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🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Cassiopeia Hood

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Location: Chinese Place -- Wichita, Kansas
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Cassiopeia narrowed her eyes a little at the woman who called herself Tink. ’Like Tinker Bell? Come on, get a better nickname…’ she thought to herself. Cassiopeia shifted in her seat. Obviously Tink knew of the letters, she spoke of them, knew her name, she said it and knew her parents. Cassiopeia was inclined to believe her. ”Did you send the letters? What danger was it talking of?” She glanced at Colby once but was decidedly more interested in the pretend fairy.
Early today, when they had first gotten the letter, Cassiopeia could have cared less about getting to know her parents but as the day had worn on and Layla talked about it, the more interested she had become. Now, knowing that they had answers close at hand, there was nothing Cassiopeia wanted more than to know who her parents were and where they were. She had many questions for them. Her mind was already racing with them.

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Willow Jones

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Location: Oak Park -- Wichita, Kansas
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Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy… Silent tears fell down Willow’s face as she drove. This betrayal was different though. It wasn’t a simple act of growing up and learning, losing innocence. This was a complete break of trust and confidence. Everything she knew was a lie, how she was raised had been fabricated. She didn’t feel any comfort or warmth in this moment. She felt as if she had been hollowed out. Sierra even grabbed her hand, giving it a comforting squeeze. Willow felt a small shock go up her arm but she ignored it, pulling her hand away from Sierra’s to pull into the parking lot.
Willow looked confused at the scene before them. She thought her eyes were blurry and rubbed the corners of her eyes but what she saw was clear. Two people were on the ground, knocked out Willow hoped and three other people standing around the scene. Willow got out of the car and locked it once everyone was out. She walked behind Sierra, leaving space still. It wasn’t a good thing to see two bodies on the ground and the possible assailants still there. Willow was strong and had a kick boxing background and although it could be easily used for combat and she knew how, it had merely been for exercise. She didn’t want to fight, she had just gotten a fresh manicure the other day. Plus there was the emotional trauma she was still reeling from.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Antoinette McCarthy

Location: Galactus Ship - Phalanx Room (Group 2) -- SPACE
Skills: Intuition

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Lance hadn’t calmed down and had finally hulked out. He towered over them all, roaring and did not seem at all amused by Thor’s attempts in calming him down. He picked up Thor and tossed him across the room before turning and glared at them all who were still there. At least they were on a large ship. Many times the Hulk, Lance’s father, had actually helped the Avengers in battle due to their being a bigger threat and a bigger evil. This though, why Lance had suddenly hulked out did not make sense to Antoinette. Their lives had been in threat but no more than usual. It could have been due to the blood transfusion Lance had gone through and the lack of stability and understanding with this new, baby hulk, so to speak.
Antoinette stepped forward, looking up at Lance curiously, seeming to be in a bit of a daze. Perhaps it was shock still. Clearly the girl did not see the imminent danger at the moment. She was normally a timid person but that usual came with anything that triggered her PTSD and that would be gunfire or sometimes simply seeing the weapon. Curiosity though, Antoinette was swimming with the need to understand and learn.
The school girl crush she had once had for Lance had left her after the last battle. She had seen how close him and Runa had become and so she let go and moved on. After all, Antoinette was struggling with her own internal battles. ”Lance, I am not sure this is what your father meant about you two becoming closer,” she noted.
As she watched him closely, her blue eye began to flare again. Her intuition came on it’s own, she hadn’t really thought she was trying but maybe her subconscious had taken over. Lance was angry, that much was obvious with the hulking out but with Carolina accidentally hurting him and a supposed hallucination Lance had prior to this moment, it had pushed him over to this end.
”The mind does like to play tricks on us. To lie and make us feel less than adequate. I see my mother… Most often when I’m asleep but sometimes during the day… I hear her screams too,” she noted in a serene, dream like voice. She looked back at Lance, feeling herself start to go off track. ”Whatever you saw Lance, it wasn’t real. How it made you feel, was merely a reaction to the lie. She walked up to Lance and placed a hand on the green figures leg, at least what she could reach and patted him a little. "This is real though." This would either work or it wouldn't. Antoinette only hoped the suit would hold her body together if Lance kicked her across the room.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Luna Braddock - Glimpse

