[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 - 6:50 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][b]Basement...[/b] [color=935DB8]"... What?"[/color] Veil said, endlessly confused as to how Callie had gotten a bee in her ear. It was such a bizarre yet simultaneously mundane problem - Veil couldn't remember the last time they had had one of those. It felt so long since they had had to struggle to survive, hiding in abandoned buildings, picking themselves up each day and trying to save mutants in trouble while barely able to even save themselves. A sense of shame then trickled inside of Veil. Were they like the X-Men now, too caught up in the big picture to help mutants? [color=935DB8]"Hold still,"[/color] Veil said, thinking through what she was going to do before she did it. She concentrated and made a miniature force field inside of Spark Plug's ear, encapsulating the bee. And then slowly, Veil pulled the force field out, the bubble-bee harmlessly leaving Spark Plug's ear. Veil then released the force field and the bee, clearly angry and scared at the entire experience, buzzed off. [color=935DB8]"Better?"[/color] Veil asked. Her eyes felt tired and dry. At least this had been a little problem she could solve - something she could fix... She knew that she'd have to go speak to Sinister - to bring them back... Meanwhile, Pixie didn't understand how Kristina was being so... calm? "Don't you want to be alive?" Pixie asked her, her eyes darting around as she tried to figure out what was going on with Kristina. Why wasn't she upset or angry - why was she so peaceful? Where had all her energy gone? Her wings fluttered a little faster, thinking on about what James said - that they just needed a way to jumpstart Kristina's body... She was happy to know that Max apparently had a plan. [color=DBA1DE]"Who do you need for this?"[/color] Casper asked Max, still successfully channeling Kristina's spirit. [color=DBA1DE]"Is this one of your secret meetings with Doctor Strange? We all know he's your sugar daddy, you don't need to pretend it's [i]only [/i]magic lessons he's been giving you!"[/color] Casper pointed out. He knew it was possible to bring back the dead, a lot of his stupid father's students tended to come back from the dead like the afterlife was a revolving door, but Casper had never paid enough attention to really know how. Inside the panic room, Reeva let out a bitter laugh at James' comment. [color=B1C1EB]"I thought I had taken care of them, when we handled their scout... Desiree... But they don't stop..."[/color] There were tears in Reeva's eyes. [color=B1C1EB]"This is my fault, James..."[/color] Even though he had healed her, the weight of the grief and guilt was crushing - she was [i]tired.[/i] They had founded a mutant homeland, only for the Children of the Vault to come try to destroy it. Esme opened her eyes. As the realization dawned on her, as everything clicked into place, her body began to shake. She closed her eyes again. [color=3D5DC3]"We... we lost 198"[/color] Esme Frost said. [color=3D5DC3]"Sophie and Phoebe, they made it - they're up here,"[/color] she then tapped the side of her head. [color=3D5DC3]"With Mum and Celeste and Mindee."[/color] She was one person with five other minds inside of her. [color=A9F8C7]"198?!"[/color] Polaris exclaimed, her grief roaring into anger. Anger at the loss of her child. Anger at the Children of the Vault. Anger at herself for not being enough. And above all else, the horrific realization of what had transpired. [color=B1C1EB]"I'm so sorry, Esme..."[/color] Reeva said quietly. She didn't know what to do in this somber moment. She hadn't planned for this. No one had. [hr][b]Basement - A Few Hallways Over ...[/b] [color=FF5733]"You can control your hands, can you not?"[/color] Magneto reminded Maria sharply. He was clearly incredibly angry with her, having not consented to her stealing his powers and some of his life force. He would've been angry even if she had only sampled his control over magnetism. Selene cackled, seeing Valkyrie rip the head off of the cyborg. [color=CDC0CF]"Oh, I see why you like her, darling,"[/color] Selene said, purposefully using English, but not being clear as to who she was talking to. [color=CDC0CF]"That's positively wicked."[/color] [color=FF5733]"... You disturb me, Selene,"[/color] Magneto muttered. [color=FF5733]"I do not know, child. But I intend to find out."[/color] Magneto [i]swooshed[/i] his cloak behind him as he headed back the way they had come from, intending to go seek out the others and see if Reeva and the Three-in-One had been located. His helmet prevented any telepaths from reaching him, so the Three-in-One couldn't have reached him anyways. [color=#DAF7A6]"... What the fuck..."[/color] Sunshine muttered, staring at Zarina. The girl had been a little odd, a little funny, but this? That was downright barbaric - and whatever the cyborg had been, she had been the one who killed Kristina and was part of the invaders who massacred their island. But even that was a bridge too far for Sunshine. She grabbed Marrow's hand and headed in the same direction as Magneto. [color=CDC0CF]"Don't listen to them, I think it's artistry,"[/color] Selene said again to Zarina.