Kirah

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Ed Penior

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Location: Limbo
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Ed did not recognize the name the elder had given. Or the voice. So when they spoke his name and his mother's name he was confused. It was not the first time he had met someone out of order. He was getting a sinking feeling it would not be the last. But when their face was revealed, it was the expression. The way they held themself. That is what told Ed who was before him.

He knew if he had his collection of carefully labeled vials he would have the hair of this woman. He was not meeting her out of order. "Comrade and friend. If you still consider me as such. I do consider you as such. It has not been so long for me as it has been for you."

Ed didn't know how much he could possibly aid Runa. She had always been strong in her magic. Her magic, of course, was different than his. Now she was ancient, and an Asgardian looking that old must be older than Ed could fathom.

"I can only provide so much aid at this time. I do not know much of what is going on." He told her honestly. "I have a letter from Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme, but that does not answer the question of where we are." Considering they both had the cloaks and Eye of Agamotto he suspected they had the same letter.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Hidden Gem (Nallore, Morose, Kirah) Ω

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Niah Bautista

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Location: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
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"Can I get tri trip ends?" Niah wasn't certain if a place in South Dakota would have tri trip in the first place. That was a very California meal. But maybe she'd get lucky. "With extra sauce and a coke." She added.

She smiled at Nancy, "All of the stuff is in this part." She pointed to the bottom part of the laptop. "Everything is super small."

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Rose Buckner

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Location: Outside Maleficent’s Castle
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Rose was both impressed and a little terrified. The woman could summon the dead. Or create them. Rose wasn't sure exactly which was happening. Whatever it was, it worked. Rose grabbed a horse quickly.

She came back over to Cassi. Helping her up onto the horse before she got on herself. Once they were both safely saddled Rose nodded to Robin. "Ready."

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Colby Jackson

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Location: Rapunzel's Tower - Outside (On Patrol)
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Colby was ready to cast the teleport. He wasn't certain if he could take all of the guards too. He would try if he needed too though. Thankfully, Maddie was able to scare the bear away. Colby let out the breath of air he had been unconsciously holding.

"Heh, sure." He opened Rapunzel's book to the page again and read the instructions for how to harvest these flowers. He did it as carefully as he could. Collecting what was hopefully enough flowers for her purpose without messing up the local ...whatever. Colby didn't know. Plants really weren't his thing.

He joined back with the guard and Maddie, carefully putting the flowers away.

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Ed Penior

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Location: Limbo
Skills: Shield

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Ed read the note that he found crinkling in the cloak. He frowned. He had little interaction with Dr. Strange. He wasn't sure why he had been chosen. His family had never particularly interacted with his sect.

Soon (or so Ed assumes) a red haze starts to form. Ed doesn't like the look of it and quickly learns he doesn't like the feel of it either. Quickly Ed casts his shield spell. Bubbling himself and protecting himself from the red haze. When it finally fades he is at a crossroads with two others. The elder speaks asking where they are. The younger is strangely contradictive. Saying she does not converse with strangers and asks questions that further the conversation.

"I do not know where we are either. As far as I can tell, we are not in my Universe." He says as he drops the shield spell. While they could be on an Earth it isn't any he knows. He looks at the other woman. "I am Ed Penior." He introduces himself. The letter has raised some questions. They both wear the same cloak and Eye of Agamotto. That raises different and more questions.

"Do you both know Dr. Strange?"

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: TRAINING ROOM A
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive), Oops All Vampire

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Andy had been hurt. She had tasted blood in her mouth. That wasn't new. But she was annoyed. Annoyed that the thing had gotten a hit on her and tossed her so far like she was nothing. Then Mads had hit her. Her vision sparked with blackness. Everything else that was happening in training room A fell away.

Warmth filled her from her fingertips. It was tantalizing. She soaked it up. A part of her recognized the sensation. A part of her wanted to stop, but that part was very quiet.

The hand that held her own was what had the warmth. It tasted delicious. Something was different. Andy had had a lot of souls pass through her while on Genosha. All of them had been mutants of some kind. Mads, however, tasted a little different. Spicy probably wasn't the right word for it. But fuck it was delicious.

