Morose

What If?

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Guinevere Stark

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Aliases: Agent Starkette, Guin
Age: 20
Power Source: Mutant
Powers: Mind Switch
Personality: Before everything went to hell, Guin would've described herself as a genius disaster bi. Now, she really does put the disaster in disaster bi. She is still impulsive, headstrong, quick witted, and sarcastic. But her grief, guilt, and survivor complex have created a lot of darkness inside of her. She doesn't care about saving the people of the world or those in New York. She just wants revenge for Magneto killing her family. She wants to make him suffer and bleed.
Skills

• Original Skills:
  • Electronics and Computers
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. protocols and information
  • Investigation
  • Problem Solving
  • Driving (Car)
  • Perception
  • Stamina
  • Unarmed Combat
  • Pistol
  • Sword
• New Skills:
  • Scavenging
  • Improvised Traps (think Home Alone)

Life Since the Reality Split: Due to their failure to stop Magneto - her second mission, her second failure - Guin lost her family. Her father, Pepper, most of the Avengers, Happy - they all died. Guin was spared only because of an X-gene that decided to express itself at the last minute. She hated herself for it. She blames herself for the death of her family. SHIELD assumed that she was dead and she had nowhere else to go, so she stayed with the X-Men, driven by her rage towards Magneto. She tried to push everyone away early on, but she was fortunate enough to have good friends (and a nice boyfriend) to keep her from self sabotaging too much. The X-Men helped her learn about her powers, giving her enough control that an accidental touch won't trigger a switch. She doesn't know what she'll do after Magneto is killed.

What If?

@BlueSky44

Guinevere Stark - Earth 2019

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Guinevere Stark

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Aliases: Agent Starkette, Guin
Age: 20
Power Source: Mutant
Powers: Mind Switch
Personality: Before everything went to hell, Guin would've described herself as a genius disaster bi. Now, she really does put the disaster in disaster bi. She is still impulsive, headstrong, quick witted, and sarcastic. But her grief, guilt, and survivor complex have created a lot of darkness inside of her. She doesn't care about saving the people of the world or those in New York. She just wants revenge for Magneto killing her family. She wants to make him suffer and bleed.
Skills

• Original Skills:
  • Electronics and Computers
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. protocols and information
  • Investigation
  • Problem Solving
  • Driving (Car)
  • Perception
  • Stamina
  • Unarmed Combat
  • Pistol
  • Sword
• New Skills:
  • Scavenging
  • Improvised Traps (think Home Alone)

Life Since the Reality Split: Due to their failure to stop Magneto - her second mission, her second failure - Guin lost her family. Her father, Pepper, most of the Avengers, Happy - they all died. Guin was spared only because of an X-gene that decided to express itself at the last minute. She hated herself for it. She blames herself for the death of her family. SHIELD assumed that she was dead and she had nowhere else to go, so she stayed with the X-Men, driven by her rage towards Magneto. She tried to push everyone away early on, but she was fortunate enough to have good friends (and a nice boyfriend) to keep her from self sabotaging too much. The X-Men helped her learn about her powers, giving her enough control that an accidental touch won't trigger a switch. She doesn't know what she'll do after Magneto is killed.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

I am The Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. I observe all that transpires here, but I do not, cannot, will not interfere. Follow me and dare to face the unknown, and ponder the question... What if?

Earth-257

Halloween, 1999

Nevada

The Blue

Doctor Bruce Banner. In this reality, like many others, he is half monster, half man - a brilliant scientist trapped in the prison of his own mind. In this reality, it was not Rick Jones he tried to save from a tragic accident, but Betty Ross. She died. His efforts changed him, mutating him and transforming him into the Incredible Hulk. While the Hulk, he gained exponential strength and durability, but his anger left him as little more than a mindless beast.

Hunted down by those who would use the Hulk as either a weapon or a science project, Banner fled to the land of lawlessness that was the Blue. He tried to keep a low profile - but love finds a way. In late 1999, Doctor Banner became a father to a young girl, whom he named Lana. To keep her safe, he was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice - to send his daughter into the unknown, only hoping that one day she may find her way back to him.

