Earth-1883: Emma's Wild West

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Arizona, the 1880s

Emma Frost, the Outlaw

Emma's Wild West

Early in the morning of the 9th of July, Ambrose mentally reaches out to Emma to let her know that it's time to start their forays into alternate realities. Like. Today. With the help of Kitty & Illyana, he's found an upcoming alignment and knows how to transport their consciousnesses there - and the first reality bestowed with this honor is hers! She's quick to telepathically share the news. The perfect alignment won't happen until the evening, but once it's time to go, it's time to go. Welcome to the Wild West!

In this reality everyone is a mutant, though the strength and usefulness of powers varies widely. In general, most find themselves with overly specialized or useless abilities, making mutants with a better skillset at quite an advantage. This is a very tolerant, merit-based society - the things that matter are power, money, and skill - nothing more.

Emma Frost fled Boston after the deaths of her father, mother, and eldest sister; while it looked like the doing of her father, Emma was actually to blame. She headed west, and along the way picked up various orphans. She's established herself in Wolf's Gorge, AZ as the owner of a saloon, above which is a small orphanage she runs. She's one of the founders of the Hellfire Trading Company along with Sebastian Shaw, and generally comes off as a shrewd but not unkind business woman with a heart of gold, given how much she cares for unfortunate children.

She's certainly not connected to the mysterious bandit posse that's been terrorizing Wolf's Gorge and various towns along the main road that connects them, robbing stage coaches, trains, and demanding protection money from the locals. U.S. Marshals have been sent out to investigate the situation and have their suspicions, but it's incredibly difficult to pin anything on this entrepreneur that's so concerned with the well-being of the children under her care...

A Strange Reality & A Heist

Emma arrives early in the morning and, as they'll learn is the norm, is the only one to arrive initially. She spends about eight hours thinking that Ambrose screwed her over, but is relieved to find, by late afternoon, that suddenly everyone is themselves. Once they've arrived, Emma gets them up to speed on what's going on and what the next day will hold for them. And that is, apparently, a heist.

Emma and her Hellions are planning to rob a small stagecoach caravan moving back east from California, filled with gold and gems that the owners didn't want to transport via train. The U.S. Marshals, guessing that the local bandits will be a problem for this transport, are on guard and hoping to catch the mysterious group and take them into custody once and for all. Canonically, the Marshals are ultimately outwitted, but Emma and her crew (with the help of Remy and Rogue) only make off with the contents of two of the four stagecoaches. There are injuries, but the only deaths are some of the poor occupants of the stagecoaches.

By the end of the third day, the team hasn't uncovered any trace of what or who led this version of Emma Frost to the Siege Perilous, and her memories of this world begin to break down, leaving her with no knowledge of what happens next. With no clues to follow and nothing clearly left to pursue, all they can do is wait. Watching the sun set over the desert from the front porch of Kit's saloon, Emma suddenly feels a strange compulsion to walk out into the desert.

Before her body can betray her, though, they're all pulled back home.

As the group reappears in Ambrose's room, they find him unconscious on the floor. It seems that even the Siege Perilous' endurance has limits.

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During their time in Wolf's Gorge...

Kurt Adler overhears that a strange man has been hanging around town, and he doesn't seem to be associated with the bandits at all. Initially, the only information they get is his name: Colton Sneekan. Eventually they discover that he's just in love with Illyana Rasputina, who he definitely tries to hit up for a drink at some point.

Back in town, Kitty Pryde is approached by Sebastian Shaw, Emma's business partner and definitely not a sketchy guy at all. He asks if they've seen Emma - they have something very serious to discuss. He doesn't seem pleased, and will be very annoyed if not told where she is. Don't they understand how important their business is? Depending on how they act, this may result in a confrontation.

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As a note, some facts that have been established already: Both Shinobi Shaw and Warren Worthington III are dead by Emma's hand. There's no direct link between Emma, the Hellions, and the robberies that have been happening. The Marshals are good at their jobs - the Hellfire Trading Company is just, for the moment, better.

