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[OPEN POST] NEW BRO'HOOD
Characters: John, Kevin, Logan, sons a'bitches, anyone feasible.
Setting: Brotherhood HQ, Vermont.
Content: EPIC.
Status: OPEN AND READY.
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Setting: Brotherhood HQ, Vermont.
Content: EPIC.
Status: OPEN AND READY.
Feel free to comment to existing threads, make new ones, and generally create awesomeness.
IMPORTANT NOTE: REFER HERE before jumping in.
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He simply maintains eye contact with Mystique and speaks clearly.]
I want...
[His control is far beyond what it was months ago. He is confident. He brings around his bare hand and places only his index finger onto Mystique's hands on the gun.]
I want you to let go.
[Only a small amount of decay occurs, causing Mystique to gasp in surprise and reflexively drop the gun onto the snow. Kevin bursts into movement in an instant, kicking the gun back towards John, then raises his hands to fight Mystique if necessary.]
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He feels a grim sort of elation that his fingers close around the gun - he aims at Mystique and shoots her in the torso without a second's hesitation, letting out a rattling, victorious breath, his voice pained from his injuries and yet still with bite.]
If only that could make you shut the fuck up too.
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Even so, she looks away when the dart sinks in, almost afraid of the scene to ensue, afraid she might find something worth pitying on Mystique's face. Kitty replaces her grasp on John's arm almost immediately without hesitation, ready to protect again if need be.]
That is so NOT Raven, guys. /laments
She drops to her knees before Kevin, looking up at him pleadingly, sure that this time she will surely lose her gift forever. Her fingers reach up, trembling, pink flesh so vulnerable, so fragile, just brushing the bare skin of Kevin's right hand.]
Kill me. Please. [She begs, desperate, her agility and strength still accessible, she could grip his exposed flesh tight and ride the waste into death, if only her will could overcome the harrowing emptiness she feels now, unable to shift and change forms.] Have mercy; don't make me live like this. [Her naked form shivers in the snow, her hands curl around fistfuls of Kevin's clothing, not willing to let him back away, taking with him her only hope at oblivion. She is begging, shameless, helpless, hopeless.] I only ever tried to help you...
Re: That is so NOT Raven, guys. /laments
He wants to say these things with a spiteful vehemence but finds that he can't. She is fully human now, with hair as black as her namesake, and pale, unscaled flesh. She has a warmth in her human eyes even though Kevin knows that nothing of the sort exists behind them.]
Raven, if this isn't your true form, then I don't know what could be more fitting. You could never be anything but a fake.
[Even as he says this, Kevin can't help pitying this shivering mess of a person at his feet. He kneels, takes off his coat, and wraps it around her, knowing she won't get up to defend herself or attack in this state.
Kevin gets back on his feet, and stares down at Raven. There's a bitter, vicious resentment brewing inside of him as a result of realizing how much he'd been used. There's so much he still needs to say.]
Kevin. Ford. <3 My Hero! (He's SO Raven!)
She knows what lies ahead for her if she can't convince him, the cruelty, the cold and unforigiving walls of a cell in the Triskelion, eternity trapped in one body. In short: living hell.]
Please. [Her voice is singular now, there is no falsehood to it. This Raven, only Raven, the only visage left.] God, please, Wither. Kill me, Just kill me. I know you must want to...
[She clutches at him again but is cast off, almost too gently, falling back with barely a sound into the snow. She looks around at the X-men, at the Madroxes, all of them frozen, staring at her. Their fight forgotten.
She screams then, with the urgency of the gallows-bound, her trembling figure rent with the force of the the utterance, and collapses in the snow, begging, sobbing, prostrate at Kevin's feet.]
So is she, sort of :P hehe.
In response to her words, I know you must want to, Kevin decides to offer some honesty.]
Yeah, part of me always will. The hunger. It'll never go away. But it isn't me. Not all of me, anyway. I'm not you, Mystique.
[Kevin's voice is filled with anger, and almost hates himself for his intentional cruelty of using her mutant name, knowing that it will hurt her more than calling her Raven.]
I'm not. I'm not you. [He wonders now if he's saying this more to convince himself, or for the others listening.]
I'll always have this hunger to kill. But working to suppress it... it's just what I'm going to have to learn to do. Starting today. And you... I won't just let you die by my hand.
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Join the club, kid.
[From the darkness of the woods, the Wolverine emerges. His arms bare, his clothing tattered, but his eyes are sane and his movements are calm and calculated. His six extended claws are adamantium insurance that no one, X-men or Brotherhood, will interfere with his approach. There is a stillness in the air around them and the man they call Logan commands reverence for the huddled mass, the suffering that has become palpable.]
It's not the hunger that sets your place in the world, it's whether you surrender to it. [Logan's steel eyes meet Kevin's, something approving there, and he nods. He stoops, his claws retracting, to collect Mystique in his arms. Perhaps some of the mutants there have never borne witness to the Wolverine's humanity, but the express tenderness with which he cradles Raven Darkholme to his chest, the woman who has at once been his captor, tormentor, and enemy leaves no doubt that there is a kindness behind his savagery, a base affinity for those who suffer.] Maybe you feel like that means people would be better off without you. Maybe they would be. Sometimes that isn't the choice you have to make. Sometimes you have to decide whether you are better off, more human, without them.
