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[img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/220906/45d171115fb412c0373a6246af17f4e7.png[/img][/center][hr][center][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@Achronum][@Trainerblue192][@Kirah][/center][hr][hr][center][color=f7941d][b]Genosha: August 22nd, 2021 - 10:00 PM [/b][/color][/center][hr][center]The Quiet Council of Genosha

Autumn Table: 
Magneto - [color=f7941d]Omega Level Mutant[/color], Master of Magnetism 
Reeva Payge - Disorienting, Hallucinatory Sonic Scream 
SELENE! - Psychic Vampire-Witch, Dark Priestess of Rome, Demonic Huntress, Goddess of the Moon, the First One, Mother of All Mutants

Summer Table: 
Veil - Invisibility and Force Fields 
Caduceus - [color=f7941d]Omega Level Mutant[/color], Healing and Adaptation 
Spark Plug - Electrokinesis, Empathy, Weather Manipulation 

Spring Table: 
Esme Frost - Telepathy, Psychic Host of Emma Frost & the Dead Cuckoos 
Polaris - Mistress of Magnetism 
Moneta - Retrocognition and Holographic Projection 

Winter Table: 
Mr. Sinister* - All
Mystique - Shapeshifting 
Destiny - Prophecy [/center]

* not actually a mutant[hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] the Carousel 
[b]Skills:[/b] [color=DBA1DE]Mediumship[/color][/center][hr]
[color=f7941d]The Main Stage[/color]

	An oddly hushed silence came over the venue as Selene finished her song. Silently, like puppets, the members of the Quiet Council all rose to their feet and turned to pay attention. Their faces would look blank, their eyes glazed over and unseeing, words falling upon deaf ears should anyone but Selene speak to them. 

	[color=CDC0CF]"Thank you, darlings - now, in the moments to come, you may find yourself asking [i]why? Why did I die for the Dark Priestess this night? Why is the garden of Eden aflame?[/i]"[/color] Selene began, opening her villainous monologue. [color=CDC0CF]"I shall do you the honor of knowing for what purpose your deaths serve. Since time immemorial, I have been a predator, with the ones we call [i]homo sapiens[/i] as my prey. Their souls have sustained me for eons, enhancing my beauty and power and granting me immortality."[/color]

	[color=CDC0CF]"With the souls of [i]homo superior[/i], my fellow demigods, I shall not be merely immortal... I will ascend to true godhood - omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient! I have ensorcelled the minds of your Quiet Council through my ballad. Now, my dark coven, go out and do as your goddess commands - kill every mutant on this sacred island, so that way I may claim my divinity through devouring their immortal souls!"[/color] 

	Selene then broke out cackling, a good proper villainous laugh. [color=CDC0CF]"Oh, and [i]do[/i] try to escape - I adore playing with my food,"[/color] she added wickedly. 

	A hum filled the air, as a gigantic magnetic field surrounded the venue. Magneto and Polaris had combined their powers to construct it, the field so strong as to prevent anyone from leaving, even by teleportation or magical spells. And of course, no one would be able to come inside. 

	They were trapped, with twelve of the world's deadliest mutants gunning for their heads. The Quiet Council members were firmly under Selene's spell, and had been ordered to kill every mutant in sight. 

	Let the party begin. 

[color=f7941d]Mutant Underground Table - [/color]

	Everything Jack was talking about sounded completely and utterly insane to Casper - but then again, that seemed to be the norm for them. They were mutants with weird godlike powers, was being able to see and channel ghosts really that strange next to Jack being brought back to life? Hell, Casper had been part of resurrecting Ben not too long ago. There really was no reason for him to raise an eyebrow at what Jack was saying, even though it gave him chills - probably knowing that Sinister was involved. That man was bad news. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"Wait, James? You okay?"[/color] Casper asked, looking at his boyfriend with concern. Selene's performance had just hit its peak and suddenly, it was like James wasn't there - like he was under a spell. Casper gasped. [color=DBA1DE]"Omg omg omg, is she... is she really... no she can't be, she can't be actually singing the spell about putting someone under her spell from a movie where they use it to put people under a spell and then using it in the real world to put people under a spell?!"[/color] Casper said, completely freaking out. 

	Then, Selene gave her evil villain monologue, revealing that she had done just that - and that his poor, wonderful James was now under her control. 

	[color=DBA1DE]"James, snap out of it!"[/color] Casper said, before hurrying and pressing a kiss to James' lips. [color=DBA1DE]"C'mon, true love's kiss for the win?"[/color] he said hopefully. It did not break the spell. Some spells could be broken by true love - but not this one. 

	Of course, poor David was so freaked out by everything happening that another personality bubbled up to the surface, taking control. Legion was carrying himself now with much more self confidence, flicking a finger and sending poor James flying backwards via telekinesis, away from the table. "Name's Jack Wayne, you'll be thankin' me for that in a minute when he tries to kill ya," Legion said, nodding at Casper. 

	"Now, I don't know much about witches, but I do know that people tend ta burn 'em - anyone got any gasoline?" Legion asked. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"No, I left my gasoline at home - of course we don't have gasoline!"[/color] Sunshine snapped. Her heart was pounding furiously in her chest and she felt like crying. They had a place that was theirs, a place where they belonged and could be free and safe... and here was Selene, a mutant just like them, trying to kill them all and burn it all down to the ground. Sunshine felt incredibly angry, but more than that, she felt betrayed. They were supposed to all be working together here. 

	[color=#DAF7A6]"We do have alcohol - that's flammable, right, babes?"[/color] she asked Marrow. [color=#DAF7A6]"I have perfect aim, so I can hit her with a Molotov or ten. It'll destroy her - and the couture."[/color] She was very much deciding to ignore Selene's claims about being immortal. That had to be Selene bluffing - probably to try to keep people from trying to kill her. 

	"Very, babes," Marrow said, snapping off bone marrow daggers and tossing them to those in their group, so that way everyone had some sort of weapon. "Stabbing her in an artery ought to also do the trick."

	A small child then ran up to the table, screaming and crying. "Mama!!! Mama!!!!" the child wailed. 

[color=f7941d]Shi'Ar Bartender Set-Up[/color]

	Veil was about to tell Moneta that it was fine and not to worry about it - that spilling painful secrets was what parties and alcohol were for. However, as Selene got deeper into her song, the world gradually seemed to fade away. At first, it was like someone had shoved cotton balls in Veil's ears; then, it was like a filter had been slipped over everything, the world strangely sepia. And then, it was all too late. Veil was enchanted, held underneath Selene's spell. 

	Some small part of her must have been fighting the spell though, as Veil attempted to turn invisible and remained incredibly visible. But that in itself took almost all of her concentration. Veil turned to look at Max and extended her hand. She shaped a small force field around his head and slowly shrank it, making it smaller and smaller, putting pressure on his skull and suffocating him, threatening to burst him like a zit. 

	"Oh come ON!" Ben complained. "I come back from the dead and the first party I'm at, this shit happens? Fucking unbelievable, I hate it here," he muttered. Tentacles shot out of the pocket dimension in Ben's stomach, curling around Veil and squeezing tightly as he tried to choke her out. Her concentration faltered, forcing her to release Max, as Veil struggled to push against the tentacles to free herself.