In The Balance
| 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 |
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Contents
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
Plot Summary
A group of the captured mutants, deemed to be "terrorists" by the Genoshans, are transported to the Citadel prison and introduced to the warden.
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.
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.
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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.
