[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 31st, 2021 - 5:10 AM[/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://c.tenor.com/1_IfrmQYp9wAAAAC/lorde.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=935DB8]Location:[/color][/b] Magda Eisenhardt Memorial Housing - Rooftop  
[b][color=935DB8]Skills:[/color][/b] Invisible Energy Manipulation[/center][hr]	Veil nodded. Kristina had a solid idea - they really ought to bring that last one in and figure out what exactly was going on here. [color=935DB8]"Erm, would you--"[/color] Veil began to ask. Kristina and Jack had just jumped off the roof, Veil assuming that they made a pleasant descent down. Aurora nodded, scooping up the man and flying him down to the ground, only to scream out in alarm. 

	"Mon dieu!" Aurora exclaimed, looking at Kristina. Jack didn't seem to be hurt at all, but Kristina looked like she was in pretty bad shape. People weren't supposed to just walk off of buildings and fall after all. "Can you move?" Aurora instantly asked, skipping the usual [i]are you alright[/i] or [i]what happened?[/i] She had seen young mutants drop like this before, usually while they were still young and getting a hang of things. "I don't suppose you have a healing factor?" she then added hopefully. [hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/53/78/c953783a244ee13f94696a6cc338b31e.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=DBA1DE]Location:[/color][/b] Hellfire Manor
[b][color=DBA1DE]Skills:[/color][/b] Mediumship[/center][hr]	Casper swooned at the kiss from James. It was such a simple thing, but it really gave him the energy to keep on going - as well as the energy to do something else, although that special thing would have to wait for later when they had some privacy. [color=DBA1DE]"Awww, babe, you really know how to make a fella feel special,"[/color] Casper said playfully, his hands trembling a little less. His eyes were still unnaturally blue and there was a blue fog of sorts around his hands, as he continued helping Ben cross from one world into the next. 	

	Ben rolled his - well, Serafina's eyes. A moment later, it was like everyone in the room came to life again. People were crying, some of them looked angry, others were just afraid. And all of their eyes fell on their captor, Serafina. No one had made a move yet, aware that Ben was inhabiting her body, but doubtlessly waiting for a chance to kill her and get their revenge.

	"... She says she'll talk. She says," Ben pauses, "they're what comes next."[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/7ad38adfa429c6d7cd8367528d1092e2/89826f98f6fbe321-3a/s540x810/0c5ad692c58212c69cf5c67fabdb9f803ba79d28.gif[/img][hr][hr][b][color=#DAF7A6]Location:[/color][/b] Hellfire Bay - the Mercury
[b][color=#DAF7A6]Skills:[/color][/b] Disease Manipulation [/center][hr]	"Been - trying - that!" Marrow shouted back at Spark Plug. Marrow wasn't brand new to using her powers, she had been in plenty of fights. The main issue was that her bone marrow spikes were breaking off into the clones and new clones kept on taking their place. She could only make so many spikes at once, her body was beginning to fatigue, running out of material to use. 

	The clone Sunshine had been fighting - the one who killed Waverley - had collapsed onto the surface of the Mercury, little more than a living boil. Sunshine didn't hesitate before raising her foot up and stomping down as hard on the clone as she could, the boiling exploding and pus raining everywhere, getting on everyone. But Sunshine didn't care. The clone had killed her friend. He deserved that. Hell, he deserved [i]more[/i] than that. 

	Bowser went to swipe at Spark Plug, but now blinded, he wasn't able to get anywhere close to her, just clawing at the air! Echo was lucky too, as the clones seemed to be incredibly disgusted by what Sunshine did, momentarily distracted. Marrow benefited from this as well, finally managing to break free from the little circle she had been forced into. 	

[hr][hr][color=f7941d]Akademos...[/color]

	"That almost tickled," Smokey taunted, before chucking fireballs at random. She wasn't aiming at anyone in particular, but the fireballs were large enough that when they impacted, everyone in a five foot radius was at best mildly burned and at worst [i]roasted[/i]. Some of the students screamed, until Rain Boy made a cloud of rain appear, dousing the flames that were threatening to spread. Cosmar started warping reality as well, making a shield of sorts to keep Smokey's fireballs at bay. 

[color=f7941d]House of M...[/color]

	[color=639A5E]"Why did you abandon me, Mommy?"[/color] the little boy asked, as he started to cry. Only instead of crying tears, he was crying blood. In the blink of an eye, a thousand cuts appeared on his small body and his clothing was soaked in his own blood. [color=cc33ff]"Did you hate us, Mommy?"[/color] the girl asked - only she didn't look like a girl anymore. She looked like living charred remains, as if she had been burned at the stake but somehow did not die. [color=639A5E]"Do you love him more than us, Mommy?"[/color]

	Someone was standing right behind Miranda. 

	[i]Roll a d20 in Gifted chat - a 10 or lower and she doesn't notice them. 11 to 15 and she has the feeling of being watched. Higher than a 15, message me. [/i]

[color=f7941d]Blackstone...[/color]

	[color=CDC0CF]"Anchor yourself, Warlock. Sink your soul and essence into this plane,"[/color] Selene advised. 

	"Be careful, Max!!!" Pixie then shouted. She had no idea how to do anything that would help Max in this situation, her wings fluttering behind her nervously. Pixie waved a bit sheepishly at the newcomer, figuring she must've been Max's girlfriend or something. Hopefully she was an immensely powerful witch, someone who could help them defeat Cripta before Cripta killed them all!

	Cripta waved their hand and suddenly, a wave of [i]daggers[/i], crafted from pure energy, flew at our heroes. The dagger flew through Max harmlessly. Maria was hit in the stomach, which'll hurt a fair deal. Selene shielded herself and Pixie with a quick spell of her own, before launching into a counter-hex to attempt to shut off Cripta from their own magic.