Frostbite
Paragons
Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
Posts: 563
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Post by Frostbite on Nov 10, 2008 9:44:10 GMT -5
Looking at Hardlight, Lorelai could see a visible difference to how he was when they had first entered Limbo, and now. In the beginning he had just been scared and tried to be and was brave. Now, just...very sad. "I'm better, but for now as okay as I'm going to be for a bit," she answered him, glancing over at Ian and Haven. At his quiet request, she was hesitant still, but nonetheless slowly wrapped her arms around him for a second to give him what he wanted. By the time she pulled away her boyfriend had come over. "But I didn't," she answered him quietly, looking up at him and then off to the side. She returned his kiss, and smirked. "Size still has nothing to do with it," she said and gave him a light punch in the stomach. As Ian went off to talk to the Native American guy about Haven.., she looked back to Hardlight. She crossed her arms over her chest and leaned back a bit. "So, are you happy to be back?"
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Nov 10, 2008 11:07:49 GMT -5
Heather smiled softly as Lorelai thanked her for the water. "Sure," the New Mutant replied and squeezed the Acolyte's shoulder. Hearing Dr. McCoy's request, Heather grabbed the bag of bottles and looked around the room to those who needed refreshment. In truth, probably everyone did and all she could do was go to everyone and hand out bottles. Veronika had most of sandwiches and bars so it was assumed she would handle that department.
Seeing her team leader and fellow teammate, Heather approached Shadowkat and Sean. "Here guys," she said softly as she gave them bottles. She understood that she needed to move along quickly and hastened her pace to everyone else. Aideen was with Wolverine and Heather didn't want to disrupt the private moment they were sharing together. But it looked like the fire bender would be OK. She actually seemed alive and not a robot anymore. Heather scanned the rest of the room. Ms. Frost was being worked on but Mr. Summers most likely needed something. Heather took out another bottle and quickly ran to him. "Should he have water?" she asked Dazzler, knowing that she would be able to at least determine was was best for the headmaster's current position. In the meantime, she gave a bottle to HeartString for she looked worn out and to Dazzler as well.
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Post by TrueSpirit on Nov 10, 2008 11:37:42 GMT -5
Mato had taken a bottle of water and watched the reunions among friends. He smiled as he watched Diesel swing Haven around in joy. In truth he was quite impressed with the girl's strength. Overcoming demons that horrific was a true test of courage, and Mato couldn't help but be proud that Haven didn't give into the temptation of the dark side. I am honored to have helped someone with the will and strength to concur the demons she faced. I had only a small glimpse, but it is certainly an accomplishment that should not go without proper admiration, he thought with a small smile on his face. It helped ease the odd feeling he had about American Dream not being with them.
His eyes moved over to the Fire Beauty and the man he immediately knew as Wolverine from the newspapers and Forge's stories. Mato felt almost like he was intruding when he caught a glimpse of them. It was a rare moment the showed raw emotions straight from the heart. A moment that all humans who are born with natural mistrust in this world, would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Mato looked away from the two, instead focusing on the way their spirits touched one another.
The Fire Beauty's spirit was easy to identify and did not surprise him. The Cougar curled up against the Snow Leopard was a sight just as amazing as the pair itself. It is no surprise that the Cougar can find peace with the Snow Leopard. Those who have spirits from the same line usually get along best. While the Cougar represents the female warrior, the Snow Leopard is the fiercest of male warriors, they both possess a cunningness and understanding of the value of silence. The Cougar is known for their ability to use leadership power wisely without ego while the Snow Leopard understands their shadow side, both have an immense amount of strength and understanding of their inner selves, Mato thought as he remembered all he had learned from the Shaman Achak. He knew that any type of feline was rare to behold, but he never thought he would see such a connection between them. It was similar when the Shaman Achak passed his teachings to him and the Shaman's black bear connecting with his grizzly, though the emotion was no where near this raw.
Mato looked away from the feline spirits when Diesel came up to him to thank him. "It was my honor, and I am happy that I was able to help guide her. The truth is that she had the strength to overcome all along. I simply showed her the way," he said wisely, though speaking the truth the whole time. He shook Diesel's hand firmly with a smile. When he let go he caught Forge's eye and bowed his head a bit. Forge was right, there is something about the people here that I will never find in another place.
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Onyx
New Mutants
Jasper Bellford
Dont let the darkness consume you....
