EARTH-5742

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With Your Host: MOJO

And Your Champion: COLOSSUS

Earth-5742

With no time to prepare and no idea what they're jumping into, the X-Men find themselves somewhere the original Blue Team may recognize - Mojoworld, a reality that is controlled Mojo, a spineless creature fed by the enjoyment of the fans he produces for. Everything here is for entertainment, and everyone here lives at the mercy of Mojo and those who work for him. It's a dangerous place to live, where often the most popular entertainment is gory and violent.

Bubbling under the surface of all these lights is a rebellion, once quashed, that has risen again. Made up of a central group that lives outside the regular confines of Mojo's gameshows and a splintered group of individual agents embedded in the cutthroat public eye, they're planning something. They're biding their time. Unfortunately, they'll be found out soon enough. It'll definitely be a special you won't want to miss.

Unscripted & Unfiltered

The group only has about 15 minutes from Ambrose alerting them to their departure to actually leaving, making it all a little chaotic. On arrival, a mere 45 minutes after Piotr, the X-Men will find themselves fairly scattered across Mojoworld depending on the role they fill in this reality. Emma Frost Summers makes temporary mental contact on their arrival and provides as much of an info dump as she can before she suddenly cuts off contact with everyone, promising to reach out to them in the evening.

When Rogue arrives they're in the middle of a deadly obstacle course and nearly lose their footing over a pit of spikes. Not the best way to come into yourself, but at least they have good reflexes! They manage to very successfully make it through the rest of the course, but they get booed the spectators for being too good. Mojo is annoyed enough that he calls them to his base of operations later to scold them. That's not how you get good ratings. Get it together or he's going to put you into a no-win situation.

In general, the rest of their first day is relatively uneventful, at least for Mojoworld. Some of them must do battle. Some of them must entertain. Some of them move through the shadows, gathering intel. Ultimately, they're more on their own than they've been in the past two jumps without Emma's psychic group chat, plus the information she has about their Mojoworld selves is scattershot. There's quite a bit of winging it this time but that's fine, right? For the next three days, they'll have intermittent psychic contact during the day, when Emma is doing work entertaining, and for an hour or two in the evening before she goes to sleep. Otherwise? Get good at covert communication. And don't get caught.

On the second day they all have their feet under them a bit more, but it's still an unpleasant reality to adjust to. Magik is tasked with getting interviewed by a rather high profile reporter, and has to spend an hour pretending they know a lot more about their Mojoworld occupation than they actually do. The reporter seems satisfied, though, and they get a nice meal out of it! In the evening, [External Rebellion Character C] is tasked with getting information to their contact, and it nearly ends in disaster.

On the third day, [Character D] notices a young gladiator that looks strangely like them on one of the many screens across Mojoworld. After a bit of investigation, they discover that this is apparently their child with [Character E], conceived by Mojo's genetic splicing and born out of a test tube. This is....... fine. Everyone also sees a lot of advertisements for a big surprise show tomorrow, starring Mojoworld's current darling, Colossus.

On the final day, things go south very, very quickly. Mojo discovered that Colossus's sister is part of the rebellion and that he knows the identities of multiple other members by chance. Threatening his sister's safety means he gives up the members he knows, and because of this [External Rebellion Character F] and [Covert Rebellion Character G] are (accurate to canon events) discovered in a exchange of information. Despite Mojo's promises to spare Magik, she and various other rebellion members are thrown into the gladiatorial ring, where they face, amongst others, Colossus and Shatterstar. Much like in Remy's universe, things are meant to end in a bloodbath. And it's definitely going that way but something unexpected happens and they're pulled back to Earth-367...

Lights, Camera, Action!

Throughout the four days the X-Men are in Mojoworld, they're subjected to appearing in various gameshows. Even those that are outside of Mojo's influence and part of the external branch of the rebellion often get sucked in, at least temporarily, so every can have ?fun?. Fill out a form and I'll give you an outline of what gameshow your character got swept up in, and a vague idea of how it went for them.

