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Location: Dorm Room -> TRAINING ROOM A
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive)





Andy woke to the knock on the door. She got up and found the note. At first, she didn't realize that the room seemed empty. But there was only one envelope. She looked at her roommate's bed and frowned. Stuff was gone. Maybe she had failed the audition so badly because she was so high she had been kicked out of the school. Was that possible?

On the plus side that meant Zari could probably hang out in her room. She didn't remember who Zari's roommate was, but hey they could get alone time. She felt a bit overwhelmed with how many people there were. And the blatant use of powers still. What would have been a prison sentence at best was so common practice none of the kids here had any idea what it had been like.

To top that off Selene was uncharacteristically quiet. Maybe the meeting with Agatha had gotten to her more than she was letting on. It was unnerving.

For a moment Andy spiraled. Things felt so wildly out of her control. She still hadn't looked at the card inside the envelope. What if she didn't? What if she left? The thought of leaving, of not trying was tempting. But Andy imagined Zari being sad. She also imagined her laughing. She didn't want to make Zari sad. She also didn't want to leave her because Zari was one of the things that made her happy. That grounded her.

Shaking her head Andy read the team assignment. She didn't know how to feel. Was this a good thing? She didn't have Zari on her team, which she was sad about. And the only person on the team she did know was Madalyne. At least Andy liked Madalyne.

Andy got dressed. She opted for shorts. Having never been a fan of skirts. She also left her jacket. The school dress code wouldn't allow it. In a way having a uniform was a relief. It meant she wouldn't have to deal with any more comments about her clothing. However, it meant she couldn't wear what she was actually comfortable in.

She left her mom sitting on her dresser. Andy had taken her out of the bag, but decided meeting someone named "Nimue" made her nervous about magic shit. And that meant not wanting to have her mom there. Andy knew enough Arthurian legends to know that would be a sticky situation. Though if Usagi was anything to go by she'd probably be surprised and Nimue would be a fighter instead of a wizard.

Andy wished she had a nice cup of hot coffee when she finally arrived in the training room. There was Madalyne and ...Princess? That couldn't be her real name. Andy tried to guess who of her team Princess really was, it would be hilarious if it was Mary Sue. What caught her attention and took her from that thought process was she was holding a cup of coffee. Sweet blessed caffeine.

"Hello Madalyne." Andy nodded at Madalyne before turning to 'Princess', "Hey. Uh, where did you get the coffee? I haven't had any in like two days except this stash of coffee drinks my mom got for me and I'd love some real coffee." She asked 'Princess'. The idea of coffee was distracting. She didn't care if it meant leaving the training room and coming back late. "Also, sorry I don't know your name." She said a bit apologetically and inquisitively. Now that she was thinking about it, the girl had corrected one of the French guys with her name. She couldn't remember what it was though. "I'm Andy." She added, just in case the girl had forgotten. Their first time meeting had not been great. It wasn't her fault. But it had been a bit of a mess. Andy wanted to put it behind her. She wanted to make friends, but she was going to follow Agatha's advice and not change herself to try to fit in.



Rose Buckner




Location: Outside Maleficent’s Castle
Skills:





"Sorry." Rose said softly to Cassi. She nodded about the cart. Even a horse from it would be helpful. "How do we want to do this?" Of the group, most were non-combatants. Rose could respect that. But she also thought it was suicidal in their current situation.

She looked at Robin Hood. She wanted to say something bitting but held it back. "We might be able to do it without killing any of them if we are quick and quiet." She didn't really think that was a good idea. If they knocked the guards out they would wake up and go get reinforcements. That raised the chance of them being found.




Colby Jackson




Location: Rapunzel's Tower - Outside (On Patrol)
Skills:


Colby was glad they had missed whatever adventure that had been. Going to Agrabah had been enough for him. He honestly wasn't in this for the adventure. He wanted to find a place he belonged. The adventure was interesting and all. But it was becoming real, and that was scary.

What is also scary are bears.

