4281/Log 4281

Log 4281
Date of Scene:	15 April 2018
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Stepford Cuckoos, Erddrache, Rogue, Thistlewalker, Daken

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Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    Today is a rare day for many of the students at Xavier's Institute, as while they're usually recommended to stay at the mansion for their own safety, some of the students successfully hounded some of the staff to take them out, and let them out into the nearby small town to stretch their legs. Physically and metaphysically.

    Salem's smallish but vibrant and bustling town center is crazy with the mid afternoon of Sunday shoppers and dinners, people walk around in couples and larger groups every which way, none seem to care about what's going on around them with most wearing heavier winter clothes to fight the sudden cold front that rolled in over the weekend. The weather however doesn't seem to have dissuaded many people from enjoying the cloudless day.

    The unmarked school vehicle, that looks like any other large SUV opens up with several students pouring out before the supervising teacher can issue any further warnings about how they shouldn't use their powers and how they should stick somewhat together. Three blonde girls climb out and quickly move past the doors to stand on the side of the sidewalk with their faces aimed in different directions while they scan for shopping that interested the three blonde triplets.

Erddrache has posed:
    Boris was nervous about going. He had difficulties controlling his own power at times, in particular was his ever present 'Tremor' issue, that cause him to be a walking 'Yes I am a Mutant' magnet'

But!

Boris has since comming to Xavier's been working extra hard with getting that under control. And it has been for the most part working, as such he was allow to go - so long as he made sure to cover...as much as he could anyways. As such as he walked off the bus, the ground seem to more shiver lightly as if it was cold itself, but was hardly noticible, While the dwarf himself was hidden in layers of clothes (including two coats). He looks about inquistively "Vis iz nice lookin town. Kind of remionds meh of home" he muses.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue was in Salem Center today because she was asked to come up here to break up a fight of all things... Now that she was an Avenger, she was gaining a lot more public exposure than she wanted to and a lot of the friends she'd made here in Salem Center were aware of her status with the 'big super hero team' in Manhattan. Some of them had e-mailed her and said that there'd been a fight going on, or about to start, up here near town and they knew that if an Avenger showed up, it'd stop it from ever starting...

So here's Rogue!

Since she'd taken care of it already she was walking along the side street when she saw the Xavier's School SUV pull up, which makes her pause and smile softly at the sight of it. Her hair is pulled back into a bun on the top of her head, she's wearing a black leather jacket and some blue jeans with a black leather heeled boots on her feet. She was watching the faces pile out of the vehicle, but she didn't recognize any of them... has it changed that much?!

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker is the last of the students to slip out of the SUV. Because instead of sitting in one of the seats he was instead literally sitting in the back and had to open the hatch to get out. The 7'6" tall mutant stretches, getting the kinks out, and slowly looks around. "Maebe we should be takin' tha Van next time.." he mumbles in his thick scottish brogue as he shuts the rear hatch. "Or maebe I'll just walk inta town.."

He looks over at his fellow companions.. The triplets and the dwarf.. and shakes his head. "Yea be sure this bein a good idea?" Unusually, the giant looks a bit self conscious as opposed to his lazy and calm demeanour.

Daken has posed:
Daken decided to come out with all the kids and check out the shops....even though he's not really doing much shopping aside from just enjoying the day and making sure he helps ensure that everyone stays safe. So what does he do? He sits there on one of the corners, in his long leather jacket with fur around the neckline and trim, sipping what appears to be a water for once. Black pants on his legs, combat boots, a red shirt...the usual.

He does see Rogue though and he gives her a small wave. Might as well have someone to talk to, right? Then he sees Thistlewalker. Holy damn that dude is tall.

Then he sees the Cuckoos, giving the triplet twins a little wave as well, up to them whether or not they want to say hi.

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    The triplets all suddenly diverge and move their separate ways. One approaches Daken with a smile on her lips and a small shy wave from next to her hips. One walks up to Thistlewalker and with her hand reaching out to his, she grabs the young man, or tries to and attempts to drag him. "Come, I need your help shopping." Esme says with a soft tug of Thistlewalker's hand. While the last, Sophie lingers near the SUV and hangs out with the teacher and Boris. "I thought we were supposed to stay together, strength in numbers no?"

    The wind blows and rustles the green leaves of the purposefully planted and planned trees, the city square is bustling with hundereds of minds and people all wandering around enjoying themselves, yet there's a much more sinister member of the countless masses, and the man holds a sign just in front of the pharmacy and he's shouting dangerous words.

    "We are called upon by our lord and God to do the work of the lord, do the proverbial harvest of the world and humanity!"

