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
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 66
(12/23/05 4:12 pm)
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Chamber/Tags: Several
Chamber's mental oath was choked off when Gambit pulled him away. He turned to him wondering,
*Now what was that for? I can fight just as much as any.*
Though he was unsure as to how. Sometimes, his powers would completely get the getter of him especially during a confrontation of a sort.
He gave a sort of mental sigh before realizing that Gambit was probably right. But that didn't make him feel any better about it. Especially since that Felicia person had left and all.
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Wanda, Karina/Tags: Several
Scarlet Witch:
With a startled oath at being yanked out of the way by Gambit, Scarlet Witch turned on him.
"I can handle myself!" she rounded on him. A flicker a her hand appeared but she cut it off. "I'm not that young. I've been by myself for a while and can deal with anything that comes my way. Don't do that again."
Karina:
Karina jumped when Gambit grabbed at her, nearly losing the seed in her pocket as well. But she was able to hold on to it in the end.
"B--But what about the others? Won't they need help?" she protested, gaze on Gambit and wide eyed as well.
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Cyclops/Tags: Several
Tactics. Scott's forte from paintball to chess to West Point war games, but the worry had always haunted the back of his mind -- how well would he do when the hammer dropped and it all became very, very real? Now, with that moment here, he forgot the questions and the doubts and simply did what he'd been trained to do. It all flowed through his mind in an instant. The opfor's* numbers, training, armaments and defenses, objectives. His own. Counters and consequences.
"Out! Go!" he shouted, half-pushing, half-throwing Andreas clear. Without the advantage of their powers, Wolverine was the only one who was a match the commandos, and the bloodshed that would result from that meant the mutants lost, no matter who won. Even as he thought it, Scott was aware of two of the black-clad men flinging themselves between the charging mutant's claws and their leader, knives appearing in their hands.
No. Ignoring the man who was almost upon him, Cyclops looked up and loosed his power into a wide, slashing arc, shearing off a huge swath of the network of pipes and wiring overhead.
He had barely the instant to see it begin to fall before a freight train hit him in the form of the big commando's shoulder, knocking his wind out and flinging him to one side.
OOC: *'opposing force' (aka Gyrich and his men).Edited by: Original Summers at: 12/24/05 1:13 am
Quote:(Chamber)*Now what was that for? I can fight just as much as any.*
The Cajun shuddered. ~Telepaths!~ he thought, the look in his eyes enough. He was well aware this was the only way Chamber could communicate now, but that didn’t much matter to a mutant who was hiding things he never wanted ever to share.
“I be havin’ non doub’ bu’ yo’ pow’rs be null an’ void again’t dem. Yo’ be stayin’ ‘ere an’ lettin’ dose wit’ m’re experience be handlin’ dis. E’en I ‘ave ne’er been in dis sorto’ situation.”
Quote:"I can handle myself!" (Wanda) rounded on him. A flicker a her hand appeared but she cut it off. "I'm not that young. I've been by myself for a while and can deal with anything that comes my way. Don't do that again."
Gambit knew he’d angered the young woman the moment she turned on him, his own anger seeping through, causing him to get his back up a bit, “Yo’ be lisnin’ t’ me,” he said, red-on-black eyes locking with hers, “Yo’ be und’r mah comman’ an’ mah care, so yo’ be doin’ wha’ I be tellin’ yo’. Ne’er f’r one momen’ be I doubtin’ any o’ yo’ can’ be holdin’ yo’ own, bu’ dere be a v’ry angry man wit’ claws ou’ dere, an’ sold’rs armed t’ de teeth. E’en if I havin’ t’ be holdin’ yo’ down, while I be in charge, yo’ be stayin’ ‘ere,” he ordered, the look in his eyes just daring the Scarlet Witch to try and use her powers on him.
Quote:"B--But what about the others? Won't they need help?" (Karina) protested, gaze on Gambit and wide eyed as well.
His look softened as he turned his head, “Wha’ dey be needin’ is f’r dis ‘ere Cajun t’ be makin’ sure dey don’ ‘ave t’ be worryin’ ‘bou’ anyone bu’ demselves an’ dose in dere ‘mediate vicinity. We be stayin’ outta all dere ways,” he told her, eyes moving to settle on Rogue, a small smile curling the corners of his lips, the sudden sounds coming from around the corner changing the smile to a frown.
