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Harry Potter and the Alchemist's Quest - Discontinued

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Zelda Flynn

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Location: Compartment 13
Magic: N/A

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Zelda was not too sure what else to really say to Andre at the moment, considering the fact that Paige had left the compartment and thankfully seemed to be staying out of trouble she hoped. Listening somewhat to everything in the corridor, she heard footsteps and some voices coming closer as she then turned and glanced over at the doorway. It was probably a good idea for her to just accept the fact that she was going to run into her parents soon, since they likely were on the train now. That was definitely going to be an interesting conversation. As if the universe was laughing at her, her mother poked her head into the room to say hello.

"Hello mother," she mumbled somewhat, glancing over at Andre who said hello to her mother, as well as a different comment that caused her face to get really warm. Despite her attempts to stop it, it was obvious that she was blushing. Her face had gone completely red at this moment and she glanced away from them to try and hide it. Goose raced up to Bonnie and instantly started snuggling up to Bonnie purring. The little traitor! she thought to herself, before deciding to at the least introduce her mother to Andre properly. "Mum, this is my friend Andre..."

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Theresa Sparks and Frederick Flynn

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Location: Quinjet
Skills: N/A

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Sparky hadn't expected Raynor's reaction to be the best, however his reaction was a bit over the top in her mind. Almost like there was something else on his mind as opposed to just her getting the start of the symptoms. It was almost like he had given up on her living through this whole thing,, but she wasn't one to give up hope at all. She wanted to fight the Black Order for as long as she was able, she wasn't going to see about abandoning her team now. "Ray calm down a little bit... Take a few deep breaths okay?" she said softly to him, putting a hand on his shoulder in hopes he'll calm down.

Flynn raised a bit of an eyebrow at the chaos that seemed to be unfolding around him when he got back on board the Quinjet. First, it seemed that Sparky was going to talk to Raynor about something, and whatever it was he had no idea. However, based on Raynor's reaction to blast light at Oliver, he had a pretty good idea. Sparky had to have gotten M-Pox from that few seconds exposure that Oliver had caused. He didn't think Raynor was really over reacting. If something like that had happened to Bonnie (if she had been a mutant or something) he'd probably have burned Oliver at the stake right then and there.

"Okay, look, Oliver screwed up, and you all can beat the crap out of him later. So right now, we have other things to deal with... Like you know... Saving the world so we don't all die? Or that not everyone down there gets killed and Earth doesn't get wiped out like Attilan was. So how about we just get on with the mission... It's her choice if she wants to go on the mission or not," Flynn commented with a bit of a shrug towards everyone. He took a seat on the Quinjet, just waiting to see what would happen.

She let out a bit of a sigh, but she was grateful for Tempest coming over to her to see what she could do with her powers to deal with the symptoms. Hearing the words that it seemed to have mutated caused her to frown. That was more then a bit strange, and she had no idea what to even really think about that. "Thank you Tempest," she said, giving her a smile before she turned to look over at everyone else. "Look... I plan on helping out with this mission for as long as possible. I don't want to go to the hospital, since I'm still capable of doing things, so I'm going with you all to Cardiff." she said firmly, glancing over at Raynor to see what he'd say or do.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Jack Theriot

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ - Outside
Skills N/A

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"That's just it Casper, when I think about it, it makes so much more sense. I mean seriously, would it really be all that surprising if it was true? Not to mention the fact that I actually do know for a fact that it's true. Look can we just stop talking about this already Casper? I only mentioned it since I felt like you probably should know," he said, looking over at him. It was still clear that Jack was definitely stressing out over the entire situation.

“....Okay Jackie,” Casper said, pulling him in for a hug.

Jack was a little surprised at Casper pulling him in for a hug, but he returned it anyway. "It's fine Casper, don't worry about it. Our family isn't exactly a typical one, so don't worry about it. I'm fine, no one did end up actually dying because of my father, so there's something... But yeah no... We've got a lot of other things to do, and potentially deal with. Everything revolving around my dad, that's not something that is really worrisome right now. Well, I mean... It's not like I can change it or anything."

“You know what’ll make you feel better though? Donuts and rum. Or rum and donuts. Or donuts with rum filling.”

