"Well kids, take care of yourselves," Mr. Logan says as he cinches a duffel bag onto the back of his motorcycle. The hot May sun reflects off the bits of chrome that aren't encrusted with mud as you all stand out in the driveway seeing the teachers off - "Yeah, maybe I'll get lucky and get rained on," he remarks gruffly as Sam points out just how dirty it is.

"You too, Mr. Logan," she says, flying toward him and catching him off-guard with a hug that he awkwardly accepts.

"Aw, cripes, kid. Yer gonna make me tear up," he replies before disengaging himself from her arms and nodding at you. "See ya later, Aino," Mr. Logan says as he pulls his cowboy hat down low on his head and starts the bike up with a loud roar.

As Mr. Logan pulls away and drives off in the opposite direction that Mr. Summers and Ms. Grey departed for half an hour ago, a station wagon turns onto the lane and drives up to the Mansion. "That's Noah and Caleb's parents," Sam remarks as she floats back down to the ground next to you. "Geez, you think they saw me flying?"

"Sam, you dummy," Ricardo says, putting on his sunglasses as he steps out into the bright outdoors. "They already know their kids are mutants. That's why they sent them here."

Sam sticks her tongue out at Ricardo as Clarissa follows him outside. "Hey, you think the Professor will let me take Penguinel* to Florida with us?" Clarissa asks, bounding down the wide steps to the Mansion's circular driveway.


[*Clarissa took control of a robotic Sentinel back in Issue #5 -Prof]

"I really doubt he's gonna let you take a giant robot anywhere," Sam responds as she scoops up a handful of grass and stuffs it down the back of Ricardo's shirt, laughing and flying up into the air out of his reach as he shouts and grabs at her. "I mean, they haven't even let you *look* at it since they brought it back to the Mansion, have they?" she shrieks, darting upward just ahead of his grasp.

"Get back here, you little -" Ricardo yells, chasing after Sam and colliding with the boys' father as he steps out of their car!

"Oof-" the man lets out as his hat is knocked to the ground.

"Sorry!" Ricardo shouts, rebounding off him and hopping around the lawn, trying vainly to disgorge the mass of vegetation from his shirt and grab Sam at the same time, while she floats just low enough to tease him before flitting out of reach.

As Clarissa and Sam continue their discussion over the top of Ricardo's yelling and squirming, Professor Xavier's telepathic voice suddenly echoes inside your own mind!

<<Aino, please come to my study when you have a moment.>>


Anything you want to see, do, or say, mutie?

>>14890726
Well unless anyone else has something good to do, I say we go see the professor.

Give a brief but polite greeting, tell Clarissa & Sam that I'll be right back, and skip off toward the Study.

>>14890777

I'll give the readers a few minutes to notice the new issue and slog through the intro.

>>14890795
This

"Clarissa, I'm going to the Four Freedoms Plaza today!" That should get her to come with us when we leave. And then, to the Professor!

We need to ask how Penguinel is doing. I hope he hasn't been missing his princess.

Oh yes, did we hug Sam for taking us to Disney land? Should do that again.

HELL YEAH MUTIE QUEST

>>14890858
HELL YES! OPENING SONG IS GO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLL_lxL-bQ

>>14890877
If Powerglove ever did a cover of "King Arthur & the Knights of Justice" I think all mankind would end from facemelting awesome...it would be more metal than we as a species could bare...Homo Superior might survive it, though.

>>14890848
>>14890777
>>14890795
>>14890810

"Hmph. Thanks," the boys' father replies, not entirely mollified as you scoop up his hat and hand it back to him.

"OK, but don't take too long," Sam calls back to you. "Clarissa wants to ask if she can come with you and Mr. Fantastic 'cause she wants to see Johnny Sto- YAAA!" the girl shrieks as Ricardo finally manages to grab hold of her ankle. His efforts are rewarded with a tennis shoe to the face, and though his own mutant power dampens the blow, it still surprises him enough to let go of Sam, who rockets up out of reach, calling "Time out, time out!"

As you step back inside the Mansion, the cool air comes as a shock compared to the hot late-May weather outside. Shivering, you quickly walk through the empty halls, noticing just how quiet things are with everyone leaving for the break. At the door of the Professor's study you raise your hand to knock, but at that moment his voice calls to you from the other side, "Come in, Aino."

As you enter you see Professor Xavier sitting next to his desk, and it takes you a moment to realize what's different about him - he's traded in his ultra-high tech hoverchair for a simple wheelchair! "We must keep up appearances," he says, in answer to your unspoken question. "I believe you've become aware of the necessity of maintaining the facade of normality in recent weeks."

"Shut the door, please," he says as you step inside. "I wanted to talk with you about the events surrounding Magneto and the Brotherhood from two weeks past. Don't worry," he says, raising a hand as he notices a worried expression spring to your face, "I am not upset with the actions of you and the other students. At the time I was horrified to have you involved, but I have done a great deal of reflection since then."

(cont. on next page)

"I believe the time has come to cast off the "training wheels" and begin preparing your class for what the future may hold. Magneto and the other members of his Brotherhood are being held in the Vault, a facility created especially for super-powered criminals, but there may be other threats that arise - threats that require the actions of *everyone* at the school, not just the senior staff."

"You are the first of the students to be made aware of this decision, because as I have been led to believe you are somewhat of the de facto leader among your classmates." The Professor wheels himself around the desk toward you and continues.

"In any case - thank you, dear," he says as you take the handles of the wheelchair and push him along out into the hallway. "Your summer classes will be changed to reflect this, but for now, I would advise you to simply enjoy the time you have. I understand Dr. Richards will be visiting this afternoon to escort you back to the Four Freedoms building? He and I have the greatest respect for one another, and I am sure you will enjoy working with him," the Professor finishes as you wheel him out into the hall where Luke and Noah wait with their parents, holding their travel bags.

"Ah, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers, I'm glad I had the chance to talk with you before you departed." He turns his head and looks up at you, saying "You may go now, Aino," before turning back to them.


What now?

>>14890877

(by the way, this is amazing)

>>14890858
>>14890933

And for future usage, it's dice 1d100, not roll 1d100.

Secretive whispers to our girlfriends! Embarrassed that we're the de facto leader! And getting Sam to say good bye to Mister and Miss Noah.

>>14891070
Thanks, Prof!

rolled 87 = 87

muse to myself aloud but quietyly about Penguin Squad X, X Squad, X Penguins, as I rejoin Sam, Ricardo, and Clarissa while waving off the brothers, one shapechanging...the other mysterious.

"So, If you guys could have customized UMF suits, what would you want them to look like? Do you want to stay uniform yellow and blue? Would you guys want to go crazy and highlight your powers or themes?" "Why? Why not? Its good to think about these kinds of things."

so when we crashed Magneto's party, he took the gun from the guy that shot us.

Does Aino have any knowledge of WHY he would do such a thing? should we ask Xavier if we might be allowed to thank Magneto? Surely Aino isn't rude?

Science would want us to be objective, wouldn't it?

