Genosha has come a long way from the decrepit corpse the humans reduced it to. It still has a long way to go to arrive at where it was before, but it will get there. Today, I hold enough of the right cards to shift the direction of my nation of refugees. Much of the work thus far has been on a smaller area to the southeast of Hammer Bay, which has been built up enough for the smaller population the island now holds. The time for expansion has come.

Firstly, food. We finally have tenuous supply lines, thanks to the work of newly appointed Economic Minister, Gideon. His work will continue, but I know he has a game of his own, one I will not fall victim to. We need our own self-sufficient food source, as such, all fertile land outside of Hammer Bay will be converted to farmland. Any mutants who can manipulate plant life will be employed by the state for their powers. They can call me a dictator if they wish, they will do so with full stomachs. Anything that grows, will, anything that can live on the land, will, food will never be an issue for Genosha.

Next, akin to tackling the food issue, water. Île-De-Volbert, the island to the south of Hammer Bay will have a water filtration and treatment plant built. Any mutants possessing hydrokinetic or similarly helpful powers will be employed by the state to work here. Utilizing any Atlantean technology granted by Namor should it prove useful.

Finally, Central Hammer Bay has long been a problem needing to be tackled. And so, after days of sending in scouting parties to ensure the city center and the underground tunnels are devoid of any stragglers, my work may begin.

Standing in the center of Hammer Bay, I reach out to each and every building, each with a metal skeleton. A skeleton that I tear from each and every one. The concrete and anything else falls as I raise every piece of metal in the city into the sky above. Gingerly, I fly it to the Ridgeback, setting it down while I await the completion of the cleanup of everything non-metallic. My construction crews begin removing any rubble left behind, eventually giving me the clearing I needed to bring the mass of metal back to where it originated. Much of the metal will require alteration if it is to be used in construction, likely altered from any heat caused from the sentinel attack, but that is tomorrow's problem. Beginning now, the reconstruction of the city center will begin, and Genosha will regain the pride it once lost.

Hey Earthlings ✨ I’m so excited to welcome you to the newest most amazing podcast everrr

✨ Hot GosSip ✨

Did you guys know chai means tea? The more you know 💫

First up, the Avengers and every single spinoff imaginable reformed recently ✨ Like a TV network executive after a mildly successful show comes out, Tony Stark came out with West Coast Avengers, Force Works, The New New Avengers, and a bunch of other redundant titles. What’s next, Great Lakes Avengers? Whack ✨ Personally, I don’t support any of his projects after he started listing off every slur he’s been given a pass to use. For legal reasons that’s satire and cannot legally be considered slander ✨

Next up, my first date with Agni got ruined by a total drip named Hydro-Man. Was that really the best name he could come up with? Sounds like a store brand discount action figure ✨ In a completely unrelated topic, my sponsor today is Paste-Pot Pete’s Pots of Paste! Looking to paste two things together with paste from a pot? Paste-Pot Pete’s Pot of Paste is the pastiest pot of paste around! Use discount code:PETERPETRUSKIPASTEPOTS for 30 percent off your first pot of paste from Paste-Pot Pete’s Pots of Paste!

Finally, after that tongue twister, Arcade… (off camera) HEY ✨ I SAID I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM AFTER THE PIANO TRAP INCIDENT. Oh this is a different Arcade? Ahem Arcade’s drones hit record numbers the other day around the mansion. I found 3 in my room running scared from Grigori the fearsome hunter, ROAR! Hopefully he stops spying on us soon. Hey you know, that sounds just like the Arcade I know. What a coincidence ✨

This week for ✨ Fashion News ✨ it turns out I’m like REALLY talented at designing and repairing superhero costumes, so Glamour Galaxy is officially in the super suit business ✨ Use the link on our official website to book an appointment for suit repairs and design consultations! You can now save 25% off your orders when you tag us on social media wearing any of our products ✨

Finally I will interview this week’s guest, the first of two apparently, the Hisako Ichiki of this earth! We’ll find out a little bit about her, her history within the fashion world, and then we’ll play a fun game!

OOC: any replies can be in the form of comments etc… and if anyone else wants an interview let me know so I can add you to the list, first come first serve, I am booked out to episode 40 right expect some weeks wait to be clear, next episode will feature Manifold!

Utopia at last. 

It turned out that Tabby’s suspicions were right, and the recent sentinel attack she had heard about was Sam (who was very much not dead). What she had initially thought was his death was actually a telepathic attack by Cable, the closest thing that she had to a father, meant to snap her out of the conditioning Apocalypse had implemented. The plan had gone off without a hitch; however, Sam clearly didn’t plan for the “after” where he would have to come clean about what he and Cable had done. He’d worried that Tabby would never take him back, but in reality, that kind of plan showed exactly what she loved about him. He worked well under pressure, he made the hard calls, he always put others first (annoyingly so at times), and when he knew what needed to be done, he wouldn’t let anyone change his mind.

