X-Men 2020 Role-Playing Records
The following is the story in Air Raiser's X-Men 2020 RP at http://www.oocities.org/the2020rp/.

This role playing thread invovles the interaction betweenParadox and Aimee and her family between October 29th and the November 5th. It's continued in Paradox and Aimee Part II.

NOTE: Not every single posting was copied into this file. Only the posts that actually added to the plot line where added. Most of the Out Of Character (OOC) comments have been eliminated to save space. Some of the text as been changed to combine two or more different threads. If you have any problems with with this notify me, Sirah at the2020rp@yahoo.ca



Posted by Aimee on 11/6/2001, 4:21 pm
She blinks, just then realizing that she'd let that whole thought process slip, and then giggles. "~Really?~"

Posted by Paradox on 11/6/2001, 4:25 pm
He nods. ~ He was one strange kid.~

Posted by Aimee on 11/6/2001, 4:33 pm
More laughter, and Aimee 'looks' back to where her family is. "Oh, I think they found out I was missing..." she comments to no one in particular, then to Mirage and Paradox "Wanna come meet them?"

Posted by Mirage and Paradox on 11/6/2001, 4:38 pm
The two exchange glances. Mirage is the first one to look away. "Sure." She says, snapping back to her blond human form.
Paradox nods, not looking as thrilled about the idea as Mirage.

Posted by Aimee on 11/6/2001, 4:49 pm
She grins and turns to lead the two toward her mother and sisters. "Don't worry, they're used to different people." she assures both of them on the way, realizing that Mirage had shifted to human for her family's sake.

Posted by Paradox on 11/6/2001, 5:03 pm
~ I don't think they're used to people quite as different as me.. Paradox mutters in the mental version of under his breath.
Mirage gives him a friendly poke.

Posted by Aimee on 11/6/200, 5:06 pm
She smiles ~Well, how did Mom react to you? After the initial shock, that is...~

Posted by Paradox on 11/6/2001, 5:21 pm
~ Curiousity, and a little aphrehension..~ He admits. ~ But I don't usually get all that great of a reaction from people under the age of fifteen...~ He says, remembering how badly he had scared Kat.

Posted by Aimee on 11/6/2001, 5:27 pm
She cocks her head ~The twins really shouldn't be a problem.~ she assures him warmly, with a trace of amusement coloring her reply ~Infact, I'm tempted to keep you hidden to save you from their enthusiasm!~ she giggles. They were nearing the clearing, so she strides ahead calmly.

Posted by Paradox on 11/6/2001, 5:34 pm
~ Well, maybe I'll stay back here then.. He flashed another one of his half smiles, this one is semi-sheepish.
"You wuss!" Mirage says, moving behind him and pushing his huge form the last few steps into the clearing. Paradox let's her do it, there was no way the thin cat mutant would have managed on her own.

Posted by Aimee and Family on 11/6/2001, 5:49 pm
She grins, looking back at them, then runs up to her mother ~Hey Mom! Guess what!~ she doesn't realize that she's mindspeaking untill her mother blinks at her in surprise "What?" then she sees the two at the edge of the clearing and blinks again "Oh," she glances at her eldest daughter, one eyebrow rised in question. Aimee giggles "I wanted you guys to meet them!" she turns and grins at the twins as they dash foreward to meet her new friends "He's Paradox, and the girl is Mirage..." she realizes that she's sending both her mother and the twins the information telepathically as well as verbally, and smiles at her doubly surprised mother.
The twins run up to Mirage, then Paradox and start babbling about how cool he looks and how they wished they could look as cool as him and wow could he fly with those wings and ofcourse he could fly, even mom can fly... the chatter of hyperactive ten year olds.

Posted by Paradox and Mirage on 11/6/2001, 5:57 pm
Mirage grins, used to living in Xavier's insitute surrounded by hyper teens.
Paradox looks faintly overwelmed. None of his cousin's were this young, and he'd been living in the forst for a long time. He pays careful attention to his tail. The last thing he wanted to do was accidently chop one of the ten year olds in half. ~ Um, yeah...~ Is his rather stunned sounding reply.

Posted by Aimee and family on 11/6/2001, 6:04 pm
They both giggle and tell him their life stroy... sort of. Each twin seems to remember every detail differently and it turns into a small arguement that ends in each twin shifting to whatever animal they thought would win. A second later, they looked like a confused jumble of tiger and wolf.
Aimee rolls her eyes and sighs and their mother looks at them resignedly.

Posted by Mirage on 11/6/2001, 6:08 pm
She giggles, Paradox just looks bewildered.

