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Bobbi was very concerned by the amount of blood that was soaking through her make shift tourniquet and his not letting her do much else. There was no time to argue as she followed the others past the carnage Casper had invoked. She did not spend much time on it, didn't look too carefully. She'd had quite enough dead things for one day.

Once outside she was nearby to help Jack as he fell, so that he did not slam into the earth. Ben and the tentacles gathered up the young man and they were running again. What had they said about extraction? Where were they supposed to go? Her thoughts were so jumbled up she was having a hard time remembering. She decided to just follow the group. Someone else would hopefully know what was going on.

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Allison had kept quiet, mulling over the news. She was and continued to be on the side of returning things to what they once were. The fact they could exist in this world still but just alter it so everyone remembered, did not sit well with her. Could they so easily adjust and have things go back to "normal"? She doubted it very much. There were many people, not including themselves, who benefitted from this reality. They would not easily back down. Which meant more fighting, possibly more death, and that was something she would not stand behind.

And then there's the fact they could go back to the other reality. What stopped Scarlet Witch from doing it all over again? They would need safety measures in place to ensure she didn't. Perhaps having Pietro talk to her would help. She seemed eager to have him alongside her, would it be too bold to offer her a place among them? She'd have to earn it, of course.

She squeezed Oshea's hand. She had grown tired over the day's events and she was a bit sore still. "Yes, thank you. Sleep would be appreciated." She trusted Carolina and Antoinette, but would they ensure the other reality was fully recognized. "After I rest a bit, I could be of use too in remembering the other reality. I have remembered it for a while now, possibly the longest. I could use my powers too to advance it if desired."

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Tinley still felt the stones could be useful. Maybe not in their hands, sure, but having them made sure no one else who could use them for further harm. And that was a bonus in her book. "Then I'd like to go with the Lousiana team. I've had about enough of New York." She waited to see how the others would divvy themselves up.

Her mind raced to the others. Those not present that she knew. What were they up to? Were their existences erased or altered even further? The fact she had been put in this position pissed her off more. Had Wanda been in front of her she would have done something not so nice. Changing reality was a bold move. Whatever her reasons were, and Tinley figured they were not well-intentioned, she had shaped them going forward. If they managed to return things to normal, would it all be the same?

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Ana fought off the urge to cut ties and run. Which went against every fiber of her being, but she knew her chances of survival went up if she had others there. Either to help or to soak in potential bullets, as Jack so eagerly had done. And now he was weakened, providing little aid in their escape. Ana knew what she had to do if they had any hope of leaving. Jack would need medical attention quickly and it wasn't like they could stroll into the nearest hospital.

Ana called upon her telekinetic gifts and closed Jack's wound to the best of her ability. It would prevent further bleeding, but he would need it patched up and lots of rest and fluids. "There. I've closed his wound but I won't be able to hold it for long. We need to get him out of here and soon. He needs attention now." She would stay alongside Jack to help keep the wound from progressing, but she would not have the energy to hold it for very long.

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Reed handed Annie a phone to use to make a call, before turning to look at everyone else, "That won't be necessary really, and from what the news stations have been saying, you all have had quite an eventful day. However creating a machine that could potentially effect more people in a larger area is not that bad of an idea. Don't worry, this will be rather simple, though we don't exactly have any actual spare beds, the best we can offer you is a few sleeping bags on the floor..."

"Yeah, they can crash on the floor in what's going to be the bedroom for my future niece or nephew, just ask rock head to move a few pieces of furniture out of the way and there will be plenty of space."

"That's actually what I was thinking, you all can get some much needed sleep and I'll complete the machine."

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The next morning, the group would find that there was some food for them when they got up, as well as some street clothes so that they won't be wandering around in the nicer outfits that they had been in. (if you want to pick out clothes or what your character is wearing be my guest). Out in the main lab area, Reed was sitting at the computer for the most part, tapping a pencil as if thinking.

"Something wrong Reed?" Sue asked him, walking over to where he was.

"No, however the machine works, I decided to test it out on a smaller scale then projecting it to a lot of people at once."

"...You tested out another machine on yourself didn't you?"

"Well what did you expect me to do?" he said with a bit of a laugh, "But yes, to answer your question, I did. Now, there are several different things that could happen, but we need more help. Now, I have only tested out the effects of a smaller scale using of the device. I could potentially see about activating the device so that it effects everyone in the room to test it out if they are willing," he said, glancing towards the others.

Outside the Baxter Building
Now, this is the first group of people who are off on a recruiting spree. This group is made up of Novikova, Niah, Cass, Lance, Runa, and Sapphire. Runa was their designated transportation person essentially, being able to use her sling ring to get them to being right outside of the Baxter Building. Lance looked up at the building, "I have never met Richards, but from what I know, his lab is all the way up on the top floor..."

"Of course, why wouldn't it be. The biggest part of the area being waaaaaaay up there. Where else would the lab of one of the smartest people in the world be?" Sapphire said a bit sarcastically.

"Whatever, let's just get going..." he muttered, before he headed through the front doors of the building.

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The heist didn't end too horribly, and the group would have been able to get medical help for Jack before he bled out or something (in part thanks to Bobbi slowing down the bleeding and Anastasia using her powers to hold it back). They would be able to meet back up with Gambit and Rogue, before having someone in a plane swing by and pick them up to take them back to New Orleans.

Now, by the next morning things were fairly calm in comparison to what had happened the day before. Currently they had some down time that they could spend at the casino if they wanted to until they figured out what their next move would be. Gambit had also let Chrysi out of their small jail cells, since otherwise she likely would have broken out anyway and it would have been too much of a hassle. Jack had managed to get someone to keep an eye on Lexi for him, since he was more concerned on what they should do considering the fact that they still had an infinity stone to deal with.

