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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:14 am
Valerie stopped for a moment and turned round, looking at the twin of herself and lent over, touching the replica of her two layer t-shirt and grinned. Standing up to full height to examine the rest of 'herself' and the clothes 'she' was wearing. The teen lifted her hand up and gave Markus a thumbs up
"man...those clothes look good on me!"
She said to the male walking into the kitchen area spotting the other mutants in the room. Her crystal blue eyes scanned the small group then hit apon a familier brunette male. Her grin turned upside down within a few milliseconds and the wide eyes narrowed, Turning on her heels the blonde marched out of the room and past Markus like a blur. Mizu sensed Valeries sudden mood change and let his head pop out of her shoulder so only his eyes where visible
"what the hell...I want food!"
Mizu protested in a whiney voice, Valerie glared at the creature who ducked slightly afraid of the moody girl.
"nothing...that...that...moron!"
Valerie mumbled to herself marching her way into the livingroom to fume by herself. Mizu nodded slowly and decided to leave her to sulk. jumping from her shoulder he transformed into his larger (more attractive) male self and walked out of the room. He knew he wouldnt get hurt if he left her alone.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:49 am
Markus grinned at her reaction. Most people have a little trouble looking at themselves but apparently she wasn't one of them. He nodded his agreement of her assessment of looking good as they entered the kitchen. He watched her suddenly frown and zip by him. Curiously he let his gaze shift to where she had been looking and looked at Lance. He glanced back at her and shrugged. "Gentalman....ladies." He said in greeting to the people in the kitchen all ready.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:30 pm
"Aw, you're just sayin' that. You know what I think?" Aarin winked conspiratorially at Conner, "I think that this kitchen wouldn't be able to hold the contained awesome of two Aussies and a Brit. No tea for me though, thanks." Applying his 'look at me!' philosophy even to food, Aarin couldn't help but toss his serving of noodles into the air from the pot before nimbly catching them on his plate. One fork-retrieval later, he was busily eating, seemingly uncaring that he was technically fraternizing with the enemy.
Tobias finished his second bottle and, bored, decided to see what there was to eat in the kitchen while waiting for pizza. He gave Lance a vague wave and "Don't think I know you," as he went straight for the fridge.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:06 pm
Almost immediately, Wolverine's nose detected the advancement of X-23 and, sure enough, within an instant she had darted out from the second floor corridor.
Laying eyes on his clone for the first time, the first thing he noticed was not the fierce intensity in her eyes or the born killer instincts that rivaled his own, but the fact that she was so young. Very young in fact. Realizing that she looked no older then one of their New Recruits, Logan growled heavily and swore that Fury and his Weapon X flunkies would pay for this at a later date.
By the time all this and more had flown through his mind, several precious seconds had passed, and the girl, obviously not one to waste time or an opportunity made her first move by diving down the stairs with a single toe-claw aimed directly at him.
X-23 obviously had his agility and stealth, she was lacking one thing; experience. Although this attack of her probably would have scared the pants of a newbie, for him, it did absolutely nothing. Without re-sheathing his claws, Wolverine rolled forward and under the girl as she flew through the air, standing up once he was in the clear and letting her hit the floor and re-attack if she so choose. He, for once, was not out to hurt her, but simply wanted to wear her out a bit before he attempted to talk some sense into her.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:22 pm
Fate walked through the grounds of the mansion as though he owned the place. A small expenditure of power causing a series of glitches throughout the security system to cover his passage. Magneto had told him to report directly to the Brotherhoo house. But where's the fun in that? Instead Fate had decided to go meet the enemy.
As Fate entered the mansion he heard a thump and a scape of metal from upstairs. "How fortuitous. A fight" Another tweak of probabilities and he was effectively invisible.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:23 pm
As chance would have it, this was also the moment chosen by David to return to the Brotherhood mansion. Mostly because of the bad memories that the morning's events had dredged up, Dave had spent most of the day by alone. He hated it when people crowded around him. It brought him back to that alley, made him relive those few moment over and over again. That gang had beaten him to within an inch of his life, and if Mystique hadn't stepped in, he'd probably be dead. It was an understandably traumatic experience for him, and it was one he didn't care to relive.
Instead of arriving through the front door, however, he entered via an upstairs window, fortunately getting his own room. If he'd landed in someone else's room, he didn't know what would happen. He could hear voices downstairs, a couple of which he didn't recognize. So, he hurried downstairs, and was greeting by a semi-crowd. Fortunately, these people were like him, so they didn't make him nervous as a gang of non-mutants would.
"Hiya, guys!" he said, a large grin spreading across his face. "Looks like there's more new people here! Hello, people I don't know!" he said, waving merrily.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:06 pm
X-23 hit the stairs at the precise location that Logan had just vacated, giving the stairs a deep gash with her toe claw as she landed. She retracted the claw on impact, leaving her free to put down her heel and finish her landing. She pivoted on the stair, the ferral grace of a killer emminating from her every motion. Now she was facing him again, but this time he had the high ground. Not one to be easily deterred, she growled and swiped at him with both clawed fists in a rapid one, two, one combo.
*****
Rogue dug into her food like she hadn't eaten in a week. Zapping someone elses life force in a calculated dose did that to her. It was so much easier to just touch them and absorb until contact was naturally broken. However, that method was unpredictable at best, and there was never any telling how long she'd remain in contact with their skin. Which, of course, affected how long she had to deal with that person's abilities and such. Like the last time she'd touched Sabertooth, for example. She'd been fanged, clawed, and hairy for a week. Ugh. She wasn't in any hurry to ever touch him skin to skin again.
