As the name indicates...this RPG will revolve around Crossroads and New Beginnings.CrossroadsWe would like to see characters come to a 'crossroads' in their lives where important and life changing decisions have to be made. These events can be very personal...i.e. a relationship beginning, ending or changing, or they can be moral or spiritual. Whatever is decided, they should show 'growth' for your character.New BeginningsThis can be any number of items as well and most likely will relate back to the 'crossroads' in your character(s)' life or lives and/or career. They may be starting a new career as teacher or student at Xavier's School for the Gifted or may have been selected to train for the upcoming X-Men team(s). Their 'new beginning' once again may be as simple as establishing a new relationship or changes in an old one.
The X-Men and all likenesses are the property of Marvel Comics, 20th Century FOX, and ALL the creative minds therein. X-Men Crossroads is a non-profit RPG board. We here participate for the pure enjoyment and satisfaction writing in the X-Men Universe brings.Most of the Bio information is courtersy of Marvel Directory
Olympia Stern near Engineering/Evo/Tags: Nightcrawler etc.
Evo simply looked at Felicia Morgan and smiled, gesturing for the two to come with him as he turned away. He wasn't afraid of Mystique in this form, for she was a woman, and much smaller than he, and he was strong, his muscles unusually dense, and he was not human. As he did so, though, he replied to Nightcrawler with an image of how he had traveled to get where he was. Perhaps the images would seem a it distorted, but they were far easier for him to use than words at the moment.~If you can, bring me my shell. I think showing these two we mean them no harm is what we need. The woman calls us mutant hunters, and I cannot communicate with them as I am.~
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Chamber/ Tags: All ThereShifting to spoken thought, he asked, holding up two fingers "Who should I take first?"
~"Nightcrawler,"~ Cyclops sent, ~"Get Evo's shell and me and take us to Evo. Stand ready to bring the others, but let me try to talk to them before we descend en masse. They're scared enough as it is."~
Turning to the others with him, he said, "Stay alert and keep moving toward the stern. And stay together. Gambit, you're in charge." It wasn't ideal, but he just had to hope the Cajun would live up to the responsibility.
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Rogue/ Tags: All There*Not an option. If you don't want to go back, you don't have to. No one can force you except you.* Chamber turned away not wanting her to see that he was sincere about what he said. He looked toward where the others were.
Rogue couldn't believe what she was hearing. These mutants were being what one would consider as kind to her. They were nothing like Mystique had said. These mutants weren't evil... They were trying to help others! (Herself included).
*Um, I just hope Wolverine gets back okay. That guy was a bit tough. And mean.*
"A bit? Creed's one'a tha' nastiest furballs around!" Rogue commented in reply to Chamber's words. "Ah hope yer friend is okay too, Sugah..." she went on, praying that Sabretooth hadn't killed one of her newest allies.
*Something's wrong. Very wrong.* Chamber moved forward then stopped. *Someone's telling lies.*
Rogue had no idea what was going on...
Turning to the others with him, Cyclops said, "Stay alert and keep moving toward the stern. And stay together. Gambit, you're in charge."
Rogue looked over to Gambit - the one who had first come to her aid. She flashed him a worried smile and said, "Well... What now, fearless leader?"
OOC: Uhh... Where's Mystique? I'm confused... Is she visible to Rogue?
Re: Creed and Logan Clash Amidship/ Theatre/ JP pt 3
(Mystique is in engineering along with the two mutants and Evo. No one else is there yet, although Nightcrawler will be porting Scott and Evo's shell as soon as Jean is able to "show him" where they are through Evo's eyes)
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Karina,Wanda/ Tags: All There
Scarlet Witch shrugged at that.
"Whatever." she said her gaze moving from the others. She wasn't about to do anything...yet. But soon enough. At the moment, she would remain with this group. "So, where to now Gambit?" she asked and there was impatience in her voice.
Karina was standing in place, her eyes wide.
"Of brother, things are getting more confusing. Now I'm starting to wish I wasn't involved but on the other hand..." her voice dropped off.
...On the other hand, she wouldn't be having 'fun'.
She looks over at Gambit, head cocked to one side.
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Gambit/ Tags:Scarlet Witch, etc
Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, aka one of the most stiff-looking, rule-keeping people he had ever meant had just put him in charge! Him, Remy Etienne LeBeau, ex thief and ladies man extraordinaire! Oh how he just wanted to burst out laughing, and under normal circumstances he would have; Rogue, Wanda, and Karina asking him pretty much the same question turning his attention back to the pressing matters at hand.
“We be doin’ jus’ as de one-ey’d mutant be sayin’, movin’ on ahead t’wards de stern,” he cocked his head at the look on the Scarlet Witch’s face, smirking. ~De Cher be itchin’ t’ use dose pow’rs,~ he thought, turning and walking towards the next bend in the corridor, his smirk becoming a grin.