He was currently with his brother in the casino, trying to figure out what to do, "So... Any ideas on how to get rid of the stone and have it far away from people?" he whispered under his breath to Casper. The sounds of the casino would drown out their voices so that they wouldn't easily be overheard by anyone eavesdropping. His chest was still hurting from the bullets the other day, so he was trying to take it easy for the most part, but they seriously had a major problem on their hands.

Mary was wandering around the casino, mostly trying to avoid her sister. Every now and then, she'd pick pocket a few wallets, steal the money from them, before slipping them back before anyone noticed that they were gone. Chrysi was sitting at a stool by the bar on the opposite side of the casino from her sister. That bar just so happened to be not too far from the Casino Entrance.

Outside of the casino, Klara used her sling ring to get the group going to Louisiana to being right outside the casino. This group consists of Maria, Tinley, Max, James, Klara, and Wolverine. Once through the portal, she closed the portal behind them, and turned to look at the group, "Alright, so this is where everyone in Louisiana is supposed to be right?" she asked.

"Of course, leave it to the swamp rat to own a casino," Wolverine grunted, looking at what the name of the casino was.

"So, let's get going and see if we can find anyone," Klara said with a shrug, before she walked inside.

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Guin's eyes were red and puffy from her mental breakdown the previous night. She still felt lost and confused, uncertain of what the purpose in her life was and what role she was meant to play in all of this. Despite not eating much the day before, she didn't have the urge to eat the breakfast set out for them, but she did smile slightly seeing the clothing they provided. She had changed into plain t-shirt, sweatpants, and a hoodie. Unlike the wardrobe she had at the Palace, Guin felt comfy and even a little bit happy in these clothes.

She was leaning up against the wall, uncharacteristically quiet as Reed talked to his wife about the machine. A bit of jealousy and anger blossomed in her heart - she was still mad that he hadn't let her work on the machine with him. But she held her tongue, knowing that she couldn't let her pride get in the way of this. There was something missing inside of her, something that was gnawing at her more and more every waking moment, as if the person she was in that other world was kicking and screaming, demanding to be released. Guin had to remember or she feared she would lose her mind. "You can test it on me," she volunteered, her voice a bit hoarse. Pietro, Carolina's wife, Oshea, Flynn, and herself were just about the only ones who didn't remember the real world.

If you don't wanna remember, you should step out - I get it if you don't but... I think I need to remember, she whispered to Pietro telepathically.

"A machine to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses?" October piped up, looking at Reed with curiosity. "That sounds divine."

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Novikova rolled her eyes at Sapphire. "He probably cared more about the equipment he could get rather than which floor in the building he's on," she pointed out. She was a nuclear physicist by training and had gone through not just a PhD program, but S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Sci-Tech Academy. Novikova had been in her fair share of labs over the years - even working for Dr. Pym and learning from him about the legendary Pym Particles. "Then again, at least if he's high up he has an easy out if his research doesn't work out," she joked morbidly. There definitely had been moments in her scientific career when jumping out of a window seemed like the best option.

She walked forward after Lance, a pair of shades obscuring her eyes. As they went inside, everything was dimmer because of them, yet she didn't want to take them off. If she took them off, she would end up paralyzed each time she looked at a person and started to see the dimensional energy tangled up in their life force. Even in this world, the uncontrollability of her vision was permanent and could not be altered no matter how much training and experience she had. Some gifts couldn't be deactivated biologically - like Cyclops' eye beams. They were always active whether it was a convenient time or not. "I'm thinking it'll be easiest if I just restore their memories without giving them a choice, it saves time since we won't have to convince them that the world is different," she suggested.

Runa had relaxed since Strange remained behind at the Human Resistance Headquarters - and having time to sleep and eat a real meal had done wonders for her mood. There really was some sort of magical curative power behind a Snickers bar. She caught up to Lance and hesitated for a moment, before reaching out and entwining her fingers with his. Maybe this dream was going to end, but she had realized the previous evening that until it was over, she just needed to enjoy it as much as she could. She needed to stop focusing on the bad and allow herself to have some good in her life.

"I love you," Runa whispered in Lance's ear. She needed to tell him that just one more time before everything changed. Her eyes then drifted around the lobby, trying to figure out how exactly they were going to get access to the laboratory of the smartest man on Midgard. Runa doubted he was smarter than the All-Father of course, but her grandfather had sacrificed one of his eyes for wisdom. She didn't know of any Midgardian who had gone to such lengths yet. Yet she also doubted that Reed Richards would be the smartest man on Midgard for long - she knew that Lance had great potential and that his mind was brilliant, but he was young. He would grow and flourish as Richards would wane and fade.

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Casper had a piña colada in his hand, sipping his tropical drink through a pink curly straw - the same shade as the miniature umbrella the bartender had included in the beverage. That was definitely one of the perks of essentially living in a casino as compared to the usual housing provided by the Mutant Underground. Of course, it never surprised him how horrible conditions were for them - his father, after all, was the one in charge and he never cared about the needs of other people. He blinked a bit as he sucked up some liquid from the bottom that tasted more like pure alcohol and he shuddered. "Damn, they know how to make drinks here!" Casper exclaimed. "It's just like Vegas, isn't it Jackie?"

The roar of the people and the music in the Casino was a nice touch as well - it allowed them to have a relatively private conversation, even accounting for Casper's naturally loud voice.

"I say you guys find a volcano and drop it down it," Ben suggested with a smirk.

"Ben says we throw it in Mordor - do they have Lord of the Rings in this universe?" Casper then mused, seemingly more interested in learning about film franchises than infinity stones at the moment. Maybe he was just a bit daft or maybe he was mentally preparing himself for having to live out the rest of his days in this brave new world. His father was dead here so it certainly had that going for it.

"Probably?" Ben guessed with a shrug. "Though you guys might want to come up with a better idea than mine... I kinda doubt you have easy access to a volcano."

"Okay, okay Ben, good point... What if we got a lot of explosives and blew it up? Then no one can have it and we don't have to worry about someone getting their hands on it that isn't worthy... Do you think we could enchant it like Thor's hammer? American Horror Story says there's tons of witches in New Orleans, maybe one of them would help?"

