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[xp_daytripper]

So I'm possibly a bit slow on the uptake - let's chalk it up to a busy week - but I saw Arthur's post about the Halloween 'do in DX. Specifically, this:

I got a few texts about the entirely convincing children pretending to be demons.

Don't worry! A badass lady with armor and a glowing sword told me that they were "obnoxiously enthusiastic about the consuming the soul of the night" (her words), but I feel like they really added to the fun, and I guess soul, of the night.

It figures that the I decide to not do any Halloween bullshit, demons turn up. Even if they were little ones. At least I have a better idea what set Forge off. But more disturbing is this lady in the armour with the sword. Sound familiar to anyone? Looks like Illyana might not be as lost as we thought she was.

(For fuck's sake, no-one tell the Ruskie - he'll just go bonkers trying to find her again and bring all sorts of hell down on our heads. Let's keep this quiet while we do a bit of looking ourselves, yeah?)

And another thing... going through the X-Men's reports on that Clan Akkaba job we gave them in Eastern Europe... Gar mentioned that Laurie said Essex was after info on En-Sabah-Nur. Info that they took from the Clan Akkaba people (after slaughtering them, mind). Akkaba's all about looking for their "Son of the Morning Fire". Call me dumb, but doesn't this mean that the Morning Fire bloke IS En-Sabah-Nur? Which means we should be doing research on both those names?

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[xp_tarot]

Oh for the love of everything.

That certainly sounds like -an- Illyana, although I am not certain I would describe the most recent one as badass? She was certainly prickly, but rather less stabby that the first one some of us knew. As though an Illyana is species not a person but dimensional things and the portal does mean that we are in a 'who knows' sort of situation.

I would hope this Pyotr will not turn into a spectacularly plonker when he realizes his sister is a "badass lady with armor and a glowing sword", assuming this one is ours.

I have just heard creative swearing from the sushi bar in Arabic, so I am going to presume Doug has seen this post and is about to comment on the situation as well.

[xp_cypher]

aw hellballs, did I forget to put that translation in the files? Goddamit. My bad, thanks for the catch Amanda.

'En Sabah Nur' translates as 'The Morning Light', which would make this 'Son of the Morning Fire'...potentially his offspring?

Now there's a nasty thought.

[xp_jubilee]

‘Yana? But not our ‘Yana. I think I need a drink.

[xp_changeling]

This is outside of my skill set, but the more we can drill down on this Collins connection, the better. A clear idea of Essex' interest is our best defense.

[xp_artie]

My biggest concern is that someone else will combine the dots when Arthur talks about hot sword blondes and mention it to RP. he's not subtle enough to process that without potentially killing someone while interrogating them.

[xp_daytripper]

So far they've been too distracted by the Malice stuff to make the connection. Perhaps we should just bury Arthur's post under a pile of random? Pyotr doesn't strike me as someone who would deep dive on the journals.

[xp_artie]

Pyotr wouldn't but one of the others might and they're not all going to understand why we're keeping it quiet.

Yeah, burying it under a pile of random is probably best.

[xp_topaz]

Well I was coming back today anyway, guess I'll just leave a little earlier. Just assume I'm on board for whatever's needed.

[xp_blackcat]

I've absolutely no fucking clue what's going on so I'll badly make you tea

[xp_darcy]

Well all of that sounds terribly exciting and also why we left town for the weekend.

[xp_scarlet_witch]

I'll bring the wine because this sounds like a headache in the making for everyone.

[xp_velocidad]

Well, Limbo does strange things, portal or not. As Topaz and I can unfortunately attest.