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SlendidSuit Freelance Worrywart from Probably a Pub Since: Oct, 2011
Freelance Worrywart
#2151: Aug 29th 2012 at 12:24:49 PM

"I see. What do we know of these enforcers? Are they meta-humans, for example?"

Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.
Sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#2152: Aug 29th 2012 at 12:34:38 PM

"Ox, Fancy Dan, and Montana... As far as we know they might be just very capable men"

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
SlendidSuit Freelance Worrywart from Probably a Pub Since: Oct, 2011
Freelance Worrywart
#2153: Aug 29th 2012 at 12:39:08 PM

"Man or Superman, all succumb to my Dark Dreams. Though learning what we are up against may well be worth doing before Tuesday."

Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.
Sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#2154: Aug 29th 2012 at 12:42:13 PM

"I agree... I think one of them, Montana, uses whips, lassos and bolas"

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
SlendidSuit Freelance Worrywart from Probably a Pub Since: Oct, 2011
Freelance Worrywart
#2155: Aug 29th 2012 at 1:26:52 PM

Whips triggered a memory.
Guy in her first year of this, a cowboy that called himself Scorpion. The whip, coated in poison. Barely surviving the first encounter thanks to an antidote she'd concocted. Watching him fall to his death trying to escape the police.

"I do not believe that shall be a problem."

Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.
Sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#2156: Aug 29th 2012 at 2:16:36 PM

"And Big Man himself has an... old time gangster aesthetic or motif if you will, extrapolating that we could assume that Fancy Dan is some sort of sharpshooter and Ox could be a fairly brawny guy with a sledge hammer" The faceless man began to speculate

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
SlendidSuit Freelance Worrywart from Probably a Pub Since: Oct, 2011
Freelance Worrywart
#2157: Aug 29th 2012 at 2:24:16 PM

"It's a start. If we try and find some locations for these three we'll have more. Something to go looking for tomorrow. Are you sure he said he was on his way?"

Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.
Sanojutsu King of Lame-Style from Throne Room Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
King of Lame-Style
#2158: Aug 29th 2012 at 2:34:06 PM

"Yes... wonder what is taking him so much?... oh and if you want me to design another 'toy' for you tell me, it was amusing"

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2159: Aug 29th 2012 at 2:39:34 PM

The Next Morning

It was a pleasant morning that fine weekend. A little cloudier than the rest of the week, perhaps, but nothing too foreboding. It certainly cast a pleasant light on Salem County, and to that proud speck between lake, hill and forest, the X-Mansion.

Charles Xavier rolled his head back, as he rode the elevator downstairs. He was already in his customary black suit, having assured his fellow staff many times that he was perfectly capable of dressing himself thank you very much. He heard the tap of shoes below, and felt the thoughts of a young woman carrying a coffee mug.

Good morning, Jean, he thought.

Morning, Professor, she replied, Are all the pupils-

Still abed? By and large, yes. I suppose they think they've earned their weekend rest.

"Wish we could say the same," Jean muttered as Xavier finished his descent and the doors opened.

"A fairly light schedule this morning, though, I should think. I seem to recall a few new students arriving."

"Yes, Professor. Megan Gwynn, from Abergylid, Wales. There's also Anna Marie Carlyle, but she's only here for interviewing."

"I see. Anything else?"

"Yes, Professor. The training session, remember?"

"Ah, yes. Young Master Reyes." Xavier wheeled past her. "I'll make sure the parameters are set. He'll have a P.E. lesson he won't forget in a hurry."

edited 30th Aug '12 3:02:20 AM by LizardOfAus

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#2160: Aug 29th 2012 at 3:01:53 PM

In the light of morning, Jack stood under the shade provided by a huge dead tree, once a landmark of District X. Listening to what Langstrom asked him prior, he dressed without gang colors, not wearing any garish greens or pukish purples, but was now wearing a trenchcoat that could put Question and Sandman to shame. He still had a nasty series of scars running down his neck, and still had the hair on his head completley shaved.

He scanned the area, expecting to see somebody who matched Rogue or Jaime's description, while enjoying a Burger Fool iced mocha to keep awake. Just to be safe, he had a shotgun hidden under his jacket, loaded with bean bag rounds.

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#2161: Aug 29th 2012 at 3:17:23 PM

"So you're the guy who graffiti-ed my door," a girl replied as she sat in the old tree. She had the tell-tale white bangs that Rogue was described as having. She however wore the same jacket she wore with Jaime last night. She also wore a long sleeved green t-shirt, black jeans, and tennis shoes.

