In late 2016, a series of thefts are committed at high security science facilities, with massive holes blown right through concrete walls and people left dead on scene. Cerebro detects the presence of two mutants at these thefts: one is Jack Winters, aka Jack O'Diamonds, a career criminal, and the other is 15-year-old Scott Summers, an orphan runaway who was picked up by Jack's gang.
The X-Men are deployed to the next scene, where Scott tries to keep them off by blasting the ceiling (dropping rubble into their path) or firing near but not directly at the X-Men. Once they convince Scott to quit attacking**, they learn that he's only trying to stop them because he's scared that Jack will kill them, like he's killed anyone else who's interfered with his crimes. The X-Men reassure him that they can handle this, and go to confront Jack.
Jack is a low-level telepath who can compel people to do what he wants, which is how he's been controlling his gang of thieves (human but armed with guns). Once the X-Men deal with his gang, Jack transforms his body into a super strong, super durable diamond form. He can't compel people in this form, but he's impervious to telepathic assault. The X-Men defeat Jack** with the help of Scott. Professor Xavier offers him a spot with the X-Men, and Scott accepts because he has no one to take care of him anymore 😌
**however your character would handle this situation... open to ideas!
empataManuel de la Rocha (Empath)Date: 2025-01-12 12:06 am (UTC)
HI HELLO.
From my end, Manuel's instinct would be to turn the gang of armed thieves against each other. Get them all riled up and fighting among themselves so the team can focus on Jack. Who he can't do shit against anyway. 😌 You guys have got this, right?
With regard to Scott himself, Manuel would've immediately clocked Scott's emotions and intentions. So he could've pushed for the team to try talking to him instead. Also on hand to do some subtle emotional pushing to getting him calmer and more willing to listen to a bunch of strangers, but would've backed off on that front if given the look from Emma or Kurt.
(ALSO, working on getting this added to the calendar! Thank you for your patience~)
seeingredscott summers ⊗ cyclopsDate: 2025-01-12 01:02 am (UTC)
scott having spent weeks watching this man mind control people and then being rescued by people who also deploy something that looks like mind control...
i love this. 🥺 even as a 15-year-old, scott was pretty stoic on the outside so i think it helped A LOT that manny was able to see his fear and worry and turn it down so scott would listen to them
empataManuel de la Rocha (Empath)Date: 2025-01-12 02:19 am (UTC)
It's deeply unfortunate for Scott that 1/3 of the original team is morally gray people with mental powers. SORRY, BUD.
♥ :'))) Baby Scott. However he feels about Manny's powers later down the line, I could see where it'd be a big help in that moment, yeah. He had some big emotional hurdles to get over. And even Manny can genuinely empathize with a scared mutant kid in a terrible situation, so he was glad it shook out the way it did.
frost_queenEmma Frost ♕ White QueenDate: 2025-01-12 12:14 am (UTC)
omg I thought I had commented on this but APPARENTLY not. Emma would focus on Jack while he wasn't in diamond form in an attempt to out-telepath him, after which, much like Manny, she's not SUPER helpful. It's fine. Poor Scott :( she would try to be reassuring (and would of course immediately be poking around in his brain, sorry)
seeingredscott summers ⊗ cyclopsDate: 2025-01-12 01:17 am (UTC)
emma is a much more powerful telepath than jack which may be why he ends up swapping to diamond form and punching. (his diamond form is also probably less powerful than emma's hypothetical diamond form just so we can say the others can kick him around better 😌 moissanite form)
oh boy, scott's brain. idk how deeply emma can/would go, but he had amnesia and frequent blackouts in his recent history, and was abused and manipulated for weeks by jack. for more prevalent surface thoughts, it might stand out how much scott doesn't want anyone to get hurt or die, including the x-men and jack and the armed mooks
frost_queenEmma Frost ♕ White QueenDate: 2025-01-12 01:22 am (UTC)
Lmfaooo, this man is going to get beat up. Also, Emma will spike the shit out of his brain once she can and sees what he's been up to with Scott 😌 he's theirs now, thanks!! I imagine she will go a bit up in there just to have a better idea of what's going on (and she's significantly less respectful of stranger's brains lol)
blauerdamonkurt wagner ⚔️ nightcrawlerDate: 2025-01-12 06:31 am (UTC)
ALRIGHT SO, one of the earliest missions where Kurt was the leader.