    Most people ignore him, but he's quite vibrant and while not violent, he's forceful and unrelenting.

Erddrache has posed:
    "Vell, numbers good, bit nit mean much if nit utilized. Et like support beams. If yer nit spread em oot rioght, ven da whole struktare comes apoart" Boris says in his thick accent "...sides...we be oot here ta cheek oot da city, aye?" he asks Sophie and Thistlewalker "Ven let check it oot." Though he does take a double take at Thistle who is nearly twice his height, but smile to him none the less
    The young mutant had actually become a -bit- more outgoing since comming to Xaviers...but it abundantly clear he also had little life experince. His brows knit togeather "...let see vat vat man talkin boot" he suggest and begins lumbering over. Boris walked slowly and carefully...he kind of had too, beside being 4 feet tall...he was also bit more than 4ft wide as such he weaved through the crowd carefully as he makes his way towards the preaching man, curisoity drive him forward. Though he also waves to Daken and Rogue as he makes his way over.

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker reaches up to pull his waist length green vine-like dreadlocks back and into topknot, which he ties with a bit of green ribbon. The two longest, thickest, of the vines that hang all the way to his calves like a pair of tails are left alone of course and they lazily sway. That done he continues to look around and almost misses it when one of the sisters walks up and grasps his large and wood-grained looking hand.

"My help?" he asks, suddenly looking a bit panicky, since what the hell does /he/ know about shopping. It also doesn't help that he can't remember which sister this is.. It must look humorous, a girl barely over half his height literally dragging the tree-like young man along. The leaves in his 'hair' rustle with the wind and he is probably getting odd looks from people.. Especially since as they pass some trees they actually blossom a little.

He does, however, nod respectfully to the man whom they pass in front of the pharmacy... having grown up a staunch calvanist family and all and used to people preaching as such, even if he himself is pretty much lapsed.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue's pale green eyes are looking over the kids piling out of the SUV, she remembers Thistlewalker some, but she'd never had a chance to speak to him. Daken draws her eyes away though, and she stares at him for a moment when he looks to her she returns it with a nod. The Cuckoos though! They definitely have a familiar vibe about them, but its an eerie one! Boris' wave gets a smile from the 19 year old and she waves back at him, she definitely doesn't recognize him but he looks fun!

Rogue starts walking again though and its not but a few steps before she looks to the man calling out his religious-sounding crap and it makes her roll her eyes and sigh. "Oh god." She mutters under her breath. "Whats happenin' t'this town now..."

Daken has posed:
Daken smiles to all who greet him and don't greet him, before he eventually rests those sharp eyes on the man with the sign screaming bloody murder whilst trying to spread his views. "Oh for christ's sake..." he cracks his neck then before he stands up and starts to walk about, checking out the shops and jus trying to ignore the guy until he actually becomes trouble. Thankfully, he manages to keep out of any trouble.

....must be the good side of that howlett blood.

He crosses his arms though, keeps getting distracted by angry sign guy...

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    "This town is filling up with the refuse of man coallesed into human like shape!" The man says with a finger pointed at Rogue's direction and then he points at Thistlewalker. "Like this young mutant freak here! Have you no shame, you must repent of all your sins and leave this fine young woman alone! He will send you to hell!" The man reports.

    The triplets at hearing this via Esme's ears and the man's much more dangerous and louder thoughts, all stop what they're doing and Sophie and Esme begin to recall towards the taller student to help. <<We're here to help you Thistlewalker. No one will harm you.>> The girls report mentally, to Boris and Daken also. Faces they know and recognize.

Erddrache has posed:
Boris stops dead cold. Did...this man just call mutants...human waste? The....ground began to shake a tad bit more, as the dwarf seems to snap to attention. The young mutant wasn't used to telepathy, but he only gave the message a simple nod.
    Of course that doesn't stop Boris from speaking up "Vee only sin here is vat sie are doink!" he exclaims to The Preacher quite forcefully. "Whit in vee world be wronk wiff yer! He hasnea doon anyvink ta yea! Und sides, da God Lord word says ta Love Thy neighbor as yer love thyself - seoncd ta da lord o course. Mutants und humans be neighbors, we should be werkin togeather nit tearing each other doon. Und here yer are tryin ta preach hate. Yer should be ashamed of yerself!" oh he was glareing daggers at the preacher now, curiosity gave way to perhaps anger and dismay.

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker really would have waved hello to Daken if he knew him. Or to Rogue if he had seen her. Thistle is a nice guy like that, after all, always friendly and with a kind word or three. But the plant-man literally comes to a teetering halt as the preaching man points and literally calls him out. The small giant frowns and looks.. hurt.. and confused as that finger is pointed at him. He looks to Esme(?), as her voice flitters through his mind (no small feat since his mind is as much plant as it human, making a lot of psychic tenuous at best), then over at his friends in the distance (some hwo are walking over)..