>>14891192
>>14891119

"What? What are you d-" Sam starts to say as you propel her into the Mansion, and right into Noah as he and Caleb walk out the doors with their parents in tow.

"I hate you so much," Sam whispers to you, blushing, as Mrs. Meyers steps forward.

"Oh, is this Clarissa?" she asks. "Noah and Caleb are always talking about you," she smiles, as her gold necklace reflects the sunlight.

"Uh, no, ma'am, I'm, uh," Sam sputters. "I'm not Clarissa, um-"

"This is Sam and Aino, Mom," Noah interjects, saving the girl from further embarrassment. "You remember, her family's from New York City? And Aino's from Finland."

"Finland!" the boys' mother responds. "Such a long way from home!"

"Well, ladies, it was nice meeting you both, but I'm afraid we have a long drive ahead of us," Mr. Meyers interrupts. "Come on, boys." Caleb and Noah heft up their bags and follow their dad out to the waiting station wagon.

As the remaining students wave to the car as it departs back down the lane and turns toward Salem Center, Megan gives you a curious look. "What are you asking all this stuff for? Did the Professor say something to you? About us?"

"My theme would be some kind of tuxedo like James Bond," Ricardo says, shaking the last bits of grass out of his shirt. " 'Cause I'm the ladies' man."

"Your theme would be a big 'Kick Me' sign on your back, 'cause you're a dork," Clarissa giggles.

"And Clarissa's theme could be a big bulky computer helmet, like that guy in the Avengers, Ant-Man!" Sam snickers.

"Shut up, it would not!" Clarissa huffs. "It would be like, a UMF suit covered with circuits or something. Maybe with a miniaturized wrist computer."

"So really, what's with the questions?" Megan asks.


Anything you want to say to all this?

>>14891249
I say we should ask Xavier about that incident. What did he see in Magneto's mind after he was captured?

I think that actually thanking physically isn't a good idea. A letter might be fine I guess.

>>14891249
>so when we crashed Magneto's party, he took the gun from the guy that shot us.

>Does Aino have any knowledge of WHY he would do such a thing?

You remember Magneto said that he wanted all you kids alive - being shot to death did not seem to be in his plans for the evening.

>>14891259
"I just though that we kicked ass back then. You remember, two weeks ago.
Knowing those things would be good if we ever decide to dive into heroics again, eh?"
"But yeah, I want to thank you all for the time we have shared for now. Geez, I know that summer is going to feel like eternety... We should exchange contact information so that we can see each other once in a while before returning here!"

>"Oh, is this Clarissa?" she asks. "Noah and Caleb are always talking about you,"

CRITICAL EGO DAMAGE DETECTED, INITIALIZE CONSOLATION PROTOCOL

>>14891315
FRIEND ZONED!

>>14891259
Laugh and smile enigmatically about the questions, and suggest that 'Tesla' wears a mask to make her look just like Nikola. Then laugh, walking with our friends. Sorry, maybe something with Tesla coils up and down the arms?

And hug Sam, and tell her sorry about the push. And ask them what Dr. Tachyon should look like!

>>14890877
Here is the japanese opening variant for the X-Men animated series from the 90's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiPAt8P4-14

>>14891270

fair enough, but does the SCIENCE! nerd within not want to know WHY he wanted us alive?

If Magneto had plans to use our powers somehow, should we not be allowed to know? Or try and think of ways to prevent it?

He won't be a captive forever. Even a child must know that!

"I am asking, FOR SCIENCE!"

>>14891315
WE HAVE BEST SMILE AND HUG! WE HAVE BEST ICE CREAM! WE HAVE CCA APPROVED GIRL NIGHT OUT!

THE PLAN IS SET!

>>14891376
Secconding!

rolled 6 - 1 = 5

Fuck yeah, Mutie quest!
1d10 for how many cups of coffee I'mma drink

>>14891307
>>14891315
>>14891345

"For cripes sakes, Aino, the break's only two weeks long," Ricardo says. "Don't be a baby."

"Shut up," Sam barks at him, as you wrap your arms around her. "You think he even knows I like him?" she whispers to you.

"I think it'd be pretty hard for him *not* to know," Clarissa says, standing next to the two of you awkwardly. "I mean, we're just friends. Like, they're my guy friends, not my boyfriends," she says, stumbling over something halfway between an apology and an explanation.

"What about me, babe?" Ricardo asks, insinuating himself into the conversation.

"You're just the guy we use to carry the heavy stuff," Clarissa says as she narrows her eyes at him. "Seriously, Rick, lay off with the insults-"

Clarissa's words are cut short, as a bright flash of light suddenly flares up on the lawn, momentarily brighter than the sun! For a moment you think Megan has lost control of her powers, before your light-blinded eyes make out her form off to one side!

"Robert, Elizabeth, get the children inside" the Professor begins shouting to Mr. Drake and Ms. Braddock, before a tall, lanky form emerges from the glowing rift - Dr. Reed Richards!

"Good Lord, could this finally be the place?" he asks, more to himself than anyone around him. Tapping on one of a slew of small mechanisms attached to his belt, he continues. "Chronological sensors confirm it - this is the correct timeline!"

He looks around at the stunned and dazed students before him, his eyes settle on you, and he gasps! "Aino! I've found you at last!"

As the rift seals itself and your eyes adjust, you take in his features, and notice that he seems more haggard, more worn-down, than you remember from your meeting with him a few weeks back!

<<Aino, be careful,>> the Professor's voice says to you mentally. <<There's something blocking my telepathy - it's almost as though he doesn't exist!>>

What will you do, Aino?

>>14891472
"Correct...time line?

Doctor Richards, what...happened?" Full page spread, low shot from behind Reed Richards, shock, evident on our faces, defensively standing in front of Sam, Clarissa, Megan and that annoying kid who always seems to follow us around.

>>14891472
Correct timeline? No telepathy? No promised schedules?
This can't be good.

We should converse with this man but from safe distance while being ready to fire up our powers when necessary. Note that I didn't use the word *if*.
"M-Mr. Richards. This is... Surprising."

>>14891472
We do time things. Do we have Time Senses?

If so do they feel anything off about Richards?

>>14891518
Actually, can we sense the Tachyons from him. We should be able to tell if he is a time traveler. Just close our eyes and read the way the tachyons come from him.

>time warping shennanigans

"well mister 'proffesor', surely you realise that relative time dilation through gravitation in the manipulation of zero point energy its ultimately limited insofar as you may approach true stasis to outside observers, but 'reversing' what is a relative phenomina is just as silly a concept as trying to partition a number of objects into zero groups, you cant zorg a blandersnatch."

>>14891518
I say we try to out SCIENCE this bastard.

We ask him how exactly did he open that rift in "timelines". If his excplenation doesn't make sense, we issue a warning. We have stumped MacCoy numerous times with our knowledge after all. I doubt that an imposter would have memorized every single detail of some formula but Richards on the other hand may actually forget about the matters at hand and start raving about his own genious.

>>14891472

He must be slightly out of phase! Perhaps he watched the first episode of Voyager?

