KazAlkemi

🌠 Once Upon A Time 🌠(Concluded)

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Cassiopeia Hood

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Location: Oak Park ---> Apartment -- Wichita, Kansas
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Cassiopeia smirked at the boys and shook her head. That Matthew, curly haired one was definitely weird but then again, was talking about meeting all the characters from Disney really that weird, since apparently they were all real. Cassiopeia waved them off before she settled into the passenger seat and shut her eyes, enjoying some silence before they got to their apartment and reality.
Cassiopeia crawled out of the car and caught the car keys from her sister before shoving them back into her pocket and snorted. ”Not like I had much of a choice. You did steal them from me,” she reminded her sister. They got to their room and Cassiopeia closed the door. Her cat, Arty was sitting on the counter, tail swishing back and forth as he watched his owners enter. Cassiopeia walked over and scratched Arty between the ears before she heard Layla. ”Ya, I’ll grab them,” she said.
She walked over to the closet and pulled out the cat carrier, along with a couple jackets and set them to the side before going into her room to pack up a duffle bag. ”We’ll have to grab our camping stuff from the storage room,” Cassiopeia noted as she packed clothes and tried to decide if she wanted anything else from her room.

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Willow Jones

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Location: Willow’s House
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Willow sighed and hung her head back as Annie refused to believe in the magic. It was hard to convince someone who hadn’t seen what she had. She looked back at Annie and frowned when she mentioned meeting a Merlin who wasn’t such a good guy. ”No, he didn’t do anything like that. Well, apparently he was the one who burned those two people but he didn’t do anything to us,” Willow quickly said. ”He didn’t give us anything either, just a business type card and where to meet him. He wants a bunch of us to go to this Arcadia place and help our real parents. Look, I didn’t think I was adopted but it turns out I am, so how is this any worse than that? I was there Annie, I know what I saw. Even if it was crazy,” Willow noted.
Her mother returned and she breathed in the sweet aroma of pancakes and the maple scent of sausages. ”Thanks mom, this looks amazing.” She walked over and accepted the plate from her mother and kissed her cheek in thanks before Willow walked over and sat on the floor in front of her bed to eat. ”You should have something,” Willow encouraged Annie.
Willow shifted her plate when she noticed her phone chime again and took it out to reply to Sierra.

”Ya, maybe. Let me know when you guys head that way.”

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Stolen Muse (Nallore, Morose & KazAlkemi) Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Truck -- The Road
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"Then we're dead," Ezekiel said seriously. Just because he couldn't sing, didn't mean he wasn't musically inclined. Besides, there were better art forms than just making music with your voice. He looked at the window, watching the rainbow form before he fished in his pack for a couple drachma and handed them over. "Let him know where we are headed as well, just encase," Ezekiel said.
He didn't like to think things would go badly but if they did, he knew his mother would at least appreciate having his body brought back home if at all possible. Ezekiel always found it annoying that technology outside of camp was a death sentence. They had a bloody tech tent in camp for crying out loud. Seemed a bit redundant but Ezekiel still kept with his iPod outside of camp. It wasn't connected to the internet to it didn't exactly let out a frequency of any kind.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Antoinette McCarthy

Location: Outside Hospital ---> Block from Hospital -- New York City, New York
Skills: Enhanced Intuition

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Antoinette jumped when a creature seemed to be coming out of Dr. Strange’s stomach and he merely pulled him back in. She blinked a few times as he finished talking to her. ”Right… she said. Nothing should surprise Antoinette, with the things she had seen since being a part of the X-Men but there was a certain shock value that came with the job that no one could really prepare for. The only ones she could see not reacting to Dr. Stranges’ friend would maybe be the other Avengers.
Antoinette turned around and scanned the area around her looking for any civilians and what the best route to get them to safety would be. She determined that the best route would be down a nearby street to a subway she remembered passing. It wouldn’t be street level, which was ideal but being underground had its own risks. Still, Antoinette saw nine civilians near her and immediately moved towards them, ensuring her face shield was down so they saw her clearly and she started to urge them away from the fighting and to follow her to the subway a block away.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Luna Braddock - Glimpse

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- First Floor: Training Room -- Washington D.C.
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Luna hadn’t noticed much of a temperature drop in the room when she had first entered. The weather difference in Britain compared to here was on the chiller side so she never minded the cold much. She did notice it now as it seemed to drop drastically and she could see her breath. Luna shifted, worried the heat had shut off and was about to leave until she heard Sapphire freaking out but couldn’t see her. Instinctively, Luna started to reach out with her mind, on guard but quickly pulled back and shut her eyes for a moment. Veil was in control it seemed and knew Sapphire was here so Veil was probably keeping Sapphire invisible. Relax Braddock, Luna chastised herself mentally.
She watched Sapphire come back into existence, opting to remain in the room with them rather than go off with Spark Plug and Sunshine. Luna had found Sunshine’s comment amusing since she was from a well off family, considered royalty of her own and yet her name made no indication towards that. She focused back on Veil and Sapphire. ”Did I hear that Scarlet Witch rewrote reality?” Luna didn’t mean to pry but it was kind of hard not to and with how Sapphire was reacting, there was no way she was blowing smoke. ”That would explain Cayden saying Casper was at Magneto’s Palace,” Luna noted. So why did Sapphire and some of the others remember this reality but not her.