He also notes that more people are looking their what and he looks as if he wishes he could just.. disappear. "Maebe we shouldnae be here.." he murmurs, softly. "I dinnae wanna cause any trouble..."

Rogue has posed:
When the Shouting Man's rhetoric becomes more easily heard, Rogue just stops in her tracks about ten feet away and listens. Her green eyes narrow at him, and then she turns to look at where he's motioning. She scowls at the general asshole-ness of everything he's spouting off... but these students are bound to run into this sort of thing throughout their lives. Rogue has run into it herself, once people have found out she was a mutant... sure she had an advantage of not outwardly looking like a mutant, but people have seen her display powers before and reacted badly to it.

A light, disappointed, exhale escapes between her lips and she tries to bottle up her rage, the desire to snap some bones on this man was growing pretty thick inside her heart.

Daken has posed:
Daken was sipping on his water before the man starting spurting out his hateful words that will certainly get nothing done. So what does he do? He turns around and starts walking straight back to the fellow with the sign, extending the adamatnium claws from his knuckles and underarm. slicing his sign in half. "You know, if you want people to 'repent', you probably shouldn't insult them." his eyes are like daggers.

Like death was staring him in the face.

Before his claws return back to their fleshy sheathes, Daken leaves the ripping to shreds to Boris, as he verbally starts to fight on the behalf of Thistlewalker.

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    "I spread the good word, handed down to our congregation via father Stryker." The man says, with his hands lifting up and yet he gasps at Dakens sudden assault. "You're one too!" The man cries out before he takes a single step back and then turns fully and yet he stops. Midstride the man suddenly stands still as if he can't move.

    Esme stands behind Thistlewalker with her hand lifted up to the man's back, her hand reaching up to the lower middle part of his back. <<I'm here friend. He will not go anywhere until we let him go.>> The blonde tells Thistlewalker. While Sophie reaches out towards Boris. <<Please don't irk the man, this is something we are supposed to avoid. We could get our privileges revoked.>>

Erddrache has posed:
Boris over sized hands clench..the ground was begiining to shake a bit more. How can people be so...so...hateful. And than he reminded of his old home...his old family. He closes his eyes as hears Sophie words in his head. <<But....but it not be right....we should be able to speak out>> course slashing the man sign and making him freeze probably wasn't good.
    But...he knew Sophie was right. He takes a few breaths and the trembling lightens again as turns and follows Daken to group back up again with Thistle, Rogue, Daken and the other Cuckoos again. A harsh lesson is learned again - that in this world, they were at best creatures to pity, and at worse demons to kill.

He hated it.

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker's tendril like hair droops as the small scene seems to escalate, the young mutant looking ever more unsure as both Boris /and/ the other mutant with /claws/ appear and both defend him. He bites his lower lip, not afraid of the asshole preacher so much as by what is rhetoric means.. and what it can enflame not just in those who would agree with him, but in those who oppose his kind of bigotry as well.

He casts a look at Esme as the man freezes and he clenches his fists. "No.. No no no.." he says and suddenly steps between the preacher and the mutants.

"Enough. It be enough!" he says, casting a plaintive look at Esme, Boris and Dakin and even the preacher. "It dinnae matter whut this man says. They wuir just words! Do ye KEN that?!?" he tells them. "It is nae like we are tha first people ta be targeted by bigots.. or will we be tha last! This is /America/. He has a /right/ ta say whut he believes!! He wasnae hurtin anythin by me /feelins/. So leave him /alone/!" he says, loudly, then turns on the still frozen preacher. "I am sorry if what I am offends ye, sir. I truly am. But I didnae CHOOSE ta be born this way. Literally. I 'ave been this way since i was a child. So if ye think that the way I wuz born, a way /God/ made/ me, is some how gods intent.. Then that is /yuir/ problem.. and I am sorry fuir that. I only hope god will fuirgive ye.." he says and then turns on his heel and starts walking down the street, shoulders hunched.

Rogue has posed:
When Daken rushes forward and slices the man's sign with those claws, Rogue's eyes open wide. Dang... he's like Logan? No wonder he looked familiar... Things were heating up here though, with more civilians/townies watching the argument unfold and get more aggressive so Rogue raises her hands up, gloved and one holding her Avengers ID Badge now that she'd pulled out of her jacket's pocket.

