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Xavin relaxes. “Any enemy of the Kree is a friend of mine,” they say honestly. Hatred of the Kree is a nearly fundamental part of being a Skrull, especially in Xavin’s lifetime, since the rebellion.

They know some Humans have a distasteful fascination with the Kree against all logic - perhaps just because of the novelty of extra-planetary life to their primitive society (they’ve gathered that the depictions of other “aliens” they’ve seen are just fantasy, too nonsensical to be actual records of Human encounters with other civilizations.)

"I think i would like to meet your team."

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To be honest, that seems like…kind of a weirdly, suspiciously easy way to make friends with someone. But since a minute ago he thought he was about to get his head torn off, Billy is not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

"You would?" he asks. "Um - I don’t know if now’s the best time, but I think they’ll want to meet you, too."

He offers his hand, grinning nervously. "I’m Billy. People call me Wiccan, I guess. Or, they would, if people actually knew who we were."

xavself

They return the greeting gesture. They've seen it before, but they've never done it themself. "I'm Xavin," they say. "I apologize for my earlier... hostility. I'm not used to visitors, and I've had some unpleasant encounters."

Now that they know this Billy is an ally they try to switch from warrior mode to something a little more polite though etiquette among exiled Skrull nobility is probably a bit different from what Humans expect. Still, as he isn't actually trying to attack them, they suppose he deserves to be treated with some respect.

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xavself

"I see," Xavin says doubtfully. "So you know nothing of the Kree, then." If this child has no connection to the resources they need, then they’re wasting their time; it’s best to clear out and find a new hiding place. He may not be an immediate threat but he knows they’re no ordinary squatter, which could prove more trouble than its worth.

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"You mean like, the aliens themselves?" he asks. "Or the attack, the one the Avengers stopped? ‘Cause, I mean, I was in the city during that. As a matter of fact I was helping. Well, helping protect people, anyways.”

Even if it wasn’t their first fight, he still thinks of it as sort of the origin of their team. If nothing else, they got their name after the battle - the Young Avengers, styled after the Avengers who’d just saved the world.

"And I know a little about the Kree as a species,” he adds. "I mean, not a lot. Aliens aren’t really my thing, and there’s actually not much about them on the internet. But I know some."

xavself

Xavin relaxes. "Any enemy of the Kree is a friend of mine," they say honestly. Hatred of the Kree is a nearly fundamental part of being a Skrull, especially in Xavin's lifetime, since the rebellion.

They know some Humans have a distasteful fascination with the Kree against all logic - perhaps just because of the novelty of extra-planetary life to their primitive society (they've gathered that the depictions of other "aliens" they've seen are just fantasy, too nonsensical to be actual records of Human encounters with other civilizations.)

"I think i would like to meet your team."

#demiboydemiurge

demiboydemiurge

"Well," Billy says, and bites his lip. "Soooort of. I mean, yeah, I’ve met them. Some of them. And, I mean, I know a lot about superhero stuff."

He hopes he hasn’t just talked himself into a corner - or out of a bluff he might need to use. His new acquaintance seems to have settled down for the most part, but maybe he should have kept the ties-to-the-Avengers card in his hand.

xavself

"I see," Xavin says doubtfully. "So you know nothing of the Kree, then." If this child has no connection to the resources they need, then they're wasting their time; it's best to clear out and find a new hiding place. He may not be an immediate threat but he knows they're no ordinary squatter, which could prove more trouble than its worth.

#demiboydemiurge #//deep down inside xavin just hates this planet and wants to go home

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"Hey!" Billy says, and grins. "You’re a shapeshifter! I thought I saw you get smaller.”

The part of his brain that’s actually processing the conversation catches up to him and he realizes he’s supposed to answer that question.

"Um, yeah, like the Avengers. A lot like them! Except…well, not as experienced, mostly. Or as cool."

xavself

"But you know them?" Xavin let the human's frankly unimpressive observation skills go unremarked upon. He was clearly shaken, at least as much as they were. Just what had he expected to find here? One of his "supervillains"? Perhaps Xavin wasn't the only one looking for enemies behind every corner.

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For a minute, Billy is a little too startled by the figure’s shift in both size and attitude to respond. "Um," he says, sort of stupidly, gaping. "I - well, I’m sort of a superhero. Or something like that. I guess."

This is not actually a very good or coherent explanation, which he realizes as soon as he’s said it, and quickly backtracks to clarify. "That is, uh, we - my team - noticed someone was living here, so we - I - we - wanted to see what…who…um."

