Morose

The Gifted - Concluded

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@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

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Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 6:40 AM

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Veil & Casper & Sunshine

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Location: Hellfire Manor
Skills: Mediumship

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First Floor...

Elixir felt incredibly awkward, seeing how clearly Miranda didn't want to really talk with him about any of this. He looked around the room, as if wishing for a pack of injured children to come, but it was silent - eerily so. It was just him and Magneto's girlfriend. He didn't know anything about Moneta really. She wasn't the most outgoing of people. But he also knew that, despite Callie's suggestion, going down into whatever battle was going on wasn't necessarily the best idea - he was a medic, not a brawler. And they'd need him in one piece.

But at the same time, standing with Moneta was incredibly awkward. "I think I'm... I'm going to go after them," he said. He awkwardly paused, before realizing he didn't know where they had all gone. He was sure that he'd figure it out, right?

Instead, he got hopelessly lost (1 on a d20).

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Basement...

Veil nodded slightly, listening to what Jack was saying. She understood that he didn't want to talk to his father about all of this - she didn't even want to talk to Mister Sinister. However, she was alive and breathing air - Kris, Feedback, Cayden, Sapphire... They weren't here. She owed it to them to at least try. They would do the same thing for her, she was certain of it. And there were other mutants in the world who had died, ones she didn't know, if they could bring them back... Veil didn't know how many they could, but she knew that she had to try.

She just didn't know what the cost would be - what Sinister would demand in payment. He had brought his own son back. He didn't seem like the type who would do anyone else for free, without asking for something horrible in return. She didn't have money to bribe him with. The only thing she had of value was her mutant gift. "I'll leave you out of it," she said quietly to him.

"Spark Plug... What's wrong?" Veil asked, noticing her friend start to freak out. She saw the ghostly specter of Kristina in front of them and tears began pouring from Veil's eyes again, but she couldn't focus on just Kris - not when Callie was clearly having some sort of a crisis.

"Are you... okay?" Pixie asked Kristina's ghost. "It doesn't hurt still, right?" Pixie's eyes weren't like normal eyes - they looked like solid black spheres, with a little shining spot of white indicating where her pupils were focusing on.

"I... I know," Casper told James, his voice trembling. "But... I'm tired of being scared... and losing people," he admitted. For someone who was always talking, he wasn't always the best when it came to emotional vulnerability. The really deep feelings often times were kept back, with just the surface thoughts being blurted out. He turned his attention to Kris, still channeling her, wishing that her sister was still in the room with them - so that way those two could talk.

"Yeah, you... You fucking died," Casper admitted. "Some toaster just... just fucking killed you and I'm so sorry. If... If you want to hang around, that's cool, Ben's good company... wherever he is... but there's also ghost Hawaii or whatever if you want to... you know, move on..." He didn't know what Kris wanted - he didn't know her enough to really know that. He didn't know if she believed in an afterlife or what she wanted done with her body now that she was dead.

"Can we... put her back in her body?" Pixie then asked, looking at Casper and James. She knew James was a healer - could he heal Kris' broken body and then bring her back?

"I don't think so?" Casper said, his voice squeaking slightly as honestly, he didn't know. He'd never had someone try to heal a corpse before.

Meanwhile, at the end of this hallway, Andy zapped the lock and fried it, allowing the door to unlock. Polaris came up behind her and snapped her fingers, the door creaking open. Behind it, Reeva was leaning up against the wall in a seated position, covered in blood, a gigantic gun in her hand. She fired reflexively and Polaris stopped the bullet, the bullet dropping harmlessly to the ground.

"Oh thank god it's you," Reeva said, breathing out through her nose. "We need a medic quickly, Sophie and Phoebe have lost a lot of blood, but they're going to pull through. They're amazing telepaths, Emma would be so proud of them, they're a credit to her legacy."

Polaris' eyes drifted over to the other side of the small panic room. The Three-in-One were sitting there, only one of them breathing. The other two were clearly dead, covered in blood, their hands limply covering the fatal wounds. Polaris didn't have the emotional strength to comfort anyone right now. Her own hands were shaking and each minute, she gravitated wildly between numbness, uncontrollable anger, and incomprehensible grief. "Sure, we'll get them a medic," Polaris said.

