[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SR52k84p/54b4e63d635603b22d80f72a4ba2be54.png[/img][hr][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/8da9a04d3a938d495c0fa70ef439ea74/tumblr_n25w8mtVQF1tqqihyo1_500.gif[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Nallore][@Trainerblue192][@Achronum][@PatientBean][@Forsythe][@Blizz][@Kirah][@Natsu][hr][h3][color=AC3EFF][b]??? - Tue. November 23rd, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hider=Trick or Treat 2023 Records][list][*]Mary Sue - Trick - Her backpack was stolen in the library! She'll have to replace her laptop/books/etc. [*]Vicky - Trick - Through a misunderstanding with a teacher (Usagi) Vicky has detention for the entire month of November [*]Sabine - Trick - someone hacked Sabine’s socials and put up some disgusting, bigoted content pretending to be her [*]Andy - Treat - Magneto sends her a gift, it’s a pair of vambraces that fit her perfectly, they’re made out of an unknown material and can deflect bullets and the like [*]Zari - Treat - On Halloween morning, Zari also gets a present from her family. It’s an enchanted tool belt. Whatever tool she needs if she reaches for it, it’s there [*]Leah - Trick - After the Monster Mash when Leah returns to her room, there is a postcard on the wall from Oslo. Written on it is her birth name. Nothing else. [*]Dorian - Treat - On Halloween day, Dorian’s father sends him a ~spooky~ gift. It’s a mini dinosaur! And by mini I mean like 6 inches tall. But it’s alive! [/list][/hider][hr] Percy hesitated for a moment, as his sister told him to come on out of the room with her. Arcade may have been subdued, a sobbing mess as he seemingly understood the severity of his actions for the first time, but that wasn't guaranteed to last. If Percy turned his back on Arcade and left the space, if Arcade hurt his friends, hurt Dorian... He'd never forgive himself. He'd rather be a martyr than a survivor. [color=ed1c24]"I'm going to stay here - just in case,"[/color] Percy said, nodding at his sister as Diana left the small room containing the Framework and its miscellaneous equipment. However, it wasn't necessarily Arcade that was making Percy nervous - or not the [i]only[/i] thing. It was pretty clear to him that April was losing it, lost in the midst of a panic attack. For ordinary people, panic attacks were one thing - for those with superpowers, they were an entirely other problem. He looked at the tanks and saw them trembling, the water inside sloshing around like a storm. Spiderweb cracks were forming in the glass, and he tensed his muscles, ready to grab Dorian and teleport them out of the room the [i]second[/i] glass started to shatter and fly. [color=ed1c24]"Maybe more of you should touch her and tell her to calm down,"[/color] Percy muttered. Unfortunately, nothing anyone did was getting through to April. Her chest was tight and she kept trying to breathe, but it was more like choking on air. She was distantly of the people in the room with her, who they were - but more aware of the touches on her body, of the faces swimming around her, of the words that hit her brain with the sound of nails dragged against a chalkboard. It was all louder and louder by the moment, the slightest brush of skin felt like electrocution. Her brain was swimming, repeating the words her sister had said over and over again, replaying the images from Nimue's haunted house. She tried to breathe. She really did [i]try[/i]. But it was all too much all too much all too fucking [b][i]much...[/i][/b]... And it exploded out of her. The tanks shattered, glass flying, water coursing towards her - towards everyone around her. The time traveling Mary Sue would get a gash on the shoulder from a shard of glass, the non-time traveling Mary Sue would have a shard sink into her stomach. Mads would get a nasty gash on her leg, the blood quickly soaking through her clothes. Dorian would be thrown back and away from Arcade, hitting his head against the wall, blood oozing from the impact site. Percy was a second too slow to get to Dorian, only managing to flicker away from a shard of glass that would have gone into his eye - instead, he was just thoroughly soaked with water, as was Danni, Zari, Andy, Arcade, and Sabine. More and more water was swirling around April, around the entire room really, where she was the eye of the storm. [b][i]NOTE: next update, the West Coast Avengers enter this room[/i][/b] [hider=Translations]Russian: Возможно, это будет слишком любезно по отношению к нему. Это дает ему шанс выжить. = That might be too kind to him. It gives him a chance to survive. [/hider][hr] The full (current) roster of the West Coast Avengers was present: (Old Man) Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Shang Chi, Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Ant Man, Mockingjay, and Quartz. While Mockingjay and Quartz stepped aside to talk with Leah, Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch took to the sky, quickly canvasing the school. The Scarlet Witch was casting spells as she flew, the purpose of which would elude Leah. The rest continued on in, weapons at the ready despite Leah giving the all clear - there was every possibility that Arcade had put more traps in store. "We got an anonymous tip that there's an active supervillain situation on campus," Quartz said. Her silver hair was held back in braids, and she wore ruby glasses, keeping her gaze a mystery. She gave her kid a hug, before turning her attention to Leah again. "What information can you tell us?" The Avengers all had comms, so anything Leah could say, Quartz and Mockingjay could relay. "And [i]where[/i] is your brother?" she then added, looking at her daughter. [@Forsythe]: Vicky will receive a text from Ant Man (Scott Lang) in a group chat with Cassie asking for the girls to get to safety immediately, that the Avengers are on campus with a situation called in by one of the faculty.