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John Sublime / The U-Men ([personal profile] thethirdspecies) wrote in [community profile] xavier_institute_logs2014-10-15 05:22 pm

The Ashes of the Phoenix [OPEN]

WHO: John Sublime, "No Girl", the U-Men, and their unfortunate target... The Insitute
WHAT: Sublime's U-Men attack the school. They're aiming for the sublevels. Stop them at all costs!
WHERE: Throughout campus
WHEN: Past midnight, Wednesday-Thursday
WARNING(S): Gonna get violent.


The time was now. The media attention over his followers actions was too much. And after all, Xavier's little henchmen in London had figured it out. He was sure of it. There was no more time to bide. No more room for hesitation. It was act now, or the revolution would end in a prison cell, festering away in the disgusting care of this unclean world. Sublime couldn't stomach it. Couldn't fathom it. And whatever god help those who stood in the way of him and his dream of Homo Perfectus.

"All units are in place," Sublime whispered, peering out over the immaculate green, covered in moonlight, staring a drilling, piercing hole into the mansion. "Martha... it's your turn now," another whisper, as the floating apparatus before him, holding a strange glowing orb, began to shine even more brightly.

Just like that, the security systems failed. And just like that, Charles Xavier gasped and sent out a short, psychic burst to all X-Men, perhaps to everyone in the school, before he was overwhelmed and silenced, collapsing from his bed to the floor, stunned into sleep by a psychic force even he was not prepared for.

"This is it, Martha... our dream... U-Men! Bring me the Ashes of the Phoenix!" And like that, dozens of the men from the blurred video that Glamour and Spy had managed to obtain swarmed the ground, organic and mechanical, using a plethora of stolen mutant powers, attacked.


[[ This is it! Our first major action post, and in X-Men tradition, it's a direct attack on campus. Feel free to start your own threads. The U-Men will be NPC'd by the mods. Their ultimate goal is the filed away genetic samples of Jean Grey in the sublevels. They must be stopped, before someone uses them to integrate Jean's powers into a U-Man. ]]
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[personal profile] soccerwhisperer 2014-10-16 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
He had almost been taken aback by that sharp reply and remained quiet while Shindou pulled him to the entrance, but couldn't help but admire him. He wasn't just a commander on the soccer field, and he wondered if he could ever be a leader like Shindou. But now was not the time to be thinking about soccer and the hypothetical.

While most of the X-Men would be out fighting the threat, he knew some of the teachers would prioritize the safety of the children first. In their current state however, he wondered if they'd even be able to tell them apart from older students.

"We're going to have to push through to the teacher dorms then."
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[personal profile] presto_turn 2014-10-16 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Shindou nodded, then tugged lightly on Tenma's sleeve to start them moving again.

"We'll head for the main foyer, and if it's clear there we can cut across to the faculty rooms."

That was their best chance at keeping at least a few of their fellow students in view, he'd concluded. There was safety in numbers, and where else was there to head, at least for those not rushing straight for the open air?

"Keep close, alright? We can't get separated."

Not that he seemed to have any intention of letting Tenma's arm go, even for a second.
soccerwhisperer: /)_(\ (soccer stop stripping)

[personal profile] soccerwhisperer 2014-10-16 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Tenma felt Shindou's grip on his arm get loose and tense at times. At times it was difficult to squeeze by other students and he would get his arm sandwiched between bodies while being pulled by his own teammate.

"Shindou-senpai, this isn't very effective!"

He even tried to turn his arm to get a grip on the other boy's, but the current of atudents made it difficult.
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[personal profile] presto_turn 2014-10-17 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Tenma had a point.

Literally keeping a hold on him was unwieldy at best...but what if they were threatened all of a sudden? Or if they simply got drawn apart in the confusion? The situation was nerve-wracking enough for Shindou by himself, and he could at least tell himself that he had close to a year's worth of self-defense lessons to back him up. He had at least seen combat before. Whereas, would Tenma even have a clue how to defend himself?

The thought to having to find out was borderline panic-worthy.

"...Sorry."

Still, they couldn't keep going like this. Shindou drew up short once again, finally releasing his friend. He scanned the foyer around them for a second before meeting his eyes.

"Just - keep right here next to me. Whatever happens."

(OOC: Pssst, come get bullied by a U-Man over here.)
Edited 2014-10-17 14:35 (UTC)