Posts: 187
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Post by Onyx on Nov 10, 2008 12:51:48 GMT -5
What happened?
A split second before he was about to be killed probably by the lord of hell and now he was standing among the crowd of people. The heat and energy surges from the atmosphere gone so he could feel the temperature drop inside the lab. It was no means uncomfortable as i would have beem, but his jacket made sure he was warm enough to continue on. But what had just made them jump the dimensions? Was the blue x-man the cause? The though struck him as he looked around to the blue furry man and smirked; nodding his head a little and grumbling with a small tone of humour in his voice. "Der increadible Nightcrawler. Ich weiß. Die Poster sind noch auf entlang der Straßen von meinem Heim. Vielen Dank." *The increadible Nightcrawler. I know. The posters are still up along the streets of my home. Thank you.*[/sup] He supressed a chuckle as his eyes caught the red haired girl he had been so angered over on the trip here. The flash of disgust in her eyes when she looked over at him caused the smirk to grow. At least now she was showing to him what he felt toward her.
Jasper nodded his head at being spoken to by the furry doctor, he would need to see what in the name of god had become of him anyway as he was still new to the school. "Ich verstehe, der es in Ordnung mit mir. Ich will wissen, was mich selbst geschehen ist. Solange ich Anfang angezogen habe, den Hörner wächst, die ich denke, dass ich gut vorläufig sein werde, obwohl." *I understand, that it alright with me. I want to know what happened myself. As long as i dont start growing horns i think i'll be ok for now though.*[/sup] Something close to resembling a smile crossed his face for a second as he stretched his back a little, worried over what would happen with the new limbs. They where odd to say the least, but at least they responded with his movement and stretched out themselves.
How strange it was to feel the movements they where making. Of course he would need to find out eventually if he could retract them, or hide them. As he doubted very much that if an occasion where he returned home; his new look would impress his mother, or indeed any of the residents. Most of them turned mutant haters. With a shake of his head he looked around the room, feeling a strange sense of remorse that he had not been more helpful to the headmaster: trusting him with his bike keys was a good sign of trust in his books. His bike was everything he held dear, his last memories of his father. He just wished he could have been of more use to those who had been trapped before the rescue team went in. His mind was troubled with thoughts of his repention, he only hoped that god forgave him still.
Finally reaching his sight upon the figure of Aideen, his face fell and his postre slumped as he felt a wave of jealously come over him. There was regret in his mind as he could see the comforting stance the man held for the fire wielder. Something he couldn't give he feared. He wanted too badly to be as someone able to hold their own, he needed no-one to suceed, he needed no company. Even if he wanted it.
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TuneUP
New Mutants
Sean Winterstar
Posts: 165
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Post by TuneUP on Nov 10, 2008 22:11:18 GMT -5
Sean went right to Kate and wrapped his arms around her tight, resting his head on top of her head. "Aw Katie girl you gave me quite a scare. You sure were a brave little lady," he mumbled into her hair as he held her tight. He was really scared when the older Kate took her away. He wanted to try and save her but was held back. The little lady didn't need me to save her, why she saved herself just fine, he thought as he gave her once last squeeze.
Keeping an arm around her, Sean took two bottles from Heather with a smile. "Thanks a bunch Heather. It's good to see you again. It's good to be back again," he said with a big smile before he opened a bottle and handed it to Kate. "You okay Katie girl? I know that musta been real rough on you," Sean asked gently as he took a long gulp of the ice cold water. It felt like heaven after being in the pits of hell for who knows how long.
He brought Katie close to his side and looked around at the others slowly. Diesel was absolutely jubilant about being back, and it showed. Haven looked to be better, but Sean was still wary to approach her about anything. Emma and Cyclops looked better than they did the last time that Sean got a glimpse of them. Aqua and the pretty red head were giving out bottles and the good Doctor was offering to help fix the ones with minor injuries. He looked over at the cut on Katie's cheek and the ones he knew he was covered in. "We outta get checked over huh?" Sean said looking around to see if anyone else looked like they were just a bit beat up. His eyes caught Aideen in Wolverine's arms and his eyes went as wide as saucers. Is she crying? Dear lord, I didn't think that girl had much feeling at all. I thought she only liked Cyclops and Emma. Wowee and shes even crying! Sean thought struggling to keep his mouth from dropping. He tore his eyes away and his shocked looked softened when he saw Katie's adorable face. "Looks like everyone needs some time to heal," he whispered.
