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     “Eh, something like that” Atticus chuckled. He had read about more than he had actually physically seen, but it had been enough for him to grow into being less surprised by all of these different creatures and abilities. At this point, he was just assuming that everything was possible unless scientifically proven otherwise. “That’s probably the safest way to go, I would say. Sorry” he nodded. “It does suck, but it stops feeling so scary and bizarre after a while, you’ll be okay. Promise” he offered her a sympathetic smile. “I just keep myself busy, try not to think too hard about it”

“You need to apologize-- though I appreciate the gesture. Unless you’re summoning all these creatures here no apology needed at all.” Amara assured the young man. “You sound so sure-- how do you do that? Be all ‘believe--y’ and not all ‘worse case scenario’. I practically breath ‘worse case scenario’ so learning some hope would be nice.” The idea of being hopeful and optimistic sounded a lot better then whatever she was feeling right now. “Keeping busy, here’s the hard part-- half of my business comes from worrying about all this stuff.” She grimaced. 

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he shook his head with a chuckle, he didn’t mind being right nor did he mind that his friends weren’t as religious as he was. everyone was entitled to their own beliefs. “ja,” he nodded. those creatures weren’t like the devils he was used to in his teachings either. “glad that you and our vriends vere safe.”

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he chuckled, “i don’t think i want to picture dracula attacking new york anytime soon. we already have a man in a bat costume, thats bad enough.” he chuckled, shrugging slightly.

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Amara was one of those few rare beautiful souls that were truly kind and genuine in this world. That was something that someone like Tabitha cherished, something that she wished to protect at all costs. “You definitely don’t need to get me anything just keep me company and that’ll be enough of a gift for me. You’re like literally all I need hot stuff.” she mused, knowing that one of Amara’s love languages, at least when it came to her was buying her things. Tabitha was always more than happy to just see her, to have her be around and hear her laugh and know that she was safe and happy. “Also if my ex asks you if I blew up his toilet, I told him it was mystique. So let’s go with that very plausible story because otherwise he’ll hold it over my head forever.” Tabby laughed remembering the little surprise she had left for Lance when they had split for what felt like the 56789876th time, although she never knew where she really stood with that. “You’re literally going to conquer this world with that smile of yours babe, you’re like the hottest girl out there, and I’ll just have to be happy with second place.” Thinking it over, she wondered what she was going to do from here on out now that she was practically slumming it in and out of places, but she was doing pretty well for herself taking money from the desperate men of the 1% who wanted her but all she did was trick them and leave. “Well I’m your number one fan and that’s literally never going to change. I’d definitely make some alterations to our x-men costumes if that’s the route that we’re going with. I gotta look badass but hot, and when you’re not in lava form I have make sure everybody knows you’re hot as fuck too even if its obvious from the get go.” she laughed. “Please, look at yourself, I’m hot but you’re definitely something else love. you’re my fucking soulmate, and my best friend so when it comes down to it everybody is gonna look at us together.”

“You know,” She began. “It’d be nice if you let me spoil you every once in a while. I like getting you stuff, I’ll totally be your sugar mama.” She joked, though there was a note of truth in it. There would be no issue if Tabitha asked for anything, not ever. Amara would get her whatever she needed at the drop of a hat. Money wasn’t an issue to her, not in the way it had holstered Tabitha in the past. Amara never had to deal with those problems, she could never understand the hardships the other girl went through, all she could do was make sure they didn’t happen again. And Amara would, she would never let Tabitha be in that situation again. Not ever. “Bitch, I’ll tell him it was me.” A smile wide and burning etched onto her lips, happy to hear Tabby had become a heartbreaker once again. “Vengeance on my girl’s behalf.” She joked, but Amara was happy to take the blame. There was little anyone could do that would make her fear, and if it ventured into the life threatening territory she had the X-Men to have her back (it broke her heart, quite a lot, that all Tabitha had in that regard was her. And as much as Amara would fight like hell for her, she feared for the day she wasn’t enough). “You better be meaning that on a literal scale with the heat thingy, cause I am firm in my second place between us two. Tabby you- you’re beautiful. Like, beyond hot or chill kind of beautiful. The jaw dropping, all eyes on you when you come into a room, like head turning, jaw dropping- I already said that one, but you get the point.” There was no comparison. Maybe Amara melted some people, but Tabby? She made them explode. She laughed. “Oooh I bet your altercations would be dynamite. You got fire taste.” Though in all fairness Tabitha could make a garbage bag look fashionable. An audible and loud laugh hit her with a slam dunk as Tabitha spoke. “If anyone could make those suits look good it’d be you. Just nothing too distracting we do gotta get at least some life saving done.” She chuckled. Amara was magma in its very essence and yet Tabitha’s words melted her heart and soul as she spoke. “Mine too.” She leaned her head unto the other girl’s shoulder, snuggling into an affectionate hug. “I don’t know what I’d do without you Tabby. Totally wouldn’t have had the balls for the hair, or for anything pretty much.” It was Tabitha who inspired the confidence in which she now wore, Amara couldn’t picture anyone else having such a powerful effect on her like Tabitha had. “You made me me.”