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Cayden Proudstar - Moonwalker

Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- Hallways back to Training Room -- Washington D.C.
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Cayden chuckled at Casper’s surprise and nodded. ”You are part of the team Cas. It isn’t that weird she wants to talk to you,” he said and clasped his shoulder. ”I did also kind of mention what you yelled at me before you took off to find your brother… Then she sent me to come find you but it seems you, James and Jack all know something,” he noted. He looked at the three of them before Jack left.
He looked at Waverly still holding the dead rat and twisted his mouth. ”Ya, maybe you should put that down,” he noted. They had all been seeming to talk about Max as well and chocolate cake and the dead rat. Cayden’s eyebrows furrowed with confusion that didn’t cease as they all started to move off. That was maddeningly unhelpful but at least they were heading down to go and talk to Veil. Maybe all would be explained then. ”Oh, it’s the eighteenth, of December,” Cayden offered up helpfully when James asked what day it was.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Stolen Muse (Nallore, Morose & KazAlkemi) Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Truck -- The Road
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Ezekiel settled into the backseat, putting in one headphone and smirked at Leda's comment. "I don't sing and I left my guitar back at camp," he said and switched notebooks as they headed out onto the highway. With drives like these he tended to be on edge a bit. You never knew what you would come across and so he liked to keep his hands and mind busy. He started going over the poem he had started yesterday, already making some changes and tweaks to it while Leda drove.
"You could, or one of us could text Rosie just as easily and that allows you not be distracted driving," Ezekiel noted. Ezekiel didn't have a cell phone, which proved difficult in times like these and he wasn't around an internet connection so he couldn't message Rosie that way or he would with his iPod. He glanced at the girls while Leda drove and shook his head a little before resuming his work. What a trio they made. They knew each other, as one pretty much knows everyone at camp but they weren't friends but they knew enough about each other to harass the other. Ezekiel wondered if that was why the three of them were picked. They annoyed each other enough to keep the other on their toes and alert.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Stolen Muse (Nallore, Morose & KazAlkemi) Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Motel 6 --> Truck -- Greensboro, North Carolina
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Ezekiel nodded in agreement with Leda. Trap or not, it would be a good starting point for them and if he did move Calliope, Ezekiel would try his best to track them down. He shouldered his pack and followed Leda from the motel room. "Ya, maybe I will later on," Ezekiel said, referring to taking a nap later on. He had been around Leda enough to understand some of her British slang terms.
He crawled back into the back of the truck once Leda unlocked the doors and slipped out his notebook and went over what medicines and herbs he had again, just wanting to keep a concise tally on everything. "If we stop outside Houston then at least Leda can get some sleep before we go in there full force," he noted. If they stopped outside Houston then at least they could get their barrings a bit better and look up where this Backdoor Comedy was so they weren't driving around aimlessly. Granted, they had Leda's compass but it wouldn't surprise Ezekiel if it magically stopped working once they got to Houston. The gods loved their entertainment, and the demi-gods, their own children, were a great form of entertainment.

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Stolen Muse (Nallore, Morose & KazAlkemi) Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Motel 6 -- Greensboro, North Carolina
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Ezekiel woke shortly after the dream as well, hearing people move about the hotel room and then Leda greeting him. He stretched out on the futon and there were a few responding joint cracks. The sleep hadn't be the most comfortable but he had at least slept through the entire night so that was something. Hopefully they would make it to Texas today and then they could get down to business.
Ezekiel stood up once Leda emerged from the bathroom, announcing the shower was free and went to do the same. He brought his pack with him so he could change his shirt and jumped into the shower. He stole an extra couple minutes under the hot water before shutting it off and readied for the final leg to Texas.
As he readied, he thought back on the dream. It was no surprise to Ezekiel that Marsyas was trying to embarrass Apollo. All the gods, as far as Ezekiel was concerned, were far more worried about image and how they saw themselves than the well being of anyone else. Of course there were a rare few that cared about more than just the skin on their neck but those gods tended to be punished. It was sick. However, at least there was an advantage to the dream they had last night other than learning about the gods self-centered attitudes, Ezekiel had seen a name of a location in the dream.
He walked out of the bathroom, tucking his beanie away in his pack so his hair could dry and looked at the girls. "So, I saw a name on wall of the building Marsyas was holding Calliope in, Backdoor Comedy. If he keeps her in the same location, even though he saw us, we might have a shot. Or we could walk into a trap."

