Nearing the Castle

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

Roberto's body sings with energy. He's never channeled so much power without release. Despite Dazzler's light shows, the world around them dims for five meters in every direction from his body. He can't hold much more. Soon, it will burn through him and over him and consume everything he touches.

Once he's inside.

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[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Hey, mister! You gonna be onna the new Barons!"

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"No."

Hold it in. Wait until you're inside, Roberto.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Oh." The kid pouts. This guy's all solid black and spotty and stuff. He'd be a cool Baron. Not one of those boring ones with lame powers.

"Well, you wanna buy a map, then? I got all the best skulls and stuff on it."

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"No."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"I'll take one," says Mystique.

[silver-sable.livejournal.com]

"Not a bad idea."

Silver looks toward Roberto and starts to head in, after giving a nod to Mystique.

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah is focusing as best she can, trying to keep her mind on business as she follows the others, centering her will to see if she can pull off what she thinks she can. Hopes she can. Right now, its all about preparing. It likely won't be much longer.

[spidey2099.livejournal.com]

S-Man adjusts his goggles a bit. Keeping toward the sides of the caverns.

Trying to stay out of sight. Let the colorful people draw the attention.

[discodazzles.livejournal.com]

Colorful fits Alison as the lights dance around her, flashes so bright they would be blinding if not for the goggles. It was there for Roberto to absorb and though he has his fill now, she makes sure to keep building in case he needs a new boost once he gets inside and lets loose.

Alison takes in every single sound they make. Even the wind in the trees has helped to fuel her. She makes sure to refill her 'batteries' as they are used as well, in case she ends up without a power source at any point ahead of them.

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

Mystique frowns at the map.

"Kid, you're shitting me."

She taps a section that reads, Start Surprise Attack Here!

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Nah, nah. Everybody hates Baron Toynbee."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

She pinches the bridge of her nose. "Kid, has anyone survived an attack on the Queen?"

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"He did." He points at Sunspot. "Baron Moonstar said he'd be back."

She said a lot of other things about him, too, but he's not going to repeat them.

Not without a LOT of money.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Baron DaCosta." He corrects the little preadator in training.

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

"Nope. She says she's Baron Moonstar."

[marvel-citizens.livejournal.com]

He glows with anger.

That's not Dani in there. It's something else. Something with Dani's face and memories and...and...

"Let's go in."

[touchedbymidas.livejournal.com]

Yeshua steps out of the palace and smiles sadly at the crew. "You may as well buy a map, it's not like you're going to be needing any of the coin you have on you once you enter the castle. And you can at least allow the child have a few spare moments of joy."

"You all know this is a suicide mission. They only reason the rebels are still alive is for the Queen's amusement."

[house-of-mystiq.livejournal.com]

"Who the fuck are you, Sunshine?"

Why does she ever put her guns away?

[tj-nocturne.livejournal.com]

TJ's hands emit a glowing yellow light almost identical to the luminescence of her eyes. She doesn’t talk, but her body language makes it very clear that she’s more than willing to ‘blot the kid if he tries anything. She’d rather not make use of her possession ability in front of others- to keep it as a secret weapon of sorts, but she’ll do what she has to if it means taking down this Storm Queen who’s turned her mother, uncle Logan and countless others into monsters.

[silver-sable.livejournal.com]

Silver's looking warily at the golden boy. She's heard rumors but... Her eyes narrow.

"If we're determined to kill ourselves, why not just let us be on with it? If you don't have something else going on here, why would you bother coming out here? You'd just kill us if you were worried."

[touchedbymidas.livejournal.com]

"I don't kill." Yeshua stated simply, his facial expression hard to read on the charcoal coloured face. "And if I had wanted to, all of you would already be dead. No, see if I were to kill you I would have much to answer for, since it would be such a precious waste of blood, and since your decent baron stock... Although I suppose I would be doing you a favour."

"But no, I came... I came to meet the otherworlders, I was hoping that maybe one of you would be powerful enough to overpower the queen. But alas, you'll just be more game for the barons. There's recently been a few new faces added to the ranks, and they are anticipating their first hunt." He let out a sigh and then stepped aside, letting himself feel the energy of those around him once more, to sort of remember the heros that were about to fall. ANd then he senses something, something he had thought was just the teleportation signature that her apparant father had.

"You!" He said pointing to Nocturne, his voice shaking a bit with fear. She can't go in, she'll be made a baron and then made to posess and control him. "You must turn around, the world cannot afford for you to be made a baron."

[rogue-starsr.livejournal.com]

Sarah's eyebrow raises, she look between Nocturne and the golden boy. "She's not going to become a baron. No one else is."

[discodazzles.livejournal.com]

He isn't part of the revolution. He knows of their movements, their presence and their plans. Yet he isn't stopping them from trying. Which means he either hopes they succeed or he hopes they fail. Either way, he has his own agenda. She doesn't like people with their own agendas. Too many of them have cost her friends' lives in the past. Alison's voice carries a warning. "Smudge, she'll go where she wants to go."

[touchedbymidas.livejournal.com]

"No, with her powers, she's much too dangerous." There is a sense of urgency in his voice. "Please, you must understand. I don't want to hurt any of you, but I will do what I must to protect myself, this land and the people that live here." His fists start glowing with a navy blue aura, "You must understand, this is a lot bigger then any of you know. I will pay dearly for this, but you MUST turn back."

Josh then turns to Nocturne, "Please, you would be too useful to the Storm Queen, she doesn't trust telepaths, so she has them all killed, but you... you can control people without telepathy, you're too useful to her. Please turn back, or I will have to kill you myself. I can't risk it."

[silver-sable.livejournal.com]

Silver hasn't drawn a weapon yet but she could do it at any moment. "We can use her. We can use her against the Queen."