Morose

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

---

---

---

@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

---

---

EARTH 257 - 9:00 AM Nov. 15th, 2021 - Odinskeep, New Asgard

---

Memories, memories

Matt now ONLY remembers his life as an agent of MI13, tasked with capturing a horrific and elusive serial killer.

Cass now ONLY remembers her life as an agent of SWORD, the mutant adopted daughter of Director Hayward, raised to be a weapon.

Oliver now ONLY remembers his life as a brutal serial killer, whose parents' death at a young age resulted in him being placed in foster care, where his cruelty unfortunately flourished. His lover and partner in crime, Niah, is perhaps the only person in the world besides himself who he believes to be real - to truly matter.

Flynn now ONLY remembers his life on Genosha as the son of its founder, Magneto. The leader of its deadly X-Men, he loathes humans almost as much as the world hates and fears mutants.

Luminous no longer remembers her life on Earth-666. She only remembers Earth-257.

The tides were finally beginning to change in the battle against the seemingly never ending Doombots. Niah and Amelia's strategy had sucked about half of the several thousand units into the heart of a sun, the host of Asgard continued to fight, and Bonnie's shield with the face of Medusa was turning Doombots into stone, magically passing that condition along to the replicated units. Unseen to most, the Valkyries were collecting the fallen Asgardian dead. The palace doors were holding - for now. And Luminous, Doom's closest ally, had turned.

With each swing of her shield, Bonnie turned more of the robots into stone - some of them falling from the sky, crushed into pebbles at the ground. More stone robots then appeared, and it reminded her of the stone statues in Narnia under the reign of the White Witch. By her quick estimation, only two hundred or so remained. The host of Asgard had gotten skilled at disabling but not destroying - and somehow, in an event that boggled the mind, Bonnie noticed that Niah had a portal.

Bonnie rushed up to her dear friend. "I don't suppose you're going to share where you got that from?" she asked. Her hair was going in all directions in the violent wind that Amelia was stirring up. Despite being the one inhabiting a god, Amelia truly reminded Bonnie of a goddess, as Amelia soared on the winds. She sent dozens of Doombots spiraling at a time through the portal, and the Host of Asgard caught on, now herding the Doombots in that direction.

"I don't understand it either, ya cunt," Amelia said cheerfully. "But I'm not complaining - works fucking well!" She startled though, hearing Niah cry out Oliver's name - and Amelia swung her head around. She could see Oliver by the palace doors, but he... he was on the ground, unconscious? And Matt and Maria were fighting?

"Go help your man, I've got this here!" Amelia urged Niah. "Or, erm, Bonnie go ahead and do it - I've got to keep blowing these suckers." Niah didn't have a leg to stand on at the moment, after all.

Bonnie hesitated. But she felt that Niah would have done it for her, so she took off at a sprint towards the palace entrance.

Meanwhile, the group fighting Doom was having some issues - namely, Cass announcing they were all under arrest. Cass had thrown Doom into a pile of Doombots, missing Flynn by accident. The Doombots looked identical to Doom as well, and they were all programmed with his voice and mannerisms (on Earth-666, the Fantastic Four had often thought they were facing Doom, only to realize it was a robot. It was rather annoying). This meant that, given that the Doombots Doom had crashed into also fell down, they looked all practically the same.

"You can't just shout that you're arresting us for being enemies of the Iron, that's now how things work - and you don't have any jurisdiction here, this is New Asgard," Raynor shot back at Cass. He was rather irritated - mostly because his body was aching from repeated abuse, but also because Cass' memory trouble was happening at the worst possible time. He wanted this to be smooth and easy - he didn't want to fight multiple wars on multiple fronts all at once.

"Shit, which one of these shitbags is the real Doom?" Raynor then asked, staring at the wall of Doombots.

All of them said in unison - "I AM DOOM!"

"Well that's helpful..." Destiny had said they'd need Doom's help, for some reason, to return home. Basically, they couldn't kill Doom. And if they tried to kill Doom and it was a robot, the robot would just duplicate. Another issue - all of these robots really did believe that they were Doom. All of them were telling the truth. "None of them are lying, either."

And lastly, over by the entrance to the palace, its doors still shut...

Luminous wasn't following what was going on at all - these people seemed to be insane. They kept randomly turning on each other. "Stop it!" Luminous shouted, her eyes blaring blue-silver for a moment, as she reached out with her magics and paralyzed Matt and Maria in place (of course, Matt had already paralyzed Maria, but y'know). Oliver would shortly stir and wake up again. "Now, you are all going to explain to me right now what is going on, how I got here, and what it is that happened to me!" Luminous demanded, fury blazing in her eyes.

