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A group of the captured mutants, deemed to be "terrorists" by the Genoshans, are transported to the Citadel prison and introduced to the warden.  
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Following the [[The End of the Beginning|ambush]], a group of the captured mutants, deemed to be "terrorists" by the Genoshans, were transported to the Citadel prison and introduced to the warden. Following a 'welcome' by the Warden, Elias Wittcombe, they were mixed with the other political prisoners held there.  
  
In prison, Remy, Marie-Ange, Haller and Scott play cards and discuss their incarceration and strategy; Doug is interrogated but refuses to provide the 'right' answers; Terry is brought into Doug's interrogation and the both of them are tortured; Lex, Sarah and Tabitha meet the ex-President of Genosha in the prison yard and he provides insight on how the prison system works and why it works the way it does; Amanda and Korvus are interrogated separately, but are treated to 'good-cop' persuasion methods because of their countries of origin; Scott asks Haller about Jean, and Haller admits to being the cause of Jean's projected emotions down the couple's link when he saw Betsy during the fight.  
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The interrogations began shortly after: Doug was interrogated but refuses to provide the 'right' answers, resulting in Terry being brought into Doug's interrogation and the both of them tortured; Amanda and Korvus were interrogated separately, but were treated to 'good-cop' persuasion methods because of their countries of origin.
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In the exercise yard, Lex, Sarah and Tabitha met the ex-President of Genosha - claimed to have died five years before in a helicoptere crash - and he provided insight on how the prison system worked and why it worked the way it did. Scott asked Haller about Jean, and Haller admits to being the cause of Jean's projected emotions down the couple's link when he saw Betsy during the fight.  
  
 
Amanda's interrogator tries to talk to her again but she declines outright to cooperate; At the top of the Citadel, Sarah Morlocke is treated to a personalized interrogation method.
 
Amanda's interrogator tries to talk to her again but she declines outright to cooperate; At the top of the Citadel, Sarah Morlocke is treated to a personalized interrogation method.

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PHASE 1


Part 9 of the Genosha Arc - In The Balance
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Dates run: May 25 - June 2, 2012
Run By: Dex
Read the logs: In The Balance


Knowing it was all part of the plan didn't make it taste any less like ash in his mouth as he drank down his reward for being a good boy.



Cast

Scott Summers, Korvus Rook'shir, Remy LeBeau, Sarah Morlocke, Marie-Ange Colbert, Clarice Ferguson, Amanda Sefton, Theresa Cassidy, Doug Ramsey, David Haller, Tabitha Smith, Vance Astrovik, Alexander Lexington

Tam Anderson, Elias Wittcombe, Magistrate Braddock, Former Genoshan President Okim Etunfunwa

Timing

May 25 - June 2, 2012

Plot Summary

Following the ambush, a group of the captured mutants, deemed to be "terrorists" by the Genoshans, were transported to the Citadel prison and introduced to the warden. Following a 'welcome' by the Warden, Elias Wittcombe, they were mixed with the other political prisoners held there.

The interrogations began shortly after: Doug was interrogated but refuses to provide the 'right' answers, resulting in Terry being brought into Doug's interrogation and the both of them tortured; Amanda and Korvus were interrogated separately, but were treated to 'good-cop' persuasion methods because of their countries of origin.

In the exercise yard, Lex, Sarah and Tabitha met the ex-President of Genosha - claimed to have died five years before in a helicoptere crash - and he provided insight on how the prison system worked and why it worked the way it did. Scott asked Haller about Jean, and Haller admits to being the cause of Jean's projected emotions down the couple's link when he saw Betsy during the fight.

Amanda's interrogator tries to talk to her again but she declines outright to cooperate; At the top of the Citadel, Sarah Morlocke is treated to a personalized interrogation method.

Clarice is interrogated and she talks, but it is not truthful or serious; Remy is interrogated and an offer is presented; Lex begins with the good cop routine and frustrates his interrogator.

Haller is questioned and his mental state causes an attempt to medicate him. His responses provokes a rather share reaction; Marie-Ange is next and is very cooperative; Haller unexpectedly finds himself in his second interrogation of the day.

Doug is interrogated again, and this time he's far more cooperative; after time in solitary, Tabitha is questioned and proves a tough nut to crack until the threats begin; Lex's interrogation turns violent; Terry cracks and tells her interrogator of an escape plan; Scott's interrogation reveals the truth of Haller's paternity and Scott feels betrayed that Charles didn't tell him.

The breakout attempt begins, with Haller and Korvus staging a fight and Tabitha lifting a key card from the guard who goes to break it up, before passing the card to Marie-Ange; Marie-Ange, Lex, Scott, Doug and Clarice provide a distraction in the form of a chemical fire after breaking into a store room; Amanda, Remy, Sarah and Terry fight their way to the guard security office; bringing up the rear, Korvus, Doug and Clarice have to stop, with Clarice too broken emotionally to go on; the escape fails when Sarah and Amanda are betrayed by Remy and detained, with Sarah attacking Remy and stabbing him with a bone knife in the leg, but Remy's identity as Gambit means Wittecombe reneges on the deal; with Remy in solitary and Sarah hauled off for the mutate process, the remaining prisoners end up fighting among themselves, with the guards pleased to see the group's cohesion broken; later, Amanda teleports into Scott's cell, revealing her magic is still accessible, and they discuss the plan as it stands so far; Doug reflects on his part in the plan and the balance of personal over important.

Related Links

Genosha

Jenny Ransome

Phillip Moreau

The Citadel

Genosha Arc


External Links

In The Balance

Trivia and Meta

Trivia

IC notes stemming from the plot. Eg: "As a result of this Character A developed a crippling fear of ottomans".

Meta

Plotrunner: Dex

This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline X-Tinction Agenda.