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An update from yesterday
Jul. 14th, 2024 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xp_bevatronFirstly, Liam and Catseye are returned to the mansion and recovering from their ordeal. It appears that they were targeted for kidnapping while at Central Park due to their visible mutant status. They were then transported to the Adirondacks for some manner of ritual combined with a "Most Dangerous Game" livestreamed hunt involving failed reality star Ulysses Bloodstone.
Bloodstone himself does not appear to be the one behind the magical aspect of the hunt - that was organized by his wife Verussa, who unfortunately seems to have escaped amidst the chaos. The focus of the ritual was an artefact - a ruby red stone not dissimilar from Illyana Rasputin's bloodstones. The similarity seems to be coincidental, though, as there is no apparent connection between them.
Approximately a dozen other visibly feral mutants of a variety of morphological types (rabbit, insect, et cetera) were also abducted from around the tri-state area and provided as prey for the hunters. The magic involved seems to have distorted the perception of the 'hunters', causing the prey to appear more bestial than their actual appearance.
The X-Men were able to intervene before any of the mutants could be murdered, and they were all brought back to the mansion in order to have their injuries treated (the more severe ones were transported to the emergency room). Some of the victims are still at the mansion while transportation home is coordinated.
SHIELD, the FBI, and local authorities were alerted as to the situation and had taken Bloodstone into custody for questioning regarding the human trafficking attacks as of our departure from the area.
Bloodstone himself does not appear to be the one behind the magical aspect of the hunt - that was organized by his wife Verussa, who unfortunately seems to have escaped amidst the chaos. The focus of the ritual was an artefact - a ruby red stone not dissimilar from Illyana Rasputin's bloodstones. The similarity seems to be coincidental, though, as there is no apparent connection between them.
Approximately a dozen other visibly feral mutants of a variety of morphological types (rabbit, insect, et cetera) were also abducted from around the tri-state area and provided as prey for the hunters. The magic involved seems to have distorted the perception of the 'hunters', causing the prey to appear more bestial than their actual appearance.
The X-Men were able to intervene before any of the mutants could be murdered, and they were all brought back to the mansion in order to have their injuries treated (the more severe ones were transported to the emergency room). Some of the victims are still at the mansion while transportation home is coordinated.
SHIELD, the FBI, and local authorities were alerted as to the situation and had taken Bloodstone into custody for questioning regarding the human trafficking attacks as of our departure from the area.