Poking his head back around the corner, he looked directly at Wanda, “Hey, yo’ be able t’ use dem pow’rs t’ be clearin’ a path t’rough debris containin’ no explosive traps?” he asked, not waiting for her answer, “Cos dere be a sligh’ barr’er in our way ‘ere. Yo’ wanna be movin’ it f’r us?”
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 60
(11/11/05 11:38 am)
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Chamber/ Tags: All There
Chamber's brow raised. He may have not known Wolverine for that long but he had feeling that one could take care of himself, especially with Creed and all.
*Oh I wouldn't worry too much about him. He can pretty much take care of himself. It's us that I worry about now though we do have some pretty capable people here, you know.*
Chamber stared at Rogue hoping she would be able to handle herself, if that time should come. She was a nice person as a friend though not as anything more.
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Karina,Wanda/ Tags: etc
Karina glanced at Gambit, her eyes questioning. He didn't seem the type to have been put in charge but if Cyclops did so, then maybe there was something about that. She would wait and see what he could do, for the time being. Her eyes turned away from Gambit to Scarlet Witch and wondered about that girl. There was something about her, something that spoke she had something else on her agenda, what it was, continued to elude Karina. Shrugging thoughtfully, Karina waited.
Scarlet Witch grinned at Gambit.
"I gotta warn you, I never know what's going to happen with my hexes. Just so you know." she said.
She moved slowly so that she was standing beside him, one hand raised as if she was cupping something. A glow appearing.
"Maybe we should make sure there's no more explosives there, before we do that," Karina questioned in a small yet loud enough voice that reached Gambit's ears. In her hand was a seed that she practically clutched.
Scarlet Witch glanced back at Gambit to see what he would say though glow still at her hands.
Olympia Bow / Gyrich / Tags: Open
Gyrich did another fast scan around, orienting himself as they moved. Most of the action seemed to've taken place toward the stern, and here in the bow there was relatively little wreckage and smoke. Over to one side, he could see and hear wounded and there were figures visible moving among them. With gunfire amidships still echoing in his ears, he studied the ones in motion narrowly, but they seemed to be tending, not administering coups de grace.
As they headed below, he cast a last look at the sky. Where the hell were those rescue helos? There seemed to be a storm blowing in, but nothing the aptly-named Sea Kings couldn't handle. That part of the mission wasn't his, but the absence was an anomaly, and he hated surprises. Frowning beneath his mask, he led his team into the bowels of the ship.
Below, there was a pervasive smell of smoke, but little of it in immediate evidence. Still, there was no knowing just what was burning and he signalled his men to don their breathing masks. These were light, palm-sized devices that strapped across the lower half of their faces. They were easy to deploy and the team did so on the move, using the same half-covering tactic they'd employed with the jetpacks on landing.
Masked and all in black, the breathing devices lent them an insectoid appearance. That would get worse as, with the ship's power evidently out and their way growing darker with every step away from natural light, they would eventually have to don their night-vision goggles. Gyrich wanted to hold off on that, though. Not because he had any aversion to looking scary under the circumstances, but because the goggles could be problematic in situations with random fires flaring up.
Well, he thought grimly as the team closed on the area with the gunfire. Needs must when the devil drives.
Storm listened through the link and decided it was going ok for now. Then she heard another noise. Casting a glance to the sky, she frowned, *I believe you have company, helicopters at 12 high. How do you wish me to proceed?* she asked.
Re: Olympia: Sternish-area / Chamber/ Tags: All There
Nightcrawler *bamfed* in with Evo's shell - he looked tired, not yet drained but definately feeling it as he set his jaw and gave a weak "thumbs up" sign to Scott.
// slight NPC of Jean //
After having picked up the sensory impressions from Evo via Jean - the sights, the sounds, even a hint of the smell - he hung back briefly as Evo prepared his new form.
"I .. understand," he said, as Jean replayed the encounter Evo had had in Engineering, as Mystique threateningly interposed herself between Evo and the two mutants. "Who IS that," he asked, "who is that woman?"
Re: Olympia: Deck/Crow/ No tags
Sure, she liked saving people. But, as much fun as it was, the girl like saving herself even more. It was with this thought she buzzed off. She had to admit the smoke had been starting to get to her, too. Maybe a quick trip topside would do it...
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Hidden from view on the deck, Crow shifted back to her natural form. A few deep breaths helped to clear her head and lungs. Who knew smoke could be so heavy? The teen looked around her for something productive to do. She'd rather not go back down again if there was another option. Her eyes narrowed slightly in annoyance. Although her position kept her from being seen, it meant her view of the other going-ons was obstructed as well. Just deck to look at; deck and lawn chairs, and ocean...
