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Age of Miracles: NPCs (miraculous_npc) wrote in age_of_miracles,
@ 2008-03-14 23:11:00

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accord, anaconda, avalanche, brave new world, cyclops, dansen macabre, gambit, helio, iceman, invisible woman, mercury, mystique, postman, quake, rogue, scorpion, spider-man, threnody, vertigo, war machine, wolverine

Thread: BRAVE NEW WORLD BATTLE
Who: The X-Men, the Brotherhood, and NPCs for all sides
When: Early morning Saturday, March 15 and moving into March 16, 2008 -- this battle will last at least two actual days, maybe longer, which will account for any "frozen" time if the thread stalls the rest of the game----this is a battle of such importance that it would make no sense if it only lasted one day.
Where: Washington, D.C.
What: The battle for governmental power in America begins! For the detailed battle plan, please see the OOC post about it. Characters not on the list who choose to show up can show up... whatever :) but the plan is there to keep people's heads from exploding.

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No one could have expected it would be like this.

There were news reports coming in that there were mutants attacking the Brotherhood in other parts of the country. Not everywhere, but key strongholds that no one knew about. They'd been expecting the march on Washington with reinforcements, but they'd never expected all of this. In Washington they were outnumbering the X-Men, sure, but elsewhere? Other bases would fall, no doubt. They just had to hold Washington. Whatever they did, they had to hold Washington.

The siege started just before dawn, with explosions in an empty park-----enough to serve as a distraction while the X-Men and their allies moved in to surround the area as best they could... but after that? After that, it looked like organization died. How could it survive? No one could predict how battles would go, and it seemed like the organized front had now dissolved into individual duels. The Brotherhood killed when they won, but the X-Men seemed to be dragging fallen foes into a forcefield held up by Sue Storm, containing them until... when? Until the battle was over?

No one knew when that would be.

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Mercury, Accord, War Machine, etc

miss_mercury
2008-03-15 05:41 pm UTC (link)

So ... people were idiots. Even more than Cait had expected or given them credit for -- maybe she just brought it out in them? Hard to say. All she knew was that from the moment she'd arrived and started wreaking her particular brand of havoc, complete morons had flocked to her. Obvious mutant, obviously not very nice, obvious target, apparently, for dumb cops, super-hero-wannabes, even a sapien with a stick before the X-People had started herding out the collateral damage.

As though they stood a chance.

Her left hand had been reshaped into a blade almost immediately, and was now stained red. Mercury had lost track of the other Brotherhood members quickly enough, but look around her she had to feel pretty good. If this was all that they were up against? Piece of fucking cake.

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Re: Mercury, Accord, War Machine, etc

outlives_you
2008-03-16 01:18 am UTC (link)

Jack ... wasn't even running around and enjoying the slaughter. He had been, of course he had been, but he needed to light another cigarette. It was an inappropriate time to be doing it, but Jack was zapping anyone who got close enough to disturb him. Accord was brimming with energy, static electricity sparking in his hair every couple of seconds. He'd come prepared -- just as prepared as he was to run away at the first sign of his life being in serious danger.

"You'd think," he commented idly to Cait while he tried his damndest to get his lighter to light. Must've been running out of fluid. "That they'd have someone, you know ... powerful hanging around here, you know? Christ. I expected to at least be concerned for my wellbeing by now."

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Re: Mercury, Accord, War Machine, etc

miss_mercury
2008-03-16 03:20 am UTC (link)

"Seriously." Honestly? The person Cait was most nervous about at the moment was Jack himself, the only one she'd seen with an ability or weapon that could actually hurt her. Electricity made Cait twitchy, especially after what had happened with the Friends of Humanity, but the number of idiots trying to swipe at her provided a decent distraction from that.

"Startin' to wonder how the Hell they held Magneto off for so long, if this's the best of the best of whatever-the-fuck ever. Oh, hey. Here." There was something odd about having a casual chat with an acquaintance, while lashing out at sapien police officers with a sword. Even stranger, reaching into one pocket to pull out the Zippo Cait kept on her whenever she remembered. You never knew when setting things on fire would come in handy - and she tossed it across to Accord before turning back to poundng the living daylights out of any moron who made the mistake of getting too close.

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Re: Mercury, Accord, War Machine, etc

aom_npc_four
2008-03-16 08:35 pm UTC (link)

The War Machine flew in from overhead. As the battle raged he noticed that there was an absolute slaughter in an area and very few people seemed equipped to deal with it. He was one of the fortunate few that was extremely well equipped however and because of that he had no need for stealth. He had seen psychological warfare work before, regardless, and this might be as good a time as any. He landed directly in front of the chatty pair.

