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[diamonds_forever]

[And onto the screen or tablet or phone flickers a woman that might be familiar to some, but certainly not to all. She gives the camera a flirtatious smirk before she speaks. Hoo boy...

... Here comes trouble.]

Hello darlings~

For those of you who don't know my face, shame on you, you should get out more. I'm Emma Frost, and I used to teach here. I've been asked by Ororo [Please don't use their familiar names on the network, Emma] and Charlie [Emma] to take some time off from my old school to come here and help get some of that old Xavier's School Spirit going.

And with the upcoming holiday, I know just the thing to lift those hearts of yours up and get them fluttering.

I'm organizing a charity Date Auction among the students and faculty. Don't thank me just yet, since I know most of you only get to use school stipends for money. No worries. My trust will take care of it, so don't let that stop you from having a good time~

Anyways, darlings, I'm sure you have lots of questions. I'll go ahead and answer two; yes they're real and no, I'm not up for auction. Anyone else?

[Oh lord...]

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[upholsteredvelvet]

[He only has one question, and in his opinion, it's the most important.]

I don't have to go, right?

[diamonds_forever]

Well, no, I guess not. Some people hate charity, after all.

[upholsteredvelvet]

I don't hate charity! Just all of those other things!

[diamonds_forever]

I mean did you look at the forecast? This is seriously one of the coldest winters in years, and the infrastructure out there is just awful...

[upholsteredvelvet]

So why don't you just fix it?

[diamonds_forever]

... You're pretty sheltered, aren't you, darling?

[upholsteredvelvet]

...So?! Shut up!

[That wasn't a sore spot, or anything. He always blushes for absolutely no reason.]

[diamonds_forever]

Honey, I'm psychic, but I don't need to read your mind to tell that you have zero idea how this whole thing works.

[upholsteredvelvet]

I just thought with so many people that have various abilities...

You know what? Nevermind. You'll just pick on me some more.

[SIGH. No one understands his genius for what it truly is.]

[diamonds_forever]

If all the world's problems could be solved through creative use of mutant powers, it'd be a much better place, darling. And I don't think you're entirely wrong-headed. But even with all those abilities, it's difficult to make something from nothing. That's why they need our help.

[upholsteredvelvet]

[Oh, she sort of agrees with him? Well, that's different. Waver sniffs and pretends not to care, making a great show of turning his head to the side in disinterest. Unfortunately for him, the blush is still going strong.]

Well I'd rather help more constructively than to embarrass myself at a fancy party encouraging illegal activities.

[diamonds_forever]

For one, it's not illegal, and for two, how is it not constructive? Look, you don't need to participate, but insulting it just makes you seem petty.

[upholsteredvelvet]

How is the sale of people not illegal? Unless I'd misunderstood, you're auctioning off people, aren't you?

[Okay, so maybe he misunderstood a fundamental detail. So what?]

[diamonds_forever]

Oh lord... [She sighed.] You auction off the date itself, not the person. It's a sale of time, not human trafficking, do you just... completely lack perspective?

[upholsteredvelvet]

No! I-I knew that!



...Maybe.

[diamonds_forever]

A bit of advice, kid [No more endearments there.] Before you snap off at people, maybe you should at least Google what you're going to be talking about.

[upholsteredvelvet]

I did! I'm not an idiot! All I got were tons of results about human trafficking!

[Which begs the question of what, exactly, Waver googled. But he isn't going to tell her now. She'll just be even meaner to him.]

[diamonds_forever]

And what, may I ask, were the keywords in your search?/

[upholsteredvelvet]

I believe I will withhold that information in the interest of not being mocked. Again. Can't I just apologise for the misunderstanding and not get mocked?

[He's a prickly and naive thing, but he means well.]

[diamonds_forever]

Oh? This is the first mention of an apology I've had from you so far.

[upholsteredvelvet]

I can admit to my mistakes! I'm not an arrogant tosser.

[diamonds_forever]

I'm still not hearing an actual apology.

[upholsteredvelvet]

[He fidgets a bit, and blushes a lot, but Waver is a boy of his word. So, after a small sigh, he squares his shoulders.]

I'm very sorry for misunderstanding your intentions, Ms. Frost.

[diamonds_forever]

Mm... Alright, darling. In return for your sincerity, I'll stop giving you a hard time.