"They're going to be okay. Girls, we're getting you help, just hang in there," Reeva said to the Three in One - now just the One. Just Esme. Poor Esme was unconscious, unaware that her sisters were gone.

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Basement - A Few Hallways Over ...

Maria grabbed onto Magneto with her bare hand, aiming to absorb powers from the Master of Magnetism. She absorbed a fraction of his power, but more than a fraction of his life force, sending the elderly Holocaust survivor down to his knees. But for all that power, Maria wasn't as skilled at using it as she perhaps should have been (as her dear wife could also control metal), only managing to cause some dents in the cyborg. "If you steal my vitality from me again, it will be your last act," Magneto warned Maria, practically growling.

Echo's clones had some difficulty as well - even though the cyborg was largely disabled and immobilized, the material the cyborg was composed of hurt to punch and kick. The clones ended up with hands and feet that would sting greatly and most likely bruise pretty badly, and not much damage was done to the cyborg.

"al'anzima δυσλειτουργία," the cyborg said, their voice sounding like nails dragging on a chalkboard. "Siostaman オフライン. Trusler saptanmış." They weren't speaking in one language - it was more a mismash, constantly bouncing from one to the other. Zari must've disabled something to do with language output.

"What's she saying?" Sunshine asked, looking at Zarina. "You speak iPod, right?" she then asked. She didn't see much of a point in continuing to attack the cyborg, as it seemed to be out of commission, but she also would fully support everyone hitting it like a pinata in order to avenge Kris. Her eyes were already getting a little red and puffy from crying. Marrow had a bone spike in each hand, ready to go stab the cyborg once the clones were done surrounding it.

"Oh, she's saying that her systems are malfunctioning," Selene translated. "Well done, Valkyrie. Perhaps later you can help me with my OnlyFans - the interface is a bit perplexing."

"You have an OnlyFans? Aren't you a little old?" Marrow asked. Selene looked at least 45 to her, if not older. But then again, Selene seemed a little cooky with all the witch stuff anyways - and the things that came out of her mouth.

"...What's an OnlyFans?" Sunshine whispered to Marrow.

"I'll tell you when you're older, wifey," Marrow whispered back.

"Selvdestruksjon i loko ntlanu, katër, trei, два, एक..."

"She's activating her self destruct," Selene translated, before springing into action. "Since time immemorial, I have been able to manipulate inorganic matter - including the bomb concealed in this woman's body," she explained, before rapidly rotating her wrists. The cyborg's body began to come apart piece by piece, and Selene pulled out the bomb inside of the cyborg. The bomb exploded and Selene pushed her hands together, containing the explosion by pure force of will.

She then walked forward, her heels clicking on the ground, and Selene tilted her head. "Such a tragedy, they made your heart into the bomb," Selene said, before shrinking the exploding down further and then popping it into her mouth like it was a piece of popcorn chicken, and swallowing. Her skin took on a luminous property and Selene smiled, licking her lips ever so slightly.

"... That was hot..." Sunshine whispered.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Runa Baldurdattir

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Location: Nearing Baldur's Hall
Skills: Asgardian Magic

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Runa felt horrible for her brother. He had been soundly defeated, embedded partially into a tree, and had sustained grievous injuries. He wasn't a fighter by any stretch of the imagination - he was a god of justice, the deity in charge of running Asgard's courts and ensuring that the sentences were just and fair. She whispered a spell and scanned him again quickly, detecting no enchantments or any other magical means that would've explained what he had done. It didn't match up with the brother she knew. She wanted nothing more than to spirit him away to some parts unknown, where he could be afforded a second chance, rather than rot in Odin's dungeons. She adored her brother.

