|Marvel| Limitless Χ-Men

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The Marvel universe. It's not that different from our universe. The only difference is that the Marvel universe exists in comics and we live in reality. But its inhabitants all think they live in a reality, not a comic (unless you're a certain "merc with a mouth" who likes to break the fourth wall), so how do you know that your life isn't a comic book? Right now, some blue skinned, four-mouthed, thirteen-armed little alien boy could have all three of his eyes focused on the comic page in front of him, watching the panel where you sit on your computer and read this thread, looking at your thought bubbles as you think about the complete and utter bullshit that you're reading right now. Then, with the flick of one of his claws, he closes the comic book, hoping to continue your adventure in the next issue.​

But that's completely pointless to where I'm going so save the philosophical mind**** you just had for the next issue.​

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The world has several teams of superheroes, the most famous being the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and, of course, the X-Men. Ah, the X-Men. The most controversial of the heroic teams. The X-Men's roster is all mutants, or Homo Superior. Due to a sudden leap in evolution centuries ago, a fraction of humanity is born with the "X-Gene," an enhanced genome that gives the person superpowers, usually developing during puberty. Changelings are a predecessor to mutants, developing their powers at birth, not puberty, but are mutants nonetheless. Mutants are the minority, often persecuted and feared by normal humans. In order to stop the hatred, Professor Charles Xavier --world-renowned geneticist, scientist, scholar, and mutant-- formed the X-Men.​

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Professor X believes humans and mutants can coexist peacefully. To this end, he founded the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning to teach young mutants how to control their powers and use them for humanity's benefit. His first group of students included Scott "Slim" Summers, more famously known as Cyclops. The school, nicknamed the X-Mansion, is also the secret base for the X-Men. One of the X-Men's greatest enemies is Magneto, who believes mutants are superior to humans. To this end, Magneto founded the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men's evil counterpart. The Brotherhood are the X-Men's most frequent enemies.​

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The X-Men have had many extraordinary adventures, ranging from political to local to interstellar. One of the most common adventures is traveling to alternate realities, usually unwillingly. ​

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In order to deal with the rising number of mutant students, Professor X developed the Squad System. An older X-Men (usually a graduate from the school) mentors a group of students and teaches them how to work as a team and use their powers. There are many squads, but we will focus on just two, alright?​

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Cyclops leads one squad and calls his team X-Force. Julian Keller, codenamed Hellion, is a recent graduate and mentors another squad called the Paragons.​

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When two unbelievably powerful mutants arrive from a different dimension, both X-Men and the Brotherhood will fight for control of them. But when all X-Men, minus X-Force and the Paragons, disappear, do these mutants have anything to do with it? When a mutant-related disaster turns the country -and possibly the world- against mutants, especially X-Men, will the youngest students push past their limits and save humanity? Will X-Force and the Paragons go their separate ways, or band together to search for the missing mutants and find the true culprit behind the catastrophe? And what will happen with the Brotherhood and the two new mutants? This story starts during a training session shortly before these events unfold. Do you have what it takes to be an X-Men? Are you able to surpass your limits and be a hero? Do you have the X factor?​

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OOC Thread for Discussion, Rules, and Character Information found here.​

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