Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)
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				Title: <strong>Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>16-01-2011, 19:42:15</strong>
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				The year is 2023 and home isn't quite the same as it was before. Gwen could remember a time when her family... the X-Men had to deal with all manner of threats to worldwide acceptance of mutants by humanity, but they could at least be a family at the Xavier Institute and know that despite all the adversity, they were working toward a better tomorrow for her and her future children. She remembered Professor Xavier telling her that she had more potential as a mutant then anyone he had ever seen. She remembered his pride in her and his warm smile, like a kindly grandfather. That all changed with the institution of Operation: Zero Tolerance. The Sentinels were unleashed upon the mutants of the world under the mechanical control of Master Mold. No one expected just how many of the monstrosities had been built, and were being built every day. The X-Men fought back. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four fought back against the new threat, defending old friends. For a moment, the world's superhumans seemed united in the battle against the Sentinels, but despite the great power of the superheroes, there were simply too many of the damnable things. These were different, too. They had a hive mind-like programming that told each unit exactly how to take down every hero. They knew everyone's strengths and weaknesses. Someone it seemed, had been taking notes. They were well organized and equipped to take down a variety of superhuman threats, and one by one, they fell. Gwen was eleven when the first attack came right at the mansion. She watched as friends and family were "neutralized" right before her eyes. Her mother and father fled with what survivors they could scrape together and they went into hiding as the world went to Hell.<br><br>For four long years she moved from place to place, scrounging a meager living, but at least she had her parents with her. They would inevitably be found by their new steel tyrants and have to flee once more, each time with less friends and family members to bring along. Hank had been killed on one of those incidents, but Scott had insisted on lugging around his portable lab even after his death. <strong>"You never know"</strong>, he had said. The camp was in the blown out remains of the space needle in what was once the city of Seattle. Gwen had been sent out to see what kind of supplies she could find. She had found an entire box of frozen steaks in the still-working freezer of a restaurant and was excitedly running back to the Space Needle when she saw energy flashes in the night sky, coming from the top of the space needle. The camp! Her mouth agape, she found herself taking to the air as fast as she was able to, flying up to help her family.<br><br>She arrived just in time to hear her mother cry out in agony and the cold mechanical voice of one of the eight Sentinels say <strong>"Mutant Designate: Neutralized".</strong> Her heart sank as she flew into view, seeing only a charred skeleton fall to the ground. She saw her father blasting one of the Sentinels with his ruby red force blast. She heard him cry out in a pained voice as his wife's death registered with him. <strong>"EMMA!!!"</strong> He spotted Gwen and pointed to the doorway that led deeper into camp. <strong>"Get back, Gwen! We'll handle the Sentinels! Get to the lab"!</strong> He seemed scared for her, but his voice was authoritative and she heeded his words, her eyes still teared up, her mother's death still fresh in her mind. She flew down the hallway, narrowly avoiding a deadly energy blast from one of the mechanical monstrosities. She looked back just in time to see her childhood friends, Ashley and Kenneth die. That meant her father was alone out there! She stopped, about to turn to go back and help him when she felt her father's death via her telepathy. She dropped to her knees in the hallway and began sobbing, breaking down... suddenly snapped out of it by the sound of a Sentinel's voice. <strong>"Mutant life signs detected. Neutralization to commence".</strong><br><br>She gasped and began running down the hallway, plowing into the room where Hank's lab was set up, smacking into all manner of equipment. That kind of hurt. As she heard the booming sounds getting closer, a device landed on her lap. It looked vaguely like a gun of some sort, but had the words "Mutant Intensifier" written on the side. She vaguely recalled something about Hank telling her never to touch this when she was younger, for it would intensify a mutant's abilities a thousandfold, and possibly make them uncontrollable in the process. As she contemplated what to do, the roof and ceiling of the room she was in was torn away with a loud whine and screech, revealing the gigantic forms of three of the Sentinels. <strong>"Target found"</strong>, it's cold mechanical voice said. <strong>"Neutralizing mutant threat"</strong>. <br><br>This was it.&nbsp; Do or die.&nbsp; She didn't know what would happen if she used the device on herself, but she knew exactly what would happen if she didn't.&nbsp; She held the device out and activated it just as one of the Sentinels held a giant mechanical hand up to deliver energized death to her.&nbsp; <br><br>Pulse.&nbsp; <br><br>Nothing seemed to happen.<br><br>Pulse.<br><br>Oh no.&nbsp; She was dead... the Sentinel's hand seemed to glow as it charged up, the smell of ozone in the air as it was ionized.&nbsp; Gwen shut her eyes and prayed it would be quick.&nbsp; She couldn't believe it was ending like this, though it was what she had always feared.