It killed her to place the handcuffs on his wrist. She turned her head, her eyebrows furrowing as one of the monsters started hugging Annie - but it was soon explained as Klara appeared with Lady Sif and the Warriors Three. It would've been helpful for them to arrive earlier. Luckily, it didn't look like anyone was fatally injured - just some serious injuries but nothing too serious. She bit her lip slightly, as Lady Sif asked for the stone from Bethany, and as they were directed to turn Forseti over to the Warriors Three.

Runa wished that she had screamed and fled with her brother in that moment. "It'll be alright, brother," Runa whispered. She then stood back, allowing the Warriors Three to take him away.

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Guin Stark

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Location: Nearing Baldur's Hall
Skills: Telepathy

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"What the fuck...?" Guin asked, staring as one of the kaijus started to hug Annie - maybe Annie really did have some sort of telepathy. She was about to comment on that when the actual person responsible for enchanting the kaiju appeared, Klara - as well as some other Asgardian stragglers. "You know, would've been really nice to have you all here, hope the cup smashing competition or whatever it was went well," Guin pointed out, rolling her eyes. But at least, everything seemed to have turned out okay. Guin ended the mental group chat. Bethany had recovered the stone and Runa had dealt with her brother, and now the rest of the monsters were gone as well - well, aside from the one that became besties with Annie.

"Do we get a loot drop for dealing with that for you all? Because I think we deserve some XP and some gold," Guin then added, seemingly incapable of not running her mouth at all times. She jogged on over to Pietro, raising one eyebrow at his injury, and also doing her best not to scream internally about it. He was going to be fine. Maybe he was going to be limping around for a little bit. She knelt down next to him on the ground and booped him on the nose with her finger. "You okay?" she asked softly.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu@Andromedai

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EARTH 257 - 5:00 AM Nov. 14th, 2021 - S.W.O.R.D. HQ, the Iron

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Tree Cover - Niah and Celestine -

SWORD HQ looked like it was built into the side of a mountain - think fortresses from Legend of Zelda's Breath of the Wild. The mountain cliffs were incredibly steep, with just a few winding paths that were difficult but not impossible to use to climb down the mountain. Trees were dotted sporadically and providing some cover. Aircraft seemed to be the main method of transportation, with some patrol craft periodically sweeping the area with search lights.

Luckily, no one spotted them and the search lights weren't passing over the tree cover Oliver had stashed them in. Unluckily, it began pouring down rain and the temperature was freezing.

Interrogation Room A1 - Oliver and Bonnie -

Thanks to Niah, Bonnie's cuffs and inhibitor collar were removed. Instantly, Bonnie's mind felt clearer and sharper - and her body more alive, stronger, faster, even better rested. It was a change that she wouldn't have noticed about herself had it not been for the collar, giving her proof - Athena had done something to her with her blessing. She wasn't the same human she had been before. And Bonnie didn't know how to feel about that, so she compartmentalized it, shoving it into a mental drawer to deal with later. She exhaled heavily through her nose in slight amusement as Niah explained that Sparky still had her leg. Only with the Secret Warriors was that something normal to say.

"We can do this," Bonnie said, hoping to reassure the others. Oliver then rapidly sped off with Niah, returning shortly, grabbing Celestine, and dashing off again only to return alone. Only a few seconds had passed. Agent Woo was either still unconscious or merely pretending to be. Oliver looked extremely exhausted and Bonnie couldn't exactly blame him, he had just run an unknown distance carrying someone twice. "Breathe, take a moment, it's all good," she replied. "What's the terrain look like outside - any idea what our location is?"

Interrogation Room B9 - Sparky, Cass, Amelia -

Darcy felt like this super wasn't protocol, but also, she was strongly against dying for a job that didn't pay her very well. Sure, the sign-on bonus had been great and all, but the healthcare plan was a bit lacking and the retirement package was skimpy. Honestly, some company could come along and poach her at any time - she was frequently seen in the break room talking about how little extra money someone would have to offer her in order for her to quit. "Okay, but if I do this, you all can't attack me," Darcy warned. She was a little unnerved by Sparky. She didn't seem particularly stable at the moment.