“  𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐘  !  ”  luna  agrees  with  a  nod  .  “  whoever  or  whatever  that’s  doing  this  needs  to  stop  .  it’s  not  supposed  to  be  a  challenge  .  we  just  want  ––  sorry  ,  NEED  a  break  ,  ”  she  dramatically  rolls  her  eyes  .  “  they’ve  sent  parademons  .  i  don’t  know  how  much  crazier  things  can  get  .  ”  then  again  ,  luna  said  the  exact  same  thing  when  she  got  her  powers  .  so  yeah  ,  she’s  gonna  be  wrong  about  that  .

“yes!!” amara exclaimed, thriving in the agreement of her intial words. “it shouldn’t be so freakin HARD to get a break around here !! just like a spay day? a vacation day? like come on monsters why don’t you go on vacation too, it could be an enjoyable day for us all !!” she sighed deeply and nodded. “oh they’ll find a way, its the kinda thing where you set the bar SUPER low and they’re just like-- determined to find a way to get under it.” she huffed. “rude jerks, they really are. so inconsiderate. just like, come on guys, is a mental health day so hard to allow??” 

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“i’ve always believed in demons and angels,” he gave a shrug. he has always been religious. he pushed back his hair, his tail stretching a bit. “but i’ve had zenough demons for now.”

“Oh, that- that makes sense. Guess you get the ‘being right’ validation.” Amara joked somewhat awkwardly. She herself wasn't religious but she respected that Kurt was. “Yeah same here, a life time could pass and it’d still be too soon for me to see another one of those creepy-crawlies.”

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he listened to her, trying to think of a way to calm her but there really isn’t much to say. of course he knew they existed but only because of some of the witchy people he met. “probably aliens - it is new york afterall,” he wasn’t sure if that helped but it was the truth.

“Aliens,” she repeated considering the word. “Guess that makes sense, we already know they exist and all that but still. Aliens. It’s wild,” actually, was it? She was mutant after all. “Guess it could be worse,” She said. “Could be vampires, right?”

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     “Don’t imagine it…Never ends well” Atticus wrinkled his nose, shaking his head a few times as he looked over at the stranger. “A lot of things that aren’t supposed to exist seem to find a way in this world…it would probably be a lot easier to just make a list of the ones that definitely don’t…yet, anyways” he sighed. He wasn’t trying to freak her out, but he also couldn’t bring himself to lie and give her any false hope that she wouldn’t see anything like this again. 

“You sound all experience-y,” Amara noted with distaste upon her face. “Don’t tell me you’re experienced, that would suck to become experienced in all that crap.” Then again Amara herself was experienced in live endangerment and discrimination against her, so it would just add to the already crudy list. “So I should just assume that everything exists?” She groaned at the prospect. “That kinda heckin sucks.” Her shoulders sunk and t the girl let out n audible groan. “Scratch that, big heckin sucks. As someone ll experience-y, how do you cope?” She asked him.

