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Post by Mystique on Apr 2, 2005 4:45:56 GMT -5
She nodded. Superspeed and flight... both things that would come in handy. Before she could respond to his comment about wanting dental, a flower blossomed on her shoulder. She picked it up and sat it down on top of her desk, not sure whether to smile or be angry. That could be dealt with later.
"The only dental plan that I can offer you right now is a mouthguard when you train. Like I said, anyone on this godforsaken island will gladly do your dental work for free if you are with us. And they'll do a good job, too."
She sat down at her desk and frowned. "One more thing. We'll need a name."
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Post by caduceus on Apr 2, 2005 6:22:47 GMT -5
"The only dental plan that I can offer you right now is a mouthguard when you train. Like I said, anyone on this godforsaken island will gladly do your dental work for free if you are with us. And they'll do a good job, too."
Jean-Paul grinned to hmeslf. Nobody understood him
She sat down at her desk and frowned. "One more thing. We'll need a name."
Jean-Paul thought for a moment. This WAS the Brotherhood so it wasn't particularly likely that anything he did here would be legal. Names...names...what to call himself, he mused. Suddenly it came to him. An old nickname his coach had. "Northstar." he said. "You can call me Northstar."
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Post by Mystique on Apr 2, 2005 18:13:16 GMT -5
"Nothstar? How delightfully eccentric. I'd give you the grand tour, but I don't want to leave the filth upstairs alone for too long. Perhaps when we go back up, Emma will show you around. Any other questions?"
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Post by caduceus on Apr 2, 2005 18:22:14 GMT -5
"Nothstar? How delightfully eccentric. I'd give you the grand tour, but I don't want to leave the filth upstairs alone for too long. Perhaps when we go back up, Emma will show you around. Any other questions?"
"I'm not one of those idiots you've got upstairs Mystique. Stop treating me like one and we'll get along fine." Jean-Paul snapped. "You tell me what needs to be done and I can do it but don't ever make the mistake of thinking I'm like them." Jean-Paul stalked out of the room.
Jean-Paul heads back upstairs in search of Emma
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Post by Mystique on Apr 5, 2005 8:51:42 GMT -5
She rolled her eyes as Northstar left the room. Carefully lifting a fingerprint he'd made on the table, she entered it into the database, ready to find out exactly who he was. She took a deep breath and decided that she really needed to get out of the headquarters for awhile. Standing up, she morphed into Gambit. Why not have some fun while at it? She opened the door and walked out into Genosha.
((Continued Outside the Headquarters))
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Post by exodus on Apr 6, 2005 17:14:56 GMT -5
Exodus found himself in a room with a big table taking up most of the room. He pondered his place in this new world and in this organization. The room was composed of mainly metals. It was a little overwhelming but Exodus composed himself. He looked around but found nothing of interest.
He thought of ways that he could show his gratitude to the man who saved his life. His life before was gone and now he must learn to live with what he has now.
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Post by Mystique on Apr 8, 2005 16:21:57 GMT -5
Mystique opened the door and walked in, not bothering to hold it for Hybrid. She looked at the man seated at the table and gestured for Hybrid to sit at the other end.
"Can I help you?"
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Post by hybrid on Apr 8, 2005 18:29:18 GMT -5
He caught the door and stepped inside the room. He stood behind and to the right of Mystique, not sure if was supposed to sit. Hybrid ran a hand over his bald head, sighing lightly.
He stuck a hand in his pocket and absentmindedly rubbed his cigarette pack. He sure could go for a smoke.
When Mystique gestured for him to sit, he sat.
Hybrid wanted to ask what this exactly was, this Brotherhood. But he also thought it might be best to stay quiet for now, until spoken to.
[shadow=red,left,300]Patience is a virtue[/shadow], a voice suddenly whispered in his ear. Hyrbid shuddered and forced the voice out of his mind. Hearing voices was a symptom of his schizophrenia. And it couldn't have come at a worse time.
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Post by exodus on Apr 9, 2005 20:57:55 GMT -5
Exodus turned to see a blue woman standing there. The world really has changed. He stood up from his seat and slowly walked towards her. The other person who entered with her struggled with the voices in his head. Both voices were clear in Exodus' head. He heard them just the same as he did.
