[hr][hr][center][h3][color=cc33ff][b]Guin Stark[/b][/color][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/R0DGpSD.png?1[/img][hr][hr][b][color=cc33ff]Location:[/color][/b] Xavier's Institute - the Roof -> the Garden
[b][color=cc33ff]Skills:[/color][/b] Engineering Design, Problem Solving [hr][/center]	Guin had missed a [i]lot[/i] while off on her honeymoon. A superhero civil war had broken out - aliens invaded and tried to topple world governments - and Magneto apparently purchased billboard ads for the mutant only nation of Genosha. When she learned all of this, she expected Professor X to send them off on countless missions, but the opposite had happened. They just stayed at the X-Mansion, training in the Danger Room and finding ways to waste time. It had given her the chance to finalize work on [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4616391]the Mark 1 Iron Star Armor[/url] and ensure that the F.R.I.D.A.Y. operating system was functional. She hadn't gotten the chance to test the armor in combat yet, but she [i]supposed[/i] that flight tests would be in order first.

	To that end, she was currently standing on the roof of the mansion, doing a final system's check. [color=cc33ff]"Lay it on me, F.R.I.D.A.Y. - we ready for this or what?"[/color]

	[i][color=00ddcc]"Do a flip, lass,"[/color][/i] the AI replied, her voice filled with snark. 

	[color=cc33ff]"I'm not going to yeet myself off the building, you're way too morbid - maybe I need to go mess with your settings,"[/color] Guin rolled her eyes. [color=cc33ff]"Okay, just a simple lift off, in three... two... one..."[/color] The repulsors and thrusters fired up, as Guin effortlessly flew up about five feet into the air and maintained a near perfect hover. It helped that she had experience with Iron Man suits and running with Pietro, as she managed to keep her balance without wobbling too much. [color=cc33ff]"And descend,"[/color] she said, before touching down gently onto the roof of the school. 

	[i][color=00ddcc]"You don't need to say everything - I ken figure out for meself what needs to happen,"[/color][/i] F.R.I.D.A.Y. complained. 
	
	[color=cc33ff]"Yeah, but it's way cooler if I say things during these tests,"[/color] Guin pointed out. [color=cc33ff]"Let's try some horizontal movement next. Just going to the left, not off of the roof. In three... two... one..."[/color] Her repulsors and thrusters fired up again, sending Guin rapidly over towards the edge of the roof. She tried to course correct in order to avoid the edge, but something went wrong and she ended up being flung over the side, heading towards the ground face first. [color=cc33ff]"Fuck fuck fuck!"[/color] Guin exclaimed. Her repulsors and thrusters were off, leaving her in a free fall.

	[color=cc33ff]"FRIDAY, activate thrusters now!!!"[/color] Guin screamed. The AI must have been taking her sweet time, as Guin's fall was broken when she was just a foot above the ground. It looked like she was lounging or lying down in the air, all of the repulsors going off at full power just a few feet away from the flower beds. [color=cc33ff]"Kill thrusters,"[/color] Guin then said and the power went off, causing her to fall the final few feet and hit the ground. 
	
	[i][color=00ddcc]"I give that a 6/10."[/color][/i]

	[color=cc33ff]"Shut up or I'll make you into a toaster,"[/color] Guin grumbled, popping the helmet up. [color=cc33ff]"Hey Mare - how's it going?"[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][color=12ABB0][b]Neil Spellman[/b][/color][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/3RnqLcdD/image.png[/img][hr][hr][b][color=12ABB0]Location:[/color][/b] Neil's Room
[b][color=12ABB0]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][/center]	Neil had brought Sara to meet his family that solstice, hoping that they would love her as much as he did. He knew that his upbringing had been unorthodox and strange, but Sara's aunt was the Dark Phoenix. If anyone could understand that not all dark magic was really evil and wicked, he thought it would be her. Instead, she had dumped him and then left the X-Men entirely, as if he were a stain on her soul that needed to be blotted out. The first day he had cried almost nonstop, leaving her texts and calls begging for her to give him a chance to understand - she never answered. The second day he had burned all of the things she had left behind in his room. He destroyed the pictures of her he had drawn.

	But it wasn't enough. On July 2nd, his heart was still aching for her and Neil couldn't take it anymore. His aunties had sent him instructions for a spell that even someone like him, without innate magical talent, could attempt. He had gotten two candles - one a soft blue, the other pink. The blue candle he had carved his own name into and the pink candle, he had carved [i]Sara[/i]. He tied a long piece of string to the middle of the two candles, sitting in his room at the X-Mansion in absolute darkness and silence. [color=12ABB0]"This is what blocks me from moving forward on my path. his is what keeps me from receiving all that I have been asking for,"[/color] Neil recited. 

	He thought about his favorite things about Sara - how vibrant and alive she was, the way her smile made her look like a dizzying radiant goddess, her courageous bravery. He meditated on dates they had gone on together, the sessions of D&D they would play. Tears fell down his face as his thoughts turned to her violent explosion at his aunties' place - her accusations that his family were wicked, evil, and vile. Her anger that his aunties drew power from Satanism. 

	[color=12ABB0]"I release the ties that bind. I claim that which is mine. I move forward in light and freedom. So be it,"[/color] Neil whispered, picking up a knife and severing the cord. The flames of the candles flickered brightly. He didn't know if the ritual had worked or not. Unlike the rest of his family, he didn't have any magical skills or talent. And he felt the same after it was done. He sighed. He just wanted to feel whole.