Posted by the family on 11/6/2001, 6:20 pm
The twins blink and assorted paws and tails twitch, then they're back to normal and looking very sheepish. "Oops..." they say in unison.

Posted by Mirage on 11/6/2001, 6:24 pm
She laughs both at Paradox and the twins.

Posted by the family on 11/6/2001, 6:32 pm
The twins suddenly blink and look at eachother, a huge grin on both faces.
Aimee starts to worry, knowing them too well to take the expression lightely Uhoh... this looks dangerous...

Posted by Mirage on 11/6/2001, 6:34 pm
She raises an eyebrow in amusement. She thought she knew that look. She'd seen it often enough on Kat's face.
Paradox too knows that look, though more by it's presence on Mirage's face then anything else.

Posted by The twins on 11/6/2001, 6:48 pm
The two girls close their eyes. They shimmer slightly, like a mirage, then they're the two glowing, floating balls again, connected by a strand of irridescent thread. A moment later, the blobes shimmer again and coalesce into a form, about as tall as Mirage, but slightly heftier. The form solidifies...
Into an almost exact, though much smaller and more femenin version of Paradox.

Posted by Mirage and Paradox on 11/6/2001, 6:53 pm
Mirage quite litterally falls over laughing. Giggling like mad on her position on the forest floor she shifts back into her natural green fured form.
Paradox goes red, or at least he would have if his fur wasn't black. The embaressment he's feeling is seen through the sudden heat in the air as the flame that usually lies across his spine flares into existance. The flames just barely flicker, but when one's standing close, it's easily felt.

Posted by The twins on 11/6/2001, 7:09 pm
The twins-Paradox-double blink at the flame that they hadn't noticed before, and a smaller one slides down their spine. They giggle, the oddly double sound comming from a single throat.

Posted by Mirage and Paradox on 11/6/2001, 7:11 pm
Mirage can't stop giggling, but she manages to gasp out. "Look Paradox, you have a fan club!"
Paradox ears flick back sheepishly.

Posted by The twins on 11/6/2001, 7:15 pm
They giggle again and swish their tail back and forth playfully.

Posted by Paradox on 11/6/2001, 7:18 pm
He looks faintly disturbed. "Watch where you swing that thing."
Mirage stops giggling long enough to make a comment. "Who has what?" She asks, wondering who had control of say, the legs?

Posted by the twins on 11/6/2001, 7:26 pm
The Paradox clone blinks "We both do." one twin says, then the other adds "We have to keep cooperating even when we're in-shift..." and the other finishes "...because if we don't we turn back into a mess again." it's strange hearing two voices, even if they're very close, comming out of the same mouth. And even stranger with the fact that the real Paradox doesn't speak with his mouth at all.

Posted by Mirage on 11/6/2001, 7:33 pm
"That must make things interesting." She says with a smile.

Posted by The twins on 11/6/2001, 7:39 pm
They nod and answer in unison "Yeah, but it's kinda fun... like if I wanna swish our tail..." the other finishes "I know about it already and agree!" the tail swishes, but they take Paradox's warning to heart and the swish is barely more than a twitch.

Posted by Paradox and Mirage on 11/6/2001, 10:24 pm
Mirage raises her eyebrows. "Interesting." She says with a laugh. "I'm glad there's only one of me, I had enough trouble getting the shifting down as it was!"
The fire on Paradox's back begins to disappear as his embaressment lessens.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 4:26 pm
The Paradox clone nods again and the twins cock their head "Are you a Half-shifter or a full shifter?" one asks curiously.

Posted by Mirage on 11/7/2001, 4:45 pm
"Full." She says promptly, shifting through her blond human form and back in a half second. She grins impishly.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 5:33 pm
They look a little confused "But that was only a half shift... Mom can do that. Sort of..." they cock their head.

Posted by Mirage on 11/7/2001, 5:22 pm
She shrugs. "I"m a very lazy shifter." She grins.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 5:39 pm
They only look confused, but they shrug and accept her answer.
The glance at Paradox and notice his flame's reduced size "Why does it do that?"

Posted by Paraox on 11/7/2001, 5:42 pm
He looks around, as if trying to figure out what their talking about. He sees the flame on his back that's almost completely out. ~ I turned it off. I have this nasty tendency of setting things on fire...~

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 5:50 pm
They giggle "Really?" they look at the flame on their back and then blink and look back at Paradox again curiously "Why don't you talk?"

