“Come,” Namor said, voice low and unhurried, lifting one like a coronation relic. “Adorn yourself with the sacred light of antiquity. Or the mid-’80s. The distinction grows murky."
A pause, drier than dust.
“Two for a dollar. Support the senior trip.”
Felicia laughed, bumping into him with a half bared shoulder possibly a little harder than necessary as a collection of sophomores timidly handed her ones. Hair teased within an inch of its life and sprayed pink, face a map of glitter and stars, Felicia was a glam rock queen in metallics and neon, her pointed toe knee high boots keeping her only a couple inches shorter than her companion, but still less of a heel than she'd like. Her smile would glow under the black lights.
"Isn't he the most?" she asked, tucking the cash into her belt bag as he began doling out black plastic wrapped bulk buy toys as if they were gold bars. "Truly outrageous."
“Outrageous is an aesthetic,” Namor replied, glass-smooth. “Reckless is a flaw. I happen to be neither. But I understand the confusion. Altitude often looks like spectacle to those watching from below.”
He scanned the crowd with the casual confidence of a man who believed he could name every threat in the room.
“They did elect me, after all. One assumes for the gravitas. It appears I’ve confused spycraft with discernment. Try to keep up.”
"Oh, King," Felicia replied, saccharine but only mostly unkindly. "They elected Rex McKenzie. And possibly as a pretty figurehead, given Guthrie is second in command."
"Tubular!" she said, shifting with a pretty smile at a junior, taking their ticket and a fist of ones before gesturing them towards Namor. "It's an 80s party. A human era full of neon, and this is lingo. Which you'd know if you'd bothered to read anything we spies sent you. Try to keep up, or at least your head down for those of us who aren't just cheekbones."
Namor handed off another bracelet with a motion that could have been mistaken for benevolence — if it weren’t so imperious.
“Ah. Tubular. A word with too many limbs and no spine.” He regarded her attire, faintly amused. “You’ve embraced the era’s glitter with devotional fervor. I presumed camouflage. Operative strategy. Reflected light.”
Then he looked at her — not briefly, not politely. As one might observe a star and count its gravity.
“But no,” he said softly. “Not disguise. Bait.”
He tilted his head just slightly. Not indulgent. Not fond. Something quieter.
“This crown they placed on my double — ‘king of the court,’ such endearing theater — is camouflage enough. Tailored, bestowed, and as performative as your shine.”
His gaze dipped — slow, intentional — not to objectify but to study the radius she carved into space.
“Tell me,” he asked, voice lower now, almost intimate, “do we wear these roles because they fit... or because it’s easier to hunt when no one’s watching for claws?”
"I can only answer that for myself," Felicia said, watching a stream of teens crack their glowsticks and head inside the gym. A moment alone, her smile moved to something else, still dishonest but without veneer, an eyebrow raising. "I can fit any role, but in my experience? People seem to mind getting stepped on less when it's from a pretty face they don't see coming."
2015: Clint texts Felicia about having good revenge. Warren posts about game night. Jubilee posts about her and Cookie Monster being friends. Maya emails Wade about wanting to attend a mutant rights rally. Dial My Number: Darcy posts on Facebook about being doxxed; Darcy contacts Clint after stalkerish photos of herself and her family land in her inbox; Clarice and Clint bring Darcy to the mansion.
2016: Artie shares a video featuring contemporary visionary art and architecture. Cecilia and Laurie decide to play catch up over dinner and drinks.
2017: Sooraya emails Angelo, Scott, Garrison and Everett, and then Julian, Kyle and Angel about her powers manual project.
2019: Lorna texts Alex to inform him they have the 12th to the 18th off for their anniversary. Tandy is looking for volunteers for the food bank for the holiday season.
2021: Nica uses National Coming Out Day to come out as asexual. Terry emails Sue for help regarding a showcase she's trying to organize. Alani reminds everyone that Christopher Columbus sucks. Maya reinforces the message. Topaz posts about a totally random library inventory audit. Jean and Darcy talk about powers.
