Through the Looking Glass.

by **Narrator** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:03 pm

Gemma Sloan wrote:"If fighting is not allowed, sit the bloody hell down and we won't have to fight. But you're showing your hand," she was talking to no one in particular. As the dual tonal quality of her voice continued it actually looked like she got slightly bigger. "I don't know all these people, but I do know for bloody sure that Theresa and Vickie would never lockstep like this. I also happen to know that some of these people are still alive and safe elsewhere."

"We're ALL Alive and Safe HERE," two or three said, simultaneously, in voices merging and changing tone. "All of us. Alive. And Safe. You can't change that!"

by **Narrator** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:08 pm

Jennifer Newgate wrote:"Fuck, I don't know. Maybe?"

A couple things happened, as the focus was shifted towards Gemma's quite impressive delay.

First of all, the campus back HERE, behind the cafeteria, looked more run-down and decaying, with patches of dirt and broken glass plainly visable--but only in patches. An area would look new and painted and great, and then another area would look like it hadn't been touched for 20 years.

Jennifer would ALSO get that humming sound again, but not from all around her, like before. It was hard to pinpoint exactly, but it didn't feel like it was coming from the point, where the Danger Room tech would have been. It felt more like living quarters.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:25 pm

"Whatever that hum is, it's not coming from the Point. We should get inside and take a look around." she says, heading for the entrance to the cafeteria.

by **Trev Anderson** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:45 pm

"I'd have been much happier if this was just the computer AI going crazy and making a program to be less lonely," Trev grumbled, eying the windows within sight of the entrance to the cafeteria.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:06 pm

Narrator wrote:"We're ALL Alive and Safe HERE," two or three said, simultaneously, in voices merging and changing tone. "All of us. Alive. And Safe. You can't change that!"

"But none of you are who you appear to be. I don't know who's doing this. I don't know who *would* do this, but I get what you're going for. I get wanting to have the others around, but this isn't the way to do it. Seriously."

by **Vertie Easley** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:10 pm

"Lots of possibilities, Ashlie and the Danger Room all mushed together. Altamira flipping her wig finally." Vertie slipped in beside Jen. "Viv did say there were other holes to other places all over."

by **Simon Kipling** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:16 am

Gemma Sloan wrote:
Narrator wrote:"We're ALL Alive and Safe HERE," two or three said, simultaneously, in voices merging and changing tone. "All of us. Alive. And Safe. You can't change that!"

"But none of you are who you appear to be. I don't know who's doing this. I don't know who *would* do this, but I get what you're going for. I get wanting to have the others around, but this isn't the way to do it. Seriously."

"We ARE who we are. We are Xaviers. We are family..." the voices said, in practiced unison.

"family..." Simon whispered.

by **Narrator** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:21 am

Trev Anderson wrote:"I'd have been much happier if this was just the computer AI going crazy and making a program to be less lonely," Trev grumbled, eying the windows within sight of the entrance to the cafeteria.

If Trev had still been pudgy, the cafeteria would have been a sight for sore eyes. Someone had set up a flippin' ice cream bar. Seriously. Ice Cream.

The sight of a younger version of himself pigging out on what looked like a massive sundae might bother him a bit more.

by **John Hino** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:28 am

"So... someone or something with the desire and ability to craft this illusion for itself... Who do we know besides Altamira who could?"

by **Trev Anderson** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:30 am

"What. The fuck!?!" Trev shouted, staring at his chubby doppelgänger.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:17 am

Simon Kipling wrote:"We ARE who we are. We are Xaviers. We are family..." the voices said, in practiced unison.

"family..." Simon whispered.

"This isn't family. This is a kid playing with dolls and calling it family. Everything is an imitation of how you expect it to be, but the things you get wrong only serve to reinforce that this is all a lie." She sighed and took a few steps forward, "And I get wanting that family. I don't have all my friends back, but I went out looking and found some of them."

by **Vertie Easley** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:27 pm

Trev Anderson wrote:"What. The fuck!?!" Trev shouted, staring at his chubby doppelgänger.