Posted by Paradox on 11/7/2001, 5:57 pm
He contimplates giving them a demonstration, but decides against it. He didn't want them trying to immatate his tounge and ending up in a mess. ~ I can't. He says simply.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 6:33 pm
They cock their head "Is that why you only thought speak? Daddy can thought speak but he can talk normally too." they state.

Posted by Paradox on 11/7/2001, 6:38 pm
He nods silently.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 6:49 pm
They pause, then grin and poke Paradox "You're it." and dash off to the other side of the clearing and look back to see if he's chasing, wings opening and ready for take off.

Posted by Paradox on 11/7/2001, 6:59 pm
He blinks, completely surprised. Then he half grins and lightly taps Mirage with one of his six fingered hands. ~ You're it!~ He says before speeding off.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 7:10 pm
They giggle in unison at Paradox and hop a little ways away, watching Mirage to see what she'll do.

Posted by Mirage on 11/7/2001, 7:17 pm
She pouts for a moment. "Not fair!" It doesn't look like she's going to do anything and that the game will end there. Then with one quick movement she gives Aimee a tap shouting ,"You're it!" before scampering away.

Posted by Aimee and the twins on 11/7/2001, 7:27 pm
The twins roll on the ground giggling. Good thing they put their fire out to play...
Aimee blinks ~Huh?!~ then grins misheviously, looking at her mom, who backs up a step "Don't even think about it." and folds her arms, settling down to watch. Aimee sighs and looks out over the clearing, then grins and sneaks up to the still giggling twins-Paradox-double. "Tag! You're it!" and dashes off. The twins blink and sit up, looking atound "Hey, that's not fair!" but they scramble to their feet and charge in the toward Mirage.

Posted by Mirage on 11/7/2001, 7:32 pm
She zips up the nearest tree and clings to some of the upper branches. If she had done this right the Paradox clone below her couldn't get at her from the air because the branches were too close together and they couldn't climb after her because the branches wouldn't take their wait.

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 7:43 pm
They try anyway, batting at the branches in their way. After a second to two they give up and dive for Paradox, grinning broadly.

Posted by Paradox on 11/7/2001, 7:47 pm
He tries to get out of the way, but he ends up embedding his tail in a tree again. ~Gah!~

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 7:57 pm
They giggle and pounce him "Tag!" then leap off and bound away.

Posted by Paradox on 11/7/2001, 8:03 pm
He flicks his tail out of the tree, making sure that everyone is well out of range first, then goes zipping towards the tree Mirage is in and stands below it. Mirage sticks her tounge out at him. If the much smaller twins couldn't get at her there was no way Paradox could.
Paradox smiles his half smile. Using his telekenisus he starts shaking the tree. Mirage looses her grip and plumits towards the ground. Paradox swoops underneath her and catches her like the hero of a movie catching his female co-star. ~You're it!~ He says, dropping Mirage off on the ground.
Mirage looks like she doesn't know whether to smack Paradox or start laughing.

Posted by Aimee and the twins on 11/7/2001, 8:07 pm
The twins are giggling again, and Aimee joins them in laughter. The twins-Paradox-double scampers up and zips around a tree, hiding behind it, still giggling.

Posted by Mirage on 11/7/2001, 8:11 pm
She sneaks silently after the twins, popping up around the edge of the trunk..

Posted by The twins on 11/7/2001, 8:14 pm
They squeak and move to the other side of the tree, keeping it between her and them.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 10:17 am
She tries running around the tree after them, watching for a glance of the bladed tail.
Paradox watches with amusement from the other side of the clearing.

Posted by The twins on 11/8/2001, 3:51 pm
They giggle and run in the opposite direction around the tree. Their tail whips clumsily around and embeds itself in the tree, very much the way Paradox's had. "Aye!" they yelp and try to tug it free before Mirage reaches them.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 4:49 pm
She tags them, watching to make sure that the bladed tail doesn't whip out and embed it's self in her.

Posted by The twins on 11/8/2001, 4:52 pm
They jump when she touches them and struggle fiercely to free themselves. After a final mighty jerk, their tail comes free and they bound off, giggling and looking for someone else to tag.

Posted by Paradox on 11/8/2001, 5:11 pm
He watches from a short disance away.
Mirage stands swaying slightly. A bit dizzy from having gone around the tree trunck so many times.

Posted by The twins on 11/8/2001, 5:26 pm
They grin and make a dive for Mirage, then swerve and go for Paradox.

Posted by The Two on 11/8/2001, 5:31 pm
Mirage is still too dizy to really notice that someone is coming after her.
Paradox runs away, moving easily on all fours.