Character Info Form

<b>Character Name (367):</b> <b>Character Name (1883):</b> <b>Appearance:</b> If they generally look like themselves, note any clear differences here. <b>Occupation:</b> <b>Relationships:</b> Do they have connections to other characters? How? <b>Basic History:</b> If you want to write a little blurb! <b>Horse:</b> Tell me about their horse if they have one, please.... The Hellfire Trading Company is in possession of a few shared horses, but Emma won't stop any of her kids from having their own. <b>Anything else?:</b> Could include preferred weapons, how they're perceived in town, or whatever.

Heist Form

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Character Role:</b> (Robber, Law, Stagecoach Person, Bystander) <b>What would their AU self do?:</b> <b>What is their 367 self going to do?:</b> <b>How much effort do they put in?:</b> 1-10 <b>Anything else?:</b> Lmk if you do not want me to roll for injuries.

Character Information Day 1 - The Arrival Day 2 - The Heist Day 3 - The Return OOC

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DAY 1 | Evening - Scott & Rogue

[glovedup rogue]

It's Rogue, actually, and she grips Scott's shoulder to steady him. "Ok there, Marshal?" She asks. She bothers to remember this is not particularly in character. She and Scott Summers are on opposite sides of the law in this world, and this version of herself is likely self-serving enough that she wouldn't mind if he got roughed up a little. On the other hand, she's not sure she wants to play out any universe where she wouldn't help a functionally blind man who'd just been punched.

"And what the hell you think you're doing?" She starts to lecture the drunk. "This man's just enjoyin'..." But drunk men wait for no lectures, and he sends another punch flying. Rogue catches it this time, again without thinking, and hisses in surprise. Without her durability powers intact, the blow to her cheek actually kind of hurts. That's new.

DAY 1 | Evening - Scott & Rogue

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

A chorus of shouts goes around the room, which gives Scott an idea of what just happened. His ears are still ringing, but he steadies himself against Rogue's presence. There's still a picture in his mind of the saloon's layout, and he places them on the map, along with the probable location of their attacker. The bar is to their left. The exit is behind them. He doesn't trust himself to open his eyes without doing serious damage.

Footsteps sneaking up on them—someone heavy, moving fast. Scott whips around, one arm up to catch the wooden stool coming down on them, and then ducks below the stool-wielder's defenses to throw a punch. An unpleasant shock passes through Scott's fist as he makes contact (electricity powers?), but he hears an "oof" and someone stumbling back.

"Everything okay?" he calls back to Rogue.

DAY 1 | Evening - Scott & Rogue

[glovedup rogue]

Rogue spares exactly one moment to take off her gloves and lays them delicately on the bar, wiping a small stream of blood from her nose. A spark shines in her eye when she spins around to see who'd just approached, just enough time to see him fall back. She kindly catches the assailant, taking just enough of his force to bring him gently to the ground. Her hands buzz with the electricity they'd just absorbed.

"Golden." She answers. She notes Scott's glasses. They're on the floor, several feet away. She can't quite make a grab yet, not with the atmosphere in the bar exploding into a solid rumble of indignation. She backs up towards them, trying to get there eventually.

"Sure made a lot of friends real quick, didn't you?" Another man, who seems to be an expert at dashing, rushes towards them, but she catches him with a bit of a shocking punch.

DAY 1 | Evening - Scott & Rogue

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

"I have that effect on people." Scott keeps his hands up to defend himself, his head swiveling for the sound of other attacks. There's too much shouting, too much chaos. He trusts that Rogue has things well in hand, but he's too conscious of himself as a liability in this situation. He can't discern a safe place to go.

There is one obvious route, but it goes against every bit of his training to lose control while surrounded by so many innocent people. Technically, it's a memory. No more real than the Danger Room. Scott grits his teeth, hating this, but when he feels someone grab him, he opens his eyes and sends them sailing straight through a window.

"Anyone else?" he yells, eyes closed again.

DAY 1 | Evening - Scott & Rogue

[glovedup rogue]

The bar does go quiet just for a moment, awed into silence by the ruby force beams suddenly shooting out of the Marshal's head. Rogue doesn't think she's seen them without being tempered by the visor, either, and stares at the outburst for exactly one second. That leaves her long enough to then dip across the floor and grab Scott's glasses.

The patrons are just drunk enough that his threat must've sounded like an offering, and they're beginning to be a little swarmed. "Seems like a yes." She informs him, pressing the glasses into his hand, and punching a man in the gut with her free one. "You wanna make a run, or ought we show them what an actual fair fight looks like?"