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HeartString
Corsairs
Tracy Goddard
Trust me, I know what hurts you, I know what you're feeling
Posts: 222
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Post by HeartString on Nov 11, 2008 0:24:14 GMT -5
Tracy took her job seriously and it was not a task that anyone would make fun of or take lightly, so she smiled at Gina when she spoke to her. The concentration required to make people better was intense and she focused for long minutes as Beast helped her with the unit of blood she had requested for Emma. Minutes passed and she had taken to concentrating fully on Cyclops as the White Queen was stabilized.
It took her some time but the scars and burns that the Headmaster wore on him soon faded. HeartStrings power to undue the damage wrought on a human body was incredible. She didn't stop until they were both up and around and only after she made sure that Scott and Emma were comfortable did she reach up for a drink of water. It was well needed as sweat had been beading on her brow in her efforts.
"Okay, who's next?" she said in a nearly exhausted voice. Tracy would not stop working until all of the injured were healed, no matter how it might effect her. She owed it to Elixir at least. She could sense now as her focus was not so intense that all of the emotion in the room was really happy and relieved, but in the middle of it all her eyes looked across the lab to see Ironclad looking back at her. His feeling for her laid bare before her, Tracy was almost shocked to see for the first time something that she should have felt before. She smiled at him and took a breath of the cool air and looked around. She didn't see American Dream, or Thor...or Elixir's body either for that matter and she wondered where they were.
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Post by Emma Frost on Nov 11, 2008 0:41:23 GMT -5
Emma came back to her senses in the lab in Stark Tower. She opened her eyes and saw all of the kids there and all of her friends around her. She looked over and saw Scott laying there and he was coming around too. She felt the fuzzy fur of her dear friend Hank and took his hand in her own. With a sigh she squeezed it tight and said "-Good to be back!" She looked all around her and saw everyone there, even Haven who looked far from the killer she had faced in Limbo just a handful of minutes before. The girl looked happy and it was a good look on her. She turned to look at Cyclops again and winked at him mouthing the words 'I love you!' silently and sweetly.
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D'mnchyld
New Mutants
Katie Lazaro
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why they call it 'The Present'!
Posts: 187
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Post by D'mnchyld on Nov 11, 2008 1:41:36 GMT -5
Katie hugged him tight and didn't want to let go. She was careful to keep Kevin's sword well away from him and she literally purred in his embrace. "I'm o.k. really but yeah, I think we all need to get checked out... but I don't want to let go just yet...if that's alright with you." she said holding on to Sean.
He was the first person who she was this affectionate with and he had been there for her when it mattered most. Sure she knew now she was the daughter of a demon -THE demon-, by any standard or measure, but that didn't quite matter at the moment.
"It was really scary Sean, but I don't care now. I'm here safe with you and that's all that matters. I think it was insane. That was the most disturbing-" she squeezed him tight again "- I guess we'll all be nursing our wounds for a while." She relaxed her clinging embrace and looked up into his face "Thanks." she said when he gave her the water bottle. "I'm real thirsty, and a little confused but I guess that's normal when you find out you are the daughter of the devil and come face to face with your own future self?"
She shrugged in a cute way as she smiled at him. It didn't bother her at all. Well, maybe only slightly, in fact she thought it was all sort of wildly wonderful in a way, except for all the bloodshed and dying, but that part didn't enter into her head. "Now I think I have a newfound respect for my powers."
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Allure
Paragons
Veronika Kudinov
Truly Irresistable
Posts: 184
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Post by Allure on Nov 11, 2008 20:54:58 GMT -5
Veronika handed Hardlight a bottle of water, also with a cereal bar she took from the kitchen. "Here you go, you must be thirsty yes? And hungry, I am sure," she said in a sweet and angelic voice. I may as well act the sweet part. I have fooled people all my life, might as well keep up the act while I can.
Veronika smiled at him sweetly and looked around. She saw Frostbite dressed in Paragon green. That clashes horribly with her hair. Ian was talking to TrueSpirt, that dashing Native American. It is such a shame Papa would not stand for me to date someone like him. She saw a big burly man and that girl Aideen that she did not like in the least bit. That man looks like he's half ape. If I liked her, I'd pity her to be wrapped up in the arms of such a grotesquely hairy man. And she's crying? Oh how pathetic. It is not like she died. The giant lizard and that fat girl died, though I do not know if thats a really a bad thing, but I can act like it is. Veronika kept up her angelic look as she looked away from the pair.