"Cross our hearts and hope to die, we wouldn't do anything of the sort," Amelia promised. Her gut was telling her that the alarms were probably due to their friends trying or succeeding in breaking out of here, meaning that Darcy was making the absolutely wrong call for her organization, but Amelia wasn't going to say anything. She talked a lot but she wasn't stupid - she knew when to be quiet about certain bits of information. "Don't worry too much about her, she's just a bit of a downer at the moment, mate. You know how it is," Amelia then added, her eyes flickering over towards Sparky.

"... Fine. Whatever. I don't get paid enough anyways," Darcy said, relenting as she undid the handcuffs and then inhibitor collars. She then unlocked the door and pocked her head outside into the hallway, seeing an entire squad of armed men running down the hallway. "They don't seem to be coming here..." They were going somewhere else - not in the direction of the A block of interrogation rooms, Darcy could tell that much.

Interrogation Room Z11 - Matt, Maria, Raynor, Flynn -

Inside of Maria's head, she would feel another psyche, another personality battling for control and dominance. For now, Maria would be able to hold the other person at bay, preventing them from taking over her body. "What did you do to me?" the Monica personality screamed inside of her mind. In the real world, Monica was still struggling with the oxygen deprivation, and she weakly sent off blasts of energy at the group, hitting Folly and sending her skidding backwards again.

Flynn then opened the door and oxygen rushed into the room. Monica was incredibly disoriented from the lack of oxygen, and Folly hurried out the door, holding it open for the others. She could hear the sound of heavy boots hitting the ground from nearby, coming closer. They didn't have much time. "Come on, we need to be fast, there won't be another rescue after this one," Folly warned.

Raynor saw how bad Matt was doing and he considered just leaving him here to figure things out, before he sighed. He picked up Matt in a bridal hold. "If you puke on me, I'm dropping you." Oxygen deprivation did weird things to people, even when they regained a proper amount of air.

The Gifted - Concluded

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@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

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Genosha: July 31st, 2021 - 6:30 AM

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Veil & Casper & Sunshine

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Location: Hellfire Manor
Skills: Mediumship & Enhanced Accuracy

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First Floor...

"I'll be fine," Veil reassured Callie. She wasn't the one they needed to be worried about - she was more concerned about Waverley. Maybe they could talk to Sinister and see if he could repeat the process done on Jack, but would Waverley want that? Sinister was essentially the devil, dealing with him was making a Faustian bargain, and they didn't have a will to consult to figure out what Waverley would have wanted. If it had been her, Veil would've preferred to stay dead than be indebted to Sinister for the rest of her life.

Magneto's eyes narrowed, hearing Miranda's explanation. "I would want to know - I do want to know. A man is his actions, not his words, and if I do not remember either, then what sort of man am I?" he posed. He was clearly angry, but the source and direction of his anger was up for debate. So much had happened in such a short period of time. He turned without another word and headed down the stairs with the others to search. Only Elixir remained behind upstairs.

"So... That must be fun, dating mutant royalty?" Elixir asked awkwardly in an attempt to fill the silence.

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Basement...

Polaris clenched her fist, digging her nails into the palm of her hand, as she came into view of Kris' dead body. She had seen her just moments ago, full of life and beyond ecstatic to be reunited with family. And now, she was dead. It was senseless. Polaris was tired of this. She was tired of watching mutants die pointlessly. The metal lining the hallway distorted in response to Polaris' mood, warping and taking on an irregular shape.

James would be able to remove the stake from Andy, with the caveat that her bleeding would increase dramatically as the wood was dislodged, increasing the size of the wound and removing the natural dam that had been reducing the bleeding. His first attempt at healing the wound would be disastrous, as the wound actively increased in size. The second attempt, though, he'd be able to heal her up the rest of the way - she'd be sore and would have a scar, so crop tops may bring up questions in the future, but she'd live.

"Oh my god, what..." Veil stammered, startled beyond belief. Her brother had been trying to comfort her as they walked down there and she was already reeling from Feedback's death - but there was Kristina, lying on the ground, dead. Tears gushed from Veil's eyes. Another young mutant she had failed. Another one she had lead to their deaths. Was she any better from Professor X? Guilt and shame welled up in her throat. "How..."

