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X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Peregrine Mayfield

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Location: Asteroid
Skills: N/a
Fit Of The Day

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Perry could concede that it would not do well to face Cortez while Mary had the Phoenix Force behind her. If his powers amplified it, it could destroy the whole asteroid and them with it. But even then, they had to take care of him. He was too dangerous to let loose. Who knows what trouble he could cause later of not?

"Perhaps we can knock him out someway? Or find a way to bind his powers? Either way, he needs to be stopped. And we need to get off this rock, so finding the others should be first priority. Hopefully soon before the explosions and water and electricity take us all down. They really didn't think this place through." Perry knew who created this facility and she wanted the words to sting.

As she moved forward, movement caught her eye. She glanced and saw a woman's figure. Curious, Perry strode forward. "Hold on guys..."

The woman looked to be in her 30's with blonde hair. She was wearing a jumpsuit that Perry clocked as something an astronaut would wear. The woman turned to look at her. "You can see me? I have to admit, I didn't think anyone would." Perry took this to mean this was a new spirit. Perhaps one that manifested when Cortez amplified her powers or maybe she had been moving around since they all got here. Either way, Perry was happy to see a fresh face.

"Hi, yes. I can see you. Name's Peregrine, but you can call me Perry. Or Peregrine. Whatever you are comfortable with. So I am guessing since you know people can't see you you know that you are....?" The woman chuckled. "Yes, I know I am dead. Have been for....I guess a few years now? I was on a space station that blew up. I managed to get my crew on board an escape vessel before it happened. Have been floating around in space since."

Perry wondered if she had heard about the space station explosion, but it wouldn't surprise her if the news suppressed it. It would cause panic. "Well, I am glad I found you. If you would like, you can commit to traveling with me. I could use more help." The woman appeared to think about it before responding. "Yes, I would like that. It's been a while since I was back on Earth. I will like to help. My name is Mary Elizabeth. Pleasure to meet you Peregrine." Once it was done and sealed, Perry felt herself surge in energy. She always liked that feeling of connecting with a new spirit. It made her feel whole.

Once that was done she turned to continue following the others. It probably still looked weird to see her talking to herself, but since thee incident, she hoped they understood her powers better now.

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Prudence Knight

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Location: Limbo
Skills: Curse Magic/Hexing
Spells: Bewitched, Storm's Chosen

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In a matter of moments, everything went to hell. Prudence would have laughed at how predictable it was had there not been some changes within herself. She felt different. Evolved. Whatever was in that cup she drank from had finally taken its hold. She felt both stronger and weaker like she needed something to make her complete. She craved blood. She could almost sense it in the others.

But now was not the time for that.

Their 'hostess' had sent more demons at them. One quickly took care of Ed. Prudence wouldn't shed a tear, but she also did not want him dead. He had proven himself adequate. Everyone else felt the call to arms, unleashing their potential at their enemies. One person, another man, started screaming at the top of his lungs at how to kill the demons. Prudence rolled her eyes. "We have already fought them before, you fool. Be quiet and let the grown-ups handle things."

Prudence looked over at the demon that came near her. She called forth her favorite hex, hitting the target. She moved her hand over her body, allowing the demon to take her in. "You do not wish to hurt me. You are mine as I am yours. Please, help me. Take care of your brethren here so we may be together for eternity." With that, the demon would start fighting its own.

She glanced over at another, seeing it as the most likely to cause harm to them, and sent a lightning bolt out. It hit its mark, but barely registered. Still, she had managed to hurt it.

Another of theirs was now a young bear cub and they still had a little girl and a blind old lady who, while powerful, elected to do her own thing.

Things were not looking well.

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Sabine Bassard

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Location: Dorm Room -> Stark Hall: Room Six
Costume: She-Ra
Skills: N/A

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After adjusting the last piece of her costume, Sabine stared at herself in the mirror. She was absolutely thrilled with how she looked. Her and her friends had all decided on a group costume this year. She didn't remember who suggested She-Ra, but she was glad for it. Not only did she love the show, but with her sword and blonde hair, she made the perfect She-Ra. And her costume only highlighted that.

As she was checking herself out, her phone buzzed. She ignored it, assuming it was one of her friends asking how long she would be. But then it buzzed again. And again. And again. Sabine sighed and picked it up, seeing messages from her socials. Only....the messages weren't about likes or views. But comments. And not her usual assortment of positive and complimentary comments, but mean ones. Vile ones. She quickly pulled up her page and saw where the comments were originating. She didn't recognize the post, but it was clearly a picture of her. And the message on it was....well she didn't want to repeat it, even in her head. It was a brimming cocktail of homophobia, transphobia, and some sexism thrown in.

Her followers had to know she wasn't like that. But the comments didn't seem to get that. She scrolled through it, reading some to herself. I hope you die xoxox. Always knu u were a hartless bitch. They went on.