"...I wasn't planning on drinking any alcohol Casper. I was wanting to just go to a coffee shop or something and get some coffee or whatever. Not sure if I should be concerned or not that your first thought was to go get rum."

“Would you have rather I suggest heroin?”

"Hell no! Can you please just not joke about that sort of thing Casper okay?"

“What if I’m not joking?” Casper asked.

Jack let out a sigh, shaking his head slightly. "Just don't okay? Cause right now, if I'm being honest, part of my brain would totally take you up on that sort of offer. So please, don't even joke about that..."

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Sapphire

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ - Entranceway -> Upstairs
Skills N/A

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Sapphire was more curious than anything about Cyclops walking into the medical area to see his brother, and how Havok would feel about seeing his brother. She knew that it had been a little while since they had seen each other, and she knew for a fact that it would be an interesting interaction. Reaching the upstairs area, she snickered slightly hearing Cyclops call Havok his "little brother" and Havok more or less protesting to the idea. She totally was going to tease him about that sort of thing later. It would be a missed opportunity if she didn't!

Hearing Sunshine explain what happened to Havok, she figured that she might as well play off on it and crack a joke or something about it. "Oh, it was nothing, Havok just annoyed me horribly and I decided to use him for target practice. But is it really that surprising?" Sapphire said with a laugh, before turning to look over at James who questioned why Cyclops was there in the first place. "He came by with Xavier who is downstairs talking with Veil and everyone else right now."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: The Next Age of Heroes Ω Officially Done

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Marygold Isley

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Location: Flying Ship
Skills: N/A

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"I know that this mission isn't exactly ideal," she said to Leda, shaking her head slightly. However, hearing her comment about marijuana caused her to laugh slightly. "Not sure if you should be smoking a joint at all Leda, however if I feel like everyone really needs to calm down for whatever reason, then I'll see what I can do about that," she said with more of a laugh as she smiled at her friend. The idea of everyone getting high as a kite was hilarious to think about, but not very realistic.

She was all for the tour though, and she followed along with the others to see what all was on the ship. It definitely was a lot bigger then she would have thought, and she was more then happy at the thought of having a room to herself. It would be nice to be alone every once in a while, away from others, that was something to make this journey a little bit better in her mind. "Having a room to myself definitely sounds nice... Think I'll go see about finding one too," Mary commented before she wandered off slightly to see about picking out a cabin.

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Jason Gauger

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Flying Ship
Skills: N/A

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He still wasn't all too sure what to think about the ship that he was now standing on. Everyone started walking around to go on the tour, so he followed along after everyone else, glad that they were going to hurry up and hopefully get this over with. He wasn't even really sure why he had even volunteered for this sort of thing when he hadn't really been at the camp all that long. Oh well, there was no point in backing out of it now, he had said he was going to do it, and he meant to follow through with it. Just he wasn't all too sure what to do about the people around him who seemed more then a little bit strange.

Jason glanced around the armory when they came to it, more then a little glad that they seemed to have a decent sized one that had several different things in it. Sure, he might be somewhat new to this, but the one thing he was decently good at was fighting, despite not having all too much training in that field with the campers. Or the sort of training that they typically had for demigods, but he was all for being able to pick up a sword or something if he wanted to. The ship was definitely something, that was for sure, and everyone else seemed all for it, even if one of the people seemed a little down or annoyed almost by certain things. It was Leda, the girl who had been against Janelle going on the quest and all. He agreed with her on that point earlier, just not really saying it out loud.

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Janelle Gauger

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Location: Camp Half-Blood - Camp Van
Skills: N/A

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"...That certainly sounds like an interesting sort of thing... Though I typically never used any sort of video chat thing... Phones made more sense to me... Since I mean... I can't typically see a screen or whatever, but that definitely sounds like an interesting sort of way to communicate with others if need be," she said with a small laugh, since partially in her mind the prayer or whatever that Kristin had said or whatever sounded a bit ridiculous. However, she figured that prayers or whatever was more common with the demigods then they were with normal people. So it was something she'd have to get used to.