Heather was walking around acting all helpful, and she STILL didn't say a word to Ian. Oh that sad dear. Does she not know that boys are too wrapped up in themselves sometimes to notice the obvious? Veronika took it on herself to do what Heather should have done. She grabbed a couple of cereal bars and two bottles of water and walked up to Ian and TrueSpirit. "Hello Ian, I am Veronika. I am so glad you are all back, I was so worried that I may never get a chance to meet all these people just as I got here," she said in a sweet voice with an angelic look on her face that she used to charm many, many other beforehand. Veronika handed them each a bottle of water and offered some cereal bars.
"Oh it must have been horrid in there, but you both fought so bravely. Heather was so worried but I was sure you would all come out alright. I was just telling her that a couple of minutes before you got here," she said with a smile and a look over at Heather.
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Post by Iron Man on Nov 11, 2008 23:21:53 GMT -5
Tony stood on the side with Ms. Marvel as they watched the happy reunions with the X-Kids and the X-Men. "Well, I can't say this is my ideal way to spend my evening, but its not that bad," he said taking off his helmet to Carol. "Of Course, I did give up going home with some cute blond, or hot brunette. That could have potentially been a better night, though not any less hotter I would hope," he said thoughtfully with a grin.
Grabbing a bottle of water, Tony looked around at the reunions. He was actually happy for them all and glad that he could help. Plus everyone looked thrilled to be there. Even Wolverine doesn't look like his usual delightful self. First time I'd seen him this calm without a beer or a cigar in his hand, he thought with a smirk as he downed the bottle of water in a couple of gulps.
"Well Carol, I'm gonna go change and see if I can find out what Thor's up to. If they need to stay the night, page Jarvis to set some rooms up. I'll be back in a bit," Tony called as he went for the door. He stopped for a moment and looked at Emma and Scott with a grin. "Good to see you both in one piece again. You are all welcome to stay. I'll send someone up with some... err extra supplies," he said look at Hardlight who was pretty much naked under the blankets that Beast got. Tony left the room for a bit, leaving the group to their reunion.
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Post by Ms. Marvel on Nov 11, 2008 23:56:39 GMT -5
Carol watched all the X-Men and their students as they reveled in being out of Limbo and finally get a chance to be taken care of. She was glad they were all out. “Oh please, Tony, you can’t act like this wasn’t so bad. You still got action, so quit complaining,” she replied with a smirk. She grabbed a cold water as well, but didn’t down it, just sipped it. She wasn’t in a rush anymore, as the worst had passed.
Nodding as Tony left, she watched the others again and made a round, grinning at all of them. Checking up on Hardlight again, she saw he was all covered up and squeezed his shoulder lightly as she passed. She was glad he was okay as were most of the others. Carol walked over to Beast and glanced at the heads of the mutant school. “Let us know if you guys need to spend the night. We can set up rooms for everyone,” she said to him, and then moved out of his way so he and HeartString could tend to those who needed it.
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Post by Cyclops on Nov 12, 2008 22:47:33 GMT -5
Scott had woken up on the cold floor of someplace that smelled strangely antiseptic. It was far from the stink of limbo, and he could tell before he opened his eyes that they were no longer there. The voices of all his loved ones and the joyful tones they rang with gave him the permission to relax. Reaching up he felt to make sure his visor was on and by some miracle it was, he wondered who had put it back on his face for him. He toggled the visor's switch to make sure it was fully operational and when he heard the distinctive sound of the lenses clicking to the shut position he opened his eyes.
Cautiously and with supreme care he opened one eye first just slightly and looked around. The scene was wonderful and he felt far better with each passing second. Glancing around he saw HeartString administering to him and Emma close by. Sitting up as HeartString finished healing him he propped himself up on an elbow and was witness to some beautiful bonding between many of the students. Seeing Emma he read her lips and a broad smile spread across his face.
When Tony offered rooms Scott spoke saying "It's been a long hard day. Time in Limbo is funny, it feels like we've been there for months. It's kind of you Tony. I think we'll stay a bit and grab some rest. At least to take the edge off." As Ironman left the lab Scott saw the light from outside the room as it streamed in the door. Beautiful morning light playing in dapples and begging them all to come out of the strangely lit and infamous Lab 4. "Uh, Carol..." he said pointing to the door "It looks like it's morning already. I think we could rest up a bit and then get back to the Mansion."
