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Guin: Just to answer your question, no Eva didn't become a mutant. I was just trying to express how nervous and timid she felt.
Victoria: Although I appreciate your threats they are a bit confusing. Are they positive or negative or what?!
Lady-Snape7: Sorry if the kidnapping scene wasn't very clear for you, and the whole idea was to exaggerate on the stereotypes of mutants.
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Before the pain had sunk in and his nerves had become numb Toad could faintly remember the conversation that had taken place just moments before:
"I'm so sorry that after all these times we've run into each other we've never actually had the opportunity to meet." Said the stranger with the red eyes. Toad remained motionless and simply didn't even allow his brain to register what was going on, so instead he willing allowed the chains to take away his weight making hanging closer to the ground.
"I agree." Said Tabatha stepping up once more. "Alloy me to introduce you to the Clown." She said with the slight hazel twinkling in her eye. The man seemed amused by her introduction. "Don't worry Toad I already know who you are."
He sighed and continued to smile, his fangs sticking from his lower jaw making his entire face seem swollen and disfigured. From what he could see the name Clown seemed agreeable: bushes of red hair styled into an afro shaded his pale face, and he wore an almost whimsical suit that included everything from a bright red jacket and pants to the blue and yellow pin tie
"I'll admit it's not the most attractable name in the world, but it's stuck with me over the years...besides it's not like it's any better than yours right?" His laughter seemed to be the only one filling the room, but it was brief and ended quickly.
All the while Toad remained silent never looking up for fear emotion would take over his expression and his mouth would fail him once more. The man who called himself the Clown cocked his head to one side appearing to be extremely confused by this defense and walked even closer to his hanging form. Toad felt like throwing up when he could see a smile forming at the corner of this guy's lips, so deranged and timely.
"What's the matter Toad? Don't feel like talking today?" His legs seemed to hop up at that statement and he seemed rather entertained by the face that Toad was not indeed responding.
"I asked you a question." He stated sternly pulling on the chains above his head as Tabatha had done earlier. His frustration was evident but for whatever reason it passed quickly and he just straightened out his collar ignoring his own outburst and returning to his own twisted deeds.
"Do you know what my abilities are as a mutant?" He asked playfully. Again he was answered with silence but it didn't really matter because he soon answered his own question. And coming at an uncanny closeness to Toad ear he whispered in it:
"I can read minds..." He stepping back in the same fashion of a hop as earlier and once again toiled with the sunglasses in his hands and he began walking around Toad shadow that lye unmoving in the middle of the room.
"But it's more than that! You see my friend, I have the unique power to not only read and absorb the information of people's minds...but I can also hear," He stopped for a dramatic effect and patted his heart, "what's in here."
In a very oddly manner he strode over to Toad who was now beginning to feel the strain of keeping his head down in his shoulders.
"You see your friend's at the brotherhood sort of employed me temporarily to keep an eye on you. They knew from the moment you helped that lovely young lady that night that you were going to be trouble. According to your enchanting blue coworker it was... 'A test of loyalty?" Out of the shadows came Mystique smiling as though she was overjoyed being mentioned.
"So we acquired Clown's assistance for a little longer, we all hard our jobs to do...besides no one wanted Eric involved." She stepped closer to Toad as the Clown had done before and forced his eyes to hers but grabbing a firm hold of his chin and pushing it forward.
"We didn't have a choice...and we don't have one now." She retreated to the shadows and during her entire walk back her eyes revealed no remorse for the deceitful deed just done.
Toad's blood was boiling in his veins by then. It was all he could do to keep his chest from heaving with his anger, They were willing to destroy a person's life just to test some deranged definition of loyalty?! He had to will his hands to keep from clenching together. But they have better hoped that they killed him, because the second he was down from there he was willing and more than ready to attack.
"I'm just grateful those youngsters decided to help us! After that whole insistent at city hall...well lets just say I was feeling rather violent against them. Luckily for them Mystique assured me they were more than well qualified to assist us!"
"Tell us something we don't know..." Demanded the annoyed Sabertooth from the corner. Clown seemed annoyed with this as though he didn't even know the man was in the room but he once again changed his surly demeanor to cheerful and lit his face to an overly valor smile that stretched out his eye sockets and allowed veils to be shown. Normally the scene would of forced Toad to flinch but his brain was too overwhelmed with information to really understand the sight of the mutant that stood before him.
"Very well." Was his only reply. He stared at Toad with an interested smirk on his face. He raised an eyebrow curiously before clapping his hands together joyously which startled Toad considerably and forced him to lift the head he could no longer hold down.
"How annoying." He said suddenly after the silence had passed. He walked to the small bin of concrete that held burning flames Toad hadn't noticed before and took out a lengthy metal object. Examining the poker diligently he sighed before sticky the stick into the flesh of Toad's back, and suddenly screaming filled the room forcing everyone around to pay attention to the sight and look in observation and interest. Once the yelps had ceased the clown spoke once more,
"He's in love with a human."
