[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@FantasyChic][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@KazAlkemi][@Framing A Moose][@MsMorningstar][/center][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]December 18th, 2020 - 2:50 PM[/b][/color][/center][hr][color=f7941d][b]Dunkin' Donuts - [/b][/color]

	From his car, Jinx wasn't quite able to hear the conversation between the White Queen, Pyro, and the Ice Queen. All three of them continued to look over at the entrance to the Dunkin' Donuts, as if expecting for someone to emerge - probably the target that Reeva had instructed them to secure, dead or alive. No one emerged from the Dunkin' however. Maybe the target didn't trust Ice Queen after all and had fled out the back entrance. Maybe they hadn't quite finished their coffee just yet. 

	"If you let her get away, you're dead!!" Pyro screamed at Ice Queen, his voice loud enough that Jinx could hear him clearly. Pyro flicked his lighter on, yet instead of just a small flame appearing, a gigantic [i]dragon[/i] made of flames emerged. The dragon flew at Desiree's car as Pyro walked away from it. Just as he cleared the blast range, the car exploded in a giant [i]whoosh[/i] of flames. Both the White Queen and the Ice Queen were unharmed. 

	The volatile pyromaniac then went off at a run to the Dunkin Donuts, going to collect his prey. [hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/cJ9KkvcN/original.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] the Old Underground Hideout 
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] Leadership, Perception[hr][/center]	The day Feedback's mother died was not one that Veil looked back on fondly. She remembered the sound of the screech of the police car's tires, the loud thud from Max's attack. The air had smelled like burnt rubber. Her initial reaction had been horror, knowing that the Purifiers would use this to fuel human-mutant tensions. Tome's actions had inadvertently thrown gasoline onto a fire. Tempers had been flying when they went back to the Underground - she remembered Tome's nasty comments towards Sapphire, Sapphire and Glimpse screaming at each other. 

	They hadn't known then that Tome had murdered Feedback's mother - there had been a bit of bliss in not knowing the identity of his victim. He [i]had[/i] been trying to help them to escape, help them get back to the Mutant Underground with the items they had stolen from the Hellfire Club. He hadn't set out that day wanting to kill. 	

	[color=935DB8]"To-Warlock,"[/color] Veil corrected herself. She thought the name was a bit over the top, primarily since it reminded her of an old, gruesome horror flick. She didn't really want to hear Tome, no, Warlock say [i]forgotten witches fly?[/i] [color=935DB8]"Telling me that I'm becoming more of a leader each day is patronizing - so quit that. I get it, you believe that you're a hero and you're doing the right thing for mutants. But Warlock, you and I both know you're doing it with the wrong people. Emma Frost and Magneto are two sides of the same coin. They were complicit in what Shaw did, with what he had Sinister do. I know you don't believe me, so if they are everything you think they are, [i]ask them[/i]. Ask them for the truth about Shaw. Ask them for proof that they've really cut ties. And once they answer you, go look for evidence yourself. Since if you're going to be a hero, you need to make sure everyone you work with is one too."[/color]

	Veil noticed her brother, Echo, glance over at her and she nodded. Her gut was telling her - as well as the information Glimpse and Feedback had gotten - that Warlock was being honest here. This wasn't a trap or a set up. She nodded at Spark Plug's summary. That was more or less how the events had gone down - and why she couldn't believe that the Hellfire Club were heroes. They may have had good intentions according to Warlock, the creation of a safe space for mutants, but the ends didn't justify the means. Sapphire was worrying her. Whatever had happened in that other world was more serious than she realized. Sapphire only used words instead of fists when she was [i]broken[/i] in Veil's experience. 

	[color=935DB8]"... I could make our faces invisible, yes,"[/color] Veil admitted to Feedback. She paused for a moment, trying to think of how to put this delicately. Feedback's mother's death had been an accident. Warlock would never get a fair trial for it - he would be sentenced to death. Veil didn't want that to happen to him. She didn't like Warlock, he made her wary and guarded and she was never sure what he was about to do next, but he didn't deserve to die for an accident - especially one that happened since he was trying to protect her and others. 

	Glimpse bought her a second of time to consider though. [color=935DB8]"... I thought it was Tome, like a book of spells, not Tomb."[/color] She then sighed. She couldn't leave Feedback waiting. Feedback needed her closure. She cared desperately about her and it was painful to have to tell her this. [color=935DB8]"Feedback... he didn't mean to murder your mother. It was an accident. He was trying to save all of us, to just slow the police down, not..."[/color] she didn't even know how to finish that sentence. 

	[color=935DB8]"He wouldn't receive a fair trial. The judges are hard on cop killers, even harder on mutants. The jury would be the same. I don't know if he could afford a lawyer, though I guess the Hellfire Club might have one on retainer... I know you want justice for your mom, I get it, I really do. It wasn't right what happened to her. I'm so sorry she died... But if someone is going to turn themselves in for her death, it'll be me. I was leading the mission. It happened on my watch. I take responsibility for what happened."[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color] and [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/W431JxpB/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Mutant Underground Hideout - First Floor: Training Room -> [color=#DAF7A6]Aboveground[/color]
[b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][hr][/center]	[b][i]"Honestly, I have no idea if auras will help..."[/i][/b]

	Casper sneezed ferociously into his elbow, his neck hurting from the suddenness of it all. His eyes were a bit red and his head felt incredibly stuffy, like Sunshine had shoved a bunch of cotton balls into his ears. Miraculously, Ben managed to remain corporeal through all of this, looking a bit annoyed. Anything that broke Casper's concentration threatened his ability to interact with the physical world - and right now, Sunshine had given Casper a head cold. [color=DBA1DE]"Urgh, why is it - [i]sneeze[/i] - always - [i]sneeze[/i] - like this - [i]sneeze[/i] - with you?"[/color] Casper complained. 

	[b][i]"Maybe don't antagonize the Plague Bringer?"[/i][/b] Ben said to Casper, not even bothering to lower his volume. He wasn't used to other people being able to heard his snide comments. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"I AM NOT A PLAGUE BRINGER!!!!"[/color] Sunshine screamed at Ben. Anger was being expressed from every pore of her body, the blood pumping thunderously through her veins. She looked about ready to throw a bit of disease at Ben, only to realize it probably wouldn't do anything, as Ben was already dead. She'd have to figure out another way to get even with him. Her eyes narrowed and she turned her attention to James. 

	Would he even believe her if she told him what was going on? Casper was giving up on Erg. Apparently, everything that had happened in her dream had been [i]real[/i] events. The conclusion she came to then was that somehow, Jack was her father - and he had abandoned her. It would have been one thing if her father was a deadbeat or a drunk, but Jack was [i]nice[/i] and that made it worse. He didn't even need to live with the Mutant Underground, he had an office for his business. He could have been a father to her, but... That didn't happen. And if someone as nice as Jack could abandon her, well, Sunshine felt the only explanation would be if she wasn't lovable. 

	Her anger then abruptly shifted, as she burst into tears again and turned, running out of the Mutant Underground, not stopping until she was aboveground. She collapsed against a tree, hugging her knees to her chest and just [i]wailing[/i] like a banshee. 	

	Casper was a bit stunned, continuing to sneeze despite his best efforts. [color=DBA1DE]"What was - [i]sneeze[/i] - that all - [i]sneeze[/i] - about?"[/color] he couldn't help but ask. It didn't seem like Sunshine was really just mad about Erg, though he guessed that could've been it? No, it seemed like there was something more going on. If it had been about Erg, he figured she would have yelled at him a while ago over this. He looked at the others in the room helplessly.