"Perhaps he may need your help more than I," Exodus said motioning to the guy in the room.
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Post by hybrid on Apr 9, 2005 21:07:23 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]He knows. He knows. He knows.[/shadow]
The voice came back full force when Exodus mentioned it. It repeated those same words again and again. Hybrid gritted his teeth.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He hissed, turning red. He glanced at Mystique, wondering if she would take back the promise of free room and board. Most people don't want to hire 'psychos'.
Hybrid kept his eyes off of Exodus. Psychic or something, he thought. Hybrid didn't like idea of someone else inside his head.
"Can we get to the point, please? I'd like to know what this 'Brotherhood' is, and what I need to do to get in." He plunged a hand into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette and a lighter. Screw being polite. Hybrid lit the cigarette and took a long drag. He closed his eyes and lightly blew the smoke out of his mouth. The voice that he could hear as plainly as he could hear Mystique or Exodus faded. The smokes helped with that.
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Post by Mystique on Apr 9, 2005 23:34:52 GMT -5
She stood in the doorway, blocking it.
"I don't know who you are, but I'm going to 'help' you out of here if you don't tell me right now."
Turning to Hybrid, she pointed to a chair. "You, sit."
She turned back to Exodus, ignoring the fact that Hybrid had lit a cigarette in her office. She'd hurt him for it later.
"Now. Who are you and why are you in here?"
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Post by exodus on Apr 10, 2005 8:26:34 GMT -5
"I am Exodus. I am here to repay my life to one called Magneto," Exodus explained. He wasn't freightened by the blue woman but her questioning was well within reason. "And who might you two be?" He asked, not trying to pry into their minds telepathically. They could have been trained against his type of power.
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Post by Mystique on Apr 10, 2005 17:46:26 GMT -5
"Magneto?" That explained where he'd run off to, at least. "I am Mystique," She said, as much for Exodus as for Hybrid. "Magneto and myself are the leaders of the Brotherhood."
She walked to her desk and sat down, pulling up a number of screens around the room and filling them with information. "Have you been briefed about the Brotherhood yet, Exodus?"
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Post by Magneto on Apr 11, 2005 7:17:23 GMT -5
"Have you been briefed about the Brotherhood yet, Exodus?"
"Not in full, no. He needed time to absorb about nine hundred years of our history before we could explain to him about our organisation."
Magneto walked in, observing the sudden gathering of people in the briefing room.
"As I told Exodus before, the humans despise us. All they want to do is to round us up and put us into camps like cattle. The Brotherhood's purpose is to prevent this sort of future from ever occuring, to stop the humans having power over us. We are the ones with the powers, we should be controlling them! Sadly, we are outnumbered and there aren no mutants in positions of power in the government...something that Mystique is working on however."
He gave Mystique a wry smile before continuing on.
"If you are a member of the Brotherhood, you mustn't be afraid to get your hands dirty to further the mutant cause. I can assure you, governments around the world aren't as clean as they would have you think. A war between humans and mutants is already in motion, we cannot sit idly by while they proceed to eradicate us."
Magneto glanced in Mystique's direction.
"Is there anything you would like to add?"
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Post by hybrid on Apr 11, 2005 13:56:06 GMT -5
As the voice in Hybrid's head faded, and Magneto explained the Brotherhood, he realized he should extinguish his cigarette. He muttered a quiet apology and rubbed it out on the cuff of his jeans, carefully not to burn himself. He shoved the butt into his pocket and listened.
"If you are a member of the Brotherhood, you mustn't be afraid to get your hands dirty to further the mutant cause. I can assure you, governments around the world aren't as clean as they would have you think. A war between humans and mutants is already in motion, we cannot sit idly by while they proceed to eradicate us."
Hybrid chuffed at this point. He had firsthand knowledge of the dirtyness of the government. How many times had he killed government operatives sent to capture or kill him?
Hybrid nodded at the right points and by the time Magneto asked if Mystique had anything else to put forth, Hybrid was ready to ask what they wanted him to do for them. He supposed they'd want to know his powers very soon.
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