Behind her, there was a gigantic BOOM as the palace door fell, hitting the ground. A Doombot - the real Doctor Doom, in fact - stood triumphant. "Your spells have failed, witch," he taunted. "Doom is triumphant!"

He then flew inside the palace, and was soon out of sight.

Bonnie made it to where Luminous, Matt, Maria, and Oliver were a second later. Instantly, she had her shield at the ready. "Stand down, Luminous... And let my friends go," Bonnie warned. A spear materialized in her hand. Athena must've known she needed a more long range weapon.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

---

---

Guin Stark

---

Location: Woods (Mary's Group)
Skills: Telepathic Attacks

---

---

Guin was incredibly out of it. She was barely coherent, as Pietro's words slammed through her mind and a force field appeared above her, protecting her from Haze's next attack. Fire roared to life all around them and it felt like the world, at least her world, was ending. She couldn't even string together words to really say to Pietro, beginning to suffocate from the smoke and her skin felt like it was boiling from the intense heat. She didn't get a glimpse of the creature shooting down from the sky, nor could she really process what Pietro mentally whispered to her about it.

It took all of her concentration - but mostly an unconscious instinct, an urge to survive, to fight a little harder - for her to telepathically center herself. She hadn't really absorbed what Pietro had said, but something about Mary being attacked by a telepath got through to her. And the strongest telepath present was Exodus. Guin psychically raged against him, managing to cripple him, but she couldn't knock him out. It had taken all of her strength to just do that much.

Piet... Guin's thought cut off, as her breathing slowed and she sank into the welcoming oblivion of unconsciousness...

---

---

Lavender Haze

---

Location: Woods (Mary's group)
Skills: Telepathy

---

---

Haze raised an eyebrow, seeing the rather well dressed man leap in to save her counterpart. Somehow, this disgusted her even more. Perhaps this was why her other self was so weak - maybe she had never been forced to stand on her own. She had never been transformed in a fiery crucible. That felt wrong to her. Haze didn't recognize the girl in front of her. Their similarities were only flesh deep. "She'll never be strong like that," she said simply to the man.

And then, fire rained around them, as Pyro swept up a forest fire. The smoke got into Haze's lungs and she coughed. The heat was extreme and Haze knew that if this wasn't controlled, it would spread throughout the entire forest and kill them all. Survival was more important than showing a united front. Haze was about to tap into Pyro's mind and force him to smother the flames, when something odd happened. The burning image of a bird appeared and crashed down into the ground, the fire dying down soon after.

At first, Haze assumed it had been some of Pyro's theatrics. But then, Bloom rose from ground. Haze briefly reached out telepathically, in order to see how much of the brief mind control remained and perhaps re-establish it. But instead, she sensed something new inside Bloom's head - something that was telepathically protecting her. Haze paused for a moment, debating raising this to the others, but instead she placed a hand to the side of her head and tapped into Pyro's mind, forcing him to smother and douse the somewhat flames. The smoke was really irritating her throat.

---

---

Runa Baldurdattir

---

Location: the Mirror Dimension
Skills: Asgardian Magic (Elder Futhark Runes)

---

---

Klara pushed Runa away, ending the embrace - but in the process, Runa found some clarity. The circlet had appeared identical to one she had made for Klara and enchanted with a protective charm. Somehow, this circlet had shared with her glimpses of Klara's memories, most of which seemed familiar to Runa. There was the jungle that Loki had trapped them inside of, the BiFrost Bridge only this time Klara fell, and the Hellfire Club... Runa stared at her cousin as the theory crystallized in her mind and she became certain without a doubt. Somehow, this was her Klara. The one they had been traveling with since the BiFrost Bridge was an imposter.

Runa had three guesses as to who that person might have been - when it came to problems in Asgard, there was one person who was usually responsible.

"I am so sorry I have not been there for you, cousin," Runa whispered, a single tear falling down her face. She reached into her pocket and grabbed the rune she instinctively felt she would need, pressing it between her fingers as she whispered a spell. It was the same one she had used to enchant the circlet originally. Hopefully, drawing a protective enchantment further might be able to reverse some of the damage done and restore Klara to her true self...

