xp_logs | Entries tagged with p: what of the hunting hunter bold?

Backdated to July 16th 2024

Maya runs into Sooraya on her way out and decides to catch a meal.

( Fuck the cops, she’d use Wade’s money to pay her way out if she had to. )

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In the aftermath of the hunt, Phoenix and Dust tend to Liam and Sharon. The worst injuries aren't physical.

( That's it. You're safe now. Just let us take care of you, okay? )

Human trafficking should have consequences. Bevatron and Cyclops have a few ideas.

( I know that look, mon capitaine. )

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The triumphant return of Ulysses Bloodstone is interrupted, and then eclipsed by, the Alison Blaire Half Time Show.

( There really was only one choice. )

With the illusion shredded, Bloodstone is forced to reconsider his current career path.

( That... that is not what I was hunting. )

As the illusion shreds Echo and Mayhem get a rude surprise, and someone realizes they've bitten off more than they can chew.
Warning: Graphic violence.

( I'm so sorry, I didn't know. )

Wildchild and Bevatron arrive to save the kids in the nick of time.
Warning: Graphic violence

( Those are my kids you're trying to kill. )

The failed pilot comes to a close, and the contract is dissolved due to Creative Differences.

( She's left you to take all the blame. )

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After tracking the signal from Sharon's collar the X-Men arrive on scene, and they're not in a patient mood.

( In the interests of time, let's assume we've already asked you a question and you've told us you don't know anything so we can get right to the torture. Seem fair? )

Nightcrawler and Spectrum, acting as reconnaissance, encounter the first wave of resistance and get a hint that all is not as it appears to be.

( Is this what you call sport? )

Dust and Phoenix act to evacuate the kidnapped mutants.

( Now you get to enjoy being helpless for a while. )

Bevatron and Dazzler infiltrate the command center, where they formulate a hypothesis while indulging in a little light terrorism.

( Hey, boys. Wanna see a magic trick? )

Mayhem and Echo take on a duo of their own.

( HELLO. YOU STOLE MY CAT. )

Cyclops and Wildchild meet the master of the hunt.

( Whatever he's on, I don't think I want any of it. )

Unaware help has arrived, Liam and Sharon are released into the hunt.
Warning: Graphic violence

( We run. )

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Somewhere in the Adirondacks, a fading star plans for reignition.

( Our castle was established by my ancestor, Augustus Bloodstone, based on his knowledge of the arcane and the hunt. He stood athwart the darkness and- athwart? Is that the correct term? Yes. Yes. Athwart the darkness and through years of struggle and pools of blood carved out our legacy. And now, I do this from a former car lot in upstate New York. )

Elsewhere, as friends begin to notice something is amiss, Liam and Sharon awake in unfamiliar surroundings yet extremely familiar circumstances.

( I hate this! )

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Sharon and Liam visit the Central Park, unaware that while they were watching the zoo animals someone else was watching them.

( Just under the wire. )