Hearing Zeke's voice, she turned towards the sound of his voice when he mentioned what the drachma was, and was glad that he described more or less what drachmas were and how they worked for demigods. She hadn't really heard about the coins, but now she knew for the most part how to use the new bit of currency that she had with her. When she felt the car stop and the door opened, she moved to get out of the car, pulling her cane out so that she could more easily navigate the streets of the city, and she got out of the car, hearing Kristin's words. "...So monsters are a common occurrence and what not in reality, that is definitely good to know. I'll try not to wander off or away from you two," she said with a small smile.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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@Morose@Nallore@FantasyChic@KazAlkemi@Framing A Moose@Natsu

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Marygold Isley

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Location: Galactus' Ship - Central Room
Skills: Chlorokinesis

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"Are you sure you're okay?" Pietro asked Guin again, still fairly concerned as to what had just happened to her. Luckily for Guin though, the melting feeling in her head seemed to go away as quickly as it came, it would be apparent that it likely was from her attempt to switch bodies with the Silver Surfer. Pietro however was not going to stand by and let the Surfer hurt anyone really, and he instantly charged straight at the Surfer, clearly pissed off.

"Pietro wait!" Mary called after him, since from what she could tell, it was going to take a lot in order to knock the Silver Surfer down considering how much people had been pounding on him already, and she seriously doubted that he'd be able to be taken down no matter how hard Pietro punched him.

The speedster didn't seem to hear her though, as he jumped up and slammed his fist with a loud boom straight into the Silver Surfer's face. The silver man seemed to recoil backwards, but that was about it. "You should have stayed on Earth to be with your family members and loved ones in your planet's final hours," the Silver Surfer said, almost with a hint of sadness to his words, as he turned to look over at Pietro now. "Apologies for this," he added, before Pietro essentially was frozen in place of sorts as his feet seemed to have been encased in rock or something. However Pietro could tell that it wasn't encased, nope, instead his feet actually were shifted into stone, preventing him from moving.

"Okay, that is so not fair!"

"I tried to warn you..." Mary muttered as she sent vines flying at the Silver Surfer, however in response he ended up sending a blast of energy at her, burning the vines entirely and throwing her backwards.

"I told you... You should not be here... And you should leave while you still can... Galactus can not be stopped... Not really. Give up now."

Mary hit the ground fairly hard, her head was spinning and she got up off the ground, stumbling slightly. "Okay, I'm more then annoyed with this guy," she snapped, before a large, black vine covered in thorns appeared out of nowhere almost near her, and she glared in the Silver Surfer's direction now. "How about you get the hell out of our way."

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Lance Banner

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Location: Galactus' Ship - Central Room
Skills: Light Manipulation

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Lance wasn't all too sure what to really do at this point. People were trying to take down the Surfer, but it didn't seem to be working all too well. There had to be a way to fight him more easily, and his mind was racing to try and come up with something. His powers were typically energy blasts, or were considered that anyway, which based on what he was seeing meant that he probably wasn't going to be all too effect at fighting the Surfer. This really needed to not be a problem, but that's just it. You couldn't just blast away at him with light, so he needed to do something else instead.

Meanwhile, Thor threw his hammer towards the cage that housed the Nullifier, however it didn't seem to do much damage to the thing. Once the hammer rebounded and returned to him, he instantly charged lightning and sent a blast at the Silver Surfer. The lightning only seemed to confirm what Lance was thinking about energy blasts not really helping things, as it didn't even really seemed to phase the Surfer. It seemed more or less that he was absorbing it as opposed to actually taking damage from it.

"We need to try something else..." he muttered under his breath, still trying to think before another thought came to him. What would happen if he Hulked out? He wasn't sure that he'd be able to control it, but maybe it would distract the Silver Surfer long enough for them to be able to get the Nullifier out of where it was locked up. If he shifted back, he shifted back, if not then they'd have to see what would happen, but right now, they needed to do something.

"Hey Surfer!" Lance called out, moving from his hiding place as he sent a blast of light slamming into the silver man, but once again it only seemed to absorb the energy. In response, the Silver Surfer sent a blast of energy into Lance, knocking him into a wall with a loud crack. Now Lance was really starting to wish he still had one of the suits, but now his vision was starting to blur as his skin slowly started to shift to green as he managed to stand up off of the ground.

