10046/Another What Now

Another What Now
Date of Scene:	15 November 2019
Location:	Salem Center, Westchester County
Synopsis:	Emma tries to help some girls live it up, until she fights Rogue. Ends badly for Emma but better for everyone else cause we're seein' double.
Cast of Characters:	Emma Frost, Rage, Rogue, Pixie, Surge

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Emma Frost has posed:
    It's a late afternoon in Salem with a small group of students having escaped from the Xavier's school with Emma Frost as the chauffeur having driven everyone out in her large Jaguar suv, deep crimson red. The foreign car pulls into a spot and Emma climbs out of the door and motions for the girls to do the same. "I know it's thursday, and I know I usually get onto you all for doing this sort of thing, but you, and I need to get out of that stuffy mansion once in a while." Emma says with a shimer across her face of empathy as she looks up towards the coffee shop she had the car pull into.

    The shopping center isn't exactly busy as the cool weather and the day of the week means most people are either busy getting ready for tomorrow, or doing other things, so the shopping center isn't exactly crowded.

    There is a crowd leaving the movie theater but it's not exactly bursting with people with people leaving the latest pirate movie with frowns and bored looks on their faces. "That movie sucked... I want my money back." "I can't believe they've made eight of them." "This better be the last." Says a girl with orange and bright hair with her friends around her, a young blonde man and a slightly older blonde girl at her side not saying anything as they leave.

Rage has posed:
Being that she is heading out with Miss Emma Frost, Andrea is decked out in a fashionable outfit designed to not only catch the eye, but stare a wildfire of celeb gossip. Dressed in an olive green maxi dress that hits at the knees, thigh high black boots over black jeggings and a bright white coat with a faux fur lined hoodie. She has a hint of makeup on and her hair is styled. When you are out on the town with one of the most successful and iconic business women, you bring out your best.

Shrugging her purse over her neck and shoulders, she double checks her wallet and phone are safe, then follows after. "I agree. It's nice to get out and breathe fresh air once in awhile. Where would you like to hit up first, Miss Frost?" She asks with a curious optimism as she lifts a hand and waves to a fan or two that shout out her name. She'll even pause for a quick selfie and autograph by a group of young girls.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is out and about tonight, on her way to get some dinner at one of the local restaurants. Striding down the street with her pockets occupied by her gloved hands, she's glancing this way and that as she moves toward the theater, intending to walk past it though.

The southern belle takes note of Emma Frost and the others and it just makes her flash a soft smile as she draws closer to them. "Is there any movie you even do like?" She asks Emma on her way past them all, though she does slow her walking.

Emma Frost has posed:
    The woman leaving the theatre looks an awful lot like Emma Frost, A LOT, and she turns to look at Rogue with the blankest eyes the southerner has ever seen and yet there is something familiar in their emptyness. She is suddenly crystal as she snaps out a hand to grab Rogue by the throat and tries to push and lift the x-man away and into the wall of the theater where the doors are still open.

    Back by her car Emma looks to Andrea and shrugs her shoulders briefly, "I am not too sure, I was going to see where my nose or my feet take me, or likely where your feet and noses take us--" Emma stops suddenly and is looking towards the theater and frowns deeply. "Something's going on...."

Rage has posed:
Distracted by her young fan, Andrea is kneeled down next to her, talking about music and her upcoming concert at Club Evo. She reaches into her purse and takes out a free ticket, handing it to her with a smile, then leans in to take a picture with her. "Okay beautiful, I'll see you in a few weeks! I'll autograph whatever you want."

Tilting her head upwards at Emma, she looks curiously at her. "What's going on?" She says as she brushes off the knees to her jeggings, then takes a sniff of the air a few times with her nose, then cants her head as if to try and pick something out.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn was happy to get out of the institute. Sometimes it can get a little crowded and stuffy, even if it IS a mansion, especially when you wanna spread your wings like Pixie often did. She grins as she pops out of the car, nodding to Emma. "Thanks Emma! It's a nice change of scenery!" she's dressed in a simple pink tunic and silvery leggings and ready for anything, shopping, movies, fun! "sooo what first, movie or shopping or maybe both at the same time!" because that wouldn't be chaotic enough.

Rogue has posed:
When the hand snaps up and goes to Rogue's throat, she's shocked to say the very least, for a number of reasons. One, Emma's never shown any hostility toward her ever... not physically anyway. In Diamond Form, Frost is able to grasp onto the Belle's throat safely, even lift her up off the ground and push her toward the wall. The attack had come too quick and too unexpected for Rogue's danger sense to catch it!