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James stepped through the portal with no small amount of trepidation. The warning from Strange played over in his head. Or risk the extinction of the mutant race. Apparently no matter how things went, mutants were fucked all around. Abducted and turned into drugged up puppets or the possibility of extinction. What the hell are with these choices? Couldn’t the universe cut them some slack? For once, could the repercussions just be they maintain the status quo? Apparently that was way too much to ask for.

“Well, let’s see if we can’t find Casper and Jack. They might be able to help us hunt down the rest of the group.” Did he have ulterior motives for wanting to find the first, yes. Was he about to tell this group of people he was adamantly against literally 24 hours ago? Absolutely not. He did however pull out his phone on the off chance, because Casper never answered his phone and especially not when you actually needed him to, Casper would be playing with his phone and not drinking while begging Ben to help him cheat at Back Jack or something. Which would probably be incredibly lucrative for awhile. Maybe he could convince him to do that in the other reality. Scamming rich people of their money must be a better hobby than basically everything else he does when he’s overwhelmed. He paused before he actually hit send and deleted the message. It’d be more fun to sneak up on him, if Ben didn’t rat him out first.

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Max had gotten up rather early, the words of Dr. Strange keeping him tossing and turning for a portion of the night. Visions of things yet to come kept playing over in his head like a nightmare. He stood there weilding a cane with deep red jewel set atop it, and five other coloured gems surrounding the base of that jewel. Max tapped the butt of his cane onto the ground and a surge of energy flew out, rippling across the world and reverting back to how things were, or at least how he viewed they should be. The only person missing seemed to be Wanda Maximoff, though an incredibly lifelike and detailed statue of her stood a few feet away from him with s look of anger plastered on its face. When Max awoke he was certain of one thing, nothing good hardly comes from his help and nothing good could come from him using a stone to revert reality. He slipped in his suit jacket and got his cane, ready to take on New Orleans.

Max was thankful for Klaras assistance with the portal, having him use up too much energy so soon could be bad if trouble brewed up. He thanked her as he walked through and immediately began sizing up the place, a whistling tune ofd amazement subconsciously making its way through his lips. His hopes were thst he wouldnt stand out, his new Louisiana-esque high roller suit giving him credibility to both enter and slip through the crowd with ease. He locked arms with James and pressed forward into the Casino. "I agree. Finding those two should be easier than looking for people we dont know. Let's get to it then." They strode inside and Max began scanning the scene for a glimpse of Casper or Jack to see if they could reunite and hopefully help find the rest of the X-men located here.

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Carolina slowly woke up and stretched out slightly, she hadn't really slept in sleeping bags to often, and sometimes they were a bit uncomfortable as well. But she slept as best she could regardless, she opened her eyes a bit more when she started to smell some breakfast and quickly sat up. Seeing the food there as well as a change of clothes, she started to scoop herself up a plate as well and ate away at the breakfast while looking over at Annie and her wife. She smiled at the two of them for a moment before changing into a pair of blue jeans and a hoodie as well.

Carolina stretched out slightly and entered the lab and looked around the room for a moment, seeing Guin leaning up against the wall by herself for the moment. She wished she could do something to help her recover her memories sooner, but Reed was already on it and by the looks of it he did finish up making the device which was good. Carolina was fine with the fact he didn't need any help with making it and looked towards him. She was curious what he specifically remembered from the main reality, but decided not asking him right now and turned to look at her friend Guin. "You look happier not being forced to wear a dress." Carolina said towards her.

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Cassandra stepped through the portal the moment it opened up, looking up at the Baxter Building she had seen pictures of it numerous times but she hadn't been there in person before. She turned to look over at Novikova for a moment when she suggested restoring their memories forcefully. She didn't really think it was a good idea in her opinion, they weren't looking for a firefight either as she rubbed the back of her neck slightly. She just hoped that Carolina was actually here as well, she hadn't seen her since the fighting happened back at the Palace.

"I don't think that would be a good idea. We could be uprooting their lives for all we knew, and they might not like it, and draw attention if a fight breaks out." Cassandra said, followed everyone into the building. "But we do it as a last resort though okay?" Cass said, she walked into the building looking over at Lance and Runa for a moment as she started to look around the building. "We just take the elevator up then or something right?" Cass asked, the lab was up at the top floor as well.

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Maria had stepped through the portal with the others, before she had left managed to find herself a pair of glasses like Novikova's knowing her ability couldn't really be turned off and having to wear sunglasses all the time. She looked towards Klara and nodded towards her slightly as far as she knew that was where everyone else was at right now. "Everyone should be here for our little recruitment drive." Maria said, as she entered he casino looking over her shoulder towards Logan. "Sounds like you must really hate his guts." Maria said with a slight laugh.

Maria eyed Max's outfit which she thought was a little to ridiculous to her anyway, and what was up with the cane as well? The cane to her was way to much. "The cane s a little to much don't you think?" She said jokingly towards Max had only gone to Vegas once when she was younger, before signing up to join SHIELD. She chose something more casual right now, and she opted to not bring her bow they were in a very public place as well to. "If they don't remember send them to me, Novi taught me how to restore their memories." Maria said, she hoped that the team out in New York were doing alright as well.

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Antoinette munched on toast happily as she sat cross legged on her chair, eating with her friends. The night had treated her well, after getting a hold of Lance, sleeping on the floor didn’t bother her. It rather reminded her of camping with her father when they were on the run and she couldn’t help but picture the stars over her head. October finished up first and she smiled at her before she resumed eating. Antoinette had also changed, finding a pair of light blue, high waist jeans and paired it with a purple shirt and simple grey jumper with the Fantastic Four symbol on it.
Once Antoniette was done eating she made her way to a window, peering down at the street and waited. Lance was coming and he was bringing a bunch of people including Carolina’s sister Cassandra and an Asgardian. He was having quite the adventure it seemed and Antoinette was curious how he had ended up in Australia during the reality change. It seemed everyone had been quite separated and she wondered why the Scarlet Witch decided on doing that. At the very least, some of them were going to be reunited and that gave her higher hopes of them being able to win this thing.