A smirk slowly crept up on her face as her eyes locked out onto the sea--and, more importantly, the flying bridge of Jonah's Whale. "Well," she murmured quietly, "I don't believe I've broken into one of those before."
Okay, so maybe her break from rescues wouldn't be quite as productive as she had hoped. Shrugging slightly in dismissal of the thought, Crow changed again to a seagull. She could never resist a challenge.
((To be continued...))
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Re: Olympia Stern/ Evo / Tags: Nightcrawler, Mystique, etc.
Instead of tryign to change into a more powerful form, Evo simply spoke once in his human form. "We aren't here to hurt anyone, only to get them out of the way. If we were, I wouldn't have returned to human form. I'd simply have knocked this lady aside and crushed the two of you." Then, he spoke ot the female of the two. "I heard your power lets you look and hear anywhere. Just look and listen at what's happening around here. I heard gunshots earlier, but none of the X-men have guns. We dont use the, at least not that I know of. The mission we were assigned when we came here was to get you two off the ship. We had to take out the generator to get here, yeah, but as for attacking people, there's someone else on board doing that. We've encountered bombs, heard gunshots, and this lady's companion, who isn't dead. One of our folks saw him back aboard ship."
Quote:"I gotta warn you, I never know what's going to happen with my hexes. Just so you know." Wanda said.
“Consid’r me warn’d, Petit” Remy said, with a cheeky wink.
He watched her ready her power, red-on-black eyes narrowing, instinctively, preparing himself for what lay ahead; for the explosion he was sure was to come.
Quote: "Maybe we should make sure there's no more explosives there, before we do that," Karina questioned in a small yet loud enough voice that reached Gambit's ears. In her hand was a seed that she practically clutched.
Scarlet Witch glanced back at Gambit to see what he would say though glow still at her hands.
The Cajun glanced back at Karina, stopping himself from sighing with annoyance. Hadn’t the two heard him before? He’d clearly asked Scarlet Witch if she could blow up a barricade containing no booby traps.
To satisfy their fear, however, Gambit moved over to the debris blocking their path, double-checking for what he already knew was not there. “Dere be non traps in dis one, Cheries,” he assured them, walking back over to stand beside Wanda, “Now, yo’ be blowin’ it up so we be gettin’ dis party started, oui?”
OOC: Destroy the barricade, xgirl2. Scarlet Witch will succeed. If you want to throw in a little twist feel free.
Re: Olympia: Conference Rooms / Mana / Tags:Force/MagmaOOC: My apologies, AlphaTigerLady, for taking so long to post this out, I actually missed Magma’s call to the passengers, and was giving it some time before waking Mana up. Again, sorry about that.
Quote: Holding a couple of palm sized fireballs, Magma stepped forward, waiting and ready for anything that might happen. There was an intent look on her face.
"Hello there? Is anyone there all right?" she called out.
From within the room there was complete silence, the sound of pounding heartbeats; fear-filled eyes; shaking bodies so faint, the low sound of the flames burning in Magma’s hands was enough to drown them out.
Back behind the two mutants still conscious, Mana was slowly starting to stir, her healing powers working at a quicker pace than before, her unconscious mind now so inactive her body could concentrate on the task of mending the many scratches, bruises, and other such wounds she had received, not to mention replace the intense fatigue with energy.
She was awake enough to hear the sudden, “NO! IT’S A MUTANT! RUN!” come from an older, male hostage within the room, obviously thinking Magma was a threat to them, and somewhere in the back of Mana’s waking mind she didn’t blame him.
Brown eyes opening, still glowing with the purple effect her healing powers manifested, she slowly sat up, looking straight at the two girls still with her, wondering where Angel was, and thinking they better get these people out of there quick smart before something else decided to blow up.
“Magma!” she called, “The flames, turn them off, or something, the people are likely to riot thinking you are a threat…”
“MUTANTS!”
Mana’s eyes widened, “Oh, for crying out loud,” she whispered, standing up and walking over to the doorway, “Yeah, okay, we’re mutants, but we’re here to help you; get you out of here, whether you choose to believe us is up to you,” she explained.
Several people stood up; three in all, and Mana counted about fifteen within the room; walking towards them, albeit with hesitancy in their eyes. Seeing this, others followed, until all of them were filing past both Mana and Amara, into the hallway beyond, waiting for their ‘savoiurs’ next orders.
~Oh, thank goodness,~ Mana thought, noticing most of them had only minor scrapes and bruises, one man; the one who’d yelled out the first time; seemingly swaying on his feet, held up by another standing beside him. He was the one her powers had reacted to the closer they’d gotten to the barricaded door. Mana moved over to help him, and when he vigorously shook his head, she backed off, respecting his wishes to let his wounds take their natural course in healing.