"Oh man...now that's crule." She patted Trev on the shoulder.

by **Domanic Taylor** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:43 pm

Gemma Sloan wrote:
"This isn't family. This is a kid playing with dolls and calling it family. Everything is an imitation of how you expect it to be, but the things you get wrong only serve to reinforce that this is all a lie." She sighed and took a few steps forward, "And I get wanting that family. I don't have all my friends back, but I went out looking and found some of them."

"No!" Simon said, jumping back.

"This is not a lie. This is home," Lumis said, his eyes glowing, hands glowing.

by **Trev Anderson** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:45 pm

Trev Anderson wrote:"What. The fuck!?!" Trev shouted, staring at his chubby doppelgänger.

Trev looked at Trev. "What's up?" he said, mouth full of ice cream.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:08 pm

"Go on. Hit with your best shot, but kill me and you'll be destroying another family. And I don't think you want to do that." She eyed Lumis for a moment before turning her side to him, giving him a great profile to shoot at.

by **Merle McClintock** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:12 am

Gemma Sloan wrote:"Go on. Hit with your best shot, but kill me and you'll be destroying another family. And I don't think you want to do that." She eyed Lumis for a moment before turning her side to him, giving him a great profile to shoot at.

Perhaps that gave Lumis pause, as he hesitated for a moment, fist outraised.

What it DIDN'T do is stop everyone, as all of a sudden, Merle leaped up from a table and tried to jump her

((Note for players who weren't around at the time: Merle was your generic superstrength guy))

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:15 am

Gemma didn't recognize the person leaping at her, but she braced anyway. Her body continued to burn and flicker as she prepared for whatever this person had in store.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:08 pm

Merle slammed into Gemma with the force of...well, not a freight train, but at least a nice solid Ford Transit. Of course, this had the side-effect of setting himself on fire, which seemed to give him pause in any sort of followup attack.

"Subdue...restrain..." the people began to chant, as several more people (Ryan, Kelly, and Jayda, from the looks of it) stood up to flank Gemma.

Back in the cafeteria, everyone...stumbled for a moment. The floor also fluctuated, going from pristine to ruined and back again, in a "blink and you'll miss it" sort of moment.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:22 pm

Gemma stumbled back from the impact, growling as she regained her footing. "In case you haven't noticed, he hit me first. It's his fault he's on fire," she said. She drew herself up a bit, becoming more imperious, glaring at the flankers first, "That is your warning. I will begin responding in kind to further attacks."

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:24 pm

"You will see the light. You will join us. And you will be happy," they said in unison, flanking her as more and more people started to stand up and walk slowly towards her.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:28 pm

"Am I losing it, or did anyone else see that? Also, put down the ice cream and get into the gym, fatass," Trev said to himself, blinking rapidly and looking around at the crowd of students.

by **Trev Anderson** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:38 pm

"Hey! That's not very nice to say," "Trev" said, blinking. "I work hard!"

If any of the students had noticed the fluctuation, they were hiding it well.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:39 pm

"Yeah, this is getting kind of trippy... Keep moving." she says, heading for the door leading further into the mansion.

by **John Hino** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:03 pm

"Is it weird that I feel a little insulted there isn't a fake me?"

by **Gemma Sloan** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:06 pm

Narrator wrote:"You will see the light. You will join us. And you will be happy," they said in unison, flanking her as more and more people started to stand up and walk slowly towards her.

"You want to see a light?" The dual tone synced up perfectly. "Here's your light." She tilted her head down, exhaling flames at her own feet and bathing the ground around her in a wash of fire.

by **John Hino** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:21 pm

John Hino wrote:"Is it weird that I feel a little insulted there isn't a fake me?"

"What do you mean, a fake you?" "John" asked.

The funny thing was, "John" had just come around from behind a crowd of people, and the group could have SWORN there was no John there a moment before.

by **Kurt Wagner** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:22 pm

Jennifer Newgate wrote:"Yeah, this is getting kind of trippy... Keep moving." she says, heading for the door leading further into the mansion.

"What's your hurry, liebchen?"

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:24 pm

Gemma Sloan wrote:
Narrator wrote:"You will see the light. You will join us. And you will be happy," they said in unison, flanking her as more and more people started to stand up and walk slowly towards her.

"You want to see a light?" The dual tone synced up perfectly. "Here's your light." She tilted her head down, exhaling flames at her own feet and bathing the ground around her in a wash of fire.