Her brother's clones had surrounded James, Harry, and Andy - although there was no sign of the threat that had killed her. "No more!" Magneto vowed, his eyes boiling with fury as he came upon the scene. "No more!"

"Kris..." Sunshine choked out. She was similarly shocked. It hadn't been that long ago that she had been telling her friends about how Genosha was safe, how they didn't need to worry here, and now, two of them were dead. Waverley and Kristina were both gone. It was cruel. This was supposed to be mutant paradise, a place where they were able to be themselves without fear - a place where they weren't hated for who they were.

Even Casper had tears in his eyes. He had barely known Kristina. And usually, he was a little bit flippant when it came to death, a small psychotic quirk he had developed thanks to his father. But this was too much for him. They were living through a genocide, a holocaust. He reached out his hands. "Kris?" he called out. There was no answer. "Kris?" he repeated, his voice shaking. Nothing. "KRIS!" he screamed and suddenly, Kris' astral form would appear for everyone to see. Casper's eyes were glowing blue and his hands were surrounded by a blue light. He was channeling her, the way that he would channel Ben, allowing Kris to use her mutant gifts and interact with the world from beyond the grave.

Pixie eyed Casper nervously, hoping his powers weren't about to rocket out of control.

"Hmm, she wasn't gone long," Selene commented, before heading off to search for the mutant killing cyborg. Magneto, Marrow, and Sunshine went along with her, leaving the others behind for the moment.

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Basement - A Few Hallways Over ...

"Your genetic code has an abnormality beyond mutation," the cyborg said, staring at Valkyrie. "Origin... Asgardian? Incomplete pattern matching... Records indicate structural similarities to the Hulk." The cyborg then spun and kicked Zarina in the stomach, sending Zari flying backwards. She then began firing off blast after blast of some sort of energy from the palms of her hands, which Zari would be able to narrowly roll and dodge out of the way of.

"Stop!" Magneto shouted, coming into the room with Marrow, Sunshine, and Selene. He closed his fist in a crunching motion and the cyborg's metal components began to compress. Sweat was beginning to bead up on Magneto's face as he continued the crushing motion - something was actively fighting back against him. It was like the cyborg had some sort of protective field.

Marrow tore bone spikes out of her flesh and threw them at the cyborg, missing. "Give them to me," Sunshine urged, as her aim was perfect and she had no idea if this cyborg looking lady could even get sick. Marrow handed Sunshine a few spikes and her aim was true, but the cyborg caught them and threw them back, with a few of them hitting Sunshine and leaving nasty gashes.

"Foolish creature. My magics give me control over all inorganic matter," Selene boasted. It was her specialty. Her mutation allowed her to consume energy - her magical skills were a separate matter. Selene cast an enchantment and flicked her wrist, planning on sending the cyborg flying across the room like a puppet - but nothing happened. Something was blocking her too.

"She has some sort of defensive energy field!" Magneto cursed, realizing what was wrong. "We need to disable it somehow."

🌳 Hotel Valhalla: & the Gods of Asgard 🌳

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Runa Johansson

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Location: Hotel Valhalla -> Outside Loki's Cavern
Skills: N/A

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Runa's eyes widened slightly, as her father explained that he would be accompanying them to inspect Loki's prison, but she nodded. Her heart was filled with fear and felt like it was going to explode out of her chest, but she knew that she had to be brave - she was an einherjar, after all. She had gone on a quest and rescued a god from the clutches of Hel in helheim - she could do this. Runa took a breath, before stepping through the portal. Instantly, a shiver went down her spine, as her body registered the dramatic drop in temperature. She could see her breath out in front of her. Runa rubbed her hands against her arms quickly, coaxing a bit of warmth back into her body.

