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    "I figure it'll be a bit easier to start with somewhere I know but... still isn't my beach, you know?" Leilani agreed, before turning towards the others. She uncrossed her arms to let her fingers find Dimitri's arm, her touch warmer than most human hands would be. She blinked once at Aquaria's announcement, trying to parse her suggestion of a meal as she wasn't sure if that was some awful thing Aquaria's people enjoyed. Trying to not picture frog-people jamming birds down other squawking birds throats, she made a dubiously polite, "Oh?" noise at Aquaria, "That seems like... a lot of work?"
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    Alex's sunny smile gentled as she turned it on Corbin, "It also makes an excellent excuse to avoid crowds," she added about their absent team mates, her hazel eyes twinkling with good humor. "It's a sentiment I can understand. I don't actually like big parties all that much. They're so noisy." She tipped her head to the side and it was fairly likely the potent psychic wasn't talking about the sound level. She patted Mike's arm absently, her gaze still on Corbin and without missing a beat in the normal conversation, there was a light touch on Mark's brain that was undoubtably familiar. It was Alex's polite psychic knock. Is it something you want to talk about? Alex wanted to know, her question a mere whisper in the back of Mark's brain. There was none of that slight unfocused look in Mike's eyes so Mark could be fairly positive that it was just Alex pestering him. Mike might no longer mouth the words but his 'telepathy face' was still patently obvious to the people who knew him well.
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    "Speak for yourself, my love," came Talya's laconic response from where she was putting away the last of the exercise mats. Although she was still wearing the yoga top and pants she'd worn for the last official classes of the day, her posture had changed subtly to something more akin to the way she moved in uniform. "I'm perfectly capable of managing just fine on the ceiling even if I'm not striding across it in defiance of gravity." Her tone was light, teasing really and as she dropped down easily onto the stack of practice mats, she began to braid her blonde hair back with quick fingers as her attention turned towards the pair. She cocked her head at Steve, "Friendly wagers?"
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    "My part of the script says that I make a shocked face and tell you that I'd never keep secrets from the ones I love," was Talya's drawled response. She flipped down from her perch silently even though it left her tipping her chin up to look at Steve. "Forever is a rather long time and, despite his heroic drive and his ability to mask roughly eighty percent of his emotional depth at any given moment in time, Erik actually does know what a losing battle looks like." Emotion flickered briefly in the British woman's blue eyes, "I have no desire to add things to the list that keep him up at night, however."
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    The expression that flickered across Ray's features was one of stark longing. He let his hand drop to his side, the light of his power fading from his skin and leaving only his mortal form, decorated with the swirls and colors of his bright tattoos. "Hey, kid." He said simply to Hey-zel. "Nice entrance." Ray shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans, rocking back on his heels and avoiding eye contact with the other angels as they bound and contained the being that would have decimated the planet if given the opportunity to do so. He gave one loose-limbed shrug to Fast-Forward, "'Real angel' is a rather subjective concept. Really, 'angel' is a rather subjective concept. He's too powerful to really be 'destroyed' in any true sense. They'll see if they can redeem him, if they can't, he'll be contained." That was said with a shrug of apology towards Hey-zel. Unlike the younger angel, Ray took no one's redemption as an inevitability. "It won't happen overnight regardless," he said, with the dry tones of an immortal.
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    "Thank you," Alex gave Mike a bemused look and without so much as a by-your-leave, reached up to pluck the glasses off his face (even if she had to float up just a bit to do so). Trusting that he'd switch over into more of his actual body language without the crutch of his glasses, she folded them up and tucked them in amongst the brightly colored folds of her dress. "Mark," she said, turning her attention to their long time friend and his date. She offered Nina a warm smile and although the tension in Mark's frame drew a second, penetrating look, Alex said nothing nor inquired about it. The pat on his arm was distinctly soothing as she added, "You both look wonderful. Are you having a good time?"