      “  𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅  a  part  of  this  world,  i  dunno  what  to  tell  you.  ”   will  take  a  cigarette  that  she  knows  her  mother   (  &  pam  )   wouldn’t  be  a  fan  of,   but  she  was  an  adult  now  anyways.  what’s  to  it ?    “  no  one’s  ever  going  to  give  us  a  handbook,  it’s  kinda  just  like  life,  innit ?   you  just  gotta  throw  yourself  into  the  burning  trash  fire  and  see  what  happens.  follow  your  gut,  that’s  what  i  always  do.  ”  

“ITS A STINKY PART,” Amara grimaced, her lips pursing in a way that matched a fish. “Naw you don’t need to- no one could do anything about it. It just sucks ya know? Always waiting for the next attack, it’d be cool to be able to RELAX once in a while.” She exclaimed. “But a handbook would just be so COMFORTING,” She groaned out the word, knowing nothing would be true but feeling good to complain about it. “Guide to Survive the Current Ongoing Disaster, release date pending.” She joked. Unable to help herself, Amara giggled. “At least the burning trash fire part will be a sinch, considering I am the burning trash fire.” She lit her hand to demonstrate.

“At everything? I don’t know about all that, but most things yeah. I still suck at that arcade claw game. All I wanted was a funko pop of elvis.” Tabby laughed, and it had always been easy to just be herself and feel no judgment from Amara. “I can be good on occasion I guess, but it’s not my go to. My usual is just hot, just like yourself.” It was nice to find that one person you could always rely on, always fall back on, and know that they’d always be there. Tabby would set the world on fire for Amara, she loved the girl more than she loved herself. “Now look at that confidence miss thing, it’s what I love to see.” she giggled. “I’ll just be Tabitha no need to put a hero or vigilante label on it or anything. I mean what’s the point, I’ll say I’m a hero aand then someone complains that my costume is too sexy and I’m a social menace which all true things but still it’s annoying.” she shrugged leaning her head on Amara’s shoulder. “You as a blonde makes so much fucking sense bestie, and yes you look so good. I doubt you’d look bad in any hair color if I’m being honest, but this blonde just screams you. You’re gonna have a lot of eyes on you  love, guys, girls, doop probably.”

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“Everything that counts I guess.” Things like making Amara’s day brighter then it was before, giving her confidence, making her smile. It was art that only Tabitha excelled at. Perhaps it was bias of Amara, thinking so highly of Tabitha as she did. Yet there was no one else like her. How could she think of her as anything else but amazing? “Funko Pop of Elvis, I will remember that for any upcoming holidays.” There was nothing noteworthy coming anytime soon, and the closest in the past was Valentine’s Day. Maybe she’d just surprise Tabitha with it one of these days, claim it as an anniversary (were friendship anniversary’s a thing? She didn’t remember theirs but she wanted to gift her, she couldn’t help it. She liked spoiling Tabby). “I don’t know about that, in my eyes, you’re always good, no matter what you’re doing.” Even when she was making things explode for the hell of it--- Tabitha was special in a way no one else was. Maybe ‘good’ wasn’t the inherit word, but in Amara’s eyes, well, the view at least-- that was good. Being at her side, it was good. there was no one who made Amara feel good in the way Tabitha Smith could. “FAIR.” She chuckled at the words. “You are always pretty explosive.” She punned, giggling at the silliness of it. 

She should be used to Tabitha complimenting her. There was no one would raised her confidence quite like Tabby did. Yet the compliment still made a rush of heat check onto her cheeks. “It’s what I love to feel,” Something Amara had struggled with so much in the past. There was a time she was unsure in every action she took. Tabby was the explosion that led her into confidence she now felt, strength she never thought she would have before, courage she could have never imagined. She leaned her head into Tabitha’s shoulder, squeezing it only for a moment. “Thank you for that.” It wouldn’t be thriving, let alone be BREATHING without Tabitha’s encouragement. “That sounds like a good plan to be, I like my girl Tabitha a lot already. Your number one fan is right here.” She giggled. “And-- between us, there’s no costume that WOULDN’T be sexy on you.” Tabitha could be wearing the biggest sweater in the world, the ugliest design, and yet she would still be dropping jaws. Amara was sure of it. Her fingers twirled in her hair, pleased at Tabitha’s opinion and plain happy that the other girl liked the color. The other compliments didn’t hurt either. “Not sure it’s gonna be too many eyes when you’re with me.” She joked, though there was a note of truth to the words (not that Amara minded, she didn’t blame anyone for not looking at her twice when Tabby was right THERE). “But I’ll take what I could get.” However few or many it was, it frankly didn’t matter in the end. There was only one set of eyes she needed (one, that she wanted).