"... An apple?" Runa whispered, completely confused as to why there was an apple on the ground. Nadia had picked it up and it definitely looked strange - it looked like it was made out of gold. She'd never seen an apple like that before. And this definitely wasn't the right climate for apples, right? There was tripwire as well here and Runa bit her lip, wondering how they'd make it to Loki's prison - or how anyone could, really, without a full squad of demigods with useful abilities.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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

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Nancy's irritation grew slightly as Chiron announced that the Romans would also be looking for volunteers for a messenger - she didn't like the idea that he was telling them what to do. She also didn't even know if it would be a volunteer position, more likely they'd just assign someone and that would be that. Volunteers Nancy was worried would end up being people like Leandra, those who would try to launch some sort of vicious propaganda spree. She wanted someone she trusted completely sitting in with the Greeks - and someone with a lot of patience. She had the feeling that sitting in on a meeting with the Greeks would be akin to pulling teeth.

"Is that it?" Nancy asked Chiron pointedly. He had recited the prophecies, got those heading on the quests to step forward, and made an announcement about the eidolons. There didn't seem to be anything else left to discuss. If that was the case, Nancy wanted to leave the arena and take a walk to clear her head - maybe visit the shrine to her aunt and leave an offering. Maybe speak with her new co-praetor about leaving Camp Half-blood and taking the Legion somewhere where they could stand on their own.

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🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

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

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Leda grinned back at her girlfriend, Kiera. She knew that not everyone was pumped to be going on a quest - a lot of people dreaded them, but Leda was incredibly excited. She did feel bad for the little ones volunteering, as they were so young and inexperienced, but the older demigods knew what they were getting into. Leda knew what she was getting into. She had been born to do this. Besides, the last quest she had done had been with Zeke and Kristin - she needed a palette cleanser desperately and a romantic getaway with her girlfriend sounded perfect (well, and the third wheel that was poor Arthur). "Course, love. It'll be romantic," she whispered back to Kiera.

They wouldn't be able to make out all night with Arthur sleeping next to them anyways - unless he was a heavy sleeper. That was always a possibility. She hoped he wouldn't be crying every night - he was so young though she wouldn't have been surprised. All the more reason to get a good night's sleep in Kiera's cabin that night. Chiron asked for the volunteers for the quests to come forward and Leda headed forward along with Kiera.

What If?

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Jade Cornish

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Jade was mildly annoyed that the others didn't seem very impressed with her handling Abyss, but she wasn't about to ask for praise from them. She considered the two options - have Thalia fly up high, potentially exposing their location but providing results far more quickly, or continue to scout from the ground, allowing them to keep a lower profile but increasing the amount of time they'd need to spend in their search. Edus was right though - it was likely the fight they had just been in had drawn some degree of attention, even if that was just from the fact that Abyss and the other two were about to go missing. "I agree, an aerial scout is ideal for now," Jade said.

Her mind then thought of another aspect of Thalia's powers that could come in handy if this was the absolutely incorrect solution. She kept it to herself though, not knowing how much Thalia wanted to play that close to the vest. "You should be as quick as you can about it though, the longer you're up there, the more likely they'll see you."

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Guinevere Stark

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Guin couldn't help but feel a little bit worried, not just for Lance but for Carolina as well. She looked like she was in pretty rough shape, with some serious injuries that would need medical attention as soon as possible. It would've been really nice if her mutant power had been healing, rather than body hopping - much more useful at least. Maybe she could make a robotic doctor to follow the group around, like in that one movie she had seen once as a kid, with the fluffy inflated robot - what had his name been again? "Lance!" Guin exclaimed, seeing a small ball of light come out of the rubble.

Guin moved quickly in the direction of the light, thanking her lucky stars that Sabretooth hadn't come over to kill them just yet and the others were managing to keep him busy. Carolina managed to get most of the rubble off of Lance, and thankfully, he was still alive. Cass then got the rest of the rubble off of Lance, so that way he was no longer pinned. Guin knelt down next to him. "Hey, can you walk? Your legs hopefully are better than Professor X's?" Guin asked him, a little worried that his legs might have been broken or paralyzed with how they'd been pinned under the rubble.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Runa Baldurdattir

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Location: Nearing Baldur's Hall
Skills: Infinite Deception of Words, Asgardian Magic

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Runa heard Edus reject her lie and she felt the power building up inside of her. She didn't speak of it often, but when one of her lies was rejected, she felt almost compelled to distort reality and make it truth - it was nearly involuntary. Runa barely registered the ground shaking as Lance conquered his foe. She hardly blinked as Marygold dispelled her brother's fiery tornado. She didn't even turn her head to see the other rampaging monsters terrorizing the others. "A lie for a lie," Runa whispered, Gandr glowing with dark energy, as she snapped her fingers, expecting to feel a wave of release, for reality to rewrite itself to her will. It was always an exhilarating, intoxicating feeling...

