[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 - 2:20 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] Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing - Mutant Underground Apartment 
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][/center][hr]	Veil tensed ever so slightly as Max began flexing his powers, creating the magical barrier to protect all of them. It was an involuntary reaction, purely born out of witnessing previous attempts where Max tried to push his powers too far. She had known a lot of mutants like him over the years, those who set their sights on huge impossible feats and could never master the little things - the little things that really made all the difference when it came to life and death. But... maybe that wasn't something they needed to worry about here. Maybe this was a place where it was okay for Max to be a little extra when it came to expressing his powers - a place where powers didn't have to be treated as weapons and assets. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"Why would they spy on us?"[/color] Sunshine asked defensively. [color=#DAF7A6]"This isn't a place ran by stupid flatscans - we're free here, no one's going to spy on us, no one's going to hurt us. I get it, you all just got here, but I promise, this is the good place,"[/color] she argued. [color=#DAF7A6]"If they wanted to hurt us, we'd be dead already. So, there."[/color] She hadn't seemed very phased by Max's little explosion - if anything, it looked like his mini fit had made her nostalgic. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Oww, can we keep the volume down? My ears feel like virgins after being on ice for so long,"[/color] Casper complained, sticking his fingers in his ears for dramatic effect - even though it meant he had to let go of James' hand temporarily. [color=DBA1DE]"Ooo, I wonder what else of me feels like a virgin..."[/color]

	[i]"Casper,"[/i] Ben groaned. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Get your mind out of the gutter, Ben, I clearly meant my asshole!"[/color]

	[i]"... How is that any different than what I didn't want you to say?"[/i] Ben asked, confused and a little grossed out by all of this - it was definite TMI. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"I thought you were thinking about my dick,"[/color] Casper explained. 

	[i]"... Just stop it!"[/i]

	Veil wasn't sure whether to laugh, cry, or sigh - Casper was a lot pretty much all of the time and it was beginning to dawn on her how very ~go with the flow~ he was. He pretty much just coasted through life, letting himself end up in weird new situations without a lot of conscious choice. It made sense to her that he was so ready to accept Genosha - he already had accepted other things, like even the Mutant Underground. Her attention shifted to her brother and his words - they felt like a brand. They brought up a deep sense of shame, as if he had been speaking directly to her, rather than everyone else. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"You also have me, asshole,"[/color] Sunshine pointed out to Echo, irritated he had focused on the guys and not included her. 

	[color=FAFD95]"Yeah, because when I look at you, Plague Doctor, I feel so fucking reassured,"[/color] Havok muttered. [color=FAFD95]"Also, what do we even know about you?"[/color] he added, staring at Jack. [color=FAFD95]"Or even you?"[/color] he said, turning his gaze to James. [color=FAFD95]"We barely knew either of you before all of this. And now, who even knows if you're still the same - or if you've become as fucked up and twisted as the rest of the Hellfire Club."[/color]

	[color=DBA1DE]"... I like the exploring idea,"[/color] Casper chimed in, supporting his beau as always. 

	Sunshine snapped her fingers after what Andy said - not in a mean way, more of a signal for going 'yass bae' more or less. 

	[color=935DB8]" ... Okay. I'm fine with staying for a little bit - goodness knows we all could use a break,"[/color] Veil admitted. [color=935DB8]"Havok, if you --"[/color]

	Havok cut Veil off. [color=FAFD95]"I'll stay - if only to prove to you that this place isn't paradise, it's hell."[/color][hr]	Magneto was off with the Quiet Council, attending to matters of state. However, that didn't mean that Miranda had the place to herself. There was another person who lived at the House of M - Lorna Dane aka Polaris, Magneto's daughter. Lorna was wearing [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/b/b5/X-Men_Vol_6_1_Stormbreakers_Connecting_Variant_D_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210430234421]a green and black dress[/url] with an X motif. Her green hair had grown out to be long, rather than the short cropped look she had gone for before. She hesitated a moment, before walking right up to Miranda, a bit of fear in her face. [color=A9F8C7]"Miranda... I need your help..."[/color] Polaris admitted. 

	[color=A9F8C7]"... I'm late..."[/color]