2023:Clean Slate: Madin texts Alani from an unknown number to tell her she’s too good for the place and that they're leaving; Madin texts Quentin to let him know they can get them at that new number. A Haven to Call Home: Inez and Darcy are having a date night when things get medically scary; Darcy texts Terry to bring her things to the med room where Inez is resting; Fourteen makes a journal post updating the medical team on Inez’s condition. A certain person still does not have a sense of time, as Hope A. and Sue are reminded.
2024: Hank introduces himself and announces his return on the journal. Quentin approaches Hope A. in the aftermath of Humanis Honoribus Amicis and offers her a more senior position if she gets her PI licence.
2004: Scott wakes up and isn't impressed but is philosophical about the need to drug him. Sam tries to mend bridges with Paige. Sarah returns after her trip with Remy. Madelyn drugs Alison after Alison goes three nights without sleep. Cain emails Alison about tai chi for Miles after he killed the demon during the demon attack.
2005:High Cost Of Living: Remy emails Betsy and Jake and tells them he has quit; Remy tracks down Malice to Florida, where she almost kills him. With Malice Aforethought: Desperately trying to think of a way out of Magneto's clutches, Forge realises he has to build the Neutralizer as Magneto wants. Kyle and Jay sleep together.
2006:Mommy Dearest Redux: Meeting with Stefan in Berlin, Amanda finds out Kurt isn't with the Szardos caravan and immediately flies back to New York to raise the alarm; a location spell using Kurt's X-Men tags (left behind) reveals he is likely to be in Chicago. Sean tells Terry he is returning to Cassidy Keep for an unspecified amount of time.
2007: Kevin returns to the school and posts about his release conditions, as required. Laurie suggests a Japanese study group for the upcoming Japan trip.
2008: Zanne loses her job due to the financial crisis. While out practicing his flying squirrel trick, Angelo comes across Nathan talking to one of MacInnis' old Mistra contacts about Taygetos.
2009: Callie posts about finding a cardboard wind-up handle taped to her car, asks if anyone wants to fess up. Callie talks to Catseye about her way of speaking while the two women make ravioli. Adrienne posts about not enjoying a ball game she went to in Boston. Kyle posts about beating Cammie at sparring. Catseye discusses ways of talking with Sam.
2011: Angel announces on her journal that she has a date for the upcoming alternative Homecoming. The Problématique: Doug e-mails Bishop about refining the info he received, and that they're getting closer; Bishop e-mails Doug, Lex, Jean, and Wanda with a solid lead on Vanessa's position; those connected to X-Factor are called to a meeting by Bishop to update them; Warren e-mails Monet with the update on Vanessa's location and asks if she's in to help; Doug asks Emma for a temporary donation to the rescue effort for Vanessa; Doug posts to x_snowvalley to give a heads up that he and Wanda are leaving for Prague to meet Bishop re: the new lead on Vanessa; Warren posts to x_team to let people know they've got a solid lead on Vanessa's whereabouts. Adrienne and Garrison discuss the latest lead in Vanessa's case.
2013:Clint texts Billy to ask if Maddie was actually wearing a cheerleader outfit or was it a purple French maid outfit.
2014:Higher Than Hope: X-Force crashes the Archduke’s function; Emma and Wade run into the Archduke in the kitchen, of course a food fight ensues; Doug runs into Forward, Ian, and manages to talk him into surrendering before Azazel attacks him overwhelming Doug before Amanda steps in to incapacitate him; Marie-Ange goes to extract Artie and they run into Garrulous, the encounter doesn’t go well for him; Amanda posts to the Snow Valley journal stating that the mission could have gone better, although they did manage to get some useful information.
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X-Men Mission: Or Is He Both? When a series of gamma radiation related deaths occur in Colorado, the X-Men investigate a connection to a deceased teenaged mutant.
Dixie Dead Shake: When Garrison's RCMP duties bring him to New Orleans, a few more mansionites tag along and find the town off in ways that may lead to danger.
Humanis Honoribus Amicis: News of a new disturbing turn in American politics has Hope Abbott investigating.
Case File: Feel the Rush:X-Factor investigates a new deadly party drug following an overdose at a District X club.
Don't Quit Your Day Job:Rogue breaks the cardinal rule of spam - she clicks the link - and winds up caught up in a mutant sex ring.
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