ng_marauders (ng_marauders) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-15 00:52:00

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andrew summers, giovanna bennet, inactive - arron wyatt, inactive - danielle hrimharisdottir, inactive - dream catcher, inactive - gabriel, inactive - leech, inactive - moira hrimharisdottir, inactive - molly hayes, inactive - rose logan, inactive - zachary cheney-guthrie, joe marko, npc team - marauders, plot-"horsemen of the apocalypse", sylvia mccoy, team - x-men, tsunami

Attack on Xavier's
Penny stepped out of the cab and didn't look back to see if Winterkill and Breakneck were getting out. They would follow, of that she had no doubt. They had a mission to do. Penny smiled. They'd have fun doing it too.

Penny smiled more as she practically bounced up to the gate. Makeup covered the bruise she had because of that bastard breaking her nose. Anger bubbled up, but she pushed it back. She couldn't afford to let real emotions get the best of her. She had to play a part right now.

Smiling into the security camera, Penny pressed the buzzer.

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nextgen_parent
2010-01-16 06:44 am UTC (link)

The Professor and Jean both sense at almost the same time that something is distinctly wrong. The lights go out, and then there's just an underlying feeling of... wrong, somehow.
Each from their own areas of the mansion reach out to reassure people, to probe...

And find themselves in the midst of a nightmare reality. Jean screams before she falls.
Charles Xavier doesn't even manage that.

Dreamer's abilities are only dangerous to telepaths, but the more powerful the telepath, the more they thrust themselves into her horrible mutant gift.

Jean collapses in a fetal ball. Xavier is simply out.

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dream_catcher
2010-01-16 06:47 am UTC (link)

The lights go out. Lucas doesn't even notice, well outside the mansion in his usual meditation spot.
He does notice the sudden ripple in the dream realms and astral, however.
Without a second thought, he plunges himself in to investigate, and finds himself surrounded by the nightmares of the school's telepaths.

There's no immediate harm - the realm of dreams and nightmares is virtually natural terrain, and he can shape it to some degree, providing himself some protection - but its definitely not pleasant.

"Whoever you are, you must stop. You're hurting them."

Guessing that's probably the intent though, he begins sifting through, trying to find the tormented minds he can sense here.

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princess_mutt
2010-01-16 07:30 am UTC (link)

The wolfgirls were out as well.

They hear the commotion eventually coming from the house and know something's wrong. They pass by Lucas and can tell that he's doing something. Something important.

Moira at first goes to stand near him...but then the stench of burning and death hits her nose.
Which makes her even more want not to leave him and Danielle alone. But People are Dying.

"Stay with him," she tells her sister. "And...dinna change unless and until ye have to." Her face is grim. "....People might need your hands by the time this is over."

Danielle nods and sits next to Lucas. Moira shifts into halfform and heads closer to the house.

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	ng_marauders 2010-01-17 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"No." The twisted, dark grin is on Veronyca's face. She's having her fun. And it will not be spoiled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2010-01-17 03:02 am UTC (link)
	"I thought you might say that. I can't let you hurt them." he responds, extending his control of the astral and dream realms and extending his will to light his way towards the nearest mind, heading towards the crumpled form of Jean Grey's self-image. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_marauders 2010-01-19 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not hurting them....it's not my fault that they're sticking their heads where they don't belong." As he pried farther, he'll find himself sinking into the same dark, twisted nightmare world that Jean and the Professor find themselves in. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2010-01-19 02:21 am UTC (link)

Two can play this game, though its going to be a rough one if he's going to get them out. Were it just him, he'd draw himself out of dreams, but the telepaths' safety is paramount.

He fights back, shielding himself from her attacks, though its a strain, and trying to find his way to her own traumas, so long as he's interacting with her dreams. This won't be fun for either of them.

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	ng_marauders 2010-01-19 02:54 am UTC (link)
	The nightmares get worse as he goes deeper. But his own assault on her is starting to take some effect. "I don't think so...." Veronyca threw up more defenses around her, attempting to lace her worst nightmares with his. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2010-01-19 06:17 am UTC (link)

This quickly makes the dreamscape surreal. Lucas hasn't had a nightmare since his powers manifested, so the scape fills with childish fears. Most of which the teen isn't so afraid of, but they're still from his own mind, leaving the effects perhaps not as potent as she might have hoped, but also dredging up fears long forgotten or left behind.
He shifts the dreamscape about himself as often as he can, shielding himself and trying to maintain concentration lest he be overwhelmed and lose track of the dreamers. Even once he gets there, while Jean and Xavier's nightmares may not be Lucas' fears, they're still potent, and very real here.
Sometimes worst of all, when her nightmares enter the scene, the disaster scenes she forsees are populated by his childhood traumas, and visions of Xavier's fears, and Jean's own worries of the Phoenix overwhelming her again.

Its all he can do to try and be the calm, light center in the midst of it all while his dreamself suffers assaults from all sides.

He will endure. He has to. Its a contest of wills now.

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	ng_marauders 2010-01-20 01:21 am UTC (link)
	The nightmares of her, Jean, Xavier, and Lucas all seem to mix together and get much more worse as every time he reenters the dreamscape. The visions of the horrible, dark futures that she forsees seeming extremely real and vibrant. She will not fail. The light will not overcome the darkness. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2010-01-20 01:25 am UTC (link)

He has a singular advantage here. And possibly his only one. She's strong, no doubt about it. Her gift is a powerful one, and as much of a denizen of dreams as he can be, he's still grounded in the real world. Even his dream avatar is sweating now as he carries the bodies back towards the sense of his body he has, where he can take refuge and ward them better. It still seems an impossible way off, carrying two dead-weight bodies, and with the dreamscape twisting and shifting.

But the light does not have to overcome the darkness, much as he doesn't tell her this. Eventually, he's hoping the darkness will turn and swallow itself, her own dark dreams, when exposed, obviously having some affect on her as well.
The light does not need to win. It only needs to endure.

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