Ripple
Paragons
Lian Au-Yong
don't hate me cuz i'm beautiful, hate me cuz i'm a bitch
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Post by Ripple on Apr 5, 2008 4:56:20 GMT -5
'Ok', Lian smiled at Heather, and watched her as her face changed. Lian thought it was surprise. She hung back and didn't say anything else though, as she didn't think that she ought to interrupt whatever Haven and Dr McCoy were doing. She shuffled her feet and looked at the ground; the smell of the tacos was making her feel slightly sick. She didn't want to make a fuss though, so she ignored it.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Apr 5, 2008 14:56:16 GMT -5
Kevin was starving at this point and he had so hoped that he was going to get a meal when he and Sean had come together from the libary to the kicthen. He didn't know the whole story with the girl that had sat down and begun to eat, but he was there the day of the attack and had helped Ripple and Jumper and k'8 after they'd been gassed. He stepped over and whispered to Ripple saying "You're dealing with this pretty good, isn't she the one who gassed you guys just two days ago?" and pointed his pinky finger at Haven.
He glanced at Sean and was hoping to cacth his eye and see if he was hungry too. Kevin knew if anybody could get a bite to eat off of one of those plates it would probably be that charming Texan cowboy, with his cute smile. 'I sure could go for a Taco, or a TuneUp' he thought and he licked his lips and grinned.
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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 Apr 8, 2008 7:38:27 GMT -5
'Yeah, thats her' Lian said, 'But..' she trailed off and shrugged, 'I guess you carry on. It didn't kill me, so...' She smiled and took another step backwards, tilting her head down and breathing out through her nose. 'Sorry' she said, her voice holding undertones of laugher, 'The smell is starting to get to me' She didn't like the smell of the tacos, and although she could deal with it, she would rather not have to. It was a long time since she had eaten meat.
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TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Apr 8, 2008 15:44:33 GMT -5
Nightcrawler? Wolverine? Who are they? Why would that piece be a chunk of them... or not be? And what in tarnation is that loud do-hickey that is makin' all that noise? Sean thought as he looked at the odd looking device that went off. "Who's Nightcrawler and Wolverine? If you don't mind me askin' Doctor. And magic? I didn't think that stuff existed," he said out loud looking very confused. He looked around at the others having side conversations, not knowing what everyone was talking about. What did that white haired girl do? why is everyone given' her weird looks? Sean thought confused beyond belief.
He ignored the fact that he was actually hungry as he looked from the white haired girl to Dr. McCoy. Sean then looked over at Heather, the girl who called herself Lian, and Kevin. "Do any o' ya'll have any idea what them two are talkin' about?" he asked as he adjusted his cowboy hat.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Apr 8, 2008 20:36:06 GMT -5
Heather eyed Haven at the corner of her eye. Hearing Sean ask his questions, she nodded and spoke softly. "Nightcrawler and Wolverine were instructors. Last we saw them was during the attack." At the word "attack", Heather couldn't help but look straight to Haven. Why she was here helping Dr.McCoy was beyond her knowledge. Obviously Ms. Frost understood something she didn't.
Her memories of the fight echoed in her head. She remembered being distracted and suddenly being pulled away from Ian. She and Guardian were in the foyer of the mansion, looking at Nightcrawler. She was furious with him for teleporting her, no aware that a 5 ton mutant was going to run over her. Then he disappeared......... and was never heard from again. Heather's eyes widened. Was she and Aleksey the last people to see Kurt? ALIVE?
She retraced her thoughts and looked back to Sean. "I think..... I was the last person to see Nightcrawler," she said slowly.