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Mirembe Adebayo

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Location: Galactus' Ship - Central Room
Skills: Hacking

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Mira looked over at Neil when he caused the alarm to start blaring and the Nullifier to become enclosed in a casing of sorts. "I don't recognize that metal... But I don't know if just blasting it will work at getting it open," she said, shaking her head at the others as she moved to the nearest console and started to mess with it. Unfortunately, most of the keys and such was in a different language, but considering the fact that English wasn't even her first language really, it made for an interesting challenge. Now if only she could actually read what actually was on the screen.

Looking at the different keys and symbols, she took a deep breath as she pushed a button that caused a holographic display of sorts to suddenly pop up above the console. It appeared to be a diagram of the room that they were in at the moment, with certain consoles blinking red to indicate the consoles that Allison and Sara had ripped up. "Okay, now all I need to do is figure out which console to go to to disarm the alarm, or if I'm lucky it'll be this console. Worst case scenario they just destroyed the consoles to disarm the security system..."

The Silver Surfer wasn't done with everything yet though, as he instantly sent a blast of energy slamming into Allison, and another one right into Sara. They both would get a few burns on their bodies, even through the suits that they were wearing, and both would have some pretty bad headaches. "You all should just stop... You can't really win."

That struck a chord with Mira, as she had been told similar things to that for most of her life back home. However, she couldn't stop to think about that sort of thing, as she kept staring at the console in front of her. "...Okay, where the hell is the security system..." she mumbled, before tapping one of the consoles that were on the screen to see if it could help her, but unfortunately it didn't really do much. "Alright, we've got to find a way to actually shut that security system, since odds are that we aren't going to be able to just punch our way through."

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Jack Gold

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Location: Oak Park
Skills: N/A

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Jack got into the passenger seat of the car and just listened to Megan's words as she spoke fully of what exactly happened at the park. There wasn't much else he could really do at the moment, as he just sat back, thinking about her words. There was a lot that was racing through his head as he tried to think about how to potentially explain what it was that she was describing in a rational way. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to come up with a logical explanation. How do you explain someone teleporting? You can't unless the guy had some device that was super advanced that could do it, but that probably wasn't likely.

"...I guess if there isn't any other explanation it is entirely possible... And the only way we'll find out is by heading there. I'll tag along with you Meg, I'm more then a little bit curious as to what's going on, and what the hell even happened at the park. We'll figure this out one way or the other, and we'll find the truth, okay?" he said to her, giving her a smile before he glanced back out the window. "Wonder what he knows about us..."

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Rosalia Rider

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Location: The Streets
Skills: N/A

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"Eh, the ground isn't that bad you know. It's only bad after it's rained or something like that, then it is really cold and uncomfortable. But I understand the need for a chair," she said with a slight shrug as she leaned up against the dumpster now, petting the small puppy that she was still happily holding in her arms. This girl certainly was a bit weird in her mind. "Eh, I only have a small place, gotta steal stuff to keep myself off the streets you know. It's small but eh, it works and is better then hanging around on the streets all day. Was done with that sort of thing years ago."

Rosalia raised an eyebrow when she heard about that girl who annoyed her to no end from earlier. "Why the hell would I care about what's going on with her? She's a rich prick who if she's dead in my opinion deserved it." The smell from the dumpster was not the best, and the girl there didn't smell the best either, and a thought crossed her mind, and she figured she might as well. The girl was a lot like herself, even though she hated to admit it. "Hey listen, if you have no where to go, you can come to my apartment if you want an actual shower, though you might have to settle for crashing on the floor if you wanted to. Don't have to but you can if you want to."

The Uncanny X-Babies - Concluded

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@Nallore@FantasyChic@Morose@Skai

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Demetria Clarke and Andrew Rossi

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Location: Unknown
Skills: Cryokinesis, Ice Attacks, Mechanical Engineering

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"I'm fine! And would you stop it with zapping me and whatnot? I know what I'm doing whether you think that or not! Seriously, stop freaking out or whatever!" Andrew said, sounding more then a little bit annoyed with Watts at this point. The fact that the guy seemed to not trust any sort of thing that he did, and it was starting to get somewhat annoying at this point. How the hell could anyone stand to be around this guy at all? Seriously why was he even with the others since it sounded like he didn't get along with people.