She needed to do some damage control. She was clearly hacked. She quickly changed her password and re-set up the two-step authentication. She got on live and waited until she saw the viewer count go up before she started speaking. "Hey all. I wanted to clear something up with you. I know you all saw that post of mine and how absolutely horrendous it was. In a time of fake apologies I do not want to add one more into the mix. Those of you that have followed me know I have been transparent in my beliefs and who I am as a person. I was hacked and whoever did so wanted to ruin me and the community I have set up here. I intend to investigate this and find out who did it. But I wanted to share something that, hopefully, will be a show of good faith. I am in a relationship with two wonderful girls. Out of respect for their privacy, I will not share who they are unless they give me express permission. I have been with them for a while now and love them both. Whoever attempted to attack me wanted to ruin this and I will not let them win. And I hope you all won't either. I can't stop your opinions or feelings and I encourage you to explore them. But allow me to try to undo the damage done."

Sabine kept an eye on the comments as she spoke. Some were negative still, but a majority of them were supportive. She hoped she had done something to help mitigate this. Whoever hacked her had technological knowledge far surpassing the average person.

She shook it off. Now was not the time to dwell. She had a party to get to. She quickly grabbed her phone and sword, sheathing both, and made her way to Danni and Dorian's room. As she approached, she noticed Percy and Madalyn hanging outside, both dressed up nicely. "Nice costumes you two. Did we knock already or are we just chilling in the hallway?"

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Prudence Knight

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Location: Limbo
Skills: N/A
Spells: N/A

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It all seemed a tad too convenient. They had fought off hordes of demons and were now just sitting down to tea with this random person who promised to send them back as quickly as they came?

Prudence wasn't buying it.

"If I may be so bold, but it sounds too good to be true. I am familiar with deals and people do not hand out wishes without expecting something in return. What is it you want?" Deals with the devils rarely went in the one asking's favor also. Prudence's eyes traveled to Runa, who was engaged with the young girl. It seemed the old woman knew more people here. Just how old was she and how did she get to be so powerful? Prudence found her anger subsiding for now.

Ed mentioned a task needing to be finished, but Prudence did not care. Whatever called her here had better show itself soon or she would find her own way back, Witchfire or no. She may even be so obliged to burn it all around her before she left.

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Peregrine Mayfield

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Location: Asteroid
Skills: N/a
Fit Of The Day

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Perry watched as Mary, along with her Phoenix powers, warmed the room up. Well, warm was being nice about it. Perry hated heat and she could feel herself getting warmer, wondering what exactly Mary intended to do. The fire grew and so did the steam from the fire fighting the water. Eventually, it cleared but Mary had moved on. Perry followed Ed into the hallway and saw Mary speaking to another person.

And then Robert had to inject himself into the conversation. "With all due respect, dude. You just joined this merry band of misfits. And granted, I am new too, but I have at least established some connection with them whereas we just met you. As Ed said, she's our friend so we are going to go help her. If you want to fall back and have a little pity party for yourself, by all means. Otherwise join us and let's get the others and get off this stupid rock."

Perry pushed past and made her way to Mary. "Cortez again huh? Dude's looking to get his face punched in again by the sounds of it. But we should go get the others. More fists means more punching."

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Sabine Bassard

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Location: Gym - Training Room A
Skills: N/A

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It took her a minute to collect herself, she had entered multiple people's minds in a short amount of time, but once she did she saw that they had won. She had won. She looked around to be sure, but they had managed to hold off the team. Sabine grinned, running to the others, mainly Danni and Dorian, who had met her halfway. Big smiles on their faces as they complimented her work. "Thank you both! We really did it! And I learned more about myself too."

Her smile faltered a bit as Dorian spoke negatively about his abilities. "Nope. Nuh uh. I will not be hearing any negative talk from anyone. You killed it. We all did. You helped ward off the siren and broke me out of that spell. Without that, I might still be hypnotized or worse. You also helped with Arsene. It was a group effort, Dorian. Accept the compliment and the win!"

And she had to admit Percy and Zelda both proved themselves to be formidable allies. She knew Percy's powers were great, but Zelda came in clutch with the golem. "Everyone did well and you should all be proud of yourselves. This calls for a team selfie, and no I will not take no for an answer!" Sabine got her phone and pulled up her camera, corraling everyone into frame.

She also desperately wanted to see April and Leah. She needed to celebrate with them too.

Inferno - STRIKE THE MATCH! - Concluded

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Prudence Knight

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Location: Limbo
Skills: Cooking
Spells: N/A

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Once the battle had calmed down, the next sequence of events happened rather quickly. They had come face-to-face with the very being they were after, this Witchfire. What Prudence hadn't expected was to run into more people. Prudence scanned over all of the new faces. One such being a young child. For the first time since being sent here, Prudence's heart softened. She had a soft spot for children since her own childhood was taken from her. It chilled her that the young girl seemed chummy with Runa. She trusted the old lady very little now.

Prudence followed along with everyone, keeping an ear to their conversations to see who knew who. It appeared she was either the only one or one of very few who did not have some history with another here. Why then was she summoned?