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Post by BEAST on Apr 8, 2008 21:38:24 GMT -5
Hank picked up a warm taco and took a bite of it as he looked at the fragment in his other hand with wonderment. "No Haven, not a magic detector per say... Kitty built it years ago when her team was engaged in quite a vigorous game of hide and seek, it fact it became so competitive it lasted for two whole weeks, since loser was to do the teams laundry for a month. Magik was a student that once attended this Institution and she was quite a skilled teleporter. In order for Kitty to have a shot of finding her, she built this device, which was able to detect her based on her unique balance of energy. It is quite curious that this fragment makes the device go off... Magik has been dead for years..." Dr. McCoy trailed off.
He listened to Sean's inquiries and smiled at him lightly as he swallowed his bit of taco. "Nightcrawler and Wolverine, Sean were two fine members of the X-Men that were lost to us several day ago. Contrary to what you think Heather, I believe your team leader and Cyclops were the last to see Nightcrawler before he was sent to dispose of the bombs in a desperate attempt to get them away from the school. You will soon learn Sean, as well as the rest of you will, that there is much more to this world than you may have ever known. Magic is very much real and many myths you will learn are in fact not myths at all, but reality," Hank said solemnly as he looked at the students before taking another bite of the warm taco.
The children have much to learn. I do hope that they will cope well with the many adventures I am sure they will encounter in the future, he thought as he looked back down at the fragment in his hand. Hmm.... Most interesting development indeed...
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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 Apr 11, 2008 6:55:00 GMT -5
Lian listened in silence to Dr McCoy's explanation to Sean. She realised that there were a lot of things that ended up being different to what you expect them to be, or to the way you are used to them being.
She looked over at Heather. She hoped her friend was ok. She could still rememer the reaction she had been given when she had tried to make the situation after the attack seem better. It wasn't that Lian didn't see the importance of the situation, it was just that she felt uncomfortable with the serious atmosphere.
She looked at the wall. She found the lab quite interesting, with all its equipment, but she also noticed the slightly medicinal smell.
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Haven
Acolytes
Niki Sanchez
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Post by Haven on Apr 12, 2008 10:02:23 GMT -5
"So 'Magik' was a person and we're not just talking about 'magic' like card tricks and pullin rabbits out of hats and stuff?" Haven asked as she licked the underside of her wrist. A thin line of taco sauce mixed with grease was running down and she caught it with her tongue.
"But if she's dead then why is this thing beeping? It looks like it hasn't beeped in years." Her eyes trailed up from the dusty gizmo into Hank McCoy's own pale solemn eyes and she asked "Why'd you keep this old piece of junk anyway Doc?"
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TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Apr 13, 2008 16:55:09 GMT -5
The food forgotten, Sean looked back and forth between the girl called Haven and Dr. McCoy. I reckon this attack that I keep hearing about that no one wants to talk about is what got all this started. Nightcrawler I guess was in charge of gettin' rid of them bombs and in the end it got him too. But who's this Wolverine? Was he lost in the bombs too? And what exactly does that little thing going off mean? He was now more than ever. He probably wouldn't be if he knew what the devil happened around here but from what he knew the school was attacked by the Brotherhood, which was mentioned several times and it must have been bad since he knew from the news that they were a dangerous group of mutants.
"So lemme get all this straight. Pardon me as I realize this ain't really any of my business, but everyone here seems real shook up by everythin' and I'm just tryin' to understand. There were bombs in this here school and the teacher Nightcrawler took them away and they took him as well? You sure he's gone and all and is that what happened to Wolverine? Was he unable to escape the bombs as well?" Sean asked them all.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
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Post by Aqua on Apr 13, 2008 18:27:00 GMT -5
The smell of the taco's became tolerable, and her hunger was no longer being teased. However hearing Nightcrawler being mentioned over and over again, made her think more. She did see him after the foyer and the fight.... but where? It was impossible since he was apparently dead, but Heather couldn't help but think she did she him again.