Character Info Form

<b>Character Name (367):</b> <b>Character Name (Here):</b> <b>Alignment</b>: Mojoworld Entertainer or External Rebellion Member? If they're an entertainer, are they a covert rebellion member? <b>Audience Rating</b>: ☆☆☆☆☆ out of five, if they're an entertainer. ★ here's a filled out star for you 😘 <b>Appearance:</b> If they generally look like themselves, note any clear differences here. <b>Occupation & Persona:</b> If they're a Mojoworld entertainer, how are they perceived? Do they have a signature style? Do they do well in front of the camera? How do they interact with Mojo, if at all? If they're in the external rebellion group, what is their general place in the rebellion? Are they well-liked? <b>Relationships:</b> Do they have connections to other PCs/NPCs? As a note, covert rebellion members are unaware of other covert rebellion members generally, and only have a single point of contact, a handler, inside the external rebellion group, who you can specify here if you want! <b>Basic History:</b> If you want to write a little blurb!

Gameshow Form

<b>Character Name</b>: <b>Do they commit to the show business bit?</b>: <b>What type of gameshow would they hate being on the most?</b>: For ideas, here's a non-exhaustive list, but: (deadly) trivia show, gladiator show, dating show, (deadly) obstacle course, talent competition, beauty pageant, show that's like 90% audience participation, etc. <b>Are there any days you do or don't want gameshow shenanigans?</b>: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/Fine with any! This is just for organizational/timeline purposes and doesn't really matter. <b>Are there any other characters you want to be on a gameshow with?</b>: <b>Anything else?</b>: If you have any requests lmk!!!

Character Information Day 1 - Nov 19 Day 2 - Nov 20 Day 3 - Nov 21 Day 4 - Nov 22 OOC

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CHARACTER INFORMATION

[breakloose Piotr Rasputin 🦾 Colossus]

DAY 1 - NOV 19

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DAY 2 - NOV 20

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DAY 3 - NOV 21

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DAY 4 - NOV 22

[breakloose Piotr Rasputin 🦾 Colossus]

Final day + return home.

OOC

[breakloose Piotr Rasputin 🦾 Colossus]

Though Mojoworld is heavily monitored and movement is restricted, that kiiiiiiinda makes it hard to do scenes which is the whole point of this thing. This Mojo is very successful at capturing (and creating) the people and creatures he needs for entertainment, and it's hard to monitor all of that, even for him and his helpers! Please assume that your characters can sneak bits of privacy here and there to converse relatively freely so that you can do scenes.

Entertainers will often live in areas that are similar to cell blocks with private rooms that they can move freely through. For the rebellion, feel free to make up other members that make it easier to interact with other entertainers if you want. The stakes still exist, but I don't want to make it impossible to interact.

OOC: SPOT CLAIMS

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OOC: GAMESHOW FORMS

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The Something Unexpected (Open to Reactions)

[shatteringstars shatteringstars]

Shatterstar had been as surprised as anyone when he'd turned his blades away from the rebels and toward his fellow gladiators instead. It had been a split-second decision, almost an impulse, informed by many quiet conversations and a sharp pang of fondness for the healer-turned-saboteur that had been attempting to recruit him to their cause. He'd always said no. He'd had no reason to fight for freedom; he didn't even know what that meant. Not really. But he doesn't want Angel to die here, so what else is there to do but reject Mojo's orders and fight alongside him and his allies?

So he returns to what he knows and leaps into the fray with vigor, deflecting blows and plunging his swords into anyone that gets too close. In the stands, the crowd gasps and roars and screams, first with disapproval and then with excitement as he and the rebels fight back against dozens of gladiators, a slew of automated death traps, and unfathomable odds. But Mojo's shrill voice, pouring from every speaker and full of wild rage, makes it clear that he's not enjoying the show and that the barrage will continue until all of them are dead. Just as the adverts had promised. As minutes pass, blood spills and bones break and flesh burns. Even by the standards of this place, it's a display of intentional brutality and chaos. The first blade that manages to find its way through his back, missing his heart without him even having to move it (sloppy), makes it clear to Shatterstar that the tides are turning and it's only a matter of time.