&nbsp; <br><br>PULSE!<br><br>Suddenly the area was enveloped in a blast of energy, directed outward from her own being.&nbsp; She vaguely registered the destruction of the mutant intensifier and the complete atomization of all the Sentinels.&nbsp; Eerily enough, there was no sound and as she opened her eyes fully she saw that she was aglow, hovering above what was once the Space Needle... the top part of the structure completely gone, the "stalk" part below fused on an atomic level by the power she had just unleashed.&nbsp; The power... oh god, it was incredible.&nbsp; She could see... no, not see.&nbsp; That was too mundane a way to describe it.&nbsp; "Feel" would be the closest thing she could think of.&nbsp; She could feel the very cosmos, the universe... she saw that she was being watched from somewhere, a being with a massive bald head and white eyes was observing her from across the fabric of her very dimension.&nbsp; She could sense him as she felt the power build within her... she knew more Sentinels were on their way, and panic began to set in.&nbsp; So... much... power... she was having a difficult time not unleashing it on her world in a very negative way.&nbsp; So, when that power reached a crescendo of uncontrolability and she heard herself scream, she heard the distinctive sound of a tear from somewhere.&nbsp; With her heightened awareness, she knew that the barriers between dimensions were being torn asunder.&nbsp; She felt a lurch... this was all happening so fast.&nbsp; She felt herself being drawn through the tear and as she unwittingly traveled to what would be her new home, it took every bit of control not to lose herself completely and be absorbed into the energies that were already repairing the dimensional rift.&nbsp; She closed her eyes again and when she opened them she felt solid ground beneath her.&nbsp; <br><br>As she opened her eyes she saw that she was in a place she had never seen before.&nbsp; All manner of alien architecture surrounded her... it was beautiful in a way, the most awe-inspiring part being a huge window of sorts which showed a breathtaking lunar landscape, a very familiar green and blue planet looming off beyond the horizon.&nbsp; Her power seemed to have died down considerably, she noticed... she could no longer feel the cosmos, no longer felt the maddening gnaw of needing to unleash too much power.&nbsp; She felt more like herself again.<br><br><strong>"Welcome, child".</strong><br><br>The voice might come as startling.&nbsp; It was deep with a slight echo to it... if she cared to look she would see the being who had been watching her before.&nbsp; An underdeveloped body clothed in a blue and white alien toga contrasted to a bald and overly large head with those same white eyes.&nbsp; He held up a hand to her.<br><br><strong>"Do not be alarmed.&nbsp; I am known as Uatu... the Watcher.&nbsp; You are most welcome in my home".</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy: Hell on Earth (Josietta)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>03-02-2011, 05:18:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/Princess_in_Wa/emma-frost.jpg)</div><br><br><br><br>The intensity of the machine she had used still had her skin tingling. The girl pushed her platinum blonde hair from her face as she stared out at the deep spacial image before her. Her bright blue eyes wide with surprise then closed with the reality of her situation. It almost seemed like a dream to her, a nightmare even. The young mutant knew it was real, she could feel it weighing down on her like nothing else. The sound of his voice did alarm her a little but not totally by surprise. She had known someone else was there, but didn't really focus on who or what it was until now. Turning she stood and looked at the alien man. Uatu. The Watcher. <em> Watcher of what?</em><br><br><strong> Hello. I am... Effigy.</strong><br><br>She was Effigy. Whoever she was before was gone. She knew she had excelled beyond the normal spectrum of what she was in her previous life. Effigy was all she was now. The girl before had died with her family and friends. The weight of that realization was never so apparent in anyone as it was right then. She could not hide her emotions as her mother may have been able to. The young seventeen year old didn't have the experience or practice, or even want to hide anything from anyone. There was nothing to lose. Nothing left but this big spanse of space before her. Her life was never going to be the same, no matter what she did or said.
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				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>17-02-2011, 19:45:34</strong>
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				The strange being that had called itself Uatu did not smile or frown.&nbsp; Instead he stared impassively at her, though he did not exude any kind of air of pretentiousness about him.&nbsp; She could feel that he had power... and if she attempted to use her Telepathy on him she would find that his psychic defenses are far too strong, even for her increased abilities.&nbsp; He raised a hand and spoke once more.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>"I am sure you have many questions, child.&nbsp; I will answer as much as I can, but know that my people are forbidden to actively interfere with any other species.&nbsp; Instead we must watch and record what we have witnessed".</strong><br><br>He stood then, awaiting her response... standing as silently and stoically as a large stone statue looking upon her with eyes devoid of what humans would call emotion.&nbsp; They were not dead, just very alien.&nbsp; It was easy to feel insignificant when standing before the Watcher.