Ω Heroes of Olympus: the Stolen Muse (Nallore, Morose & KazAlkemi) Ω

Ezekiel Kel

Location: Motel 6 -- Greensboro, North Carolina
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Ezekiel shrugged, trying to seem indifferent to them telling him to come spend the night in the hotel. It would understand if they didn't, he didn't have the US currency to pay them back but he was grateful they at least cared for his health and safety. If only because he could keep them alive. "Thanks," he said and shoved his notebook into his pack before he grabbed it and headed inside with them.
It was a cheaper motel but still decent and Ezekiel was fine with that. They walked in and Leda immediately claimed one bed and passed out. Ezekiel smirked and leaned over to Kristin. "How quickly do you think she'll have Ultraviolet at my throat if I crawled in with her," he joked and tossed his bag onto the futon. "I'll pay you back when we're in camp," he declared before he went to the bathroom.
After he washed up for the night, he walked back out to the futon and fished out his poetry book to finish writing. "We should leave early. We need as much time as we can get with finding Calliope," he noted. He went back to his writing. He was nearly done with the short poem and wanted to complete it before the inspiration left him. It was fleeting after all, as with any god given gift. Ezekiel yawned as he finished and slid the book away before he yawned and stretched and laid down to let sleep claim him.

The Gifted - Concluded

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Luna Braddock - Glimpse

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Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- First Floor: Training Room -- Washington D.C.
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Luna watched Cayden walk into the room and head over to Veil, going on about some barmy talk of Magneto’s Palace and Casper having been there. Luna didn’t quite trust Casper, he seemed too much of a loose cannon but of course Luna couldn’t say much. Her opinions were scrutinized enough as it was. She crossed her arms and waited out Cayden appealing to Veil’s gentle side before Veil informed them that they had gotten word of a mission involving the Hellfire Club.
Before she could ask the specifics, Cayden requested a high five. Luna hesitated a moment but gave into the boy’s request. Cayden was a good kid, he was a good balance for the Underground she thought. As she watched him go to find Casper, her mind wandered a bit to Casper’s other half James. Normally he was up bright and early but she hadn’t seen him today yet.
After that, Spark Plug came in and gave them more information. ”A little shopping perhaps,” she noted. ”If the Hellfire Club is involved, perhaps they are trying to recruit this innocent. There is an obvious connection there, especially with Jinx in the vicinity. He has known ties with the Brotherhood and Casper’s new friend Magneto. That is, if Casper’s tale of being at Magneto’s place is valid.” The only thing was, Leighton, or the Ice Queen as she was calling herself, was there and she was team Hellfire now. If they went in there, would she hand the innocent over or would there be a fight.

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Cayden Proudstar - Moonwalker

Location: Mutant Underground HQ -- First Floor: Training Room ---> Second Floor Hallway -- Washington D.C.
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Cayden took his orders from her in stride and rocked back on his heels. ”Well if you are certain you are alright,” he said and stood back up after squeezing her foot. His face split into a grin when Veil talked about a mission, it didn’t matter that she said Hellfire club, all he heard was mission. ”If you need a hand with that as well, let me know.” Cayden was always eager to go out and help in any way he could.
He turned around and held his palm up to Luna for a high five, she eyed him but returned the high five. Cayden grinned and headed out of the training room and back out to find Casper. ”Hey Cas!” Cayden called out as he looked from room to room. He did say something about his brother so maybe he went to go find Jack.
Cayden had always found Casper’s name entertaining. It was like Casper the friendly ghost, although Casper didn’t seem to like seeing the dead so much. Cayden was rather used to the concept of death and the spirit world. There had always been a lot of talk back home with his grandmother. The dead were powerful and Cayden didn't necessarily fear death but he did have a healthy respect and wariness for it.
Cayden came across Jack, Casper, James and Waverley and smiled brightly at all of them. "Hey guys! Cas, Veil wants to talk to you. Also, apparently there is some mission with the Hellfire club going on," he added.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Antoinette McCarthy

Location: Hospital -- New York City, New York
Skills: Enhanced Intuition

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It was mostly a lonely wait in the hospital, leaving Antoinette to pace back and forth, giving rushing nurses and doctors room as they ran past her while she waited for news on Mirembe. Part of her thought she should have gone off and helped Carolina but she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was supposed to be here. If only she knew for what reason. She watched the doors where they had taken Mirembe through so she didn’t notice anything until she heard screaming and shouting.
Antoinette turned her head in time to watch people running before a car came through one of the walls of the hospital. Antoinette dropped to the ground, covering her head from the debris and shielding her face from the dust that followed. She did not need another head injury today. She was stabilized herself and didn’t particularly like the earlier headaches.
With one last look back at the doors, Antoinette made for the new opening in the wall that led her outside the hospital. As she walked, she checked on passing people who had scattered, just to make sure they were okay. There wasn’t a whole lot medically Antoinette could do but another pair of hands in a crisis was always welcomed she thought.
As she stepped out, her blue eye started to glow as she scanned the chaos around her. Just in front of her, two people were locked in battle. It seemed one of them was another Silver Surfer clone and Dr. Strange was challenging him. Antoinette took another few careful steps before she called out.
”Dr. Strange, sir! Could you use an assist?” She knew Dr. Strange was a prideful man, one who usually liked to work alone. At least that’s what the media said.