So he makes another of those split-second decisions, suddenly and instinctively certain that if he channels all the energy he can he'll be able to cut through the world itself and give them a means of escape. He's never done anything like that before but that doesn't make him any less certain. He calls out to the rebels, telling them to be prepared to run, as bioelectricity surges through him, arcing off his body in pulsating waves and gathering in the blades that've become like an extension of his body over these many years. It's almost too much and he can feel his body threatening to give out under the exertion before he can bring the blades down and unleash everything in a devastating rush of force.

And then...

He doesn't quite know what happens. One of the rebels, the ghost-girl that had been passing through her attackers like smoke until the nasty shock of a plasma rifle had forced her back into solidity, takes something out of her bag. A silvery disc that's knocked out of her hand and sent spiraling into the arc of his blade. The energy that had been tearing through reality to create a portal tears through the device too and there's an eruption. Forces seen and unseen but undeniably felt, concentrated energy and potent magic, twist together into something he can't begin to put a name to. Then everything is utterly still, as if the world itself is holding its breath. Then the force unravels, engulfing everything, and he's falling.

Fading.

Slipping into exhausted unconsciousness as the world around him falters.

He isn't awake when he manifests seemingly from nothing in a quiet, cluttered office in Salem Center, New York and collapses to the floor in a bleeding heap. And he certainly isn't awake when Ambrose, surrounded by the unconscious bodies of the X-Men, jolts out of the meditative focus required to send them all hopping across the multiverse and the team is pulled suddenly and forcefully back into their bodies.

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[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

I've not suuuuper free until later this evening BUT if you want my stupids... lmk..... I'll get up their forms soon after I'm home too but Piotr is a gladiator who is not in the rebellion and Emma is an entertainer who is covertly in the rebellion, with Kitty as her handler. Mwah mwahh

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[glovedup rogue]

Thank you riiin!!!!
I’m so excited to play here but am also a few hrs away oops 😔
Kitty is an outside rebel who lives in the walls. I do think she’s high up in the organization. She’s Emma’s handler and much to her horror is with Remy in this world. Help. I imagine she has a detailed list of the surveillance cameras and routes to escape their view/also would sneak ppl around thru walls and floors etc if you need her as an excuse!

Rogue is a gladiator with no ties to the rebellion! She has mixed reviews because she insists on being really good and that’s perceived as unsportsmanlike and boring. She doesn’t care. In answer to the forever rogue q, I think she does perhaps have power control but a few other tbd powers bc she’s killed people despite having control. Will have no feelings about that im sure

But hi I want threads w everybodyyy

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[blauerdamon kurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawler]

IT'S HAPPENING

Kurt is a sheltered shining star who's a popular gladiator and aerialist, a little jealous of Piotr's popularity, etc. His AU self was aware that some people were causing problems, but never really cared that much. Drinking the kool-aid.

Warren is a physician and healer for Mojo, using his healing blood to keep gladiators on their feet for the next showtime. He's a covert member of the rebellion, but kept on a pretty short leash because he's so useful.

