," Steve has to wonder how humanoid it is. ]

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You'd be correct.

( and she's only a little bitter about that. jean would like to say that it's only because she was surprised that it did but honestly it could be more -- psychic shielding? some resistance to her own power? she didn't get long enough to see )

It's a level four mutant -- strong. From what I could sense the mutation is destructive, on what scale I don't have an answer but I wouldn't hesitate to say that it could be massive.

( building leveling, perhaps greater )

I couldn't get inside its head and I think that's what the Professor was having trouble with too. That's why he couldn't get a read on it.

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[ Level four, destructive abilities, and even Jean and the Professor couldn't get into its head? No wonder Jean had wanted to find some kind of backup, though Steve has to wonder if he's the best option for this kind of situation. He could call others in on it if he decides it's necessary, but maybe it's better to get a read on the mutant first. That means tracking it down. ]

I can see why you wanted backup on this, though I'm not sure how much help I'll be.

[ It's not like he has any abilities that allow him to read someone's mind. All he can do is hope to match the mutant in brute strength.

His eyes flick back toward Jean. Daunting as this sounds, he has no intention of backing down from it. ] Any idea where it went, or how we can find it?