The GIANT-SIZE Traitor Game: War Of The Exiles!

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~Castle would walk with Logan~"What he said"

[Chris Lang]

JARVIS begins playing the broadcast.

" *kzzzrtt* --ood morning, Sanctioned Zones of America! This is your President, JOHN ALISTAIR FISK speaking-- and I was hoping we could chat.

We're all doing fine here in the Capital today. How are you? Keeping in line with the law, I hope... Don't want to have Justices or Sentinels breaking into your house, executing you, and taking your family! Ha ha... I kid, of course... OF COURSE you're obeying the law! This proud nation is nothing without it, after all. A nation prided on the growth of human spirit, a dedication to the capitalist dogma, and of course, providing for the needs and most especially, wants of all of its citizens.

Why, that's how it's been for as long as I can remember, a born-and-raised country boy growing up in the cities of industry. If you'll pardon the dated 20th century quotation, was it not the great President Hoover who once said, 'A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage'? Well, the SPO has certainly done that... and more! There's three square meals every day, a car in every garage, a job for every adult, an education for every child... I could go on, but my-oh-my, every American way of life is so convenient, isn't it? Ahhh... the unnecessary and complicated things of a first-world life are about as extinct as organic animals. Job applications? Dating? Elections? Haw! Who needs them? What a tragedy to have been born before your friend and mine-- the SPO-- swept in and gave us everything.

But... despite this unparalleled global prosperity, there are many lingering problems of the past in our society today. But fear not, sweet nation! Fear not, my dear citizens-- you can be sure that the SPO is keeping a watchful eye on all these things. The 'Burdened Legacy'... the urban vigilantes... and worst of all, the mutants. If you see suspicious activity, remember, it is your God-given duty to report it to a local figure of the law, a figure of authority... and of the peace.

Thanks for listening to Supremacy Radio, from the brain of the SHIELD PROTECTORATE ORDER to your ears, your hearts, and your minds. This is President John Alistair Fisk... signing off."

"This world appears to be a dystopia." Irene mused. "I am not sure there is anything we can do here."

Thunderball looks down at the illusory garb. "That should work. Nice job. Holographic projection, or some kind of psionic illusion?"

"If it is a holographic projection, it must be a very good one to keep up with us as we move." Irene said.

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"Dystopia is what the fellow mutants of the MLO thought our world was like. Convinced some of them that wasn't the case, others not so lucky"~He said as if he sounded like that was the way it was~

[Chris Lang]

"Excuse me while I purge my bullshit meter." Emma flies off a short way, and after a quick jolt of noise, light and vibration, retuns, smiling. "There, much better. So... sort of like Robocop and his OCP. We need to find these underground folks and hook up with them somehow, I suppose..."

"If, indeed, there is anything we can do for them." Irene said. "Keep in mind that their enemy is an oppressive government. One does not get rid of such things overnight. The process is long, and difficult. One does not get rid of an entire empire just by disposing of its Emperor."

"Shouldn't be hard to spot, just look for people starting shit" Logan says, walking ahead as if he expects the rest of the group to follow him

"I suppose you are right. There will no doubt be those brave enough to risk the consequences of going against the system." Irene replied.

"Dystopia is what the fellow mutants of the MLO thought our world was like. Convinced some of them that wasn't the case, others not so lucky"~He said as if he sounded like that was the way it was~

"We have only just met, so I do not know much about your world." Irene said. "In my world, several people are working hard to prevent oppressive regimes such as this from ever coming to pass."

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"Well as long as they aren't getting their grubby mitts on power then they must be doing something right."

[michalecs]

"If, indeed, there is anything we can do for them." Irene said. "Keep in mind that their enemy is an oppressive government. One does not get rid of such things overnight. The process is long, and difficult. One does not get rid of an entire empire just by disposing of its Emperor."



"I suppose you are right. There will no doubt be those brave enough to risk the consequences of going against the system." Irene replied.



"We have only just met, so I do not know much about your world." Irene said. "In my world, several people are working hard to prevent oppressive regimes such as this from ever coming to pass."

"Our job ostensibly, is to go around and fix these worlds. Or at least try to turn back the balance of power with these Gems, and take Novus and his happy crew down a few pegs. Since we're here we may recruit if we can, or at least get some clue on what to do next?" Emma replied with a shrug.

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"Serving real justice for all mutants and those who deserve it is a part of what I do. What I really] like to do? Take guys like this Novus down just a peg but down six feet under."

[michalecs]

"Serving real justice for all mutants and those who deserve it is a part of what I do. What I really] like to do? Take guys like this Novus down just a peg but down six feet under."