But it never came. Her innate magic did not work. Her staff had ceased glowing. A wave of hopelessness crashed against her - she was the Goddess of Lies, this was the one thing she was supposed to be good at, the very reason why those in Asgard had shamed and ridiculed her for all of those years. But nothing happened - her powers weren't as strong as they should have been. Runa didn't know if that was because of Forseti's stone or if there was something deeper that was wrong with her...

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Guin Stark

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Location: Nearing Baldur's Hall
Skills: Telepathy, Agility

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"Was something supposed to happen there?" Guin remarked, a little surprised that Runa's powers had more or less fizzled out. But they didn't have time for snarky remarks, especially with the monsters going on around. Guin nodded when Mary suggested that she search Forseti's mind for the location of the stone and Guin took a breath, diving into the Asgardian's head again. "It's on a chain by his side," Guin informed her fellow X-Men. The tornado was gone and she didn't want to waste a second, so Guin quickly darted at Forseti, attempting to snatch the stone.

Forseti batted her away like a bug, sending Guin flying (and the stone came free of the chain, flying into the grass somewhere). Guin hit the ground hard. "The stone isn't on him anymore!" she then told the others, even though she had no idea where it was anymore. It was small and the grass in this meadow of sorts was a little tall. Guin forced herself back onto her feet, just in time to watch as Runa threw a small object down at the ground by Forseti's feet. Suddenly, a yew tree began sprouting out of nowhere, trapping Forseti's legs inside. "Yikes, hope he's got health insurance," Guin said, wincing slightly. Runa then conjured a pair of handcuffs, connected by a chain - nothing incredibly fancy - as she walked up to her brother.

"Will I need to put these on you?" Runa asked Forseti.

🌠 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 wasn't shocked to see that Jack too was reminded of Cabin in the Woods. She was an insomniac and had spent countless hours watching horror movies at night with her brother, unable to get to sleep. Sure, she wasn't well rested, but being awake during odd hours had always given her a slight edge in school, as she was able to grab extra time to study. And now, working as a medical examiner, odd hours were more or less normal for the job. She didn't work in the middle of the night as she didn't want to be at work at midnight, but showing up a few hours later wasn't an issue if she needed to sleep in once she managed to fall asleep. Megan nodded when Hansel suggested they take supplies and leave. She wasn't opposed to stealing - as long as they got out of here before...

The door opened. Megan's mind instantly created a profile for the person who entered. Male, caucasian, approximately late 50s in age, tall, average build. It was like she was seeing him as a corpse coming into the morgue, rather than a living person. She didn't recognize the man. Her sword began to hum ever so faintly, and her eyes darted towards it, noticing it had begun to glow. It took her a moment before she put it together and Megan's heart began beating furiously fast by a sense of foreboding anxiety. She didn't know why she felt this way - it wasn't logical, she didn't know this man, he didn't know her, there was nothing that tied them together.

"We weren't expecting you either," Megan said, her voice even and steady. "... King Arthur."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu@Andromedai

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EARTH 257 - 4:50 AM Nov. 14th, 2021 - S.W.O.R.D. HQ, the Iron

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Interrogation Room A1 - Oliver, Niah, Bonnie, Celestine -

Bonnie thought for a moment, before she shook her head. "I haven't. He's one of the new X-Men, right?" she confirmed, deciding to allude to that fact rather than Lance's infamous father. She had encountered the new X-Men when they had taken down Magneto in New York City, stopping a deadly virus that would've killed every human in the city. Lance hadn't joined until after that, if Bonnie remembered correctly. She wasn't paying super close attention to every member of the X-Men, but when Hulk Jr. joins, SHIELD notices.

