Beyond Evolution

XAVIERS
8/23 - Temperatures are over 100 all weekend and week! A new record. Doesn't seem to be mutant-related or Xavier's-specific.

8/26 - SC elections are held for the class reps!


GENOSHA
8/25 - Supply day 1! Foodstuffs and nursing equipment are delivered en masse thanks to teleporters, divvied up and put where they belong.

8/26 - Supply day 2! Toiletries and electronic bits are delivered, etc.

8/28 - The NKs going for the BH ((Hala is, right?)) are shown underground parts of the island, not dissimilar to Xavier's -- there's training rooms, and a smaller version of the Danger Room, courtesy of Magneto. It can't be programmed as much, there's only about 10 training sims, but still.

2024
Anniversary 23
Past Rapid-Fires

8/9 - Back to school party held by one of the college kids! Feel free to come no matter what grade (or not) you are.

8/11 - A friend of the Statix contacts about a pro-mutant meeting on the low on Wednesday.

8/14 - 👀


2024
Anniversary 23
Past Rapid-Fires

11/27 - The outbreak continues unabated. The few mutant teams there are in the world are now all deploying healers to various Western Africa countries.

12/1 - The outbreak has been largely contained thanks to the large external support of not just mutants but human doctors and healthcare workers administering vaccines. Several countries have been decimated, though.

12/2 - With the help of volunteers, all of the Christmas decorations for the year are put up.


11/19/22 - 11/25/22
11/12/22 - 11/18/22
11/5/22 - 11/11/22
11/1/22 - 11/4/22

We are challenging everyone to try and tag with a maximum of five sentences!

Obviously, do whatever you'd like! But we're trying to see if we're even capable of that anymore!

(Eh, just stick the date it's set on in the subject line, we won't put up headers or whatever this time!)

So we're not all posting a hundred journal entries. ...Yes we include ourselves in that >_>

In the center of the Hellfire Club's summoning circle, a small, flickering flame began to burn. It grew hotter, bigger, brighter, until the spellcasters had to shut their eyes against it. Only Sebastian Shaw kept his eyes open, too riveted by the sight to look away even if his eyes stung. The Phoenix. The flame took shape, stretching out like great, fiery wings as the Phoenix answered his summoning and crossed fully over into this world.

Drawn by the symbol inked on his wrist, the Phoenix chose Shaw as its first host. Its first, because it would need a second -- as it moved into him, Shaw felt himself start to burn, psychic fire in his mind and physical fire over his body. He'd never imagined that he wasn't strong enough to contain what he'd summoned. He didn't have long to regret that oversight, but he did have time to scream, flames bursting from his mouth as he fell to his knees, then crumpled fully to the ground. In seconds, there was nothing left of Sebastian Shaw but a charred, smoking husk.

Something drew the Phoenix away from the Hellfire Club then. Someone, someone strong enough to host it without burning. Leaving the Hellfire Club's summoning room and former leader smoking behind it, it moved toward Xavier's, wreathed in flames.

(Fighting continues! Everyone!)

[Watch for headers for fighting on-campus, teams deployed off-campus, and the magic group inside. The Phoenix's presence is interfering with the portal spell and causing it to take longer than it should, not to mention getting the monsters riled up. This thread is for about the next thirty minutes -- powers will be restored to normal in the next thread, get your altered power fight scenes in now!]

Midday, multiple portals are going to open up and a great deal more of the tentacle monsters come out than came out originally. Along with them are ten of THESE things, who seem to be the ones in charge. They are capable of paralyzing anyone that meets their eyes, summoning elements, and forcing the opposite side to fight each other instead of the bad guys. Most dangerously though, they also have the capacity to use their central eye to project a field that cancels the effects of all mutant abilities within a cone of 150 feet in length around them.

There will be a post going up soon for non-team members to talk on, but the entries there don’t count towards activity. On that note, keep in mind that only posts happening before midnight will count for activity this month (that's why this is going up so early!).

Enjoy!

You know what to do!

See headers for details.

Inside Yana's castle was a wild mix of styles and even species. Some people had taken her directions to dress up very seriously, sparkling and bordering on formalwear, while others -- ahem, Holly Black -- hadn't bothered at all. Some weren't even people, although they did a good impression of being people, at least at the beginning of the night. As the party went on, it got a little bit more obvious which of the people you hadn't seen before were new students and which were demons in disguise. And of course there was Boogers, all dressed up in a half-suit and tie, giving everyone a good sniff before letting them inside and looking very pleased with himself.

The drinks had all been brought over from the human realm, but a few of the demon guests had smuggled their own flasks in, so partygoers accepted drinks from strangers at their own risk. And made out with strangers at their own risk, too, since some of the demons were a little... toothier than others. With Yana, Sapna, and Ananym all on hand nobody was actually going to get eaten, but they couldn't make any promises about nibbling.

The party would last until morning, or until everyone had gotten tired and gone back through the portal home, whichever came first. Most likely morning. Even if the Xavierites were ready to crash out, demons knew how to party.

(Rapid-fire, open to everyone!)