With the ground shaking around Boris, Thistlewalker making his plea for what is good and right... Rogue steps over toward it all. "Alright, alright... Lets all chill out here." She tells them then, holding her Avengers badge up and showing it off for anyone who wants to look at it.

Rogue looks at the Preacher-guy and she exhale. "I think you've made your case, you should head on home now." She tells the man. "Let these people be." He doesn't yet know that SHE is ALSO a mutant! But if he's wise enough to know what her ID means, then he can assume she has some serious sway on her words! At least thats what Rogue's hoping! Why else did she get this badge? (beyond the free drinks and food its gotten her!)

Daken has posed:
Daken watches as the man gets completely frozen by the Cuckoos, sighing am oment. <<yeah, well, I felt like shutting up the crazy old guy.>> he says then. Yeeeeep he's Wolvies kid, so he gets the same tricks, thanks to genetics. Then he hears Thistlewalkers response to the fellow, hmming a moment. "I'm satisfied." he doesn't look upset or even angry at Thistlewalker preachin', but with that, he does move past Rogue, giving the southern belle a little smile and a bow of his head as he passes by.

Either way, he sits down on in a nice little spot and he watches the precedings, while also making sure that no trouble gets going...but thankfully, Rogue seems to be heavily on that already.

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    Esme blushes and lowers her gaze, it's an emotion she hasn't felt before, and her sisters are scanning the crowd with her, building the proper response this feeling. It's shame and embarrasment. Esme lets the street preacher go, and the man stumbles and catches himself against the brick wall of the pharmacy before he starts to turn around and yet the quaking ground and the sudden appearance of an Avenger causes the man to change his mind faster than any of the telepaths can. "I am right, as those who are persecuted in God's name are seen in favorable light by the one and only!" The man declares as he turns and slips into the crowd.

    Sophie steps up beside Boris and nods towards the shorter mutant and without moving her lips speaks to him <<We messed up. That was wrong, but we learned from this. It wasn't all bad.>> While Celeste (The one who originally approached Daken) steps closer to the clawed mutant. <<We should all be safe now I think, but we should probably be leaving.>>

    Once the three sisters get closer, they whisper to the fellow Xavier students and Daken, "We're sorry, this was a terrible idea." In perfect unison.

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker is not one of those Xaviers students (past or present) or Daken who the triplets are whispering too. The large Ent-like teenager has lumbered off (har har), not saying a word and has ended up at a tree growing on the edge of a roundabout about half a block away. He has sat himself down on the ground, back to the trunk of the tree, and lowered his head to rest them on his knees he is now loosely hugging. He sighs, softly, trying to find his center. The Tree against which he sits, a bit haggard and having seen better days, seems to straighten a bit.. It's sparse branches thickening, lengthening, leaves unfurling.. hanging down to protectively drape over Thistle's shoulders.

Erddrache has posed:
Boris wasn't sorry or ashamed, not one bit. He grumbles "Words of hatred are seeds of action vat hauf nit sprouted. Silence is water vat feeds it. Genocide iz vee plant vat grows" it clear the young dwarf doesnt perhaps have the happiest view of the world "...bit still violence does nit help" he muses. "We could have done better" he admits. But how? What could they have done? ignore it? Ignoreing a problem does not make it go away...it just let it fester
    He sighs and looks around trying to see where Thistle went, though he was still grouped with the others. His anger subsided...Boris begin stress eating. Popping iron marbles like a brother would grapes.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue gives a glance at the stranger Daken as he passes her by and gives her a smile. She shows him a faint one back, because hey he's like Logan right? That can't be a coincidence!

She then looks to the Cuckoos (who she doesn't know) and to Thistle as he makes his way off... But when she catches sight of the Preacher disappearing down the side street she looks to the students again, Boris first. "Thats right." She says to the OTHER Xavier's student she doesn't know. "Look, ya'll don't have t'go anywhere either, this is a public place and ya haven't done anything wrong. So... whatever ya came here t'do... have at it. Have fun and keep the peace, thats all we want, right?"

God, was Rogue an adult now? She sounds like everything she hated even as recent as 12 months ago! Whats happened?!

Daken has posed:
Daken turns his head to Celeste as she comes up to him, giving her a friendly smile and a soft nod. "Yeah...well, either way, I don't have any intentions to leave." he says with that small shrug t his shoulders. "Besides, this day is ours.." then Rogue starts to speak in affirmation of his words, and he nods. "No problem." he smiles softly to her then.

Though his eyes fall upon Thistle as he wanders off to be alone, but makes no move to join the fellow. Give the Ent-man his space, after all. that said, he turns his head to Rogue, inviting her to come sit with him and Celeste if she wished.

