[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@KazAlkemi][@Framing A Moose][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]February 17th, 2021 - 9:00 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hider=M-Pox - Check This Hider Each Time!]Mutant Underground: [list][*]Casper - mild symptoms (+) [*]Spark Plug - [color=f7941d]moderate symptoms[/color] [*]Jack - [color=f7941d]moderate symptoms[/color] [*]Max - severe symptoms [*]Glimpse - [color=f7941d]moderate symptoms[/color][/list] Hellfire Club/Misc.: [list][*]Emma Frost - moderate symptoms [*]Vulcan - moderate symptoms [*]Legion - moderate symptoms [*]Morgan - [color=f7941d]mild symptoms[/color][/list] Mild Symptoms: Headache, some splotchiness of the skin, fatigue and exhaustion Moderate Symptoms: Difficulty breathing, dizziness, vomiting, blood shot eyes, prominent veins Severe Symptoms: Vomiting blood, trouble walking, bleeding from the ears, extreme skin discoloration, general looniness [/hider] Last night, Negasonic and Colossus left for England, bringing Magik's body along with them. Captain Britain and Excalibur had been kind enough to agree to help, arranging the transportation that they needed. Captain Britain had also sent fresh food, water, and medical supplies to the Mutant Underground, worrying after the health of his daughter Glimpse. They hadn't been the only ones to leave however. Dr. Watts and his daughter Leda had departed once Watts gathered blood samples from everyone present, including those who were not currently afflicted with M-Pox, promising to call Sapphire with news as soon as possible. Cayden's body had been placed on his bed in his and James' room, with Veil kindly requesting that James double up in a bed with Casper. The rest of the newcomers were placed in what had been Magik and Negasonic's room - room 7. James' old bed had been moved into the now cramped space, so at least no one had to share who did not want to. Polaris and Havok had yet to emerge from Havok's room and when Colossus had gone inside to fetch his things, Polaris had still been unconscious - a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode. But with the tragic loss of Magik and Moonwalker, things couldn't possibly be worse today than yesterday... ... Right?[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/QB6SRnc.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] Mutant Underground: Veil and Sapphire's Room [b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][/center] Veil had had a hard time sleeping. They had lost two people yesterday - essentially two members of her family had perished. The prophecy that Valkyrie shared with her was haunting her as well. She couldn't make heads nor tails of it, but its words were enough to make her uneasy. There was something blowing in the wind, something dangerous, and without knowing what was coming, how could they begin to prepare? How could they defend themselves in the dark? And once she finally had been able to fall asleep and quiet her mind, her subconscious dredged up the most horrifying of nightmares. She was on an island, watching, waiting for something. She shifted her weight and a twig snapped. Her memory of the nightmare was fuzzy, but she distinctly recalled running, running, running - her heart thumping with the knowledge that if she were caught, it was all over. She had turned her head in time to see the cliff, but not soon enough to stop herself as she plummeted, hitting the surface of the ocean like a rock. She had woken up not long after that, gasping for air - as if she really had been drowning. The rest of her time she spent pacing back and forth, running over the lines time and time again. She had jumped when her phone buzzed with a message from Yukio, Negasonic's girlfriend - [i]X-Cutioner struck again. 3 dead outside the Cherry Bomb.[/i] The blood drained from Veil's face. Yukio had dubbed the stranger with the knife from yesterday's fiasco as the X-Cutioner, after Veil called her and asked for her to be on the lookout for any future attacks. The name was horrifying and Veil couldn't help but wonder if something else might have been better - like George. [i][color=935DB8]Any witnesses?[/color][/i] [i]One. Tall, ginger, 50's, female. Had a lengthy scar over her right eye. I'll let you know if I find her.[/i] [i][color=935DB8]Thanks. Be safe. You know you're always welcome here.[/color][/i] [i]I know.[/i][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=DBA1DE]Casper Theriot[/color][/b][/h3] [img]https://i.imgur.com/6DFvvY7.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=DBA1DE]Location:[/color][/b] Mutant Underground: Jack and Casper (and James)'s Room [b][color=DBA1DE]Skills:[/color][/b] Mediumship [hr][/center] Casper had slept like a baby, curled up into his adoring boyfriend. Throughout the night, he had switched back and forth between being the big spoon and the little spoon. His fever was gone with a headache lingering in its place. He didn't have any dreams - well, he had one where Ben had turned into a giant waffle with whipped cream, but he figured that was probably just prompted by hunger. Casper opened his eyes slowly, nuzzling James in the big spoon position. [color=DBA1DE]"Babes? Can we have waffles for breakfast? I think all the M-Pox and nearly dying as emptied my stomach more than when the doctors had to pump it,"[/color] he whispered. [i]"Finally, you're awake!"[/i] Ben exclaimed, standing on the other side of James. [i]"Jack's lost it."[/i] [color=DBA1DE]"I'm sure he'll find it, tell him to look under his bed, he's always losing his hair care products there..."[/color] Casper replied sleepily. He let out a yawn, snuggling a little more into James. His boyfriend was so warm and he smelled so nice. He could have happily stayed in bed with him all day, especially if waffles were involved. Maybe after eating waffles, he could use the whipped cream for some [i]recreational[/i] activities, as long as he could convince Jack to leave the room for an hour or so... [i]"No, Casper, listen to me. Jack's lost his mind. He got up in the middle of the night,"[/i] Ben explained, snapping his fingers in order to keep Casper's attention. [i]"And he's gone, he grabbed Sunshine and left!"[/i] [color=DBA1DE]"So? What's your point?"[/color] Casper said with a yawn. [color=DBA1DE]"He's probably just taking her on a walk or something to talk about the meaning of true love. All his stuff is here, so how about you go stare at the wall in the hallway and count how many spider webs you can find?"[/color] he suggested, before chucking his pillow at Ben. The pillow went through Ben and hit the wall lamely. [hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/Tno0CtP.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=#DAF7A6]Location:[/color][/b] ??? [b][color=#DAF7A6]Skills:[/color][/b] Disease Manipulation [hr][/center] Sunshine wanted to sleep some more. She wanted to continue to drift off to the land of the unconscious mind, where she didn't need to think or feel. She didn't want to exist in any sort of meaningful way. But the more she thought about wanting to go back to sleep, the harder it was to deny that she was awake. She opened her eyes and blinked slightly, confused. She wasn't at the Mutant Underground anymore. There was a suspicious stain on the ceiling she had never seen before. And the blanket, it wasn't the one she had in her room. It was a red plaid blanket, a bit coarse and itchy, the sort of thing that showed up on the covers of magazines. As her brain woke up, things flooded back to her - things she had assumed had just been a nightmare. The door in her and Waverley's room creaking open, someone pressing a damp cloth against her face, and then... Then she was here. She was in some sort of office. No one else was there. She threw the blanket off of her and sprung up to her feet, balling her fists in anticipation of a fight. [color=#DAF7A6]"Only a coward hides!"[/color] Sunshine taunted, hoping to draw her kidnapper out. Little bits of green mist surrounded her hands.