During the situation where Scott was trying to stop them, Kurt was teleporting himself and teammates around to keep them safe and get them closer to Scott. (Their first game of cat chasing a laser pointer.) He was definitely trying to stop any harm coming to this kid, especially with Manny and Emma giving him info that Scott was not a malicious threat.
Maybe (not necessary) he teleported Scott himself to safety when something was collapsing above him by accident??? Which could have built more trust with these strangers.
Dealing with mediocre diamond man, Kurt probably tried to teleport him vertically to drop him which is one of the hardest teleport moves he can do. Managed a 30ish foot drop, this will get better as he grows up.
Once Scott was brought to the mansion Kurt was constantly hovering over him, giving him a tour, asking too many questions (but not enough about how Scott's powers work, which will be a regret later with the sleep issue thing).
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PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
The X-Men are deployed to the next scene, where Scott tries to keep them off by blasting the ceiling (dropping rubble into their path) or firing near but not directly at the X-Men. Once they convince Scott to quit attacking**, they learn that he's only trying to stop them because he's scared that Jack will kill them, like he's killed anyone else who's interfered with his crimes. The X-Men reassure him that they can handle this, and go to confront Jack.
Jack is a low-level telepath who can compel people to do what he wants, which is how he's been controlling his gang of thieves (human but armed with guns). Once the X-Men deal with his gang, Jack transforms his body into a super strong, super durable diamond form. He can't compel people in this form, but he's impervious to telepathic assault. The X-Men defeat Jack** with the help of Scott. Professor Xavier offers him a spot with the X-Men, and Scott accepts because he has no one to take care of him anymore 😌
**however your character would handle this situation... open to ideas!
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
From my end, Manuel's instinct would be to turn the gang of armed thieves against each other. Get them all riled up and fighting among themselves so the team can focus on Jack. Who he can't do shit against anyway. 😌 You guys have got this, right?
With regard to Scott himself, Manuel would've immediately clocked Scott's emotions and intentions. So he could've pushed for the team to try talking to him instead. Also on hand to do some subtle emotional pushing to getting him calmer and more willing to listen to a bunch of strangers, but would've backed off on that front if given the look from Emma or Kurt.
(ALSO, working on getting this added to the calendar! Thank you for your patience~)
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
i love this. 🥺 even as a 15-year-old, scott was pretty stoic on the outside so i think it helped A LOT that manny was able to see his fear and worry and turn it down so scott would listen to them
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
♥ :'))) Baby Scott. However he feels about Manny's powers later down the line, I could see where it'd be a big help in that moment, yeah. He had some big emotional hurdles to get over. And even Manny can genuinely empathize with a scared mutant kid in a terrible situation, so he was glad it shook out the way it did.
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
oh boy, scott's brain. idk how deeply emma can/would go, but he had amnesia and frequent blackouts in his recent history, and was abused and manipulated for weeks by jack. for more prevalent surface thoughts, it might stand out how much scott doesn't want anyone to get hurt or die, including the x-men and jack and the armed mooks
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
He's a good boy :((((
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
The tag for the IC community is plot: jack o'diamonds.
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
Re: PRE-GAME PLOTS: Jack O'Diamonds
During the situation where Scott was trying to stop them, Kurt was teleporting himself and teammates around to keep them safe and get them closer to Scott. (Their first game of cat chasing a laser pointer.) He was definitely trying to stop any harm coming to this kid, especially with Manny and Emma giving him info that Scott was not a malicious threat.
Maybe (not necessary) he teleported Scott himself to safety when something was collapsing above him by accident??? Which could have built more trust with these strangers.
Dealing with mediocre diamond man, Kurt probably tried to teleport him vertically to drop him which is one of the hardest teleport moves he can do. Managed a 30ish foot drop, this will get better as he grows up.
Once Scott was brought to the mansion Kurt was constantly hovering over him, giving him a tour, asking too many questions (but not enough about how Scott's powers work, which will be a regret later with the sleep issue thing).