"What... the... fuck, Emma!" Rogue grunts out before she uses her strength to attempt to break the choke hold by slamming her left wrist up and into Emma's diamond formed forearm. There-after, Rogue leaps upward and tries to plant a kick straight to Diamond-Emma's chest!

Surge has posed:
"SHE WORKS HARD FOR HER MONEY!" Nori is singing at the top of her lungs because she borrowed indefinitely a pair of Beats by Dre for her pre-pay phone full of music downloaded completely legally. "SO HARD FOR THE MOOONEY!" If she draws attention, that is probably intentional because god knows she's got no idea what's going on with hands on throats outside of questionable web searches on school computers during class hours.

Which was bullshit, for the record, okay?

That was Harry. He was looking at it and she was kind of egging him on, sure, but possession of the web address is nine tenth the law or something, that's just math.

And law...

Something.

"SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY SO YOU BETTER - what the fuck?" Okay NOW she sees the hand on throatness...

Emma Frost has posed:
    The smash against her wrist doesn't do a whole lot as Emma's diamond muscles are far more resiliant and stronger than Emma has ever even hinted at before and this time, she keeps her clutch on Rogue's throat but then the kick comes even harder and so expertly placed and Emma is sent backwards and onto the sidewalk with a heavy cracking crunching sound of diamond on concrete and yet the hold is firm and she pulls Rogue down with her to the ground and keeps trying to crush the southerner's windpipe while prone.

    Emma's eyebrows are deeply furrowed as she lowers herself to hide behind the hood of her suv and waits to see what's really-

    "Okay girls, she needs help. Andrea, can you help her? Megan... do you have any ideas?" Emma asks as she reaches to her head and yet she frowns... "I - I can't find her mind..."

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn is so wrapped up in the sights and sounds around her, that she nearly misses the forest for the trees. "Woah, wait...Is that..Emma? Huh? But she's..." in two places at once? She frowns, glancing at Emma, "Umm, I could try and stun her with my knife? It doesn't always work as planned though..." with a grunt of slight pain, she pulls the knife from her chest, stepping nearer to the wrestling pair, glancing back at Emma for the word..But they're moving so fast..

Rage has posed:
"You want me to help her? Why is she... getting beat up by /you/?" Andrea asks as she shrugs out of her jacket, grumbling to herself. At least she has her New Mutants uniform under her outfit. Those will shift with her. With the attention off of her for a change, she ducks down behind their car, then lets out a low rumble in his throat.

There is the sound of loud painful snaps and cracks as her body contorts visibly as she shifts upwards into her black furred war form. A few seconds later, she is a blur as she barrels across the lot towards the pair of combatants. Eight feet of werewolf, razor sharp claws and a belly full of fire.

~My turn.~

<<No killing!>>

~No promises~

The enemy Emma may see the shadow first, before black claws grab her by the face and neck, looking to yank her backwards.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue isn't so easily choked out either, having the power set that she does makes squeezing her throat no simple task. Additionally once she's pulled over onto the ground in front of - and above of - this 'Emma' Rogue remains up off of the diamond skinned woman with her flight power on she's just hovering over her now... and moving to start to deliver punch after punch to Diamond Emma's sparkling face...

Almost like she's thought about doing this before in fact, with the vehement level of freedom she's now giving in how many punches she's throwing and how fast. Open the flood gates of frustrations at years of snide quips from the White Queen?

Either way, Rogue isn't yet aware of any backup, because she's busy... punching!

Surge has posed:
Enter Surge.

Big ass gauntlets slamming together as she approaches her most favorite Teaching Assistant in a wrastlin' match with her second favorite Teacher like some kind of allstar Xavier Mansion porn that she'd DEFINITELY use a stolen credit card to watch. Rather than getting involved, though, she leans up against a car near other Emma and does a double take between them. "Dude... am I high right now? Because... wait.. but you're..." Pointing, then pointing, "Oh shit, son... there's going to be one of those moments later where you two lock up, spin in a circle, and then try to convince us that you're the real Emma, isn't there?!"

Fist pump, glance back over the hood of the car or whatever they're leaning against, "You show'em Rage. Punch her in the snatch. Go for the gooch...

"If I'm being honest, I don't know who she should be punching, though.." She's speaking REALLY loud because she didn't remove her headphones or turn off her music.