"Be brave, baby girl," Doctor Banner whispered, holding his hand up against a pod. He was in an abandoned research facility that had once been called Area 51. Tears slid down his face as he stepped away, even as the baby inside the pod screamed and cried for her father. He walked up to a console, gave the pod one last look, and pulled a switch. Without any sort of brilliant flash of light, the pod then vanished.

"Come home one day."

She never did.

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu@Andromedai

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November 12th, 2021 - the Raft

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"You can feel it coming too, can't you?" Luminous asked. A creation of the High Evolutionary, she was the perfect merge of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch's DNA, with her powers exceeding those of her genetic parents. Her long silver hair had chunks of blue in the middle and her skin was extremely tanned, but her most prominent feature was the fiery defiance in her eyes - the certainty that she was better than everyone else in this world.

"Pfft, as if some second rate sorcerer such as yourself could notice it before the likes of Doom," he scoffed. Victor von Doom, enemy of the Fantastic Four, former ruler of Latveria (now a region in Serbia), master scientist and sorcerer, was clad in prison garb. He had been permitted to keep his metal mask to conceal his scarred face and nothing else.

"Unevolved trash," Luminous muttered. "And to think, I was considering helping you." She then turned away from him - their cells were facing each other, on opposite sides of their hexagonal prison.

"I do not need your help!" Doom snarled, before suddenly there was a gigantic BOOM! The kevlar-like polymer that the cells were made out of shattered instantly. The restraint collars, designed to keep enhanced prisoners from using their powers, were completely fried. The cell block was bathed in an eerie red glow, pulsing from the red flashes of emergency sirens. And in the middle, there was a swirling something - a cosmic anomaly.

Doctor Doom reached out, his hand trembling slightly. "A universal doorway..." he muttered, his eyes widening with glee and delight. Distantly, he could hear the screams of guards, trying to subdue other prisoners - guards were doubtlessly rushing to their block right now. And he didn't know how long the doorway would remain open. But if there was one thing Doctor Doom was an expert in, it was power.

A deliciously evil scheme hatched in his mind - a way that he could have it all... in this world and countless others - Doom, supreme. He then plunged himself into the swirling chaos and vanished, only to be followed a second later by a trail of silver.

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5:00 AM November 13th, 2021 - the Raft

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S.H.I.E.L.D. had called in its finest, the Secret Warriors, to investigate the anomaly connected to the disappearance of two high profile raft prisoners - Victor Von Doom and Luminous. It was definitely more a job suited for the Fantastic Four, but Bonnie understood why Directors Fury and Hill had asked them to give it a try first. It'd be embarrassing for S.H.I.E.L.D. to have to beg the Fantastic Four to help them catch someone the Four had entrusted S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep secure in the Raft. It'd be better for the agency to be able to save face and handle this internally.

It also helped that the Secret Warriors had experience with Luminous, the psychotic speedster.

The team had been taken to the Raft, a secure underwater prison. All other prisoners had been relocated to the Cube, just in case the anomaly spread. They each were dressed in protective suits, designed to keep any potential radiation exposure to a minimum. But really, it was complete guesswork. No one knew what that thing was. It was like a hole in space-time, surrounded by a swirling red haze. "I've never seen anything like this," Bonnie admitted. She had an art pad with her, perhaps not the most traditional tool for an investigation, but she was busy drawing details of the anomaly - it had resisted photography. It wouldn't show up in any photographs.

"It's clearly some sort of swirly science thing," Amelia said. She didn't really know why she had been asked to help with this part. Flying them to the Raft had made sense, but what did they expect her to do, blow on the thing? Maybe it was dangerous or they expected Doom and Luminous could pop up again, so then her presence made sense. However, it then occurred to her that she was there because she was fully a member of this team now - and it made her heart warm. She had to resist the urge to audibly go aww.

"Mhmm," Bonnie agreed.

"It's.... Yeah, I've got nothing," Raynor said, shaking his head. "It's not Asgardian. And it's not the Quantum Realm. And whatever it is, it isn't light, since then I'd be able to manipulate it..." His voice trailed off. He could feel that there was something familiar about the anomaly, but he couldn't place it. It was like the more he tried to think about what it was, the most distant it seemed. "Maybe it's magic?" he asked.