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				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>19-04-2011, 00:46:13</strong>
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				<strong>"Why am I here? Why was I spared? Where do I go now?"</strong><br><br>Effigy had a million questions to ask but those were the most prevalent to her. She didn’t understand why the world was the way it was and she didn’t try to understand why she didn’t go against what they told her and try to help. With a hope in her heart, that this being could help answer her questions or at the very least help alleviate the guilty burden she felt inside, she waited and watched. <br><br>The world didn’t look the same from up here and she had to wonder why these creatures didn’t help others. Was the balance of good and evil held on a hinge here in this time and place? Effigy sighed a little and pushed her hair back from her face. She was frustrated. Though more hurt and tired than anything. The young mutant knew she couldn’t do this alone but had little choice. She looked back up at the strange alien creature and bit at her lower lip some.<br><br><strong>“How do I fix it all? How do I get them back?”</strong><br><br>She knew there must be a way to fix it. Maybe if she went back in time and warned them first they would know what was going to happen and it would fix everything. She’d have them back. Mom. Dad. Ashley. Kenny.&nbsp; It could happen. It was possible. Maybe. With a swelling of hope in her heart she looked back to the Watcher and gave a weak smile.<br><br><strong>“I can, right?”</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>15-05-2011, 01:51:47</strong>
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				Ororo Munroe sat atop the peak of the mountain as the storm raged all around her.&nbsp; Lightning flashed and winds strong enough to send the strongest of humans flying into the darkness below assailed her, but she did not move... only her stark white tresses whipping about in the tempest gave any indication that she was truly there at all, calmly sitting in the face of mother nature's wrath.&nbsp; In truth, the storm was a reflection of the turmoil in her heart, manifested via her mutant ability to manipulate weather patterns.&nbsp; Was she even still a mutant?&nbsp; That she did not know.&nbsp; Her powers had grown exponentially... that much she knew.&nbsp; She could feel the very cosmos on the edge of her consciousness.&nbsp; A part of her wondered if this is what her friend Jean felt when she became one with the Pheonix Force... was she too destined for things of a less Earthly concern?&nbsp; Her white eyes drifted up to the sky and as if on command, the clouds parted to allow her to see the starfilled universe, and she found herself in awe.&nbsp; She had always felt uncomfortable before whenever she left Earth, as if she had a connection to the goddess herself... and so, when she felt herself taken from her lofty perch on the mountain, teleported by forces unknown, she found herself oddly comfortable as she rematerialized with a gorgeous Earthrise in full view.&nbsp; She knew instantly that she was in the home of the Watcher, whom she had briefly met a few times before.&nbsp; Just as she materialized, she saw Uatu, the Watcher himself standing not far away, speaking to a blonde haired woman who... who looked like a much younger Emma Frost!&nbsp; She could hear the girl, still a teenager speaking to the Watcher.<br><br><strong>"How do I fix it all?&nbsp; How do I get them back?&nbsp; I can, right?"</strong><br><br>Uatu for his part stared impassively at the girl, seemingly ignoring Ororo for the time being as he spoke to her.<br><br><strong>"You do not.&nbsp; I have brought you here from your doomed world that you may do some good in this reality, if such is what you desire.&nbsp; I have broken my sacred vow in doing so, but I feel the needs will prove my motives' worth in the end.&nbsp; You will not be alone in your quest, should you accept it."</strong><br><br>He turned, making a sweeping gesture towards Storm.<br><br><strong>"You, the Terran known as Storm will be needed as well... for the very universe is in peril.&nbsp; Welcome to my home."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>15-05-2011, 04:23:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/983/stormface.jpg)</div>Heeled boots click on the hard surface they find themselves contacting with each step. The long, deep brown legs of the tall, stately woman move with practiced precision. The flowing ivory locks of hair which spill forth from her scalp flutter slightly before drooping back down behind her. The simple black metallic tiara she wore kept the voluminous locks from her features holding them back and exposing the distinctive 'v' shape of her hairline. Her features were both severe and with a touch of softness to them, and very very African. Full lips, high and full cheekbones frame each side and the bottom of a wide, flat nose. Each of her eyes, which continue to glow a soft white are slightly hooded, angled and pointed brows the same color as her snowy hair hover above the slightly glowing eyes. Those eyes shift slightly and focus onto the young blond woman, staring at the familiar features intently for several long, and silent moments.<br><br>Her attention shifts to the man known as the 'watcher' for a brief moment before returning to the young woman. She steps forward once again. The long black cape which dangles from a pair of golden bracelets at each wrist and come together at a point hidden beneath her long, full draping snowy locks billows out behind her as she moves. She wore a simple black bodysuit which ended just above the curve of her breasts, a red jewel set into the center of the gray fringe. A golden sash hangs lazily around her wide hips, hips which sway regally as she moves.<br><br><strong>"I know the feeling of wishing to fix things, to get back what was lost."</strong><br><br>She begins her voice a deep, booming baritone, twinged with a heavy exotic accent.