If I can, freeze time, drag friends far away, position things so the brick that is Ricardo is in front of us to absorb any hits, and tell Remote to see if she can get a beat on his belt-lojacamator device. Unfreeze and say as follows.

"At last? Doctor Richards, todays date is *insert date here*, and with my powers I have given enough thought to time travel to recognize it might be full of hiccups. Perhaps you should sit down, take a breath, and we can compare order of events notes...also, you're kinda freaking me out right now so please don't be offended that I'm shouting at you from across the yard...and hiding behind this doofy acceleration brick(Ricardo),"

This is assuming I freeze time as normal. If not, "Well ****"

>>14891590
Hey, missy. CCA!

>Disheveled (Future?) Reed Richards

>Timeline jumping parallel universe shenanigans

>I bring tidings of doom from a future yet unwritten! There is no fate but what we make, etc.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST SUMMER JOB EVER!

>>14891590

>Ricardo is in front of us to absorb any hits

it amuses me that this could actualy be considered reasonable

>>14891634
Sorry...is "Shoot" an acceptable substitute?

>>14891631
After initial shock, seconded.

>>14891505
>>14891510
>>14891518
>>14891538
>>14891545
>>14891590

"You're confused," Dr. Richards starts. "That's understandable. Let me explain. I am Dr. Reed Richards, but - of course! This was the day you were to meet me, the day everything started!"

He runs a hand through his hair (grayer than you remember) and composes himself. "I am indeed Reed Richards, but I am from your future. In my past, you came to be employed by me, first as a summer intern, then later as a full-time employee, advancing the field of temporal physics at a rate that would have been impossible had you not been there!"

"But then something happened. An accident of some kind, either a miscalculation on your part or a faulty machine, but no matter what caused it, the process was... unstoppable."

"It... began to unravel the timestream, allowing small quantities of other existences to seep in. At first we thought we had contained it, but it quickly grew beyond our ability to manage. As our reality collapsed, I was able to escape... but I was the only one."

As he continues to tell his harrowing tale, your fists curl shut as you pull at the tachyon field around Dr. Richards, and while you can sense a residual disturbance of loose tachyons around him, you feel a counter-weight of T-pulses greater than anything the Danger Room ever delivered!

What now?

>>14891646
Tell me you wouldn't be freaking out and want to hide behind that which can stop a tank shell.

rolled 44 = 44

But...It's my dream job! I get to do SCIENCE! What happened, maybe we can do SCIENCE and stop it!

>>14891673
Hell, he stopped a relativistic Frisbee. But I think the explosion would kill him.

>>14891667

"Are you saying that I destroy reality by working with you? ... Buzz kill."

>>14891667
"And what do you intend to do in this timeline?..."
I suggest we 'tune' our powers so to speak. so that we will be in full power if he intends to pull off the part of terminator from a certain movie script.

>>14891667
Turn to the Professor and Point to him.
"PROFESSOR! WE NEED YOU TO SUMMON THE GREATEST SUPERSCIENCE MINDS ON EARTH HERE IMMEDIATELY, EXCEPT FOR DR. MCCOY...because he's already here......THERE IS SCIENCE AFOOT!"

Spin on my heel to point at Mirai Richards. "Would dropping your antitelepathy field fling you into the nothingness of time & space? If not, drop it so the professor and see what is what."

Spin & point at Remote & Dragonfly...yeah sure even Ricardo.

"I need supportive friend hugs now because I'm scared timeless!"

>>14891667
"But...but...a temporal resonance cascade like that would affect every single related timeline! If the timeline where the incident occurred in already sublimated back into nothing, then the only way to contain the cascade is to set up a counter-resonance, right?"

rolled 55 = 55

>>14891737
Scared Timeless. Oh, that's awesome.

>>14891667
So... don't tamper with chronotechnology that was never meant for the hand of man, just leave the higgs boson alone, etc, and we should be fine? If it's just a matter of us not turning on our time-studying large hadron collider at some future date, I say we promise to never ever run an experiment that might destroy the timeline. THE WORLD IS SAVED! That will fix things, right?

Or is all the unraveling uptime working its way back and we need to find a way to set right what has already gone wrong in the future? Do we need to prepare for an invasion of exoexistential futuremen? At the very least we should get some clearer intel on just what we were doing when we apparently borked up causality and the walls between realities.

>>14891737
>>14891750
>>14891725
>>14891728

"The first alternate reality I entered was in the throes of dispersal, as were the next two. I began to realize that as the timestream unraveled, it made calculating further jumps more and more difficult."

"I saw everyone die, my darling wife, my friends, you... Again and again I leaped through time, until I came to a reality where something else had become aware of your powers."

"I can't do that, you see," he says when you demand he lower his defenses. "I can't allow anyone to stop me," he says with finality, raising a small device shaped like a pistol and pointing it at you!

As your friends clutch you protectively, Richards shouts, "For the safety of all realities, Tachyon must die!"

A swell of yellow light emanates from the device and streams toward you!

Roll a d100 for whatever happens next! To roll, put noko dice 1d100 in the email field. The highest of three rolls decides Aino's fate!

rolled 1 = 1

>>14891842
Oh no!

rolled 20 = 20

NOT A ONE!

rolled 46 = 46

>>14891842
NOPE!

rolled 7 = 7

>>14891842
We will stop the resonance cascade, but our way!

>>14891856
>>14891868
>>14891870

rolled 93 = 93

Rolling -again-!

>>14891870
>>14891868
>>14891856
... I sure hope we have some sort of trump card to survive.

>>14891893
>My face when fifth roll is a 93.

rolled 89 = 89

I am now strongly considering seeking an internship in Latveria instead of at the Baxter Building.

sigh...shove Ricardo, Same and Clarissa out of the way, I will not see my friends take a super science shot that I don't know what it does that is meant for me.

...instead of slowing time to make a field...can...can I throw time, can I throw a ball of condensed time into this beam and disperse it...fight or flight, do or die.

Also "I can't die until I've got a PHD, in KICKING YOUR ASS!"

I should just stop rolling for this quest. I cannot even roll double digits.

>>14891903
Yeah, sorry. I rolled 20, damn it, I needed to roll higher. So...this is our ace in the hole.

>>14891914
It would be if, you know, we weren't only using the first three.

>>14891913
I AGREE!

Also, it seems our fifth and six rolls are awesome. We're good in the -second- three rolls.

It has been an honor serving with you. Screw RNG, I demand a time stop!

>>14891856
>>14891868
>>14891870

*ZZZAP!*

White-hot pain envelopes your senses as the other students involuntarily thrust their hands up to shield themselves!

You fall to the ground, stunned, unable to move, and as Sam and Clarissa drop to the ground to cradle you Ricardo steps between you and Richards, and shouts "I'm gonna kill you, old man!"

"You can't hurt me, boy," Richards says, holstering the device, just as Mr. Drake sends out a stream of ice that quickly encases the other man!

"You should all be thanking me!" Richards shouts, stretching his body in uncanny ways to free himself from Mr. Drake's amazing ice powers! "I was able to find this place, this time, the wellspring from which the destruction of reality was sprouting, and eliminate its source!"