"Do we have anyone here who knows magic?" Amelia then inquired. "Could we give the Prez a ring maybe, see if he knows some special words to get rid of it? Or maybe we just need to find a wand or something and do it like Harry Potter ourselves, with a swish and flick?" She wasn't super clear on the different scientific expertises of the team, but she was vaguely aware that Bonnie's stuff had to do with the human body - and that didn't look biological at all to her.

"Nope," Raynor said, before glancing at Sparky. He wished that she would've stayed home with Zarina, but she had insisted on coming. "Is it electrical?" he asked her.

"Niah, can you see anything?"

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Megan Pendragon

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Location: Atlantica
Skills: N/A

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Megan raised an eyebrow, intrigued by the request that their guides had given them. She could've gone through her things to find something more appropriate, but Megan wanted to make this more interesting. She produced her skull - not the skull inside her body, but the one she had acquired along the way. "This is Mina. Treat her nicely or you will forget it," she told the guides seriously, before holding her hand out with the skull. "She's my dear friend." She wasn't actually crazy - she knew that Mina couldn't talk - but to her a skull was comforting and familiar the way a teddy bear may have been to others.

Plus, she really wanted to see how these people would react. She had noticed that other people were very uncomfortable with the concept of death. They treated the subject as taboo, something to be avoided at any cost. She imagined that that attitude was still common in this fairytale world, so at the very least, she could see two idiots be creeped out by poor little Mina.

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Runa Johansson

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Location: Hotel Valhalla - Outside Helgi's Office
Skills: N/A

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"...But how could someone be invisible like that?" Runa asked Klara quietly. She wasn't too familiar with the rules of magic yet. She didn't know if invisibility was relatively easy for anyone to achieve - or if it was something only a select few would be able to do. Maybe it was something really hard to pull off, allowing them to narrow down the list of people who could've been responsible. She bit her lip though, as she saw someone coming their way - her father, Balder, the God of Love. She felt a deep sense of shame, from her toes all the way up to her forehead. The idea of him being disappointed in her bothered her - something she had never thought about.

She had always worried about being a disappointment to the universe... Being worried about disappointing her father was something new. Runa hesitantly stepped forward, keeping her mouth firmly shut. She didn't have that burst of confidence she had when Heimdall came along. And if the others were right and it was somehow some love based power... Well, she doubted it would work on the God of Love. Instead, Runa elected to look down at her feet, feeling a swirl of anxiety go through her as the others started confessing.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Camp Store
Skills: N/A

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Leda smiled, returning Kiera's kiss. She honestly didn't feel like she had helped that much - and she was pretty certain that they'd lose all of their supplies on the trip anyways. That tended to be how things went for demigods. Whatever they had on day one they rarely returned with - returning alive at all was an accomplishment on its own and asking for more than that was really pushing things. Leda didn't want to think about it, but there was a nonzero chance that one or both of them could die on this quest - that this would be the twilight of their romance. Greeks weren't as longed lived as Romans. Most of them didn't make it to their college years.

"Nah, 'm all set," Leda answered, shaking her head at Tammy. She was just going to grab some stuff from her cabin and call it good. Leda didn't really believe in being over prepared for anything - she barely believed in being prepared as it was. She was just going to take her trusty backpack, a change of clothes or two, and throw in the supplies that she felt she'd need. She had ambrosia and nectar anyways on hand already and didn't feel a need to pay for it. "Unless you've got some cash you're willing to part with?" Leda asked. Cash was always helpful - mortal or otherwise.

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Roman Side of Camp
Skills: N/A

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Nancy never actively routed for her friends to fail, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with Leandra being freed from possession. She would've preferred for Leandra to somehow get free, that way she could beat her up again without looking like a sadist. She sighed as Leandra woke up, feeling a migraine coming on from her presence. "You're fucking welcome, by the way," Nancy told Leandra, before turning to look at Niah and Mads.

