HEAVY IS THE HEAD: Part One, SINISTER LEGACY Fallout

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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?

Comments

[jolie_aile]

Crumbling walls. Quiet desperation. Anger in the streets once more.

The only difference this time was the chill in the air and the faint promise of snow. It made Flandre's claws twitch uncomfortably, even where they were set against the sidewalk or folded neatly behind her back.

The same wingtip kept twitching, over and over again; the only bit of nervousness she'd allow herself to show. There were people that needed help, who needed directions, who needed protection--no good to have her voice waver.

Mostly she stood at parade rest, near enough to the lines for the soup kitchen and vaccination centers that her presence felt protective, but not overbearing. At least, she hoped.

"Please keep the line moving; there's enough food and medicine for everyone."

[stardustreverie]

"It's warmer in there then it is out here. No need ta hang around."

Marisa's bundled up, if only because of how she was with colder weather. It also slightly allowed her to slip in and out of areas as is. But for now going to stand beside her teammate and friend, hands in her pockets.

"Had any trouble so far?"

[jolie_aile]

The wing's twitches paused a little, and Flandre brightened when she saw Marisa. She even smiled a little!

"No one's thrown any explosives or bullets at me; I think I'm doing okay," Flandre said lightly. There had been some glares and mutters and pointed staring at her ID card, but nothing major.

"Not too cold for you?"

[stardustreverie]

There is a grin in return, trying to keep things looking normal.

"Yeah, always a plus. Hopefully it stays that way ya know? Make things nice and simple for once?" Since she'd been in and out of the area there were some stares but she ignored them...mostly. Being civil and showing that chaos wasn't a moment away.

"Not yet. If I go inside every once in a while it doesn't bother me...That and I'm cheating a bit. My hakkero is inside my jacket and hand-warmers are a good thing. If a fight does break out I'll have ta be careful but I think that's everyone ta be honest."

[jolie_aile]

"That would be nice." Sadly unlikely, but nice. These people had been through too much already. And Flandre would end up on an endless depressing spiral if she overthought it, which she usually did.

If she pretended things were normal long enough, maybe she could forget being so tense and nervous too.

"Maybe you could plug an electric blanket into it next? Or is the hakkero not USB compatible?"

[stardustreverie]

"Maybe the cold will kill any thoughts like that." Doubtful but better to hope then to assume the worst. Just keep people happy right? Either way, peace is the best idea, even if people might be looking fro a way to start things.

"Nah...Not one I can plug things into sadly. To charge it, yes. Maybe I can ask it's creator ta do a updated version someday? Although it's battery life would have ta be better too."

It's amusing and a good idea but for now, not a likely situation.