Morose

Star Crossed: a Star Wars Story (BlueSky44 & Morose)

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Raynor Blake, Jedi Knight

25 pts (Light-Side)

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Raynor didn't answer Shocky when she asked why he wanted to have her around - he found that it was easiest to lie by just subtly telling the truth, and he didn't know how to apply that to this situation just yet. Saying nothing wouldn't be noticed too much anyways, particularly as it was time for them to go meet Jarothe for the evening's meal. If Shocky asked him again - or if Jarothe asked - however, he would have to come up with some sort of reasoning. If he hadn't been a Jedi, he would have just said that he thought Shocky was attractive - but such things went against the Jedi Code. The Jedi Order was clear - there was no emotion, only peace.

"Of course, thank you," Raynor said, following Shocky out of the hangar. He did wonder what sort of food Jarothe had picked out for them - the Jedi Temple tended to not have the most imaginative options, just ensuring there were options edible by all species, but otherwise it was easily repetitive and bland. Raynor didn't even know what his favorite food was. It had never even occurred to him to really consider that he might actually have preferences.

Ride or Die for the Republic (Morose & Kirah & Nallore)

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Raynor Blake, Jedi Knight

21 pts (Light-Side)

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"You also don't seem to have much of a sense of humor," Raynor noted. Droids often were a little stiff, especially ones that were frequently wiped, as they didn't have as much time to develop personality quirks. But Raynor had a feeling that this was likely as quirky as Emzie would ever get - that this was the droid's natural and true personality. It could be fun to mess with Emzie for a while, but eventually, it'd grow old.

He mentally shook himself. Focus. Clear your mind. Raynor's lightsaber arced through the air, slicing one of the droids in half. Another droid fired off a shot at the same time though, a cosmic stroke of misfortune, and the blaster fire hit Raynor in the right arm. He winced, only barely healed from the injuries that had landed him in the bacta tank in the first place. "Dammit," Raynor cursed.

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

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☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

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Location: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Skills: N/A

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Nancy thought for a moment, wondering just how much trouble the Legion would get into if they all went up to Mount Rushmore and raided the den of a dead dragon for gold. What would the mortals perceive through the Mist? She chuckled slightly at the idea. Whatever it was, it would have to be absolutely insane - which made Nancy want to see what happened, preferably with a cold slushie to sip on as she observed from a distance. "Aww, we can't ride Air Niah the entire way?" Nancy joked, holding onto her friend as Niah brought them safely down the mountain.

When they reached the bottom, Mads told them her plan - a fancy restaurant and a nice hotel. Nancy hesitated for a moment. She had lived inside of a fancy hotel before - and it had been incredibly traumatic for her. She hadn't set foot in any sort of hotel since. The thought of sleeping inside of one made her stomach churn. She'd rather a shitty motel, if she were being honest - or maybe an RV or a trailer or a tent. Any of those sounded like good options to her. "Um, maybe not a swanky hotel... But a fancy restaurant could be fun."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

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EARTH 257 - 7:30 PM Nov. 14th, 2021 - Genosha

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The Healing Gardens -

"Got you some help, doc," Cerebella said, coming in from the opposite way the others had left. With her were three people - Sage, a woman in a bright yellow coat with tinted shades, Prodigy, a sharp looking Black man with tinted yellow shades and a yellow coat of a different shade than Sage's, and Dr. Banner, a shockingly youthful looking man who seemed to be in his early 30s at most.

"Thank you, Cerebella," Dr. Reyes said. "Not to make you a messenger pigeon, but if you could go find Charles next, I suspect he'll want to be here."

"No worries!" Cerebella then ran off the way she came.

"Rough night," Sage mused, as she got to work on some of the unconscious Avengers.

"What happened here?" Banner asked, helping out as well. He glanced over at Flynn, recognizing him as just Firestorm. He didn't recognize Oliver or Matt though. "Are you two new to the island? I'm Doctor Banner - but you can call me Bob," he said, holding out a hand to either of them.

"You're kicking off some mad psychic feedback," Prodigy noted, staring at Flynn with his head tilted. "What did happen exactly?"

The Waiting Grove -

"Oh, I am seeing many things, child," Destiny said. She considered her words carefully. Knowledge of the future could be dangerous, tending to create self-fulfilling prophecies. In her experience, there wasn't just one future - there were many, with some common events but often varying and spinning out of focus in a chaotic spiral. "They are nearing their end. What happens will break them apart, triumph or fail, it will not change. Their group will be forever fractured, their bond never the same again."