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    Leilani's arms were folded around her midsection and from a quick glance, it might look like the elemental was cold. If she'd been anyone else, that would have been a reasonable assumption as she stood between one of the large windows showing the snow falling on the city outside and the equally chilly figure of one Comrade Frost, but Leilani didn't really feel cold. Not physically at least. It was just all... so very different. It wasn't though, without its own beauty, she could acknowledge. "You know, I heard that they're getting quite the winter up on Mauna Loa this year," she commented to Dimitri, pushing away the sense of displacement and focusing on the now; even if that 'now' involved Aquaria's trumpeting. "We could go, maybe, sometime later in the season. I think you'd like it." As casually as it was offered, it was really the first time that Leilani had shown even the slightest willingness to see her island and address the inevitable change that had happened there too. "Maybe."
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    Alex Albright made her entrance through the front door although since they were flying rather than driving, it was easy to make way through any press. With her arms around Mike's tuxedo-clad shoulders, she focused on keeping the brightly colored silk skirts from flapping in any way that she didn't really want them too. She had no desire to wake up tomorrow to a picture with too much leg flashed on some scandal rag. As Mike set her down, she smiled up (and up) at her broad shouldered fiance. "You look handsome," she told him, not for the first time, and linking arms with him, drug him towards the doors before he could try to engage with any reporters. Phalanx's alter ego was really paper-thin these days and Alex was well aware of that fact. Still, she felt some desire to protect him from an early outing, as ridiculous as that was becoming day by day. Once inside the safety of the League's HQ, she glanced around for familiar and friendly faces, bouncing up and down excitedly on her toes as when she spotted anyone she recognized and waving cheerfully.
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    Mid December, in the midst of 'normal' east coast weather, Freedom City is hit by a sudden cold snap that dumps feet of snow on the city. Given all the strange activities that go on in and around the city, it's entirely possible that the weather is not natural but the storm lasts only long enough to snow in the citizens of Freedom City for a weekend. For this month, we invite you to submit a vignette to Winter Wonderland (will add the link in when the thread's up), which can focus either on being snowed in, or dealing with the sudden blizzard in one way or another. Perhaps your hero ends up stuck in a house with someone they love - or hate! Or maybe you spend the day out making sure that no good citizens of Freedom City end up suffering in the inclement weather. Or perhaps a typical criminal caper is complicated by the unfriendly weather. The usual vignette rules - and rewards, apply. Make sure to have all vignettes posted by the end of December.
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    December Vignette Write Up: Mid December, in the midst of 'normal' east coast weather, Freedom City is hit by a sudden cold snap that dumps feet of snow on the city. Given all the strange activities that go on in and around the city, it's entirely possible that the weather is not natural but the storm lasts only long enough to snow in the citizens of Freedom City for a weekend. For this month, we invite you to submit a vignette to Winter Wonderland (will add the link in when the thread's up), which can focus either on being snowed in, or dealing with the sudden blizzard in one way or another. Perhaps your hero ends up stuck in a house with someone they love - or hate! Or maybe you spend the day out making sure that no good citizens of Freedom City end up suffering in the inclement weather. Or perhaps a typical criminal caper is complicated by the unfriendly weather.
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    "While I'm all for a refreshing round of ill-thought vengeance with potentially suicidal consequences," Talya drawled, a definite affectation since her diction was generally crisp to a fault. "And not that I would give advice about the proper route to taking out anyone in a permanent fashion - perish the thought," Talya said with only a hint of irony, "But generally it's best to take out a target on the ground of your choosing and not springing a carefully laid trap with one's face." She glanced in the route that Steve had left without a second word and sighed briefly, looking tired for the first time and her tone became matter of fact, "That said, I'd blow the EMP; they'll move once they realize they've been marked. They're opportunists, as these sort often are, and won't linger to 'maybe' catch someone when the risk is even more likely that there might be a planned counter-assault. Are we done here then?"