It wasn't that Niah had slept well. Decisions had to be made. She had paced for a bit before finally getting sleep. It had been two whole days now since she had spoken to her sister and she had a feeling Dalisay might be getting worried. Niah figured she would see about sending her an email the next day. Just to let her know she was okay. It wasn't totally uncommon that she would be so busy that she didn't message for a couple of days. But since she had given up her phone when coming to the human resistance she was leaving the messages unread too.

Niah didn't say anything as the group gathered in the Baxter building. At Cass' mention of just taking the elevator, Niah pointed it out and walked over to it to press the call button. It didn't seem they would need a keycard or permissions to get to the top of the building. To Niah that seemed like poor security, but maybe in this world, Richards didn't have to worry about that sort of stuff.

What Niah hoped would happen would be Susan would be there and would see her and if she didn't already have her memories they would come back. Susan and Niah had been on good terms, even friends, during Ultron's time. And Susan was one of the ones who had time-traveled with her. Though Susan hadn't been in the Lola loop with her. Niah mentally cringed slightly at that part of the memories. Pym was lucky she hadn't killed him just for the satisfaction, not that he would know.

Niah held the door open to the elevator for the group to enter and pressed the top floor button. A fleeting idea crossed her mind and she grinned but didn't follow through on it. "I sort of agree with Novikova. We plan on resetting everything anyway it'll save a lot of argument to just have them on the same page as us."

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After she was sure Jack was going to make it, Bobbi did the only thing she really wanted to do. And that was sleep. For a couple of days straight. She awoke only to get something to drink or eat, and then went right back to bed. Today she was feeling a bit better. She had greater control over the bizarre flood of emotions she had been dealing with. The rest had been quite helpful.

She showered and dressed in her usual daisy dukes and t-shirt before grabbing her gear. Leather jacket, helmet, wallet, keys, etc. She hopped on her bike and made her way back down to the Casino. It was about time she put in an appearance. As she walked toward the doors she noticed a single, familiar face. "Logan?" she whispered before she removed her helmet and ran up to the feral Canadian. "Oh fuck, it is you!" Her voice was permanently accented with some of that Cajun she had come to acquire from her false memories. She dropped the helmet and flung her arms around his neck.

She wouldn't call herself the hugging type, not normally. (And goodness knows Logan sure as hell isn't) But this was a special, fucked-up occasion. So the times seemed to call for it.

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Up on the top floor, Pietro looked at Guin, as if thinking about what she said. I-I-I can't Guina, especially if I did end up causing this... Pietro said to her, before there was a gust of wind and he was gone out of the room.

Reed was about to activate the machine before there was a loud bang as a door from an upper room was thrown open, and Johnny came racing out of the room. "Out of the way!" he yelled, before there was a bit of a roar coming from somewhere behind him.

"JOHNNY!!!!!!" a voice called out, before there was the sound of heavy footsteps coming to the main room. Johnny was down on the main level now by everyone else now.

"He might want to kill me, but it is so worth it," he said with a bit of a grin towards the group, before looking up as Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, came into the area. With what appeared to be shaving cream that had been smashed onto his face.

"Alright, now I'm going to kill you hotshot," he said, walking downstairs now. Susan immediately walked over and got in between Johnny and Ben. "Get out of the way Suzy."

"No, you need to calm down. And Johnny for the last time grow up!" Sue said to the two of them. Ben sort of glared at Johnny, before backing down, and Sue handed him a towel to get the shaving cream off of his face. "Alright Reed, fire up the machine..."

Reed had just been watching the whole situation, letting out a bit of a sigh, before he messed with a few things on the machine, and fired it up. Those who are in the room that didn't have their memories returned before now have them all back. October was quiet for a moment, remembering her violent death and everything from the real world. She then smiled slightly and said nothing else. Flynn stumbled backwards a bit, but remained silent. Then there was Oshea. He made a bit of a face, and almost put a hand up to his neck, remembering the sound right before he died that involved Sabretooth breaking his neck, but he didn't say anything.

Meanwhile with the group that was coming upstairs, Lance looked over at the others, "It sounded like to me that Richards might have been making a machine to fix memories when Annie got ahold of me last night," Lance said with a shrug, before looking to Runa and giving her a bit of a smile, "I love you too," he whispered softly to her in return.

"Well, we should probably hurry up then!" she said, before the elevator reached the top floor finally and they would be able to walk through a bit of a hallway and find the others in the main lab area.

"Niah?" Sue said, looking over towards the elevator as the group from downstairs showed up. She gave Niah a bit of a smile as she walked over to her and gave her a hug. When Sue hugged her, Niah would be able to tell that Sue had a bit of a baby bump, but it wasn't too obvious, so she wasn't really that far along.

"Friend of yours Bautista?" Sapphire asked her. Lance was sort of leading Runa into the main area, and he looked over at everyone else. Pietro by now, in a gust of wind, raced back into the room and was standing next to Guin again.

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"Casper, I'm going to be blunt, have you ever actually been to Vegas?" Jack asked his brother with a bit of a laugh. He not once remembered his brother heading off to Las Vegas at all, which was kind of a funny thought, he was pretty sure Casper would enjoy it there though. When he heard him talking about destroying the stone, he shook his head at him. "You can't actually destroy the stone, some weird stuff about it being one of the foundations of the universe and everything would go all screwy if you did, so that's out of the question. Besides, explosives wouldn't work on it anyway... But you can't enchant it, and that was a TV show Casper, there aren't witches in New Orleans. Just because it was in American Horror Story does not mean it's real."

In all honesty he was a little annoyed that Casper wasn't really taking this entire situation seriously, since the whole thing that they even had the stone was kind of a big deal. Jack looked up from where he was, and saw Max and James over by the entrance (they'd see him and Casper too) and waved slightly towards them. "Hey look, it's your boyfriend."

