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

[blooming_resonance]

"Good," Sakuya replies, though she seems to have shifted positions a bit, leaning back against a wall with her back and her head. It doesn't seem a really alert position, but really, she can 'feel' farther than she can see, especially indoors. It's hard, though, there's still the flowing sea of panic and anxiety she has to wade through whenever Carlyn is not around. "Then maybe... we can get the children to safety... and they won't have to see anything they don't want to."

Even if there's sounds of scuffle in the distance, and those are frightening enough.

[diabhal_beag]

"I can't recommend that. Moving them away from the shelters is riskier than staying here. The campus security should be back online soon enough, and even without that, the X-Men know the turf. Wait until whoever's invading is locked down, then we'll be safe."

[blooming_resonance]

"I didn't mean move them anywhere. Those that are here are... safe?" She isn't sure why she doesn't sound very sure of that word, but, after all, a lot of things are uncertain. Or it could just be another odd idiosyncrasy of Sakuya's. She has a lot of those.

"I mean all the children. Even those not... here. Those that may not be sure about... fighting."

[diabhal_beag]

"Almost all of the others will be in safe places soon," Carlyn responded. "The X-Men will be placing the lives of students on top priority, and trust me, they're good at covering their top priority."

[blooming_resonance]

She gives something of a half-rueful smile, the motion raising only part of her face and not quite meeting her eyes. "I worry... because I must. Let me worry."

Probably not a place for jokes, and Sakuya usually wouldn't either, but someone around probably has one of those 'make light of a serious situation' coping mechanisms.

[diabhal_beag]

"True enough," Koakuma said. "Don't let worry become panic, though. That's when you start doing stupid things."

[blooming_resonance]

"It's not me... That has to worry about panicking," and there's that rueful smile again. She motions into the hall to the safe area. "It's them. I can't... Always help things. I am... Concerned, but... I am calm. Now."

[diabhal_beag]

"That... Okay, I see your point." Empaths. Right. "The best thing we can do is keep the room calm, for now..."

[blooming_resonance]

There's a brief pause - something of an odd delay as Sakuya ponders the words, then she nods, once. "Yes. We'll keep the room calm." She glances over Carlyn, once, pondering what she knows about the others' ability.

"You'll probably... be best for it, too. As soon as you are done searching."

[diabhal_beag]

"Yeah. Gimme a few."

And with that, Carlyn quickly slipped off to check more of the dorms...