The Ashes of the Phoenix [OPEN]

[thethirdspecies]

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. ]]

Comments

[vermis]

"All right." At least he can look after her, although he doesn't have any idea what she's going to do. It's so sad, he thinks, that these children have to fight... They shouldn't be left unsupervised!

Really, sometimes he thinks the administration here can be too irresponsible. Not that this is their fault, but no child should ever have to fight, no matter what. There should be more precautions in place! Where are Storm and Wolverine? Aren't they supposed to be the X-Men? He feels a bit disloyal thinking this, however, and hurries to keep up with Leysritt. He keeps his voice down as he talks, not wanting to attract attention. "I'm Kariya. A counselor." He never uses his last name.

[leyabout]

"Leysritt." She answers automatically, though in truth, she isn't particularly interested in introductions now. She keeps her attention primed on her surroundings, with all the surprising focus that comes with her almost childish single-mindedness.

[vermis]

"It's nice to meet you," says Kariya, silently scanning for parasites, which might tell him when someone's around. It's sort of embarrassing to be able to tell who has parasites. Because how are you supposed to bring that up diplomatically? But that's not the issue now! He keeps an eye out, though he's not sure what he'll be able to do if someone attacks them. He'll try to help, somehow.

"I hope we'll be able to talk again after all this is over." Because of course, it will be over, and everything will be fine!

alright since I got an NPC tag below I'm just going to keep tagging this

[leyabout]

"We'll talk," she says, the reply immediate and absolutely certain. She doesn't sound confident so much as like she doesn't even realize why this might not be an option. Pausing, she glances toward him, sparing him her attention as she asks, "Why?"

She probably should have asked that before agreeing, but that's another thing that didn't occur to her, apparently.

sounds good to me

[vermis]

He smiles. "I'm glad." Her confidence is nice to see, even if her lack of affect is a bit worrisome. He's seen too many nervous children here, and it reminds him of his own childhood.

"I thought it might be nice to get to know each other better," says Kariya, in his kindest counselor's voice. He believes very strongly in talking being good for people, so obviously, it will be good for her, too. "I try to touch base with the students when I can."

[leyabout]

As he explains, she nods, the gesture slight and slow. That sounds logical enough to her, so she says, "Alright."

That's all she has to say about that, apparently.