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ-- Washington D.C.
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Luna nodded a bit at Jack’s assessment and need to know everything before trusting someone. She could get behind that to a point. ”You never truly know everything about a person, not unless you exhibit a bit of trust first but in our line of work, trust can get you killed or it can save you. It’s a real toss up of a situation. I wouldn’t be surprised if he knew we were coming but at the very least, he does know of us, he will do his research and so we shall do ours. I’ll call my dad and aunt. They’ve had their run ins before, it would be good to have a bit more of an insight into the big bad.” Luna stood up and looked at Jack. Being a telepath had its advantages for sure, but if someone knew how to block or play their own mind games, you were totally snookered and it didn’t matter. ”If you need an outside party to talk to Jack, you know where to find me. I don’t have Darth Vader as a father but sometimes it isn’t easy being Luke Skywalker’s child either,” she noted. Expectations vs. reality as it were.
Luna left Jack to figure out some more stuff if he needed to and she headed back down the stairs. She wormed her way around the teenagers and other kids who had laid claim to the stairs and noted the conversation they seemed to be having. ”Killing is great and all, but it’s the after that you have to learn to deal with or it will consume you.” She glanced at them. They were all so young but they couldn’t afford to rely on the innocence of age. Luna was lucky, she didn’t grow up hunted. She grew up as safe as houses and loved and she still had most of her family. She looked away, feeling a flicker of shame that she would never understand them and yet expected so much out of them.
Luna joined the group on the main floor and shoved her hands into her pockets. She schooled her emotions and facial expressions into her easy face of constant annoyance and curiosity. She cocked her head at Vulcan, thinking over what they could do with him. Beating was an option but you could only do so much before they were more useless than they would be dead. Drugs, she didn’t think was a wise idea since he was addicted to whatever drug had given him all this extra power and lack of control. Truth was, they got all the information out of them they could, he was useless to them now but he was family. Luna looked over at Havok who was watching Vulcan as well. Snookered indeed.

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Cayden Proudstar - Moonwalker

Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- Washington D.C.
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”Well I don’t know about you but I work better on a full stomach,” Cayden said and patted his hollow belly. He grinned, smiling at all the somber faces before he leaned up against a piece of furniture. He untied the leather throng from around his wrist and wrapped his hair around it so it was in a bit of a bun on the back of his head. His hair was a knotted mess at the moment, dirty as well. It would be better for him if he kept it pinned out of the way. He looked back at Vulcan when beatings were mentioned. ”I could help with that,” he offered then paused quickly, looking at Havok. ”Sorry man… I didn’t, ya,” he glanced over Vulcan again and then away.
The memory of his face on fire was still at the forefront of his mind as Cayden had never experienced such pain before. It was hard not to feel hostile towards the man on the floor, even if he was someone’s brother, someone’s son. It could have been worse. James was there in time and had been able to help heal Cayden’s face to prevent any kind of lasting damage. An image of his grandmother flashed across his memories and he relaxed a little. She was always telling him to look for the good in a person and to have patience, as that journey was never a steady one.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Luna Braddock - Glimpse