~Wha’ de heck be hapnin?!~ he thought, his worry tripling three fold.
OOC: I dare any of you to try and defy the Cajun in his current state of mind. LOL. Btw, for those of you with Gambit who haven’t read PBTW’s ideas for the five of us, please go and do so HERE!
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Logan/Tags: Several
As Wolverine came up on the two soldiers, ready to battle with blades, he grimaced as the pain in his hands intensified. He barely glanced at them, just enough time to notice that the wounds made by extended claws had begun to bleed. 'What the..?' was barely a thought when a loud explosive noise came from above him, following the flash of a bright red light.
His forward momentum ceased as he glanced upward and saw the ceiling coming down on him. "Not again..." he growled, then turned and dove backward. Sliding across the tiled floor he came to a halt and rolled over quickly to witness the fate of the SHIELD commandoes. Through the falling debris he saw them dive for cover also.
The barrier between him and his objective, and a glance to his left showed him that Summers was in an immediately compromising position. Glancing down at his fists and noting that they had healed up again, as his healing factor took up its duties again, he scrambled to his feet and charged at the soldier standing over Cyclops, now sprawled on the floor.
Edited by: Wolvie6 at: 12/24/05 10:40 am
Quote:Gambit knew he’d angered the young woman the moment she turned on him, his own anger seeping through, causing him to get his back up a bit, “Yo’ be lisnin’ t’ me,” he said, red-on-black eyes locking with hers, “Yo’ be und’r mah comman’ an’ mah care, so yo’ be doin’ wha’ I be tellin’ yo’. Ne’er f’r one momen’ be I doubtin’ any o’ yo’ can’ be holdin’ yo’ own, bu’ dere be a v’ry angry man wit’ claws ou’ dere, an’ sold’rs armed t’ de teeth. E’en if I havin’ t’ be holdin’ yo’ down, while I be in charge, yo’ be stayin’ ‘ere,” he ordered, the look in his eyes just daring the Scarlet Witch to try and use her powers on him.
Scarlet Witch:
The look in Gambit's eyes only brought out another mutinious look from Scarlet Witch. She glared back at him before she sniffed and turned her back on him. Given the chance, Wanda probably would have tossed at hex bolt at him but she didn't just turned away as if ignoring him.
Quote:His look softened as he turned his head, “Wha’ dey be needin’ is f’r dis ‘ere Cajun t’ be makin’ sure dey don’ ‘ave t’ be worryin’ ‘bou’ anyone bu’ demselves an’ dose in dere ‘mediate vicinity. We be stayin’ outta all dere ways,” he told her, eyes moving to settle on Rogue, a small smile curling the corners of his lips, the sudden sounds coming from around the corner changing the smile to a frown.
Quote:~Wha’ de heck be hapnin?!~ he thought, his worry tripling three fold.
Karina:
Her eyes wide as she stared at Gambit, mouth open in a little O. Her glance would flicker to where the others had been before they moved and back. She was, to be sure, still worried about them.
"Couldn't they be in trouble too? And what would happen?" she asked, worry for the others still at the forefront of her mind.
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 68
(12/24/05 6:53 pm)
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Gambit/Tags: Several
Quote:The Cajun shuddered. ~Telepaths!~ he thought, the look in his eyes enough. He was well aware this was the only way Chamber could communicate now, but that didn’t much matter to a mutant who was hiding things he never wanted ever to share.
Chamber glanced at Gambit again though he couldn't see the expression, he was not pleased with what had happened though deep inside he figured it was to the best. This battle should be wrought with those with more experience.
He just happened to turn away his hand moving about touching the walls and such. He wasn't really looking for anything, just wanting to do something, anything with his hands since he was out of the 'hot zone' so to speak.
His hands happened to touch something and wondered what right before finding a door where he opened it to peek inside.
*What is this?*
Of course he had broadcasted such to Gambit, and the ladies with him in his startlement.
His 'eyes' saw what looked to be strange console. He didn't fully enter at that, but sort of turned his head to make sure Gambit and the ladies were okay, before sighing inauditibly and stepping inside.
His 'glance' taking in that console with its displays showing genetic information, profiles of the mutants involved, and other tell-tales. He figures that perhaps there is more to this than meets the eyes, so to speak.