Prudence also took in her surroundings. She paid ample attention to the throne, but the table was set for nine.

And this Witchfire. Were they friend or foe? Prudence was slowly finding no allies (though given who she was with, she considered that a blessing) but having fought off hordes of demons, it would be nice to have someone not trying to kill her.

Prudence glanced at the bubbling tea. She tried to get a sense if it was poisoned or magic or something. But it was a tea, unlike anything she had seen before. Either way, she got the sense she wouldn't enjoy it as much as the goblet from before.

"I speak not for the others, but I was brought here almost unwillingly. I would soon return, but I believe that is not possible now."

X-Men: Cosmic Crusades 👽

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Peregrine Mayfield

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Location: Asteroid
Skills: Enhanced Empathy
Fit Of The Day

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Perry let her introduction hang in the air as the new guy basically ignored her. That cinched it then, he was a grade-A douchebag. Perry continued to work on the computer until Mary started speaking. It seemed she was going through a lot and given how well this was all going, Perry could only imagine the pressure Mary was feeling. Before Perry could speak up to reassure her, Mary's appearance changed. What was once green turned red.

It was almost like Mary was a different person. And perhaps that was true, given what she was saying. Perry managed to piece it together though. Mary was referring to the Phoenix force. A power to be reckoned with, surely. Cortez seemed to kickstart that when he used his powers on them. Another reason to hate him.

Perry moved forward calmly, attempting to gauge Mary's emotional state. Perry couldn't lock anything down. It was as if Mary's emotions were going haywire and spiraling.

EIther way, it was not good.

"Ed is right. We'll get through this. We just need to calm down and work together. Let's try his plan. And, if worse comes to worse, we can heat things up. But maybe save that as a last resort, yeah?"

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Sabine Bassard

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Location: Gym - Training Room A
Skills: Memory Manipulation

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Sabine saw Dorian appear, though it seemed her tampering with Arsene did nothing. Or rather, it didn't do much. Perhaps another push would do the trick? But before she could go back in, Sabine noticed that someone was messing with Salah. The other girl, Emily, appeared to be the one on the team that was helping with mental defense. If Sabine had any hope of aiding her team and winning, the girl needed to be taken out.

Sabine attempted to enter Emily's mind, but felt resistance. Gritting her teeth and clenching her fist, Sabine burst forward, finally getting in. "Finally. Credit where it's due, you have good skills. But I'm better." Sabine rooted around for a core memory. She found one where Emily seemed to discover what her powers were. Sabine played around, struggling at first. Emily's mind was tough.

Eventually, Sabine worked her magic. Emily would forget what her powers were. Hopefully, that would give them some time to take the others out or run out the clock and win this thing. Sabine then tried to put up a lock on the memory, but she couldn't do it. Sabine would have to ask about what else she could do with her powers. Would Nemo have an idea?

Once out, Sabine looked over at Danni. "Thanks babe. Zelda did good work. She has a future in this." Danni, bless him, attempted to take out spear guy, but ended up falling on his face. Sabine cringed from second-hand embarrassment. "We're not out of this yet, mon ami. We just need to work together! I got you!"

Held Roll

If anyone comes after Danni while he is down or trying to ready himself, Sabine is going to use her powers to influence them to see Danni as an ally instead of an enemy

Avengers Academy: X of Swords ⚔️

Sabine Bassard

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Location: Gym - Training Room A
Skills: Memory Manipulation

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The force field was a good idea. If for no other reason than because it gave them time to think. They needed to get the stronger players out first. Dorian had similar ideas, it seemed. Arsene would be the strongest given his powers and he would be able to energize everyone else and undo any damage they did. Sabine nodded her understanding as Dorian got to work. Sabine prepared her powers and, waiting a few seconds to allow Dorian to get settled, unleashed herself in Arsene's head.

It was difficult terrain with Dorian being inside also (good to know in the future) but Sabine did what she could to help shift Arsene to view Dorian as an ally (inserting a memory where Dorian was introduced to Arsene and the two had some conversations together) before shifting out. She gave the thumbs up. Hopefully, once Dorian was out, Arsene would do what she expected.

Meanwhile, she locked on to Salah, the next strongest person. The first time was a blow. This time, she opted for something arguably easier. She unleashed herself again, entering Salah's mind. Once inside, Sabine shifted some things around. She implanted a few noticeable memories of Salah just not giving a shit. Whatever tenacity Salah had, it would be overridden by her desire to just want to go home and forget about this whole thing. The girl would give up and call it, leaving her teammates in a lurch. Sabine found it easier this time around. Perhaps whatever protections they had before were dropping?

Once she was back out, she lowered her force field to allow Danni and Percy to do what they needed to do. "Hopefully in a minute we will have turned the tide, but come back here if you need protection."

Held Roll

Sabine is going to allow Danni and Percy out of the force field and then put up a new one once they are locked out.