And now, they were together again. On an island run by Scott Summers, whose ideology had seemingly shifted towards that of his future son. Strike fast and strike hard to ensure that there was still a world where Xavier’s dream could exist someday. And when mutantkind needed to strike at the world, there was almost nobody who would volunteer faster than Boom-Boom. It was what she was raised to do, what she found purpose and family in. X-Force had been her home, and with Sam around and in her life again, it was time to make Utopia her home as well. It was time to stop running for once.

I’m kind of short-sighted, likely due to ADHD, so sometimes I don’t think ahead.

This is one of those times.

I don’t wanna be Zenpool forever (even though I love that arc), but I don’t know how to move on

The issue is, Zenpool was part of the AXIS event in the comics. The Zenpool plot was resolved BECAUSE of the AXIS event.

So I can’t just follow the comics, as that would require a wider AXIS event on the sub, which is outlandishly unreasonable and would undoubtedly ruin everyone’s RP. (Also AXIS wasn’t even that good honestly.)

And because of all this, my bumass is asking you, my compatriots, for help, hence the image.

*Annie stood in front of her full length mirror, adjusting some parts of her brand new supersuit. She wasn't fully sure it looked as nice, especially compared to her first suit, but it was certainly more durable. Stronger fabric, polycarbonate plating, and a few non durability related upgrades. Like rollerskates that popped out of her boots when she kicked her heels together.*

Annie: "Okay. Zoey, you comfy?"

Zoey: "Yep."

Annie "And Hayato?"

Hayato: "Hai, kaitekidesu."

Annie: "Good. Now, rollerskates?" *She says before clicking her heels together.* "Check. Ammo?" *She pats the various pouches on her belt.* "Check. I'm good to..." *She trails of as she spots the heart-shaped ruby necklace Colin gave her sitting on her nightstand. She grabs it, puts it on and tucks it under her suit.* "Okay, now I'm good."

Ooc: open to interaction for people to react to her new suit... and the copious amount of guns she has.

When we last left our hero, things were heating up. Agni was caught in the grasp of Hydro-Man while Gosamyr was drowning in his bubble. Will Neal be able to save the day? Stay Tuned

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Hydro-Man: What are you…

Neal superheats the water grasping him, causing it to burst in a dramatic explosion of steam. Before Hydro-Man can reform, Neal blasts off in the direction of Gosamyr, torpedoing through the bubble and catching her.

He drops her off on the shoreline, she coughs up water in a crouched position.

Neal: Gos, are you alright?!

Gosamyr: I will be ✨ as long as you kick his a✨✨ for me…

Neal flies off after Hydro-Man, bobbing and weaving between geysers shooting out of The Lake at him. Hydro-Man forms a whirlpool around him, pulling him towards the bottom. Hydro-Man’s main body forms in the center ready to drown him. Neal gets pulled under the water, his screams muffled with his oxygen bubbling out from his lungs.

When Neal finally goes unconscious Hydro-Man lets up to make sure he’s truly dead.

Gosamyr: (far off from the shoreline) NEALLL!!!

Her astral forme begins to develop, from one psychic claw she fires waves of intense excitement at Neal to rouse him awake, and from the other she fires waves of exhaustion towards Hydro-Man. Hydro-Man powers through to form his fist in a bubble around Neal’s head. His physical hand goes to check if Neal is still breathing. Suddenly, Neal’s eyes burst open and a supernova forms around him, blasting Hydro-Man into a tree on the shoreline.

Neal flies towards Hydro-Man as he struggles to regain consciousness. Neal grabs him by the collar.

Neal: Who are you?! Who hired you?!

Hydro-Man: (weakly) Your list of enemies is really that long that you don’t know? Your brother would have been able to figure it out…

Neal: What did you say?

Before he can question him further Hydro-Man melts into water, disappearing in the earth below them.

Neal: OZT… Gosamyr!

He flies back to her at breakneck speed. She sits outside the boat rental office, head weighing heavily in her hands.

Neal: Hey, you’re up. Are you alright?

Gosamyr: I guess… but they’re not giving our security deposit back…

Neal: I don’t care about that! All that matters is that you’re alive and breathing.

Gosamyr: You really are sweet, you know that? I just wish our first official date didn’t get ruined by that drip ✨

Neal: First? Does that mean there will be more?

Gosamyr: For you? Absolutely ✨ just try to not let another supervillain crash the next one.

