Diesel
Acolytes
Ian Larks
Posts: 492
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Post by Diesel on Jan 24, 2008 0:14:28 GMT -5
Ian overheard the conversation between Shadowkat and Cyclops and cursed under his breath. No wonder Spitfire was out of it, her and Wolverine were really really tight. She actually looked at peace in his company from what Ian saw. She must be going out of her mind. Both him and her group leader, that he gathered she was very close to as well. Oh man this was not good for her at all.
Ian squeezed Lorelai's hand back and used his free hand to rub her lower back gently and comfortingly. At least he had her still and she was safe with him. Whether they would be together or not, Ian would have been devestated beyond belief if something happened to her. Hell, he would be for any of his friends, including Aideen. But Lorelai was his best bud before she became his girlfriend and she was closest to him. Ian didn't even want to think of that. He sneaked a glance at Aideen and just looking at how lifeless and hollow she looked made dampened his mood completely.
He looked up at Lorelai with saddened eyes and sighed before he brought her hand up to his and kissed it reassuringly. He hoped Spitfire would be okay.
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Haven
Acolytes
Niki Sanchez
Posts: 316
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Post by Haven on Jan 24, 2008 0:20:26 GMT -5
Haven walked in right behind Kitty, her head hung low and she didn't know what would happen to her. She almost wished they all would attack her and tear her into little bitty pieces, but that wouldn't fix all that was wrong inside of her right now.
She had come to this school with a chip on her shoulder, and an attitude that was more sour than lemon-vinegar brine. Thanksgiving had seen her reach her breaking point. After years of neglect and abuse in foster care she had been a runaway, and seen some bad times and thought that the chance Ms. Frost had offered her would be a redemption and a salvation from the life of torment and teasing she had received. Being an albino Latina was difficult, but she had no ties to her people, no family, no role-models to look to. She was as blank inside as she was pale outside, and all she knew to do was build barriers and keep people out.
How ironic it was that as her power manifested she realized it was a never ceasing forcefield that surrounded her. Until she found a spot that she felt safe enough, and was alone, it had been unyielding. She'd lost a lot of weight from being unable to eat regularly when her power first showed up. She was doing much better with just the idea of a better future to give her hope, and then Thanksgiving day and Jumper's taunting- it took her right back to the foster homes and the evil little brats who hated her for her whole life.
It was more than she could deal with- it had been the fuel for all of this destruction. Magneto had seen to that, filling her head with his preaching of Mutant superiority, and she had been so wanting for love and acceptance that what she had received in the den of the evil Brotherhood had filled that void in her with something. She still hated Jumper, but she was so confused right now, she'd been so twisted up in her head by her surrogate 'father' Magneto that she didn't know what was what anymore. Slowly she looked up.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 24, 2008 0:21:06 GMT -5
Jenny looked around at everyone's sad faces and the smile left her lips. Everyone looked so sad. That wasn't how she liked her school to be. But she would try and cheer everyone up somehow. Maybe she'll bake them cookies again, everyone seemed to like them before. Or draw them pictures.
Jenny tentatively reached out and touched Puppy~Love's silky ears. "Wow. Thats so neat!" she said with a small smile. She petted them for a minute and then looked as Puppy~Love pointed at a tall boy with brown hair and ears just like Puppy~Love. "Wow! Both of you have it! That's so cool!" she said in awe. "If you and Albert are related it would make sense. He's a very big dog and you are both big!" she said seriously as she thought of her big sheepdog at home. She missed him, he was her best friend. Him and Lady, her foal were both her best friends. But Papa told her lady wasn't allowed to sleep in the house so Albert was the one keeping her company.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 24, 2008 0:28:42 GMT -5
Puppy~Love's smile fell from her face as the little girl's did. "Would you like a hug little one?" she asked softly as she looked into the girls eyes. She hated to see her worried about the others. She didn't enjoy seeing frowns on children's faces, especially ones so innocent. "It'll be just like hugging Albert, I can even tell him later that you send your love. You see dogs like me an Albert we can talk to each other over long distances, because we can hear each other very well. We have a connection because we're family. Just like everyone here" Lurai said, lying to the girl, but it couldn't hurt as long as she was happy that's all that really mattered right now. She hoped to keep the girl distracted enough that she wouldn't notice all the bandages and bruises on everyone. She should be happy while she can, after all Lurai sure as hell wasn't going to talk about the bruise on her neck, she didn't need to have anyone worry about her, or the fact that she had a run in with this Magneto.
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Guardian
dead/inactive
Aleksey Nevski
There are worse things than burns
Posts: 116
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Post by Guardian on Jan 24, 2008 1:54:43 GMT -5
Aleksey felt Leah place her head on his shoulder and wrap her arm around his. He got a little nervous but not as much as he was before, he enjoyed being close to someone again. He wrapped his tail around her waist and sat there waiting.
He opened his big ears a bit, they weren't just for show, and listened to what everyone was saying. He heard that there were two people missing but he did not know who they were. He turned to Leah and asked "Leah...Who are Logan and Nightcrawler?"