I would looooove to do scenes and stuff :>>>

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[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

quick notes about mine bc i must go to work soon

Scott is in his 50's and has been on Mojoworld for 30 years. He's a former arena champion turned trainer for all the new and up-and-coming gladiators. When he first came here in his twenties, he worked covertly with the rebellion, but pulled back from it over the years. (I had the thought that his rebellion handler was Jean and she died 15-20 years ago, but JJ can veto this. It could be fun too if she was a mentor to Kitty?) Also any gladiator characters can claim Scott as a mentor. he's a grumpy old man

Laura is one of Mojo's many genetically engineered experiments, approximately in her mid-teens. I don't have deep thoughts about this yet but I was mulling over there being 2-3 other laura clones and they're all mute and sometimes mojo throws all of the lauras into the arena to ruin someone's day

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[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

Hi hello! Thank you for letting me debut my dumb son during Piotr's adventure~ ♥

Manuel is Mojo's long-suffering right hand, the Major Domo of this timeline, and has a comparatively comfortable life. His role mainly comes down to aiding in the creation and execution of Mojo's programs and using his powers to get the audience and the participants on board when they otherwise might not be. He's a callous and indifferent manipulator that looks out for himself and spends most of his time with Mojo and Spiral, so he doesn't have many other connections and certainly isn't helping the rebellion. He sucks. 😌 367-Manuel is going to hate this outing~

Shatterstar is...Shatterstar! This is his home universe. His ending up in 367 will be a fluke and the result of his powers, Kitty's tech, and Illyana's/Ambrose's magic getting all tangled together. This is fine! He won't really matter much until the end of the plot, but he's technically around doing his thing until then. He's the son of two dead rebellion leaders (Longshot and Dazzler), was raised in isolation in the arena, and debuted as a gladiator when he was a tween, so this world is really all he knows. Like Colossus and Nightcrawler, he's a prominent and favored gladiator, so he's also available as an obstacle if needed. He knows a lot of people, but mostly as fellow-combatants, and he's only really fond of Angel, who he sees as fundamentally kind and worthy of protection.

But yeah! Mine are around for things if anyone wants them~

CHARACTER INFORMATION: Colossus

[breakloose Piotr Rasputin 🦾 Colossus]

Character Name (367): Piotr Rasputin
Character Name (Here): Colossus (technically also Piotr Rasputin, but nobody calls him that)
Alignment: Mojoworld Entertainer
Audience Rating: ★★★★★
Appearance: Piotr looks more like his 616 self, with dark hair and a beard, and is in his mid to late 30s. Images of him around Mojoworld show a more hardened expression than he generally wears in 367. Otherwise, though, he's very recognizable. Surprisingly does not have really any scars since he's fighting in his metal form all the time.

Occupation & Persona: Piotr is a gladiator, and currently a favorite of Mojoworld. His stoic nature, astounding strength, and his ability to come out of some of the most difficult fights unscathed are all things that are celebrated. His morality injects an uncertainty into many of his fights as well, which keeps things interesting. He tends to maim instead of killing, which leads to some mixed reviews, but it's hard to argue with how cool he looks when doing it. Luckily for Piotr, his 5742 self isn't exactly a ham for the cameras, and rarely says much when interviewed, saving him from having to act much at all.

Relationships:
Illyana Rasputin - Sister - A part of the rebellion, which Piotr knows but does not engage in. In an attempt to save her, he gives away information about the rebellion and its members. Mojo, of course, goes back on his deal.
Shatterstar - Opponent - They're not friends, but they've met many times in the arena and have a sort of respect and rapport with each other. There's no animosity there.
Your gladiator here! - If you want anything to do with him lmk

Basic History: Taken when he was in his early 20s, Piotr was quickly thrown into the ring and while he always possessed the same strength, his tactics had no flair he often didn't fight back, and thus he was seen as a less-than-exciting newcomer except for a small group of dedicated fans. He's one of the longest running gladiators, though, which slowly brought attention to him. He grew as a fighter, accepted his place as someone who had to dole out pain and death, and in the past 5 years has become a darling of Mojoworld. He lives well, for a gladiator, but generally keeps to himself and tries to avoid forming any attachments to anyone at all. While aware of the rebellion, he is not involved in it himself and finds it futile. He wants to help people and he wants for things to be better, but he's been beaten down enough that he can't see a scenario where the rebellion leads in anything but its own destruction. He's happy to keep their secret, though, until threats get him to give them up.