Then of course, came the explosion of sorts that slammed into him, knocking him down to the ground. Watts lucked out somewhat, as the ice that Sapphire had hit him with didn't seem to be slowing him down at all, and he got a few burns from the explosion that healed fairly quickly, and the injury from the ice was a little slower, but was almost healed. Sometimes it paid to be a speedster clearly. Unfortunately, Andrew wasn't that lucky as he slammed into the ground, having been hit by the full force of the explosion. His suit instantly started sparking like crazy from the impact, and there seemed to be a small fire of sorts that was sparking on his arm again, which he instantly set to work trying to put out, blowing on the small flame before it eventually puttered out. "...Fires and sparks, never a good thing like when the splicer blew up," he muttered somewhat, not even paying attention to what he was saying before he turned to look at Elara who had raced over to them. "Oh, I'm fine, don't worry... Just a few burns and what not, pretty sure my suit isn't going to blow up yet so that's something..." he said as he stood up off the ground, accepting Elara's help.

"Okay, definitely getting a bit annoyed by the fact that this guy," Sapphire said with an eye roll, glaring more or less towards Longshot who was getting up off of the ground, though it was obvious that he was a little unsteady on his feet, but he was up fairly quickly. He had a watch or something on his wrist that he instantly started messing with for a moment, but who knows what it was that he called or something, as he instantly sent more shurikens flying at the group. One sliced through Sapphire causing her to stumble back as it embedded itself into her shoulder. "Beep..." she muttered under her breath as her words were censored.

Another shuriken hit Elara's shoulder, but any further to her right and it would have hit her neck and probably would have decapitated her. Casey got one embedded in her leg, and Arthur took one to the right shoulder. The shurikens were really starting to get on Sapphire's nerves, but that wasn't the only trick up his sleeve it seemed, as he pulled out a gun of sorts and fired a shot straight at Belladonna, it seemed to be an energy blaster of sorts as the blast slammed into her stomach, causing burns on her stomach, which would be somewhat painful for her.

"Okay, no more playing nice," she muttered as she sent ice flying at him. Her first ice daggers just missed him entirely, and hit the ground behind him. Sapphire's next shot however was a dead on bulls-eye of sorts, and slammed straight into his shoulder, knocking him backwards again. "You really should learn how to stand down!"

"Nah, that wouldn't be any fun now would it?" he responded with a bit of a laugh, standing up and yanking the dagger out, it bled for a moment before it clearly started healing.

"...You have got to be kidding me, he has regenerative healing too????"

Agents of SHIELD - Concluded

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Theresa Sparks and Frederick Flynn

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Location: the Palace
Skills: N/A

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Flynn's eyes went a little wide when Cass and Bonnie disappeared with the freaking dog and the girl who shot them from the sky. That was not okay in his mind. It took a moment for him to grasp where exactly they went, and he was still not too thrilled at the fact that they had just transported them somewhere without really telling them all too much as to where they went. After all, the group getting split up in any sort of capacity was never a good thing, ever. That was literally the one thing you never really wanted to do, so this was going to be interesting.

He managed to bite back a few other words he wanted to snap at Medusa about the entire situation. However, he managed to stop himself from saying anything insane or stupid considering the fact that at this point it didn't seem to be worth the breath. Especially considering the fact that he knew that it was very hard to get anyone like that to change at all. Flynn followed along after the others towards the quinjet, listening more then anything to what Tinley was saying, since that was distracting him somewhat from the question in his mind as to what the hell was even really going on with Cass and Bonnie on Earth.

Sparky wasn't too sure what to even really think regarding everyone snapping and arguing somewhat around her about what the hell seemed to be going on. They had to deal with the Black Order, since if they didn't Earth likely would end up as battered as Attilan was. She was kind of glad that Tinley seemed to not like the idea of sticking around on Attilan. Raynor didn't seem all too thrilled to even be on the moon or in the Inhuman city or whatever and seemed like he was hell bent on leaving, not really to go after the Black Order or anything, but to just leave.