Yet as Runa cast, it became clear to her that the spell was not entirely successful. Somehow, her eldritch senses told her the cause of Klara's fractured psyche - the strange way that reality had been overwriting memories, injuries from Klara's nasty fall, and another cause that Runa could not quite comprehend... "I have failed you," Runa apologized, bowing her head slightly. More tears were falling now, as Runa wept for Klara.

Song of Heroes - a Percy Jackson RP (Morose & DragonicQueen)

the Arena...

Lorna's eyes sparkled slightly at the realization that Kitty was going to be on the opposing team. Of course, she would have been excited to fight by Kitty's side, but fighting against her was equally thrilling. And the realization seemed to put a little more energy into her weary body. "Oh gods, this is going to be absolutely wicked cool - you better bring that new sword of yours to it, fighting you when you're using that in the woods? It'll be my own personal Elysian Fields," Lorna exclaimed. "You have to promise me that you won't let anyone take you out until you face me - and I'll promise the same. This is going to be completely epic!"

She brushed off Kitty's concerns about her lack of sleep with an offhanded pish. "After this we have... what day of the week is it again... Oh! Mythology lessons with Chiron," Lorna said. She wasn't nearly as excited to study old myths as she was thinking about Capture the Flag plans. "Can't wait to learn about who did who and got Hera mad this week," she joked. "What about you - what're you up to next?"

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω

---

---

☀️ Nancy Parker ☀️

---

Location: Train
Skills: N/A

---

---

Nancy didn't need to look directly at the group to see that the conversation had ended and it was safe for her to return - no, she caught a flash of movement out of the corner of her eye, seeing Janelle and some of the others get up and go separate ways. Nancy rosed an eyebrow, her interest piqued for the moment. She doubted the story of her trauma would've caused that sort of a reaction. She must've missed something else. That or her trauma had been so boring that the Greeks felt a need to go do something else... But no, she decided it was probably just a symptom of the dysfunction that plagued the Greek demigods.

Nancy walked back to where the group had originally been sitting and she reclaimed her seat. Zeke was scowling, glaring out the window - and his cat was still in his lap. Cassian and Kristin were both gone, and Janelle was sitting just a few seats away. "I take it I missed something," Nancy said, giving Zeke an invitation to talk to her if he wanted to. She was beginning to find it a bit strange and unhealthy how attached Demetri was to him, but she didn't say anything for now.

---

---

🌈 Leda Storm 🌈

---

Location: Under the Sea
Skills: N/A

---

---

Leda didn't want to admit it, but she was a tad relieved when Kiera successfully shaped an air bubble around her. She just hoped that somehow the magic of Kiera's demigod abilities could deal with the immense pressure of heading down to the ocean floor as well, but she didn't raise the point. It'd be a dark and somewhat funny way to go, but Leda didn't believe it would happen to her. She fully believed she was meant to have a heroic death, to sacrifice herself for something bigger - not just die at the bottom of the ocean from her body caving in under pressure. "Mm, why wouldn't I be?" Leda replied to Kiera with a slight smirk.

"It's not like my fragile body is depending on my girlfriend's mastery of the sea," she added jokingly. Leda glanced at Sera. She had noticed how the new demigod seemed to really respond more to Kiera than anyone else. She supposed that it made sense, as the two of them were siblings, but Leda did feel ever so slightly slighted. "What's been going on with you since I last saw you then, mate?" she asked Hercules. She didn't want him to think of her as a mother, but they could be chums at least.

The Gifted - Concluded

---

---

---

@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

---

---

Genosha: August 22nd, 2021 - 11:20 PM

---

Veil & Sunshine & Casper

---

---

Location: the Carousel

---

The boundaries between one person and the next were blurred at first, until they collapsed entirely. The new singular entity, comprised of a murderer's row of mutants - Casper, Andy, and Max to ferry the souls, Veil to trap Selene, Sunshine, Spark Plug, and Jack to weaken Selene, James to boost the circuit, Zari to constantly repair and reinforce the acheron, Miranda to reinforce the acheron. Echo and Dazzler to turn sound into energy to power the circuit. Ben, Magneto, and Marrow to ensnare her, preventing Selene's escape. A single member missing and this circuit would not have worked - this magical and psychic gestalt would not have the power needed to stand against a god.

The amalgam was a strange, bizarre being, pulsing with light, sound waves, and magnetism. Tentacles shot out from every surface, covered in bone spikes and laced with disease. Rather than having a face, the entity had a gigantic eye, the color of the universe. The entity was made up of more than just the sum of the powers of the individuals - it also was made up of their hopes and their dreams. Like the Phoenix Force itself, it was an ultimate expression of light and life - and Selene, the Dark Priestess, the embodiment of darkness and death.

