[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Framing A Moose][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: July 15th, 2021 - 1:30 PM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color], [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color], and [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://media.giphy.com/media/s3g67w2ciS8iBtV6aW/giphy.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] the Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing Complex - Omega Building: Renegade's Apartment 
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color] [/center][hr]	Casper's shrugged off James' guilt. He could be a bit spacey too - in fact, Casper was often [i]very[/i] spacey so he wasn't going to hold it against his boyfriend. Besides, it had been much longer for James than it had been for him. He didn't know what he would have done if their roles had been reversed - actually, that was a lie, Casper knew exactly would he would do. He would have found any drug he could get his hands on and overdose himself into a coma rather than spend a minute without James. The realization scared him slightly - but it also excited him. He wanted to spend his life with this man. 	

	[color=DBA1DE]"Ooo, if slipping away means slipping [i]out[/i] of some clothes then I'm down,"[/color] Casper said with a playful smirk. He knew that Echo was right there, but Casper didn't care. He had missed Pride after all! He nibbled at James' earlobe slightly, just in case James didn't get what Casper was hinting about. He turned his head slightly, seeing that they were slowly gathering an audience. It wouldn't have been the first time Casper was sexually inappropriate in front of other people. 

	Inside the apartment, Sunshine had no idea where the MarBow name had come from - she knew the first part was Marrow, but she had no idea how [i]Bow[/i] had anything to do with either of them. [color=#DAF7A6]"I don't think we're gonna have kids - and if we did, we could just have a telepath help share the memory,"[/color] Sunshine pointed out. She had fully adapted to mutant culture and processes on the island. A lot of human things - like cameras to record videos - weren't really needed anymore when all you needed was a psychic. Sunshine even knew one mutant who could permanently project images from her mind onto hard surfaces, making flawless photos just from mental images. 

	Havok was too brooding and grumpy to want anything to do with the trip down memory lane they had all collectively shared, so he headed on out of the apartment, wanting to find something to smash. 

	Veil, meanwhile, had a slight headache from the information drop Zarina gave them. Plenty of her teachers at Xavier's School had similarly complicated backstories. It only made Veil wonder more why Zarina had ended up with them, if she was not really just a mutant, but also someone like Thor, one of the most powerful and beloved Avengers. Her parents were SHIELD agents too, meaning this kid was seriously well connected. She had more questions for Zarina - well, one in particular really: why? 

	But people were starting to chaff at being in this one spot. Already a good number had gone out into the hallway, and while Veil wasn't technically in charge anymore, she felt responsible for her companions and their wellbeing. She could interrogate Zarina more about her past later. Right now, it was probably best for her family if they went to the ceremony and then ideally were able to settle down and stake out a little spot to call home for a while. She didn't doubt everyone would want to thoroughly discuss what they had seen too. [color=935DB8]"Thank you for sharing that with us, Zarina."[/color]

	Renegade almost forgot to answer Max's question, thinking more about the half-Asgardian elephant in the room. She wasn't one of those educated types, so she didn't know that other species could have mutants. [color=ed145b]"Bien sûr. There's loads of mutants who can use magic. But I ain't the one to answer those questions, I don't do any hocus pocus stuff myself. Gives me bad vibes, reminds me of an ex."[/color]
[hr][center][i][color=f7941d][b]Ten Minutes Later at Carousel..[/b][/color][/i][/center][hr][i]Image Reference: [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/3/3d/Carousel_%28Krakoa%29_from_House_of_X_Vol_1_6.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200721163316]here[/url][/i]

	The full force of the Mutant Underground - or what had once been the Mutant Underground - was standing on the stage at the Carousel. The Carousel was more or less centrally located on Genosha, allowing everyone to travel there fairly rapidly. It helped that the island's telepaths sent out the alert, explaining everyone who wanted to meet the heroes who had saved Washington D.C.'s mutants from a terrigen bomb should head there immediately. 

	The Mutant Underground weren't the only ones on the stage, looking out into the crowd - there were easily at least 20,000 mutants in attendance, their collective body heat raising the temperature of the space. There were raised natural platforms everywhere, allowing everyone to take a look, and the light filtered in gorgeously through the strange purple and red trees. The Quiet Council stood to the side of the stage - some of their members would be familiar to the Mutant Underground already. Reeva, Magneto, and the Three-in-One - the fourth would be knew, a woman with wild dark hair and a mischievous grin, dressed like it was Halloween. 

	[color=B1C1EB]"On behalf of the Quiet Council, we would like to honor these young mutants for their actions in Washington D.C. Without them, many of us would not be here,"[/color] Reeva Payge began, her voice somehow echoing in everyone's minds, as telepaths ensured that everyone could hear each and every word. [color=B1C1EB]"Two heroes, however, are not here... We would like for there to be a moment of silence, physically and psychically, to honor the sacrifices of Glimpse and Sapphire."[/color]

	Reeva held up a hand. The crowd was still, motionless. After a few minutes, she continued on. [color=B1C1EB]"To our mutant brothers and sisters who survived, I ask that you introduce yourself to the island, as you are and will forever be the heroes of Genosha."[/color]

	Sunshine didn't hesitate. She looked really proud to be up on the stage, despite having viciously hated almost everyone in the Quiet Council not too long ago. [color=#DAF7A6]"I'm Sunshine, duh,"[/color] she introduced, the telepaths amplifying her voice. She let out little puffs of green smoke from the palms of her hand and the crowd roared, cheering her name - "SUNSHINE! SUNSHINE! SUNSHINE!"

	Casper also didn't have stage fright. [color=DBA1DE]"I'm Casper!"[/color] he said cheerfully. [color=DBA1DE]"And that's Ben,"[/color] he said, pointing at his ghostly friend despite no one being able to see him. "CASPER AND BEN! CASPER AND BEN!" the crowd cheered. 

	When it was her turn, Veil's voice was so quiet it was a bit hard even for the telepaths to psychically boost it in everyone's mind. [color=935DB8]"... Veil ..."[/color] "VEIL! VEIL!"

	Havok, of course, was glaring at a woman with green hair standing near the front. [color=FAFD95]"I'm fucking Havok,"[/color] he muttered. 

	"FUCKING HAVOK!" the crowd cheered and Havok facepalmed.