<br><br><strong>"Sometimes... Sometimes no matter how powerful we become, no matter how much we have learned, there are some things that cannot be undone."</strong><br><br>She pauses once again, her full lips pulling into a small but genuine smile as she continues to regard the young woman. Her odd, glowing white eyes finely melting back to a clear, crystal blue iris surrounding a deep black pupil.<br><br><strong>"But sometimes talking about it, does still help. And if you would like to... I would be glad to listen."</strong> <br><br>She reaches out with a single hand, allowing the lighter brown bottoms of her fingers to gently brush the shoulder of the blond woman before she turns to face the being known as the 'Watcher' fully.<br><br><strong>"I..." </strong> She begins, pausing for a moment, as if gathering her thoughts. <strong>"I can feel it, at the edge of my mind, a chaos... A void. I cannot explain what it is but I can feel it, and I feel the urgency. It is as if the fabric of reality itself, at the very edges is... bending, flexing."</strong>
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				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>16-05-2011, 03:42:15</strong>
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				<br>Effigy looked up at the tall regal black woman and tilted her head. She knew that face. She knew her. Could it be? She almost stared at her with a knowing look, a look of recognition. The blonde super heroine just couldn't pull her eyes away. She wet her lips and watched as she spoke to the Watcher. <br><br>Her beautiful blue eyes blinked once and then again. She saw her... she saw her destruction. Effigy was confused and stepped back a little as though it were all a joke. As if Storm wasn't really who she said she was. A glance toward the other being in the room was given before she stepped back again.<br><br><strong>"You.. You're... You're dead. I saw it. You are not real."</strong><br><br>Pushing back her silken blonde locks she moved across the room. She was obviously unnerved by it all. She chewed at the inside of her lip and waited to see other ghosts appear. Maybe it was all in her head. Her mind was seeing things that wasn't visible to others. It could be her own psychic projections showing her past experiences. But that couldn't be, she had never spoken to Storm like this. She had never had this sort of conversation with the older female. <br><br>She didn't understand this flexing of reality, voids and such. Effigy pressed her fingers to her temple and closed her eyes bending over. Sliding to the floor she pressed her head into her lap and rocked a little. The young mutant wasn't sure what to think next. What if her mother appeared next? Or Beast? Or any of the others? She looked up toward Storm again and then back down and squinted her eyes closed trying hard to concentrate on her mental capabilities and block what she thought may be a projection of her own making.<br><br><strong>"This isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't real. They're all dead. They died. They're dead. Not real. Dead. Dead. Dead.....dead...dead..dea---"</strong><br><br>Her voice continued to trail off as she repeated it over and over. She pressed her head into her lap more and felt the teardrops trickling down her pale cheeks. The world was crumbling around her and nothing seemed true or real to her. 
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				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>16-05-2011, 04:45:43</strong>
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				Her darkly painted, full lips press together slightly as she watches the young blond woman retreat. The young woman seemed to know her. Though despite a strong resemblance to someone she knew she had no idea whom this young woman -was-. Crystal blue eyes follow the pacing movements focusing on the young woman once again as she stops.<br><br>She begins to move forward, her rounded wide hips swaying with a practiced step even as she moved quickly closing the distance between the breaking-down blond woman she kneels down in front of the weeping woman as tears begin to fall. A dark chocolate-brown arm extends, allowing the side of her long, but worn looking index finger to gently rest on the bottom of the ivory-skinned woman's chin, her thumb gently pressing against the slightly jutting of the front of her chin. Softly but firmly she pushes the chin, and face of the weeping woman upwards, so that her lighter blue eyes could meet the deeper blue eyes of the young blond.<br><br><strong>"Do not weep for the past, and what you have lost, but have hope for the future."</strong><br><br>She offers in a silken, though thickly accented voice.<br><br><strong>"You know me, but I do not know you. Do you have a name? If so I would like to know it, so that I -can- come to know you."</strong><br><br>She pauses for a moment, thinking as her crystal blue eyes shift downwards, breaking their lock onto the younger woman's for just a moment.<br><br><strong>"While I may not know... exactly, and only one does...."</strong> She trails off and glances back towards the Watcher. <strong>"I suspect you are not from -here-, but from somewhere else. Why you are here, why I am here, I do not know.</strong><br><br>She shifts her gaze towards the spectacular Earthrise.<br><br><strong>"Know this, I am real..."</strong> She reaches out with her other hand and firmly wraps her long, dark-brown fingers around the ivory hand of the woman in front of her.<strong> "My touch, feel it, it is real. I am here... You are here and you are needed."</strong>
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				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>17-05-2011, 03:18:12</strong>