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ-- Washington D.C.
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Luna remained standing in the doorway while Jack blew up at her. She didn’t mind in the least, yelling was a great stress reliever. She listened to him speak and confess who the man he had been talking to was. That was a bit of a surprise and a shock. Luna kept her eyes on Jack, giving him her attention but her mind was racing right now on what all of this could mean. How this could affect them all. As for his telepathy comment, Luna knew exactly what people thought of her and how untrustworthy everyone, even her own family, believed her to be. It was one of the reasons she didn’t poke into any of their minds the first day she showed up. If she desired her own thoughts to be protected, she would respect everyone else’s privacy. In this case though, Luna had gotten a read on that older man and it hadn’t been sitting well with Luna. She needed to know and she wasn’t going to poke into Jack’s mind so she asked him instead.
Luna shifted away from the door and found a spot to sit after Jack’s tirade. ”There’s no need to apologize Jack, that is a lot to take in. Especially for only one person to take in. I wish I could agree and say it is solely your problem but I have a feeling it won’t be. If only because we all just stumbled onto your father’s lair and he knows about all of us now.” She watched Jack, trying to pick her words carefully but sometimes there were no easy words. Especially when you just found out your father is a super villain. ”At least your dad has good taste in lairs,” she said, attempting a humorous joke.

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Cayden Proudstar - Moonwalker

Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- Washington D.C.
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Colossus answered Cayden and seemed self assured that it would work. He smiled at the big guy and nodded. They all had to have faith right? ”I guess we just need to wait it out then. In the meantime, should we go on a supply run?” He looked around the room but Veil was still speaking in private with Sapphire. They would have to wait for her all clear but Cayden thought a supply run would be a good idea. ’Oh, is there running water in this place? A shower would be ideal,” Cayden noted. Of course, there were in an underground, half collapsed mansion so the odds of running water were low but you never knew. This place was like a bunker, it would have to survive all sorts of things, right?
Cayden turned his head, looking at everyone gathered on the stairs. They all seemed to be in various stages of tiredness. Some just starting to get there, others overtired and therefore energetic now and others just simply there. Waverley didn’t look like she was doing very well but Casper seeing her mother would have done any of them in he was sure. Cayden was still glad he had been chosen for the hospital raid rather than the bar scene. There were already stories floating around about what had happened with that group.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Antoinette McCarthy

Location: Galactus Ship - Phalanx Room (Group 2) -- SPACE
Skills: Enhanced Intuition; Illusion Casting

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Antoinette was too busy concentrating to notice Lance’s turning colours and Thor’s urgency. Her concentration was broken when Thor grabbed her and Elizabeth and hauled them out of the room. Antoinette blinked a couple of times, her eyes coming back to normal before she heard shouting and was pulled back to reality. The door remained open and Antoinette quickly shut it before turning to the source of yelling. Lance didn’t seem to be Lance at the moment and that might not be good for the people close to him right now. His skin was slowly starting to change colours and his heart was not slowing down which clearly could not be a good sign.
Antoinette took a couple steps towards Lance, her blue eye starting to glow as she tried to get a read on him and what was occuring. Her purple eye glowed faintly as well but she couldn’t determine who Lance was talking to or what he was seeing. She flipped tactics, her purple eye returning to it’s normal shade but the blue continued to glow strongly as she searched for the right words to tell Lance so he could perhaps calm down. Nothing was being presented to her and Antoinette looked over at Carolina. She was standing close to Lance but they were all sitting ducks right now.

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Cassiopeia Hood

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Location: Chinese Place -- Wichita, Kansas
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The woman completely ignored Cassiopeia’s comment but didn’t bother to look away from them. Okay, what the hell was this, some freak staring contest? One of the boys got up and slid past Cassiopeia before trying to spit balls of paper at her. The one meant for Cassiopeia missed but the one for Layla, hit her dead center on the forehead. Cassiopeia would have laughed if she wasn’t already annoyed and if it hadn’t been some random stranger. Layla stood and Cassiopeia watched her sister slip a fork up her sleeve before going and following the curly headed boy. Cassiopeia smirked then and looked back at the older woman and other boy still sitting at their table. The one thing about foster kids who had bounced from home to home, a few on the less than safe side was you tended to learn how to look after yourselves, by any means necessary.
Cassiopeia picked up the discarded piece of paper and saw a rough sketch followed by the words, ’I believe she needs to speak to you two.’ Cassiopeia carried the paper over to their table and tossed the page down onto the table and stared at the woman. ”Clearly you know me but I do not know you or you. I believe introductions are in order,” Cassiopeia said and looked between Colby and Tink. ”I suggest you hurry up as well before my sister gets too friendly with your curly haired friend.”

