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Post by Chance on Mar 9, 2006 20:32:56 GMT -5
Eric watched the girl sitting there, breathing, the simple motion of her chest moving up and down making him shudder. He had to say something to her, he just couldn't let this moment pass. So, mustering up all the strength he had inside of him, Eric pushed open the small window of his apartment and lept out onto the concrete. However, his little manuver wasn't meant to go as planned. As soon as he had decided to move another girl came running down the street. Scooping up the girl with the red eyes, the other girl hurried away.
"Hey!" Eric yelled. "Wait!" If you asked Eric James why he chased after that girl he still wouldn't be able to tell you why. All he knew then was that he had to.
*at the Institute
"Oh hey Noel," Caity said as her eyes began to change, transforming to match Noel's.
"We were just...dicussing some things," Taylor squinted her eyes at Caity and then made her way over to her perch on the window sill. She had no time for A-grade mutants.
Caity, on the other hand, was happy to have somebody else to talk to, she had to admit that although she enjoyed a good fight, arguing with Taylor was getting tiring.
So, intent on keeping the conversation going, she jumped at the chance to talk to Noel. "I know," she said, "I don't understand why I'm rated lower than David...I think it's because of my dad's involvement in Seattle's human uprisings." She sighed. In another world her father would have made a great politician, but in this world...he was nothing but an unworthy flatscan and because of that the Currie name was treated like dirt. Luckily her aunt had gotten a good position working for the government, but that had more to do with her matter manipulating abilities.
"But why is Sync here?" Caity asked tossing the other thoughts from her head. "What does he want?" She was nervous, would this be the end of the line?
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Post by raphael on Mar 10, 2006 16:00:04 GMT -5
"My brothers fought bravely, and you slaughtered them to the man. They had qualities that you coveted, had the circumstance of thier creation been different you would have called them brothers yourself. I was the first, I lack some of the abilities they possessed, but I assure you, I was the superior model for a reason."
Vendetterous looked about him, there was a narrow alley way behind him that would allow for him to escape, but it was long and there was little cover, so it would be like running a gauntlet. Vendetterous bagan to look about for more options, if only that girl, Marie were still here. He was ashamed for those who had killer her mother and injured her father. Vendetterous fought back for them, to make their sacrafice not a senseless murder.
"I am Vendetterous, I was the first successful subject, I am the last remaining subject. Mark my words, I will teach you the purpose of my birth."
At that moment, Vendetterous spotted his oportunity. The wolverine had closed in on Vendetterous, but had left his compatriot alone, and the red gaurd had stayed away as to prevent friendly fire or incurring the wrath of their commander in failure. Vendetterous had no weapons on him. He sprinted, running full tilt at the wolverine, at the last minute, he ducked and slid just under the strike. Vendetterous came up running, he stiff armed the woman who had been with the wolverine, Mystic he believed her name was. He tossed her to the side, but she grabbed his arm, twisting it to bring him down. Vendetterous understood the orders on his head were to bring me back dead, they did not want any chance of my escape. To stop moving was to die. Vendetterous turned and pulled his arm around, throwing mystic towards the red gaurd to one of the flanks. Vendetterous kept running along his original path as the red gaurd began to scrambel to understand what had just happened and the wolverine began to lead the charge after him.
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Post by Midnight on Mar 14, 2006 8:50:58 GMT -5
((Erm... which happened? Twilight took Midnight somewhere else and Chance went down to the street to talk to her...))
"I don't think you have anything to worry about," Noel's forked tongue flashed as she gave the neverous girl a reassuring smile. "You have similar abilities and I think he just wants to compare notes." Her yellow eyes blinked; the first time in five minutes. "Come on, I will come with you." She stuck her black tongue out at Taylor in a childish gesture for the scornful girl. Taylor was beautiful, one of the prettier people, Noel thought, but her attitude was crap.
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Post by Chance on Mar 14, 2006 20:12:08 GMT -5
((hopefully my modification works out better!))
Hearing Noel say that she had nothing to worry about allowed a wave of relaxation to wash over Caity. She hoped that maybe, if she could just be tested on her abilities, the school would see how talented she really was. Caity had the ability to use other mutants abilities, a power that was not easy to come by. So, scooping up her nametag, "Syphon" made her way to the door, closely behind Noel.
Taylor watched the two go, her cold eyes following them out the door. "Figures," she scoffed, "that Currie would get a break." Angry and upset, she didn't allow it to show. Instead, she retracted her talons, pulling them in and out of their sheaths, small nooks located on each hand between her thumb and forfinger. Then, flapping her wings slightly, as if willing herself to fly, she made her way back to her perch. There, gazing out the window, Taylor sat hunched over, her left leg hanging precariously over the edge.
"One day," she said staring at a swallow fly by, "I'll make these wings soar."
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Post by Twilight on Mar 14, 2006 20:53:36 GMT -5
(( hey Syphon, I'm gonna start this post with you knocking on my door. If it isn't alright I can delete it.))
Jasmine jumped as she heard a knocking at her door. Maybe it was the Red Guard, maybe they had found out abouther. Making sure the bookcase was fully closed she walked over to the door and opened it. She saw the boy from the window standing outside.