Suddenly his shouts are cut silent by a rift in the sky over the gardens a quarter-mile from the Mansion - a rift ten times larger than the one he emerged from!

"No! They've found me!"

"Who?" Mr. Drake demands.

Richards' face drains of all color, and his harrowed eyes widen with horror.

"SENTINELS!"

>>14891856
OH NO!

>Dear diary: First day working for Dr. Richards. There is so much science to do, and I'm so excited!

>Spent most of the day getting settled in, except for the part where the boss came back from the future to kill me in order to save time itself from being destroyed at my hands. Bit bummed out by that.

>Still, there's always tomorrow! (Hopefully?)

>>14891842
>"For the safety of all realities, Tachyon must die!"
STOP!
TIME STOP TIME!

>>14891952
>"SENTINELS!"
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFff

>>14891952
THOSE AREN'T SENTINELS! THEY'RE PENGUINELS!

Also, Ow. I hope our second-three rolls are useful, at least.

rolled 30 = 30

>>14891952
WE SUMMON ALL OF OUR SUBCONCOUS WILLPOWER TO GET US BACK UP!
WE WILL STOP THIS FARCE ONCE AND FOR ALL! IF TAPPING OUR FULL POTENTIAL WOULD MAKE US COMATOSE, MAYBE EVEN KILL US, WE WOULD STILL USE IT TO PROTECT EVERYTHING WE CHERISH!!!
BRING IT ON, FIENDS OF THE FUTURE!!!

>>14891998
I'm pretty sure we just got our spine snapped by boolets.
I don't think we are able to do that.

rolled 20 = 20

*stunned inner monologue*
Science...no...science...I love science...and penguins...does my love of science really cause so much harm...can it really...no...could I have killed everyone at ever second of their existence as time unravels around us....did I...will I? The only way to kill me...but why am I still...it hurts...it all hurts....I ...I...aaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggh-(transitioning to trying to actually scream)
"AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH"

*attempt to time rage. no idea if that is a thing...just gonna scream into a time rage*

>>14891998
>>14892012
>>14891871
>>14891868
>>14891856
Despair...

rolled 34, 9, 10 = 53

>>14892017
Hang on, lemme bring the average up

this sounds like a good time to wake up, covered in sweat

See! See Richards! This is what caused the destruction! You appearing here! You killed our rolls! You caused all of this!

>>14892026
...

rolled 29 = 29

>>14892029
YES!

>>14892026

>>14892048

rolled 4 = 4

>>14892048
One last dice. Come on, lucky 100 for it just being a dream

rolled 35 = 35

>>14892029
Or a good time for us to come too still in the professor's study being told to be careful with applying our powers full onward, that discretion and care are what will guide the future, not giant leaps and bounds...the professor pulled this kinda shit in book with both Juggernaught and Prodigy.

rolled 41 = 41

So.

The time -has- been scared out of us, apparently.

>>14891856
>>14891868
>>14891871
>>14891998
>>14892012
>>14892026
>>14892048
>>14892064
We need a "You mad IN TIIIIIIIIIME" image macro.

>>14892060
>>14892017
>>14892038
ITT Probability Alteration.

rolled 87 = 87

dont worry guys, these things have a tendency to work themselv es out, nothing to worry over... right?

>>14892064

>>14891998
>>14891978
>>14891972
>>14891964

Your head spins like a turbocharged carousel as the others help you to your shaky feet. "Come on, Aino," Sam shouts defiantly. "Nail that jerk to the wall!"

Buoyed by friends on both sides and your own swelling of anger, your head clears almost instantly, and as you thrust your fists out and grasp for the timestream around you -

-

- Nothing!

"What's wrong? Freeze that sucker!" Ricardo shouts as Mr. Fantastic delivers a conductive charge through the ice to Bobby, making him cry out in pain and knocking him off his feet!

*KRSHH!*

The icy prison around him breaks open, and he holds up his hands. "Wait!" Richards cries. "I've solved the problem!" he shouts, stretching himself toward the rift, where the first giant mechanical beings emerge, larger and somehow more menacing than the Penguinel.

"Her powers have been nullified! There's no need to be here! Your very presence is affecting the timestr-"

"SUBJECT IDENTIFIED. REED RICHARDS, AKA MR. FANTASTIC. SUBJECT IS A MUTATE WANTED FOR CAUSALITY VIOLATIONS. TERMINATE ON SIGHT."

"No-" Richards' voice is cut off as a stream of energy blasts from the Sentinel's palm, vaporizing him to his bones, leaving a melted and streaming rubber skeleton stretched out over a two hundred foot swath of grass!

"SUBJECT IDENTIFIED AS THE MUTANT TACHYON NOT DETECTED. OTHER WANTED MUTANTS DETECTED. TERMINATE ON SIGHT."

What now, True Believers?

rolled 33 = 33

Rollan'.... for something I guess. I like Mutie Quest (even better than Omni) for the DM's acessability and knowledge of the spirit of the setting but my schedule kinda conflict.

brb gonna catch up

rolled 52 = 52

Neturalized?

Time scared out of us?

NEVER! TIME RESET! We snap back to when we had our powers! Yet, it will be a dangerous thing, likely -just- what the good Doctor was trying to stop.

Idiot.

rolled 73 = 73

It's funny, I've been reading these threads through the archives, and now that I actually managed to get into one, everything's' going to shit.

Ah well.

rolled 68 = 68

>>14892106
If we can move, take cover
If we can't move, lay there.

>>14892106
It's... Over...

>>14892107

Reed Richards from the future where you blow up all the realities has come back in time to stop you from ever starting the chain reaction - by stripping you of your power to control time.

Also, there are now Sentinels.

rolled 98 = 98

"Think think think think...he nullified my powers but not necesarrilly my mutation...exposure to raw time stream might kickstart something...or give me a chance to control that void and shut it off...Ricardo, I am going to jump, accelerate me toward the rift and past the sentinels, its insane, a longshot, and the only way."

"All of you, all of you are the greatest friends I have ever had. Tell everyone, tell everyone I love you all,"

>>14892150
YES!

>>14892146
What options do we -have-?
We've got no powers, no weapons...

rolled 44 = 44

>>14892150
forgot to add, on the verge of tears.

>>14892150

Can we shout "FOR PENGUIN" as we fly toward the rift?

>>14892178
>What options do we -have-?

You've got a girl that can shoot lightning, Iceman (once he's back on his feet), Ricardo who can stop bullets, a flier, a girl who can control machines, and a current-model Sentinel housed somewhere on the grounds.

Also a couple of Blackbirds. HOWEVER...

>>14892150
If people want to do this instead I am totally up for it.

>>14892186
Did anyone think we wouldn't?

>>14892150
>>14892178
I suppose we can try to run into a/the rift. At least we can't lose anything else!

rolled 46 = 46

YO MUTHAFUGGLER'S AINO THEME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpWNimba344

(not rap) Not a metal fan myself. But come on! This just screams "SCIENCE!"