[Logan shifts Raven's weight in his arms, stepping closer to Kevin, his short stature still somehow confrontational, commanding respect, exuding authority. If any man alive knows what it is to be a killer, an incomparable force of death, it is Logan, and his words are heavy with an intimate understanding of Kevin's plight.]
I don't think you are, Kevin. Do you?
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[Kevin won't ever really get used to Logan. He's still intimidated by the man, and flinches just ever so slightly.
Logan's words sink in and really hit hard, and Kevin almost can't think clearly about what he's said for how much weight the words carry. Instead he chooses to talk about something else.]
I'm sorry about -- before. I just thought it was the best way to keep you safe. I hope you knew.
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I guess we have something to focus on now, for your training. [He pauses, raising an eyebrow.] That is, if you're ready to come back.
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But then... he considers Logan's question, and is surprised by how much it hurts him to finally face the music. Go back to the school? Yeah, well, if he was going to frank -- it sounds like a better life than holing up by himself wherever he can, living off his inheritance until it runs out, and then whatever else would come next. But he can't. He's only just managed to be honest enough with himself to admit that he cares about these people, and with him... well, there's just too much potential for accidents.]
Logan, I wish I could.
[It was the truth. Seems like the truth had been surfacing a lot since John's arrival, which, right now, seems like ages ago when it had only been a couple of days.]
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[Logan knows that look, has worn it himself. The concern, the fear. It is a cross he will have to learn to bear if he's going to survive.]
You think the only way for you to protect the people you care about is to stay away from them, but look. [He nods towards Ali and Jono, huddled close together, their faces etched with deep lines of concern. Beyond them, John leans against a tree, looking bored.] They risked their lives coming here. You know they would do it again in a heartbeat. They would follow you, no matter how far you go or how deep into danger it leads them. They would find you, and try to bring you home. They would fight for you, because that's what it means to be part of this team.
I know it's not easy to be afraid of what you're capable of, to live with the burden of killing people you've loved, knowing one wrong move could mean doing it again. Believe me. It doesn't get easier doing it on your own, even if the risk is less, the ghosts are louder and the guilt weighs heavier without someone around to drown out the memories.
[His eyes bore into Kevin, knowing the desolation his life will be if he forsakes his friends to go it alone.]
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You're right. And if that's their way of showing that they care, then my way of showing it has to be to keep my distance. I have to do this, Logan. If I stayed... it would just be selfish. I'm done being selfish. I'm doing this for them.
[And this time, Kevin truly believes it. He's been through too much, and seen so many things in a relatively short amount of time, and is done feeling sorry for himself. Done with the pity and the shame. He's glad he went through that period in his life, though, so that he can look back on it through the prism of experience and know that it's not worth the energy to feel self-pity anymore. Now he doesn't know what he wants for himself anymore -- and Logan's not helping, just making him feel more conflicted -- but he does know that he wants his friends safe. And safe means not with him.]
I appreciate what you're doing, though. [Kevin adds this softly, with less command than his previous words, and looks down as he says it, his guard down and vulnerabilities showing in the form of him forgetting to work on keeping his southern accent hidden. He sighs and wraps his sweater around him tighter as the wind blows a bit harder, and is slightly annoyed that he had to give his jacket to Mystique. Well, he isn't suffering as much as she is, so he doesn't have much to complain about, he supposes.]
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They were wrecks when you were gone, Ford. Blaire turned into a miserable drunk, and Starsmore would just sleep all day. I think he even cut back his eating. I'm not saying you're wrong here, kid, but they suffered more in the weeks you were gone than they ever did with you around.
Look, you don't have to make up your mind right away. [Logan hushes Mystique, his grip around her tightening as she tries to struggle in his arms. She'll have to be dealt with, and soon.] I'm driving back to the state, debrief SHIELD. I want to handle it directly. You can come, take some time to process. I won't try and make your mind up for you, but we can talk about training, about safeguards, precautions. After, if you still wanna bolt, I'll let you. Drive you wherever you want to go myself.
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Those idiots.
[And then Kevin perks up just the slightest bit at Logan's offer. It's... so tempting. Kevin actually gives it serious consideration, which could be dangerous. In the end, if the right decision is for him to leave, then delaying that decision will just make it hurt more. But maybe it's because he wants it so much that he's willing to go along with his invitation...]
I'd like that. Thanks. [Kevin addresses Logan with a clear voice again, and a calm expression, to signify his gratitude is sincere.]
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I'll need to talk to Iceman. Sort out what to do with Raven, and the rest. Wanna get a rundown of what to expect from Frost when we get back. [He frowns, not looking forward to the White Queen's wrath. He shakes his head.] An earful at least, no doubt.
You should talk to them, Kevin. [He nods over to Ali and Jono.] Reckless idiots or not, you won't get out of here until you do. I'll come and find you when it's time to go.
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