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Post by Chance on Mar 15, 2006 18:06:31 GMT -5
Eric finally realized how stupid he'd been. He'd come all this way, following a girl he didn't even know, and now he was standing, quite stupidly, in front of a total stranger with no reason for being there whatsoever.
"Umm...hi," he said, flashing his bright white smile. Maybe his charm could pull him out of this one, it usually did. "I mean, my name is Eric James, and wht might your sweet name be?" As he attempted to sweet talk the girl he craned his neck a little, trying to see past her. Was the other girl in there too?
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Post by Twilight on Mar 15, 2006 21:21:40 GMT -5
Jasmine looked at the Eric with one eyebrow raised. "Hello.. I'm Jasmine. What are you doing at my apartment?" Shr was realeved that he was not the Red Guard. She noticed him trying to look into the apartment.
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Post by Midnight on Mar 16, 2006 20:47:00 GMT -5
Marie's eyes flashed open, the flames dancing in them casting a faint light around the room. Where on earth was she? She rubbed her head, for a splitting headache had started as soon as her eyes had adjusted to the darkness. Maybe she was just a big baby, but she didn't normally get headaches and this one hurt! She glanced around quickly. One side of the room didn't seem just right, and she could see cracks along the edge of it. Lifting her hands, she let the darkness flow along her arms, the stopped as the headache almost made her pass out. "Fine then," she said grimly. It would have to be quick... Facing her fists forward, she let out a blast of darkness. Somehow... she solidified it, making a hard, dark projectile to smash into that part of the wall. Books went flying and Marie fell through the gaping hole, clutching her pounding head. Mutant powers were new to her and her body wasn't quite prepared to deal with them. Her eyes were glazing as she tried to look at the open door and the figures standing there. The dark orbs faded from a glowing inferno to dull red again and the headache subsided slightly.
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Noel walked in front of Caity, taking the lead to go to the lobby. "How's the rooming situation working out?" she asked, a wry grin covering her dark full lips. "She's beautiful, but a real pain in the butt."
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Post by Twilight on Mar 16, 2006 21:31:15 GMT -5
Jasmine turned around and ducked to avoid flyng books. One hit her in the side of face leaving a red mark. "Oh damn." Marie had fallen out of the room. Jasmine glanced at the boy and then hurried over to Marie. "Are you ok, you're at my apartment. I brought you here to keep you away from the Red Guard.
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Post by raphael on Mar 17, 2006 10:56:40 GMT -5
Vendetterous ducked down a blind alley, and dodged up into the building though a side enterance. He sprinted all out, trying to find the stairs. He managed to get to them, but the wolverine and his cadre were close in tow. Vendetterous bounded up the first flight of stairs certain that he had just leapt up them without touching a single step. He was rounding the second floor landing to head up another flight of stairs when the wolverine kicked down the door and spotted him. the wolverine was good at tracking, Vendetterous had to give him that, however if Vendetterous could reach the roof tops, maybe he could just work his way out of the human sector of the city and towards the mutant controlled upper class living conditions. Vendetterous would need to collect a few things along the way, but he had stashed a lot along the roof tops since he had come to this place. Vendetterous not only was a soldier of a liberating army, but he was also a trader in hard to come by goods.
Vendetterous made it up two more flights of stairs, but the wolverine was getting closer. Vendetterous did not know how much more time he had to make it to the roof before the wolverine caught him.
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Post by Chance on Mar 17, 2006 22:52:54 GMT -5
Eric started to falter, his aire of coolness shivering as Jasmine saw through his fasade. But then, the strangest thing happened. Now, Eric, gorwing up in this world, knew full well what a mutant power was, and how crazy and powerful they could be, but he never expected the girl he weas following to blow up an entire wall.
"Jesus!" He cursed, watching the dark haired girl fall out of the hole she made. "Is she all right?!" He didn't have to think twice. With a look of confusion and compasion he made his way over to her, trying to help Jasmine.
*At the Institute
Caity walked calmly next to Noel, her powers slowly putting her in sych with the snake-girls personality. "Taylor?" She asked, her own voice sounding forked and wicked, "she'e pretty all right...at least all the boys think so, and believe me...I know," she pointed to her head as if to further explain the obvious, "but she sure can be a pain. But the strange this is...I don't know that much about her. Her brain is different than normal humans, it's mutated. I heard the teachers say that her brain is part human and part bird, making it almost impossible for psychics to pick apart."
"So, I guess it's just strnage. For the first time in my life I actually have to try and get to know someone, without just standing next to them."
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Post by Midnight on Mar 19, 2006 22:48:29 GMT -5
Marie's eyes flared and pain shot through her head again, but she pushed it aside to thrust Jasmine away with a blast of blackness. "Why can't you leave me be?" she hissed, her voice biting. The Marie reached up to grab the young man's hand and defiently rise to her feet. "I don't want hang out with you and your mutant friend who tortured those men in Hell's Kitchen!" Flaming eyes died to a dull red that was no less icy as she swung about to face the man. "Are you a mutant too?" she snapped.