*still catching up*

rolled 63 = 63

Clarissa! Lock down the sentinels! Riccardo! Get the gun he used! If it can nullify mutations, it can augment them as well! Get it to Clarissa so she can kick it into reverse! Same! Get everyone to safety!

rolled 48 = 48

>>14892191
Penguinal gets some friends! Also, Clarissa reads the guns mind and back engineers it so we get our powers back, gosh darn it!

>>14892150
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6yM4tURI2w&

I advise we at least try to fight them before we sacrifice ourselves.

>Until recently you were simply Aino Virta
> Aino Virta

>>14892208
Also, this is now Aino's theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvL9Qkgub9E

>>14892229
But it is our highest roll.

>>14892229
We're an X-Man, sometimes the only way to live is to die...then get brought back through innane ridiculous story reasons...again, and again, and again. OoOooooo! We could be time/space jesus!

rolled 85 = 85

>>14892252
Could be? WE ARE!

>>14892229
Sacrifice? We merely may end up in a different timeline. And with SCIENCE of tomorrow, we WILL find a way back!
ONWARD! TO GLORY EVERLASTING!!!

>>14892229
especially since the robot(s) apparently ignore us and aim for our friends

>>14892263
Okay, fine, we are. But that means we need our cross to hang from and our ressurection, jumping into raw time stream rift and closing it on the sentinels is an awesome thing, and think of it, now we might get involved in time/space adventures, or even marvel cosmic scale adventures. Think of it, Jack Kirby's Asgard! Or, The Doctor!

>>14892150
>>14892173
>>14892186
>>14892195

"OK, hold on," Ricardo says as he grabs your hand. "We're gonna run at it to build up speed, and then you're gonna jump, got it?"

"Aino-" he gulps. "I'm sorry for giving you so much crap. You're pretty cool."

"All right, let's do it!" he shouts, as the two of you race across the lawn, dwarfed by the giant robots that stomp closer and closer.

"Now!" he shouts, and you leap into the air like a gazelle! As his arm flings you up a jolt of power runs through you, and you streak past the head of the lead Sentinel before it can respond, plunging into the bright electric blue gulf!

Your senses reel as you tumble end over end through a void of nothingness, when suddenly you come to, as if waking from a dream!

As your vision clears, you realize you're sitting on the floor of the Mansion, near the drawing room. From beyond the doorway you can hear voices, including the Professor!

What now?

rolled 89 = 89

>>14892268
>>14892252

You're right! It's still comic book work after all. I'm voting for the sacrifice idea. Let's see where this takes us.

rolled 47 = 47

>>14892282
Jack Kirby's Asgard! OH GOD YES!

But, we'll be away from Sam and Clarissa and Megan

>>14892282
'Sup guys. What's going on in this thread?

>>14892191
Well then.
Clarissa locks down the Sentinel's weapons systems
Ricardo blocks any projectiles, or if there are none, starts firing objects at the Sentinels. Sharp objects best.
Megan arcs electricity between the Sentinels.
Sam ... evasive action is best action. Get the Sentinel's attention if at all possible and just be hard to hit.
Bobby ... can he neutralise incoming fire-based attacks? If so, focus on that. If not, freeze whichever Sentinel is closest.

And us?
We're headin' onwards to glory, FOR PENGUIN.

>>14892302

Walk into the next room.

"Hello?"

rolled 68 = 68

>>14892293
Lets use this to run out and tackle Doctor Richards...if he's there. If he's not, run into our friends arms, crying.

>>14892287
Run to the door and stop short, can I hear who he is talking to... is it me? Have I gone back in time? Can I feel my time powers? Shoot shoot shoot shoot, whet do I do next? Where am I? When am I? Was it a dream? (collapse to knees and hold head in hands) What just happened?

>>14892287
With adrenaline and panic induced haste, we crash through the doors towards those sounds like a maniac running from the law.
"DID I DO IT!?"

>From beyond the doorway you can hear voices, including the Professor! What now?

We just Walk right in.
Walk walk walk right in.
'cause we're RIGHT ON TIME.

>>14892318
We don't know if we're in the same day, let alone timeline as that.

>>14892333
Marvel Time Travel! Don't care!

burst in on everyone suddenly

"the future... refused to change"

>i dont know why, it just sounds really cool.

rolled 18 = 18

Stroll casually, meet our other self in this reality, double up on SCIENCE!

>>14892312
>>14892328
>>14892318

Scrambling to your feet, you lurch sideways, knocking a small end table over. From the other room you hear someone say "What was that?" and as you run limping toward the door you see Professor Xavier -

- but younger than you've ever seen him!

"May I help you, young lady?"

Your head buzzes as you attempt to summon control of the tachyon field, and you hear someone say "Watch out, she's fainting!"

(cont. on next page)

>>14892249
This is so Aino's theme.

>>14892380
Wait, we've gone back in time?

...We can Woo Bobby!

rolled 94 = 94

>>14892380
Rollin' fort to try to stay conscious

rolled 18 = 18

>>14892380
"What...what year is this?"
"Who are you?"
"Have you heard about mutants; humans who supposedly have superpowers?"

Shower him with questions; knowledge is POWER!

rolled 84 = 84

>>14892380
oh crap. old school xmen time. too bad we have our powers screwed up.

passout and have a very very awkward back to the future moment with DR MCCOY, except he is a gentleman that would never take advantage of a young lady.

You feel hands supporting you as you regain your feet, and as you look up you see a teenage boy with red sunglasses behind the Professor.

"Welcome to the School for Gifted Youngsters, miss," the Professor says. "I am Charles Xavier, and this is my first class of students."

>>14892403

Mein Gott im Himmel, this is going to be glorious.

>>14892415
Wonder if we'll ever get those powers back. Probably not.
Wonder what year it is.
Guess we'll never get back to where we were; gotta make the most of it.

>>14892415

>>14892380
>>14892415
"Professor? Uh oh.... Umm.... What year is it? And... you know what? This will be a lot quicker and less confusing if you just take a peek at my memories form the last thirty minutes or so. Go ahead, i don't mind."

>>14892415
Quick, summon the /co/mrades! We need their knowledge!

Her name is Aino Virta, but she hasn't been called that in a long time. She goes by Tachyon now.

She used to be a student at the Xavier School. That was a lifetime ago, before the Kelly Act and the work camps and the Sentinels.

The oversized gun she carries is a plasma rifle, based on a Reed Richards design, weaponized by the last remnants of a group called Advanced Idea Mechanics, and most recently traded on the black market for a wagonload of processed soy rations. It has to be large - there's a tiny sun inside that makes it a deadly weapon, even against Sentinels. That's good, because the robots that control this once-free nation can detect the timestream alterations that her mutant power causes, and Tachyon is one of the most wanted mutants on the continent.

The year is 2007, and robotic Sentinels control a North America where mutants are condemned from birth.

rolled 91 = 91

>>14892431
captcha ate my roll. Guess this one will get put on hold for the next issue.