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				<br>As she pushed her head upward to meet the bright blue eyes of the once African Goddess, she just stared up at her. Her eyes leaking with tears, leaving them red and puffy, with streams down each cheek. Effigy listened. She heard the females voice but she didn't know if she believed it just yet.&nbsp; Her tears stopped and her breath came in slow and deep before she finally relaxed some.&nbsp; How could she not know her name? This wasn't who she thought it was. It couldn't be.<br><br>Again the young Summers child knew she was somewhere else. Some time else? Her lips pressed together as she tried to take it all in. The machine she used... it did something. She was here now. With people she thought were dead or just alien to her. Her soft blonde hair fell around the dark woman's hand as she glanced down slightly then back up again.<br><br><strong>"You are real. But you are not her. You are not Storm as I knew her."</strong><br><br>The tone of her voice was sad and hollow. It was easy to see the young woman had seen a lot in her short life. She had experienced pain and loss like most humans would never see in an entire lifespan. The child of Emma and Scott Summers was a miracle here. A miracle for her own dimension. A miracle of survival, and a quick thinking, fast moving miracle at that. If no one realized that, she did. She knew she should be dead, however she was here. Here, with a large headed guy who resembled those baseball bobble-heads and a female who looked uncannily like her former X-Men Mentor, or one of them at any rate.<br><br><strong>"My name is Effigy. I am from a place where no mutant lives now. None survived, save myself."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>17-05-2011, 03:29:01</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://www.sowhowins.com/photos/Pictures/Uatu.jpg)</div><br>Uatu for his part stared impassively at the two mutants... allowing them to converse for the time being.&nbsp; His eyes... eyes that had scanned countless realities watched them until he spoke again.&nbsp; Behind him, the sun began to reflect off the Earthrise, making the view even more impressive in it's grandeur.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>"Effigy hails from another reality... a reality in which the machines you know as Sentinels became so widespread that they extinguished all but a handful of mutants and other superhumans from the face of that Earth.&nbsp; Sadly, that reality's Earth no longer exists... the energies unleashed by Effigy's use of the Mutant Intensifier caused a chain reaction that destroyed her planet.&nbsp; I saw this and brought her here... just as I have brought you, Storm from the very Earth you see behind me."</strong><br><br>He paused... watching the two of them for a moment before continuing, his voice powerful, yet strangely apathetic, his eyes gleaming as he spoke.<br><br><strong>"Tell me, mutants... are you at all familiar with the world devourer Galactus?"</strong>
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				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>17-05-2011, 17:31:14</strong>
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				Her full, thick lips purse for a moment as she first considers the words of the young blond Mutant. Her own crystal blue eyes glance to the side, breaking her eye-lock with the woman in front of her for a moment, a soft sigh escapes her lips before she speaks. Her typical deep baritone, accented voice filled with a twinge of sadness and regret.<br><br><strong>"Sometimes just surviving is the most difficult thing. Like you, I lost my family when I was very young." </strong> She pauses for a moment, her lips actually speading into a small smile.<br><br><strong>"But this you already know, unless I am quite different from where you are from."</strong><br>She turns with a single elegant sweep, a single arm resting around the shoulders of the puffy, red eyed woman as she begins to extend her long legs to stand once again, trying to support the woman whom she has an arm wrapped around. Her gaze then settles on the large-headed being several paces away.<br><br><strong>"I am, unfortunately, familiar with whom you speak. All too familiar."</strong>
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				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>20-05-2011, 03:21:15</strong>
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				Effigy listened to what was said but still said nothing more on the matter. It was obvious from what the Watcher said that this female was not who she thought she was and everyone she once loved is now dead. Dead because of her. Everyone whom might have survived. Dead. All dead. Her eyes glazed over and her ears deafened to whatever was said after hearing that. It had not become a realization for her, what she had done. Now it became more real. It was her doing. It was selfish. All of those lives to save her own. The blonde mutant stood there as tears streamed down her face. She cried for their deaths.She cried for their lives. She cried for their souls. <br><br>The facts of what she did would be a stain on her own soul for all eternity and she could do no more than try to fix the wrongs of the world in return. She could do no more than save a world. Save lives. Not to replace the ones she lost but to appease the ache inside her. To squelch that burn that made her own life seem pointless. Effigy would give herself to the cosmos to be whatever they needed of her. Whatever it took to save other worlds from a similar fate of selfish preservation. There was nothing else she could do. Taking her own life would be another selfish act, however placing herself in debt to mankind, to humanity, to mutants of the universe, maybe... just maybe... she could make peace with herself and her deeds.<br><br>Standing there she just took in slow deep breathes to calm the urge to scream in frustration. To soothe that desire to crawl into a hole and just lay there for as long as she was allowed. Her blue eyes shifted toward the Watcher then to the dark skinned female. To one she thought was Storm. She listened now and could do no more.