Before she knew it her plate was empty, and so she went back for seconds. Then remembering her manners, Rogue turned to the new guy and said, "Hey, thanks for cookin', it's really great. A lot better than what most the guys around here can make, that's for sure."
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:12 pm
Fate watched the fight between Wolverine and the second healer from a small alcove near the stairs. "Well isn't this interesting, another one." he whispered to himself. Adding a little more power to the junctures he waited for an opportunity to strike.
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:56 am
"Heya David." Lizz said looking at the guy who had walked in with Valerie. "Pleasure." She said watching the hydrokynetic storm out after looking at Lance. She looked at Lance with a shrug. "Lance, this is David, David this is Lance. He's more or less the one in charge of this three ring circus...eeerrrr.....opperation." She said corrected herself. she returned her attention to the man who had entered. "What's your name?" She asked.
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:02 pm
(Squee for more b-hood invasions! And Ninja, don't you dare interrupt us. We are having a very serious Weapon X on Weapon X Clone battle, and it's not gonna be very pretty for you if you join in. 23 will k.o. you soon as look at you, cool powers or not.)
X-23 was intent on her target, but not so intent that everything else was shut out. She heard the door to the mansion open and close. A new scent wafted her way on the breeze caused by the door. This person wasn't an X-man, or at least none of the one's she knew from her monitoring. She heard the intruder cross the room and stop by the stairs, but paid him no heed. She was fighting her target now, and she didn't care if the whole world saw, as long as they stayed out of it.
She continued to swipe at Logan, attempting to drive him up the stairs to the landing so they'd be on even footing.
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:58 pm
As expected, Logan's clone of an opponent landed with the agility of a cat in the exact spot where he had been standing just a moment before. Growling hoarsely as he assumed a crouched position, Wolverine was more then ready for whatever X-23 had to throw at him. And, judging by the cold, ruthless glare she was giving him, it was going to be something
Seeing her quickly draw up her clawed fists in the ever popular 'one-two' combination, Logan blocked it with a quick 'one-two' of his own. Locking his claws with hers, he was able to overpower her attack. The familiar SCREECH of metal on metal echoed in the foyer as Logan batted her claws away with no problems. Not only would this move disarm her for the time being, but it would also toss off her center of gravity, leaving her wide open for an outside attack.
"I'm not here ta hurt ya, kid," said Logan, taking a step back from X-23 as if to prove that he meant no harm.
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Much to the surprise and annoyance of Lance, the CLANG of the beer-bottle he had thrown into the sink seemed to be an idiot alarm of sorts. Within a space of ninety seconds, every single Brotherhood member, some familiar and some not, crawled out from the depths of their hiding places, and made a point to name the kitchen as the 'hot-spot' of the moment.
"We've met," said Lance, shortly, ignoring Valerie's fleeting glare and exit for the moment and turned his attention back to Lizz and kid she attempted to re-introduce him to.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:36 am
Conner made, and passed out the cups of tea, flashing an agreeing smile Aarin's way by way of an answer. He leant against the kitchen side and quietly sipped at his drink while everyone else ate. He took the time to inspect the burn on his arm. his arm wasn't permenantly damaged, the skin felt a little tight whenever he flexed it but it would heal.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:40 am
Aarin, being his usual nosy self, couldn't help but notice Conner's burn. "What happened to ya there, mate? Run afoul of the toaster?"
Tobias shurgged. "Tobias, Infernal, call me whichever you prefer." He managed to find some ham in the fridge; he peeled off one of his biker gloves and laid a slice on his palm, where it began to sizzle merrily.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:14 am
Logan countered her every move. He trapped her claws with his, effectively disarming her upper body and throwing her off balance. However, he'd forgotten about her toe claws. But before she could use them, he did the unthinkable. He said he didn't want to hurt her. He then backed up, which pulled her forward and gave her back her balance. It confused her, but she wasn't about to believe him.
"LIAR!" She yelled as she pulled free by retracting her claws. Then with a grunt she leapt over him to the railing at the top of the stairs. She bent her knees on impact, and then vaulted to the chandalier. She swung it towards him, then at just the right moment she used a toe claw to cut the cord, sending it crashing to the floor. If he didn't move quickly, he'd be crushed.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:09 pm
As expected, X-23 did not take Logan's kind words seriously, and followed up his block by quickly retracting her claws and vaulting away.
"I'm only here to talk to ya, kid," said Logan, eyeing the girl carefully as she unsheathed her claws to free herself from his block. As expected, X-23 did not take his words seriously, and stubborn enough to prove this point vocally before vaulting herself clean over him and landing in a crouched position on the stair rails.
Before he could take advantage to the fact that she was within arms reach, she hopped upward, landed on the chandelier and with a well-timed slice from her toe-claw, send it crashing toward towards him.
Not having enough time to move out of harms way, Logan simply waited until the chandelier was hovering just over his head before swiping sharply at it with his claws. Adamantium claws tearing through the framework like butter, he broke through the fallen ornament like it was nothing and looked around for where the girl had fallen too.
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In between shoveling fork-fulls of pasta down her throat, Victoria graciously took the cup of tea Conner handed her before noticing the burn scar on his arm. Knowing that discretion counted for something, she was not going to draw attention to it at first, but after the unnamed Australian cook pointed it out, she could not help but make furthar inquires about his injury.
"Lemme guess," said Victoria curiously, putting down her fork and nodding quickly at Conner's arm. "Battle wound from the Pyromaniac at Mall?"
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