We're wearing our UMF under our clothes, aren't we...this will require some explanation.

Awesome issue. Awesome awesome awesome issue.

I look forward to the look on the professor's face when we tell him, "No time to explain...no time left, you have to read my mind" and then he does. And while he does we laugh to ourself about time puns and penguins...because we still have a sense of humor and may have taken san damage from this.

rolled 31 = 31

Check wallet, Do we have photographs of:
- The X-Penguins New SuperMutant Core 7?
- Our Family?
- The Doc?
Back to the Future all over this shit.

>>14892441
Shit just got real...also, shit just got drawn by Rob Liefeld

>>14892441
If we can suggest anything, I'm gonna suggest we name our rifle 'White Death'.

rolled 4 = 4

>>14892466
+ 1 to this idea.

>>14892444
We just got shot, we lost our friends, and we lost a rather important part of our identity.
Gotta be down to half SAN at most.

"Hey Tach," Bullet says, waving you over to the jury-rigged scanner he's set up at the edge of the overhanging shelter you've come to occupy in the shadow of the ruined Daily Bugle. "Three Sentinels, about a mile from here. They're between us and the camp."

"We're *not* letting them stop us." Tesla says, as bands of lightning course up and down her arms. "Are we, Tach?"

"You know, if Clarissa was here she could be-" Bullet starts to say before Tesla cuts him off. "Well she's not! And Sam is, and that's what matters now."

"All right," Bullet says, folding the scanner back up. "If we're gonna do this it needs to be *now*. Sucks that she'll have her collar on until we get her to safety or she could just fly us all out of there."

"Everything sucks," Tesla says, holding up a clenched, sparking fist. "Everything hurts. Time to put some of that hurt on the monsters that caused this."

What now, Tachyon?

>>14892496
Hit them hard, hit them fast, minimize use of powers while possible.

>>14892496
Lock and Load.

Stand up, nod. We're gonna time freeze, Relativistic Plasma Bullet. Then we seperate oru Bubble, and allow Bullet and Tesla to charge in, to...eliminate any guards.

Our Finish Sniper Blood will do us proud.

>>14892496
Wait, when are we, again?
Is Remote dead?
Well, keep the scanner open, move towards the sentinels, staying in cover where possible.

rolled 30 = 30

>>14892496

You sly bastard(compliment, if you couldn't tell)

Snipe them out. Rollan' attack, after shotting have Bullet gracefully push us away so they can't pinpoint our location. Tesla can act as an spotter. Actually, Princess Remote should've been the one doing the spotting. Pity that. Where's Omni? Dead? Gone Darkside?

>>14892496
"Have you ever tried hacking Tesla? In the end, computer signals are just a string of ones and zeroes. ON's and OFF's. Try it out.
If it won't work, me and Bullet will take it out. Heh. We could use a penguinel right now... But that's past now. Bullet. Go and secure that ruin to the left. When I give out the signal, torpedo it's head."

>>14892522
Using powers draws sentinel aggro. Better avoid it unless we've got a route to retreat.

rolled 97 = 97

>>14892496
Go find a secure spot where we're mostly concealed in sniping position by rubble. Set up a small time-bubble, attracting the attention of the Sentinels. The others stay hidden. Once they approach our position, the others ambush them. When the sentinels turn to face the ambushers, we freeze time and open fire with the plasma rifle, using our RKV trick to accelerate the mini-solar-flare to near-luminal speeds while slowing their reactions.

Also: request information: What happened to Clarissa?

rolled 96 = 96

Fan out, Tesla, see if you can distract them by overloading what is left of the New York power grid, Bullet, I want Rooftop rubble crushing their processor cores before they turn this way. If you have to get in close, you don't make physical contact or try your powers on them again, they might be the new models with the Inertial Dampeners we heard about back in Jersey.

I'll go in low and snipe. After the initial salvo, Tesla I need a full spread Jacobs ladder when they storm us down on broadway. We have one shot, and after the fight starts...we won't have much time. End it quick, and we hit the camp. Rescue mission is go in 3...2...1

>>14892541
Seems smart. If we slow time to draw the sentinels to us, then bullet and tesla can flank them.
Pick a spot with a clear firing line, and finnish sniping power go.

rolled 61 = 61

>>14892549
This plan is great for characterization, but I'll go with >>14892541
Mine was shit really.

Wow, I step out for an hour and everything goes to shit.

We never should have entered the temporal rift.

>>14892594
You stepped out for an hour and everything went to shit over 2 hours ago.
You should never have entered that time rift.

rolled 68 = 68

>>14892594
This is an aside, a days of future past type bad future we are getting a glimpse of as readers. Real Aino is back meeting a younger professor and his first class

>too many posts to quote

"All right, we're in position," Bullet mutters into his headset. "Slow things down and get them interested in you, then we'll pick up what's left. Once that's over, hold still and I'll get us over the wall."

"Let's do it already," Tesla hisses from her perch over the reconfigured trunk of power cables snaking into a transformer.

Tachyon closes her eyes and raises a fist in front of her view, tugging delicately, nonchalantly. Then the tug becomes a grasp, and everything around her stops, as though the world was just put on pause. She releases and grabs hold again, this time in a smaller area, almost as small as when she first learned she could do this.

*WOOP WOOP WOOP*

She can hear the alarms, and two of the three Sentinels show themselves instantly, one managing to squawk out "TEMPORAL DISTURBANCE DETECTED. SIGNATURE MATCHES WANTED MUTANT TACHY-" before its head sails toward the Atlantic ocean, courtesy of Bullet's impeccable aim.

The next instant, a flare brighter than the sun engulfs the buildings a half-mile from you, as Tesla does her job. The camp's back-up generators come on for a brief moment before their energy is siphoned away, drawn into the mutant like a ravenous battery. The speakers go out with it, and Tachyon lances the second Sentinel once through the chest and a second time through its braincase with two wide beams.

"Where's the third one?" Bullet's voice crackles over his headset. "The scanner's not showing it anymore!"

What now, Tachyon?

>>14892627
Yeah, it's only a side story.
But we could have had Clarissa take control of the Sentinels before trying the time rift.

No use in complaining now...No, that's not true.
We can enter another time rift and try to make it back to when we were about to enter the time rift in our home timeline the first time and prevent ourselves from doing it.

>>14892662
Everyone stick together.
Start moving.
Keep to cover.

Slow down or Pause any position not blocked by cover - so we can't be flanked.

>>14892662
Get to higher ground and a better vantage point. Find that last Sentinel and snipe its head off.

>>14892662
Charge the prisoners, free as many as we can. Tesla, check for any electrical signal coming towards us as we work.

rolled 75 = 75

Not much time till reinforcements arrive; STOP TIME IN A 1 MILE RADIUS, tag with Tesla and hunt the remaining sentinel and have Bullet organize the prisoners for a quick GET THE FUCK OUT routine. After eliminating the Sentinel, have Bullet bounce all of us to safety.

>>14892662
"Oh god, don't tell me they finished 'Nightgrinder' prototypes..."

