<span style="font-family: 'Didact Gothic', 'sans-serif'">It was a time of great turmoil across the world. A war had broken out, but it was not the one most were expecting. The war between humans and mutants had not come to fruition, instead this war was between heroes and the Governments of the World. The mutant registration act had been replaced, and all because of one mishap, granted a major one that resulted in many deaths. Heroes were no longer trusted and with Iron Man in their corner a registration act was proposed. Many different things happened as a result, rifts between groups like the Fantastic 4 and The Avengers caused more and more distrust as people bought into the need for heroes to be registered and trained. Villains had been used to hunt down those who openly opposed the act, and each day new alliances were formed and friendships broken.<br/>
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It was even so at Xavier's School for the Gifted. Professor Charles Xavier had recently returned from his presumed death. The same action that had killed many mutants and rid even more of their powers. The populace of the mutant genome had been reduced down to the hundreds. Scarlett Witch was the one responsible, and afterward had all but disappeared. Charles Xavier had wished for his school to remain a neutral party in the war, Civil War as many called it, wishing to simply provide education to those who were shunned by the outside world. He would provide refuge to those who sought it no matter which side they chose as long at they did not fight inside his walls. <br/>
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Two mutants inside the walls of Xavier's school were both rather new, Kaz Shinzuki, and Lonnie, it was by pure accident that they had arrived together. Kaz had been on his own for some time, and his brash sense of humor had gotten him into a fair bit of trouble. He had recently told off a police officer who had merely questioned him about the strange amulet Kaz had around his neck. Kaz assumed incorrectly that the officer was questioning him because he thought the amulet was a stolen artifact. Of course the prank he played as he quickly used the amulet to don his black and red cybernetic suit didn't go well. The instant change had thrown the officer off and caught him by surprise, Kaz used his suit's enhancements to grab the officer's Taser and proceeded to use it on him. Not full blast, but enough to get a shocking experience. Needless to say things were a little heated after that. The officer had threatened to kill him, and turn him in though in the end he did not. He was fearful of being laughed at, and as Kaz ran away, headed in the direction of Westchester, New York he ran into a solid brick of muscle. <br/>
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That was Lonnie, the black haired 18 year old tossed Kaz and his suit aside using his own momentum. "Watch out you crazy bastard." Came a thick Spanish accent. Lonnie was prepared to fire his freezing optic blast, but there had been no need of it. Kaz powered down his suit into an amulet rather quickly as he eyed Lonnie up and down. He looked at the pink hoodie with the word Pink across the chest, and the old fashioned Army camo style cargo pants. He laughed it up for a good while, Lonnie eyed him like he was mad. "Sorry dude, was just running from a bit of trouble, I could use a guy like you." Lonnie shook his head, he didn't like people who caused trouble, but he also believed everyone deserved a second chance in life too. He didn't know that Kaz had received about twenty chances to turn around his erratic behavior, but none the less he did what he thought was best. "I have a place that can help you. It is a school of sorts, but a safe haven for people like us."<br/>
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The unlikeliest of friendships, rocky as it was, formed that day. Lonnie cared about rules, he idolized people like Scott who were do gooders, and Kaz was more erratic, all over the place, and regarded rules to be more like guidelines, he constantly like to quote Captain Barbosa on that one. Kaz constantly tried to get Lonnie to change, lighten up, and break a rule or too. Of course Lonnie would brush him off, but seeing the good that Kaz could posses he never completely wrote him off as an ally.<br/>
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Today was an exciting day, it was time for their first trip to the Danger Room to practice scenarios. They were told that other's would soon be there to join them. It had only been four weeks since they had arrived at the doorstep to Xavier's School, and in that short time they had barely grown accustomed to the schedule of going to school and meeting new people. Kaz had never asked Lonnie how he knew about this place, and Lonnie had never told him. He didn't figure it was believable, but it was the only thought he had since he woke up with no memories of who or what he was. Someone had simply told him his name was Lonnie, through the three month journey to get from Spain to the United States he had learned of his unique gifts, the freezing blue optic blast from his eyes, and the melting fiery touch of his hands. Today he was ready to use them, show off what he was capable of.</span><br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="78" data-username="@Dr.Compton" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/78/">@Dr.Compton</a><a class="username" data-user-id="9" data-username="@Styx" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/9/">@Styx</a><a class="username" data-user-id="120" data-username="@Silver Lining" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/120/">@Silver Lining</a>@<span style="font-size: 15px"><a class="link link--internal" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fblackdahliaroleplaying.com%2Findex.php%3Fmembers%2Ff%25D0%25B5%25D1%258F.12%2F&amp;hash=a39b37fc85f76eff880aa00b888fc3b4" href="http://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/index.php?members/f%D0%B5%D1%8F.12/">Fея</a></span>