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The day began typically enough, until Maya, on a nature hike in the mansion's woodland with Arthur, suddenly collapsed in extreme pain, necessitating an emergency call to Clarice. The problem seemed to be related to Maya's cochlear implants; that was all they could determine, having to knock Maya out with morphine. Meanwhile, Kitty and Garrison were overseeing a [[Danger Room]] session for a mixed group of mansion residents based on the <I>Plants v Zombies</I> game when they were suddenly locked out of the DR's programming and things went haywire with the DR separating the groups into different scenarios and then doing its level best to kill them. When Molly and Garrison attempted to brute force the door, Garrison's omni-skin reacted to an unseen aggressor, which led to finally identifying the issue - [[Fixer|nanites]].  
 
 
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<b>Apr 7</b> - <I>A Fistful of Nanites:</I> On a nature hike, Maya suddenly collapses in pain and Arthur calls in Clarice; in the medlab, Clarice has to restrain Maya and give her morphine to calm her down; Clarice posts to the medlab staff about Maya’s condition and that it seems to be related to her cochlear implants; in the Danger Room, Garrison and Kitty are overseeing a mixed group training; the group begins with Plants v Zombies, but something goes wrong when Garrison and Kitty realise they’ve been locked out of the controls; Garrison lets the teams know the DR is malfunctioning; inside the Danger Room, Artie and Sue are in a space station, Wanda and Betsy are in the Wild West and Alex and Alison are in a musical - all three groups are being attacked by the DR without restraint; Garrison and Molly try to open the doors manually, but Garrison’s omni-skin reacts to something and he loses his clothes while Molly identifies the problem - very familiar nanites; back in the DR control room, Garrison and Kitty contact the untested Danger Room AI in order to fight the nanite invasion; Gabriel, Kurt and Sooraya have to break into the Security Rooms to shut down systems and trigger the evacuation alarm; Darcy posts to reiterate the need to evacuate immediately; Nica runs into Natasha and they go down into the labs to help, finding Matt and Bobby there already; they manage to slow down the creation of a robot in the labs and Nica discovers she can see them with her powers and she and Natasha track them to the lake; Scott and Logan discover the Blackbird has been targeted and Scott is joined by Jean-Phillipe and Arthur in an attempt to EMP the jet’s systems in flight to prevent the plane being used against them; as the jet has a crash landing, Emma, Angelo and Meggan rush to the aid of those on board; Hope, Stephen and Ty keep the nanites out of Avalon; Marie-Ange gives Jubilee a dangerous package to get out of the mansion asap; Nica posts en route to the lake about her discovery; Darcy and Laurie are evacuating the medlabs when Laurie’s arm is infected and attacks Darcy, who has to tase them both to remove it; Terry helps Jean to prep supplies in a hurry and Clarice uses a portable EMP to de-nanite Maya and get her out of the medlab; Nica and Natasha are joined by Kyle, Topaz and Molly and do their best to keep the villain - the Fixer in a robot body - from getting into the mansion and its tech; with the help of Viv, the Danger Room AI, those trapped in the Danger Room are able to join forces and break their way out (with Garrison and a prybar on the other side of the door); Doug refuses to evacuate and instead attempts to merge with the nanites and use his powers to reprogram them; Marie-Ange texts Emma and Jean from Doug’s phone to warn them he’ll need emergency aid; Emma telepathically assists Doug even as she heads to the Blackbird crash; Doug manages to override the Fixer’s control of the nanites, but loses half of his arm in the process; Jean is there to assist when he comes out of the labs; Felicia posts to Instagram about being evacuated; Topaz posts an update to the teams, explaining she was able to break the psionic connection between Fixer - who is somewhere else - and his robot body, and asks for super-sensed people to help track down the last of the nanites; Kyle, Logan and Matt clean up any remaining swarms, with the Cuckoos assisting telepathically from the safety of a hotel room.
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The mansion was alerted, with various groups acting to prevent the nanites from contaminating and/or co-opting the mansion and teams' high-tech systems. This included utilising an experimental AI to break open the Danger Room; Marie-Ange sending Jubilee out of the mansion with a very dangerous package and Scott and Jean-Phillipe EMP-ing the [[Blackbird]] in mid-air to disinfect it of nanites. Fixer's attempts to build a robot body and escape with valuable information was stymied by a rag-tag team who destroyed the body, finally drowning it in the pool.
  
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There were also casualties - Tyrone put himself into a coma while protecting [[Avalon]]; Maya was unable to use her cochlear implants and was restricted to reading lips and ASL; and while evacuating the medlab, Laurie's arm became infected, almost strangling Darcy who was forced to use her taser to free them both. But the greatest sacrifice was Doug's - he allowed the nanites to infect him (losing half an arm in the process) and then used his mutant power to communicate to essentially repatriate them from the Fixer's control. The nanites, now free agents of a sort, agreed to remain with Doug, acting as a new arm and counteracting the [[An Eye for an Eye|blood curse]].
  
<b>Apr 8</b> <I>A Fistful of Nanites:</i> Gabe posts an update for the medical staff; Molly is unimpressed by Fixer’s return and has erased the footage of Garrison’s pants emergency; Maya posts from medlab, where she is without her implants for the time being and back to reading lips and ASL.
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The last remaining nanites were cut off from the Fixer's consciousness and tracked down and destroyed and while the Fixer himself was unharmed by the failed mission, his "boss" Zemo was very much less than impressed.
 