Maria and Tinley meanwhile, when they entered the casino, would see a familiar redhead sitting at one of the many different bars in the place, not too far away. She was looking over at the two of them now though, and it definitely looked like Marygold Isley, the leader of the X-Men. They'd only really met her once, but it definitely looked to be her.

Wolverine made a bit of a face when Bobbi ran up and hugged him, and sort of made sure to put once again an arm's length between the two of them. "Remember personal space Bobbi," he grunted, glancing around the casino. "We're looking for people to help us fix the mess that Wanda Maximoff caused, you know where anyone else is?"

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Shortly after Ben Grimm threatened to kill Johnny Storm, Richards turned on the machine and Guin's memories of the real world came back to her, snapping into place as if they had always been there. Suddenly, she could remember being rushed to the hospital after nearly overdosing, climbing up onto a stool in order to peer into the engine of a car as her father upgraded it, sketching designs in detention out of boredom, accepting Pietro's proposal, and so much more. "Well shit - that was one hell of an info drop," Guin quipped.

Muscle memory had returned to her as well. She intuitively knew now the proper way to handle a sword and care for her, how to get the best shot off with a bow, and the easiest moves to make in hand-to-hand combat when fighting a larger male (the majority of the people she thought fit into that category). In fact, she had used those very moves to attack Pietro when she encountered him at the Power Plant, only to end up knocking him on top of her in what had to be a cosmic joke. Mercifully, her real life didn't require wearing dresses. She didn't remember this acidic, aching hollow feeling in that lifetime - the one that had threatened to consume her here.

Of course, she hadn't been a telepath before, so that was something to wonder about - had Wanda accidentally unlocked a latent mutant ability of hers when she warped reality?

But as much as Guin's brain was exploring all of these newfound connections and reevaluating everything through this lens, she finally felt whole. The independence, the freedom she had been denied in this world, she had it in the other one. She was able to choose who she wanted to be, without having to worry about the decorum of the Palace - she was able to choose to be a hero if she wanted to. The elevator doors opened and she recognized a few of the people there - mainly Lance, her pseudo-brother and best friend.

Hey, I totally understand if you don't want your memories back... But are you okay? she quickly whispered to Pietro. I'm fine Guina, honest... Alright, I'm glad. And it's okay if you're not fine - shit, I'm somehow feeling fine now... Well not fine but better. Apparently I'm an addict in the other world. So that's so much fun. Oh, okay then...

"So, who let you guys in here? Since we should clearly fire that person, Lando."

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Novikova disagreed with Cass - they were going to uproot their lives anyways, they might as well rip off the bandaid and get it over with. There was no version of this where they changed everything back and people weren't caused some degree of trauma. As for the drawing attention factor - Novikova figured that was bound to happen anyways. They weren't the most discrete unit. Agent Bautista agreed with her and had Niah not been so timid all of the time, Novikova might have flashed her a smile. But as it was, she didn't know if smiling at her would cause her to shatter into a million pieces or something of the sort. She headed into the building and into the elevator with the others.

Runa smiled to herself as Lance replied that he loved her too. It was a quiet and private moment, but it was nice even if their memories of their time together were all fabricated... But they had a chance right now to make some real memories. She was trying her very best to focus on the positive, to not dwell on the fact that if everything went to plan, she most likely would never see him again - he might not even want to see her at the end of all of this. As they got out of the elevator, she spotted a lot of famous people. There was King Erik's son, Pietro - and even Johnny Storm from the sapien death match shows. She had heard some talk about Reed Richards in this reality, purely since she was attending uni for astronomy and he was a big deal in the sciences. "Okay, what now then?" Runa whispered.

"What we came here for," Novikova said, her eyes instantly going to Prince Pietro. He was easily the most dangerous one here, given his mental state and his powers, so she wanted to get his memories back to him instantly. She locked eyes with him and took off her glasses, trying to restore his memories. Instead, she caught glimpses of alternate lives he had lived. He killed for sport in them. The color drained from her face but she couldn't look away, just trying again to restore his memories. The next thing she knew, his foot slammed into her left knee and Novikova screamed in pain, falling to the ground.

"Hell no, no one is messing with my head again!"

"Get away from him, he's a goddamn serial killer!" Novikova warned through the pain.

Runa's eyes had widened, seeing the Prince hurt the Russian spy like that and then even more so at what Novikova had said. They never really had to worry about serial killers on Asgard, but she knew they were sadly commonplace here. Why were they attempting to recruit someone if he was so evil as to cause Novikova to scream? A twinge of doubt then formed in Runa's heart - what would Novikova see if she was to look at her?

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"Yeah, I have!" Casper corrected Jack. He had gone to Vegas with some of his friends from rehab after they had gotten out (of course, he had been to rehab so many times he knew just about all of the regulars at the facility) and they had enjoyed their newfound freedom by promptly doing as many hard drugs as they could. If it hadn't been for his only real family, his baby brother Jack, living in Washington D.C., he probably never would have come back. And he was pretty sure his mother would kill him if he joined the Mob instead of her gang of thugs. "... Well just because it was in American Horror Story doesn't mean it's not real - the Black Dahlia, the Night Stalker, Marie LeVeau... Those were all real people, Jackie! Bette and Dot were even based on real conjoined twins!"

He glanced in the direction where Jack was looking and instantly, Casper didn't even really know how to react. How did you greet your semi-serious boyfriend after all of reality had been warped to give everyone a happy ending, but somehow that happy ending meant that you weren't together? He smiled sheepishly in James' direction and ran a hand through his hair, wondering if he was supposed to break out into a musical number or apologize or hug him or just what. "... Oh thank goodness he's alright," Casper finally said, just staring at James and then waving his arms rapidly at him. Sure, he noticed Max next to James but he wasn't in a romantic relationship with Max (at least, not that he was aware of) so he was lower on the totem pole.