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Something approached Toad's eye from the corner of the room. He could feel the base of the nerve dying and the wound was slowly becoming numb. But as dizziness set in he could of sworn he witnessed something bright in the doorway of the dingy space. He turned his head way to hide the look of hope and possibility on his face. Sure enough as the second poker made it's way into his chest he saw the blond hair again. Any other time he could of smiled but he knew doing so would damage her efforts...whatever they were.
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The party didn't seemed surprised by this statement, just annoyed and disgusted as though each one of them had stepped in something unpleasant. Clown waited until Toad's subconscience screaming had ceased before he continued his questioning.
"Do you know the real reason we brought you down here Toad?" Not giving him time to answer he continued. "Well you see, it's mostly because of the fact that you've abandoned your own kind! Mutants like you who are too slow to realize the potential of their gifts so they go around whining and wishing they human, trying to change their appearances...so on and so forth!" He once again paused to inhale enjoy the oxygen that his lungs needed and continued on.
"Do you know what makes a mutant a "freak"? It's shame. Pure and simple shame that forces mutants like you to go into hiding and make the rest of us look bad! It's disgusting Toad! And upon anonymous vote...we've decided you should be the example for what happens to those who feel ashamed-" His voice trained off but his words remained as he worked his way across the room and pushed his way through the small crowd of people.
"Ms. Jackson! Do come out and join us will you?!" He called down the empty hallway that still had echoing footsteps. Upon sending a physic message Sabertooth complied and grabbed the girl before she had any real chance for escape.
"Good! Well hello there young lady!" He said slowly and loudly with amusement in his voice at the girl's wiggling and struggling. He nodded to her captor before the three of them once again set out to meet Toad.
Toad could hear her feet being intentionally dragged across the cold floor, he could hear her struggling for breath as the overly large cat gripped her collar bones, and before he knew what he was doing his brain responded.
"Leave her alone!" He shouted with a slight squeak, annoyed with himself that his voice couldn't sound more intimating and manly. The clown's smile faded, but the laugher never left his voice.
"You know...if we didn't have company approaching, I might not follow through with your request...but unfortunately!" He paused and sighed turning to the group behind him. He sighed deeply as though he was expecting them to have already left.
"Well, you have work to do."
Guin: Just to answer your question, no Eva didn't become a mutant. I was just trying to express how nervous and timid she felt.
Victoria: Although I appreciate your threats they are a bit confusing. Are they positive or negative or what?!
Lady-Snape7: Sorry if the kidnapping scene wasn't very clear for you, and the whole idea was to exaggerate on the stereotypes of mutants.
VXVXVXVX
Before the pain had sunk in and his nerves had become numb Toad could faintly remember the conversation that had taken place just moments before:
"I'm so sorry that after all these times we've run into each other we've never actually had the opportunity to meet." Said the stranger with the red eyes. Toad remained motionless and simply didn't even allow his brain to register what was going on, so instead he willing allowed the chains to take away his weight making hanging closer to the ground.
"I agree." Said Tabatha stepping up once more. "Alloy me to introduce you to the Clown." She said with the slight hazel twinkling in her eye. The man seemed amused by her introduction. "Don't worry Toad I already know who you are."
He sighed and continued to smile, his fangs sticking from his lower jaw making his entire face seem swollen and disfigured. From what he could see the name Clown seemed agreeable: bushes of red hair styled into an afro shaded his pale face, and he wore an almost whimsical suit that included everything from a bright red jacket and pants to the blue and yellow pin tie
"I'll admit it's not the most attractable name in the world, but it's stuck with me over the years...besides it's not like it's any better than yours right?" His laughter seemed to be the only one filling the room, but it was brief and ended quickly.
All the while Toad remained silent never looking up for fear emotion would take over his expression and his mouth would fail him once more. The man who called himself the Clown cocked his head to one side appearing to be extremely confused by this defense and walked even closer to his hanging form. Toad felt like throwing up when he could see a smile forming at the corner of this guy's lips, so deranged and timely.
"What's the matter Toad? Don't feel like talking today?" His legs seemed to hop up at that statement and he seemed rather entertained by the face that Toad was not indeed responding.
"I asked you a question." He stated sternly pulling on the chains above his head as Tabatha had done earlier. His frustration was evident but for whatever reason it passed quickly and he just straightened out his collar ignoring his own outburst and returning to his own twisted deeds.
"Do you know what my abilities are as a mutant?" He asked playfully. Again he was answered with silence but it didn't really matter because he soon answered his own question. And coming at an uncanny closeness to Toad ear he whispered in it:
"I can read minds..." He stepping back in the same fashion of a hop as earlier and once again toiled with the sunglasses in his hands and he began walking around Toad shadow that lye unmoving in the middle of the room.