"Don't worry," Rogue jumped down onto the other side of the tree that Jack was leaning against, but soon facing Jack. "I forgive ya for that, but next time leave a Sticky note or at least, use magic marker instead of permanent marker."

"Jaime told me about you workin' with... the Doc on a cure for the metahuman gene, but ya need samples," Rogue stated to this figure avoiding Langstrom's name, and soon looking away. "I would like to give a sample for him, since I'm metahuman myself."

edited 29th Aug '12 7:45:06 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#2162: Aug 29th 2012 at 3:27:20 PM

Jack was taken by surprise as Rogue jumped out of the tree, but kept his calm when he realized it was Rogue. She wasn't even that mad about the door, so his fears of getting grabbed into a coma were adverted.

"Oh, you'll give a sample, right now?"

He withdrew a bizarre looking syringe from his pocket, and removed the plastic cover that kept the device clean from any contamination. Instead of having a silver needle, the device instead had some sort of long white tube sticking out.

"You know, you don't have to go through with this, if feeling your blood getting sucked out freaks you out. There are, uhh, other ways... yeah," he sheepishly said. "Maybe Super-Jaime could put something out, later. He's like a mutant, right?"

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#2163: Aug 29th 2012 at 3:39:13 PM

"Er... No, Jaime ain't a mutant," Rogue explained to Jack, though trying to be vague. "He got his powers a... different way."

"And what do you mean by 'other ways,'" Rogue asked, narrowing her eyes at Jack.

edited 29th Aug '12 3:40:01 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly
TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#2164: Aug 29th 2012 at 3:54:41 PM

He returned Rogue's narrowing eyes with a suspicious glance. If Jaime wasn't a mutant, he was either a guy in a suit or some sort of goddamn robot boy.

"If I tell you, I'm getting my mouth washed out with soap, and since Super-Jaime isn't here, it doesn't matter anyways. It would be a lot easier to just get your blood out of your arm. Trust me on this, it won't hurt, it was designed so that you don't feel a thing. Just roll up your sleeve, let's get this over with."

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#2165: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:00:48 PM

"You need to make sure you have gloves on first," Rogue replied to Jack, as she removed her jacket and rolled up her sleeve... Jack would notice that she had matching gloves to the jacket on.

"My power is involutary," Rogue replied to Jack, showing at least some concern, and pulling out from her pocket a unopened package of latex gloves for Jack to potentially wear. "I can't shut it off and any touch of my skin to yours will send ya into unconsciousness."

"That's why I need this cure," Rogue concluded to Jack. "But I don't want ya faintin' on me."

edited 29th Aug '12 4:07:08 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly
Oni-Lord Since: May, 2010
#2166: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:10:58 PM

Megan sat in the back of a taxi as it left the airport and drove towards New York City. She turned in her seat and stared out the windows and up at the huge buildings. This was the first time shes ever been in a city this big. The height of the buildings made her kind of dizzy as she stared up at them, but she was excited. This was going to be a lot of fun. The girl was going to miss her parents, but she chose to view this as one big adventure in a country shes never been to.

As the taxi got closer and closer to the Xavier Institute, she noticed the driver tense up and keep his eyes solely on the road. His nervousness rubbed off on her slightly, wonder if all people acted like this when around mutants. Finally she saw the large white mansion come closer and closer as the Taxi pulled up. She climbed out of the backseat when it came to a stop and gathered up her bags in her arms. She paid the driver and watched as he drove off.

Megan stared up at the mansion, noting how its bigger than most of the buildings in her home town. She brushed some of her pink hair out of her face as she approached the front door. Now that she was here, most of the excitement she felt before was being replaced by nervousness. She set her bags down next to herself and rung the doorbell, briefly wondering if they knew she was arriving today.

TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#2167: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:19:34 PM

Jack pulled out some neoprene gloves from his pockets, and put them on, placing the tube on her arm. He hated Latex.

"Oh, really? That's awful... You have all my condolences. I guess I finally met somebody who's life sucks more than mine."

He pressed a button, and the device began taking out blood. Rogue wouldn't even be able to feel her blood coming out, even as the transparent vial on the device filled up with a dark red fluid.

"That otta do it!" he said triumphantly. Finished, he walked to his car, but stopped to turn around midway.

"You know, Rogue, you and Jaime gotta be careful out here. New York's always been a shithole, but it's getting a little worse, every day... This city's going to become the new Gotham the way things are turning out, but before it does, there's going to be war on the streets. Doc'll be safe no matter what, but he really cares about you both. He might not have told you, but the guy loves you like you're his kids. I'm going to make sure nothing happens to you."

edited 29th Aug '12 4:20:29 PM by TailsDoll

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#2168: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:23:49 PM

"Wait a minute!" Rogue ran to him, leaving the box and the jacket on the ground and pulling out a Sticky note with her number on it. "Here's my cellphone number, so see if ya can give it to... the Doc."