"Uh... I'm not seeing anything nearly as ominous as that," Eye-Boy said, laughing awkwardly. "There's this... this red stuff though that's sticking to them, it almost looks like magic - and it's extra bad on those two," Eye-Boy said, pointing at the Maria and Amelia from Earth 666.

"Do you think they are cursed then, comrade?" Colossus asked Eye-Boy.

"I... have no idea. This is kinda above my pay grade," Eye-Boy said, falling silent as Firestorm and Wolverine came back on over.

"If it's magic, we can deal with that, non?" Gambit reasoned. "We have to have someone on this island who can handle magic?"

* * *

Bonnie nodded slightly at Cass' words - she had to believe that there was a way to fix Flynn and Amelia, to bring them back to them. She couldn't give up hope that they could help their friends, especially as it seemed more likely by the minute that one by one, it would happen to the rest of them as well. Her mind flickered briefly towards thoughts of their home reality - had Fury or Hill sent anyone else after them? Was anyone else looking into that anomaly at the Raft? Would SHIELD go to the Avengers or the Fantastic Four or someone for help?

Bitterly, an answer flashed into Bonnie's mind - no. She didn't believe that Fury or Hill would go for outside help unless absolutely forced to. SHIELD's relationship with superheroing groups was fragile at best these days - the time when Fury could control them was long gone. He had tried it with the Avengers, he had tried it with the X-Men, and it never stuck. The only superheroes he had at his beck and call were the Secret Warriors...

They would have to save themselves.

"You can make coats appear?" Aero asked, a bit surprised. "That's such an oddly specific power - can you make other things appear, like bags?" Amelia then added. Neither of them knew what Cass' full powerset was, thanks to Amelia losing her memories. And as Aero had asked if someone could make a coat appear, and Cass offered to do so, it was logical for them to assume that Cass had some form of power that involved summoning coats.

"Sooo... Are we going to go find this Chuck person, then?" Darcy asked.

"I doubt it'll take him too long to just come and find us," Raynor said. "Chuck is too nosy for his own good. Could never just let people exist on the island, had to make sure they were following his rules. If I had to guess, he's getting wheeled over here by Erik as we speak," Raynor finished. He didn't really know how he felt about seeing Magneto and Professor X again in this reality. He had thought he'd never see these versions of them again when he had left - he thought he had left this entire place behind - and now, he was parading these people through a nightmare of his own making.

"He's a psychic, he must be able to hear us thinking, so..." Bonnie got a slightly wicked smile on her face. "If I am possessed by the goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom, well... She's a goddess of thought then," Bonnie explained. She shut her eyes and whispered to herself. Athena, please, if you can, boost this....

CHARLES XAVIER WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!

"...Did it work?" Darcy asked.

Then, in all of their minds, they would hear an echoing voice - the voice of Charles Xavier -

"Wait. I'm coming."

The X-Men of Earth-257

• Firestorm
• Syphon
• Eye-Boy
• Wolverine
• Colossus
• Nightcrawler
• Cerebella
• Manifold

What If?

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Jade & Guin

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Jade raised an eyebrow, noticing the rather shoddy splints on the speedster. "It went that well, then?" she posed. She wasn't entirely surprised to learn that Carolina, Lance, and Pietro had ended up into trouble - trouble that cost the speedster his arms. The main thing that concerned Jade was she didn't know if Pietro would really be able to participate then in the next phase of their plan. If his arms wouldn't be healed, as Jade suspected, then that would be a significant damper on their ability to move quickly - unless, of course, Pietro could carry people with his teeth as he ran. "How long does it take your arms to heal typically?" Jade then asked, going right to the point.

The others then showed up, looking a little worse for the wear. But at least, it didn't seem like the young Stark was possessed by Sabretooth anymore; just a little clawed up. "As Cass said, we found the opening we need in their defenses," Jade said. "We also confirmed that our presence here in the city and the government's plan to send nukes has been leaked to Magneto, which is unfortunate but not surprising."

Guin was relieved to see that everyone had made it back mostly okay. Her eyebrows knitted with concern, seeing Pietro's injuries. She was used to seeing him hurt, but rarely his arms - usually, something happened to one of his legs. He had been avoiding fights for most of the time they'd been trapped in this city, rather than running into them. What the hell happened? she mouthed to him, tilting her head. What exactly had happened with Lance, Carolina, and Pietro while they were gone? Were they attacked by some sort of book demon?

"We didn't encounter anything useful - well, I managed to switch with Sabretooth and found out that he really doesn't demand the same sort of respect and fear he used to from people, which is interesting but ultimately not suuuper helpful," Guin said. Her wounds still ached and she knew that they were going to scar. But that was fine. She was honestly a little surprised at herself for thinking that she'd be around long enough for them to scar. Odds were, they were going to die in the next 24 hours or so.