>>14892695
>>14892700
>>14892711

Bullet leaps from the rubble-strewn rooftop and lands with a feather's weight before racing toward Tesla, keeping himself just under the speed of sound to avoid detection from other agents around the former Big Apple. A moment later the two of them arrive next to you.

"Nice shooting," Tesla says as she draws out its residual energy, leaving it completely inert."

The next instant the two of you sail up into the air as Bullet leaps and accelerates himself over the wall of the prison camp, landing on the dirt and slowing you both instantly.

"She's inside!" Bullet says, holding up the scanner. "Unless that black marketer we paid for her ID code was lying to us."

"Let's go!" Tesla shouts, blasting a hole in the wall of the dormitory, lighting up the night with a flare of electricity. Within seconds a crowd of people poke their heads out, and Bullet races in, emerging a second later with an emaciated woman wearing a bulky electronic collar -

" -Aino!" she gasps weakly.

"No time for hugs, ladies, we've gotta jet," Bullet says as he grabs Tesla's hand with his free arm. "Tach, I can only take two people over with me. What's it gonna be?"

Well?

>>14892799
Have him take Sam and Tesla over the wall.
Let's make our own exit.

>>14892799
Lock and load again. Look around, nodding. "Tesla and Sa-Dragonfly."

Kiss Sam

Free Prisoners.

Be Dark Age Badass.

>mfw I missed Mutant Quest. Again.
>>14892808
Seconded.

>>14892799
"Take Dragonfly and Tesla! I will meet with you guys in the metro tunnels! You know the place!"

rolled 98 = 98

Grab rubble.
RKV it through two opposing walls,at right angles to the one Bullet went over, giving the prisoners two ways out of the area.
"Anyone who wants freedom, there's the door."

>>14892826
>>14892808

"Don't be too long, chief," Sam grins, lighting up her pallid face. A moment later she disappears in a blur along with Bullet and Tesla in an arc over the wall of the camp.

Taking the Bullet train is faster, but Tachyon has her own way to get over the wall. She raises one foot and puts it down in the empty air in front of her, and rises up, taking her other foot off the ground. The air molecules underneath hold as still as they can, giving her a staircase that she builds one step at a time, trotting up through the air until she reaches the top and sees the others under the awning of an abandoned convenience store.

From the top of the wall Tachyon sees what looks like a building shift, and she realizes the third Sentinel has been "playing possum", like Logan used to say, waiting for them to split up!

"MUTANTS DESIGNATED BULLET AND SAMANTHA BINH. TERMINATE ON SIGHT."

Roll a d100 for whatever you or the others do, Tachyon!

rolled 3 = 3

>>14892873
We don't have enough troops to get them to safety, without their powers they'll be as harmless as a kitty(not D&D). The Sentinels or Shock Troops would catch them açeasily and b4ring them back or ill them to set out an example.
Great distraction, I love it, LET'S DO IT!

rolled 95 = 95

>>14892902
Well scratch that. Destroy the Sentinel with our Awesum sniper skiillz.

>>14892898
this
>>14892873

>>14892915
>mfw 95

>>14892915
WE HAVE EMBRACED THE BIRTH RIGHT OF SIMO HAYHA!

rolled 88 = 88

>>14892898
Create a tight "time grid" (pic related) on sentinel. Multiple time variations (Speeding time in one cube, slowing in the other, one being stopped compleatly etc.) will fry the systems and at least confuse the fuck out of it.

rolled 14 = 14

>>14892941
hell, it would dice it. the movement of the matter's molecules at different rates would create lots of friction. If it tried to move any of its body at all, some bits would move faster, ripping themselves away from the slower bits.

I vote for the Sniping in >>14892915. Keep the time-dicing as an ace in the hole.

>>14892941
>Time grid

Well shit. That'll tear apart the atoms of ANYTHING, and we can do it in a wide area.
We pretty much are omega mutants, aren't we?

>>14892988
Remember what McCoy said all those years ago? Devastate this wind up toy.

>>14892931
>My face when I am a finn and someone ALLWAYS brings up Häyhä when talking about Finland in any way.

>>14892915
>>14892902
>>14892941
>>14892964

Tachyon takes aim in a series of slashed panels that carry all the way across a two-page spread, ending with a close up of the Sentinel's face as it cries "ALERT! PLASMA CONTAINMENT SYST-"

Below, there is a single panel spanning the remaining space.

The giant falls, silently, though its death sends a shockwave that ripples through the cloud of dust generated by its landing.

Tachyon leaps back, cushioning herself on a mass of slow air, and as she slings the plasma rifle back over her shoulder she snatches up a pair of small stones. The first is hurled at the wall, speeding up to hyperaccelerated velocity that shatters the reinforced concrete. The second she uses on the opposite wall of the camp.

As the other imprisoned mutants cautiously make their way out, some flee to the other side, and some beg you to take them with.

Bullet and Tesla argue that it's too much dead weight. Dragonfly volunteers to stay behind in place of another happy camper, but the others won't hear of that.

It's been a long day. It's been a long lifetime. But then again...

...there's always tomorrow.

>>14893017
Don't let it get you down. You have any idea how many Godfather references we Sicilians have to put up with? You're getting of easy. Take the awesomeness-by-association and run with it.

What a rollicking run we've had with this, our incredible 12th issue! So many twists and turns, ups and downs, we oughta charge admission!

We here at Mutant Quest hope you're having as much of a blast as we are! Time now to overturn the Mighty Marvel Mutant Mailbag and see what spills out!

>>14893017
AH, don't worry. It's something we've been suggesting since we made her.

>>14892415
Dear Professor,

THE HELL! Seriously, what happened at the office?

Did we just jump timelines?

Signed,
Panicked. And Loving it.

P.S. Can we change the future and be able to fix Sam's parent's marriage, get Noah to Notice Sam, and help Megan out sooner or are we never gonna see Aino's friends again?

>>14893069
Dear X.

Great issue! I guess we will follow the adventures of young Aino though, right?
Personally, I like it that way. Hopefully she get's her powers back!
But when should the next issue be released so that this cliffhanger would finally stop grinding my gears?
So exciting!

Allways faithful.
Time variant np.56

>>14893079
And I have been against it ever since it was mentioned...

>>14893088
>Dear Professor,

>THE HECK! Seriously, what happened at the office? Did we just jump timelines?

>Signed,
>Panicked. And Loving it.

>P.S. Can we change the future and be able to fix Sam's parent's marriage, get Noah to Notice Sam, and help Megan out sooner or are we never gonna see Aino's friends again?

Good questions all around, P! Allow us to cut through the murkiness like a hot adamantium claw through May Parker's apple muffins! Aino is indeed in a different when that that when which she was once in... we think. However, with our time-displaced teenager awash in the swells of alternate whens, we felt it was only fair that you be privy to some things that may yet come to pass!

Beyond that, not even Stan Lee himself can say what will transpire!

>>14893107
>Dear X.

>Great issue! I guess we will follow the adventures of young Aino though, right? Personally, I like it that way. Hopefully she get's her powers back! But when should the next issue be released so that this cliffhanger would finally stop grinding my gears? So exciting!

