The Last Stand [OPEN]]

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"... sweeping victories in both the House and Senate. Creed and his fellow Last Stand congressmen celebrated today, eager to begin the new legislation they promised in their collective campaign. Senator Creed enthusiastically exclaimed that the era of letting mutants go unchecked were finally going to come to an end..."


"... calling themselves the 'Mutant Liberation Front', or MLF, the campaign of vandalism and propaganda has been extensive in Europe and has started to appear in the United States and Canada as well. The MLF are most recognized by their tag sign of the double helix, along with the word LIBERATE. Most authorities are not incredibly concerned, as the group has been non-violent so far..."


"... as talks have broken down with Genosha. A special ambassador from the United States has been assigned to speak with Genosha on behalf of the US government, Gabrielle Haller, has stated that she will ensure that peace between the two nations will be assured. Haller and President Kelly left for Genosha this morning..."


"... Mutant Arts Council of Greater New York reported record setting turnout for their Halloween charity events in District X and are now focusing on their next seasonal event for the coming holidays. The Council is also looking for volunteers for District X soup kitchens for the winter months..."


"... making her the only platinum record seller in 2018. Industry analysts say that the hype that came as a result of Dazzler's coming out spiked the sales of her album well past anything else that's been release this year. Billboard expects "Mojoworld" to make the double platinum certification before the end of the year, with the Christmas shopping season approaching..."


"... projecting the coldest winter in the last twenty years for much of the United States. Certain voices outside the scientific community have gone from denying climate change to accepting it, under the caveat that climate change is now being blamed on possible mutant interference... "

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Heading to the soup kitchen - Open

[eileaneathompson]

Eli tuned in to one of her clones, briefly, while her other clone was making an escape. The clone she left at Hofstra was one she would probably never contact again physically, so she needed to keep checking in with her, to have any idea of what was going on. A shame, because she was paying for the classes, it would be nice to have the benefit...

The Hofstra clone was sitting on a sofa in the student union, watching the news. The article came on about mutants volunteering to work in a soup kitchen. Some guy in a varsity jacket switched channels to a game, and Eli tuned out.

A soup kitchen. She could do that. She hesitated. She still hadn't made any friends here, though. Andrea had been so unpopular at the last school, and this was her kind of thing, what if the mutants here hated her for doing this? But... what if she made friends here? She couldn't loose friends here, because she didn't have any yet, but she could jeopardize her ability to make any...

But she had to do something more than just sit in her room alone, sulking. Her grades were actually good this term, because she had nothing much to do.

Sighing, she went to her closet and pawed through her clothes. The things she dressed her clones in to separate them from her were in the back, things she'd never wear normally, so no one would guess the clone was her. She pulled out long black pants that were skintight to the knee, then flared at the ankle, and a long loose shirt in red and black. She had some red material that had once been a double wide hair ribbon that she had cut eye-holes into.

Eli got changed into the tight pants, the long shirt, a pair of red heels, and the mask. Then she closed her eyes and focused for a moment. When she opened her eyes again, she was staring at a mirror reflection of herself, absent the glass or frame. She pulled off the eye-mask, then guided the new clone to a chair. She grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the clone's hair short. She fluffed it a bit.

"I hate having short hair," the clone complained. Eli nodded, short hair stunk. But no one would ever think it was her. Other than the teachers, and not even all of them, no one even knew what her mutant power was. She focused on the clone and the clone's hair tinted slightly more towards the red, like she had dipped it in kool-aid. Best she could do. Running so many clones, she was tiring herself out.

(From here down, anyone can feel free to intercept the clone!)

Eli flopped on her bed and focused on her clone as it tried to sneak out of the mansion towards one of the named soup kitchens. The clone walked on the high heels towards the soup kitchen, mask in place, feeling like a soup-er hero. Eli winced at her own bad joke, then checked in with her other clones before focusing on this one again. She walked in and with a badly faked accent told whomever seemed in charge, "I'm here to help."