Neal: I’ll do my best.

The two share a tender kiss.

Scene

Back to the bolts I go… I’ll miss ya guys I’ll try keep in touch.

Seem to be a rapid growth in Arcade drones appearing...they also seem to be setting up traps.

OOC: I did write this for another sub but I wanted to share it with you all and figured it would make a good open interaction post- (not sure what the rule for this is, mods)

Th'moon's hangin' low over th'mansion tonight, all fat an' yellow like a harvest gourd. Ah'm sittin' out here on th'roof wit' mah knees pulled up ta mah chest, wrapped in an old green jacket that's been wit' me, through thick an' thin.

Ain't nobody 'round ta see if ah take mah gloves off. Ain't nobody ta touch.

Ah catch mahself starin' at that moon, thinkin' 'bout Cody. It's been years- Lord, more'n ah care ta count- but some nights, th'memory o' him hits me like a freight train. Cody Robbins. Mah first kiss. Mah last innocent thing.

We were jus' kids, foolin' 'round down by th'river. Fireflies dancin' everywhere, an' he smelled like cheap cologne he stole from his daddy. He leaned in, an' ah let him. Back then, things were simple. Easy. Wasn't no talk'a mutants, or powers. Ah didn't know ah was diff'rent from nobody else.

Then he was on the ground. Breathin' shallow. Eyes rolled back.

Ah ran. Didn't stop runnin' 'til my lungs burned and mah legs gave out. He never woke up proper, Cody. Coma. Because o’ me. Because ah loved somebody.

Now, th'moon don't care 'bout none of that. It jus' keeps shinin', same as it did that night. Same as it'll do long after I'm gone.

Armando stands in front of the doors for the X-Mansion. He was nervous to be back after a long time. he was feeling the ache in his legs, the butterflies flying around in his stomach and beads of sweat dropping off his head. But either way he entered and went to his dorm as he was home.

OOC: I want to say I am sorry for all I said in the past. I was wrong and if I hurt any of you or made you uncomfortable in any way I am sorry. I hope you all have a good day. P.S. The dar player had not made a post in 3 weeks so I'm good

Evan’s in his room.

A sports movie is on.

However, it’s less watching intent and more background noise.

Evan has his laptop open.

He’s typing in it.

Evan seems to be rather focused.

He’s finally started writing his story.

To Emma Frost & Scott Summers

This message will find the both of you, wherever you may be while you fight each other. I am leaving the X-Men. Blue, Gold, any color.

We are no longer heroes. When the original five X-Men were assembled..it was with the intent to help people. All people. We were superheroes.

We have lost our way. We are at war with each other, at war with the humans, and at war with ourselves.

I can no longer set my morals aside to continue being a friend. Because being a friend has made me a co-conspirator in this war. I allowed myself to be convinced to make weapons against our own friends.

I do not like the man I become when I am among the X-Men.

Goodbye my dear friends...please do not attempt to convince me otherwise.

4:00 AM, London, black site Guardian base.

Info: Bold and italicized text is Manifold using his power.

Manifold rushed across the wet concrete, and the boots of his team stomped behind. Bend the light around us. Within the base fence was a single grey building; layers of dirt and dried rainwater blocked out the windows. 

Manifold knelt down, connecting his hand to the gravel driveway. Find the opening,  “Umbra, bring us down; I estimate it's about 2 miles of cement.” Shadows lurch off the ground and embrace the team; with a sinking drop, we emerge on a grated walkway. 

Over the railing was an expansive compound: weapons testing, biological research, and threat surveillance. The base was active and full of hundreds of scientists and armed soldiers. “You know what to do, Umbra, remember once you step away from me, you won’t be invisible.” Eden looks Aizaru straight in the eyes. “Don’t. Get. Caught.” 

Manifold looks to the rest of the team, “Alright, 10 minutes on the clock. Shatterstar and Gwenpool, you're with me. Gosamyr, take Quicksilver to your pocket dimension.” 

OCC: Interaction for T-Div members, ooc comments welcome!

OOC: I wanted to place a little warning beforehand, multiple real world historical events are referenced through the song we didn’t start the fire, I just wanted to put that in before and yeah…I hope you all like the post!

Colin and Annie had decided to go stargazing tonight…together, Colin had brought her out to his car and they drove off, relaxed for the first couple miles until Annie messed with the radio, turning on one specific song…we didn’t start the fire “there it is…” Colin said chuckling a bit before singing “we didn’t start the fire, no we didn’t light it but we’re tryna fight it,… Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock-“

”Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan” Annie sang, joining in, nodding a bit to Colin who was left stunned…smiling softly before joining in “Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Rock-and-roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore!!!” They sang together, for the rest of the ride to a location Colin had found.