She also hoped that Bacchus wouldn't return for a while. He freaked her out, majorly. Every time Nancy saw him it felt like her skin was crawling. However, as Mads asked Niah if she was alright, Nancy instantly fully turned her attention to Niah. "Did that bitch do something to you? I'll stab her eyes out myself if she did," Nancy swore, instantly fiercely protective over her extremely close friend.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Runa Baldurdattir

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Location: a River
Skills: Asgardian Magic

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Runa nodded slightly at Mary's question. "My mother isn't a violent goddess - she holds sway over joy and peace," she explained. She didn't think that her mother would be outraged at Mary healing a flower she had wounded. If anything, that would likely be the exact sort of penance that her mother would demand from anyone who hurt her flowers. The only person Runa had ever seen do that before was her Uncle Loki however - she had never seen her mother get so angry when he replaced some of her vibrant wildflowers with plastic ones from Midgard. She smiled slightly at the memory. Most people made the mistake of underestimating her mother.

Runa frowned though, noticing a sweeping red haze pouring into the meadow. It was barely perceptible and she wondered briefly if a Midgardian would even be able to see it at all. She reached into her bag and grabbed algiz, the protection rune and cast it. The first time, nothing happened and her eye twitched slightly. Her powers had been working fine again and now this?! Not allowing herself to give up, Runa tried again and managed to cast the protection spell over them. "I don't know if this protection spell will hold up but... We ought to try to avoid this fog, as best as we can," Runa warned her fragile Midgardian companion.

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Guin Stark

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Location: the Palace
Skills: Telepathy

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"Yeah, probably, don't suppose SnapChat's location services work here," Guin quipped, answering Annie's question as to whether or not they should look for the others. Guin was mostly concerned at the moment with getting Pietro un-mind controlled - he unfortunately seemed to be rather susceptible to it. She turned her head, about to answer Lance's question, when Pietro blitzed on in and explained (or really, didn't explain) what had happened to him. Guin tilted her head, briefly checking his mind. "You seem fine, telepathically at least. Can't do much about your insane belief that Star Trek is better than Star Wars, but eh."

It was really too bad that they didn't have Cerebro. Unless everyone was just in the adjacent room, Guin wouldn't be able to telepathically sweep for them. Pietro was the only long distance telepathy option she had, thanks to the mental link. She frowned, hearing that Pietro didn't know where Klara was. Guin wouldn't have been shocked to find out that Klara was mind controlled too - she also seemed to be easily susceptible to it. Maybe what everyone needed was a quick seminar on how to avoid being mind controlled.

"Oh, chill, it's nice to meet you, Frigga. Do you by any chance have a way of finding people really quickly in Asgard? Like, say, the Goddess of Shipping? And the rest of our companions?" Guin asked. "We came here to save the universe, if that helps credentials wise. Also, we know Thor, obviously."

The Gifted - Concluded

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@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Framing A Moose@Kirah

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Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 4:20 AM

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Veil

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Location: Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing - Rooftop
Skills: Invisible Energy Manipulation

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"...I don't know," Veil murmured, uncertain as to what was happening. It didn't make sense to her how Stareyes' eye beam could just be stopped like that, the way it seemed to vanish. Her eyes flickered to what Tic Tac was doing (Merbavon), the way he was liquifying the roof. The roof hadn't collapsed yet, but it was sagging and probably near the breaking point. Veil threw a force field at Mebavon, hoping to knock him off the roof and break his concentration - but the force field just seemed to dissipate as soon as it touched him. "What the fuck?" Veil murmured.

The next thing she knew, gravity was pressing down on her, feeling like someone had dropped the sky on her shoulders. Veil was forced down to the ground, panting and sweating from extreme pressure, as if some invisible force was crushing her. She tried to make a force field to stop whatever it was, but she couldn't do it, she couldn't focus. She could hardly even breathe.

More asteroids then hit the roof. The asteroids missed Jack entirely. One hit Stareyes, knocking her off the roof and into a freefall towards the ground. The other crashed directly into Veil, making a gigantic hole as it pushed her down, down, and down through the several levels of the building.