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				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>21-05-2011, 17:47:18</strong>
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				The tall, African woman shifts her gaze away from the Watcher. Her long neck turning slightly to allow her to focus her crystal blue eyes onto the profile of the young woman who stood to her side. She was pretty, and she could -easily- see the resemblance to the woman she knew as Emma Frost. The same narrow, slightly upturned nose, perfectly shaped lips, tapering, chiseled jawline, and also the piercing blue eyes.<br><br>She opens her full lips for a moment, intakeing an audible breath as she prepares to speak. Though as her own crystal blue eyes focus on the young woman, with tears streaming down her cheeks, the look of frustration in not being able to do what needed to be done to save her friends, her loved ones was one that she knew all too well. She extends one of her bared, chocolate-brown arms and gently rests the weathered palm of her right hand onto the back of the young blond woman, patting her gently.<br><br>Offering this small, physical comfort she turns her attention back towards the Watcher, to see what the being had to say.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>22-05-2011, 23:15:35</strong>
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				Uatu watched as the two mutants conversed in their own way... standing still as a statue, the folds of his sash pulled across his body as he regarded them.&nbsp; Perhaps he was reading their minds... peering into their very souls.&nbsp; Finally he felt their attention was fully upon him again and he spoke.<br><br><strong>"Galactus has destroyed many worlds to sate his neverending hunger.&nbsp; When the universe was young, he was capable of going for a very long time between feedings.&nbsp; As time went on however, that span of time grew shorter and shorter.&nbsp; Now, Galactus must feed within the span of time that you would call a month, give or take some days... Galactus will need to feed soon, within 7 Terran days.&nbsp; However, what he does not know is that there are forces which are even now plotting to betray and destroy him.&nbsp; I do not know how they plan to kill a being as powerful as the world devourer, but you must discover and stop this plan, for as Galactus' life force is tied to this universe, his death would destroy us all.&nbsp; All I can tell you is that there are answers that you need on the pirate planet of Skarr.&nbsp; It is ruled by the pirate queen Neblua... I can send you there, but once you arrive you are on your own.&nbsp; Seek out the heralds, mutants.&nbsp; Seek out the heralds."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mr Happy</strong> on <strong>27-05-2011, 23:32:46</strong>
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				&nbsp;The most masculine voice either woman has ever heard in their lives ring out with the force of war and the power of combat! The voice is so manly, so utterly gruff and male even in its quietly intense delivery that one would swear that the voice, every wave of sound it produced in the disturbed at carried a rugged beard!<br><br><strong>“If there are universes to save and villains to defeat then rest easy! The most macho hero in this universe or any universe is here!” </strong><br><br>All looked up as the voice came from above seeking to find the source of the manly voice, a voice which made women grow weak in their knees and men tremble all across creation. There was a thunderous crash and the air broke apart some fifty feet above them, snapping away like broken glass and shattered concrete, spinning away and crumbling to dust as the pieces fell. From out of the broken air flew a man of sinewy muscle and a flinty stare with blue eyes as hard as adamantium. His auburn hair and beard seem to catch the light in a way that made it blaze with the fires of vengeance and justice. He flew downward in a perfect flying sidekick, flawlessly executed as he crashed into the floor a dozen yards away. The impact shattered the alien tile creating a perfectly circular impact crater around this god-like man among men, sending a shockwave through the floor causing the room to tremble. The assemble group’s garments were whipped about them by the force of the overpressure as the air exploded away from were the man all men wish to be had landed.<br><br>The bearded man stepped from the crater with a perfect muscular ease to address the group once more.<br><br><strong>“Im Chuck Norris and Im here to save the day.”</strong> <br><br>For a long moment the most macho of all male creatures stood before them like the god he was, and then his mouth turned up at the right corner. The was a snicker, and then a guwaff and finally a bursting into a full scale belly laugh that rocked the man’s entire form. This laughter was not the manly baritone one might have expected but instead became an insanely child-like giggle as it altered in pitch. As the laughing man shook the pretense of “Chuck Norris” fell away revealing a gaudily clad man with a bright yellow cloak. He wore a costume that seemed to share the classic elements of the golden age of the Terran super hero: tights, glove and boots, a mask and a cape. The motif however was neither inspiring nor intimidating. Instead this man had chosen the smiley face as his identity with the emblem marking both his face and chest. It was apparent however that there was a certain unreality about him…the smiley face on both his mask and chest were laughing, animated like a character from a cartoon. His cape also seemed to have a life of its own as it swished merrily in defiance of physics. His costume bore no visible seams and seemed to be once complete piece. There was a vividness to the strange man, a shine that seemed impossible in contrast to the rest of the world around him heightening the sense of strangeness and unrealness of the being before them. <br><br>Finaly he managed to reign in his laughter, wiping away yellow tears that the women could see also bore smiling faces as they ran down his smooth, featureless face. <br><br><strong>“Ok, whoooo, sorry about that but I just love to make an entrance!”</strong><br><br>He waved a hand in a dismissive gesture and the fracture floor and air above the party wavered like a mirage and all was as it had been before his arrival.<br><br><strong>“Im Mr Happy and since Im done saving Universe 1528 from the Rubber Duckie of Doom Ive traveled to here to help avert the next great cosmic calamity. Pleased ta meetcha!”</strong><br><br>One arm reaches out but branches into three separate limbs as it elongates to reach all three of the gathered beings offering each a hand to shake.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>03-06-2011, 03:30:07</strong>
