[ The explosions are so intense that the sound itself sends a shock wave over the area, a deafening roar that sends nearby cars toppling end over end into buildings and bystanders alike. Shops and homes are going up in flames and the ear ringing screech of missiles tear through the air- a cacophony of sound, glass shattering, buildings torn up from ( Read more... )

( CUT FOR MASSIVE TL;DR )

Hello, my name is Peter Pan ( Read more... )

( cut for both 'grim' and 'dark' )

* Basically anyone, everyone, whoever wants to. Their version of explaining the ten years to get to grimdark future from regular future.*

"I thought the Xavier Institute would save my future... a place we could be safe to be ourselves, it never dawned on me how childish that idea was, or how badly things could go wrong. Eight years ago Baelheit ( Read more... )

[so David Emerson here (one of Baelheit's closer allies, noted for having been married to a mutant woman who turned out to be using her position passing information to rebels the poor man must be heartbroken) is just makin his way across some kind of shiny metallic futureplaza in the wealthy evil people's quarter or wev, when ALL OF A SUDDEN the ( Read more... )

( TABLE TABLE )

( Cut for: threats of suicide and incest (what, it's grimdark) )

[Trauma's found his way back to Institute - or what's left of it anyway - having snuck through the patrols at this time of night. It's a pointless risk, probably, but he's hoping that being back here will make him feel something more than the echoes of what real emotions should feel like.

Mostly, however, he just feels tired right now]

( taaaaable )