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Frostbite
Paragons
Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
Posts: 563
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Post by Frostbite on Jan 24, 2008 6:04:26 GMT -5
Lorelai felt Ian return the squeeze on her hand and let out a sigh as she felt him rub her back, the gesture very comforting to her. She carefully adjusted herself so that she could gently lean her forehead on his for a minute without disturbing her burns. She was happy to have him there, even as just a best friend, which he had definitely become in the time she had come to know him, and her closest friend at that. She had known she was starting to like him, and the battle with the Brotherhood only confirmed it and showed that she couldn’t stand to see him hurt, and now they were together, well that would only grow, wouldn’t it?
She looked down at him as he looked at her with sad eyes and she couldn’t help but frown to see him look so sad, but smiled a little when he kissed her hand. In turn, she leaned down a bit again carefully to brush her lips against his cheek in the same reassuring manner and sat back up slowly to see everyone looking glum, and together in some way as she looked curiously at Haven.
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Post by Karma on Jan 24, 2008 8:21:10 GMT -5
Karma ran in the Hanger area in a fretting worry, she had been running endlessly around the mansion since she got the message that there was a meeting to be held. And she could find her little change Jenny!! She knew that she could have tapped into the small girls mind and found out where she had been, but she refused to use her poweers unessissarily against the small girl, after all, it took alot out of the body being inhabited by two minds instead of one.
Finally she decided to ask anyone if she had seen the little blonde student, but, on coming into the room, spotted her immediately. The smile returned to her face as she walked slowly over to her and knelt down on her hunkers to speak to her. "And, little miss, where were you? i was beginning to get worried." She said with a small laugh, smiling warmly at her young charge.
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Decay
Paragons
Skylar Walker
Posts: 136
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Post by Decay on Jan 24, 2008 10:39:23 GMT -5
Sky let herself smile slightly at her correct assumtion were Ian lived. However, him and Frostbite seemed to be giving eachother comfort and Sky felt a bit awkward just standing there.
This was the part where everything was getting a bit hetic, she could feel the panic and worry from those around her. No longer in the mood for speaking, she shoved her hands deep into her pockets and walked back to the corner of the room while everyone else gathered in other places. She caught bits and pieces of conversations as she walked, and though she didn't know what half of it meant, she knew that this really was a big family and people were really getting hurt.
What made her a bit alarmed was the fact that she saw a small girl, probably not even nine years old, talking animately with an older girl who had dog like ears. Sky knew that this was no place for herself at fourteen so certaintly it wasn't one for a small child. That was out of hand, had the little girl participated in the fight as well? She didn't seemed to be harmed but then Sky could only see her physical appearence so she had no idea what the girl could be feeling inside.
A thought struck her, however, that surely that really wasn't a girl. This place was for all sorts of people and there were plenty of fictional stories about people having severe problems ageing. The thought made sense and seemed to settle Sky about the subject, no school would take in a child. But the second that matter was settle, ten more arose in her mind. Who were these Logan and Nightcrawler people that she had heard a few people mention? Who ever had spoken about them had seemed distraught which led Sky to only think the worst. Swallowing she leaned back against the wall as she continued to speculate.
If this battle had been so huge then why hadn't it been on the news to warn her the day before she arrived? Surely even the local new stations would be interested in a story like this. Sure, Skyler had heard about Mutants before but she had only thought of it as a rumor and laughed about it with her friends, talking about how cool it would be to have super powers. It wasn't nearly as cool as she thought it would be...
Another thought hit her, why hadn't they called the police? With a school and everything there was surely a police to protect them and make sure they were safe. People like normal police who put their life on the line in order to save people they didn't know. Skyler nearly choked on the air she was breathing when she realized something that she should have known all along. There were police and they were standing all around her and soon she herself would be expected to become one.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 24, 2008 10:44:24 GMT -5
Jenny's large blue eyes widened when Puppy~Love said she could talk to Albert. Wow that was really neat. She wished she could talk to Albert from here. "If you can talk to Albert can you tell him to take care of Twinkie, my little duck friend? And to look after Lady, she my foal friend," Jenny asked looking at the dog girl with wide eyes.
When Karma came in, Jenny instantly brightened. She utterly adored Karma, who took such good care of her. She even helped her bake cookies! "Karma!" Jenny cried and hugged her caretaker. "Why is everyone so sad Karma? Is everyone alright? How come the nice blue man isn't here?" she asked hurriedly as she tucked her head in the crook of Karma's neck. Everyone looked very sad. The girl with the neat looking blue hair and the very big guy looked very sad. And they kept looking over at the girl in the shadows who looked so sad. She looked kind of like Esmerelda from her favorite Disney movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Except she had very dark eyes instead of green. Everyone else looked hurt and weak, except for some, and Mr. Summers looked so worried as did Kitty. Jenny wasn't sure what happened but she knew something was wrong. No one could look that sad for no reason.
Jenny looked up at Karma from her hug. "Why is everyone so sad Karma? Can I help?" she asked worriedly and eager to make everyone happy like they were on Christmas.