*I think we're being spied on? Who, I have no idea?*
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Cyclops/Tags: Several
inside, Chamber found a small side-room from which leaked blue and green neon light. it was filled with the typical machines, consoles, and ductwork one would expect, but one of the consoles had a decidedly alien and high-tech look to it, filled with the iconography just described.
More startingly, on the floor, dead, layed a hooded gray cloaked figure with a white rubberized mask covering his entire face. Slim reddish goggles occupied the space where his eyes would be but otherwise the man was entirely featureless. The same white rubberized material covered every exposed surface feature - hands, ears, feet - forming an environmental barrier. What was most evident, however, was the massive, bloody head wound imparted by a large pipe wrench which was still clutched in the hands of an engineering crewman, also lying on the floor. The man's chest moved up and down, slowly, evincing signs of life but naught else.
((Gyrich's team is currently occupied with storming the Jonah's Whale and would not notice this, as all communication so far has been telepathic. Let's keep this an adventure for some lost and forlorn mutants for the moment))
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 69
(12/25/05 5:14 pm)
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Chamber/Tags: Several
Chamber sort of backed away from the body, not knowing how he could have died--he didn't want to end up the same way.
He moved over closer to the console then his 'glance' went back to the head wound victim, noting the movement of the chest.
*He's still alive! How can that be?*
For Chamber had seen the pipe wrench and realizing that with such, the man, if man he was, couldn't have survived.
*Wierd.*
Then his 'gaze* went back to the one with the bashed in head and Chamber became saddened.
"Poor guy. To die like that. But why and how?*
He turned to look at the other, the engineer and his *gaze* sharpened on him.
*And why would this guy attack the other and for what?*
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Logan/Tags: Several
((Sorry, mistake on my part. The guy in rubber is dead with a massive head wound. The engineer who inflicted it is still alive.))
Quote:His hands happened to touch something and wondered what right before finding a door where he opened it to peek inside.
*What is this?*…
*I think we're being spied on? Who, I have no idea?*
The Cajun’s alertness was quick to pick up on Chamber’s movements, and then his comments, Remy moving to follow the young teenager, motioning for the others to stay put, Karina's questions forgotten in the urgency of the moment.
Red-on-black eyes widened at the sight beyond the seemingly hidden door, glancing at the monitors, the look on his face one of complete confusion mixed with a tinge of ever-growing anger.
Quote:*He's still alive! How can that be?* For Chamber had seen the pipe wrench and realizing that with such, the man, if man he was, couldn't have survived. *Weird.*
Then his 'gaze’ went back to the one with the bashed in head and Chamber became saddened. "Poor guy. To die like that. But why and how?*
He turned to look at the other, the engineer and his *gaze* sharpened on him. *And why would this guy attack the other and for what?*
”If I be knowin’ dat, Mon’ami, I wouldno’ be standin’ ‘ere lookin’ like I be seein’ somet’in’ I no’ be likin’, now ould I?” Remy answered, the anger felt seeping into his tone.
He walked over to the console, tapping a few keys, looking for something, a name… “An’ dere it be,” he said, more to himself than anyone else, “I be knowin’ who be b’hin’ dis,” looking thoughtful, the fear come and already gone.
Recognising the signs within the room for what they were, Remy knew he had to get everyone else off this boat before any of them were used for whatever purpose his once only employer had in mind.
Tags: Chamber, Rogue, Wanda, Karina, Plot Master.
OOC: You are still introducing the particular person we were talking about, PBTW? Cos, if not, I will edit accordingly, as that is who Gambit is referring to.
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Storm*Tag* Wolverine,Cyclops
OOC: I have returned....
Storm got to her knees in time to avoid anything thay may have been blown to pieces from Cyckes blast. The others had been gotten to saftey but there were still soldiers to contend with, 'I'll take care of those.' she thought.
Nothing happened, 'What in the goddess name? My gifts? They are not working?' she wondered and cautiously got to her feet.
She saw Wolverine hovering over someone, 'Scott.' she frowned as she made her way over, "I'll take him out of here." she said as she looked at Wolverine.
OOC: If I read that right Cykes down, I don't know if he's out or not, up to you.
Having seen Gambit moving off, Wanda's brows narrowed.