Everyone tried to dive out of the way, and were mostly successful.

Oddly, the winged ones (i.e., Ryan and Kelly) did so on the ground, rather than taking to the air.

In the cafeteria, everyone stumbled again, and this time the WALL flashed. And Jennifer would get a MUCH more solid ping from upstairs, towards the Dower House.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:29 pm

"There's someone real over that way!" she shouts, trying to ignore and drown out the copies that seem to be showing up from all over. She takes off into a jog, shoving Nightcrawler out of her way as she does.

by **John Hino** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:45 pm

"Okay 'me,' how many aligned arrays, bare minimum, are required for a full immersion hard-light holographic simulation?" John asked as he followed Jenn.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:09 pm

"Forty-two. Who ARE you?" "John" said, trying to stand in John's way.

Nightcrawler caught Jen's arm and judo-tossed her towards a wall.

by **John Hino** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:43 pm

"At least we know they've read Adams," he said. Seeing Jen attacked, he punched his twin with no regard for its continued wellbeing.

by **Vertie Easley** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:48 pm

Jennifer Newgate wrote:"There's someone real over that way!" she shouts, trying to ignore and drown out the copies that seem to be showing up from all over. She takes off into a jog, shoving Nightcrawler out of her way as she does.

"We're on it." Vertie took the "low" road as her scouts darted under tables and through legs, minus two scouts who stayed and hid to watch over the others.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm

John Hino wrote:"At least we know they've read Adams," he said. Seeing Jen attacked, he punched his twin with no regard for its continued wellbeing.

"John" growled as he was punched in the face, and returned a punch!

Perfectly symmetrical violence always solves everything.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm

Vertie Easley wrote:
Jennifer Newgate wrote:"There's someone real over that way!" she shouts, trying to ignore and drown out the copies that seem to be showing up from all over. She takes off into a jog, shoving Nightcrawler out of her way as she does.

"We're on it." Vertie took the "low" road as her scouts darted under tables and through legs, minus two scouts who stayed and hid to watch over the others.

People screamed and started trying to stomp on the "scouts" as they ran forward. That's unhygenic!

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:08 pm

Jennifer doesn't see that coming at all and goes flying, only barely managing to lessen the impact some by projecting a forcefield in front of her to take the brunt of slamming through a table. "Motherfucker!" she curses as she pulls herself up from the floor.

by **Gemma Sloan** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:41 am

Narrator wrote:Everyone tried to dive out of the way, and were mostly successful.

Oddly, the winged ones (i.e., Ryan and Kelly) did so on the ground, rather than taking to the air.

In the cafeteria, everyone stumbled again, and this time the WALL flashed. And Jennifer would get a MUCH more solid ping from upstairs, towards the Dower House.

"If you can't take the heat, quit threatening the god-damned dragon," GemmaIggy bellowed. She glared at the encroaching individuals. "Back off! Right now!"

by **John Hino** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:51 am

Narrator wrote:"John" growled as he was punched in the face, and returned a punch!

Perfectly symmetrical violence always solves everything.

John grunted.

"If that's all you've got, there's no way you're me," he growled, pulling out Onihasaiki. "You can mimic my form, but let's see about powers shall we?"

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:26 pm

Gemma Sloan wrote:
Narrator wrote:Everyone tried to dive out of the way, and were mostly successful.

Oddly, the winged ones (i.e., Ryan and Kelly) did so on the ground, rather than taking to the air.

In the cafeteria, everyone stumbled again, and this time the WALL flashed. And Jennifer would get a MUCH more solid ping from upstairs, towards the Dower House.

"If you can't take the heat, quit threatening the god-damned dragon," GemmaIggy bellowed. She glared at the encroaching individuals. "Back off! Right now!"

And that's when, like, four people jumped on he from behind, trying to wrestle her down. It might not be effective, but it was at least a strategy.

by **John Hino** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:41 pm

John Hino wrote:
Narrator wrote:"John" growled as he was punched in the face, and returned a punch!

Perfectly symmetrical violence always solves everything.

John grunted.

"If that's all you've got, there's no way you're me," he growled, pulling out Onihasaiki. "You can mimic my form, but let's see about powers shall we?"

"You're crazy, that's what you are!" "John" said, trying to tackle and take out John's knees.

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