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“Does he talk to everyone like that? Jesus.” Sparing only one more glance as the obnoxious man walked away, Warren turned back to Amara. Before, that sort of disrespect might have had him in the man’s face, more than ready to throw his own weight around. Now, though. Well, maybe he’d been caught in a more easygoing state. “Bet he’s gonna go run back to his little friends and brag about how cool he was just now. What a tool.”

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A brief snort fell from Tony’s lips as the young woman spoke. “Are you new around here?” he said dryly. “We get demons, aliens, gods, you name it. New York is a magnet for tourists from the Midwest and for supernatural entities which really only have a place in Lovecraftian horror.”

“Pretty new-ish.” She was one of the latest of the X-Men to make the move from Bayville to New York City. She didn’t regret the move but it was sure an adjustment compared to all she’d known before. “I’m more used to the mutant side of things so this’ll be adjust-worthy.” She explained, and snorted. “You’re pretty much the anti-welcome guide huh?” Instead of listing all the great New York things he was listing the worst, not that she blamed him however.

Tabby gasped, pretending to be wounded as he held a hand over her own heart. “Guess I’m just so good at being bad.” she giggled, knowing that this girl was the one person in the world who truly knew her inside and out. Tabby loved Amara like no other soul, she was her person, her soulmate and nothing and no one could ever change that. “Oh come on, you know I’m kind of indestructible in my own way. Besides I was kind of busy ripping off this dude who was being super sleezy to even notice some ghouly ghoulies around the city.” she said throwing her arms up in defeat. “Pretty and Awesome, oh how I have taught you so well. My little fiery badass, and speaking of fire, you are looking extra hot. Did you do something to you hair?”

“Oh come on Tabby, you know you’re good at everything you do.” She teased the girl, though Amara did see the words as true in her own eyes. “You’re good at being bad, but you’re also good at being good, and you are always a badass.” She chuckled, with an accompanying grin upon her face. She loved the girl with all her heart, and Amara knew with a note of sadness, she probably saw Tabitha better then Tabitha saw herself. “Between us two I feel like I’m the more indestructible one, made of lava and all that.” She responded, feeling far more safe and happy then she’d felt since the attack. Tabitha had a special way of making such a feeling awaken. “Ooo,” Her interest piqued. “Playing the hero, it fits you ya know. Or do you prefer vigilante?” She teased her. “Sounds a bit more dangerous but still very fitting you.” She laughed fully in response. “The pupil outmatches the teacher,” She flipped her hair a bit, showing it off. “Yep, I went blonde.” Insecurity shot through her like a cold shiver. “Does it look okay?”

“  𝐀𝐓  𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒  𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓  ,  ”  𝐒𝐇𝐄  starts  ,  arms  folding  across  her  chest  .  “  i  feel  like  i  shouldn’t  be  surprised  and  yet  here  we  are  !  ”  luna  chuckles  in  slight  disbelief  .  “  oh  my  god  ,  i  don’t  even  want  to  think  about  what  might  happen  next  for  fear  of  JINXING  it  ,  y’know  ?  ”

     𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐘, 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒  her  mother  has  taken  one  step  too  far  when  it  comes  to  parademons  before,  and  what  if  they  come  after  her  next !?  she’s  not  LIKE  her  mom,   for  harley  quinn  is  built  different !  lucy’s  just  like  …  the  weird  indie  kid  that  her  mother  birthed.   “  oh,  this  is  a  world  full  of  SUPERHEROES !!  literally  anything  is  possible,  no ?  ”  

“Because I’m a bad influence?” Tabby giggled as she came up running to Amara, curling her arms around her before attacking her cheeks with kisses. “I’m good babes, and being attacked my demons is nothing new for me. How many times were we pulled into Limbo with magik?” she laughed. “Besides you’re here, and how could I not be as best as I can be now.”

“The worst.” Amara agreed with a devastating grin on her face that easily thwarted whatever word she could claim. She clung onto Tabitha, chuckling as she swarmed her with kisses and enjoying the familiarity of affection. There was no one like Tabitha, not to Amara. She was special. “You know when you say stuff like that I’m GONNA worry.” Without strength equipped she hit Tabitha’s arm with a playfulness reserved purely for her. She laughed as Tabitha finished, unable to help herself. “That’s fair, I am pretty-- how do you say? Awesome.” Her smile was wide as she finished. “I learned from the best.”