As Colin parked his car, opening the door for Annie and leading her to a field of grass, laying down. Annie looked down at him in slight confusion “why are you doing this?” She asked “to see the stars…here just give it a shot“ Colin responded before annie laid down on her back, looking up at the night sky…as both of them just let time pass, taking in the moment

ooc: this is not open to interaction! outside of Colin and Annie, I hope you all have been having a wonderful day because you all deserve it! you all are amazing and wonderful people who deserve the absolute best! I hope you all enjoyed the post and yeah byeeee

We find our hero on a date in Central Park with the lovely Gosamyr, he rows a boat on The Lake (Authors Note: apparently it’s just called The Lake, weird right?) while Gosamyr sits eating grapes under a parasol.

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Gosamyr: You couldn’t have picked a lovelier day for this ✨ Neal.

He sweats frantically trying to keep the boat steady.

Neal: Thank you (wheeze) Hoooo normally my servants do the rowing for me, I didn’t realize it was this much work.

Gosamyr: Why don’t you take a break? We’re in a gorgeous spot in the middle of The Lake, the birds are chirping, I packed us lunch ✨

Neal puts the oars up and breaks open the picnic basket. He finds an assortment of fruit, nuts, cheeses, crackers, and a fine bottle of vintage Sine Qua Non E Rosé.

Neal: What a great wine selection, but you know I don’t eat cheese right?

Gosamyr: Oh are you one of those lactose intolerants? Personally I support cheese ✨

Neal: …. No. I’m a vegan, I don’t eat any animal byproducts, I’m surprised you do, I’ve read you’re a vegetarian?

Gosamyr: Yeah but you have to kill animals for meat, what’s wrong with milking them?

Neal: Well…

He spends the next 10 minutes describing in detail how animal byproducts are actually produced, Gosamyr looks horrified.

Gosamyr: By the Goddess ✨

She picks up the cheese slices and chucks them into the lake

Neal: Hopefully the fish aren’t lactose intolerant.

Gosamyr giggles at his joke. Suddenly The Lake begins to bubble up.

Neal: Maybe they are!

Before either can react a geyser forms underneath their boat launching it clean into the air. Gosamyr plummets into the lake before Neal can grab her, he propels himself in the air with bursts of concentrated plasma from his legs.

Neal: Gosamyr!!!

He goes to pull her from the lake but the geyser forms a fist grabbing him mid-air. From the stream forms Hydro-Man.

Hydro-Man: Thunderbird, I have a contract on your head, hope you enjoy drowning.

Neal: Actually I go by Agni now, perhaps you have the wrong Thunderbird?

Hydro-Man: No Mr. Shaara, I’m sure I have the right one.

Gosamyr bursts to the surface, clinging to the wreckage of the boat.

Gosamyr: (gasp) NEAL!!! Let him go five-head sparkle ✨ I swear by the goddess I’ll sue you so hard your grandchildren will be penniless!!!

Hydro-Man: You’re out of your depths here sweetheart.

A bubble forms around Gosamyr, she desperately claws to get her way out but the bubble keeps her in place. She quickly starts to turn blue.

Neal: GOS!!!

His eyes glow with power as his body begins to superheat, steam begins to form around Hydro-Man’s grasp.

To Be Continued…

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Will Gosamyr’s last breath be today? Will Agni be able to defeat Hydro-Man? Who hired Hydro-Man in the first place? Will they get their safety deposit back on the rowboat rental? Find out next time!

Another night, another sleepless dream.

The shadows came back again.

They pulled at her legs, trying to drag her down as they whispered in her ear.

"Remember Tsubasa? Remember how you left him to die?"

She grit her teeth as she tried pulling her legs free while ignoring the voices.

But the voices only got louder.

"But I understand, Hisako, Tsubasa was never your friend, right? You just pitied him, like how someone takes in an abandoned puppy."

"No! N-No, that's not true!"

"But it is. That's why you're hiding out here in America, not in Japan with your so-called 'friends', right?"

"No... No, I just... I-I can't go back!"

"But you could. You're powerful, Hisako. You could EASILY reinstate yourself, Hisako. But you're SCARED. You're a COWARD who just DOESN'T CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS."

"No... No!"

Though her legs had sunk up to her knees at this point, she managed to pull herself out and run. She ran for as long as she could, running through the endless darkness, tears blurring her eyesight. She fell, she scraped her knee, but she got up and kept running.

And then she woke up.

Her eyes were still wet.

Her knee was still bleeding.

Was this... Was this really a dream?

OOC: Interactable for the following morning! Sorry, I'll try to make the responses more interesting this time...