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    Robin relaxed her stance slightly as Riley rose. She had remained, quiet and wary but observant of what had been said and left unsaid. As the last of her teammates went to leave the room, Robin said simply, "I should go look after 'em. Let us know what we're gonna need to do, I guess." She said, assuming there would be some sort of punishment, or lesson or at least further activity on her part. Probably therapy, considering how often she was sent to Dr. Marquez. Following Riley's vanishing figure out the door, she left it to the adults to work out whatever it was they would. As the door shut, Robing could faintly make out the cool undertones of the British woman maybe playing mediator but her focus was on catching up to her friends. Riley was the closest and it didn't take her long to catch up to him with long, quick strides, "Hey, you okay? Didja wanna check on Fred and Raina?" The offer to talk about whatever had made him bolt from the room was unspoken but present.
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    Robin wasn't ever good with words, not when they involved feelings and emotions. They came halting to her at the best of times and she had her own nerves to wrestle with. So, when Riley slipped out of his shirt and moved towards her, Robin met him with open arms, burying her nose against the line of his jaw. It was tempting, so very tempting, to just let her actions speak but Robin also understood how important words could be. Especially in moments like this, so she gave Riley the only words she had. "I love you," she told him, the words almost harsh; fiercely whispered against his skin. "An' its you. It's always gonna be perfect to me. Cuz its you."
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    Talya's brow remained creased at Dimitri's response and her fingertips lightly ghosted over the baby's cheek, under the eye that glowed a disconcerting white. The fact that Min was well beyond the wall, that did relax Talya's shoulder's slightly but she couldn't help frowning at the infant's scrunched face. She couldn't make out iris or pupil; just white that glowed faintly. "It doesn't matter." She murmured, perhaps to the room or maybe herself, but mostly to her infant son, "You're perfect. You're perfect just the way you are." "Spasibo bratishka," It was a whisper of sound as Dimitri left. Except for shivering against the chill, Talya was largely recovered thanks to her unnatural metabolism. She paused for a moment, smiling faintly at Erik and his question, "I'm remarkably resilient. I'm fine," she assured him before tipping her head slightly at him. It might not have been a true statement five minutes ago but it was now and there was no need to go into the difficulties of the unplanned for c-section-by-blade-and-ether. "... That's Emily. She's been quite cross about the entire affair. Reasonably enough. This isn't what any of us had in mind, I know." She paused and then lifted the little boy a little higher, " Do you want to hold your son too?"
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    Robin had been quiet, her hands in her jean pockets as she watched the events unfold. Her gaze flicked to Raina as she left and then Peyton as she lost her temper. She gave a little bit of a shrug of agreement with Riley's assessment and reached out with one hand towards her boyfriend, "Riley's right." Robin said, even if her voice was tight and the words were a little terse. It was hard to push down the all too recent memories and the months that had led to this point but Robin had seen enough to know that there were somethings worse than broken bones and bruises. There were Riley's ferals, there was the Alkahest that stole away Fred's sentience whenever she lost her temper. She didn't hold the Alkahest's actions against her friend, she couldn't really hold Archer's actions against him. That didn't mean Robin liked it. Talya, however, had been quiet, arching another sardonic brow as Raina swept out in grand exit. "I agree with Ms. Quinn," Talya said, her voice clipped and clear though quieter than Peyton's outrage. "This should have been caught sooner. I know you've had a lot on your plate with the transition, Callie," Talya said, with an air of familiarity borne from having known the first Raven - and perhaps stolen from him, "And while I'm sure that you're doing everything you can to tighten security and ensure this particular tactic is not successful a second time - " She was her father's daughter, after all, "But I'm more concerned with how you move forward from here with the children. You can't just throw counseling at them for the next several months. This growing divide between the children of legacy heroes and those from more unusual circumstances has to be addressed. I know that it isn't what you want for the school either."