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    Esme looks is told to look up by her sisters and discovers that Thistlewalker has walked off on his own. Something probably not the smartest thing to do in this situation with his condition, so she mentally scans for him as well as visually.

    Sophie sticks near Boris. "We're no good at violence, we haven't been taught anything and we're certainly not as strong as any of you." The blonde girl says, as she and Celeste look at Rogue, the woman who would have the last words. Super hero huh? A little mind reading is in order as the two girls gather their consciousness to poke into Rogue's head a bit, curious about the woman. "She's not a very smart Avenger, is she?" Sophie asks Boris in a very poor whisper.

    Celeste however is keeping up with Daken and she too telepathies into his head. <<Thank you for your help with that guy.>>

Erddrache has posed:
    Boris blinks and turns a bit red face "....ermmm. Ah nit be in any place ta judge a ladies intelligence. Nit even know her" he says. He prefers to get to know people before passing judgement after all. And yes, if he thinks yer an idiot, Boris is likely to say as such. But least he get to know folks
    Looking to Sophie he says referring to the first topic "Ah am nit vat stronk" he hasn't really tested it out, he nervou about his ability "Bit vat nit matter. Ah nit know much aboot fightin either...ah jist know hit et very hard if need ta self defend. Otherwise, if it is a battle started with words, than try ta keep et ta words. Vat is whit Pa taught me anyways."
    He does look out "....Erm...do yer think he'll be alrioght?" he was considering going out there and finding him. Though he does find himself making sure he is firmyl covered by his coats.

Thistlewalker has posed:
It would not be very hard to find the young man, still sitting with his back against the tree down the street. Trying as best as he can to blank his mind, to purge any negative thoughts. It's not like he has never been through this before, but he had a lifetime to get through to the people of his village back in Scotland. He had hoped it would be easier here in america..

Rogue has posed:
Rogue just smirks at the Cuckoos and then shakes her head. "Thanks, leave a review on TheAvengers dot com, will ya?" She says to the one who spoke out about her. Rogue gives a glance around the area and then shakes her head toward Daken. "I wish I could stay and chat, but I've gotta be some place. But before that I'm gonna follow after that Preacher a bit and see where he's headed."

Rogue's left hand goes up and she waves to them. "Ya'll just enjoy your day and when ya get back t'the school, have Jean Grey give me a call. Tell her Rogue said she needs to chat with her, will ya?" The southern belle asks of the students, at least those that are within ear-shot still!

Her hands go into her jacket pockets and she turns in the way that the Preacher went and she starts to move thatta-way.

Stepford Cuckoos has posed:
    Thistlewalker would feel a presense approach him, and he would hear the body rustle quietly as it lowered down to the ground to sit next to him, not beside him, with their back against the tree as he is. No, Esme is sitting down, on her knees, looking at the mutant with a scientific intensity, but it's not detached, she's simply observing, and trying to read into his mind, the best way for her to react to him, and it seems to her, that she should just simply be here, without words.

    Sophie closes her eyes as she checks in with Esme and she smiles briefly, "We will make sure he is." The girl says flatly towards Boris with a smile as if she were a telemarketer. "You are stronger than we are. This much is irrefuteable." She says with a smile as she pulls her phone out and starts to google the website she was told to. The Avenger does need to be reviewed.

    "Good luck with your search Rogue. Don't hurt anyone too badly." The third sister says before her attention turns back to Daken.

Daken has posed:
Dakem just smiles to Celeste now, a small shrug on his featues. <<don't mention it.>> he smiles to her warmly before his eyes fall upon Rogue as she politely denies his invitation. "Either way, it is what it is. We try our best and that's all we can do." a small smile for Celeste then before his attention falls upon Rogue, giving her a two-finger wave.

"Safe travels."

THen his eyes fall on Boris, giving the fellow a tilt of his head.

Erddrache has posed:
Boris tilts his head towards Daken clearly not quite sure what the look was for. A friendly one? A one to go off? He wasn't sure, but none the less he gives a shy smile before lumbering on to join the rest of the students to explore the place.

Thistlewalker has posed:
Thistlewalker opens his eyes, looking to the side where Esme now sits.. staring at him. He doesn't frown but he doesn't smile either. he just looks a bit tired. "Sorry.. I didnae mean ta walk off like that.." he says softly. His mind is a strange sea of greens and half formed abstract thoughts that mingle and cloak his human thoughts.. echoes of the natural world around him.. echoes that have been slightly imbalanced. "I'll be fine.. Why dinnae you go shopping.. I'll be fine here.. if ye need me ta carry anythin, ye can call me.." he tells her, then looks down the street at his fellow students and those who stood up for him. "I'll be fine.."