That caused another thought to resurface in her mind as she followed the others towards the Quinjet, and she glanced down at her hands somewhat, and figured that it was better to admit something as opposed to hiding it and them figuring it out later. Taking a deep breath, she raced to catch up to Raynor, and walked along next to him. "Uh... Hey Ray? There is something I need to tell you..." she said softly, looking at him. "...I'd show you but the problem is that the terrigen mists are bad... But I'm starting to have the first signs of M-Pox..." she told him, keeping somewhat quiet so that he was the only one who'd really be able to hear her.

Harry Potter and the Alchemist's Quest - Discontinued

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Zelda Flynn

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Location: Compartment 13
Magic: N/A

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Zelda wasn't entirely sure immediately as to where Paige wandered off too, however listening for a moment she heard Paige's voice coming from a nearby compartment, and it sounded like she was talking to Barnaby. Alright, if she was in a compartment then at least she (hopefully) would be staying out of trouble. That's just what they needed, was her managing to get in trouble and start off the school year with a detention. That would have been somewhat funny, but she also knew that it probably wasn't the best thing in the world for her to be doing all things considering. Well, at least for the moment she didn't have to worry about Paige causing any sort of trouble, so with that last thought, she slipped back into her original compartment and sat down, dismissing the charm that she had cast only a few minutes ago.

She shrugged slightly towards Andre, "Well she's now gone off into a different compartment, so at least for the moment she's going to be staying out of trouble... I hope anyway..." she said with a shrug towards him as Goose instantly jumped up onto her lap, starting to purr again like crazy. Zelda sat there, petting her cat gently, just more or less waiting to see if the Aurors showed up at their compartment soon. She mainly just wanted to get this sort of thing over with, as she didn't want to have to deal with her parents being on the train any longer then possible.

The Uncanny X-Babies - Concluded

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@Nallore@FantasyChic@Morose@Skai

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Demetria Clarke and Andrew Rossi

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Location: Unknown
Skills: Cryokinesis, Ice Attacks, Mechanical Engineering

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"You want to know the honest truth?" Sapphire asked Arthur as she turned to look at him when he questioned Watts somewhat. "The answer is a definite yes, he's always like this, and you get used to it after a while and learn to more or less tune him out until he actually says something intelligent that isn't insulting everyone else around him. You'd think with his brains he'd be able to come up with better insults or better ways to essentially try and prove that he's better then everyone else," Sapphire said with a shrug, before turning back to look at the robot that fell to the ground. "Okay, going to be blunt, does this guy have 9 lives or something? Since he should not have landed that nicely on the ground without getting crushed by that robot!"

Andrew shrugged slightly at Elara's words, before he seemed to think about something, a confused expression appearing on his face. "...I don't think Watts cared much for me messing around with things in the lab..." he said, before he stumbled backwards slightly from a sudden headache that came out of nowhere. It wasn't something he had been expecting, and what he said to Elara he wasn't even sure whether it was true, or why he had said it. Things were just getting way too confusing in his mind, that much was obvious.

"I think we should have less talking and more dealing with the guy who wasn't crushed by the robot like he should have been!" Sapphire said, Longshot seemed to more or less be unharmed aside from the knife that Evelyn had managed to hit him with. She instantly threw another group of ice daggers at him, but then something seemed to happen as the daggers suddenly seemed to almost swerve around Longshot and headed straight for someone else, Watts. Unfortunately for him, the ice came too quickly for him to be able to dodge it as one of the daggers went straight into his left leg, and it was now stuck there. "Sorry Watts!" Sapphire called out to him, not all too sure what else to say regarding the whole thing.

Longshot didn't really say anything to the group, smirking slightly at the group before he pulled out a few shurikens out of a belt pouch that he had, and instantly started throwing them. One of the weapons curved around and just barely missed Arthur's head, literally just passing by his ear. Another one would slice into Evelyn's left shoulder, and one more would hit Elara in the leg, cutting into her. The last one seemed to be going rather fast and it slammed into Andrew's arm, managing to cut into his suit, which was now starting to spark as it seemed like Longshot might have hit something important.

"...This is probably not the best situation of sorts to be in," Andrew muttered under his breath, before he started messing with the sleeve of his suit to try and get it to stop sparking. After a few moments, he managed to get it to stop sparking so much, after essentially blowing out a small fire that had seemingly started on the suit and he shook his arm to try to get it to stop even more. "Sparks are never a good thing."