Selene's eyeballs almost seemed to throb in anger, rage, and disbelief. "What?! No! This cannot be! The pesky little firebird isn't here, you shouldn't be able to defeat me! Not this!" Selene raged, before lunging forward, gigantic psychic fangs gleaming in her mouth as she went to do war with her cosmic equal.

The entity spoke, not with a tongue or mouth, but with its mind. It spoke in a language unknown to man, one that only those wielding fundamental forces or concepts of the universe could understand. It said -

⚗〠ൠᴥ௵ஔ∰ጃ෴ᅘ༽໒✺

Selene's means of escape were quickly eliminated by it. She was then pinned down and restrained, and subjected to an intense psychic and physical onslaught. The souls powering her were pulled away, diminishing her size and power with every second. The entity had her beaten, in body and in soul. The acheron was thrown, simultaneously assembling and reassembling itself in flight. It struck her body and Selene screamed as she was sucked inside of the device, a horrible banshee's wail...

And then...

And then...

Silence.

The entity had vanquished its foe; light had triumphed under darkness. The glow of the moon illuminated the being and for a moment, it was the most powerful thing in the world, perhaps even the universe. A cloud passed over the moon, dimming its light - when the cloud was gone, allowing the scene to be illuminated, the entity was gone. Instead, the fifteen mutants were collapsed on the ground, forming a circle around the still acheron. All of them were nude, their clothing disintegrated or simply vanished during the spell.

Casper, naturally, broke the hush. "That was... that was... That was intense shit!" he exclaimed. He then looked down, and realized he and everyone else present were naked. There was no blood or sweat or dirt on them, and any wounds they had had were healed. In the days and weeks to come, they'd learn during tests and examinations that they all had been put in the prime of their condition - for those like Miranda and Magneto, this meant an extended lifespan compared to what they might have had otherwise. For Casper, it meant some lessening of the abuse he had put his body through prior to his sobriety. For Jack, it meant the stain on his soul had been lifted, the corruption by the Darkhold eradicated.

"...What are we going to do with this?" Veil asked, gently picking up the acheron. It was hard to imagine that it housed an immortal being, such a small little device. They couldn't kill Selene though. Someone would have to guard it with their life. She glanced at Andy. "Andy, if you want to keep her, guard her, prevent someone else from releasing her... I trust you," Veil said, holding the acheron out to Andy. Selene was Andy's mother. Veil figured it was only right to offer that job to her. If she didn't want it though, Veil would gladly take it.

"You need not be her keeper, if you do not wish it, Andy," Magneto told his adopted daughter, his voice gentle but stern. "To think that the extinction of mutantkind would have come at the end of one of our own, had the strong not been able to prevent it..."

Sunshine had gravitated over towards Marrow, holding onto her wife. Her heart was pounding and she could feel the trauma in her body. The fight was over, but the island had been more or less destroyed in the process. No one would be able to live on Genosha again. Maybe a mutant circuit would be able to restore it, to make it be like nothing had ever happened... but Sunshine didn't want that. It didn't sit right with her. The devastation here had happened. If it were up to her, this island would stay as a memorial to those they had lost, those who had suffered due to a world that hates and fears them.

"... Where do we go now?" Sunshine asked quietly.

"The Quiet Council's emergency plans are to evacuate to the grounds of the former Massachusetts Academy," Magneto explained. "Beyond that, I do not know... but I have a thought. Genosha was not built in a day. Mutantkind's next home will not be either." Magneto gazed upwards at the stars. Perhaps up there, mutants could be free. Perhaps next time, things would be better.

For he would be better.

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

---

---

---

@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

---

---

EARTH 257 - 8:50 AM Nov. 15th, 2021 - Odinskeep, New Asgard

---

T H E N I C E A N D A C C U R A T E P R O P H E C I E S O F I R E N E A D L E R, D E S T I N Y :

R. E. T H E S E C R E T W A R R I O R S

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.

AND

If they fall, Genosha will share their fate.

AND

The file corruption will become permanent if they stay in our world too long. I see that one will be overwritten and lost forever. More, if they aren't careful and quick. They will need the aid of a powerful sorcerer - a scarred man with a metal mask - in order to return home.