"We don't have the firepower for that... yet." Emma promised.

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~Frank would earn a small smirk~"Heh, with me around? We will get the firepower. Trust me."

[Deadpooligan]

Addressing Nocturne, he asks, "So is this what that Tallus does? Quantum Leaps you Exiles from place to place once you've fixed a problem? You have no control over where it takes you?"

"That's how it worked before we found the Panoptichron. Reality jumping also used to cause nausea and make us barf all over the place upon arrival, but we got used to the effects over time. Novus must have fixed that, thank the devil for small favors..."

Nocturne makes a gag gesture. Even with the illusion of a four fingered hand, her digits still moved 'Spock style'.

"It's usually a pretty decent guide about what we have to do to fix a reality, but, like the Crystal Palace, it's finicky and might as well have a mind of its own."

"Excuse me while I purge my bullshit meter." Emma flies off a short way, and after a quick jolt of noise, light and vibration, retuns, smiling. "There, much better. So... sort of like Robocop and his OCP. We need to find these underground folks and hook up with them somehow, I suppose..."

"The Tallus did say something about Earth's Mightiest 'rising to avenge'. Looking for underground rebels could be what it meant, or at least a promising start... but it's not saying anything."

She began to follow Logan, when she heard Emma and Castle talk.

"Our job ostensibly, is to go around and fix these worlds. Or at least try to turn back the balance of power with these Gems, and take Novus and his happy crew down a few pegs. Since we're here we may recruit if we can, or at least get some clue on what to do next?" Emma replied with a shrug.

"Serving real justice for all mutants and those who deserve it is a part of what I do. What I really] like to do? Take guys like this Novus down just a peg but down six feet under."

"We don't have the firepower for that... yet." Emma promised.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to beat the snot out of those Weapon X jerks as much as the rest of you guys, but I think we're getting ahead of ourselves. If Novus is making us do this old school, we're not going to be able to take 'souvenirs' to and from realities. The most we get is the clothes on our back."

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~Frank would nod~"Eh, I bet some of the others here could do some damage with just the clothes on their back. But, just a hunch."

[Chris Lang]

~Frank would nod~"Eh, I bet some of the others here could do some damage with just the clothes on their back. But, just a hunch."

"I am sure some of us could." Irene noted. "But first, we must know more about the situation here. That broadcast gave us an indication of how this world is run. This world's rulers would send Justices and Sentinels after those who violate its laws. It seems that technology may well be on their side here."

"And we have yet to find those who might be opposing this regime." Irene said. "And at the moment, we can only make guesses as to where to look."

[Froggy]

"Iron Woman, hate to ask you to expose yourself to this" No I wouldn't, EMma Frost is Emma Frost, smug #)*## B)#(# "but could ya pick up any radio on who's breaking laws around here?" Logan asks

[Joe Acro]

Logan raises an eyebrow at the robotic horse statement. "To be frank I think that'd alarm quite a few people bub, 'specially a robotic horse in New York" he tells Jack

"Maybe not as much as you think," Jack says, noticing a Sentinel in the distance.

"Stick around and we'll see what I can pull off next to wow you all!"

"This wows me plenty," Jack says. He nervously looks at his new wardrobe. "Are my other clothes safe somewhere?"

JARVIS begins playing the broadcast.

"This world reminds me too much of my own. We must act quickly and free these people!"

[Anodyne]

Fear not, my dear citizens-- you can be sure that the SPO is keeping a watchful eye on all these things. The 'Burdened Legacy'... the urban vigilantes... and worst of all, the mutants."."

Even without Fisk's physical presence, Evaine could sense the cruel hypocrisy behind his words. "Had that man said 'Deryni' instead of 'mutants,' I could mistake him for one of the Regents now governing Gwynedd," she remarked. "Is there no world where self-serving liars are not believed by those who should know better?"

"We have only just met, so I do not know much about your world." Irene said. "In my world, several people are working hard to prevent oppressive regimes such as this from ever coming to pass."

"Let those people take care, lest they themselves become oppressors in the name of preventing oppression."

"Our job ostensibly, is to go around and fix these worlds," Emma replied with a shrug.

"I daresay we shall get little thanks from those whose worlds we 'fix,'" Evaine commented. "In my world we overthrew an unjust regime. It took barely one generation before we who helped end one tyranny found ourselves persecuted under another. Human gratitude has a short memory."

"This world reminds me too much of my own. We must act quickly and free these people!"

"Can we free them?" Evaine asked. "Perhaps, but it is they who then must keep themselves free."