Colby wouldn't have listed bears as something he was afraid of. But he wasn't an idiot. You did not mess with bears.

"So uh. There are some of Rapunzel's plants over there. But I'm going to be real. I do not want to approach a bear. So let's just get away from here."

Location: Labyrinth
Skill:





Andy had slept surprisingly well. She woke to the smell of food cooking and the fire crackling. She lay there a moment longer gathering her bearings. This was not some homeless camp. This was the Labyrinth. And she had slept as if she had known what a monster was. She remembered getting the knife from the old man. Remembered his knowing smile as he told her she'd find it useful. She had thought the knife was strange at the time. It was magical. She could pull it from a bracelet and it would be full in her hand. The metal had been strange, like nothing she had seen before.

And the monster had almost killed her. She had run but it had knocked her down. She hadn't been fast enough. In the struggle, she had been lucky to get the knife free. Lucky in the stab. She had expected blood but none had come. A cloud of fine dust fell instead. She hadn't known then what that meant. She had tried to find the old man again, but even though she asked around no one knew who she was asking about. She never saw the guy again. But he had known. He had saved her. With that single gift, her whole life had changed.

She thought of Arthur and his hatred of killing monsters. She wondered if he had had to kill anything since camp. She wondered where he was and what he was doing. Chocolate had come to her. He now lay curled up beside her. His breathing was soft and steady. Andy missed Arthur. She missed camp. She missed her brother. It was a deep sudden ache as she lay there. She curled up tighter around Chocolate. Then stood suddenly and joined her Aunt at the fire.

Aunt Mads was related to her in a different way. There wasn't much tracking of human lines at Camp. But Mads had proof of it. They were related. It had been unexpected but welcome. It meant she wasn't alone. Even though she knew Mads would soon be taken from her. That thought hurt a lot too. But she knew Arthur and Mads friends would help get her back. That made it okay.

"Morning." She said, leaning a little into her Aunt for comfort. Chocolate sitting on her other side.








Location: Hotel
Skills:




Niah had had midwatch. The worst of all. But waking up to a full bladder and the knowledge they needed to get going to catch the train pushed her to go to the bathroom. The fuzzy memory of the snakes the night prior clarified as she watched two of them disappear into the vents. Ugh.

Why couldn't the guy have had a better cage for the snakes? She didn't particularly want to just kill them, two had escaped and she doubted there was any getting them back. She grabbed a towel and shoved it into the hole of the cage. That'd hopefully buy them some time to deal with those.

The hole in the floor was another matter. The damage that had been done to this hotel room was obscene. "We should leave some cash or something as a way of apology. I could probably cover this up again, but I don't know how much good it'll do. We need to decide what to do with the snake things now." She looked at the other two. "We can release them to cause havoc for someone else. Or kill them and send them to Tartus until they reform. There was no other option. They were not bringing the creatures with them.


Ed Penior




Location: Asteroid (Group: Mary, Flynn, and Perry)
Skills:



"Space prison was a weird one." Ed didn't mention how this reminded him of that. He was thankful that at least the group had wound up together this time. He didn't want to dwell on the bad parts of their trip. The prison at least had been easy enough to break out of. Something he never thought he'd have to do.

Ed smiled a bit at the memories. He was about to turn and start telling Flynn about the alternate world they had gone to. The sounds of footsteps stopped him. He looked in the direction they were coming from. It was possible they'd have to fight whoever it was. It was also possible they'd be a friendly...or at least neutral to them. He wouldn't bank on that here in a place full of Genoshian refugees, who hated the X-men.

He reached into his pocket and touched the shield charm. He really needed to find a better way to deal with that. Maybe a necklace. But he'd have to keep it tucked into his shirt so it would touch his skin.




Rose Buckner




Location: Outside Maleficent’s Castle
Skills:





Rose let Cassi lean into her as much as she needed. Trying to get them into the tree line as quickly as possible. With Cassi, she couldn't fire back at the archers. But hopefully, they could get far enough away that the arrows couldn't hit them.