R. E. U N K N O W N S U B J E C T

There will be a boy called no one. You will know him by the sins of his mother. Hers steel, his annihilation.

---

The fight rages on with no end in sight. But just as the battle is being waged physically, a more sinister one has just been renewed. Some of our heroes had chosen to merge their memories and become an amalgam of their life in this world, Earth-257, and the one they had left behind, Earth-666. The others did not. Charles Xavier, while often claimed to be the world's most powerful psychic, is only a man. The barriers that he constructed in the minds of Matt, Cass, Oliver, Bonnie, and Flynn have fallen. The result is devastating and poorly timed.

Matt now ONLY remembers his life as an agent of MI13, tasked with capturing a horrific and elusive serial killer.

Cass now ONLY remembers her life as an agent of SWORD, the mutant adopted daughter of Director Hayward, raised to be a weapon.

Oliver now ONLY remembers his life as a brutal serial killer, whose parents' death at a young age resulted in him being placed in foster care, where his cruelty unfortunately flourished. His lover and partner in crime, Niah, is perhaps the only person in the world besides himself who he believes to be real - to truly matter.

Flynn now ONLY remembers his life on Genosha as the son of its founder, Magneto. The leader of its deadly X-Men, he loathes humans almost as much as the world hates and fears mutants.

Bonnie's memories would have been overwritten as well, turning her into another agent of SWORD who would view mutants as the devil. But her mind was not just her own - she was hosting the goddess Athena. And Athena could do what Charles Xavier could not. Bonnie's memories remained unchanged, as her eyes flashed stormily. The eyes on her shield flashed as well, as she swung the mighty Aegis up towards the sky. Eight Doombots turned into stone, falling to the ground and shattering into rubble - but once more, sixteen more arose to take their place.

I thought you said this had anti-magic properties, Bonnie interrogated the goddess in her mind.

It does, Athena chided. Bonnie turned her gaze at the sixteen new Doombots, waiting for them to begin their attack, but they remained frozen. She realized then that they were stone statues. The power of the Gorgon had spread through their replication process somehow, and while they duplicated, the new Doombots were little more than paperweights.

Eight dealt with, several thousand to go...

Up in the air, Amelia could hardly believe what she was seeing - there was a glowing portal by Niah that she could not even stand to really look at. Each tiny glance Amelia took felt like looking straight into the sun. But she wasn't going to argue with Niah or even really ask her where she had got that from, science-y types were always pulling out weird things like this in battle. And Niah had gone on so many adventures that Amelia didn't even question it. For instance, Sparky was carrying around a teleportation ring - why shouldn't Niah have some sort of weird portal?

"On it, mate!" Amelia answered. She sent a gigantic gust of wind, hundreds of miles fast, at a clump of about ten Doombots. The metal contraptions hardly stood a chance. Flying in the air, they were instantly blown down into the portal, disappearing on the other side. No Doombots emerged to take their place. "... Well shit. I dunno what that thing does, but I like it!" Amelia gave Niah a thumbs up.

But even with the portal, this would take a lot of time with just Amelia blowing the robots around... Especially as it was unlikely that they'd just calmly let her destroy them all...

Down on the ground with Doom, Doom was doing his best to fend off Sparky, Flynn, Raynor, and Cass all at once. Cass was proving easy for him - she kept on punching his armor, and as it was made of Uru metal, it hurt her more than it would ever hurt him. He tried to blast Cass away from him with what looked like a laser, but the laser was jammed or something, so nothing fired out. Raynor charged at Doom head on again, reaching out for his mask, trying to rip it away in order to expose some flesh, but Doom knocked him aside and Raynor saw stars.

"Foolish beings! You think you can triumph against the might of DOOM?!" Then, on cue, thirty Doombots alighted on the ground, surrounding Doom and the four heroes. Doom laughed.

Meanwhile at the entrance of the palace, whose doors were still sealed, Luminous had been robbed of her superspeed by Matt - for now (i.e., for 2 rounds of posting). While she was a speedster though, her deadlier power set was that of the Scarlet Witch - her mastery over probability and chaos magic. And that one was still functional. Her eyes glowed blue as energy built up around her in a dense field, and Oliver and Maria and Matt would feel a pressure inside their heads, as if Luminous were attempting to entrance them...

But then suddenly, it stopped.

Luminous collapsed to her knees, holding her head in her hands.

"Where... where am I?" she asked, looking up at the trio. There was no recognition in her face. "Who... Who are you?"