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Casper

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Location: Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing
Skills: Mediumship

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"Didn't Magneto just gift us space rocks? Maybe it's his evil twin?" Casper suggested, pretty much as useful as a wet noodle as he let James drag him along. There were more impacts coming by the second, as asteroids continued to careen towards Genosha. Casper turned his head, glancing outside a window they passed, catching a brief glimpse of some of the fighting. There seemed to be a flying person who he couldn't make out - the asteroid chucker in question. And two others?

"You could be helping! I could be helping!" Ben shouted, an odd mixture between scolding and pleading. "For once in your life, think about someone other than yourself!"

"Ben, you're making it hard to concentrate!" Casper complained, as an asteroid hit just a few feet away from the staircase he and James had been about to descend. James' reactive adaption gave him vibranium skin for the moment, allowing him to withstand the impact, but Casper the noodle was thrown backwards, going over the staircase railing. By pure dumb luck (a natural twenty, in fact), Casper managed to grab onto the railing with his hands, dangling now. The drop to the ground floor wouldn't kill him, but it would shatter several bones in his body.

"Ahhh, Ben, help!"

"Sorry, Ben's sleeping right now," Ben snapped.

"Seriously Ben? You have one job! James! Heeeeeelp!"

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Sunshine

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Location: Hellfire Bay - the Marauder
Skills: Disease Manipulation, Enhanced Accuracy

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Sangre, the aquatic combatant in question, had his body temperature rapidly lowered. The villain frantically created a host of bubbles, surrounding himself with them in the hopes that they might keep his temperature from falling further and even warm him. Unfortunately, the air temperature was in the low 20 degrees Celsius, not incredibly higher than the temperature Echo had lowered Sangre down to (near freezing), so the bubble buddy strategy was mostly unsuccessful.

Sunshine gasped for air. "Thanks, dude," she told Echo, rubbing her neck slightly. She had liked bubbles before this - she never imagined that bubbles could kill. At least Echo seemed to have Bubble Boy (Sangre) under control for the moment.

Reeva Payge's voice telepathically echoed in Waverley's mind and Waverley's mind alone: "Feedback, listen carefully. If you're right, then these are the Children of the Vault. They're from an artificially accelerated temporal vault and they believe they should inherit the Earth. We'd encountered a sleeper a while back named Desiree. These things aren't mutants or humans. They will do anything they can to kill every last one of us."

"Now that's more like it!" Marrow praised, seeing the cracks in Piedra Dura that Feedback had made. She grew longer bone marrow spikes on her elbow and swung her elbow up against his stone body, just narrowly missing the cracks. Piedra swung a punch at her, but he went so wide that Marrow was able to duck easily under it. She grew bone spikes out of her knuckles, looking like Wolverine really, and punched, hitting the cracks dead on. Piedra Dura stumbled backwards, gravel gushing from the wound, but the rock-man wasn't down yet.

The first set of bombs detonated, blowing holes in the ship's hull, causing the Marauder to begin to take on water. "We need to get the little flatscan shit with the bombs!" Sunshine shouted, seeing Horadar flicker into view out of the corner of her eye. She created the most powerful disease she could think of and flung it, hitting Horadar dead on. Even though Horadar wasn't human, the effects were nauseating, and he dropped dead in moments.

"...Okay, never mind, got him!" Sunshine called out, right as Martillo went to take a swing at her with his giant hammer to avenge Horadar.

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Akademos...

Cadena, the person wearing the electric spacesuit, raised an eyebrow at Valkyrie and her question. She seemed to debate for a moment whether or not to answer, but that changed when Zarina slashed at her, slicing through her suit. Cadena's eyes flashed with anger. This was personal now. Lightning continued to spark off of her suit and she shaped it with her hands, crafting what looked like a long chain. Cadena threw the chain at Zarina and the chain wrapped around the half Asgardian mutant, electrifying her without stopping. Any ordinary mutant would've died - it was only Zarina's Asgardian heritage that saved her.

Some of the kids who studied at the Akademos were cowering in fear - especially Rain Boy, who did NOT want to go anywhere near Cadena.

And Cadena wasn't alone. There was another girl with her, Aguja, who appeared to be some sort of energy manipulator, using her mind to throw trees and whatnot at the screaming students.

House of M...