"It's your Prince Charming, Cinderella," Ben teased Casper with a smirk.

"Please, I'm not Cinderella - I want to be Meg from Hercules," Casper corrected him.

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Allison had woken up that morning next to Oshea, which by all accounts never got old. And then she remembered where she was and why. Today the machine would be tested to see if it could restore memories. Given those that still had no clue, she expected some tense feelings. Especially from Guin and Oshea. She got changed into casual attire and walked out with Oshea to meet the others.

She listened, still hesitant to use the machine large scale and continue to exist in this world. Things have already progressed to the point of no return. But allowing the others their memories back was great. She ignored the fighting between the members of the Fantastic Four, though she was happy to see that even in these times that a sense of humor still prevailed. Once the machine worked, she walked to Oshea, seeing him touch his neck. She stood on her tip-toes and kissed his cheek. "You doing ok?"

Before she could respond to anyone else and go check on Guin, she heard voices. She recognized Lance, but not most of the others. But they recognized others in her group. But things turned sour as Pietro and some light-haired girl got into it.

Allison was struck with a vision then. In it, she saw the machine and the light-haired girl using whatever power she had. The machine would work to a larger degree on heroes in a large radius. She also saw the girl get punched by Pietro but also saw Pietro run off. She knew she had to intervene. Allison ran forward, using telekinesis to pick Pietro up to prevent him from hurting her anymore. "Everyone needs to cool it. We are not enemies anymore. He's not a serial killer. If I let this continue, he would have broken your nose or ran off. We want things back the way they were before Wanda changed it. If you're here for that, we all want the same thing, but we can't fight each other when we need each other the most. So if I put you down, can we all calm down and just talk?"

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Tinley wasn't sure about this, but she had to admit having a base outside of a casino was badass. It reminded her of old-timey movies where they broke people's knees if they won too much money. Or perhaps a heist movie. Either way, she didn't know what to expect from the occupants inside. And she sure as hell didn't expect to see anyone she recognized.

But sure enough, she followed Wolverine in and she saw a familiar head of red hair. She hadn't interacted with her too much, but there was no mistaking her. It was Mary, the leader of the X-men. Now the question was, did Mary remember the other reality? "Maygold? I hope you remember me, but in case you don't, I'm Tinley Abercrombie. We met in a different time. As Wolverine said, Wanda Maximoff changed reality as we all knew it and we want to change it back."

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Ana was bored. Coming back from their heist was somewhat entertaining as she held Jack's wound closed to prevent further injury, but there was no one else to kill. They made it back in one piece and Ana knew it in her heart that the crown was in their possession, but for whatever reason, they intended to hide it. No matter, she would poke around later when everyone was distracted.

And as if Santa Claus himself heard her desire, in walked a bunch of people she didn't recognize. Spouting off some nonsense about Wanda changing things. Wasn't the princess of mutant-kind too busy to be doing much of anything? If she were in that position you can bet she would just force people to do things for her. Granted, Wanda was powerful in her own right.

She had to admit she was kind of curious to see where this led. She remained in the back and allowed the others to talk. She wasn't sure about this group yet, but this could be fun.

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Carolina turned her attention over towards the next room when she heard something smash open and saw Johnny Storm coming into the room, and a few seconds later came Ben Grimm the Thing with shaving cream all over his face. Which started to make her laugh slightly seeing the two of them. It reminded her of things she did to Cass when she was younger, which was always pretty funny as well and Susan stepping in-between the two of them. She then turned her attention over towards Reed as he started up the machine and it started to restore everyone else's memories. She noticed October's reaction and quickly moved over towards her and gave her wife a slight smile and reached over to hold her hand.

"Do you remember everything?" Carolina asked October while looking at her for a moment it had always ate away at her seeing her girlfriend die before her back in Coventry. When she turned her attention over towards the elevator as it opened up seeing four faces that she didn't recognize, but she remembered seeing Sapphire back during the whole attack on OMEN. She also easily recognized her sister and quickly ran over towards her sister and hugged her. And Pietro running over and attacking one of the people who ended up calling him a serial killer.

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Cassandra looked at Niah and Novikova and shrugged slightly, it could end up badly for all she knew or not but she wanted to be on the safe side anyway. She headed over to the elevator and got inside leaning back slightly as it started to go up, and a few seconds later they were now all in Reed Richard's lab which was really interesting to see in person. "Alright then." Cass said looking at Novi and Niah as soon as she stepped off of the elevator she spotted Guin, and her sister now as well who came over to hug her which she quickly returned as well.

"Do you remember everything?" Cassandra asked her sister and she nodded towards her, which was a good thing then they wouldn't have to do it all over again. Seeing Susan Storm there as well when she came over to hug her, she didn't remember the other Ultron Timeline other than that they did enlist the help from her after reading through those files as well. Cassandra turned to look at Guin and gave her friend a smile glad to see her okay as well. "How have you been Guin?" Cassandra asked her, when Pietro suddenly attacked Novikova and quickly went over towards her fellow agent. When Allison lifted up Pietro so he wouldn't end up beating up Novikova. "So long a Pietro doesn't attack her again, we are just trying to restore everyone's memories." She said towards her while looking up at Pietro, and then over towards Oshea for a moment and quickly looked away from him. She had forgotten to tell Allison how he felt about her after Sabertooth killed him.

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As Maria looked around the Casino she recognized the redhead who was sitting at the bar and smiled slightly, she remembered the little bit of training she had gotten from her after the Phase Three Experiments. And the gloves she gave her after coming out of the procedure due to the powers she was given. Seeing as Tinley was taking point on going over towards her, she took a moment looking at James as one of the she didn't know the guy very well but left him be, while another woman ran over to hug Wolverine and smirked slightly towards him. "Someone you dated before or something?" Maria asked him, before making her way over towards Tinley.

"Hey Mary it's good to see you again." Maria said, as she stood next to Tinley for a moment looking over towards her, she wasn't sure if Mary remembered the main reality or not. "We did some training awhile back at the SHIELD Academy if you remember that?" Maria spoke to her while occasionally looking around the casino as well.