Time was a strange plaything to the dimension of Limbo. Sometimes when you went there and came back out it was as if no more than a minute had passed in the real world and sometimes a whole evening might evaporate while you were there. It seemed that what had happened was closer to the latter, and at this very moment Scott didn't really care. "Hank! Forge!" Cyclops said just now noticing them there. "Good to see you both here. How long were we gone?"
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Post by Nightcrawler on Nov 12, 2008 23:45:38 GMT -5
Kurt grabbed himself a few bottles of water and began drinking them heartily. He and Logan had spent the most time there and even though he had been healed by Tracy, he still felt like utter 'DREK'. He grinned toothily at the German boy and spoke in their native tongue to him "<So, where was it that you grew up? If memory serves you are from Berlin, no?>"
Kurt had seen the boy's longing stares and looking to where Onyx's eyes fell he smirked as he shook his head. Clapping a hand down on Jasper's shoulder, Kurt tried to distract him with memories of a homeland he had left long ago. "<So, as I remember there was a place off the main part of town, a very wonderful bakery that I was told about. I myself never did leave the safety of the circus areas, but thankfully i did have some of the pastries that were brought back for me. Ahhh I can almost taste them>" he said as he bit into a granola bar. "<Not that I'm ungrateful, but this does not even hardly compare.>" he smiled slightly as he chewed. "< What was the name of that place again? It's on the tip of my tongue, can you recall it?>" he asked Jasper, hoping to engage the boy and break him out of his funk.
Kurt had been through some hard times and broken hearts in his day. He always kept a good outlook on things though, effortlessly seeing every proverbial cup as 'half full'. Even the rigors of the hellish dimension of Limbo would not prevail over him, but he could empathize with the boy. Unrequited love was the worst pain a young man could possibly have to deal with, and it looked to Nightcrawler that Onyx was facing it now, full on.
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Post by BEAST on Nov 13, 2008 0:54:31 GMT -5
Hank squeezed Emma's hand back, beaming at his dear friend. "Emma, you have more lives than a cat and I personally am very grateful for that," he said with a beaming smile and squeezed her hand one more time before he let go. He patted Scott's shoulder, wanting to ask what happened to Guardian, but he not wanting to break the happy mood from the reunion. "Well Scott... according to my phone you've been in Limbo for almost a full day. It is now about 7am the next day. We all could use a shower, some food and rest," Hank said as he looked around again at the joyful reunion. "Perhaps we can wait a little while for that."
He smiled at Forge at the side as he looked at the happy reunion among friends. "I think we did very well. Everyone looks so happy and I'm in good mind to say that everyone will be alright," Hank said to Scott, while watching the students reunite. He spotted Wolverine and Ember embracing and saw Ember's shoulders shaking. "In very good mind actually," Hank said relieved that hopefully the girl he saw in his lab the past two nights was gone forever. He beamed at Scott and looked over at HeatString filled with pride, and no doubt she could feel it.
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Hardlight
Acolytes
Kevin Leonard
Hey, Call Me Hardlight
Posts: 297
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Post by Hardlight on Nov 13, 2008 1:48:17 GMT -5
He could only smile and nod his head in gratittude at the pretty girl who handed him some food and water. He greatfully drank the water down almost all in one try and it hurt his head and gave him back some of his voice. "Whoa, thanks that's way better, cept for the brainfreeze. How cold is that?" he asked, but she had already walked off.
He seemed to be slightly out of place with everybody in little groups and kissing until Ms Marvel came and gave him a squeeze on his shoulder, and then he opened up the cereial bar and ate it. He was really hungry and really tired, and he was still sore and tore up. So then he decided to get Heartstring to heal him and he walked over, very slowly and with a lot of pain in his torn up hiney, to her and the Beast and Mr.Sumers and Ms.Frost. "Uh, can I ask for some help please? My uh, well-" he was very embarased and bothered by what he had to say "I'm hurt -kind of bad, and -" he couldn't say what had happened and he didn't want to ruin anybody's good time so he didn't cry, well he tried very hard not to but the tears rolled down his cheeks.
He wiped them with the blanket that Diesel had given him and covered his face before he started sobbing. He held in his pain and didn't let it show and behind the blanket he bit his lip hard enough to stop crying, but not so hard he made it bleed. "Sorry, I just need to get fixed up." he said after he wiped the last tear away and composed himself.
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