[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/FKJKRczH/the-gifted-591b350cc9ba7.png[/img] [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 - 11:20 PM [/b][/color][/center][hr][center][h3][b][color=935DB8]Veil[/color] & [color=#DAF7A6]Sunshine[/color] & [color=DBA1DE]Casper[/color][/b][/h3][hr][hr][b]Location:[/b] the Carousel [/center][hr] The boundaries between one person and the next were blurred at first, until they collapsed entirely. The new singular entity, comprised of a murderer's row of mutants - Casper, Andy, and Max to ferry the souls, Veil to trap Selene, Sunshine, Spark Plug, and Jack to weaken Selene, James to boost the circuit, Zari to constantly repair and reinforce the acheron, Miranda to reinforce the acheron. Echo and Dazzler to turn sound into energy to power the circuit. Ben, Magneto, and Marrow to ensnare her, preventing Selene's escape. A single member missing and this circuit would not have worked - this magical and psychic gestalt would not have the power needed to stand against a god. The amalgam was a strange, bizarre being, pulsing with light, sound waves, and magnetism. Tentacles shot out from every surface, covered in bone spikes and laced with disease. Rather than having a face, the entity had a gigantic eye, the color of the universe. The entity was made up of more than just the sum of the powers of the individuals - it also was made up of their hopes and their dreams. Like the Phoenix Force itself, it was an ultimate expression of [i]light and life[/i] - and Selene, the Dark Priestess, the embodiment of [i]darkness and death[/i]. Selene's eyeballs almost seemed to throb in anger, rage, and [i]disbelief[/i]. [color=CDC0CF]"[i]What?![/i] No! This cannot be! The pesky little firebird isn't here, you shouldn't be able to defeat me! Not this!"[/color] Selene raged, before lunging forward, gigantic psychic fangs gleaming in her mouth as she went to do war with her cosmic equal. The entity spoke, not with a tongue or mouth, but with its mind. It spoke in a language unknown to man, one that only those wielding fundamental forces or concepts of the universe could understand. It said - [center][h3][b]⚗〠ൠᴥ௵ஔ∰ጃ෴ᅘ༽໒✺[/b][/h3][/center] Selene's means of escape were quickly eliminated by it. She was then pinned down and restrained, and subjected to an intense psychic and physical onslaught. The souls powering her were pulled away, diminishing her size and power with every second. The entity had her beaten, in body and in soul. The acheron was thrown, simultaneously assembling and reassembling itself in flight. It struck her body and Selene screamed as she was sucked inside of the device, a horrible banshee's wail... And then... And then... [i]Silence[/i]. The entity had vanquished its foe; light had triumphed under darkness. The glow of the moon illuminated the being and for a moment, it was the most powerful thing in the world, perhaps even the universe. A cloud passed over the moon, dimming its light - when the cloud was gone, allowing the scene to be illuminated, the entity was gone. Instead, the fifteen mutants were collapsed on the ground, forming a circle around the still acheron. All of them were nude, their clothing disintegrated or simply vanished during the spell. Casper, naturally, broke the hush. [color=DBA1DE]"That was... that was... That was intense shit!"[/color] he exclaimed. He then looked down, and realized he and everyone else present were naked. There was no blood or sweat or dirt on them, and any wounds they had had were healed. In the days and weeks to come, they'd learn during tests and examinations that they all had been put in the prime of their condition - for those like Miranda and Magneto, this meant an extended lifespan compared to what they might have had otherwise. For Casper, it meant some lessening of the abuse he had put his body through prior to his sobriety. For Jack, it meant the stain on his soul had been lifted, the corruption by the Darkhold eradicated. [color=935DB8]"...What are we going to do with this?"[/color] Veil asked, gently picking up the acheron. It was hard to imagine that it housed an immortal being, such a small little device. They couldn't kill Selene though. Someone would have to guard it with their life. She glanced at Andy. [color=935DB8]"Andy, if you want to keep her, guard her, prevent someone else from releasing her... I trust you,"[/color] Veil said, holding the acheron out to Andy. Selene was Andy's mother. Veil figured it was only right to offer that job to her. If she didn't want it though, Veil would gladly take it. [color=FF5733]"You need not be her keeper, if you do not wish it, Andy,"[/color] Magneto told his adopted daughter, his voice gentle but stern. [color=FF5733]"To think that the extinction of mutantkind would have come at the end of one of our own, had the strong not been able to prevent it..."[/color] Sunshine had gravitated over towards Marrow, holding onto her wife. Her heart was pounding and she could feel the trauma in her body. The fight was over, but the island had been more or less destroyed in the process. No one would be able to live on Genosha again. Maybe a mutant circuit would be able to restore it, to make it be like nothing had ever happened... but Sunshine didn't want that. It didn't sit right with her. The devastation here had happened. If it were up to her, this island would stay as a memorial to those they had lost, those who had suffered due to a world that hates and fears them. [color=#DAF7A6]"... Where do we go now?"[/color] Sunshine asked quietly. [color=FF5733]"The Quiet Council's emergency plans are to evacuate to the grounds of the former Massachusetts Academy,"[/color] Magneto explained. [color=FF5733]"Beyond that, I do not know... but I have a thought. Genosha was not built in a day. Mutantkind's next home will not be either."[/color] Magneto gazed upwards at the stars. Perhaps up there, mutants could be free. Perhaps next time, things would be better. For [i]he[/i] would be better.