She pulled, and she drank. She couldn't stop. She didn't want to stop.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Ed Penior

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Location: Asteroid (Group: Mary, Flynn, and Perry)
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"And yet we are here." Ed says, a bit annoyed. They had been brought here against their will. He could sort of understand the general dislike of the X-Men. It was one of the factors he had considered before joining. However, he didn't understand why everyone had a hate on about their response to Genosha. They literally were in space when that happened. And it wasn't like Magneto and the others had sent them an invite.

Ed has a lot he wants to say. But he pushes it away. Considering the options of just bubbling everyone and sending them away. Ed isn't usually a punch people type of person, maybe it is the eye roll that brings it out the desire.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

Location: Labyrinth
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Andy enjoyed the warmth of her Aunt's hug. She savored it. "Yeah, surprisingly well." She answered. Then listened to the conversation about where they were going next. "And that will take us to where this sword is?" Even though it had only been a day technically since they had left camp it felt like it had been ages.

Andy pet Chocolate. She ate some of the breakfast and considered the entrance Damon was indicating. It would be safer since it had no guards. Andy wanted to ask Mary if that matched up with their map, and what it was telling them to do. She wanted to believe and trust Damon, but he had started their relationship by holding a knife to her throat so she didn't completely. But Andy wasn't about to let him know she didn't trust him by having Mary confirm it right in front of him.

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Location: Hotel
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"Yeah, I think we must -" Niah started when they got free from the cage and started attacking them. She cursed as her leg was burned by the acid. "Tae!"

Niah drew her sword and swiped at the snake that had just spit acid on her. It pulled back and she missed, but her backswing hit the snake killing it. She swung the sword at the other snake that was not currently wrapped around her group. She hit the other one, and it was still alive so again on the backswing she was able to kill it.

"Stella," Niah said, turning to the girl to try to help her out.

Avengers Academy: Junior Year 💥

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Location: TRAINING ROOM A
Skills: Enhanced Reflexes (Passive), battle strategy & tactics, electrokinsis

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"Thank you, Mads. I'd love to." Andy smiled. Maybe she had been a little mean mentally with Mads the day of the Carnival. She had wanted to chat freely, but Mads was friendly enough. There was no reason they couldn't hang out. She would also love to get a cup of coffee, even if it was subpar. She would have to keep in mind to ask Danni and Dorian about their coffee. Maybe it could be a peace offering of friendship if she got some good coffee to share with them.

April seemed to be somewhat uncomfortable with Andy. Andy had missed the shifting facial expressions since she had been looking at Mads, but the question of if she was Magneto's kid clarified for Andy why April seemed uncomfortable. A lot of people didn't trust Magneto. She understood that. Heck before Genosha she had been in a fight with him too. He wasn't 'safe'. However, her time on Genosha had taught Andy a lot.

She gave a small nod. "Yes, well, sort of. He adopted me on Genosha. I don't know my biological father. I think my mom killed him." She knew that didn't explain everything. Not in the slightest. But Andy really wasn't comfortable explaining it all. She had been seventeen...seventeen years ago. So while that answered the question...it also avoided it.

"I didn't think anyone would recognize his name like that. When I told him I was going to go to school here he said I should take his name and mom got upset that I didn't have hers so I combined them." She had wanted to use Drummond's name, not Phillips since that was her foster care name and she hated it. Drummond's had been two years of happiness. The first time she had felt herself. However, they had never legally adopted her. Legally her name would have been Phillips, but that was tied to someone who disappeared and probably was presumed dead seventeen years ago.

It was a mess. Honestly, though, how could she tell either Magneto or Selene no? The paperwork for the school had been done with the combined names so as far as the law was concerned she was their kid, with only her middle name reflecting the family of her heart.

At that point, before the conversation could get any further the teacher appeared. Andy perked up a bit at them getting to learn the sword. She really did want to learn, there just hadn't been time. This was perfect.

There was something that looked like a very messed up Chimera between them and the swords. She considered her abilities and what she knew of her group. April had said she could control water, and she knew that Mads had magic. Andy didn't know the extent of those powers, but it might be useful. She had no idea what their fourth member could do (or fifth, but she wasn't here so that didn't matter). Andy wished they had had more time to chat about their powers before being thrown into action. She also didn't want to just run across the room and hope for the best. They should plan.