CHARACTER INFORMATION: Emma Summers

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

Character Name (367): Emma Frost
Character Name (Here): Emma Summers (and has never been The White Queen)
Alignment: Mojoworld Entertainer, covert rebel
Audience Rating: ★★★☆☆
Appearance: Though Emma is in her 50s, extended periods of time in her diamond for mean that she still appears as though she's in her 20s. Except when she's performing her job requiring telepathy or for brief periods in the evening (but not while she sleeps), Emma is always in her diamond form. Her hair is shorter and generally slicked back a la this Hellfire Gala look, and most of her clothes are about as covering as that as well, given that she's mostly diamond anyways. Yes I made a section in Pinterest. Her left hand looks significantly older than the rest of her, though she's typically wearing gloves when she's fleshy so it's not obvious. It's because she often makes it non-diamond to comfortably hold Scott or Ruby's hand. Always wearing her engagement ring/wedding band, the former of which is a rather absurdly large ruby circled by diamonds.

Occupation & Persona: Emma is essentially a living holodeck and a reluctant (but very competent) reality tv star. Because her place in Mojoworld is more mundane or specialized, depending on how you interact with her, the audience's opinion of her is extremely mixed. Some find the reality tv she's a part of uninteresting while others like to have nearly non-stop coverage of her life. Some are obsessed with her ability to transport them to different places without the use of any technology. Some miss her dancing days.

Emma is incredibly savvy, and does a good job in front of the camera and presents interesting beats for whatever she's being featured in. She does her best to bend things to her will subtly, and has a relatively cordial relationship with Mojo even though she detests him. Because of her life as a slice-of-life reality star, she (and Scott) are afforded a nicer, larger home than most, along with better food and a bit more freedom. With her emotions dulled, she can come off as quite aloof, but she's good at acting otherwise.

Relationships:
Scott Summers - Husband - Their union is the result of a Bachelorette-style tv show where Scott and Emma, early on, decided to work together to make sure he won. Not in love, but deeply devoted to him.
Ruby Summers - Daughter - Scott and Emma went to great lengths to avoid procreating, and Mojo eventually got fed up and just made them a child with their DNA. Because of their public life, Ruby was delivered as a baby for them to raise, and is now a young teenager. Her name was chosen by a popular vote.
Kitty Pryde - Rebellion Handler - Friendly, and Emma feeds her information constantly. They definitely meet in the bathroom of Emma's house all the time since it's the only place without cameras.

Basic History: Emma was a 19 year old dancer at the Hellfire Club when she was taken by Mojo, and luckily was already in possession of both her telepathy and her diamond form. Though obviously unhappy, she quickly realized she needed to make the best of the situation, and played the parts that were asked of her well and without complaint. Initially most of her work was dancing or holodeck-ing, and she became popular enough from the former than Mojo decided to set up a Bachelorette-style show to get her married. She assessed all the competitors, decided Scott was the best choice, and mentally contacted him to form an alliance so he could win. While the final two bachelors ended up having to fight to the death (a Mojo surprise!), Scott prevailed. Their wedding was extravagant and televised, and they fell into 'married life' in their nice, new home littered with cameras absolutely everywhere. And life went on. They were given Ruby to raise. She continued to work and smile at the camera. At the rustlings of a rebellion she made an effort to get involved, especially due to her proximity with Mojo, and has been involved for some time now.

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[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

jean is always available to be dead

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[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

i am stealing the jean was kitty's mentor thing and that might mean that she will come to visit old man scoot sometimes not to talk rebellion just to say hi in his bathroom. sorry she's forever a curse.

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[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

this made me laugh ty

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[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

Hello everyone I am working on my forms and would love to do scenes! Still working out details but very roughly I think that Illyana is an entertainer and covert rebellion member, and Remy is an outside rebellion member who was formerly an entertainer until Kitty busted him out a few years ago.