Niah's news was, needless to say, a bit mind blowing. Bonnie's eyes widened. Ex-agent Novikova, now current Avenger, could perceive people's alternate selves. If she had looked at Lance and seen Sparky... It explained some things, but also made Bonnie inherently uncomfortable. When had Sparky come over to their world? Had Raynor been stalking a small child, a baby? She shook her head slightly, before glancing at Celestine. "Maybe. I'm pessimistic they'll have any interest in helping us though," she admitted softly.

Some time then passed and Woo returned to the room, looking a little nervous. "So, here's the deal. I believe you, but they don't. Do you want to see more close up magic?" Woo snapped his fingers. Something small and rectangular then appeared in Niah's pants' pocket. Only she would know that had happened. "The trick is, you need to make it look good and believable, otherwise, your audience sees through it," Woo explained, looking at them and hoping they'd catch on.

"Now, you're going to tell me the truth, okay?" Woo then added, before walking over to the other side of the table. "Who sent you here?" he asked.

Bonnie, ever the perceptive one, understood - and promptly head butted Woo, knocking the amateur magician unconscious. Alarms began to blare.

Interrogation Room B9 - Sparky, Cass, Amelia -

"Woah...." Darcy said, looking back and forth between Cass, Amelia, and Sparky. "I think she might, like, need a minute."

Amelia was really concerned about her friend. Even though Cass had told them they needed to get back on track here, she was more worried about Sparky's mental wellbeing. She hadn't known Sparky for a super long time, but coincidentally, Amelia tended to be there for Sparky's more stressful moments - such as finding her lost love again on Asgard or learning that she had been adopted and actually came from a different reality. "Do you want us to shut up shut up? Or do you want us to push through this and have a moment?" Amelia asked.

"Oh shit!" Darcy cursed, as alarms started to sound. "Uhh, don't go anywhere, not that you can," she frantically told them. She wasn't prepared for something like this to happen. Darcy bit her lip, glancing around the room, as if looking for a helpful piece of paper saying what to do when the alarms go off.

"What's that alarm mean?" Amelia asked. If she had to guess, something had just happened. Maybe the others had started doing something - maybe someone had escaped! Or maybe it just meant that someone had been smoking and accidentally started a trash can fire inside one of the break rooms. Either way, it sounded scary and was clearly a big deal. "If you don't free us and it's something like a fire, we could die, mate. Do you want that on your conscience?" Amelia asked Darcy.

Interrogation Room Z11 - Matt, Maria, Raynor, Flynn -

From outside of the room, alarms began to blare - but none inside, as the EMP had disabled all technology. Raynor suddenly gasped, feeling all of the air forcibly removed from his lungs. He didn't need oxygen to breathe, he didn't need to breathe even really, but it was still a somewhat painful and uncomfortable experience. He was begrudgingly impressed that Flynn was even capable of something like that. Raynor pulled the inhibitor collar off of himself, tossing it aside.

Raynor's body began to put off a soft glow, just enough so that he could see. "Are you here to help or to fuck with us, Valeska?" Raynor asked.

Monica would manage to function relatively okay with the low levels of oxygen, Maria would be struggling quite a bit, and Matt... Poor Matt would be gasping for air. Folly was struggling as well, falling to the ground as her head was spinning. Monica was seeing double, but still managing to keep herself standing. "Code... " Monica wheezed, "Red..." Of course, there was no one who was going to hear her, as all the tech in the room had been deactivated.

"Here to... get you," Folly choked out. Her healing factor wasn't helping with the oxygen deprivation.

Monica blasted a beam of energy at Raynor, her eyes glowing as she stumbled about, trying to maintain her balance. The beam missed, the shot going wide.

"Who sent you?" Raynor asked Folly, returning fire with a light blast at Rambeau, hitting her and causing her to fall to the ground, but doubtless she would get up again.

"Magneto... and... the Professor..."