Emma Frost has posed:
    <<Yes. Promises.>> Emma thinks towards the second voice inside Andrea's head, Emma's voice is that of an empress. This is her domain, and none will challenger her here lest they face her true wrath. The White Queen then stands and points before the beast rushes the Diamond-Emma.

    The diamond queen looks like she's holding Rogue up abover her prone body as the mutant is actually flying. Fake Frost is levelled with heavy and heavier and HEAVIER punches, slowly the ground below her head is reaching out with spider webs of cracks in the concrete as she's pushed deeper and deeper into the ground by Rogue's blows. Just as Rogue feels like she's about to actually crack the diamond, Emma is ripped up off the sidewalk and flung with enough force to get her clear across the street except for the BMW she is slammed into and thus the Diamond Frost has to try and pry herself out of the rubble of the crunched up car and face down her two incredibly strong foes.

    <<Ladies, I can't reach into her mind when she's in the diamond form... you'll have to find a way to break her out of it so I can shut her down.>> Emma thinks to Andrea, Rogue and Megan, connecting the three Xavierites--- "Not the time Noriko... just get over there and --- Turn off your... damnit." <<Focus on the diamond me and get her back to flesh.>>

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks as Andrea shifts into a wolf form, eyes widened in a bit of surprise that quickly turns to awe. "Wow..So cool...!" but she steps back for a moment as the two of them fight the fake Frost, waiting for a chance to stop her. "Huh, does she have the same powers as you then? This is way too confusing..."

However, if she can get close enough, she should be able to turn off her power easily enough. "Leave it to me!" as Fake-Frost goes flying, she takes to the skies herself, iridescent wings a blur of colors as she dashes across the street, hovering above Fake-Frost while she is still (hopefully) sprawled across the BMW.

"Alright, now it's my turn...Game over for you!" pink eyes flash with an unusually dangerous glint as she rushes at the Fake-Frost and attempts to plunge the glowing red dagger into her diamond hard heart..

Rage has posed:
As Emma probes her mind, she is met with a force of pure primal energy rushing back at her, like a hot blast of air against her face. There is a dark presence that is lurking there in the background, tugging on the driver's seat of Andrea's mind. It also appears to agree with the White Queen.

Once fake Emma is peeled away from Rogue and she lobs the diamond impersonator to the side. Her body whips around like a starved predator, teeth peeled back along her black muzzle lips. Turning towards Rogue, her gold eyes gleam, then she reaches out to grab Rogue from the sky. Turning about, she throws Rogue at the injured combatant, like a fast ball special! She knows Rogue can take it, and with her impressive might, comboed with Rogue's flight, it's like a sniper bullet being shot out of a canon.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue hears the voices of the others inside of her head. <<So this isn't Emma? This is one'a those god damn clones again isn't?>> The Belle grumbles angrily as she rocks back and forth on her feet now that the Diamond Queen has been knocked away from her. She nods to Andrea when she approaches in her menacing form and prepares for the tactic.

When thrown Rogue twirls through the air once before she comes out of the flip and aims forward with both of her fists out and balled up, propelling herself even faster with her flight power to really rocket at the Sparkling Bitch!

<<How do we get her OUTTA that form? Compliment her a few times?>> Deep cuts, Rogue.

Surge has posed:
"What?" Nori shouts at Emma, pointing at her headphones, shaking her head. "I can't hear you! My music is way too loud." She totally knows what Emma said, she's just being a bitch. "Alright, fine okay, yeah sure.. I'll go fight diamond you.. what could possibly go wrong?" The grungy teen leaps over the car hood with a gauntlet planted in the hood to pivot over and finally pulls down her headphones to hang around her neck.

Electricity radiates across Surge's gauntlets, over the back of her arms, and stands her shock of blue hair up in long spikes when it crackles in her eyes. "Ooopa... guys, I'm chargin' muh lasers.."

Emma Frost has posed:
    The diamond woman isn't even trying to react to Megan, either unaware or unafraid of the 'dagger' at her chest when it goes in the diamond figure just stops mid step and falls completely still and starts to fade out of the diamond form into her normal pinkish self.

    <<Hey I'm i->> Emma's thoughts don't have time to get through before a triple combo of Andrea, Rogue, and Noriko hit the woman with awesome power, electricity sparkling up and down the arms of Noriko and reaching out to comb over Rogue's hair and sleeves and fists as she sails right into the Emma and either pushes the woman back into and through the car or takes hold and soars up and up into the air with the now shell of a woman.

Rage has posed:
Slamming her fists together, Rage rips out a loud howl from her broad chest, the thick black fur standing up on end. The wolf in her is feeling it right now. Adrenaline coursing.