Luminous no longer remembered her life on Earth-666. She only remembered Earth-257.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

---

---

Guin Stark

---

Location: Woods (Mary's Group)
Skills: Telepathic Attacks

---

---

Guin hardly had time to cry out before Mary's vines had flung her. The next thing she knew, pain like she had never experienced before had blossomed throughout her body. Her leg felt like it was on fire - and each breath brought a searing sharp pain, like her ribs had been replaced with knives. The wooziness of her head wound was only compounded by these injuries. She couldn't move, even if she had wanted to. H-h-help... I think she's going to kill me Guin frantically whispered to Pietro. Her heart was pounding furiously. Never before on a mission had she felt this close to death, as if the reaper were already descending upon her. I'm scared I'm going to die Guin admitted. She had always assumed she'd be a Final Girl. Maybe she was wrong.

She then noticed that Mystery had stopped coming - she had expected to see the psychopath looming over her, taunting her. But instead, she heard Mystery cry out for Haze. Guin didn't want to unpack what that might have meant. Instead, her survival instincts kicked in and Guin attacked the only way she could - telepathically. It was like trying to kill a bear in the middle of a snowstorm with a butter knife. Guin was mentally flailing around, struggling to get a hold on Mystery's mind. But in the end, just when she was about to lose hope, she did it. She felt Mystery slip into unconsciousness.

Guin didn't even realize she was crying. She tried to attack the nearest mind she felt - Phantazia - but to no avail. The pain was making it too hard to think. Her breathing was ragged. All Guin wanted to do was close her eyes and let the darkness take her away...

---

---

Lavender Haze

---

Location: Woods (Mary's group)
Skills: Telepathy

---

---

Haze had picked herself up from the forest floor. She hadn't cried when Bloom's attack had sent her flying, breaking her arm in the process. She had had worse injuries thanks to Magneto. She had stopped crying a long time ago. Pain was a constant companion now. It didn't mean it didn't hurt however - and she responded because of it somewhat slower to Mystery's cries for help than she otherwise would have liked to. They had a special bond, the two psychics.

"Your tears won't help, you know," Haze told her counterpart. Even as she looked at Guin on the ground, it was more like she was looking past her. She tried to pull out Guin's darkest fears from her mind, but her alternate self blocked her, seemingly aware enough for basic psychic defenses. She went to kick her in the ribs, but Guin somehow rolled away, crying out in pain from the action. Haze's eyes flared in anger. "Fight harder, you coward!" she screamed, the first time she had raised her voice this entire time. She telepathically thrashed Guin, causing Guin to scream in pain, but she didn't manage to knock her unconscious - not yet.

"Pathetic. No one is going to save you - so FIGHT HARDER!"

---

---

Runa Baldurdattir

---

Location: the Woods (Runa's group) -> the Mirror Dimension
Skills: N/A

---

---

Despite the evening of their odds, their situation was getting more and more desperate by the minute. Runa made a quick decision. Both this Klara and Edus seemed amenable to talking. Klara held Annie's fragile life in her hands. Runa picked herself up from the ground, carefully sliding the sling ring Doctor Strange had leant her onto her fingers. "Make a better world, then," Runa told Magus. But she couldn't spend too much time reasoning with him - and he seemed to be the more resistant of the two.

"Cousin, do not harm her - you do not want her blood on your hands," Runa warned, her voice steady even as her heart was pounding. Carefully, she used the sling ring and opened a portal underneath Klara, sending Klara falling into the mirror dimension. Annie was safe - for now. But Runa wasn't going to just leave Klara in the mirror dimension to rattle around there, no, Runa could sense the conflict in her multiversal cousin. Maybe she could be reasoned with. "Do not kill him, unless you have no other choice - I will return, with Klara," Runa swore to Bethany and Annie. For a moment, she thought about kissing their cheeks to seal the promise.

Instead, Runa jumped through the portal and sealed it behind her, entering the mirror dimension.

Her hair fluttered behind her, as if propelled by an invisible wind. Dark energy swirled around her staff, though Gandr immitted its own bright white light ever still. Here in the mirror dimension, they were closer to the dark domains - where creatures like Dormammu would lurk. "I swear to you cousin, what my companions said is true. We are lost, attempting to return home. The crystal in the woods is of the Phoenix and has the power to send us back to where we belong. I know not what has become of you here... but I feel your pain... and would comfort you, if you would allow it." Runa hesitated for a moment, before embracing Klara. She knew, in that moment, that she was a fool - that this Klara could easily slay her - but Runa was trying to be optimistic, to be hopeful.

