[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 6:20 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Hellfire Manor [b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][/center][hr] Casper grinned stupidly at James' apology, just happy to have his husband back - and he was momentarily distracted from the matter of the missing ghost (Ben). [color=DBA1DE]"Aww, babes, you don't need to apologize for that - you know I like things a little rough,"[/color] Casper cooed, winking slightly. [color=DBA1DE]"I think we could really add that into our new rotation, it was definitely scary sexy - mostly sexy, in a sexy way, you know? Did I mention it was sexy?"[/color] Of course, as happy as he was, not everyone was having a great time right now. Case in point... Veil's blood turned as cold as ice - for a moment, she looked for Sapphire, expecting to see the specter of her best friend hovering over her. But Sapphire wasn't there. And neither was Feedback. An involuntary shudder went through Veil's body, as her form flickered in and out of visibility. [color=935DB8]"I... Was she alone?"[/color] Veil asked, the words feeling foreign in her mouth. It had been hard enough to lose her best friend - but Feedback was a [i]child[/i]. She hadn't lived. Veil bit her lip, nodding as Echo explained what happened. She had a horrific image in her mind of an army of faceless people surrounding Feedback, ripping her to shreds. [color=935DB8]"You did what you could,"[/color] Veil reassured her brother, but her words felt empty. She hadn't been there. She couldn't have known that every possible option was pursued to save Feedback. She just had to trust - and she did, she did trust them. If anything, Veil blamed herself for this failure. If they had left Genosha when they awoke, Feedback would still be alive... Magneto was similarly stunned, although his feelings weren't tinged with grief. He never said it, but Wanda had always been his favorite child. To learn that she had changed the world to fit his vision... It made him reevaluate the abrupt ending of their relationship. She was an Avenger now, pregnant and married to a robot. What had changed? And if he had had so much power, how had things come back to normal? [color=FF5733]"מירנדה, ידעת על זה?"[/color] Magneto asked Moneta in soft Hebrew. There was a certain tenderness to his words, a sensitivity - a feeling of betrayal. Selene was watching them closely, clearly understanding the words Magneto had spoken - this was definitely a fun soap opera for her. [color=DBA1DE]"Oh my gosh, sometimes I forget how weird WandaWorld was, especially at the end when you were--"[/color] Casper began to blurt, before catching himself in time. [color=DBA1DE]"Right, you probably don't want him to know, my bad. I'll be quiet."[/color] He listened to the stuff people were saying about the Vault, but it honestly was confusing him. It reminded him of when his dad used to give him lectures about things like [i]homo superior[/i] or whatever - when all Casper had wanted to do was chase butterflies. [color=DBA1DE]"I thought the Vault was like a Disney thing where they hid all their old racist movies?"[/color] Sunshine groaned. [color=#DAF7A6]"It's a miracle you can even walk, Casper,"[/color] she complained. Marrow snorted ever so slightly. [color=#DAF7A6]"It's a magic space where time goes faster, right? That's all it is. It's not a place with movies. If you took half a second to stop thinking about fucking James, you'd be able to pick up context clues."[/color] She was harsher with him than she needed to be, but Sunshine was having a bad day. Her best friend had died. And for a moment, she thought that her wife had died too. She didn't have patience for Casper being Casper. Selene sighed a bit, sensing that the topic had changed from something fun and interesting to something boring and old. [color=CDC0CF]"Oh yes, those pesky Children of the Vault,"[/color] Selene complained. [color=CDC0CF]"They ruin everything fun and worthwhile. Honestly, I thought Reeva had gotten rid of the last of them,"[/color] she commented. The Inner Circles of the various Hellfire Clubs talked to each other and as a member of the NYC branch, Selene was at many parties with the DC group and had heard about Reeva's assassination of one of the Children not too long ago. [color=CDC0CF]"Ego sum omnium mater, deliciae. Ego sum vetustissima mutant,"[/color] Selene then interjected into Max and Andy's conversation. [color=A9F8C7]"So..."[/color] Polaris trailed off, before deciding she didn't want to deal with everyone here. She'd much rather fight something. Maria's arrows were already abandoned on the ground near Casper, so she didn't move a finger to redirect them. Instead, Polaris went in the direction Zarina and the others had gone, finding the opened passageway entrance on the second floor. "... So, um, secret passageway then?" Pixie commented, her wings fluttering nervously. "I'll stay here, just in case anyone... You know," Elixir explained. [hr] Polaris descended the stairs, until she caught up with Zarina. At the bottom of the stairs, there was a metal door, which Polaris flicked and it fell over, clattering on the ground. It looked like a maze of hallways and doors, with shining fluorescent lights and bright white walls and floors. The only thing that broke up the monotony was a smeared blood trail going to the right. [color=A9F8C7]"Don't get in the way,"[/color] Polaris told Valkyrie numbly.