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erik lehnsherr — magneto
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[divinityfrompain]

I think you just want to be a grump and refuse to draw an emoji.

[heavymetals]

I would answer that, if I had any idea what an emoji is.

[divinityfrompain]

They're the little smiley faces in your smartphone. Like the winky face I just drew.

here these can be yours:

[heavymetals]

Very amusing.

[ He's probably doing that second face right now. ]

What's a smartphone? Another modern invention?

[divinityfrompain]

Oh shit, that's right, you were pre-smartphones! Yeah in the 2010s you have cell phones that have internet access and can take photos and video and basically it's a whole computer in a mobile phone. They also have emojis which are different faces you can use to express your feelings in a silly image.

[heavymetals]

I see.

[ Well, he has seen some formidable advances in Charles's school alone, mainly product of Hank's genius, so it's not like the notion boggles him. ]

I can't say I'm all that used to cell phones, or even computers. They're not easily accessible in my time, and I've never had much use for them.

[divinityfrompain]

With all the affection in my heart, Erik.

You sound so old right now.

[heavymetals]

You are aware, I'm over fifty years old. That's not the burning insult you mean it to be.

[ He's kidding of course, he knows she wasn't insulting him nor is he taking any personal offense. ]

[divinityfrompain]

You should talk to Gabriel, he's billions of years old but talks like a millennial.

[heavymetals]

And what is that? Someone who's only thousands of years old?

[ It's text, but she'll undoubtedly hear the dry sarcasm. ]

[divinityfrompain]

[ Laughing. ]

That would make sense! But it's my generation. Because we came of age in the new millennium, the 2000s. The first gen with a whole lot of fancy technology, glued to our phones.

When I'm a thousand years old I'll still use it though, it'll be more fitting.

[heavymetals]

Ah. I see.

[ Well, that's actually not entirely illogical, so he'll let it slide. ]

You have an amazing capacity to make me feel both old and young at once.

[ When I'm a thousand years old, like that's perfectly normal. ]

[divinityfrompain]

I'm going to start calling you whippersnapper and young man in preparation. You youths!

[heavymetals]

I'm sure that won't seem strange to anyone.

[ Not like she looks young enough to be his daughter or anything. ]

[divinityfrompain]

It's funnier if you call me an old lady and grandma.

[heavymetals]

Next time we feel like confusing some poor idiot, let's do that.

[divinityfrompain]

Just be glad you haven't hit the social media era yet, I can tell you'd hate it with all of your being. Those are applications on our phones where people can share everything they think and feel publicly.

[heavymetals]

Great. Mass media available for all to publish. Because that's just what the youth needs.

[divinityfrompain]

Bah humbug! Get off my lawn!

[heavymetals]

Alright, calm down, grandma.

[divinityfrompain]

[ She cackles IRL. She adores him. ]

I liked Instagram because it was mostly just photos. If I wanted to make a photo album here of all of you I wouldn't be able to.

[heavymetals]

I can understand the appeal of that.

[ The name is pretty self-explanatory, so. ]

You could find a portrait artist. Or use magic to create pictures of us. There must be some way of making it happen.

[divinityfrompain]

Ha! Are you going to sit for a portrait? Like we're in the Renaissance?

[heavymetals]

I was being genuine, but you know what? Now I won't sit for a portrait for your benefit, should you decide to put that album together.

[divinityfrompain]

Awww, don't pout, whippersnapper. Pleeeease?