[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 - 10:30 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hider=M-Pox - Check This Hider Each Time!]Mutant Underground: [list][*]Casper - mild symptoms 
[*]Spark Plug - [color=f7941d]moderate symptoms[/color]
[*]Jack - mild symptoms 
[*]Max - severe symptoms 
[*]Glimpse - [color=f7941d]mild symptoms[/color]  [/list]

Hellfire Club/Misc.: [list][*]Emma Frost - [color=f7941d]severe symptoms[/color] (-)
[*]Vulcan - [i]cured[/i]
[*]Legion - mild symptoms
[*]Morgan - mild symptoms (+)
[*]Toad - moderate symptoms[/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 

So far, only two individuals have "cured" themselves from M-Pox. The first was S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Cassandra Reed. The second was Gabriel Summers A.K.A. Vulcan.
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[color=f7941d][b]Outside the Mutant Underground HQ - [/b][/color]

	James and Sapphire would receive a text from Veil - [color=935DB8][i]Jack is sus. Emma Frost may be manipulating him. Have Glimpse ready for psychic rescue. ETA 10 min.[/i][/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=DBA1DE]Casper Theriot[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/KvRwSCJZ/image.png[/img][hr][hr][b][color=DBA1DE]Location:[/color][/b] Mutant Underground: Dining Room
[b][color=DBA1DE]Skills:[/color][/b] Mediumship[hr][/center]	Casper shook his finger seriously. [color=DBA1DE]"Nope, I never talk to myself. I give horrible advice, so it's really best if I just tune myself out,"[/color] he told her with a slight grin. It was hard to tell whether or not Casper was being serious. Even now that he was sober, he still smelled crazy - he was like a bunch of deranged cats were trying to imagine how human beings were supposed to act. But given his parents, it wasn't that surprising - both of them had mental issues of one flavor or another. 

	[i]"That's shockingly self aware of you,"[/i] Ben mused. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Aww, thanks Ben!"[/color] Casper squealed, beaming. [color=DBA1DE]"And maybe they're called smurfs? I guess it'd make sense if the elf called them that, since they were blue and smelly and kept on popping up all over the place. You couldn't take a piss without one of them showing up and looking. Not that I'm shy or anything, but it's spelled c-o-n-s-e-n-t you know? Not just anyone gets to see my magic wand."[/color]

	Ben sighed. [i]"Casper, she's, like, twelve... Can you not talk about your dick? This feels like an HR violation."[/i]

	[color=DBA1DE]"Fiiiiiine,"[/color] Casper whined. [color=DBA1DE]"But as for the fighting thing, I don't [i]really[/i] do that. My official job here is to be cute, get cuddles from James, and provide insightful commentary on the fashion choices of the villain of the week. My mutation lets me make a whiny ass appear named Ben, so I can't help out much."[/color]

	[i]"HEY!"[/i]

	[color=DBA1DE]"Ben, can you not right now? I'm talking to the youth of tomorrow or the elderly of today or whatever the expression is! The middle aged of yesteryear?"[/color][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/qB2G1nnk/image.png[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] The Car 
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] Invisible Energy Manipulation [hr][/center]	[color=935DB8]"Glad to hear it,"[/color] Veil told Feedback with a slight smile. Her pain from having her hair yanked on had faded away pretty quickly - she was a mutant in the United States after all, she had to be made of stronger stuff than most. She took a breath and concentrated. Once they went down into a tunnel she used her powers, causing the car to seemingly vanish and disappear. She figured that likely someone might notice the car wasn't there anymore, but hopefully the change in light as they went through the tunnel would be enough to persuade them from screaming [i]muties!!![/i]

	[color=935DB8]"I'll shave my head if you shave yours,"[/color] Veil bargained with Spark Plug. She had no intention of shaving her hair. As messy and wild as it was, she loved it. She had surrendered so much of her identity in order to lead the Mutant Underground. Her hair was the last bit of her former self left around - the last part of a girl who didn't have the weight of the world on her shoulders. If she ever got tired of going by Veil, Atlas wouldn't have been a bad fit. 

	The mutants that they saved, even the others in the Mutant Underground, their lives moved forward. The real challenge of being the leader was that Veil had to remain still. She had to stay in an endless cycle, losing more and more pieces of herself with the more she was needed by the hopeless and helpless. One day, she'd mean everything to everyone - and be nothing to herself. She would just be her job. It was a chilling realization, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. Heroes sacrificed themselves all the time, just in different ways. 

	She didn't hear Jack muttering under his breath, otherwise she might have said something. [color=935DB8]"I'm going to see if Max and Sunshine are back,"[/color] she lied, pulling out her phone and texting the two people she had left in charge - James and Sapphire. [hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/W49hZLVD/image.png[/img][hr][hr][b][color=#DAF7A6]Location:[/color][/b] [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/9/9e/Island_M_from_Powers_of_X_Vol_1_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200623154223]Island M, the Bermuda Triangle  [/url]
[b][color=#DAF7A6]Skills:[/color][/b] Enhanced Accuracy [hr][/center]	Sunshine turned sharply and stared at Max. She couldn't believe the words she was hearing. The anger set her heart on fire. There were so many things about him that she despised, she couldn't even think of them all at once. [color=#DAF7A6]"You abandoned Erg and then you joined the people who [i]killed[/i] him!"[/color] Sunshine screamed at Max. [color=#DAF7A6]"You don't get to ask me to be united with you, idiot! You're the one who can never pick a side! You'll get tired of the Mutant Underground soon and join the X-Men, probably. Or maybe the Avengers. Or the Fantastic Four. Anything so that way you can feel powerful and once you get bored, you'll move on because you don't care about people - you just care about nice clothes and soap!"[/color]

	She was so enraged that she went further into the room and grabbed the first thing she found - a baseball - and threw it at Max as hard as she could. The baseball hit him in the groin. She didn't show it off very often, but Sunshine also had the mutant power of perfect accuracy - she could never miss a shot. [color=#DAF7A6]"And whatever, no one's been here for years! This place is abandoned!"[/color] She then took a step backwards, her foot brushing up on a nearly invisible wire. Ropes came from out of nowhere and they encased Sunshine as they yanked her up high towards the ceiling. The lights in the room flashed. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Max, this isn't funny!!!"[/color] Sunshine blamed Max for this. Everything was always his fault.