<< Okay, calm down. We need to hide and shift. >>

~Puny weak flesh sack. I have yet to taste blood tonight!~

<<I'll get you a rare steak. >>

There is a jolt of her body as her eyes dim, then she gives a shake of her head. She can hear screams of terror around her as people are fleeing in all directions. Her ears wilt back almost sadly, then lumbers off to find a place to duck into and turn back into her human self.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks at Emma as she hears her talking in her head. <<Clone?? Wait, what? Have there been oth....Oh...>> She barely has time to react, darting back into the air as the triple fast ball special comes slamming into the fake Emma, and consequently the car moments after she stabbed her. "Eep!" she cringes, bracing herself for impact as electricity sparks over the car, nearly hitting her in the leg. She can still feel the buzz of electricity, standing close enough for her hair to stand on end. "Phew..Is it over..?"

Rogue has posed:
Rogue has good reflexes though so when the Diamond Emma falls out of the form, all the Belle does is slam into her with the intent of knocking her down and hopefully out... not oblierate her. If this were Rogue in her Brotherhood days, she'd gladly have killed the woman if she'd had the kind of powers she does today... but the X-Men training along with Charles' influence has changed Rogue, pushed her toward being easier on punishments, not so hot headed if at all possible!

So the Belle sweeps in, slams into Emma, but not with deadly power. Instead she swoops up and hovers in the air now about fifteen feet off of the ground, her fists remain balled up though, ready to go back to punching if needs-be!

<<God damnit, where da these freaks keep springin' up from?!>>

Surge has posed:
"The discharge feels so gooood..." Nori groans as releases waves of stored electricity all over the place like a busted light socket, "Helllll yeeeaaah..." Then it's over, but she's still crackling, and the lights around her are flickering, and one car battery definitely died down the street which maybe led to it crashing into a light pole, but that could have been something else right? Totally could, definitely not Surge's fault.

"Dude, is it weird that if there's a clone me, I'm going to sleep with her? It is right?"

Emma Frost has posed:
    "Just... Hurry, get her into the car... I don't want to sit around here and gawk further." Emma says as she motions the girls over in her direction, while at the same time she's trying to shield them all from the minds of those around them.

    The White Queen is rather perturbed by the situation and then frowns as she has to help move 'herself' into the trunk of the Jag and get everyone to focus up long enough to either get in the car or get on the way to the school.

Rage has posed:
Once she was able to finally whip herself around a building to shift down, Andrea is a bit wobbly at first before she heads back to the car. Her hair is frazzled and sticking out, and now she's wearing her New Mutant's workout shorts and matching sports bra. << I've had worse nights out with the fam. >> She says as she ducks herself into the car, slouching down with a pair of dark shades over her eyes.

Pixie has posed:
Megan Gwynn blinks and rubs her head, still not used to the whole, talking-in-the-head thing. Probably never will be. "Yeah yeah, I'm coming! Ugh...." she sighs as she flits back towards the car, "I guess this means we don't get to go shopping or watch a movie now?"

She pouts, slipping into the back seat and sighs. Well, so much for hiding her fairy wings from the world. Oh well. "Heey, so what are we gonna do with the clone? It's kinda creepy to have two Ms. Frosts running around..I mean no offense or anything, and...."

Megan just stares at Noriko as she makes that comment and shivers. "Eww, seriously? That's just...Really creepy...And where'd they come from anyway? And who sent 'em and...." Ugh, she really needs to burn off some energy.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue doesn't join them in the car, she's floating there above it and she watches over it, but she doesn't join it. <<Emma if you're goin' back t'the school, I'll fly that way just t'make sure ya got backup if'n ya need it.>>

She observes the civilians in the area, many of them with their phones out recording all of this, including her flying there above the theater. This lead to Rogue tipping backward, looking upward and flying up and around in a backward soaring flip that takes her off and out of sight above the theater, though she'll maintain a watch above and over the vehicle that they're all inside of.

Surge has posed:
Surge heads over to help move NOT-Emma into the car, maybe she cops a feel, how often is this chance presented to her honestly? Totally accidental, of course, "Oops, jeez, she works out." Musing as they load her up, then dusting her gauntlets off. "Alright, well.. car looks packed to the gills, I guess I'll just.." Pointing both gauntlets in the direction of Mutant Town, "You know, go ... uh... back to the mansion..." Shifty eyes.

Her headphones go back up over her ears. "Seeya in class tomorrow!" Maybe.