>Allways faithful.
>Time variant np.56

Fear not, our Trans-Atlantic friend, what you just witnessed was merely a shadow of what-might-be, a mere cherry on top of the proverbial cake that Mutant Quest has become. For now we'll continue observing, along with Uatu, all that transpires around young Aino, but don't be surprised if we spring another double feature on you!

Tomorrow is the last day this week to expect an issue, so if we can't get it to the printers in time expect the next issue no sooner than Monday. Which reminds us: due to the aforementioned fumigation of the Mutant Quest office, we'll be working out of a time-share studio with our Distinguished Competition, meaning that any issues we manage to get out for the next two weeks may not make it to the presses as early in the day as usual. We've crunched the numbers, and it looks like we might be able to get it on shelves by five p.m. New York time.

>>14893142
Dear Marvel,

It's so awesome to see a 'Days of Future Past' comic again! Even got me into this new character!

Are we ever gonna see any more of it?

-Chris and John

Prof!

Are you gonna cut out Megan and Sam and Rick and the rest of the Class that Aino was in? That was half the reason I followed this!

-Worried!

>>14893239
>Dear Marvel,

>It's so awesome to see a 'Days of Future Past' comic again! Even got me into this new character! Are we ever gonna see any more of it?

>-Chris and John

Thanks, folks! The idea came to one of our writers in a Bavarian cream-induced vision, and we all agreed it was too good to pass up! This might be the first time we've seen the all-new, all-adult Tachyon, but it may not be the last! Keep reading!

>>14893256
>Prof!

>Are you gonna cut out Megan and Sam and Rick and the rest of the Class that Aino was in? That was half the reason I followed this!

>-Worried!

Fret not, faithful follower! Aino's adventures in time may continue for the time being, but we know which side of the street our bread is buttered on!

DEAR PROF. WHICH BACK TO THE FUTURE CLARISSA LIKES BEST?

Hey!

If you're doing Days of Future Past, you doing more Age of Apocalypse universes?

-Mark Waid

It looks like we're nearing the end of this issue, ladies and gentlemen! Tune in next time for a thrilling tale of temporally-tossed treasure we like to call...

...TIMELOST - part one!

>>14893383
Oh god, please let the next issue come out quickly! I so want to find out what happened!

Ahhh... I had an amazingly good time today. I hope everyone else did too.

We can open the floor up to more questions if people have them, or just ignore the thread or whatever.

Needless to say, this is not quite the way I expected things to go, but still awesome nonetheless.

And before it gets too late, a reminder that all back issues can be read in full here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Mutant%20Quest

Pic was made at the end of this issue, but I used the TO BE CONTINUED instead.

>>14893452
Gah! I...Gah!

Seriously! -will- we get our powers back and go back to hanging out with Sam and the Gang? Can we screw around with history now that we're in the past? Oh god, why can't you run every day?

And darn if this isnt' more fun then possible.

>>14893517
Let's put it this way: there's a reason the next issue is called Timelost part 1. As for Aino's powers, well... she doesn't seem like she gives up easily!

Glad you're enjoying the fun.

>>14893564
Oh, geeze. Gah, stupid multi-issue cliff hangers!

>>14893618
But yes, I am enjoying this a lot. I just wish there was a way to read/join these faster then 'Whenever you post' they're just so much fun!

>>14893628

Oh look, some more ripples in the timestream:

http://www.fssts.fi/index.php?page=main-page

I'm...I'm a little scared, gotta admit.

Is this kinda like those comics that had Peter or the Fantastic Four meet up with Stan Lee?

>>14893776

I doubt I'll be making it to Finland anytime soon.

That idea about Stan Lee's Asgard, though...

>>14893846
Well, it's usually the character that comes to see you.

But yeah, we're in the past. Does this mean we get Kirby Circles?

>>14893913

THE POWEEEEEEEER!

>>14894066
YES! THE GREATEST POWER!d

Posting this because it's interesting.

Strangely enough, Aino already shares a tenuous connection to this story. A Marvel No-Prize to the reader that can name it!

Ah, the glory of Marvel space.

Something else besides the Dark Phoenix being sort of their teacher, I mean.

>rtchal Galaxies

A universe where the Black Panther is a member of the X-Men?

Keep in mind that these cosmic beings are distilled into forms that we can perceive. Remember, to a Transformer, Galactus looks like Unicron.

Come to think of it, I've seen a full page of panels depicting what a bunch of different races see Galactus as. Anyone who posts a copy would have my gratitude.

Oh hey, it's on his Wikipedia page.

I'll post it when this is done.

Ready for the big reveal?

Kirby circles!

Here's the Galactus POV chart.

>>14895042
Does it have something to do with time?

>>14895535

Nope!

>>14892252
>time/space jesus

You called?

>>14895584
Is it something to do with the Living Tribunal? And it's his job to end deviant dimentions, and Richard seems to have taken it on himself.

Just got a call from the office, so here's a heads-up:

No Mutant Quest until next week, when we may be on a slightly later schedule.

>>14896466

Nope, keep trying!

>>14896624
I'm going to go with 'more powerful on a cosmic scale than she realizes, and unsure of where/when she fits into the big picture.'

>>14895042
She, like the protagonist of that strip, is a female avatar for a (group) intelligence that is at least partially male. Also, Aino is going to go meta. (And is a Time Lady. Calling it now.)

Perhaps that in each tachyon affected by aino, there are, in fact, worlds and universes; Perhaps the very universes in which the side stories are occuring.

Or of course the fact that we will be learning a lesson about aspiring to higher power when our power is considerable in and of itself. Dat humility man, can you dig it?

>>14893734
I am amazed to see this. Is Aino Virta a common name for Finns?

I love the direction that today's issue has taken. Lots of twists and turns. It was refreshing to see our power met with a solid deterrent (Sentinel aggro is a fearful thing), and the new powers were nice. (Slow-airwalk is classy). In fact, I wouldn't be suprised if Magneto himself was an erstwhilst ally, helping defend mutants against Sentinel incursion. . . Strange times calling for strange measures and interesting bedfellows alike. . .

And as for Aino waking up with the first class. . . I'm a sucker for stable time loops and self-fufilling prophecies. . . Who wants to bet that we end up putting the actions into motion that get Aino recruited by Xavier, and get Aino's parent's to agree.

>>14897752
Sorry for chain-posting in a completed thread, but it's late, I missed the thread earlier, and I'm brimming with imagination at the moment. Wouldn't it be great if we ended up teaching Dr. Hank McCoy SCIENCE! Then in the future, he teaches us, so that we can teach him so that he can teach us. . . . Knowledge from nowhere!

Also, we have to play matchmaker between Jean & Scott. God only knows they can be moody, and as teens? Oh, boy. Go team friendship!

>>14897183
>>14897426

Close, but no cigar! The No-Prize continues to dangle!

>>14897752
Thanks, pal. I had a lot of fun running it.

>>14897778
Oh, just you wait!

Horray! Stable time loops!