Oh, God, he hopes he hasn’t gotten himself into even more trouble.

xavself

"A superhero?" That word, Xavin recognizes. "Like this world's Avengers?" They stand down, resuming the human form they've been defaulting to ever since the Kree lost the battle. Their shoulders slim down and their long hair grows back out, and they lose the rest of their intimidating mass. Though not fully off guard, they want to hear this stranger out.

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xavself

Xavin draws themself into the most intimidating shape they can manage, stepping out of the shadows, making themself tall and broad and making the long hair that an opponent could grab onto disappear. They would not really attack the intruder unless they had to, but it’s best not to let them know that.

"I said, leave!"

Honestly, what would their teachers say if they could see them using their training to protect an abandoned building from homeless primitives?

demiboydemiurge

Okay, definitely not friendly. Definitely trouble. Oh, man, he’s in a lot of trouble. And getting the feeling this is A - something that really needs to be handled, and B - something he is probably not up for handling himself.

"Look," he says, backing away a few steps, "I don’t want to intrude on your space, or anything. Really, I don’t."

How the hell is he going to teleport himself out of here without getting his head taken off?

"It’s just, um," he continues, desperately trying to buy himself time, "the whole hiding in abandoned buildings thing - it kind of makes you look like a supervillain, or something.”

xavself

That makes Xavin pause and take a closer look at the intruder. He - they think it is a he, they still do not have a completely firm grasp on the concept - does not look like the disheveled annoyances they've been dealing with, or like the heavily equipped soldiers they saw rounding up Kree soldiers after the battle. It's possible that they may have misread the situation.

"Then what are you doing here?" they ask, decreasing their size slightly, but not letting their guard down entirely.There's still a chance this could be some kind of trick. They don't know what a "super villain" is, but it doesn't sound like a compliment. "I don't have any food, and there is nothing valuable here to steal."

#replies #demiboydemiurge #//xavin PLS do not get into a fight

xavself

Xavin hears something — or someone — approaching their hideout and immediately go on the defensive. Ever since they’ve been stranded in this alien city, they’ve simply been trying to survive — learning enough of the language and customs to blend in, surviving as only a Skrull can. It’s been nearly a “month,” according to the Humans’ calendar.

Xavin supposes a proper Skrull scientist might find all this fascinating, but they loathe it with the passion of a thousand suns. After all, they are stranded on a primitive world with no way of contacting Skrull civilization. They are cold, hungry, and tired, and now another Human vagabond is attempting to encroach on their hard-won shelter in this abandoned building.

"This place is taken! Find your own, or prepare to face my wrath!"

demiboydemiurge

"Hey, whoa," Billy says, holding up both hands. He can’t see who was speaking, in the shadows of the empty building, but he heard them plenty clear enough. "I, um - I come in peace?"

Probably not the right line. Oops. He stays rooted to the spot and tries to think of a better one as he peeks around the corner trying to find the speaker. Maybe whoever it is will be forgiving. But then again, he and the others don’t usually run into nice people hiding in abandoned buildings.

xavself

Xavin draws themself into the most intimidating shape they can manage, stepping out of the shadows, making themself tall and broad and making the long hair that an opponent could grab onto disappear. They would not really attack the intruder unless they had to, but it's best not to let them know that.

"I said, leave!"

Honestly, what would their teachers say if they could see them using their training to protect an abandoned building from homeless primitives?

#replies #demiboydemiurge

Xavin hears something -- or someone -- approaching their hideout and immediately go on the defensive. Ever since they've been stranded in this alien city, they've simply been trying to survive -- learning enough of the language and customs to blend in, surviving as only a Skrull can. It's been nearly a "month," according to the Humans' calendar.

Xavin supposes a proper Skrull scientist might find all this fascinating, but they loathe it with the passion of a thousand suns. After all, they are stranded on a primitive world with no way of contacting Skrull civilization. They are cold, hungry, and tired, and now another Human vagabond is attempting to encroach on their hard-won shelter in this abandoned building.

"This place is taken! Find your own, or prepare to face my wrath!"

#demiboydemiurge #//here it is my first-ever starter!!!#//hopefully it isnt terrible

demiboydemiurge replied to your post:nataliyaromanovas replied to...

// believe me starters are an adventure even when you have written them dozens of times

//i think i might give it a shot.

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nataliyaromanovas replied to your post:nataliyaromanovas replied to your post://i may do...

// true yeah.

//i could maybe try and write a starter for him if you want?

#replies #//ive never written a starter before it would be an adventure

nataliyaromanovas replied to your post://i may do an open starter or something on this...

// trying to think of which of my 500000 characters would make the most logical sense to interact with xavin tbh