[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: August 3rd, 2021 - 9:30 AM [/b][/color][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/69b5c82a83925ad6daa97ba324af2888/tumblr_ngpm6wgHde1u4gz2oo4_250.gif[/img][hr][hr][color=935DB8][b]Location:[/b][/color] [url=https://static3.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/X-Men-The-10-Most-Powerful-Mutants-On-The-Quiet-Council-of-Krakoa-Ranked-2-1.jpg]The Grove[/url] [color=935DB8][b]Skills:[/b][/color] N/A [/center][hr][hider=Quiet Council]Autumn Table: - Magneto - Reeva Payge - Selene Summer Table: - Veil - Caduceus - Spark Plug Spring Table: - Esme Frost - Polaris - Moneta Winter Table: - Mr. Sinister* - Mystique - Destiny * not actually a mutant[/hider][hider=Votes]In Favor: -Veil -Spark Plug -Selene -Mister Sinister -Reeva Payge -Esme Frost -Moneta Opposed: -Magneto -Polaris -Mystique -Destiny No Vote Cast: -Caduceus [/hider] Everyone, with the exception of James, had cast their vote on the matter. No single table was united, with the votes tallying 7-4 in favor of the Hellfire Gala: [i]In favor...[/i] [list][*]Selene: [color=CDC0CF]"Oh, this party will be to [i]die[/i] for!"[/color] [*]Mister Sinister: [color=8E6BB3]"I can't wait to wear my new cape and I may have a [i]prior[/i] commitment for a date, hehehe~!"[/color] [*]Reeva Payge: [color=B1C1EB]"Our people need hope - something to lift their spirits."[/color] [*]Esme Frost: [color=3D5DC3]"Mum always adored the Hellfire Galas..."[/color] [*]Veil [*]Moneta [*]Spark Plug[/list] [i]Opposed...[/i] [list][*]Magneto: [color=FF5733]"Our people survived a holocaust. [i]Dancing[/i] won't heal their bloody wounds. It is a time for strength and unity, not frivolity."[/color] [*]Polaris: [color=A9F8C7]"A party right now feels fucked up."[/color] [*]Destiny: "The gala will not heal this broken land." [*]Mystique: [color=5997A9]"What can I say? Happy wife, happy life."[/color] [/list] James' proposal was intriguing to Reeva, although Selene seemed to be captivated by thoughts of what she could wear to the event. [color=B1C1EB]"Caduceus, would you be willing to take the lead on coordinating the festival?"[/color] Reeva suggested. The vote on the gala would pass no matter what James voted in favor of and Reeva considered his proposal to be more or less looped into that entire event. [color=B1C1EB]"And Esme, would you attend to the gala itself? Plan it for a few weeks out, we want to give our people hope, not cruelty."[/color] [color=CDC0CF]"How about the 22nd? The moon will be full, it'll be gorgeous out,"[/color] Selene suggested. Destiny shook her head ever so slightly, the movement so subtle it was easy to miss. [color=FF5733]"Whatever date you choose won't change how wretched an idea this is,"[/color] Magneto grumbled, glaring at no one in particular. The room, Veil had noticed, had more or less assembled into to camps - a) everyone is going through it right now, so something hopeful might be nice and b) everyone is going through it right now, so people need to feel their feelings for a while. She did like James' suggestion, finding a way to give everyone something physical to do, something to create, as its own form of therapy. The entire island was definitely doing a [i]lot[/i] of grief counseling at the moment, as people struggled to really come to terms with such a gigantic loss. Veil didn't know whether there was really anything [i]right[/i] for them to do - maybe some people would be helped with a gala and a festival, whereas others wouldn't. She didn't particularly feel like dancing herself. She couldn't recall the last time she had just danced, without any worries or concerns. Ever since she had been attacked and gone to Xavier looking for new purpose, Veil had been part of the Mutant Underground, smuggling mutants towards... what? Another place where they were hated and feared? She had espoused Xavier's teachings, attempting to bring out his dream of mutants and humans living together in peace... of mutants assimilating into human culture. But they didn't need to assimilate. They didn't need to lose their identities to be peaceful. [color=B1C1EB]"The 22nd I think sounds reasonable - should give everyone plenty of time to prepare and hopefully by then... well, hopefully things may not seem so grim,"[/color] Reeva said. [color=B1C1EB]"The island's telepaths are continuing to provide private grief therapy sessions, kindly overseen by Esme. In the meantime, please do what you can for Genosha... and should you need anything, I am here for all of you."[/color] [color=B1C1EB]"Lastly, Stacy X has volunteered to take care of the children orphaned in the attack. I am working closely with her to attempt to find permanent mutant families for them on the island, but if any of you wish to take a little one in, she's set up at the Hellfire Mansion."[/color] [color=5997A9]"No thanks, Rogue was a handful,"[/color] Mystique quipped. "Caduceus," Destiny said, turning to look at him, although she was blind and he could not see her behind the mask. "Your son is waiting for you with Stacy X."[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] the Green Lagoon [b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][/center][hr] [color=DBA1DE]"Well, yeah, of course I got readings all the time! Roberto and I had a deal. I would get a reading, and he would get a blowjob,"[/color] Casper explained. To him, it was completely logical. Roberto had been INCREDIBLY attractive and extremely insightful. Roberto didn't even need to look at the cards in order to deduce that Casper had daddy issues and Casper couldn't fathom how he had come to that conclusion without genuine psychic powers! (Not the bad kind of psychic powers of course, like [i]telepathy[/i] - the fun, sexy kind like being able to see the future). [i]"That girl, Nancy, she was better at it,"[/i] Ben chimed in. [color=DBA1DE]"She told you that you were going to die, Ben!"[/color] [i]"... Well, I did. So she wasn't wrong."[/i] [color=DBA1DE]"... I guess that's fair. Huh,"[/color] Casper paused for a moment, before suddenly lurching for Max's cards and beginning to shuffle them wildly. He wasn't amazing at shuffling, but he was careful not to bend any of Max's cards. [color=DBA1DE]"I... want... to know... if..."[/color] Casper paused, still shuffling as he struggled to come up with a question on the spot, [color=DBA1DE]"... James and I will live on this island forever,"[/color] Casper then finished, before thinking about James and sand as hard as he could. Casper then stopped shuffling and looked up at Jack. [color=DBA1DE]"Suuuure - after I get my tarot read, and then we need to ask Max to ask the cards when you're going to finally get a boyfriend!"[/color] Meanwhile, Sunshine was bored with Zari's response - or lack thereof. However, with Andy, it seemed like her suspicions were proven correct. It was very rare for Sunshine to feel like the mature, older role model - but she saw an opportunity here to help this little queer mutant out. After all, Sunshine and Marrow considered themselves to be one of the queer power couples of Genosha. She [i]had[/i] to assume that others saw them similarly. And with all of the horrific deaths, Sunshine was very much in the mood to focus on something silly and cute as Andy's crush. [color=#DAF7A6]"You know, if Zari already has parents, then you're right, it doesn't count. You aren't sisters. You're friends... who could maybe make out sometimes and it wouldn't be weird or wrong or anything. It's an option."[/color] Marrow rolled her eyes. "Leave them alone, babe." [color=#DAF7A6]"What? I'm just pointing out that you two have a lot of room for different relationships here since you aren't actually adopted siblings, so you could go for just friends... or spice it up a little bit and do something more. It's Genosha, you don't need to worry about people being homophobic here, and if they are, I'll kick their ass,"[/color] Sunshine vowed. She had been about to threaten something much more serious, but she didn't want to think about death. She didn't want to think about Feedback and Kristina in the ground.