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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Comments

[monkeythief]

[Sun just gives him a curious kind of look.]

That's..strange. Are you sure that it wasn't you and not an ancestor? Have you ever though of dyeing your hair white?

[soccerwhisperer]

He had a really fancy laser gun, so he had to be from the future.

You think it could have been me?

[monkeythief]

Well you said he looked like you. It really wouldn't be all that strange if it did turn out to be you. [At least not the strangest thing that someone has encountered in this world.]

Do you..normally dream of the future?

[soccerwhisperer]

Maybe... I looked up the meaning of their name, and it's kind of like what we were doing back at Raimon--my middle school in Japan.

Sometimes I dream of the past! Once, I dreamed I was playing soccer with dinosaurs.

[monkeythief]

What were you doing back there?

And that actually sounds like the coolest dream ever right there. Was the dinosaur any good?

[soccerwhisperer]

There was this group, the Fifth Sector. They were trying to find and control young mutants, so we protested them through soccer. [sounds about right]

It was! Their keeper was a tyrano, but I managed to score.

[monkeythief]

And how did that work out? [He isn't sure how protesting someone through soccer would even work.]

I hope the goals were scaled up, because those dinosaurs must have been pretty huge.

[soccerwhisperer]

They backed down, but that was five years ago. I haven't heard if they reformed, or... [He has a troubled look now.

He then distracts himself by thinking about that dream]

I can still see the goal posts behind it, so yeah!

[monkeythief]

Try contacting your friends there. [That was the only advice he felt he could really offer.]

Then I guess it was all good. I wonder if that dream will ever come true. But you might have to..time travel or something for that.

[soccerwhisperer]

They're... in college now.

I heard rumors there are some dinosaurs still living in Antarctica.

[monkeythief]

That doesn't mean you can't contact them. Or find out if they know anything.

..Dinosaurs can live in the cold?

[soccerwhisperer]

I do talk to them! They just look so tired from school and practice whenever I can, I feel bad for bothering them.

That's what I thought too.