Thread: Corporal Punishment (Magneto, Logan & OT Reactions) Who: Logan & OT Reactions NPCs: Magneto When: Friday, April 20th, 2012, Midday Where: Asteroid M, Central Square What: Magneto makes an “example” of Logan in front of the citizens of Asteroid M. Xavier students are placed front and center to witness the event. Vanguard is present to provide security. Rating: High. It’s torture folks, it’s not fun to watch. OOC: This is an Asteroid M reaction thread, this stuff isn't going to be filmed or shown on teh internetz, sorries. Actually, you're welcome. ;)
There was a lot of talk as to what exactly was to be discussed at the meeting that Magneto called. Every citizen was to be present and a number of the Vanguard went in search of particular individuals. Those happened to be Jamie Madrox, Rogue, Kurt Wagner, Tabitha Smith, St. John Allerdyce, Julian Keller, Manuel de Rocha, and Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid. All were found, save for Haroun, and brought to stand near the center of the square where the meeting was scheduled to take place. To what purpose they were brought there had yet to be revealed, but Vanguards stood nearby to make sure that they did not disappear into the crowd or try to find a way out.
The sun hung high in the sky, bearing down on everyone as they stood and waited. There was a sense of excitement mixed with dread. By now more people had heard of the news that Magneto had threatened to retaliate with nuclear weapons should Asteroid M not be recognized and accepted by the World Trade Organization. Some were elated by their supreme leader’s boldness, others wondered what madness had taken him over to do such a thing. Regardless, the sound of voices, both whispering and shouting, made a cacophony that to anyone with heightened hearing senses wish they had a set of earplugs to dull it down.
And then all at once, the crowd was hushed. The U-Shape of the crowd made Magneto’s entrance visible by all, facing the large edifice where all central operation of Asteroid M’s government was located. The wide doors had opened and members of the Vanguard exited first, followed by Magneto. His entrance caused an eruption of cheers from the crowd. It was their Savior! Their supreme leader! The cheering continued, though faltered and then died when the procession continued to reveal that this meeting might not be a joyous announcement but something else entirely.
Wolverine was completely surrounded by Vanguard who looked more nervous to be around him than he was of being around them. His wrists were bound by heavy metal cuffs and he walked until the guard in front of him came to a stop. By this time, Magneto had reached the platform in which he was to make his speech and Logan was stood there, staring at the crowd and briefly looked over his former students who took the front row. His eyes went face forward and lifted a little, waiting for Magneto put on his show.
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It was a good day for an execution, but short of that torture would work just fine. It wasn't as if Logan would be easier to kill anyways, short of severing his head, which Magneto considered too messy and not worth his effort. This way they could go at it for hours, really, what with that delightful healing factor of his. Erik would bring Logan to the brink over and over again just to prove his point and show all of Asteroid M that traitors would not be tolerated. Thats why, of course, the Xavier brats had front row seat at the festivities. He wanted to look into their eyes while he tortured their comrade. Doing it this way also proved interesting, that when it shook out it showed who was missing, exactly, from their ranks.
When the prisoner was lead out, Magneto stared him down, watching as he made his way forward. Silence permeated the scene.
"Citizens of Asteroid M!" His voice rang out and all eyes were on Erik. "In this, our age of infamy mutant's choice is but to be a tyrant, traitor, prisoner: no other choice has he," he began. He wanted to make it very clear that Wolverine's consequences were because of the choices he made and no one but Wolverine was responsible for that.
"Mystique will now read the charges," and everyone's attention turned to her while she listed them off. It was mostly trumped up things charges, but then again what did that matter in this kangaroo court where Magneto was, for all intents and purposes, judge jury and executioner.
"For these crimes against the State of Asteroid M, the sentence is corporal punishment. So, let it be done."
Erik lifted his hand and with a sharp movement splayed his fingers, breaking the links on Wolverine's chains and pulled his limbs outward in each direction. He gave his wrist a twist and wrapped Wolverine's arms around himself, fists in. And then slowly, ever so slowly, pulled Wolverine's claws out from the other man's knuckles so they sank, deep, into his sides.
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The claws sliced through his skin like it a knife cutting through fresh butter. Blood staining the adamantium blades as they went into his abdomen. Logan could see the pain that stung in the eyes of those who felt the sharpness of those claws, but now he understood that expression all too well. They sliced through his internal organs, scraping against each other as the twelve inches of metal met halfway. Logan was half bent over, gritting his teeth hard and trying to remember to breath. It was hard to do that though when you were being forced to stab yourself through the kidneys.
His healing factor was already kicking in too. Trying to fix itself but the claws were in the way of a full recovery. Blood started to drip over his fists and his nostrils flared as his knew he was losing control over his calm. So far it was just his stabbing himself, the real show had yet to begin and Logan couldn’t lose it so early. Not that he wanted this to go for awhile, but the longer he held himself together, the less damaging this would be for the kids in the end.
Avoiding eye contact, he stared down at the ground and the claws had fully extended. A growl came from deep within Logan and he struggled to fight against the Master of Magnetism’s hold over his own body. Heart beating fast in his chest, he stood there, stuck waiting for whatever else Magneto had in store.
Then he felt his body, lifting up, just the claws lifting his body up and carrying his weight, which began slicing up his sides. Then as if Magneto decided to just snap his fingers, his arms were splayed out and he slammed into the ground with a force that caused his impact to create an impression in the concrete. The ground cracked and the Logan was in the air again, a puppet in Magneto’s hands until he felt like he made his point.