Genosha: August 22nd, 2021 - 9:50 PM
Veil & Casper & Sunshine
Location: the Carousel
Skills: Mediumship
Mutant Underground Table - David thought for a moment about Selene's question - and he blushed, grinning a bit at Harry's answer. He felt firmly in control and present tonight, none of the others bickering for a turn at the wheel. He felt peaceful. "I'd want my last night to be like this," David admitted, before sheepishly nipping at Harry's earlobe and then pulling away. He wasn't drunk, but Harry was right - it
was easy to get drunk off of vibes. "I'm me and he's him. That's all I need. Plus, my baby brothers are here," David added, referring to Jack and Casper.
Casper held up his hands in the shape of a heart, beaming at David.
"Love you too, Davie!" He wasn't as close with David as he was with Jack - largely because David had spent most of his life in an asylum. David had been adopted by his mother legally speaking, but they were actually half-brothers. Valentine was Casper's only full blooded sibling. But even with the distance, Casper did love his brother - he loved everyone in his family, with the exception of his dad.
Selene sighed at Echo's query, almost with longing - as if the idea of a true, permanent death was absolutely enticing to her.
"If it were my last night in the world - as impossible as that would be, as I am immortal, darlings, never forget that should you decide to kill me - I hope my death would come at the hand of a redheaded sweetheart... And I would spend my final hours bathing in the blood of my enemies under the moon's divine light." "That's creepy as fuck," Sunshine said, giggling at Selene. It was becoming a little hard for her to take Selene seriously. From a distance, Selene was a terrifying dominatrix - but up close, she really was just pure camp. It was like she was giving a performance, playing a children's idea of a supervillain. And Sunshine had to admit, the vibe was
fun - the more Selene talked, the more outlandish things she said, the more Sunshine wanted to listen.
"And yeah, you better not be planning on fucking my wife," Sunshine teased Andy, giving her a warning glare before breaking out into a grin. She knew that Marrow's was hers and that she was Marrow's. She didn't feel a need to really worry about someone else trying to steal Marrow away, as Sunshine believed in their love more than she believed on anything else in the world. Marrow completed her and she completed Marrow.
"Much too little for me, anyways," Marrow agreed. "Aren't you like twelve?"
"You are welcome, of course, for your restored life - I did have a hand in it," Selene mentioned to Jack.
"You... What? When? When did you die?" Casper asked, his eyes wide.
"Oh shit, did the X-Cutioner kill you? Shit Jackie, I'm so sorry - I didn't notice - I mean I was frozen and ooooh that must've been it, huh? You froze and shattered like freezing gum and then hitting it with a rock and.... Oh yikes, that must've hurt so much. But you're alive, so that's what matters." Sunshine didn't say anything to Jack's revelation that he had died, but her eyes did dart over towards him, as she regarded him with suspicion.
Suddenly, Selene rose from her chair.
"I must be off now, my darlings - I'm performing a little number in a moment here, so do please pay attention. I'm giving a tribute to one of my favorite films of your era, you may know it? It stars an ancient and formidable trio of witches, the Sanderson Sisters." She then waved before gliding off through the crowd, and was soon out of sight.
Shi'Ar Bartender Set-Up Veil took a long sip of her drink, listening to everything Moneta had just confessed. To be truthful, Veil didn't know her very well - she barely knew her, really. So this was all a lot to process from a practical stranger.
"Wow, that's... That's a lot," she said.
"Hate that he's a cop, but at least he's safe, right?" she finished.
Meanwhile, Ben had half a mind to bite Max's tongue and pull him away from the crowd. He could picture it in his mind's eye for a moment, but Ben decided against it. He hadn't even thought through the logistics of this relationship - he was mentally over thirty years old, physically less than eighteen. He didn't know if it would be age appropriate for him to blow Max's back out. But he found himself not caring if it were.
In line, Ben accepted the flower - he stared at it, his own cheeks going crimson for a moment. No boy had ever given him a flower before - no one ever had, really, with the exception of his funeral. His adoptive siblings had each presented his coffin a flower, their faces showing varying degrees of emotional distress. He wondered if any of them would care now that he was alive - or if it had all been an act, a way to keep up appearances, like so much of his childhood had been.
He realized he had fallen silent though, just studying the flower. And then Ben didn't care that Max needed to grab the drinks from the bartender. He didn't care that they were in a crowd of people. He was
alive and the blood was pumping through his veins and the music was blasting, Dazzler singing her heart out to a rock ballad, and Ben put a hand on the back of Max's neck and pulled him in close and
kissed the shit out of him.
Ben then pulled away and grabbed James' and Casper's drinks in one hand, holding the flower in his other, and a self satisfied smirk was on his face.
Veil couldn't help but grin - she was genuinely happy for the two of them. And Ben seemed to be in a much better mood now than he had been earlier that day.
"When did this happen?" she asked, taking a coy sip of her own drink, curious as to what the boys would say. She was pointedly
not responding more to Spark Plug about her own fascination with Aurora - one French-Canadian mutant twin girl thirsting after another French-Canadian mutant twin girl, how more cliché could she be? But that wasn't really it. No, the truth was that as much as Veil loved to be in control in intimacy, she wanted to feel
chased when it came to something new. She wanted Aurora to come find her. She wanted to feel hunted.
The Main Stage Up at the main stage, Dazzler had hopped off for a break, Reeva introduced the next singer -
"Please, put your hands together for the Dark Priestess, the Vampiric Huntress, the Mother of All Mutants, The First One.... SELENE!" Reeva's voice was telepathically amplified, rattling in everyone's minds as Selene took the stage, appearing suddenly in a burst of smoke. Selene winked at the crowd, before snapping her fingers and
her outfit transformed into something more comfortable to perform in.
"This one is for the gays," Selene said, before her performance began.
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