xp_logs | Feb. 28th, 2019

Feb. 28th, 2019

Clint, Ev, and Namor drive to JFK to hopefully intercept a woman on behalf of Interpol... things don't exactly go as planned.

( Sure, we're dedicated. Dedicated to getting paid... )

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Thanks to Dom's tech savviness, Clint and the rest of his team locate and catch up to Lyton, but she's very intent up not being caught. Cue car chases!

( Ooooookay, so that's a portal. )

The second SUV full of mansionites arrives and Clint briefs them on the developments so far.

( Be care— just don't do anything extraordinarily dumb. )

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Our heroes move forward, unto the breach, but find themselves facing a very, very disconcerting storage closet... and then Lyton trips over a brazier in her effort to escape them, waking someone they all wish she hadn't.

( This magic is as old as my Kingdom, and not as kind. )

Meanwhile, Molly and Ev reach a disturbing conclusion about the portal.

( It's not as advanced, but… it could be used to funnel magic without needing a human or mutant spellcaster )

Topaz attempts to give Lyton what comfort she can.

( I only wanted to find the truth. And for everyone to stop laughing at me — I showed them! )

Molly finally reaches Clint, informing him of the potential danger regarding the portal's stability, and he calls Matt and Namor back so they don't get trapped halfway around the world.

( I have no idea when the magic is going to run out. Could be five minutes, could be five hours. )

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Weary and disheartened, most of the team begins the return trip to the mansion, phoning ahead to make sure certain arrangements are made before their arrival.

( We should probably have someone clean out the deep freeze in the kitchen. )

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The villain of our tale begins acclimating to his new situation.

( That girl -- darker skinned than anyone he'd ever seen, and clearly a practitioner. Could she have taken the pages? Surely she'd been after the book. )