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Post by Karma on Jan 24, 2008 10:58:49 GMT -5
Karma laughed a little at Jenny, scooping her into a light hug. She knew that she had missed the big fight, and thankfully, as she would have hated to think the little girl have known what had happened. "It's alright Jenny, we're all just a little tired. We've all had a very big day and some of us did alot of work. But don't worry, it will be alright soon, everyone will be smiling by tomorow." she cooed, trying to dispell the worry in the little girls mind.
"Nice blue man though? You mean Kurt...hm....I'm not very sure dear, he might be off somewhere hiding, he is very good at that." she said, trying to hide her own slight fear over why Scott had called everyone in, including little Jenny....Surely she wouldn't have to take part in any action? She was too young!
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 24, 2008 12:00:33 GMT -5
Lurai smiled at the little girl. It surprised her how pure she really was. She looked up at the woman Karma. She'd heard of Karma from Ms. Frost. "So you're the infamous Karma, I've heard good things about you" she said thinking of the picture that Ms. Frost had shown her. Lurai smiled to Jenny. "She's right you know, everyone will be smiling tomorrow, we're just all so tired, because we were playing around in the snow. And don't worry, I promise I'll get that message to Albert, I'm sure he'll be so excited to hear from you" Lurai said with a wink.
Lurai looked up at Karma. "Actually when this is over, I would like to speak with you in private Ms. Karma is that is okay?" Lurai asked staring at the woman with a warm smile, so as to help lift Jenny's spirits. Why this girl made her want to make the world better was something she would never understand, but her innocence just sparked something in Lurai that she never thought she'd see again.
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Riff~Raff
New Mutants
Riker Garnier
Wolfish in every way *smirk*
Posts: 295
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Post by Riff~Raff on Jan 24, 2008 12:04:57 GMT -5
Riker walked towards his sister with a smile on his face. She looked genuinely happy which was surprising to him as she basically snubbed him off earlier. He smiled as he walked up to her and the little girl. The older woman had seemed to provide a distraction for the young one so he just greated his sister. "Hey Lurai, what's up? And who is this charming little girl?" he asked staring at the little blonde one with a big smile. To humor her he got down on all fours and walked up to her panting like a dog.
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
Posts: 233
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Post by Ripple on Jan 24, 2008 12:08:09 GMT -5
As Sky went over to talk to some other people, Lian shrugged and went over to talk to Heather. 'Hey,' she said, 'Do you know what we're meant to be here for yet?' She looked around the room. Nothing much seemed to be happening yet, so she stood and waited, balancing her weight on one leg. Heather looked up to Lian. "Hey," she said with a smile. "Yeah it was about the attack today. Where were you during?" she said concerned. She didn't remember seeing Lian during the fight in the courtyard and she didn't know if Ms. Frost or Cyclops informed the students to go anywhere for safety. Obviously they didn't since Lian didn't even understand why they were all there in the first place. Heather patted the space next to her, asking Lian to sit down. She scanned the room as more people came in. She noticed a blond girl with Ian and Lorelai. She also noticed them holding hands. So that was it. They were together and it was official. Heather frowned and looked to the floor. She blew her chance with Ian and she had to deal with it. But why Lorelai of all people? She could feel her rage inside her begin to boil, however didn't allow it to control her. Heather then looked away to the entrance of the hangar room and noticed Jumper come in. She winced as he entered and couldn't believe that he was right about Ian all along. But then again, was he? She bit her lip and looked back to Lian waiting for her response. 'I was down on the lawns' Lian explained to Heather, taking the offered seat, 'So I dont really know what happened with everyone else' She almost laughed at the slightly ridiculous situation she had been in. 'I nearly got blown up' she said, crinkling her nose so her face expressed her slightly confused feelings.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Jan 24, 2008 12:26:17 GMT -5
Heather didn't like that Lian was trying to make a joke out of the situation. She wasn't there! She wasn't starring at the very Brotherhood themselves and trying to not die! But Heather was generally upset at the fact that she didn't get to have Ian herself, and that she, along with everyone else at the school was put into so much danger.
She tended to express her anger a lot to people who didn't deserve it. However in this case, Heather didn't want to leave the meeting, if it was every going to start, because of Lian's stupid comment. Instead she sighed and nodded. "Yes we were all trying to avoid that," she said a bit sarcastically. Today was just not a good day for Heather, nor Aideen, nor anyone who knew and helped prevent the school from being blown up. Heather just brought her head down to her knees again and tried to hold back a tear from flowing down her pale cheek.
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Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
Posts: 233
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Post by Ripple on Jan 24, 2008 12:46:00 GMT -5
Lian didn't say anything for a minute. She was busily reviewing the last two minutes inside her head, trying to decide what she had done to upset her friend. 'I'm sorry...' she said uncertainly. She didn't know where Heather had been when the attack happened, or what she had been doing. All Lian knew about it was what had happened to her down on the lawn. She guessed she had probably had it easy compared to everyone else. 'I'm sorry,' she repeated, 'I didn't mean to upset you' She fell silent.
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