She was trying to do what she had advised the other Edus - to build a better world.

Runa's staff dropped to the ground - a sign of her intentions that she hoped Klara would accept, if the embrace would not suffice.

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

---

---

Megan Pendragon

---

Location: Atlantica
Skills: N/A

---

---

Megan was intrigued to learn this detail from her brother. Her eyes darted over at him, wondering for a moment how much of her brother was left - and how much had been replaced by the person he had been here. She felt much the same as when she had entered this world, albeit with the caveat that she now accepted her status as the heir of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. But the moment passed, as her brother then tried to tease her about receiving a scar from a pig. "A boar, brother dear," Megan said. "And should anyone find it so amusing, perhaps I could arrange for them to have an up close encounter with a boar. They don't have the reputation of, say, a lion - but that's not their fault."

Had she not had her memories restored, Megan might have been surprised at Arthur's ease with her more sour demeanor - but she had always been like this, even back in Camelot. She nodded at his comment about how she might get a scar while fighting Maleficent - a girl could dream.

They returned to camp, and it looked like not much had happened since they had left. Megan noticed for a moment how the firelight caught in Sierra's hair, but she didn't say anything. "Unfortunately, hardly a scratch," Megan said to Sierra.

The Gifted - Concluded

---

---

---

@Nallore@BlueSky44@Achronum@Trainerblue192@Kirah

---

---

Genosha: August 22nd, 2021 - 11:10 PM

---

Veil & Sunshine & Casper

---

---

Location: the Carousel
Skills: Mediumship

---

Midway Between Shi'Ar Bar and Underground Table

Casper gasped for air, sitting up so quickly it was as if he had been roused by a nightmare. His skin was cold and clammy, covered in a thin layer of sweat - and some of his own blood. His couture was absolutely ruined, the pink dress only a shadow of its former self. He looked like he had come straight from Carrie, rather than the Hellfire Gala. "James?" Casper called out, getting up to his feet now. His entire body was shaking and trembling, but Casper didn't remember why. The last thing he remembered was...

"Why the hell is her ass so big?!?!?!?!" Casper blurted, looking in horror (and a bit of wonder) at Selene's gigantic blue god ass that was taking up the sky. "Jackie? Ben?" Casper called out. He didn't see anyone around him - the place looked almost entirely deserted. The last thing he remembered was... He had been running off after James, going to save him. Someone must've knocked him out, Casper figured.

"Where did you all go? Honestly, so rude to leave me on the floor - besties don't do that!"

The Stage

Due to the evacuation (that Selene had been too busy slaying to really pay attention to), there weren't very many mutant souls left hanging around for her to eat. And while she was incredibly powerful right now, she wasn't finished yet - she knew that she hadn't reached all the omnis of power (omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient). She needed to eat more souls. "I s'pose this party really has ended, hmm?" Selene mused. "Time for me to go get some snacks - I think the X-Men would hit the spot," she added, speaking over her shoulder to some sort of imaginary audience. She continued to walk, heading for the western coast of the island. With each step, the island shuddered in pain like it was a living being, and with the now near constant tremors it was clear that Genosha simply could not last much longer. The island would fall apart.

Meanwhile down on the ground, well on the stage proper, Magneto considered the situation at hand. He had privately regretted not doing a better job by his first Brotherhood of Mutants - that he hadn't trained them properly before sending them off out into the world. If his adopted daughter Andy's life had not been sufficient motivation, as well as the countless mutant lives Selene had claimed and those she continued to threaten, then perhaps working with this ragtag group would be some means of atonement. "You heard your fellow mutant - we have work to be done," Magneto said to the group.

Lightning seemed to gather in his eyes, as the Master of Magnetism went to work. He pushed and pulled, working the metal surrounding them before shaping it into a swirling storm. Magneto sent the metallic storm chasing off after Selene, zipping around her like flies, the individual bits of metal so fine that the goddess didn't notice as they slowly began to adhere to her body, giving Spark Plug (and Andy, for that matter) the opening to strike with the rage of the elements.

"Any chance you could fill us in on the mutant magic plan now?" Veil asked Max. It was furiously windy now as the ground shook, and Veil's hair was practically swirling around her head, a tight mess of curls stuck in the wind. She was putting her all into holding up the force field, but it was beginning to shimmer and weaken. She locked eyes with her twin for a moment, glad to see that he was alright - and a bit sad that he had to meet Dazzler under circumstances like this. She knew he adored Dazzler. Who didn't?