Star Crossed: a Star Wars Story (BlueSky44 & Morose)

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Raynor Blake, Jedi Knight

25 pts (Light-Side)

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"Oh, you know us Jedi - our heads are always in the clouds," Raynor sidestepped. He wasn't going to lay out for her exactly what questions he was interesting in pursuing - he figured the hint would have to be enough. Anything bolder and he was worried for her safety, due to the presence of the guards. "Some masters spend so much time pondering questions that they'll fall into a meditative trance and forget to eat or drink or sleep for weeks, even months at a time."

Of course, Raynor had never really been that sort of type - his master tended to tell him that he needed to think more really, not less. "I would love it if you would join us - in fact, I insist, as long as that is alright with Jarothe. I would not wish to offend him." Raynor didn't give a reason for why he wanted Shocky to dine with them. He hoped he didn't have to.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Runa Baldurdattir & Guin Stark

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Location: New York City Defenders HQ
Skills: Telepathy

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Guin's sadness over having not seen her father in so long was then tinged with annoyance. He was ignoring her. He was berating Pietro, telling him that he shouldn't be anywhere near her; yet Tony couldn't even spare a look in her direction. The annoyance and sadness mixed to light a small angry flame inside of her. Why would Tony talk to Pietro and not her? She knew things had gone horribly for her counterpart in this world, but still, the Guin of this Earth was still a person. She wasn't some object to be argued over. She clenched her fist in irritation. Strange explained his theory as to what was happening with Tony - that he was trapped outside and between reality somehow. "Sounds like a problem for a fucking wizard, then," Guin said, her chin trembling ever so slightly, as she was torn between crying or screaming - or both.

"If reality is getting so weak, weak enough he can appear, then you should be able to drag his ass back here," Guin reasoned. She didn't know though if Tony would want to be alive again in this world. It seemed like a shit fest. Guin didn't even know if she would want to exist in this world if she were him. Tony, Guin said telepathically into Tony's mind.

What?

Guin's left eye twitched slightly. She hated that he was playing dumb. Is there a reason you fucking ignored me? Or am I just multiversal trash to you?

Dealing with other things at the moment like finally being able to yell at everyone else!!!!! he responded, sounded annoyed at this point.

"Actually, I just realized - I don't care," Guin said. She didn't want to deal with any of these people, and the Force Ghost Tony seemed like he just wanted to yell at all the men in the room, as if Guin wasn't capable of making her own choices and taking care of herself. Guin then walked out the door and back into the alleyway Lance, Annie, and she had landed in earlier - and Guin kept on walking, intent on blowing off some steam and having a moment to herself. Well, and Amidala - the little lemur had followed her on out.

Meanwhile, back inside with the group, Runa was glad to see Lance returned from the Mirror Dimension - although she was a bit concerned as to where Banner was, as he hadn't emerged just yet. Perhaps he just hadn't calmed down quite yet. The realization that Tony Stark was trapped between worlds was rather grim. Runa wondered privately whether or not the real solution would be to find a way to end his pain and suffering, should a rescue prove impossible. And then, for almost no reason at all that Runa could understand, Guin mouthed off and left. "So dramatic..." Runa murmured, a little confused. She would have thought Guin would have been pleased to see Tony - well, a Tony.

"Perhaps if we combine our magics, the three of us might be able to free him," Runa suggested then, looking at Strange and Klara. She pulled a rune from her bag - raido, the rune for journeys. It seemed as good a center as any. "If the veil is truly weak, then we should be able to manage it - and return him to a form of flesh and blood." There was always the possibility of using her reality warping powers, but if reality was being so fragile, Runa was worried that she might do more harm than good.

The Gifted - Concluded

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@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

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Genosha: August 3rd, 2021 - 12:50 PM

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Veil & Casper & Sunshine

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Location: Various
Skills: Mediumship

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Outside the Hospital...

"Huh," Casper said, considering what James had explained to him. "Where did you learn all this stuff?" he asked. He had never even really thought too much about things for babies and whatnot, but it seemed like James knew pretty much everything. If it wasn't for the fact Casper knew it wasn't true, he would've believed that James had been a father before. Had he been a dad in the world Wanda made, maybe? Casper knew James had been a little evil in that world, but he wasn't sure about being a parent. Jack had been a parent. Jack was a little evil at times. "Wanda didn't make you a daddy, right? Well a dad, I mean - you're already a daddy before this one even came around."