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    Talya shivered, her breath frosting in the air as she pulled the as-yet unnamed boy into her arms. Except for her clothes, Talya was perhaps disconcertingly pristine as the blood magic that brought her immortality had reset her form once more. The flesh that showed through where her dress had been cut away was smooth and unmarked. Cuddling the baby closer against the chill, Talya's attention was focused entirely on ensuring there were the proper fingers and toes but before her tally could even get that far, she paused with a faint noise of dismay. "His eye... Dimitri, what's wrong with his eyes?" Talya wanted to know, her tone tense and tight. She looked up at the swordsman's entrance, relief briefly flickering across her aristocratic features before her gaze flicked to the door, "Min?" She wanted to know immediately, shifting as if to stand. How much had she missed while she was unconscious. What had happened?
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    "My, what a stunning coincidence," Talya drawled in the manner that made it clear that she doubted anything like chance was involved. She may have been overestimating the machinations of the entropic denizens but she didn't think so. She was, rather thankfully, unaware of Kimber's expressed plan in the other room about these particular individuals. Bombshell has been a spy and sometimes assassin decades ago, in a different war, but it was not a hat she would take on lightly and this had not elevated to that level of need in her eyes. But then, Talya was probably more okay with most in accepting that the loss of these Grue was a sad thing without charging into a reckless rescue. "This seems both extraordinarily dangerous and exceptionally foolhardy," she commented about any further plans to breach into the other world. She tipped her head and her words were honest as she offered to Steve, "I'm glad that it was me you asked."
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    Talya didn't lie when she got home - not exactly - but she certainly downplayed the severity of the favor that she'd been asked to do with blithe smiles and flippant remarks, leaving a great deal unsaid. She might have snuggled her children a little closer and when she laid down to sleep, taken a little longer to rest. Oh, Talya would spend no sleepless night before a mission such as this. She knew too well how slim the error of margin would be. In the early morning, Talya snuck from their bed with practiced ease. She took the time to set up a recording, delaying its delivery until after their estimated return, with a generous buffer just in case. It was certainly sentimental but more than that, it provided the information for whatever attempt at rescue might be waged as Talya had no doubt that someone would at least try and fetch her, even if the dimension happened to collapse into the Terminus entirely. Suicidally heroic was one of the qualities she'd first fallen in love with after all. The fact that she'd probably be forgiven for her failure to be forthcoming in short order was almost as high on that list.
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    Dressed head to toe in her signature black, Talya cut a very different figure today than she generally did in the Espadas school. Utterly composed from the blonde curl that draped artfully over one eye to the sky-high peep toes. Those red, red lips quirked up at the corner at the fight Raina seemed ready to have. Though she didn't move towards Raina like Payton did for Riley, when she stood from her chair, she stepped towards the side to place herself between the headmistress' door and her pupil. "I did get a call from Callie, it's true." Talya said as she moved to easy conversational distance. "Although I rather suspect that I'm not actually any higher on her list than your mother in terms of choice of contact. Her childhood memories of me are rather a... mixed bag." Her hand came down then lightly, brushing Raina's forearm to get her attention as she added; timed so that Callie's entrance drew most attention away from her words, "But I did think you might take a modicum of comfort in knowing that no matter what might be decreed, you're not without places to go." Talya didn't actually think it would come to that - not from what she'd gathered thus far, and certainly she intended to keep Raina at the school but suspension or expulsion had far more threat to these children than it did to the scions of heroes like their opponents. Casting her gaze over the wayward orphans, Talya briefly and silently considered that it was lucky the rest of her family wouldn't really expect anything less if she ended up with a handful of teenagers needing a temporary home. -------- As for Robin, she stayed by Fred's side as their companions were met by their guardians. Reaching out, she squeezed Fred's hand briefly as Ms. Summers made her appearance. "We'll be okay, Fred," she promised the other orphan in an undertone before turning her direct grey-eyed gaze to the headmistress at her approach. "I promise."