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[empata Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)]

☝️

DAY 1 - Evening: Scott & Emma

[frost_queen Emma Frost ♕ White Queen]

It's been a strange day, given that they'd barely had the time to wrap their heads around needing to depart and then arriving somewhere all too familiar with little to no information. And then of course, there's the matter of her secondary mutation. Emma finds her diamond form here beautiful and safe, but it's been odd to experience the general insanity of Mojoworld with no view into anyone's minds and strangely dulled feelings. Even realizing she has a daughter, particularly with Scott, had been rather anticlimactic, though intellectually she knew it should elicit an emotion. She'd gone through the day doing what she could to seem normal, and had made it out alive.

Now it's evening, and she figures some time to be her usual self shouldn't be viewed as anything strange, especially in the bedroom. She really needs to contact everyone anyways, and she wants to talk to Scott telepathically, given how monitored they are.

She sinks down onto the bed as she changes, shifting her form coming as second nature, luckily.

« I hate this one the most so far, I think. »

CHARACTER INFORMATION: Shadowkat

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

Character Name (367): Kitty Pryde
Character Name (Here): Kat Pryde (Think we’re in Shadowkat territory codename wise unfortunately)
Alignment: External Rebellion Member
Audience Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Appearance: Kat is in her early 30s, and looks much like an older, somehow even more stressed out version of 367 Kitty. She’s not altogether concerned with her day to day look, and wears what clothes are available to her (usually ratty, even less sense of style). Constantly messy hair, big scar under her collarbone from a narrow escape a while back.
Occupation & Persona: Kat is the head of surveillance and espionage in the rebellion, a key leader figure who is well-respected and has been around for years. Her skills and expertise have bought her respect, as has the fact that she just hasn’t managed to die yet in this very dangerous job. She never got a chance to establish herself as an entertainer. She’s something of a myth to most people; she’s known as a ghost who some people have seen in passing glimpses. A symbol of whispered freedom, obviously NOT discussed publicly by anyone.
Mojo knows she’s somewhere and hates her guts, so there’s a task force every few years when she reminds him by familiar actions that she’s still around. They haven’t caught her yet, though, in any way that’s stuck.
Relationships:
Emma Summers: Internal rebellion contact, friendly, haunts her bathroom.
Remy Lebeau: Rescued him and mentored him in the rebellion; currently together.
Lockheed: HE’S HERE. Dragon friend and very first companion. He is another excellent source of information, but she doesn't let him go out a lot because purple dragons are pretty distinct.
Basic History: Katherine Pryde was stolen from her high school robotics club after school into Mojoworld. She escaped his grasp almost immediately, sinking into the walls and streets. She was found by Jean Grey, who mentored her and initiated her into the rebellion over the years. She died, and Kat stayed. She’s been working on freeing as many people as she can from Mojo’s grasp, and ultimately wishes to seek him out and kill him in revenge for Jean, and everyone else. She’s a little more bloodthirsty and unforgiving, harsh and stern in this world, but still the same Kitty underneath all that.

Re: OOC: SPOT CLAIMS

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

I would love A for Rogue please and thank you this is her personality?

DAY 1 - Earth 367: Illyana & Piotr

[allhell magik 🖤 illyana rasputin]

Illyana has been mentally preparing herself to go to her own dimension at a moment's notice since she'd started helping Ambrose with his calculations. They'd had awhile to prepare before their jaunt to Remy's world, but she knows it's more likely than not that any forewarning will be more abrupt than that. Somehow, she hadn't fully prepared herself for the possibility of Piotr's world coming into alignment before hers.

"You do not have to do this," she tells him in Russian as they peel away from the group. She knows they have just minutes to prepare, but she feels beholden to give him the choice to back out. She knows he's a very dutiful person, but in matters of his wellbeing she feels less loyal to the X-Men than she perhaps should, at this point in their alliance. "We will make do with whatever opportunities we get."