"Hood! We've got to get out here faster." Rose couldn't carry Cassi. She felt incredibly useless even though she knew she wasn't at the moment. Her own wound had long been forgotten. Rapunzel would probably need to check it again when they got back. Or maybe being here in this place she healed faster. Rose didn't know. But she did know there was a sense of urgency.

"We can't lead them to the base." She added in a hiss. Cassi needed to be taken directly there, as well as the laptop. But the risk was too great to go straight there.




Colby Jackson




Location: Rapunzel's Tower - Outside (On Patrol)
Skills:


"We'll try not to mess with your hunting then." Colby could be stealthy when needed. But he had never hunted. He opened the book and gazed around trying to look for any of the plants Rapunzel had wanted.

He did spot the flowers. Colby knelt beside them comparing them to the photo. He was about to pluck them when he realized there were too many leaves. The plant in the book listed four to a stem, but the one in front of him had six. He wondered what plant this was, but it wasn't what Rapunzel was looking for.

Location: Labyrinth
Skill:





Andy drank some of the offered water. "Thank you." She nodded at Damon's explanation. She was also a little impressed. He had set up small bases in the area he knew. That was a good strategy. That might be part of why he was still alive.

After they arrived at the cave Andy realized she had left the blanket at the cabin. She lamented its loss but curled up with her jacket instead. She yawned. "Wake me up and I'll take a watch later." She said. There was no way they wouldn't have watch now. But she was too tired to take the first one.








Location: Hotel
Skills:




Niah nodded. She was a little thankful for that. She probably could have stayed awake for her watch if it was time for it, but she was glad she didn't. She laid back down in her little nest. Her sword was again at her side.

"Maybe put the snakes in the bathroom for now. I don't know if I can sleep through that ruckus." Niah suggested. "Let me know if you need help." Since they were magical creatures the group might be able to travel with them. But Niah wasn't certain how they could get them on the train.

"Well, do we want to keep them? Or..." She trailed off. It would feel a lot like an execution. But monsters would come back eventually.





Location: the Gym - Training Room B w/ Ser Nemo and Usagi
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive), MMA, Electrokinesis





Andy was a bit nervous about this. But when she remembered the test fight with her adoptive father, she knew she could do more than she could in the past. Before Genosha, she could only touch things and shock them. Something had unlocked in the fight, and now she could spread it out more. Recreating that fight would be impossible, but Andy had done the best she could with the form the school had sent out. She had asked for a bunch of metal bits, preferably flat metal disks, and conductive ones. She had also requested a Shiar Golem—one with MMA fighting skills.

If she just pretended it was an underground fight in the Drummonds' gym...well, that wasn't the perfect game of pretend, but at least it was something she could draw from. There hadn't been very many open-to-the-public mutant fights; that is to say, there hadn't been any. But the powered fights had been fun, and she had always 'pulled her punches' in a way. She had never used her electrokinesis; she hadn't had enough control back then. Here though, with this fight, she could unleash.

Entering the gym, Andy looked at the judges. She didn't know the staff here but had been told their names: Ser Nemo and Usagi. Andy had seen enough anime before her time-travel experience to know what Usagi meant. She also had been informed Ser Nemo's field of expertise, and boy, was that a coincidence she didn't want to think about too much. Neither was exactly what she had expected. Especially Usagi. She frowned, looking at the pair now a bit uncertain which was which. Her expectations...Andy shook the thought away as the judges informed her it was time to start.

Andy squared off with the Golem. She wasn't certain what to expect from it. So she went in for a quick move, her fist lighting up with crackling energy. It was going to be a solid hit. But it moved faster than she had ever had an opponent move that wasn't a speedster (she hated speedsters). It was gone just as she was about to connect with the punch.

She recovered quickly. A small smile appeared on her face. This would be fun. The last fight she had had had been with Leah. Technically the last two fights. Maybe it was her thoughts being too distracted, thinking of other fights and not the current one. Or maybe it was that she had recently thought of the Drummonds. Whatever the reason, Andy's form was not as crisp as normal. However, the Golem seemed to have moved too fast and was off balance. She punched up, hoping to knock it the rest of the way off balance, bringing forth a charge of electricity as well. Electricity crackled from her hand, spreading across the chest of the Golem.