Andy chewed on her lip and tapped her foot thinking before saying "April, help me distract the thing while Mads and uh...Mary Sue," Andy guessed considering Lady Nimue had said Terrane wasn't there. "The two of you go get the swords. Run as fast as you can, but wait until April and I have its attention." Andy felt that with her quickness on her feet, she'd be good at getting the thing distracted. She wasn't easy to hit. And with April and her water control ability, she'd probably be able to harry it enough. "April, can you throw water balls at it?"

Andy just didn't know what the other two could do. Hopefully, they could run. She moved toward the creature. Andy ran up to it trying to hit it with some lightning. She wasn't going for any punches or anything like that, but just trying to get the creature's attention. The first bit of lighting was pitiful. The creature didn't even glance at Andy. So she went bigger.

This time the creature noticed. And even though Andy was used to dodging she was not totally prepared and the creature charged at her. She didn't actually remember hitting the wall. Her mouth tasted of blood, that was the first thing she thought. The second was she was glad she had left her mom in the room so she didn't have her watching and judging her at the moment. Hopefully, it was enough of a distraction.

Andy opened her eyes and blearily saw the others and that Lady Nimue hadn't moved an inch. Interesting.

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Rose Buckner

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Location: Outside Maleficent’s Castle
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"I'll ride with you." Rose offered to Cassi. She nodded. The horses were the best plan. The cart really would be too much and too easy to track. The horses they could take a bit circuitous and make sure they covered their tracks. Even splitting up if needed.

Rose got her bow ready. And nodded. Waiting for Flynn before heading in to grab a horse. Hopefully, the guards had left the saddles on so they didn't have to try to ride bareback. There would be no time to re-saddle the horses.

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Colby Jackson

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Location: Rapunzel's Tower - Outside (On Patrol)
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"I'm sure lightning would scare it." Colby offered as he backed away. He was mostly joking. That wasn't a great plan if he was honest. Sure he was impulsive and often did dumb things without thinking. But the danger of a forest fire was not lost on him if he tried to hit the bear with lighting. Or at least near it.

Too bad he didn't have one of those horn blasts or bear mace. He wasn't a hiker really. He knew there were some good woods near them, but he had never gone into them.

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Ed Penior

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Location: Amara's home (study) -> Limbo
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The girls hadn't been easy to put to bed. It had taken coaxing—a promise of the return of their candy in the morning. At least two teeth brushing, and three bedtime stories. Ed had enjoyed every moment of it. He had savored it. His own daughter had fallen asleep first. She was not even a toddler yet. The older girl, Mads, a daughter in his heart even if not by blood, had finally fallen asleep during the last part of Velveteen Rabit.

Ed had then joined Amara in the study. She had worked through the hours of thining. Her magic was the sort that took to that. He watched her for a moment from his chair. He thought of the future. His great-grandfather was dying—the last of the old guard. Everyone else had perished. The family had fallen. But there were cousins. Ed could rebuild it. When the man who lay in Cardiff passed and the family mantle passed to him. Ed knew exactly what he would do. The female cousins would be called up. It was too late for many of them to do the rite, but some of them had children. Lucy had been proof that the female children could do the rite. While Nora was too young Ed knew when her tenth birthday came he would perform the rite for her. If she survived she would emerge with the magic power of the family.

If Amara would come with him... if she was willing to move to Cardiff. It was a conversation they needed to have. As he considered how to ask her a brilliant bright light fills the room and the weight of the cloak and Eye settled on him. Ed knows the symbols of the Sorcerer Supreme's station. Why him? He doesn't have time to consider that thought anymore before the world squeezes around him.

"Amara-" He does not finish his thought. Ed's experience with inter-dimensional travel was thankfully limited, but he knew this was not his world. It felt thick. Warning bells in his mind went off. This was not a place he should be.

The planet's surface was approaching, and quickly. Ed pressed his hand to his chest, pushing the shield medallion into his skin. Orange light burst around him and his fall was cushioned. The bubble of light bounced once, twice, and then stopped. He released it, landing on his feet.

Ed looked around trying to gather his bearings. Trying to identify where he was. He also guarded his mind, ready for intrusion. He did not want someone else, another version of himself or otherwise, making their way into his mind.