"I hate toads," Magneto grumbled, putting on the mask that Miranda had tossed to him without argument. He figured as much as she did - his powers would help them survive. His eyes flashed with rage as he swung his arm around rapidly, metal from the collapsed House of M flying at his command. The metal encased the toad looking person, Veneno, and Magneto then clenched his fist, killing the person instantly. Veneno popped like a squashed balloon - or toad.

There was no sign of Polaris.

Terramoto went to shake the ground again, reaching down to slap the earth, but Magneto was faster. He sent metal shards flying into Terramoto's arm and Terramoto screamed in pain. Magneto threw metal shards at the last one, Olvido, only for Olvido to more or less pull an Uno reverse card - and send the metal flying at Magneto and Miranda!

Blackstone...

Pixie, unfortunately, did not speak Latin - so she didn't know what spell they were casting. All she knew was that they were going to help protect Genosha, so she didn't seem to have any nerves or anxiety of worries about what was going on as Max glanced at her. Selene, however, frowned deeply. "Why isn't this working?" she murmured. She could feel the energy they were putting off, the way their magic was pulsing like sonar, but... It wasn't doing anything. The attackers were still there. They were still on Genosha.

The spell should've targeted all humans... So what was wrong?

"Max, any ideas?" Selene asked, since he was actually her most experienced student when it came to combative and defensive magic.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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May 24th, 2021

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The Geneva Convention.: 10:20 A.M.

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Inside the Presidential Suite...

"....Mother?" Anelle cried out, her eyes wide. She gulped slightly and tried to compose herself, but she couldn't. Empress Veranke was a monster, but she was still her mother. Almost everything the humans had done had been cruel and violent. She hadn't known that they were going to kill the Empress - she had been imagining that the Empress would be imprisoned.

"It's okay," Mar-Vell murmured, pulling Anelle into a hug. "It was the logical thing to do. She wasn't going to stop."

"You can end the war now," Captain Marvel added gently. "The throne's yours... Empress Anelle."

Raynor wasn't against the Empress having been killed - in fact, he probably would've killed the Empress himself for the way she had attacked his pregnant lover. He had the feeling that Anelle wouldn't be helped by anything he had to say, so he just remained quiet. Bonnie was wondering whether or not they had really done the right thing - if they'd really be able to end the war. Anelle seemed so fragile and naive... A part of her was worried that Anelle would simply declare war on Earth for the death of her mother. Amelia, meanwhile, was just so happy that they had completed their mission objectives - that it was over! And she got to meet loads of cool people and fly Air Force One. She was already planning on asking Jakobsen if he ever wanted to race planes together or something.

"Will you end the war, Empress?" Hill asked, perhaps having the same uncertainty Bonnie did.

"... Of course," Anelle said. "I gave you my word."

Bonnie glanced at Cass. She had a bad feeling about this.

"Well then, great job everyone, can't wait for the commemorative t-shirt," Tony said. "Let's get the hell out of here. I need a fucking cheeseburger."

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SOME TIME LATER....

"You did WHAT?!" Tony Stark screamed, flinging the door open.

It was a nice, upscale restaurant in upstate New York. For whatever reason, Professor X always insisted on this place, claiming that he could never find handicapped parking elsewhere. Everyone else suspected this was a load of bullshit, of course, as Professor X took the Blackbird to these meetings and there was no such thing as handicapped stealth jet parking. Seated at a corner booth were members of the mysterious group called the Illuminati: Doctor Stephen Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts; Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men; Brian Braddock, Captain Britain; Doctor Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic; King T'Challa of Wakanda, the Black Panther. T'Challa glanced up from a bite of caviar, whereas Strange didn't even bother lifting his eyes from his tea.

"I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific, Anthony," Professor X replied pedantically. "We all do many things. For instance, this morning I brushed my teeth, although I doubt you're much interested in that."

"I performed heart surgery on a mountain troll," Strange mused.

Tony shot Strange a look. "Don't play dumb with me, I know what you all did, it's kind of hard to not notice the Hulk in the room - or the lack of one!"