"But it's more than that! You see my friend, I have the unique power to not only read and absorb the information of people's minds...but I can also hear," He stopped for a dramatic effect and patted his heart, "what's in here."
In a very oddly manner he strode over to Toad who was now beginning to feel the strain of keeping his head down in his shoulders.
"You see your friend's at the brotherhood sort of employed me temporarily to keep an eye on you. They knew from the moment you helped that lovely young lady that night that you were going to be trouble. According to your enchanting blue coworker it was... 'A test of loyalty?" Out of the shadows came Mystique smiling as though she was overjoyed being mentioned.
"So we acquired Clown's assistance for a little longer, we all hard our jobs to do...besides no one wanted Eric involved." She stepped closer to Toad as the Clown had done before and forced his eyes to hers but grabbing a firm hold of his chin and pushing it forward.
"We didn't have a choice...and we don't have one now." She retreated to the shadows and during her entire walk back her eyes revealed no remorse for the deceitful deed just done.
Toad's blood was boiling in his veins by then. It was all he could do to keep his chest from heaving with his anger, They were willing to destroy a person's life just to test some deranged definition of loyalty?! He had to will his hands to keep from clenching together. But they have better hoped that they killed him, because the second he was down from there he was willing and more than ready to attack.
"I'm just grateful those youngsters decided to help us! After that whole insistent at city hall...well lets just say I was feeling rather violent against them. Luckily for them Mystique assured me they were more than well qualified to assist us!"
"Tell us something we don't know..." Demanded the annoyed Sabertooth from the corner. Clown seemed annoyed with this as though he didn't even know the man was in the room but he once again changed his surly demeanor to cheerful and lit his face to an overly valor smile that stretched out his eye sockets and allowed veils to be shown. Normally the scene would of forced Toad to flinch but his brain was too overwhelmed with information to really understand the sight of the mutant that stood before him.
"Very well." Was his only reply. He stared at Toad with an interested smirk on his face. He raised an eyebrow curiously before clapping his hands together joyously which startled Toad considerably and forced him to lift the head he could no longer hold down.
"How annoying." He said suddenly after the silence had passed. He walked to the small bin of concrete that held burning flames Toad hadn't noticed before and took out a lengthy metal object. Examining the poker diligently he sighed before sticky the stick into the flesh of Toad's back, and suddenly screaming filled the room forcing everyone around to pay attention to the sight and look in observation and interest. Once the yelps had ceased the clown spoke once more,
"He's in love with a human."
VXVXVXVX
Something approached Toad's eye from the corner of the room. He could feel the base of the nerve dying and the wound was slowly becoming numb. But as dizziness set in he could of sworn he witnessed something bright in the doorway of the dingy space. He turned his head way to hide the look of hope and possibility on his face. Sure enough as the second poker made it's way into his chest he saw the blond hair again. Any other time he could of smiled but he knew doing so would damage her efforts...whatever they were.
VXVXVXVXVX
The party didn't seemed surprised by this statement, just annoyed and disgusted as though each one of them had stepped in something unpleasant. Clown waited until Toad's subconscience screaming had ceased before he continued his questioning.
"Do you know the real reason we brought you down here Toad?" Not giving him time to answer he continued. "Well you see, it's mostly because of the fact that you've abandoned your own kind! Mutants like you who are too slow to realize the potential of their gifts so they go around whining and wishing they human, trying to change their appearances...so on and so forth!" He once again paused to inhale enjoy the oxygen that his lungs needed and continued on.
"Do you know what makes a mutant a "freak"? It's shame. Pure and simple shame that forces mutants like you to go into hiding and make the rest of us look bad! It's disgusting Toad! And upon anonymous vote...we've decided you should be the example for what happens to those who feel ashamed-" His voice trained off but his words remained as he worked his way across the room and pushed his way through the small crowd of people.
"Ms. Jackson! Do come out and join us will you?!" He called down the empty hallway that still had echoing footsteps. Upon sending a physic message Sabertooth complied and grabbed the girl before she had any real chance for escape.
"Good! Well hello there young lady!" He said slowly and loudly with amusement in his voice at the girl's wiggling and struggling. He nodded to her captor before the three of them once again set out to meet Toad.
Toad could hear her feet being intentionally dragged across the cold floor, he could hear her struggling for breath as the overly large cat gripped her collar bones, and before he knew what he was doing his brain responded.
"Leave her alone!" He shouted with a slight squeak, annoyed with himself that his voice couldn't sound more intimating and manly. The clown's smile faded, but the laugher never left his voice.
"You know...if we didn't have company approaching, I might not follow through with your request...but unfortunately!" He paused and sighed turning to the group behind him. He sighed deeply as though he was expecting them to have already left.
"Well, you have work to do."
