[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@KazAlkemi][@Framing A Moose][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]February 17th, 2021 - 9:45 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hider=M-Pox - Check This Hider Each Time!]Mutant Underground: [list][*]Casper - mild symptoms [*]Spark Plug - mild symptoms (+) [*]Jack - mild symptoms [*]Max - severe symptoms [*]Glimpse - moderate symptoms [/list] Hellfire Club/Misc.: [list][*]Emma Frost - [color=f7941d]moderate symptoms[/color] [*]Vulcan - mild symptoms (+) [*]Legion - [color=f7941d]mild symptoms[/color] [*]Morgan - mild symptoms [*]Toad - [color=f7941d]severe symptoms[/color][/list] Mild Symptoms: Headache, some splotchiness of the skin, fatigue and exhaustion Moderate Symptoms: Difficulty breathing, dizziness, vomiting, blood shot eyes, prominent veins Severe Symptoms: Vomiting blood, trouble walking, bleeding from the ears, extreme skin discoloration, general looniness [/hider] [color=f7941d][b]Outside the Mutant Underground HQ - [/b][/color] Magneto's Brotherhood was rather formidable, with his best fighters at his side that day. The Mutant Underground was already acquainted with Pyro. There was also a blue skinned woman with shocking red hair, an older gentleman in a suit, a boy with slimy skin and bulging eyes, and a man dressed in a blue uniform with steel armor. The frog-like boy seemed rather sick, hardly able to stand on his feet as he swayed from side to side. The symptoms would be clear to James instantly - he had M-Pox. "Of course we have a better way, Mr. Potato Head! Now tell me this, pal! Why is your face so swiiiirly?" Toad asked, his voice high and nasally. The rest of the Brotherhood ignored him. [color=FF5733]"The [i]humans[/i] have a cure in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility in California. Once I have retrieved my daughter, I'll bring the facility to the ground and distribute the cures to my mutant brothers and sisters,"[/color] Magneto explained, fury in his voice - not at James asking him questions, but at humans withholding critical medicine. The blue skinned woman's form rippled, before she resembled a prominent member of congress - Senator Kelly. [color=5997A9]"They weren't going to distribute them to mutants for a while - they've been sending batches to congress staffers, giving them to humans who won't even need them,"[/color] she said with disgust. [color=f7941d][b]Second Floor of the Mutant Underground HQ - [/b][/color] The door to Havok's room opened up. There wasn't any sign of a struggle in the room, just all of the metallic objects were stuck to the ceiling like a super magnet was nearby. Polaris was on the bed, eerily still. [color=FAFD95]"What? No, it's not Polaris. I uh... I used a lot of the sleeping pill stuff I found in medical, she hasn't woken up yet at all... Magneto's probably looking for her,"[/color] he explained. A few seconds later, Echo ran on up there, yammering about how Magneto was here and looking for Polaris. Havok hit his head against the doorframe in frustration. In his head, this had all been much easier. [color=FAFD95]"I guess we're fighting Magneto today. I'm not letting him take her,"[/color] Havok declared. [color=FAFD95]"He's been brainwashing her, I know it. She'd just be his prisoner."[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=DBA1DE]Casper Theriot[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/6DFvvY7.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=DBA1DE]Location:[/color][/b] Mutant Underground: Dining Room [b][color=DBA1DE]Skills:[/color][/b] Mediumship[hr][/center] Casper frowned for a moment, tilting his head as he stared up at the random objects accumulating at the ceiling. It reminded him a bit of those lost birthday balloons that would drift up towards the rafters and only begin a sad descent a few years later. But unfortunately, he knew this wasn't the case. He had spent his formative years at his father's school, where they had been attacked by a man called Magneto just about every other week. [color=DBA1DE]"Soooo have either of you girls ever fought an old Holocaust survivor before?"[/color] Casper asked, looking at Zarina and Andy. All of the serious people had left the room, leaving him to babysit the kids. Casper always imagined that he would have been a great babysitter. The secret was to let the kids do whatever they wanted. He would have given them candy and paid for them to play cool video games. They would have had their first supervised experimentation sessions with drugs and alcohol. And at the end, they would confess their childhood traumas while watching reruns of old commercials on YouTube. [i]"Casper, you should get them to hide. This isn't safe,"[/i] Ben said, ever the responsible one. Casper, of course, ignored him. [color=DBA1DE]"The trick is to not be offensive,"[/color] he told the girls. [color=DBA1DE]"So if you're going to do any battlefield taunts, keep them clean. You don't want to do anything that would be inappropriate. Think of it like you're not only fighting Magneto, but you're fighting intolerance at the same time. You have to accept him for who he is as you scream and try not to be killed by metal."[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.imgur.com/3tZLCvl.gif[/img][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] Outside Jack's Office Building [b]Skills:[/b] [color=935DB8]Perception[/color] [hr][/center] Sunshine had tuned Jack out as she left the building with him. He didn't understand. The Purifiers were responsible for this. Every human on the planet was guilty. She wouldn't have been surprised to learn that humans had bioengineered M-Pox in a lab or something like that. Their entire society was based on killing mutants. They couldn't even be bothered to lie about it on TV. The X-Men were wrong. They could never live in peace. Humans had killed so many mutants. Sunshine wanted to even the scales. She didn't want to stop until she was drowning in blood, until human families were too afraid to go out at night, worried that Sunshine would be there to rip out their hearts. She dreamed of making a plague even worse than M-Pox, one that would let the humans choke on their ambition and hypocrisy. Sunshine smiled slightly at the thought, a bit of a manic look in her eyes. Veil raised a slight eyebrow, taking in Jack and Sunshine. Sunshine didn't look like a kidnapping victim. From what she could tell, it seemed she was there of her own free will. That didn't match up with the story that Waverley had shared with her and she didn't think Waverley would have made it up. The only logical conclusion she could come to was that maybe Sunshine didn't even know she had been kidnapped. The kid had been abused her entire life, she probably didn't know what normal boundaries for relationships were. Earlier in the car, she had told Max it was okay if he needed to teleport Sunshine away, that the rest of them could handle things. Now, she wasn't even really sure what to expect from this situation. [color=#DAF7A6]"I'm fine..."[/color] Sunshine told Waverley, looking a bit confused. She didn't know why Waverley was asking her that. [color=#DAF7A6]"Marshmallow said there was an intruder at the Underground..."[/color] Yeah, Sunshine definitely didn't know she had been kidnapped. Veil gave a slight nod at Max. Even though they were in the middle of the sidewalk, she conjured up a force field between Jack and Sunshine, roughly the shape of a tall shield. It wasn't nearly as big as she had hoped for, but hopefully it would give Max enough of an edge to get the kid out of there.