Phh! As if, came her thought as she moved off to follow.
Her mouth practically dropped when she entered the 'room', her gaze taking in on the bodies on the floor, one with a pipe wrench close by. She saw that one of the men were indeed dead though that didn't faze her. She didn't really care but the console made her wonder as she moved forward, eyes drawn to it.
"What in the..." she ejaculated in shock eyes blinking rapidly.
Karina:
Karina had remained where she was, confused as to what was going on. And staring at the spot that Gambit had only just vacated. She didn't know what was going on now and her face was a mixture of conflicting emotions running rampant.
Hilamon Speak Your Mind
Posts: 70
(12/26/05 3:28 pm)
Quote:”If I be knowin’ dat, Mon’ami, I wouldno’ be standin’ ‘ere lookin’ like I be seein’ somet’in’ I no’ be likin’, now ould I?” Remy answered, the anger felt seeping into his tone.
Chamber looked up at that, seeing Gambit.
*Not a good way to die, if you ask me.*
Quote:He walked over to the console, tapping a few keys, looking for something, a name… “An’ dere it be,” he said, more to himself than anyone else, “I be knowin’ who be b’hin’ dis,” looking thoughtful, the fear come and already gone.
Quote:Recognising the signs within the room for what they were, Remy knew he had to get everyone else off this boat before any of them were used for whatever purpose his once only employer had in mind.
*Don't to...* though Chamber was only a second too late. He winced, hoping nothing happened when Gambit touched the console and saw that he was safe. Chamber let out a sigh of relief.
*Good thing that thing wasn't booby trapped Gambit or we would have had a heck of job getting you out of here.*
Chamber moved about the room, his 'eyes' looking for something to tell him what happened in the room. And how or why one man had come to kill the other.
Winded and momentarily dazed, Scott was peripherally aware of things going on around him. Magneto's Italian-leather-clad feet disappearing into the remaining pod a split-second before it took off. The crash of falling metal mixed with grunts and curses. Wolverine hurtling toward him, lips peeled back in a snarl, claws bared. Storm's gentle voice offering to take someone out of here. And a wiry man clad in black standing over him.
Wolverine's target, Cyclops realized, as the man pivoted to face the charging mutant. The thought prompted him to lever himself to a sitting position despite the fact the entire right side of his chest felt like one large bruise. "Wait," he said, but the word came out as a faint gasp. Grimacing, then wincing as a deep inhalation expanded his battered ribs, he tried again.
"Stop!" Not the bring-em-up-short-at-100-yards quality he'd been aiming for, but at least it was audible. "No. Need. To Fight." At least he hoped there wasn't. Though he doubted they included random bloodshed, he couldn't be sure what orders the man's CO* had given.
And, speaking of that, where was the big man?
OOC: *Commanding OfficerEdited by: Original Summers at: 12/26/05 11:40 pm
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Gambit/Tags: Chamber, etc
*Scott, I can not use my powers in here. Something is not allowing it. If I can get outside I can do something I think.* she thought to him as she steadied him as he sat up.
*I do not want to hurt these men, but we need to defend ourselves. What are they doing? What are they wanting? I do not understand.* she sighed truthfully.
Re: Olympia: Stern Hallways/Tags:Cyclops, Gyrich
Rogue gasped as Gambit took a hold of her arm and pushed her back.
“No’ way yo’ be stickin’ yo’ head in dere to’, Mon Cher,” he said, red-on-black eyes locking with hers momentarily, before, in a split decision made, he went back, and took a hold of both Wanda and Karina, pushing the three girls back and around the corner, hopefully out of the line of fire.
Rogue wanted to protest, to say that she had to help, but she knew he wouldn't listen. He was trying to protect her and the others. But, that didn't stop them from objecting.
"Yeah... Ah wanna help too, but if he's not gonna let us, there's nothin' we can do - yet..." Rogue said softly. But... She wasn't sure that anyone was listening, as Chamber had gone off on his own, and the others were soon following.
There was a room - barely noticable - with a strange computer... And, a dead guy? ~Ugh...~ Rogue thought as she too followed.
The Whale: Outer Hull/Gyrich/Tags: Open
It was a longer leap and more of a drop than he would have liked, and Henry Peter Gyrich landed hard on the outer part of the Whale's hull. Crouching to let his legs absorb the impact, he put out his hands to steady himself while doing a fast scan of his surroundings. Closer to, he decided, the thing looked even more like a flying saucer.