"Sorry I'm late. I heard you two were looking for someone powerful but I was tied up." The heavily modulated voice of this human tank rang out.

The various armaments from around the War Machine snapped into place, trained on Mercury and Accord. "Should I wait for you two to get ready or do you just want to run now?"

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miss_mercury, 2008-03-16 11:42 pm UTC

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telekatana, 2008-03-18 09:20 am UTC

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aom_npc_four, 2008-03-18 12:53 pm UTC

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telekatana, 2008-03-18 01:03 pm UTC

PULSE! -

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miss_mercury, 2008-03-18 05:17 pm UTC

Helio, Dansen Macabre, Havoc, Cyclops, etc

aom_npc_eight
2008-03-15 06:10 pm UTC (link)

Two days ago? Julius had been in a three-way battle royale over who got to be king - or queen, never forget the queen - of the popcorn cooker. He'd never have admitted it, but life on top just wasn't as thrilling as he'd hoped. People just doing what you told them? Great, if you were giving orders. But for one of the guys in charge of keeping them in line? Boooooring.

Good thing he'd kept in touch with those guys in New York. Sage's email was the brightest piece of news Helio'd had in a week, and looking down now at the chaos unfolding below, he couldn't help but grin. LA had caved easily enough, not too much for him to do. Washington, now. Washington was another story. Fighting everywhere, and a couple of pretty big names down there. It got a bit hard to tell the unaffiliated people apart, so Helio concentrated his effort on the people wearing those dorky X-Men costumes, sending blasts of wind down to knock people off their feet at random, while he floated in the skies above.

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Re: Helio, Dansen Macabre, Havoc, Cyclops, etc

miraculous_npc
2008-03-15 09:31 pm UTC (link)

In contrast, Sophia was rather liking this whole ruling the country set-up. Granted, it meant that there weren't as many actual fights to be had. But all that meant was that you needed to go out and weed out the sapiens who were causing trouble to pick fights with them. And that it was completely, 100% legal and she didn't have to worry about getting her ass chipped or numbered or anything else ridiculous.

Not that she often worried about it, considering she could render herself invisible to another person's senses... which made her rather sneaky when she wanted to be.

And that was exactly what she was doing now, with blades attached to each wrist: walking around unnoticed and literally stabbing her enemies in the back. It had her splattered in a bit of blood, though she didn't really care. It was almost too easy, though, and when she came to someone she recognized --- from pictures she'd seen of Brotherhood members from other bases --- she made herself visible. At least to him.

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Re: Helio, Dansen Macabre, Havoc, Cyclops, etc

aom_npc_eight
2008-03-15 10:18 pm UTC (link)

Julius didn't recognize the woman who suddenly winked into existence below him, but it didn't take much brainpower to realize who's side she was on; good guys didn't walk around as invisible killers, and the independants all seemed too confused to be any good to anyone. Blasting an area of clear space in front of him - which so happened to include knocking a lamp post through a man with a gun, so much the better - Helio floated low enough to actually exchange words.

"Nice trick," he commented, flashing a grin. "Glad you're on my side." Although, he made sure to stay out of any sort of casual range, just in case that wasn't true.

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visor_vision, 2008-03-16 02:07 pm UTC

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aom_npc_eight, 2008-03-17 04:51 pm UTC

PULSE! -

miraculous_npc, 2008-03-18 01:42 pm UTC

Avalanche, Scorpion, Quake, Captain America, etc.

_seismic
2008-03-15 10:43 pm UTC (link)

Avalanche had no problem with chaos. Three years in the Brotherhood did that to a person. It was easy to ignore most of the surrounding battles while focusing on what he did best - complete and utter destruction. The ground rippled from around his feet at intermediate moments, generally causing havoc some distance away. It was a lot like bowling - from the opposite direction. They fell down the same.

He kept his tremors close to the surface, trying to avoid ripping through pipelines and other cables buried beneath the ground. Still, it made enough damage all on it's own. One of the combatants charged at him. His unfortunate opponent did not have the ability of flight, and thus it came as quite a shock to the unfortunate man when the ground seemed to drop beneath him, leaving him to plummet into a pit some 20 feet below. Another ripple had the ground effectively swallowing him up - leaving him trapped there for however long it happened to be. Sucked to be him.