It was hard to know how much damage was done. For now, it was still standing. She dropped a couple of the disks from her pocket. Letting them fall to the floor. She moved slightly, only about ten degrees. Leaving those disks on the floor behind her. Hopefully, the Golem didn't notice. There was also no indication from the judges of their opinions, which was fine for Andy. She didn't want to know what they were thinking.

Andy pushed all the other things away. She focused on the Golem. She had chosen MMA because it allowed her to be creative. She kicked the Golem. It caught her foot, but she let lightning go. It sparked up its arms. Her adrenaline spiked. The Golem let go of her foot, and swung at her. She wondered why it didn't use her foot against her. It was as she was dodging that punch and wondering that when Andy realized it was a feint. It was almost too late, but her enhanced reflexes gave her the edge she needed. She slipped under the real attack. As she did she dropped a few of the metal disks.

Coming back up from her dodge she was now a few more degrees around the Golem. She had gotten maybe a quarter around it. The metal coins were like the breadcrumbs of her path. Andy punched at the Golem, arching electricity into the punch. The Golem was starting to look a little worse for wear. It grabbed her arm and threw her.

That was unexpected. Andy hit the floor sliding a bit. The Golem started to move toward her. She couldn't have that. She needed it at least near the metal disks. She got up and rushed it. The Golem swung at her and she half dodged it. There was going to be a nasty bruise there later. That was fine. Bruises were something Andy had lived with.

Andy was able to get in a kick and a punch. The Golem was still close to the metal disks. She needed to end this fight soon. She dropped low, leaving a few of the disks in her wake. The Golem kicked at her. Andy grabbed its leg and flipped it to the ground. She didn't have a lot of experience with grapple-type fighting. Judo had been something she had considered learning but just hadn't had the time.

Because of that, she used the Golem's time to get up to drop a few more disks. She was now more than halfway around it. The Golem also showed no observation of the disks. She was close. It finished standing and she kicked it in the side, electricity sparking down her leg and into the Golem. It pulled her and she lost her balance. But that was fine.

Andy flipped onto her hands, freeing her leg, and then landed crouching with her hands out to either side of her. The metal disks surrounded the Golem. Electricity sparked from her hands and hit the first of the disks on both sides of her. That then jumped to the next and then the next until it had the Golem surrounded completely.

She smiled at it. The Golem only stared at her. It made no move as if it was trying to calculate what Andy was up to. And she increased the electricity. Pushing almost as hard as she had in the mock fight with Magneto. The room smelled of ozone now. The electricity pulsed and jumped from the disks to the Golem. For a moment Andy thought it would have no effect.

Then the Golem seemed to shut down. It dropped to the floor. The electricity still pulsing into it. Some of the lights overhead sparked. Andy stopped.

She exhaled. And looked up to the judges.

Their faces. It was impossible to tell what they were thinking. But both had scribbled some notes and then Ser Nemo (well who Andy thought was Ser Nemo) said, "You can go now. You should receive a copy of our critiques by tomorrow."

"Thank you." She wondered if she could take the disks, she had a few left in her pocket and maybe Zari or someone had more she could get. Actual coins wouldn't be as conducive. Eh, she'd worry about it later. She gave a bit of a bow and left.


Ed Penior




Location: Asteroid (Group: Mary, Flynn, and Perry)
Skills:



Ah, stories. Ed considered the ones he had. Many were tragic. He could find the good in some of the situations, but they had sort of failed their last mission. They had gone to space to find Lance's dad. They hadn't.

"It may be that Mary is a better source of stories then. I only have a couple of missions with the group. I think the best one would be when we played Jumanji. That at least has a satisfactory ending." Ed paused realizing that playing Jumanji wasn't as horrifying as it sounded. "And when I say Jumanji. I mean it was live. We almost destroyed the Statue of Liberty."
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