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James took in the crowd, ready to disappear among it to find their marks. James, and the others, defected and were very likely high on the list of interest right now. Anything to make him stand out less would help his sense of unease immensely. His current plan would be to slip into the crowd, find their marks, and report their locations and activities so they could possibly do everything at the same time and then get out just as quickly. The less time out in the open, the happier James would be. Of course, the second he caught sight of his boyfriend waving his arms at him, that entire plan went right into a dumpster fire and he zipped right over to the brothers. He knew he had another goofy smile on his face but frankly, fuck everyone else. It’d been a bad… life and here was something good right in front of him.

It took him approximately .0003 seconds to crash into Casper, hugging him fiercely before he realized what he was doing and tensed. Was he still allowed to do this? Did Casper still want them together? His boyfriend could be a little flippant sometimes so maybe his message yesterday was just meant to get across he remembered who James was to him before? There was a lot he probably should have considered before just kinda jumping into this. James pulled back, clearly reluctant, and gave his boyfriend a nervous look. “Uh, I probably should have asked if that was still a thing I can do. I would like it to be a thing I can do but a lot of shit happened I guess? Like I didn’t even remember anything until yesterday after a witch tried to kill me after I shot her and she cut off my hand and pulled me into another dimension I think and then suddenly everything came back and it’s been a very hectic few days? But uh, I don’t know anything about you in this world so I don’t know if you’re with someone else or if you even still like me or if you’re upset with me which would totally be 100% fine because I definitely deserve it for apparently not being here. Honestly, I’m just confused about everything here.” James was rambling nervously but cut himself off and waved awkwardly at Jack. “Uh, hi Jack. Didn’t mean to ignore you. And is Ben still around? Cause hi if you are, sorry you’re still dead.”

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Max tried his hardest not to roll his eyes at Maria’s jab towards his cane. Sure she didn’t know him and as far as she was concerned he was just a mutant with magic but not everyone had the luxury of lugging around a bow and quiver where ever they went. For example in this instance she was now unequipped and forced to deal in hand to hand combat if things get dicey, which they very well could depending on a number of things. He on the other hand had a weapon he could use, his powers weren’t always reliable and so having his cane handy always helped him if a brawl broke out. He simply gave her a polite smile and made his way further in, glad to see that she did the same and immediately found someone she knew. Max and James also found some of who they were looking for and he would be more than delighted if it wasn’t for James running towards the guy like a love sick puppy and making a scene of themselves. He on the other hand just briskly walked towards the pair offering a smile to the two and turning over to Jack.

”I’m glad to see you again, even more glad that you remember us as well. From the sounds of it we have a major problem, and we require a massive team to get what’s needed done. Now, the odds are slim and the stakes are higher than ever, put I honestly feel like we have a fighting chance. We’re looking for the X-men, Rogue, Gambit, you two, and a few others that seemed to be lingering around you guys in this area. We already have one of the worlds brightest minds, are looking to acquire a second, and also apparently we have the earths best wizard which is in and of itself super cool. So what do you say?” Max gently punched Jacks arm in a playful manner, hoping that he could help them find the remaining people for the team and not cause all of mutant kind to go extinct. He had specifically decided to leave that part out, as well as any mention of the infinity stone that Casper told him about earlier. If those stones were as bad as they said, then a Casino is the last place you’d want to mention an item of immense power for control, after all what else would these greedy assholes want?

Niah sank into Susan's arms reveling in the hug. Tears welled up in her eyes and she tried to restrain herself but it was impossible. She sobbed twice before pulling herself back together. "Sorry," She whispered. "I started off without my memories and Daliasy is alive and well here. Everything in my brain feels a bit like mush to top that off I feel like I only just finally had everything click back into place. Also, I know this is a rude question but are you pregnant? And I'm glad you remember me. What the heck is going on here?" She asked the last question pulling herself away from the hug and seeing that Novikova was on the ground and Peitro was in the air.

Niah then glanced at Sapphire, "Yeah. Sue had my back a lot recently." She smiled at Susan, her eyes still a little damp from her breakdown. She had tried so hard to keep herself contained since she had gotten her memories back. Yeah, she was going to request a sabbatical or at least a temporary transfer to a non-field position. Niah needed a break or she was going to break. Everything she had tried to do to fix things had mostly worked, but it had fallen short.

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The elevator opened up, giving off a familiar ding and Antoinette turned her head quickly to see the group emerge. She beamed and skipped away from the window to greet everyone Lance had brought. She recognized a few of them, Carolina’s sister Cassandra included. She then turned and looked at Lance himself and smiled. It was good to see him. ”I think we will need a raincheck on that movie,” she noted, trying to bring some good natured humor into the situation.
Antoinette caught movement out of the corner of her eye and turned to watch as someone she did not recognize seem to irritate Pietro something fierce without her actually touching him. He yelled and knocked her down by taking out her knee and Antoinette’s eyes widened. This was not how this was supposed to go. Pietro screamed about him not wanting his mind messed with. What was she possibly going to do to his mind? They had a machine to restore memories right now, they didn’t need someone else invading other people's minds to do such a thing.

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"Alright, slow down a little bit Niah... And yes, I am... Actually it's something that carried over from the real world, not that far along, but well, you know... Anyway you all know how to make an interesting entrance," she said, turning to look at Pietro who was currently up in the air still. "...She's the one who can see alternate realities right? Then what exactly was she trying to accomplish if you don't mind me asking?"

"...In theory her powers could potentially be used to give others their memories back. If she knew how to use them correctly," Richards said, walking over to them.

"Ah, that would explain a lot, he had literally just left the room when Reed activated the machine since Quicksilver didn't want those memories back I don't think. Oh Niah, this is my husband Dr. Reed Richards," she said, waving her hand slightly towards him.

"Yeah, seems like it," Lance said to Annie, shaking his head slightly. He then turned to look at Guin, "Yeah, security is extremely horrible here, that I can agree with."