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Avalanche, Scorpion, Quake, Captain America, etc.

carmilla
2008-03-16 06:52 am UTC (link)

She'd never actually been in a battle this massive. It was...insane to say the least, and her limbs were sore. She'd been ducking and dodging this and that, while attempting to keep her balance on the earth waves Dom was making. It helped when you had a great equilibrium. It was just a matter of keeping your balance and finding some good footing, and not placing too much wait on your steps. Just... a lot of hopping...and jabbing. Nails helping her to inject her opponents, along with the shooting spit of green and clouds from her hand.

She'd had a lot of practice with the current FOH sweeps. It was good to know it all came in handy in the end. Other than Cait who was with her `mentor` Jack, Dom was the only person she felt she was cohesive with when working out in the field. They just seemed to have a certain type of sync that worked out. Great dance partner, if you will. She wasn't anywhere near him at the moment, but she could see him out of the corner of her eye, and that was close enough for her.

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Re: Avalanche, Scorpion, Quake, Captain America, etc.

aom_npc_two
2008-03-16 02:39 pm UTC (link)

Daisy had had it with babysitting Tony Stark. He was stupid enough to get fucked up by Magneto, and suddenly it was her job to look after him? So Iron Man was a big deal. Good for him. Didn't mean it was her responsibility, but Daisy took the job without complaining, constantly paranoid that Fury would realize he'd made a mistake in promoting her so high and knock her down at the first sign of childish weakness.

Needless to say, she was relieved when she'd found out she was bound for Washington -- with Captain America, no less. So while Avalanche was making the earth shake, forcing Daisy to pay some attention to keeping her ground, she approached from the back. Hands, covered by gauntlets to help control her powers, raised before a pulse spread from them, sweeping toward Scorpion and Avalanche and strong enough to knock them into the air.

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miraculous_npc, 2008-03-18 01:41 pm UTC

Gambit, Vertigo, &c.

dizzying
2008-03-15 11:10 pm UTC (link)

Vertigo didn't really go out looking for Remy Lebeau. In fact, she was shocked to find him here, and wasn't entirely sure as to what on earth he was doing here. She herself was there on a favor to Sage and an incredible need to kick someone's ass----and there was evidence of her presence all over the place with fall, bloody bodies and ... numerous pools of vomit. She walked across the grass, people swaying and falling down in her wake because they couldn't keep balance. After losing her hand and after what happened with Carol Danvers, she couldn't stand getting her ass kicked... which meant she wasn't giving people a chance to fight her, making them crash into posts and trees and other people as they tried to run toward her----and then shooting them.

But Remy... Remy was there, and she just couldn't stay away, stalking toward him in black leather pants, combat boots, and a white and acid green leather vest that was her signature piece. She had to look smokin' hot on the battlefield. She liked it when the last thing a man saw was her tight, leather-clad body before she shot him in the face.

"Well, look who it is," she said when she was just a foot behind him. "Thought you didn't like to come to parties."

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diableblanc
2008-03-16 03:34 am UTC (link)

Remy was busy at the moment. He'd been playing around with one of the minions brought in for the battle, enjoying the game of it rather than really defeating his opponent. It wasn't often he had the chance to fight with this much enthusiasm or against an actual opponent. He was dressed for battle, wearing the black armor of the Guild, complete with the subtle maroon horizontal stripes down both sides. The rest of the ensemble was black as well, reinforced leather that gave him some protection in a fight, apart from the faded, brown leather trench covering it.

The voice had him turning but confirmation wasn't necessary. Hers was a voice he wasn't likely to forget.

"Now that depends entirely on what kinda party we're talkin' about." He answered glibly, cracking his opponent across the head with his staff. The fellow went down quickly enough, now that Remy was done playing with him. It was interesting, how mutants relied upon their powers exclusively to get by. "Y'know I never turn down a good time."

To be honest, Remy couldn't have really explained what he was doing there. He wasn't an X-Man. In an entire life based on non-action, Remy was fairly convinced that this wasn't his fight. And yet with a few words, Xavier had convinced him otherwise. The man was damn persuasive, Remy had to give him credit for that.

It wasn't the first time he'd seen Vertigo since he'd taken her hand, but still not entirely a welcomed visit either.

"Shoulda known it'd attract all t'wrong crowd." He looked her over and shook his head. He sounded amused, but there was a hint of weariness in his voice when addressing her. There was little question as to what side of this fight she'd take. "What do y'want, Vee?"

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dizzying
2008-03-16 03:40 am UTC (link)

"What I want is lasers on my robotic hand," said Vertigo, frowning. She was sporting a semi-automatic in either hand, but that wasn't good enough. She wanted lasers. She had a toolbelt around her hips with other firearms and sharp, dangerous objects, but ... she wasn't gonna get lasers. "So I'll settle for this."

And she lifted her leg like a dancer and kicked him in the face.