Captain Britain averted his eyes. He wished that he could've excused himself to the restroom, but he was sitting in between T'Challa and Professor X, and he didn't want to squeeze on past someone in a wheelchair. It'd be a huge hassle and even more awkward than Tony confronting them over what they had done - what they had all been complicit in. The only ones who didn't look mildly uneasy with the situation were Doctor Strange, Mister Fantastic, and Professor X - all three of them bonafide assholes.

"You need to think about this logically, Tony. Banner was a risk to every person on this planet. It's for the greater good that we--" Mister Fantastic started to explain.

"That you shot him off into space?! Like he was fucking Sputnik?!" Tony interjected.

"He had plenty of opportunities to get the Hulk under control. The Hulk had already killed innocent people and no prison here could hold him. Frankly, if we were capable of it, he ought've been killed," Professor X said harshly. "I know that Banner was your friend, Tony - but if he were here, I'm sure he would understand."

"You could've asked him!" Tony snapped. "And we agreed we were NOT going to shoot him off into space! Yes, the Hulk is a monster but he's a helpful monster. Also, what's the point in having this secret boy band if you listen to the fucking cowbell player instead of the lead singer/guitarist?"

Strange glanced up from his tea. "If you're so upset, Stark, why don't you go get him instead of whining to us about it?" he asked bluntly.

"Actually, he won't be able to," Professor Xavier interjected. He put a hand to the side of his head. "Did you remember to wear your psionic dampeners today, Anthony?" he asked, before smiling ever so slightly. There was a flash of red and violet in his eyes. "It would appear not. You're going to forget all about this. Like the rest of the world, you'll assume the Hulk has wandered off and does not wish to be found. It's for the best... And you will forget you were ever a part of the Illuminati. If you try to recall the existence of this group, it will slip through your mind like water running through your fingers."

"Lastly, Anthony... If you should get between us and our interests... I am your daughter's tutor. You'd do best to remember that."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Camp Store
Skills: N/A

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Leda smirked slightly as Kiera asked how they'd keep warm. It was a perfect question - and a perfect set up. "Some people bring sleeping bags anyways. But for us... We could always, I dunno, snuggle to keep warm," Leda said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulders a bit. "In the name of survival and keeping hot, of course." She then winked slightly. If Kiera wanted to bring a sleeping bag, that was fine by her - she just felt like it'd probably end up being torn to pieces. There was usually something they could take shelter in anyways and worst case scenario, cuddling was always an option.

"Your backpack is rather ratty," Leda agreed, thinking for a moment. "Erm, maybe a toothbrush and toothpaste? Although I assume you have those already. I like to have them since I get super annoyed by bad breath, even if it's my own. Just makes the air taste bad, y'know?" she confessed. "Water bottle?" she then suggested. It was getting to the point where Leda felt they had the essentials and anything else now was just little extras that Kiera might find nice to have. Leda was a bit utilitarian in her attitudes about packing, not wanting to carry dead weight - but maybe Kiera wouldn't mind a little extra weight in her backpack if it meant she had more supplies.

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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Location: Camp Half-blood: Roman Side of Camp
Skills: N/A

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"Maybe the Greek enchantments aren't as great as they claim," Nancy suggested somewhat bitterly. The Greek Camp was poorly organized and run by the god of madness, so it was pretty much emblematic of chaos and disorder - the very opposite of what Camp Jupiter and New Rome had been. It almost was like adding salt to the fresh wound, knowing that the Greek Camp was still alive and thriving, whereas New Rome had fallen. It didn't matter how much they had prepared and trained. It had all been meaningless. Apparently all they had needed to do was sing campfire songs and make S'mores. Nancy took a forceful, deep breath. She didn't need to start going into a rant about what was and wasn't fair.

Nancy's eyes flashed with anger, as she was about to give Leandra another punch - only for Madalyne to tell her to stop and even little Joanie nuzzled her. "Fine," she practically growled - again, her anger was directed at 'Leandra' not at her friends. She took a few breaths, but they didn't do anything to stop the fire inside of her. It was like trying to take a few deep breaths to extinguish the sun - it didn't work. She could dim the light slightly, but the flames continued. Her anger kept on threatening to boil over. "Aren't there some children of Pluto? We could ask one of them to come take a look at her - but I also feel like any time we spend on Leandra is wasted," Nancy confessed.