She looked to the tacos and then remembered. The demons from the kitchen!! Haven's demon looked like a weird version of the teleporter. But was that really him trying to mock the X-Men or just a coincidence. Heather looked to Sean as he asked his question, but ignored him. She didn't want to be rude or anything, but she wanted BEAST to know if this information was of any importance. "Umm Dr. McCoy," she began softly. "In the kitchen this morning, K'8's demon looked like Nightcrawler a bit. It was actually kind of weird..... I mean I think he looked like him and all..." she trailed off hoping that this new information would be more valuable than she thought it was.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
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Post by Hardlight on Apr 13, 2008 21:20:23 GMT -5
"Yeah, and she brought the bombs." Kevin said to Sean nodding at Haven as the girl tackily licked her arm of grease. He didn't sound like he hated her but more like he was shocked that she was sitting here and eating the taco's that they had just brought down while he was starving.
"Uh, Mr.Beast?" Kevin looked over as he stepped closer to Beast and Haven. "I'm totally starvin' and I think Sean said he was hungry too. Would you mind sharing a Taco? We could split it and then I wouldn't say another word, but I'm wondering how come if she's a terrorist why she's sitting here eating tacos?"
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Post by BEAST on Apr 14, 2008 1:27:41 GMT -5
Hank finished his taco, staring off at the ceiling as he answered Haven. "Yes Magik was indeed a real person and quite a lovely girl she was indeed. Alas, she was lost to us during the outbreak of the legacy virus. I suppose it is silly for me to keep that device that Kitty made, but I like to have it around as a remider of my failure to come up with a cure in time," he said with a hint of wistfulness in his tone. "I have no idea why it is reacting to Magik's unique energy... quite an oddity indeed." Hank stared off for a moment and cleaned his hands from the messy taco. You would think that a less messier food would be more practical, but this is an almost typical choice for any child, he thought as he moved on to answer Sean's questions.
"Well Sean that is for the most part the basis of it, though Wolverine was more mixed up in it than anything else... What did you say Heather?" Hank's attention snapped to the young water manipulater. "Are you saying one of Ms. Lazaro's demons looked like Nightcrawler? How did this happen? What exactly made it happen and is the demon still around?" He inquired with vast interest. Remarkable. This is certainly astounding.
Hank waved Hardlight's question about the food, him suddenly losing his appetite. "Yes, yes of course both of you may help yourselves," he said hurriedly, his attention focused on Heather wanting to know all the details.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Apr 15, 2008 12:40:11 GMT -5
The second Heather informed BEAST of the demon situation, she felt a bit stupid. Why could it possibly matter that one of the demons looked like the former Paragons leader? Unfortunately, she was unaware of how vital that piece of information was.
Seeing Dr. McCoy's reaction however, made the feeling go away immediately. Was she right in telling him? Heather could only answer his question. "Umm yeah... We were in the kitchen having breakfast and she bit her tongue. Then three demons came out of no where and started to torment us!" Her previous anger at K'8 began to appear. However she remembered that K'8 was no longer there; she was away from all the bullshit drama, for now.
"And then before they all disappeared, one of them looked like a doll funny looking version of Nightcrawler. It had his uniform and blue skin and.... everything!" She hoped that everything was going to go smoothly from here. Maybe what we saw was more important than I thought.
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TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Apr 15, 2008 21:26:23 GMT -5
Sean listened quietly as Dr. McCoy snapped all his attention on Heather. Guess that all the stuff we missed in the kitchen. Must be important if the good Doctor is so interested in it, he thought as he looked on to watch what he felt was an important conversation between the little blond and the big blue Doctor.
He was so engrossed, he even lost his appetite.
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Post by BEAST on Apr 16, 2008 20:13:12 GMT -5
Hank McCoy listened to the girl retell her tale with vast interest. K'8 has always been an interesting case... and her demons from what I know have never seen Kurt... there has to be more to this story. he thought as he looked at the girl calmly.
"Heather I need you to think very hard. Now, can you relay to me every detail of what was happening when that demon turned into a replica of Nightcrawler? Take your time, but this isn't something that I feel should be overlooked," Hank said to her gently, prodding her for all the information she knew he had.
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