“Girls,” the pyrokinetic healer started, turning back to them, “Get them all topside, and alert Nightcrawler and Angel to the need of their further assistance. I have someone I need to find,” and with that, Mana continued on, leaving Magma and Force in charge of fifteen people who looked like they’d been through a war and lived to tell the tale of its beginning and possibly, very soon, its end.
OOC: Go ahead and write Force and Magma getting them topside however you want. I leave it completely up to you.
Re: Olympia: Stern Hallways/Wanda,Karina/Tags:Gambit,etc
Karina shrugged at that. She was able to relax, a bit. But not by much. She didn't know what would come about once Wanda did her thing. Heck, Karina wasn't even sure about Wanda but she did give the other girl the benefit.
Scarlet Witch looked over at Gambit then back before making a show of tossing something toward the barricade.
The 'glow' struck the barricade. At first nothing seemed to happen. Scarlet Witch stood there waiting. Then, something happened.
It seemed that the barricade was melting but up to a point as it blew outward and around them. Some kind of liquid going outward. Scarlet Witch blinked at that, narrowing her eyes.
<That was new.> she thought then shrugged.
"Messy but effective, I would say." she answered then smiling back at Gambit. "Hope you didn't mind the mess. Like I warned one never knows what might have happened."
Alpha Tiger Lady Just a touch of Force
Posts: 94
(11/18/05 12:11 pm)
Re: Olympia: Conference Rooms / Magma,Force / Tags:Mana
Force had stopped her forcefield once Mana was conscious. Her glance went to Magma who had stopped her flame. Shaking her head, Force watched as Mana left them.
"Um, Magma, we have to get them out but carefully," she called out.
Magma nodded moving forward quickly as Force waited for the last of them to pass her by and joining at the rear.
"Come on folks, thats right this way," Magma said pointing the way as they passed. She looked at Force with something in her eyes. Force nodded.
~Going to need some pickup, someone. We got a bunch of people moving topside.~ Force sent through the telepathic loop.
The last of the passengers passed her and Force moved back in the rear.
OOC: No problem. I've had some things to do hence the reason I didn't post in a while.
Re: Olympia:Stern Hallway/Rogue/Tags:Gambit,Wanda,Karina,etc"Messy but effective, I would say." she answered then smiling back at Gambit. "Hope you didn't mind the mess. Like I warned one never knows what might have happened."
Rogue watched Wanda's use of her powers with awe. "Wow! That was amazin'!" she exclaimed after the way had been cleared for them.
Well, it was quite clear to Rogue that these mutants weren't the weaklings that Mystique had made them out to be. They were all quite formidable. ::Good...:: she thought, glad that she seemed to have made the right decision in choosing to leave the Brotherhood for them.
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 61
(11/18/05 2:30 pm)
Re: Olympia:Stern Hallway/Chamber/Tags:etc
Glancing at Rogue, Chamber checked to make sure all was well with her.
He had seen her look when Scarlet Witch 'melted' (for lack of a word) the barricade and he sort of nodded.
*Now that was an amazing display there, eh Rogue.*
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OOC: sorry for the shortness. Got some things that I have to do at the moment. Will post better and a bit longer next time.
Background: Many, many years ago, Charles Francis Xavier established Xavier's School for the Gifted. Also, seeing other Mutants misusing and abusing their powers, he created the first generation of the X-Men.This original team was trained and lead by an old friend of his...Logan, aka Wolverine. Logan's co-leader was a young woman and student named Ororo Munroe, aka Storm. Once the team was trained and fielded on active missions, they took on the additional responsibility of teaching and helping new Mutants deal with their powers.On one horrible night, the X-Men were fielded to stop a particularly powerful Mutant and his 'gang'. The 'intelligence' received on this Mutant and his cohorts was sketchy and actually turned out to be a set-up to entrap the X-Men and take them captive. In the ensuing melee', 'things' happened and a number of the team were killed outright or severely injured.After making sure his remaining team-mates were going to be okay, Logan left. Xavier has not, to current time, explained his absence or even whether or not he survived.Current Time/Game Time: Almost seven years later, as Human/Mutant incidents are on the rise, Xavier once again sees a need for a Mutant 'police force'. He sees this new X-Men team as a force for good and a way to help peacefully integrate the rapidly emerging Mutant society with the established Human society. To this end, he has contacted Logan and asked him to 'come home' and train his 'new' team.
Logan has reluctantly agreed.Can shadows from their past be put aside for the good of the new X-Men? How will the surviving members of the original team react and what will they do as 'truths' are learned about that disastrous night?Note: We want the new X-Men to include younger versions of the old familiar characters such as Scott, Jean, Beast etc...as well as many of the OCC’s and other Canon characters that are available.Please ask the Staff BEFORE stating or establishing that your character was one of the old, now disbanded, original X-Men.
Scarlet Witch will succeed. If you want to throw in a little twist feel free.
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