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Noel gave a small smile. "It doesn't seem to have gone all that well from the looks of things," she observed. "I think it would be lovely to fly. Note, I am glad I am a mutant, but I want more to look forward to than eventually sliding on my belly. I'm curious, though," she said, changing the subject. "Why don't you grow wings around Taylor? Is it the bird brain thing? You do have my eyes, and even my way of speaking now... Plus probably some of my thoughts, although I can't say I find that totally comforting..." Noel Rich trailed off as they reached the lobby. A black boy with a shaved head was sitting on a sofa there near the entrance in a Hellion uniform.
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Post by Twilight on Mar 20, 2006 16:00:52 GMT -5
Jasmine flew back and hit head head on the wall. A small glass sculpture fell of of shelf and shattered cutting her cheek. She shook her head and stood up. Her head was spinning. "Damn it." She put her hand to her head. "I don't like being attacked and that man was not my friend."
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Post by raphael on Mar 21, 2006 22:20:43 GMT -5
Vendetterous was running out of options, the wolverine was gaining on him, the red gaurd were in close persuit. Vendetterous did not feel like dying today, and capture meant a sure death. Vendetterous was not on the top floor, but bolted out through the door into a corridor of living arrangements. there were people scattered through the halls, most of them knew who Vendetterous was and would have gladly given away his position on any day before this one. word had spread quickly of what had happened to marie's parents, and to marie. They had not necessarily been looking for Vendetterous, but now that they were, Vendetterous was their best chance at getting the red gaurd to back off.
Vendetterous was a bargaining chip, as well as a threat.
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Post by Chance on Apr 2, 2006 12:29:19 GMT -5
Eric, realizing that he was probably way in over his head, backed up a little from Marie.
"No," he said. "I'm not a mutant." He gave the girl a good up and down look, finally moving back over to her. "Do you want to sit down?"
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Caity walked along side Noel. "Techniquely my DNA should morph and conform to Taylor's, meaning that I should grow her wings. But then yeah, there's that whole bird brain thing, and I think my telepathy can't make a good connection." She stopped a little, not wanting to delve further into the fact that seh could read Noel's thoughts. She was sick of people being bothered by it. What made people think she was interested in what they were thinking anyway?
Finally they reached the lobby. Caity could see Synch sitting on a small sofa. <This is it> she thought.
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Post by Midnight on Apr 3, 2006 7:38:21 GMT -5
Marie tried to calm down a little. The guy wasn't a mutant, so he wasn't more dangerous than he looked and he wasn't with everyone else who raided Hell's Kitchen that day. She scowled at the woman and marched outside. She didn't need her help... But with the sunlight, the headache was coming back. Marie's steps slowed as she put a hand to her head. One arm started reaching around for support. But she would not go back into that woman's house...
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Noel gave a quick smile, made sinister by her yellow eyes. Caity seemed nervous. "Go ahead," she murmered, wondering what would happen when two of the same power like that met.
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Post by Twilight on Apr 3, 2006 15:22:51 GMT -5
Jasmine shook her head. She was still seeing stars. She watched the Marie run outside. She glanced at Eric. "OK go out there and get her out of the street. PAin is going to be back any minute." She knew that Pain would come and try to sweet talk her into letting him move in again.
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Post by Chance on Apr 7, 2006 19:15:20 GMT -5
Eric watched as the girl pushed past him, out into the open air. He still couldn't place why exactly he cared so much, but he had to help her. He saw her wavering and immedietly he was behind her, bracing her fall and catching her lightly in his arms.
"You sure you're okay babe?" He asked, his green eyes reflected her fiery red ones.
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Caity calmly walked up to the bald guy, all the while worrying about what was next to come. But, she found as she walked further away from Noel, and closer to the man, her nerves were suddenly easing. Maybe this would be a good experience, maybe she was moving up!
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Post by Twilight on Apr 7, 2006 20:42:14 GMT -5
Pain walked up the street humming to himself. He had done a good job today and felt the Jasmine owed him something. He hadn't noticed Errick and Marie yet.
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Post by Midnight on Apr 8, 2006 8:18:53 GMT -5
Marie took a deep breath as he spoke and let it out in a sort of sigh. She rested in his arms a moment, trying to get a grasp on what exactly was happening. The shock of her parent's death, her becoming a mutant, and everything else was starting to get to her and suddenly she wasn't sure what she was doing anymore. She looked up into the eyes of the young man who had come to help her. Green eyes. He was good-looking she noted without thought, but what she was more noticing was the air of masculinity that he had. Some men seemed to have that, others had it hidden, and some men were just out of luck. Some girls liked the sensative artisians or people like that. Marie was finding out that she liked the "real" men.
As these thoughts flung through her head, Marie suddenly noticed them and blushed. She squirmed out of his grasp from sheer embarassment and stood up, brushing herself off until she glanced into his eyes again. Red into green. With a small intake of breath, she forced herself to look away. And that is when she saw a man walking up the street. "Oh no..." she said in a whisper. She was no longer afraid for herself around that man, but for the boy standing in front of her. "That man, he hurts humans," she explained in a whisper, still refusing to make eye contact with him. "Let's go," she pushed Eric in front of her and tried to make it down a side street before Pain noticed.
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