Now then, how to get inside?
Straightening, he ran up the incline to what looked like an elongated, tilted conning tower, passing through the shadow of the smaller saucer it held overhead. From what he'd glimpsed as he jumped, at least the front part of the upper disk was open, so he filed that away as a possible way in.
At the tower, he moved around to where he wasn't visible from the hole in the hull of the Olympia. None of the SEALs had made it through after him and the clipped talk on their channel indicated at least some of them had been pinned by the junk Red Eye had knocked off the ceiling. Kid thought fast on his feet, Gyrich reflected with grudging respect as he searched for a hatch.
Ah, there. And locked, of course, but that wouldn't be a problem long ...
OOC: I hope I'm reading the Whale diagrams correctly. If editing is needed, just let me know.
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Chamber/Tags: Gambit, etc
((Yes, that is correct. I'm not sure the plans show it but there would be a conning tower hatch on the main deck, leading to the ladder connecting the flying bridge to the A level airlock.
I'm going to decree that as the Jonah's Whale is not at an alert state, your explosive charge will throw it into a failover damage control state. This will make all areas of the craft accessable [which would make sense since you don't want to be constantly ID'ing yourself when you're in the middle of putting out a fire]. If it were at an alert state, of course, the explosion would be interpreted as an attack instead with ... different ... consequences.))
~ Engineering side room ~
Initially unnoticeable, In the dead maurader's hands an advanced cellphone device in his left hand began angrily beeping, a call indicator light blinking in unison.
Gambit had left the display on the console in a final state in a split-screen configuration, 2 larger panes side-by-side with full body views of Andreas and Felicia. Each view was heavily annotated with data readouts. At the top of the console the words "OPERATOR ATTENTION REQUIRED" flashed in a dull yellow, while at the bottom of each pane in bolded red font the words "CRITICAL FAILURE: EMPATHIC CONTROL", "CRITICAL FAILURE: BEHAVIORAL OVERRIDE", and "WARNING: MEMORY BLOCKS AT CRITICAL LEVELS" flashed.
A third pane at the bottom marked the presence of new mutant entities within the console's detection range over a plan layout of the immediate 30 meter area of the ship. Each mutant was indicated by a red notated triangle, while white dots denoted ... ?humans?
Further back in the darkened room, more devices could be made out giving the air of a twisted, deranged medical clinic, including reclining restraint beds.
Re: Olympia: Engineering/Sabes/Tag: Wolverine/Storm
A scent followed. An anger growing as he went. A determination to see his enemy dead at his hands not quelled by the distance and the time it took to relocate his target. Crouched low, eyes that allowed for seeing in pitch darkness, Victor Creed watched the proceedings from a position unseen by the naked eye.
His mentor and boss had just exited the fray; the woman who’d given him the orders to make sure he didn’t come back without Rogue had followed. He could smell them all, each individual scent mark filed away in a mind full of only one current purpose. Rogue was nearby, but he didn’t care. That Chamber, the one who’d blasted him through the side of the Olympia was with her, but he didn’t care.
All he wanted was that one man; the one about to take down one of the soldiers that had come out of nowhere. Sabretooth moved forward, and at the same moment the Wolverine’s body collided with the soldier’s, the mutant cat leapt, gripped the back of what was left of the Wolverine’s shirt, and yanked him back behind him, the momentum hopefully slamming him into the opposite wall.
Then, to spite the man he hated so much, he went for the white haired woman; the one with the weather controlling powers, at the same time stabbing the remaining soldier through with claws sharpened for that very purpose.
A presumed dead soldier was flung aside, as the claws of his other hand swiped towards the throat of one Ororo Munroe, the man lying on the floor beside her of little interest or consequence to a cat with the intent to kill all who stood in his way.
Oh, and just for the fun of it too.
OOC: Shall we say twist, anyone? Btw, I am not gonna be around tomorrow, so please wait patiently for any further replies from Sabes. Thankies.
Edited by: Mana4X2 at: 12/29/05 9:35 am
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.
Btw, I am not gonna be around tomorrow, so please wait patiently for any further replies from Sabes. Thankies.
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