Naturally, Rogue expected Jack to remember the number as well, but thought that should remain unmentioned. Rogue then sighed...

"And tell him, I'm sorry..." Rogue replied, looking down at her feet. "I had to use my power on him to stop his murderous spree, but I fear I might've... broken his powers."

"My power didn't feel like it was workin' right when I touched him," Rogue sighed again, truly regretful for having to have done that to Langstrom. "Tell him, I'm sorry for whatever I did to him because of that."

edited 29th Aug '12 4:30:35 PM by GameGuruGG

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TailsDoll I have a plan. Since: Apr, 2012
I have a plan.
#2169: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:29:51 PM

"Oh, good call. I'll give this one to Doc. He's pretty busy on that cure right now, so don't expect too much yapping from him today. And please, don't fret about the Doc. I told him you might have been with him during the mall incident. He's been suspecting something you did made him the way he is, and he's glad you did it. He's happy to be aware of himself, even if he looks like something out of a Meat Loaf cover. Besides, if he was still going back and forth, he wouldn't be able to work on this cure."

Jack pocketed the note, and entered his car, rolling down the window, speaking to Rogue.

"Don't panic, Rogue. I got you and Jaime covered. See you soon."

With that said, he drove off, towards Salem County, where a certain institute was located.

edited 29th Aug '12 4:33:46 PM by TailsDoll

"@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#2170: Aug 29th 2012 at 4:32:39 PM

Rogue walked back to get the jacket and box she had left on the ground... After all, she, too, had to go to a certain institute in Salem County. She hoped that Langstrom would succeed with his cure, not knowing that everything so far was going according to the mad plan of The Joker.

edited 29th Aug '12 4:35:36 PM by GameGuruGG

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Stratofarius huzzaaaaaaaah Since: Aug, 2011
huzzaaaaaaaah
#2171: Aug 29th 2012 at 7:52:17 PM

Rocket Raccoon's research on the Joker did bring up a very interesting piece of information. A man had been spreading the news that the Joker was going to District X with his assistant, Harley Quinn, in a purple-and-green car the next morning. The man said he was there to make another deal concerning weapons, and warned every single thug to stay away if they prized their lives...

And just as the thug said, that morning, a purple-and-green car silently entered District X. It seemed like he didn't care about security, as one could clearly see through the windows the two main members of Joker's gang- on the back seat, the Clown Prince of Crime himself, with his trademark grin, listened to his assistant's every word. Harley could be spotted on the front seat, blabbering on and on about something, pointing at the buildings, the streets, the driver, and even the Joker himself. The Joker simply nodded, clasping his hands together as the car drove towards the center of District X.

UdtheImp from Stamford, CT (Series 2) Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
#2172: Aug 29th 2012 at 8:52:23 PM

The previous night Rocket spent some extra time around District X before heading back directly home with trying find some info on Joker and possibly more on the Owl on the side. While nothing new on the bird, the raccoon did hear more about the clown, including that he's planning on just driving through there in broad daylight (he had to beat the bum he got that tidbit from to make sure he was telling the truth instead of getting attention).

He was up early to patrol the streets, and sure enough there it was, a purple and green car was driving around the streets of District X. Rocket was following the car from the skies on his jetpack, keeping just high enough for the car's occupants not to notice while low enough to still follow it. Though considering the godawful color scheme and how damn loud it was, it was hard not to lose it. The fact the Joker was so blazenly out in public like this in a car that screamed "HI LOOKIT ME" showed that the Clown Prince of Crime, as usual, wanted to be seen at this moment. What bugged Rocket was why he was making himself this obvious, risking someone brave enough to call the cops, and why there were virtually no other cars along with the purple one, indicating the Joker as possibly going alone. Fear induced by notoriety can only cow people at bay for so long......

Still, whatever the Joker is planning can not be good. The Ace of Knaves was one of the first Earthlings Rocket read up on when he arrived on Earth, and despite coming out of literally no where the man had almost immediately made himself the most dangerous American criminal on the planet almost right from the word "Go." The raccoon was not taking any chances here......

edited 30th Aug '12 10:25:35 AM by UdtheImp

DAMMIT MARK, STOP HITTING HELPY!!
LizardOfAus (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2173: Aug 30th 2012 at 1:07:37 AM

The gates opened automatically for Pixie as she arrived, but she had yet to see or hear anyone, even as she rang the doorbell For a little while, Pixie was stood waiting at the door, and it seemed like no one was answering. Just as she was about to try again, however, she heard the sound of talking high, high above.