"....I do remember everything," October answered softly. "Except for dying. But - and I know that you will feel sorrow because you are pure of heart and intention - do not mourn for me a second time. Death is simply the next adventure. Our paths will cross again one day, as such is the power of true love."

"Yeah, fine... It's just, a lot to take in..." Oshea said to Allison, giving her a slight smile, not too sure what else to say.

Pietro meanwhile was not in the best place mentally. It is suffice to say that he essentially started going more then a little crazy when Allison used her powers to pull him back. "Let me go!" he snapped at her, before he started vibrating, and then a moment later, he was spinning around in place. Next thing everyone knew, he had created a tornado and broke free of Allison's powers. Papers started getting flung around the lab, before Pietro eventually stopped spinning and was glaring at Novikova. He did look a little bit on the insane side at the moment, "I am not a murderer, but I can be if you want me to be," he growled at her, before he raced out of the lab entirely.

"Well congratulations, think you just drove the speedster crazy," Sapphire said to Novikova, raising a bit of an eyebrow at her. This was exactly the thing they needed right now, a speedster who was going completely mental.

"...Anyone know why Pietro kind of went crazy like that? Aside from her obviously accusing him of being a serial killer."

"Eh, who knows, all I know is that the speedster definitely seems more then a little bit unstable, welp, anyone got a plan for how we're going to fix this mess? Since I personally don't like the idea of being stuck in a world where Magneto is the king."

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"Oh please, pretty sure I know what you and Ben were talking about, and let me just say you are not Meg from Hercules, that you are definitely Cinderella," Jack said to his brother with a bit of a laugh before James and Max came over to where they were. "Nice to see the two of you again, especially considering how screwed up this world is right now."

He fell silent as he listened to what it is that the pair were saying. So, high stakes gambling game where thing could end worse for everyone involved? "I'm in, as for Rogue and Gambit, well, they are around here. After all, Gambit kind of owns the casino as well as the Thieves Guild of New Orleans. So they probably are around here somewhere. If I had to guess Gambit probably is scamming people out of money right now. As for others, might want to see about his younger sister. Er, at least the one who isn't a psychopathic murderer, but sometimes it is hard to tell who is who out of the two of them." He then glanced back through the casino, towards the people who had walked in with Max and James, and a bit of color sort of drained from his face.

"Hopefully your friends that you came with know who they are wanting to talk to, since something tells me that they aren't looking for the psychopath, who is the person that they are talking to right now."

The red head turned to look at Maria and Tinley with a bit of a smirk, before taking a sip of the drink that she had. "Are you sure you aren't confusing me for someone else?" she asked them. This sort of thing was an easy mistake, most people tended to think that they were talking to one of the twins, but in reality were talking to the other one. Usually the psychopathic one was the one that they ended up talking to, which usually made for some interesting conversations. Though she was wanting to see about playing along a little bit, as she did know who they were, "My last name for one isn't Isley," she said, before she got up from where she was and started walking away.

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Carolina turned to look over at October and smiled slightly as she whipped a little tear away from her face, as she held onto October's hand. It was still really hard to live without her, she leaned forward and gave October another loving kiss she felt more happy in this reality than the real one without October. "I know, but it's just to hard some days without you.." Carolina whispered to October, whenever they do fix reality she would still continue to live on for her. Carolina turned to look at Annie, Lance, Guin, Pietro, Allison and her sister they were all her friends she wasn't alone.

She started to feel a gust of wind as Peitro caused a mini tornado within the lab, he looked like that there was something wrong with him as he threated the other woman. Before her sped off out of the lab entirely, looking over at Guin knowing that her fiancé had just ran out of the room and started to worry about her now as well.

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Cassandra watched as Niah and Susan had their little reunion, it looked like that they were really good friends and she was happy for Susan as well. She turned her attention towards Pietro as he started to shake violently and then started to create a small tornado within the room. Before he managed to break free and threatened her fellow agent before he quickly sped off out of the lab completely, seeing the look on his eyes he didn't look good at all either. She looked over towards Novikova as she helped her back up to her feet, wondering if she was okay. "Are you alright?" Cass asked her before turning her attention over towards Reed Richards as Susan introduced him to everyone.

"It's nice to meet you. And yes it does work, Novikova tested it first on one of our agents the day before to restore her memories." She said looking over at everyone within the room. "Our plan is to restore everyone's memories and capture Wanda to try and force her to fix what she ended up breaking." Cassandra said to everyone who was in the room, while looking at both Oshea and October knowing that they both had died in the real world.

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Maria looked over towards Tinley for a moment when Mary spoke to the two of them, she assumed that Mary didn't know and had her memories changed as well. And then saying that her last name wasn't Isley either, which she assumed to was because of Wanda messing with reality, she was about to walk away from them turning towards Tinley for a moment before quickly reaching forward and grabbed onto her shoulder. "Lets see if I can jog your memory a little bit." Maria said as she took off her glasses focusing mainly on Mary to try and restore her memories like Novikova had taught her to.

Maria froze as she started to get flooded with a lot of images, from Mary seeing all of the alternate realities from her causing Maria to stumble back a little bit. Seeing glimpses of Mary from the real world with what had happened at the X-Mansion what Mesmero had done to Mary, which caused her mind to split. Hearing Mary's voice as well but it wasn't really hers either. And when Wanda messed with reality it caused Mary to split, the one before them wasn't really Mary. As different realities were shown, eventually it showed one with Mary standing on a rooftop of a ruined building and New York City burning in the process.

Maria quickly put her glasses back on shaking her head slightly, it was really hard for her to process it all at once feeling bad her girlfriend had to wear glasses all of the time now. She turned to look at Tinley before speaking while looking around the room once more to find the real Mary before speaking to Tinley. "Alright, so this may sound crazy but anyway that really isn't Mary it's her other personality something happened at Xavier's someone messed with her mind to cause it to split."