xavier_institute_logs | HEAVY IS THE HEAD: Part One, SINISTER LEGACY Fallout

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HEAVY IS THE HEAD: Part One, SINISTER LEGACY Fallout

WHO: The Students and Faculty of the Xavier Institute
WHAT: Charity work in District X, but things are getting bad again
WHERE: District X
WHEN: Thanksgiving Weekend
WARNING(S): Violence, language, etc

So this was Christmas, and War was Not Over. The soup lines, this time, were alongside official Vaccine Centers, cures to the Legacy Virus being handed out alongside plates of hot food for the needy. Once more, winter was bleak in the world of mutants living in forced squalor. Attitudes were not particularly bright. People were no longer dying in the streets from illness, but were conditions really any better? War with Genosha was imminent. The National Guard was already standing post around the community, enforcing curfews, treating the area now more than ever like an internment community. Xavier's students were allowed to move around freely, but only with special ID badges that marked them as such. It was the same all over the country.

This wasn't Mutant Registration... it somehow felt worse. And it didn't help that the Mutant Liberation Front was still very active in the area, and many of them entirely blamed the X-Men for Renko's apparent 'death'. There were antagonistic forces around them, and desperate faces looking at them for some kind of hope. And if they couldn't get it there...

There were whispers, a lot of them, about fleeing to Genosha. About joining the MLF and working alongside Genosha for 'true' mutant liberation. About kickstarting this war on local soil. And really...

... was there anything the X-Men could do to stop it? Should they stop it?

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[ Well, that was concerning, she takes a step back, staring at the knife. How to get it across in fewer words...? ]

Okay. [ ... ] I'll see what I can do.

[ If there was anything at all her third eye could help with in this department. ]

Find him for me... -Once more, Parsee's lips curled into that dreadful, frightening smile as she turned her green eyes to the rooftops...-

[Great. Now he definitely knew they'd be working together. All the more reason to make every shot count. Vanisher zipped from building to building, along firescapes, making sure he made a lot of noise in the process. He wanted them to know he was moving. He wanted them to know how fast he was moving. Drive home how hopeless it was to pin him down in an area this wide open.

Space, and sight, were the two things he had now that he didn't have then. He wasn't about to let this little troll get the best of him a second time. This time, he definitely aimed to make her into a beautiful little corpse, far better than the ugly shell she currently was. And her friend, too.]

[ Finding psychic energy wasn't as easy as tapping into it once she got a hold of it, but considering the tension, she does end up reading little blips as he darts around.

She couldn't read minds anymore, but that sneering was loud and clear in other areas of his mind. ]

...he's making fun of us.

Nothing we're not used to, right? -Still that twisted little smile... so he wanted to play that kind of game, huh?-

And just like all the others... he's doing it because he's afraid of us. Isn't that right?

[Oh no. Not this shit again. Vanisher briefly stopped to send a knife, high velocity, towards Parsee, aimed at her already injured shoulder. He'd show them who's afraid!]

[ Being afraid of them...somehow she doubted that was the case, but Parsee's bravado still manages to be comforting. ]

He stopped.

[ She doesn't see the knife flying until it zooms right past her face. ]

[It definitely hit its target, one more tearing though Parsee's shoulder, hissing in pain. Well that arm was pretty much useless now... but she kept her focus, kept pouring out that psychic energy to try and get him to make a mistake...]

[Vanisher finally showed himself as he blinked into sight right in front of Parsee, Koishi behind him, and lashed out with one of his larger knives, attempting to finish the job. There was anger in his features, and it was clear what the mistake was.

His jealousy had come out, hateful at having been bested by this morlock freak, and he wanted her to see him as he killed her. He had forgotten the other target completely. He had no idea she was behind him.]

[ A perfect opportunity.

One thing she'd been practicing, while at home, was more direct combat tactics. Discovering that she could actually use her third eye to fight was a big step. Without any warning, she sends out a web of tendrils to form a cage around him, to try to root him in place for a moment--if she could just hold him down, she could give Parsee an opening...! ]

You really are... stupid, aren't you?

[Parsee's smile never faltered, in spite of the blood trailing down her arm. She pulled the knives from the wound, licking them clean in an intimidating display before tossing them aside. With Vanisher trapped like that, she had a chance, albeit brief, to land a killing blow.

Parsee lunged with her good arm, claws ready, aiming for his throat...]

Not as stupid as you are ugly! [Vanisher spat. And true, he'd fallen into a trap, but it was just as easy for him to get out of it. Tight as the grip was from Koishi's tendrils, he could still teleport out of them once he'd spotted himself a good place to do so, disappearing right before Parsee's claws struck, letting the attack hit the girl behind him instead.]

Stop calling her that, you big jerk!

[ This guy was really getting on her nerves, and slipping out of her grasp at the last second amplified it.

And then--crap. Koishi retracts the tendrils and ducks as quickly as she can, though Parsee's claws still manage to tear up the ribbon on her hat. ]

-Parsee's eyes widened, their glow diminishing as she realized she nearly sliced up Koishi's face with that thrust, and Vanisher was gone... and was likely to show up anywhere around them, aiming for a kill.-

Koishi! Get down!

[Parsee's instincts were sound. Vanisher appeared behind the now very visible girl. She'd ducked enough to avoid Parsee's claw, but not enough to avoid his blade, he figured, swinging down and aiming for her neck.]

[ Koishi lets out a gasp of surprise, her only instinctive reaction being to put her hands up to her neck to shield herself. A tendril sways wildly, intent on hitting whatever's closest to her. ]

-Parsee responded as well, lunging again, leaping right over Koishi to try and claw at anything she could get her hands near. There wasn't a lot of strength in her right arm, but the claws were still sharp.-

[Vanisher brings up his second blade to block Parsee's claws while the other gets caught up in Koishi's tentacles, grabbed in such a way to where it would did in, but not cut, and his hand was bound. For a brief second, he felt incredibly, painfully vulnerable.]

[ She winces--it was a little like tugging on her hair, but considering her neck was almost the knife's target a few seconds ago, she's not complaining.

Koishi flips back onto her feet, keeping a hand on the first tendril to steady it. She shoots Parsee a look over her shoulder that says get ready, as she sends another tendril out in an attempt to bind Vanisher's other hand. ]

Gotcha now! -She knew he wouldn't be able to teleport in time, both of his hands bound, and her already mid strike.-

[She was right. He couldn't teleport himself. But he sure could take both of them with him as Parsee's claws dug in, and in a blink, they soon all three found themselves well above the skyline of District X, and plummeting fast.]

[ .........whelp

Koishi flails uselessly for a few seconds, scrambling to grab a hold of something, her hands grasping at air. ]

Parsee...!

[Kisume had been running about, trying to find the best place to leap in and help...but this was DEFINITELY where she needed to be. There is a very loud sound, almost a scream as she quickly dug deep into herself, reaching out and gathering as much water as she could, to try and slow or stop the fall.

Mind you, it was SEWER water but it was the best she could do on short notice..and it was the most she could get a hold of with her powers. It's a fairly large amount, A lot more then what she would normally be able to do but she's shaking with the concentration.]

-Nothing Parsee wasn't used to, at least. She quickly grabbed onto Koishi, holding her tightly as she let the jet of water break their fall and carry them down safely to the ground.-

[Juuust great. Three targets now. All of them morlock freaks. He really had his work cut out for him... maybe retreat was a better option for now.]

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