Rogue had never planned out a dream wedding when she was a kid. She’d been more rough and tumble, interested in playing in the mud and running around in the woods near her house. Her dolls would get married to one another, sure, but it was always very practical in her head rather than being extravagant in her heart. Going through the motions.

And then, of course, her powers had sufficiently ended any thoughts she’d had about a normal life. Much less one that involved living with and loving someone like that. She had to be careful with everyone that she was around, and there wasn’t much romance to be found when she could suck a person’s essence right out of them with a kiss. She’d come to accept it though, had carved out a place for herself in the world, with the school, with the teams. And while she knew some part of her would always be wistful about it, she’d come to terms with weddings and fairy tales being just that.

But then Liam had come into her life. Or, rather, she’d come (literally) crashing into his. It was the first time she’d had a crush quite like that -- one that was exciting, and new, and returned. Liam liked her back, he loved her just like she loved him, and now he wanted to turn all of those somedays into forevers.

And now here she was, on Waikiki’s tourist trap of a beach, with their friends and friends-as-family gathered around, with her brother Kurt officiating and their friends Colin and Bobby serving as best men. Her dress was, of course, styled by Rogue with help from Irina, who had lifted the hem from her knees to just at the line of decency. Her veil was long enough to drop to the ground, though. And her gloves this time were white. She laughed a little as she took the ring meant for Liam and looked at him, feeling her heart swell with happiness.

“Liam. I know we didn’t start off on the best foot.” Another small laugh. “But I promise to spend the rest of my life stoppin’ my mama from makin’ trouble for you. To make sure there’s hazelnut creamer in the fridge in the mornings. To push you to run ten miles when we want to stop at nine, and to make you look away from work when you’ve been at it too long. I’ll defend mint ice cream when people try to tell you it tastes like toothpaste, and I’ll make sure no pineapple goes near your pizza. Only you could make gettin’ up early sound just as good as sleepin’ in late, and I promise to try and share the covers better. And to only put my cold feet on you in the most dire of situations. I love you, and I’ll love you until there’s no more tomorrows. I’ve got your six for life.”

She reached out to get the ring from Bobby, and slid it on Liam’s finger and grinned. “No backin’ out now.”

(Open to Liam, obviously, and also RAPID FIRE threads if yall want!! There’s music and food and blankets set out instead of chairs for the actual event. ENJOY THE DAY!)

Even though it had been months now—a full semester of school—there was so much Brooklyn hadn’t really stopped to think about. That was normal for her, but usually it was over more trivial things than mutant powers and your connection to three other girls. Truth be told it hadn’t really started to sink in until Acacia and Tilly brought up the holidays, and then suddenly it felt much more poignant and real that, yes—this was a thing that was going to drive the rest of their lives, their families’ lives, and their own traditions.

Perhaps that had been more than a bit naive and foolish of her to not fully grasp the depths of her newfound situation, but realistically who could blame her? There were enough changes in their situation with powers emerging, moving to New York, boarding school and all that to really get into the meat of it all. And perhaps she just hadn’t wanted to, deep down, because she wasn’t really sure how she thought about it. It wasn’t Winter’s, or Acacia’s, or Tilly’s fault anymore than it was hers, but it was still weird to think about. So really, she hadn’t thought about it, she’d rolled with it and focused more on making sure the others were good and settled, and exploring their newfound powers and mansion-abode.

Until recently, when they had to actually sit down and discuss things, and what they’d learned in the process. ( And that was when Brooklyn really felt a bit weird about it all, and how little she knew about the larger parts of her seasonal sisters’ lives. )

[ WINTER ]

This was not going to plan.

Winter’s birthday had been shaping up to be one of the social events for her school. She hadn’t had to lift a finger, of course, her group of friends had easily outsourced the actual work to lessers that wanted an actual invitation to the gathering in the Great Hall. Her work had been entirely about finding the right outfit and accessories, and the perfect makeup and hair style. Which was what she’d been in the middle of executing, when things went to shit.

She could have done her eyeliner in her sleep. She’d long ago perfected the cats eye swipe, and did it practically on autopilot now, although with a bit heavier hand than she usually applied it with. She wasn’t really listening to what her friends behind her were talking about, completely uninterested as her thoughts turned inward. Another year at this place. She didn’t mind it, not really, but she did resent the passage of time at a place where she’d been shoved merely to get her off her parents minds.

She needed to have fun at this. Her friends had put effort into it, and it was her 16th birthday, after all. And a Friday, so it was a good way to start the weekend. She just needed a little bit longer to convince herself to be happy.

But then things went sideways.

Now, she and four of her friends were trapped inside of their room while it snowed on them, the door frozen solid. They were hastily trying to add layers to keep the cold at bay, but Winter found herself strangely unbothered by the temperature. “Is this some kind of joke? It’s not funny.” It was easier to snap than it was to give into the fear surrounding what was happening. “Can someone nudge her awake? Honestly.” One of the girls in the corner kept nodding off. That was not a good sign. Neither was the fact that the shadows were starting to play tricks on her eyes and looked as though they were moving.

She went to the window to help the girl there trying to open it, but looking outside she could see that it wouldn’t be much of a relief -- snow and ice there as well. In August. What was happening?

(Open to Amy and Bobby!)