A figure was standing on the rooftop, warming up his limbs. "There's a high degree of difficulty with this one, Jim, but if he pulls this off, our veteran could take home the title yet again...oh, and it looks like he's ready...he's taking a running jump..." The figure ran towards the edge of the roof at all speed, and stepped onto a solid platform of ice. Pixie could see the man: short sandy brown hair, dark clothes and leather jacket, too old to be a student but very young for a teacher, and currently sliding along through the air on a thick slide of ice forming right under his feet. He curved to the left, then slalomed so far to the right he was on his side. He swooped around in a circle, then jumped clear off the platform, stopping it dead. A new chunk of ice appeared under his feet, and constantly built upon itself to compensate for falling, as he glided down to the ground, and gracefully skidded to a halt on the driveway.

The man looked back at his handiwork. "Still got it," he chuckled. Then he casually noticed Pixie, "Heyhowsitgoing..."

And a Strange Figure Emerges.
MystyGlyttyr Bitch pills from Ship's Harbor Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Bitch pills
#2174: Aug 30th 2012 at 1:34:42 AM

Pepper walked along with her captors, keeping quiet for the time being, but it probably wouldn't be hard to tell that she was seriously displeased with the entire situation. She kept her head up though, refusing to give them any sign that she was anything but irritated at the entire situation.

The suit repairs had taken longer than Tony was entirely comfortable with, and if he didn't know better, he'd have sworn JARVIS was intentionally dragging his feet. Tony had just dug his hands in and started fixing things himself as well, already letting data pour through the systems as he worked on tracking down the white van that had made off with his Pepper. He thought he had a lead on it, maybe, but he couldn't be sure...unfortunately it was a bit of a pain in the ass to hack into the city's traffic cameras without being caught at it, and to separate out the few thousand white vans that seemed to be trawling around this town.

JARVIS kept telling Tony about the fact that his hands were shaking, that his heart rate was abnormal, that he should try to sleep or eat or something, and Tony brushed it all off as not worth noting. He only paused long enough to gulp down one of the green nutrient smoothies JARVIS pushed on him whenever he was in a long work mode, and then got right back to work.

Within a couple hours, though, the suit was as good as new, and he moved to let his machinery wrap it around him, eyes narrowed at some blank spot on the far wall.

Sir, I really must repeat that this is not a wise course of action. You should really work with the authorities-,

"Right, the same authorities that rolled me out in red tape and left me for dead in Afghanistan? No thanks. I can handle this better than they can."

Sir, if Miss Potts is indeed in danger, it would be from the same group of people who took you, and they were-,

"Two birds with one stone, JARVIS," Tony replied, as the last of the armor closed around him, and his helmet came on, the faceplate swinging down and the lights of the eyeholes flaring to life. "Getting Pepper back...and getting that BASTARD back." He moved forward, to a giant window he'd decided last night made a great launching point, and was blasting out in no time.

That had been 4 a.m. He had no idea what time it was now, just that the sun was up and he was no closer to finding Pepper than he had been before. Frustration wasn't something Tony was used to. Things tended to go his way in life. He wouldn't call himself spoiled, per se, but he was definitely not used to not being able to solve a problem, and it was all he could do not to park himself on top of the Empire State Building and start demanding the people who took Pepper show himself before he went into the sewers and just started blowing them up.

That was a decent plan B, anyway. For now he was flying low, still scanning, doing his best not to land on top of any white vans and rip the roofs off of them.

Easing back into life one step at a time
Oni-Lord Since: May, 2010
#2175: Aug 30th 2012 at 2:25:59 AM

Megan thought she heard something from up above. She tilted her head up and had to squint her eyes against the bright sky. She could swear she saw a man up on the roof of the institute. Her eyes widened when she saw him run forward and off of the roof. She let out an audible gasp when a plat form of ice suddenly appeared in mid air, allowing the man to slide around. She watched as he slid around, twisting about until he came to a stop on the ground.

Her jaw was half open in shock from such a flashy display on her very first day. She didn't know what she was expecting, but she didn't know that the people here would be so flashy with their powers. "That was amazing" She said, her accent*

very noticable, along with the bags next to her. Her grin returned to her face, a bit reassured that her time here was looking pretty fun.

edited 30th Aug '12 2:28:09 AM by Oni-Lord


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