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Willow Jones

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Location: The Diner
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Willow shook her head, not minding at all if they took her vehicle, she did offer it to them all after all. She gathered up her things, ready to be on the move and headed for the door. She looked over at Sierra when she spoke about her mechanical friend and shook her head again. Willow unlocked her SUV so everyone could get in and opened up the driver’s side door. ”It’s my parents problem, not mine,” she said rather harshly before sliding onto the driver’s seat. She turned on her SUV and turned down the radio so they could talk on the way to the park.
Willow was rather upset but there were several different emotions running through her body, being angry was the easier option. She was grateful to drive though, if not to have something else to keep her mind occupied and focused on something else other than her parents deceit. Willow looked over at Sierra. ”Why would two adults lie to a child?” She tried to rack her brain for some psychological reason but she was too emotionally wired to be able to think of a logical reason.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Apollo Cabin ---> The Big House -- Camp Half-Blood

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The funeral service had been, nice. Ezekiel stowed away his chosen weapons, grateful for the horn that allowed him to be free from Juan’s headlock. Ezekiel still couldn’t really believe that the girl had died and so brutally by the sounds of it. He never liked that creepy talking skull anyways, so at least that thing was gone. He had remained silent and respectful while the ceremony went on and even stayed a bit longer to offer up a prayer before he procured the potions and herbs from Rebecca. He put them in a bag before going to the Big House to gather up some more medical essentials before he went to the training area to meet up with the others. It had been a good way to blow off steam as well as figure out how to fight off of each other. Ezekiel knew Kristen’s fighting well but Janelle was the odd one out but he felt better about that after the training.
During the night Ezekiel had been plagued by a dream and judging by who was with him, Janelle and Kristen were having the same dream as well. They were bystanders up until the end, watching a large woman with her dog speak to someone before the dog shifted and turned on them, signalling to the woman that there other people present. Before she could react though, the dream suddenly ended and Ezekiel was awake.
The sun was streaming in through a gap in the curtains of Ezekiel’s cabin. It took him a moment to register where he was after waking so abruptly. He ran over the dream in his head as he laid in bed, trying to piece some of it together. The woman’s face had been a bit of a blur; although, she had been fairly large and the hidden Chimera in her purse was hard to miss. What she spoke of though, Ezekiel knew it had something to do with the others leaving to go to Jupiter. Ezekiel threw back the covers and quickly dressed. He pulled on jeans and a long sleeved, maroon coloured shirt before he pulled his normal beanie over his head and ran to the Big House.
”Mr. D, Chiron!!” he called out.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Luna Braddock - Glimpse

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ-- Washington D.C.
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The new headquarters weren’t awful, at the very least they had bedrooms and space that they could have to themselves should they need it. Hiding the vehicles under tarps wasn’t ideal but it was better than having no cover at all and Luna was still able to have her rented motorcycle. As for the rats and bugs, they made great target practice should one need it. Things could be much, much worse. Luna was wandering, she wanted to talk with Veil but she seemed to be having a moment with her cold best friend and so Luna thought it best to walk away. She moved past the posse of children on the stairs and wandered down the hall until she found Jack. She leaned on the door frame and knocked.
”I do believe that is a wasted effort,” she noted, watching him hit his head on the wall. ”The thoughts will still be there, just more annoying with a headache. Can I talk to you for a minute? It’s about the gentleman you were speaking with at the bar.” Of course Jack had every right to turn her away if he wanted, clearly he was going through some things as well but Luna had a need to know and if he needed to talk, well he could talk to her. Luna may be telepathic but she was good at keeping secrets.