"Kinda cliché to do magic to beat her, but whatever. If it works, it works," Sunshine said. She and Marrow were working together, and while Sunshine's aim was true, Selene was slowing beginning to leave her range. They'd need to get things done - quickly. Dazzler was sending off beams of light still as well, tapping her foot to an imaginary beat.

And then, a familiar face showed up, dashing up to the group, covered in blood and sweat but no worse for the wear...

"You know the last time I was abandoned on the floor at a party, I woke up in a cell cradling a tiny cactus like it was a baby."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

---

---

---

@BlueSky44@Kirah@Nallore@Natsu

---

---

EARTH 257 - 8:40 AM Nov. 15th, 2021 - Odinskeep, New Asgard

---

Klara had teleported them all to the Palace - outside of it, at least. It was complete chaos. The sky was full with Doombots, creatures of silver armor draped in green cloaks, all shouting "I AM DOOM!" at varying intervals. Each time one was destroyed, the air shimmered green and two more arose to take its place. Those with magical training would recognize that the Doombots were enchanted to replicate upon destruction - meaning the more Doombots were destroyed, the more they would be overrun...

The host of Asgard were locked in combat, almost overwhelmed by the buzzing droids. Unseen to mortal eyes, the Valkyrie were ferrying the souls of Asgard's dead from the battlefield. No one was challenging Luminous and Doom - no one that could be seen. Sif's magic though had prevented Klara from teleporting them inside the Palace - the same thing likely that was forcing Luminous and Doom to fling their magic repeatedly at the doors without leaving a single scratch, all in their desperate attempt to get inside and steal the Nexus being.

"Why does it feel like there's more of them?!" Amelia shouted, flying up in the air. She was using her powers to through Doombots into each other, and she had grabbed a sword from a fallen Asgardian warrior, using it to destroy any Doombots that got too close. But no matter what she did, more of them seemed to be coming. She wasn't good at magic stuff, but she didn't even see Doom doing anything to make more appear? "How many Doombots did he build?!?!"

Amelia speared a Doombot on her sword, some of its mechanical blood (read: oil) getting onto her hands. The Doombot shimmered green, and then suddenly two more were upon her. Amelia hacked away at them again, hacking and slashing and hacking, until no one could see her, a perfect sphere of Doombots surrounding her.... She tried to send out a blast of air to force them all back, but it was useless - and the Doombots all opened fire on her at once...

Meanwhile, down on the ground, everyone seemed to be focusing on Doom in the evil duo partnership and not Luminous. Doom's energy shield had finally shattered, not too long after Maria had phased inside of it. The Doombot Cass had destroyed was gone, and two new ones magically appeared to take its place. They opened fire on the ground, sending out missiles - missiles that all tragically hit Niah. Had it not been for the Kree armor, it would have killed her. As it was, she ended up with severe burns on her stomach, the armor vanishing in that area (but remaining elsewhere).

Raynor threw his dagger, Lyting, at Doom - aiming for a killing shot. Doom raised his forearm and the Asgardian dagger hit the metal, and fell to the ground harmlessly. "Uru metal is far more plentiful in this reality than in our own," Doom boasted. "And makes fitting armor." Raynor's eyes blazed with anger. Uru metal was sacred to Asgardians and not meant to be handled by outsiders. It was one of the few things to have survived the fiery rage of Ragnarok.

"That metal doesn't belong to you - you don't have any right to it!" Raynor snapped. He threw a punch, aiming to knock the helmet off of Doom's head, but Doom effortlessly dodged his fist. Doom then sent off a blast of energy at Raynor, designed to knock the Asgardian back, but Raynor managed to avoid the attack just in time.

"Victor, be reasonable!" Bonnie hissed. She knew it was unlikely to change things - she knew that this was going to continue to be a fight. But people were dying all around them. And the multiverse was at stake. "Your plan for the Nexus - it'll end in the destruction of everything you know, everything you care about will be gone, and you'll be all that's left," Bonnie warned. The snakes on her shield seemed to flash and writhe in warning for a moment - although it might have just been a trick of the light.

Doom's eyes flashed dangerously. "Everything needs to burn before something new can form," he said ominously.

Luminous continued to lash away at the door, sending off blast after blast of her power, moving so quickly that the naked eye could not see - and fortunately, Sif's spells seemed to be holding up... for now.