Kick Back

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THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

It's been several weeks since Mona Elswick used some contaminated Kick that altered her mind and made her lose control of her mutant powers, leading to violent storms that threatened to tear downtown Phoenix apart. While disaster was averted by the X-Men (and nearly rekindled by the intervention of malfunctioning sentinels), there are still many unanswered questions.

Where had the contaminated Kick come from?

Had it been designed to cause this kind of mayhem?

Is there more out there waiting to fall into the wrong hands?

The local authorities have had little luck in sorting out the matter and the X-Men hit similar dead ends in their initial investigations. While Kitty Pryde, Laura Kinney, and Jono Starsmore had managed to track down the dealer that sold the drug to Elswick, he hadn't been the one that created the dangerous batch and instead put the blame on an unknown man in a 'nice suit' that was keen to sell quick and for cheap. This was later confirmed by Emma Frost, but even the telepath couldn't get any useful information out of the man's mind. Just the face of a man that has otherwise remained a ghost.

With no new information surfacing, Anna Marie LeBeau and Jono Starsmore have made plans for the team to return to the city, go undercover using image inducers to hide their recognizable faces, and try to track this rat down before he disappears for good. This isn't authorized by the local authorities but...what's the worst that could happen?

Starting on Monday (5/26), various members of the team will establish a presence in different clubs and neighborhoods around the city, attempting to learn what they can, purchase Kick (they can test for the contamination using a handy dandy lil' testing kit designed by Kitty Pryde and Manuel de la Rocha!), and track down the dealer that started all this...

HOW THIS WORKS

Complete the form below to describe your character's involvement in the undercover operation!

While the mod will respond to forms as they come in to provide some general information about how each character's investigation is going based on randomized rolls, the end result of the overall investigation will not be revealed until the end of the event. The event runs from Monday (5/26) to Wednesday (6/4). Investigations take time! Characters may participate as much or as little as they want.

<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> Your character's name. <b>UNDERCOVER ALIAS:</b> Your character's undercover alias, including their name and general vibe. <b>UNDERCOVER LOCATION:</b> Where your character's undercover alias hangs out. This can be described in general terms like 'dive clubs in the rougher part of town' or 'exclusive bars' or anything in between. Wherever they want to try their luck! <b>APPROACH:</b> What is your character's approach to the investigation? What are they most keen to figure out? <b>SCHEDULE:</b> How involved is your character? Are they on this every day or making time for it around a busy schedule? Are they in the clubs all night or part of the early evening crowd? <b>PARTNER(S):</b> Are there other investigators that your character wants to partner up with when possible? List them here! <b>OTHER:</b> Anything else? Will they give the Kick a try if it's not contaminated? Are they enjoying the party a little too much?

THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES

Following the information gathered by Kurt, Sam, and Manuel, the team is able to locate a derelict warehouse that is the new base of operations for a drug dealer known as Ostanes. According to their intel, the man is a Genoshan scientist that has become paranoid after Mona Elswick's violent manifestation, has surrounded himself with hired protection, and has been carrying around some kind of unknown weapon, so they proceed with caution.

The plan is to hit hard and fast, neutralize without killing (if possible), and recover as much of the contaminated Kick/the research used to create it as possible. This is complicated, however, when they arrive and find that the warehouse has some kind of field around it that disrupts the powers of Emma Frost and Manuel de la Rocha, preventing them from reading the minds or emotions of anyone inside or even determining how many people there are. So they'll have to do this the old fashioned way. Kurt Wagner and Anna Marie LeBeau approach first, sneaking around the grounds and the exterior of the building to assess the situation. They're able to spot about twenty men; most are armed and standing guard but others are hard at work producing more of the contaminated drug. Ostanes himself is nowhere to be found...until Kurt is suddenly shot in the back.

The projectile slams into them and liquifies against their back, beginning to spread over them and inflicting sharp pain and then numbness as it overtakes them. They're able to send out an alert to the others before finding themselves helpless on the ground. They recognize this, though. These are the weapons used by the former Magistrates they'd encountered on Genosha.

The alarms go up and the rest of the team rushes in. Paige Guthrie and Scott Summers hurry to the aid of Kurt, entering into combat with Ostanes and several of his associates. Meanwhile, the rest of the team spreads out and takes on the others, many of which are similarly armed. Near the end of the conflict, Jono Starsmore inadvertently damages one of the Kick storage containers and it springs a leak, quickly filling the warehouse with a diluted version of the drug. Everyone hold your breath!! Anyone that breathes in the exposed Kick will experience heightened emotions, mild hallucinations, and a boost to their abilities, making them more powerful but not completely beyond their control. Because the dose is comparatively mild, the symptoms will only last a couple of hours.

Fortunately, Illyana Rasputina thinks quickly and finds a way to disperse the substance quickly, removing the danger.

Eventually, the team overpowers Ostanes and his associates, apprehending them before contacting the authorities. In interrogating Ostanes, the team confirms that the man is from Genosha and was involved in creating the drugs and manipulation methods to control the island's mutants. He created this contaminated variant of Kick to remind the world how dangerous mutants are and, like his fellow former-Magistrates on Genosha, received funding and weaponry to support his efforts from a mysterious benefactor.

FORMS ⮾ THE INVESTIGATION ⮾ THE AFTERMATH ⮾ OOC

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[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

Character F for Illyana pleaseee

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