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Cayden Proudstar - Moonwalker

Location: "Dining Room" - Mutant Underground HQ -- Washington D.C.
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The whole underground seemed pretty somber. The news the bar team brought back with them was far from comforting and they were at the bottom of the totem pole again, trying to climb back up. If it was even worth climbing back up again. They were up against some serious villains here and they didn’t have a lot of manpower. Still, Cayden had a smile on his face, even standing in the same room with Vulcan, who tried to kill them all. Twice. They couldn’t let him go but they couldn’t keep him either. ”Do you really think that medication we got will help them be, normal again?” It was an open question, to anyone really.
Illyana, Colossus sister was relatively normal again and that was a good sign but she also had a psychotic break of some kind that almost got the people in the vehicle with her all killed. That wasn’t an ideal way to break through from being drugged but maybe that’s what they would all have to face. Still, it would be easier just to kill him but easier isn't always right. Cayden’s father used to take the easy way out and rather than turn, Cayden took the harder way and moved through his life with compassion. This situation would have to be no different, if only to keep Cayden sane and guilt free.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Antoinette McCarthy

Location: Galactus Ship - Phalanx Room (Group 2) -- SPACE
Skills: Enhanced Intuition; Illusion Casting

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Eight increased by ten and then went down by a few numbers as each of the members of Antoinette's team took down one of the Phalanx's, followed by Thor’s contribution and Lance’s. Then they turned on all of them, growing more aggressive and lashed out. One managed to slice Antoinette’s arm, getting her good and she cried out from the searing pain of it. It felt as if her arm was on fire but numb all at the same time. It was a lot of pain but by the adrenaline already going through Antoinette, she was able to continue fighting. Her blue eye started to glow as she tapped into her intuition to get a better read on these creatures. They were smart, seeming to be able to operate and function on their own but their minds were beyond Antoinette’s comprehension. Any attack on them that way, would probably glance off of them but Antoinette was at least willing to try.
Antoinette tapped into her intuition to see if she could notice a fighting pattern that she may be able to counter attack when she saw Lance’s levels spike inside her helmet. She turned her head quickly, seeing Carolina run over to Lance who had found an escape door but he was down on the ground. Oh no, oh this could not be good. She looked back at the Phalanx’s. They needed to get out but it wouldn’t be easy with all these things coming after them with murderous intent. Not to mention the item they were looking for was possibly in this room, right above them.
She wasn’t able to pick up on a fighting pattern, something she wasn’t completely surprised about. Antoinette looked back at her friends. Lance who didn’t look well and Carolina who was freaking. Not to mention Elizabeth and Thor all there as well. Antoinette’s blue eye stopped glowing and her purple one started as she worked on an illusion. She used her pain to fuel her and her desire to protect her friends. The Hulk appeared in front of them, separating her friends from the Phalanx’s and it even solidified. It roared fiercely at the creatures and Antoinette moved backwards towards Carolina and the door.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: The Arena ---> The Armory -- Camp Half-Blood

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Ezekiel was also about to invite Jason to come and train with them, if anything to keep the numbers even but the leader of the damn place spoke up before he could. That was fine, but her giving suggestions on potions was not. That was not her wheelhouse or area of expertise. They were Rebecca’s and the medicine was Ezekiel’s. This quest was already going to hell. ”Do you even know what crystals do Kristen?” He shook his head and headed to the armory. He was tired of her know it all attitude. She didn’t know it all and if she kept pretending she did, one of them would end up dead.
Ezekiel made it the armory and found Juan. He looked a bit of the jock and Ezekiel smirked a little as his sidled up next to him. ”Juan! Heading out for a quest, could I get my hands on a couple sets of arrows and how’s my bow looking?”
Juan was looking around the armory, for something, before turning his head when Zeke came in and smirked a little bit before pulling him into a headlock and gave him a nuggie. "Yep, your bow is fine, right where you usually keep it, and a quiver of arrows as well for ya Zekey."
”Gah, seriously man! Not the damned hair!” Ezekiel placed hands on Juan’s oversized triceps and pushed on his hold to try and squirm out of it. They were children, all of them. "Can you please stop acting like a five-year-old!"