Stemming the Tide
| Part 10 of the Genosha Arc - Stemming The Tide | |
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| Dates run: | May 25 - June 2, 2012 |
| Run By: | Dex |
| Read the logs: | Stemming the Tide |
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Contents
Cast
Emma Frost, Wade Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, Molly Hayes, Sharon Smith, Warren Worthington, Meggan Szardos, Marius Laverne, Jean-Phillipe Colbert, Matt Murdock, Fred Dukes, Megan Gwynn, Lorna Dane
Mutate 105, Jan Grual, Mutate 557
Jayresh Patel, Genoshan Resistance
Timing
Plot Summary
Polaris reports in on the x_communication channel that their mission failed and the remaining members were regrouping; The survivors of the Genoshan's trap assemble and head for safer ground; Lorna and Warren spy Emma, Marius, and Wanda's chopper going down and go to their aid, leaving the crash site with their fellow mutants and with a local guide to boot; Finally all together at the cache, the older members of the group gather to determine what happens next; While the adults talk, Matt and Molly try and process the last 24 hours; Marius gets first aid treatment in the form of a donation from Catseye and then they have the difficult task of telling Meggan what happened to her boyfriend and family back at the Citadel; Warren checks on Megan, who is doing okay but needs an ear; Wade makes a point of talking to Matt and manages not to go and kill every Magistrate he can find; The two members of the group with actual connection to Magneto talk about choices; Wade and Lorna calm down a very angry Fred; Wade leaves a couple of voicemails to update the Professor in his own unique and somewhat encrypted way; Emma comforts Molly and is rather motherly; Wade can't sleep and neither can Molly, so he tries to help her out.
Emma, Wade, Lorna and Warren negotiate a price for Jayresh to bring their group to safety; On the way to Jayresh's camp, some ethical issues are discussed - Wanda explains to Marius how her power works and he asks about the effects her chaos can have on people, Lorna checks in on Sharon and reflects on the necessity of killing in order for friends to survive, Matt tells Meggan about overhearing the adults talking about killing people, Wade tries to warn Megan and Molly that they might have to witness killings, Fred and Warren debate the ramifications of being labelled as terrorists and actually behaving like real terrorists, while Emma and Jean-Phillipe agree that in their situation, Magneto's methods were perhaps necessary for them to save themselves.
A Magistrate patrol comes across Matt, Meggan and Molly who are straggling behind in the jungle; Fred and Jean-Phillipe rescue the kids before the Magistrates radio for backup; Catseye and Wanda take out the guards at a command post while Wade kills the commander and Emma wipes all memory traces of their presence. They make off with weapons and maps; As aerial back up, Warren, Lorna and Megan bring down a chopper, disarm its Magistrates and make them high on Pixie dust.
Polaris contacts the Professor reporting that they had arrived at the camp; The group has finally reached the refugee camp where they are given tours and stories are exchange; Marius and Molly meet a refugee child called Zoe and they are given a tour of where they will be staying and end up talking about bugs and powers; Wanda Meggan and Mirannda talk about Genosha.
Matt and Wade encounter an advance patrol of a Magistrate attack on the camp and Wade has to kill a Magistrate in front of - or on top of - Matt; Marius and Wanda use chaos blasts to defend the camp, until Wanda has to absorb a hex bolt from a furious Marius to prevent him killing someone; Lorna, Catseye and Molly are trying to keep safe and protect the refugees when they are attacked by Mutate 557 - Callie - and Molly is poisoned; Warren and Pixie patrol the skies while Meggan keeps watch in a tree and they see Magistrate reinforcements coming in, too many to fight; Emma, Fred and Jean-Phillipe are making good headway against the invasion until they run across Mutate 105 - Yvette; Wanda and Marius join Emma's team to take down Mutate 105 with new powers applications and hard decisions; Lorna works to free Meggan from the tree while Warren evacuates the injured and Pixie, Catseye and Lorna try to fight back against Mutate 557, with Warren having to resort to desperate measures to get everyone clear; the Magistrates retreat, but only to clear the ground for an airstrike and the Xavier's people are advised to go join the others at Petrova.
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Trivia and Meta
Trivia
IC notes stemming from the plot. Eg: "As a result of this Character A developed a crippling fear of ottomans".
Meta
Plotrunner: Dex
This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline X-Tinction Agenda.
