The Liberation Begins

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"... have declined significantly. Experts say the lack of activity from the formerly aggressive group may indicate a change in gameplan for the Friends of Humanity. Rather than taking to the streets and participating in violent confrontations with rioters, the Friends of Humanity have become much more visible on the internet and in social media. "A Voice for Humanity", a gathering spot for many FoH supporters, has branched itself onto Facebook, Twitter, and other social media spheres. Paul Stacy, the creator of the website and noted anti-mutant activist and writer, has stated that in the modern world, social revolutions aren't won on the streets, but on the web..."


"... resulting in the death of five officers and six others so far, the riots in San Francisco continue as masked members of the Mutant Liberation Front fan the flames, violently fighting off any attempts by city officials to regain control of the Castro Street neighborhood, also known as "Mutant Town West". The mayor has pleaded to the state and federal governments for aid in order to restore order..."


"... Reverend William Stryker, uncle to the late Donovan Zane, was finally forced to end his vigil today as a young man identifying himself as a member of the Mutant Liberation Front rushed the capital steps today, using an unknown mutant power to injure the reverend in what police are calling attempted murder. Reverend Stryker was rushed to the nearest hospital and is said to be in critical condition..."


"... President Kelly and special diplomat Gabrielle Haller left for Genosha again for another round of peace talks, but were stopped and forced to turn away as Air Force One entered Genoshan air space. There has been no word from the mutant nation as to why, specifically, US officials were invited and then summarily dismissed before they even reached land, but many in congress are claiming this is a clear sign from the Genoshan government that they are not interested in peace talks and are preparing to invade the US..."


"... holding rallies in known mutant neighborhoods in major urban centers across the US. In District X specifically, one of the masked speakers declared that they had claimed District X back from the human hands that had left them to starve and to freeze. Several food and clothing supplies, believed to be stolen and hijacked by MLF factions working in the Atlantic, were then delivered to the district's residence..."

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Comments

[stardustreverie]

Classwork, Anythin' that seems ta come up..Things that have happened. Ya know...rather think about it then let it out were I'll hear about destruction of property.

[musou_tensei]

Yeah...

I've been thinking about Shaw, and what he said. About this whole... "homo superior" thing...

[stardustreverie]

Oh? So what's your opinion on it then?

[musou_tensei]

Shaw was the Black King of the Hellfire Club. He was one of the wealthiest businessmen on the planet. He was an engineering genius and had a mutant power that made him pretty much untouchable, save for certain circumstances...

You look at him, and you see the apex of wealth and power. People like him rule the world. It leads credence to what he says... to a degree. But those weren't really the terms he was using. This wasn't your classic social Darwinism, or he'd realize he was already at the top of the food chain. At his position in life, why would he care? He doesn't strike me as the altruistic type, interested in the advancement of mutant kind... But he made it sound as if we're about to inherit the planet.

Wasn't Sublime also going on about something like that? About a "Homo Superior" condition? It was different end goals in mind, with Sublime talking about integration and Shaw talking about domination, but they both had the same core idea. That the evolution of human kind was suggesting we have some kind of... providence over the globe.

[stardustreverie]

Yeah but at the same time ya could also put the fact they both decided the wrong way to go about things.

Although I take it you have a further point then them bein' stupid and crazy.

[musou_tensei]

... What if they're right?

I had a whole thing wrote ut..and then someone pointed out I was repeating myself. /nod

[stardustreverie]

...Alright, I'll bite. What if they are right then?

[musou_tensei]

Where do we stand on that?

[stardustreverie]

That's a good question.

[Going to lean back, coming out of her huddled shape she'd been in.]

I guess it depends really. Because even if we are ta do that, it doesn't mean there won't be idiots tryin' ta hurt people. Innocents still need someone ta come up and keep them safe from what they can't save themselves from.

In all honesty? Where we stand then? It won't change a bit.

[musou_tensei]

... I guess I just needed to hear that said confidently.

[stardustreverie]

I'd ask if ya hit your head but I know better. Don't tell me ya have been thinkin' about that the entire time?

[musou_tensei]

Let's face it, we got our asses kicked. If the new face of mutant supremacy is guys like Shaw, the path ahead of us just got a lot more difficult.

[stardustreverie]

Okay, Ya got a point there but it just means we gotta train harder and be able ta match them.

Nothin' new. Just like how we trained before, even if we can't be prepared for everythin'.

[musou_tensei]

I guess so... but what a pain...

[stardustreverie]

[A laugh.]

Ya knew it wasn't gonna be easy when ya took up this.

[musou_tensei]

That doesn't mean I have to like it.

[stardustreverie]

At least we won't make it too annoying?

[Not a promise because who knows.]

[musou_tensei]

Training is always annoying.

[stardustreverie]

I dunno, I always thought it was fun, even if ya are kickin' my ass durin' it.

[musou_tensei]

It's a lot of effort, though...

[stardustreverie]

Yeah yeah...Ya knew it when ya signed up though.

[Getting up because cold.]