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				Effigy had no idea who this Galactus being was, let alone fathom how anyone could eat a world. Her brow furrowed in confusion as she let the motherly female comfort her. Maybe it was actually more comforting for the other female to do so, but Effigy would not take away that from her, so she just let her do so. Relaxing somewhat with the shift in conversation, she just stared at the watcher as if he had grown another oversized head. Feeding on planets? destroying worlds? How could one who destroyed whole planets like that be a good thing for our universe? She didn't understand it, but then maybe it wasn't meant for her to understand.<br><br>Seek the heralds. Now if only she knew what heralds were. She knew instincitively, or rather logically what a herald was, but what did that have to do with this Galactus being and if his life force was so important to our universe why didn't others see and understand this? Why couldn't they just put him into a slumber or rest until such time planets would be available for his consumption? She was full of questions and somehow knew there wasn't enough time to answer them all. The young mutant had an bad feeling they had to move quickly. They had to find these heralds that Uatu spoke of. But how. Maybe this dimension's Storm had the answers? Effigy would watch and wait. Then, when the had to move, she would go as directed and do what needed to be done. How she would do it, she didnt' know. She would hope that those above would help guide her and maybe, just maybe in this life she could find something or someone to show her the way. The gods had to be out there. She had to believe that.<br><br><strong>"Then let us go. Send us to where we are needed."</strong><br><br>Just as she had started to speak the rambunctious super hero appeared out of no where. It seemed this place was a void for opening up to the unusual and unexpected. His pomp and circumstance had her blinking and confused. She had not heard of him before and when he transformed into a giant happy face man, she blinked and instinctively took a step back. This was unnerving; he frightened her in the same manner clowns scared young kids. No one who wore a constant happy face could be trusted. He may have escaped a mental institute of some kind. As the outstretched arm of three was extended, she glanced at him and then at it before she looked to see what Uatu or Storm would say to this. Everything happening at once was a bit unsettling to the young mutant.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 22:15:44</strong>
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				The conversation suddenly interrupted by the oddest of appearance the tall, dark-skinned woman takes a step back in time with the younger blond woman. Their thoughts coincidently considering for the briefest of moments. The appearance of the 'odd' happy face causing a chill to run up her own spine. The projection of a singe emotion in expression or in speech striking her as eerily unnatural and akin to having no emotion at all.<br><br>Her crystal blue eyes narrow as the figure contorts itself to the point of extending a trio of arms from a single joint. She turns her gaze towards Uatu, silently asking if he could shed some light onto this sudden appearance as well. Her own hands remain at her side, the entire sudden appearance just as unnerving to her as it was to the young woman to her side.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>09-06-2011, 23:17:09</strong>
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				If the Watcher was shocked in the slightest by the sudden appearance of the cartoony hero and his humorous antics, he did not show it at all... his eyes moving to where the newcomer stood as he watched impassively.&nbsp; He finally spoke, the tone of his voice as low and serious as ever.<br><br><strong>"Excellent.&nbsp; The muse has arrived.&nbsp; Welcome to Earth 3113, Mr Happy.&nbsp; I trust you caught the last part that I was explaining? Of Galactus?&nbsp; Must I repeat myself?&nbsp; The need for all of you and the power you possess is great.&nbsp; I fear we may not have much time.&nbsp; I will transport you all to Skarr when you are prepared."</strong><br><br>It may well have seemed quite strange for Uatu to welcome the newcomer without hesitation, almost as if he knew exactly who he was... the Watcher remained mysterious and aloof as always, waiting a response.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Mr Happy</strong> on <strong>10-06-2011, 13:16:02</strong>