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    Ray didn't hesitate, not even to make a wise-crack or comment. Instead, he drew back his fist and focused every ounce of power that was his to call to his knuckles and aimed his blow right at the center of the creature's 'back'. The Enochian tattoos flared along his skin, brighter than the noon-day sun as the angel-in-human-shell connected with a sound more like a clarion bell than any thing like flesh hitting bone. He would swear later on that the body that was both home and prison split along its seams. Certainly the spot where his fist connected with the demon's spine smoked, blistering his knuckles as barehand striking a creature that hailed from antithetical zones was not the wisest move that Ray had made. No one was more surprised than the tattooed angel when that blow seemed to reverberate outward, reacting to the holy energy that Ray channeled through his very skin.
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    I'll go with another attack with bare hands since that was the most successful this last time. Attack Roll: 18 Hopefully that its as I am low (maybe out) on HP.
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    The magic that had left Talya blessed - or cursed - with her particular brand of immortality had been blood magic of the darkest kind. Pale and unmoving, it likely seemed like far longer than it was before with a sudden intake of breath, her chest began to move. Her heart hiccuped once, the beats slow and unsteady as they were forced with ancient magic into unwilling rhythm. The first few moments were always the worst, as if the regeneration had to pick up a certain amount of momentum. Natalya Browning had not been born a fighter, but her long life had shaped her into one. Decades of training kept her silent as her body pulled itself back together, shedding the ether and mending flesh with equal alacrity. Even only barely clinging to consciousness, Talya made no noise. Too many times, she'd come back to life in a place where betraying her survival before she was able to move was far too dangerous to risk. It was only when she was aware enough to recognize the reedy cry of an infant did Talya shift, her eyes fluttering long before she'd have forced herself into movement otherwise. Instinctively, she curled towards the infant that Dimitri had tucked against her side to shield the baby as her hand skittered over the ground as if groping for a weapon.
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    Psyche didn't need the physical contact to establish the link - or permission - but she was well aware of the importance of both. Along with the light touch on Triakosia's fingers, the presence in her mind was palpable as Psyche did the mental equivalent of 'scuffing her feet' so the intrusion was noticeable. She was always keenly aware of the comfort levels of those around her and just how unnerving her powers could be. She took her time, a few long moments as she made sure to completely check over the woman's recent memories and for any of the tell tale marks of other psychic thumbprints. After a moment, her presence withdrew as she removed her hand. "I feel confident in saying that you have neither been controlled against your will, nor had memories erased within recent memory. Nor was this terrible act committed by your hands," Psyche said simply as she laced her gloved fingers together and offering the good news first. Her hazel eyes turned first to Phalanx and then to the rest of the team, "However, I am also equally confident that your memories, your personality, have been - for lack of a better term - heavily scanned which would require significant ability and time, not to mention a certain subtlety. It isn't easy to do." Psyche paused and then added, as if she considered this a grave violation of some sort, "I'm so sorry."
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    Bombshell The Skin Side Inside (IC) = 1 Posts A Dark and Spiteful God (IC) = 3 Posts Interceptors: Terrance and Emily = 1 Posts Exes and Ohs = 3 Posts Nighthawk Final Exam (IC) = 2 Posts Feathers in Their Caps (IC) = 3 Posts [ToV] Darkness Three Days Long (IC) = 1 Posts Volcanic Down the Unfamiliar Road = 2 Posts Lateral Ascension (IC) = 1 Posts Guest Starring: Renegade (To Nighthawk) Behind the Wall of Sleep = 5 Posts Guide Point: to Volcanic
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    "Woodsman," Nighthawk's voice rang out from where she had taken a defensive position - thankfully, she was closer than her boyfriend but the usually cool tempered vigilante pounced on Chosech with leonine swiftness. With her eyes glowing - literally - with righteous fury, she drug the creature who had terrorized their school up by the throat with clawed fingertips and gave the man a little shake. Still, despite the outward signs of Sekhmet's blessing and the unusual temper, Robin was in full control as she lifted the monster aloft. "You terrorized our school. You hurt my friends." Nighthawk's tone was almost conversational, her hand flexing as she added, "I suggest you tell me why before I toss you to the man with the axe who happens to have less patience."
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