Posted by The twins and Aimee on 11/8/2001, 5:45 pm , in reply to "Re: (no subject)"
They make a pouty face, then shrug and stroll back to Mirage, standing close enough to touch, looking thoughtful. Then they look around and spot their sister standing a little ways away and grin, leaping toward her.
Aimee starts running, and squeaks at her twin sisters as they swiftly close the gap and tag her. She laughs and they tumble away out of reach. Aimee glances around the clearing, spots Mirage and skips over to her, reaching out for a tag.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 5:55 pm
The green mutant blink as she realizes that Aimee is coming to tag her. She tries to run off, but it ends up as a kind of dizzy stumble.

Posted by Aimee and the twins on 11/8/2001, 6:00 pm
She grins and is about to reach Mirage and tag her, but she stumbles herself and oofs into Mirage instead, ending up in a tangled heap, giggling hysterically.
The twins fall to the ground and laugh at the tangle of arms and legs that were their sister and the green kitty girl.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 6:04 pm
She's laughing too as she tries to untangle herself. "At least I know what's me." She says with a giggle. "Everything that's green!"
Paradox trots over, smiling his half smile. He had to admit, it was pretty funny.

Posted by Aimee on 11/8/2001, 6:11 pm
She keeps giggling, struggling weakly to dislodge herself from Mirage. When they're safely apart, she grins and reaches out with one finger to tag her. "You're it." and rolls away, giggling again.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 6:16 pm
She sits on the ground, still laughing. "I think that's enough bruises for me, thanks." She says with a giggle.

Posted by Aimee and the twins on 11/8/2001, 6:20 pm
She giggles, and sits back down. The twins join the two a moment later and snap back into their seperate halfs with a shimmer.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 6:24 pm
She watches the twins snap back into themselves with amusement. That took a lot of getting used to, watching what had been one creature suddenly become two different people. Especially when that one creature had been a copy of someone she knew...
Paradox stands, looming over the little group. His legs and claws weren't really made for sitting.

Posted by The family on 11/8/2001, 6:33 pm
The three sisters look around their little group and grin, the twins simultaneously, Aimee brightly. Their mother stands a little ways off and watches her children and their new friends, a slow, smile on her face filled with motherly pride at the way her children dealt with people so unique.

Posted by Mirage on 11/8/2001, 6:37 pm
Paradox looks around, bemused. He had just planned on a quiet day of reading, now he had made a bunch of new friends. Fate works in strange ways..

Posted by Aimee on 11/8/2001, 6:48 pm
Aimee smiles at the huge Paradox, towering above the other four of them, then looks at her mother, standing apart, and grins. ~Hey Paradox,~ she says in a mental whisper, meant for his mind alone ~Smile at Mom...~ she doesn't say why, only grins at him impishly.

Posted by Paradox on 11/8/2001, 6:57 pm
~Why?~ He asks, not looking at Aimee.

Posted by Aimee on 11/8/2001, 7:02 pm
~Because.~ she shoots back on a wave of mental giggles.

Posted by Paradox on 11/8/2001, 7:04 pm
~Ooookay then... For the record, this wasn't my idea.~
Paradox flashed one of his half smiles at Aimee's mom. Raising a eyebrow at Aimee as he does so.


Posted by The family on 11/8/2001, 7:29 pm
She grins.
Aimee's mom blinks at the sudden smile and smiles back uncertainly, unsure if the large mutant had been reading her thoughts.
Aimee breaks out into a fit of hysterical giggles. She knew that would do it: her mother always seemed to know what other people were thinking, almost before they knew themselves, and she had never seen her mother surprised by someone's actions or motives. The twins also laugh, but they hadn't been in on the joke, so they didn't know how funny it really was.

Posted by Paradox and Mirage on 11/8/2001, 7:33 pm
Paradox just blinks at Aimee, shaking his head slightly. I definetly missed something... He comments to himself.
Mirage just raises her eyebrows, her thoughts much like Paradox's.

Posted by The family on 11/8/2001, 7:47 pm
The mother looks just as confused as Mirage and Paradox, and this only makes the three girls laugh harder.

Posted by Mirage and Paradox on 11/8/2001, 9:56 pm
They blink in unison, their gazes going from the twins, to Aimee, to each other and back again.

Posted by Aimee and the twins on 11/9/2001, 4:16 pm
The tree continue to giggle, then after a moment or two quiet and just grin at eachother. Aimee sends Paradox and Mirage the general idea of what they just did, and looks at her mother, smiling.

Posted by Paradox and Mirage on 11/9/2001, 4:19 pm
They exchange amused glances of confusion.