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				Mr Happy withdrew his hands as it was clear that his offer to shake was to be declined. If offended it didn’t show in his body language and his mask offered only its smile to those present. He turned his attention to the Watcher addressing the cosmic being as cheerfully, and irreverently as he had the gathered mutants. It seemed if nothing else this odd being was unflappable.<br><br><strong>“Not at all you cosmic peeping tom you! I hope you weren’t watching the She Hulk shower again, you know she served as a paralegal for the Living Tribunal at once time. You could be facing a restraining order at the very least!”</strong><br><br>Mr Happy takes the form of a golden figure of equal height to Uatu. The being’s head floats above its shoulders as it has no neck. The head itself has three sides, each with a face. One is covered, another only half so and the third, the forward face is fully revealed. Its glowing eyes shine with authority as it passes judgment upon the Watcher.<br><br><strong>“YOU ARE NOT TO COME WITHIN 50 PARSECS OF THE SHE HULK!”</strong> commands the triune voice of the “Tribunal”.<br><br>The god like being before them reaches to its forehead to unzip itself all the way down to its feet allowing Mr Happy to step out of the body which has collapsed like an empty suit upon his exit. He gathers it up and his black crescent of a smile widens to impossible proportions for his own head as he stuffs the “Tribunal suit” into his mouth.<br><br><strong>“Hmmm chewy, but surprisingly low cal,”</strong> he mutters as he swallows. <strong>“All kidding aside Uatu, Im up to speed. Seven days to save Galactus. Jeez, gives us something hard whydontcha!”</strong><br><br>The colorful character turns his attention to the women once more,<strong> “Gonna be cool hanging with the X-Men again, although this will be the first dimension Ive teamed with an Emma Frost who’s looks like she’s in the New Mutants instead of the X-Men or the Hellfire club. But dang if you aren’t just crackling with raw power! You too Orroro! I haven’t seen you this strong since Loki made you the Goddess of Thunder! No wonder you guys got recruited for this op!” </strong><br><br><em>&lt;Wow, just look at those matrixes&gt;</em> Mr Happy thinks to himself, his vision peeling away the layers of reality like an onion skin to give himself an inkling of the nature of his new comrades levels of power. <em>&lt;Incredible! These ladies are far more interesting than any versions of themselves Ive met previously. They’ve gone Omega level!&gt;</em> The hero smiles inwardly, <em>&lt;This is gonna be fun!&gt;</em><br><br><strong>“Well Ive got my bags packed!”</strong> And as he says it his very words become reality and Mr Happy is in fact holding a suitcase in each hand,<strong> “How soon before we leave for Skar, and is there room on our flight for my carry on?”</strong><br><br><br><br>[OOC: Mr Happy is well aware that Uatu will transport them as he says this. Yeah, he’s being funny again, big shock.] <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>11-06-2011, 18:49:44</strong>
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				Effigy had realized that Mr Happy was well accepted by Uatu and she nodded to the askance of their departure. She was ready as she could ever be. The young blonde didn't move in any direction yet as she waited for the Watcher to transport them. Her arms were crossed over her middle and she sighed a little inwardly at the idea of what may come. She couldn't help but think of how her friends would react to seeing the zany hero that was before them now. Kenny would have laughed and poked at the smiley faced man-thing, but then again he was always the more adventurous and light hearted of the three of them. She could feel it inside her, the idea of him, the way he would have reacted to this. His voice in her mind. <br><br><em>"Geez Gwen.. Lighten up. He's funny.. we need some levity around here."</em><br><br>She knew he was right but she didn't feel like joking. She didn't really feel anything at the moment. Effigy shifted in place and then looked back to Uatu again. The unknown made her anxious and she wasn't sure what to expect next.<br><br><strong>"I'm ready whenever you are."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>EbonyQueen</strong> on <strong>13-06-2011, 20:54:57</strong>
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				Her full lips part for a moment, as if she was about to speak once again. Instead a sigh escapes as she turns slightly, her crystal blue eyes glancing back towards the shimmering blue globe of the distant Earth. It was still difficult to think about leaving the planet for an extended period of time. Cool breezes, warm sun filled days, and the feeling of the wind at her back.<br><br>As she turns back to face the others her impossibly long ivory locks of hair sway slightly. She spends several long moments studying the trio of beings silently before she does finally speak. Her baritone voice complete with it's heavy accent is quieter than normal.<br><br><strong>"If we must go, then let us go, Watcher."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Cosmic Marvel IC - Effigy and Storm: Hell on Earth (Josietta and EbonyQueen)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LunarSage</strong> on <strong>14-06-2011, 00:16:47</strong>
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				The Watcher did not crack a smile or react in any way to Mr Happy's antics, choosing to ignore the visage of the Living Tribunal... however, he did not react negatively either.&nbsp; Instead, he simply offered a nod and raised a hand to the trio... his voice seeming to echo throughout the chamber as he spoke both physically and telepathically to the would be heroes.<br><br><strong>"So be it.&nbsp; I will send you to Skarr at once.&nbsp; Be wary of enemies, but be on the lookout for potential allies at the same time... remember, things may not always be as they seem."</strong><br><br>Unbelievable psionic power enveloped them all, breaking each of them down to their atomic components and sending them careening off across the galaxy.&nbsp; With Mr Happy the process did meet with some resistance if he so chose, but the power of the Watcher was spectacular indeed, and like it or not, he found himself no longer where he once was.<br><br><strong>~Continued in the "Lost in Space" (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95702.25) thread~</strong>
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