 
  
 
==Related Links==
 
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[[Operation: Flesh Mechanic]]
 
 
[[Day Zero]]
 
 
[[Age of Apocalypse]]
 
  
 
[[Are We Ourselves]]
 
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During his recovery, Doug found himself being asked by [[Laurie Collins]] to 'borrow' his [[Arise, X-Man|nanites in order to rebuild her lost arm]].  
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*As a result of this plot [[VI]] was brought online as an AI assistant to the Danger Room and mansion controls. She had been developed as a failsafe following [[The Danger Room Paradox]].
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*Laurie's nerve endings were permanently damaged by the taser blast and she was unable to use her high-tech prosthesis. Finding a cure [[Arise, X-Man|became an obsession with her]], resulting in her ultimately leaving the mansion in bad circumstances.
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*Maya spent several months without her implants until things healed enough for her to resume wearing them, although she relied less on them than she had previously.
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*Tyrone wound up being sent to [[Muir Island]] to recover from his nanite overdose.
  
 
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'''Plotrunner:''' [[Frito]]
 
'''Plotrunner:''' [[Frito]]
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This plot was the first game-wide plot since the onset of COVID and did much to restart interest in the game.
  
 
This is the Warlock plot that [[Twiller]] said he'd never do. Frito wins at X-Project forever.
 
This is the Warlock plot that [[Twiller]] said he'd never do. Frito wins at X-Project forever.
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 16 January 2024

PHASE 2
A Fistful of Nanites
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Dates run: April 8, 2021
Run By: Frito
Read the logs: A Fistful of Nanites


But this particular group had its own intelligence, to some level. Curiosity. A desire to know.

They had ~evolved~.

And what was Xavier's, if not a home for the next steps in evolution?

The Fixer is back. And this time he brought... even more nanites!

Cast

Maya Lincoln-Lopez, Arthur Centino, Clarice Ferguson, Alex Summers, Alison Blaire, Artie Maddicks, Betsy Braddock, Garrison Kane, Kitty Pryde, Susan Storm, Wanda Maximoff, Molly Hayes, Gabriel Cohuelo, Kurt Sefton, Sooraya Qadir, Bobby Drake, Matt Murdock, Natasha Romanoff, Angelo Espinosa, Emma Frost, Jean-Phillipe Colbert, Scott Summers, Meggan Szardos, Logan, Hope Abbott, Stephen Strange, Tyrone Johnson, Darcy Lewis, Jean Grey, Laurie Collins, Theresa Cassidy, Kyle Gibney, Topaz, Doug Ramsey, Marie-Ange Colbert, Jubilation Lee, Fourteen.

Fixer, Heinrich Zemo

Timing

April 8, 2021

Plot Summary

The day began typically enough, until Maya, on a nature hike in the mansion's woodland with Arthur, suddenly collapsed in extreme pain, necessitating an emergency call to Clarice. The problem seemed to be related to Maya's cochlear implants; that was all they could determine, having to knock Maya out with morphine. Meanwhile, Kitty and Garrison were overseeing a Danger Room session for a mixed group of mansion residents based on the Plants v Zombies game when they were suddenly locked out of the DR's programming and things went haywire with the DR separating the groups into different scenarios and then doing its level best to kill them. When Molly and Garrison attempted to brute force the door, Garrison's omni-skin reacted to an unseen aggressor, which led to finally identifying the issue - nanites.

The mansion was alerted, with various groups acting to prevent the nanites from contaminating and/or co-opting the mansion and teams' high-tech systems. This included utilising an experimental AI to break open the Danger Room; Marie-Ange sending Jubilee out of the mansion with a very dangerous package and Scott and Jean-Phillipe EMP-ing the Blackbird in mid-air to disinfect it of nanites. Fixer's attempts to build a robot body and escape with valuable information was stymied by a rag-tag team who destroyed the body, finally drowning it in the pool.

There were also casualties - Tyrone put himself into a coma while protecting Avalon; Maya was unable to use her cochlear implants and was restricted to reading lips and ASL; and while evacuating the medlab, Laurie's arm became infected, almost strangling Darcy who was forced to use her taser to free them both. But the greatest sacrifice was Doug's - he allowed the nanites to infect him (losing half an arm in the process) and then used his mutant power to communicate to essentially repatriate them from the Fixer's control. The nanites, now free agents of a sort, agreed to remain with Doug, acting as a new arm and counteracting the blood curse.

The last remaining nanites were cut off from the Fixer's consciousness and tracked down and destroyed and while the Fixer himself was unharmed by the failed mission, his "boss" Zemo was very much less than impressed.

Related Links

Are We Ourselves

An Eye for an Eye

Arise, X-Man

External Links

A Fistful of Nanites

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xp_communication posts

xp_journal posts

xp_staff

Trivia and Meta

Trivia

  • As a result of this plot VI was brought online as an AI assistant to the Danger Room and mansion controls. She had been developed as a failsafe following The Danger Room Paradox.
  • Laurie's nerve endings were permanently damaged by the taser blast and she was unable to use her high-tech prosthesis. Finding a cure became an obsession with her, resulting in her ultimately leaving the mansion in bad circumstances.
  • Maya spent several months without her implants until things healed enough for her to resume wearing them, although she relied less on them than she had previously.
  • Tyrone wound up being sent to Muir Island to recover from his nanite overdose.

Meta

Plotrunner: Frito

This plot was the first game-wide plot since the onset of COVID and did much to restart interest in the game.

This is the Warlock plot that Twiller said he'd never do. Frito wins at X-Project forever.