"Ooo a picture! That's cute. Maman would love a copy, I know - she's kinda angry sometimes but on the inside she's veeery sentimental. I'm also pretty sure I'm her favorite child. We both know it's not Jackie. And Davie's her kid by adoption. Val.... Nah, no way does she like Val more than me. I'm way cuter than Val."

Bee blinked, before nodding. "How did you know that's my mutant power, silly?" she said with a giggle. "I create hard-light copies of things I see - pictures, really," Bee explained. To prove her point, she wiggled her nose, and suddenly a small 3D cube appeared in her hands. In the cube were 3D depictions of James, Casper, and the baby.

"Oh shoot, you blinked... Let's try again on three, okay? One, two.... three!"

Outside the House of M...

Not very many people went to the House of M - it wasn't that the location was too far from everything, as it was in the central portion of the island, just on the eastern side. No, it was more that for all of its grandeur, there was an emptiness to it. Those who lived within those walls were haunted by ghosts, many of them by their own making. Even while the House of Magnus was a noble mutant house, boasting some of the most powerful mutants of the modern era, many of them Omega level... it was still a place of loneliness and sadness.

In short, there is no one outside for Andy and Zarina to run into - they are alone. Rain begins to fall - light at first, before quickly turning into a torrential downpour.

Blackstone...

Selene was already back where she had been previously with Jumbo Carnation - somewhere upstairs, judging from how echo-y and distant their voices sounded. No one was around to really ask Jack what he was doing or what he was looking for, so he had free reign to explore. Maybe her bedroom would have some of her hairs? Or he could just wander around and look at couches and whatnot and try to find some?

"Wait, bitch, shut up, you went to Spiralfest WITHOUT ME?!?!?!?!" a voice screeched from upstairs.

"Of course, darling! Spiral and I go way back. We used to kick it at the Arrako Mall with Genesis... Such a shame that little island fell into a hell dimension. Messing with Apocalypse really lost its fun."

"You have to get me onto Spiral Talk, I would DIE and go to gay heaven - or hell, honestly, I'm not picky. But I'm such a stan of my many armed queen!"

"And me, of course. You stan me."

"A gay man can stan many women, you don't need to worry," Jumbo said with a laugh.

Hellfire Bay...

Renegade shrugged. "Honestly, I wasn't planning on telling anyone - I don't want to make a big deal out of it. I never expected that I would get to be this old anyways..." her voice trailed off. "I've done a lot of amazing things and met really cool people. But if it's my time to go... I don't want people to treat me differently. Or be remembered as some sick frail thing. I want to be me till the end. Maybe go out screaming against a group of Purifiers if I can time it correctly," Renegade laughed a little bit.

"Nemesis can't fix it, Nate can't either - or won't, hard to tell with the discount Dracula," Renegade commented. "None of the healers I went to either could make it budge." She hadn't gone to James yet - mostly because she hadn't wanted to worry Casper, but also because she had given up hope.

Star Crossed: a Star Wars Story (BlueSky44 & Morose)

"Always," Raynor said with a chuckle. "But they are questions that are difficult to answer and I will have to uncover the truth myself," he said. "Thank you for your assistance so far, Shakka," he then added. He looked at her, before turning his attention to the ships, and then lastly to the guards who remained to keep an eye on them. He couldn't ask her details about her employer, nothing beyond the vague. His earlier questions had almost been too bold as well when it came to trying to get Jarothe to admit he was practicing slavery.

"I do hope you'll dine with us, tonight," Raynor said. He was worried that if he dismissed Shakka entirely, Jarothe would ship her off to some sector far outside of the Republic's reach, dooming her to a life of slavery - again. It wasn't right what people like Jarothe got away with - they seemed to think that their wealth made them untouchable and beyond the law.

Ride or Die for the Republic (Morose & Kirah & Nallore)

"Oi, Captain I Only Have A Blaster, catch," Raynor called out. He picked up the red lightsaber of the strange robotic creature, and tossed the unlit blade to Emzie. He imagined that the droid likely had programming in how to handle a sword, given that it seemed to be proficient enough with a blaster - and if not, well, Raynor just didn't want to hear more complaining about a poor choice in weapon. Besides, holding onto the strange being's lightsaber was probably for the best - it might contain clues as to what it was they had just faced. One of the Jedi Masters might recognize the blade's craftsmanship.

"At least these clankers don't have shields," Raynor commented, as they came upon a group of seven basic battle droids at the guard station. Raynor held out his hand, and one of the droids suddenly flew through the glass of the guard station, shattering it and creating a gigantic opening. Raynor then smirked slightly, throwing the flying droid to the side, where it hit the ground.

"Oww!" the droid complained, still functioning.