Protests in Washington Square Park

[Danielle]

Danielle's breathe stopped when she saw one of the people turn to face the religious hater. When he turned back around she let out a side of relief before casually bumping into the religious man. "Oh sorry about that" she said walking behind the other mutants looking back at him with a grin before facing front. "not" she said under her breathe.

[Wanda Maximoff]

Already slightly upset by the protester's words, what he said next pushed her over the line. "You dare," she told him, furious that he would even utter Magneto's name, let alone declare that he was their leader. Magneto had no hold over them. The hand that held Pietro's tightened considerably, and the other free hand shook uncontrollably. Scarlet fire blazed around her hand for a mere instant, and the sign the man was holding wrenched out of his grip and smacked him in the face, hard.

[witness]

Eden usually avoided all protests that had to do with mutant rights, but for some reason she couldn't seem to find herself any other place. She stood off to the side staring at the crowds, wondering what exactly would happen.

[Everyone Else]

::The protester felt a body slam into his, and turned to see a grinning face disappear into the crowd. Mutants, they sickened him. A mere moment later, his sign slipped from his grip and hit him in the face, before falling to the floor. His eyes fixated on the woman in the scarlet coat; she had done this to him. Not bothering to pick up the sign, he took another step towards her and the man she was with, who, upon greater examination looked a bit like Magneto himself.:: "The Lord will punish you for that, Mutant."

[volcano]

He saw, how the haters sign hit into his face. From his position, he could not see, what the woman had done. A smile appeared on his face, but just for a second. Then he slowly walked closer to them. "And the Lord will punish you as well!" He was close enough, that the hater could hear his words.

[Danielle]

Danielle gave a slight laugh as the sign hit him. Her laughter stopped when he started to approach the woman. Giving a stern look she put her arm in front of the religious man and the woman. "Hey back off human!"

[Gambit]

Noticing a small commotion, Gambit made his way over there, remaining unnoticed with the help of the people around. He found Pietro and Wanda there, and also his latest employee, Danielle. However, he decided not to show himself for a while yet.

(( that's because I'm off to bed ))

[Wanda Maximoff]

"Go preach to someone else," she hissed. She shot a look at Pietro. They should move to another section in the crowd, where this bigot would not follow. They had to get away, before her or Pietro's temper got out of control.

[Pietro Maximoff]

::The man's words only served to insight Pietro further and made him lose what little patience he had. Bigotry was a quick enough way to rile him, but to envoke Magneto's name as though they would *ever* follow that madman cause him to snap. It had a similar effect on Wanda, who clutched his hand and hexed the man's sign. When the bigot came closer to them, spewing lies about his so-called faith, Pietro had enough of it. "Forgive me, Sister," he whispered, releasing Wanda's hand. Stepping over to the protester, his eyes stared icily as he spoke through clenched teeth, hands ready to strike. Gone was his last ounce of patience; no one threatened his sister.:: "I passed eight homeless on my way here; your time would be better spent tending to their needs. Threaten us again, and you have my word you will meet your God far sooner than you planned."

[arcane]

((Set the day after 'DNA Testing' and related threads.))

After hearing word of the mutant rally in Washington Square Park, Jack had quickly organised together a few team members of UNIT so they could go down and inspect. It was heavily monitored by police, but that didn't mean things would go off smoothly. The blacked out SUV pulled up sharply at the roadside, the driver's door being pushed open as Jack climbed out, his boots hitting the pavement. Closing the door, he turned round, pulling off his dark glasses as he looked over the roof of the vehicle at the mass of people in the park beyond.

[dj]

Link pushed open the passenger side door. She put on her sunglasses, looking around nonchalantly in the midst of chaos. She ignored the cries of some religious, mutant hating people near by. She closed the door, moving around to the front to stand near Jack. Her arms crossed over her chest.

[volcano]

He looked to the young man with the white hair, which had hold the hand of the woman beside him. Now, he was in front of the hater and Dean could recognise the anger in his eyes. After a few steps, he stood beside the young man and looked to the hater. "You should better learn your bible, before you're going and try to quote out of it" he simply said with a calm and dark voice.

[dasha]

Dasha hopped out of the car, sunglasses on and coat buttoned up most of the way. She hadn't expected the protest to be this big, which was her main thought as she looked around. Her eyes stopped on a familiar head of silver hair, which she recognized as Pietro. She could also see that he was getting in the face of some religious bigot. She smiled to herself and that the man learned would quickly learn who not to mess with.

[Everyone Else]

::The protester found himself addressed by no fewer than four mutants. One a gruff man who *dared* to use the Lord's name against him, when the mutants were the ones Damned for the abominations that they were. Another that woman who had intentionally walked into him, and now tried to interfere with the mutant who had used her powers against him. That mutant he himself had addressed. Finally the white-haired mutant who had just uttered a threat against his person. That alone was enough that he could call for police intervention, but they would likely claim it was the mutants' "rights" to parade themselves around, inflicting their presence on decent human families. He held up his bible, as though it would ward off the mutants from touching him with their filthy hands.:: "The Lord will strike you all down, as he kills the heathens and slays the beasts that would harm his True Believers."

[Danielle]

Danielle moved her arm between them as he stood back up the other two gentimen. She smiled as they both threatened the man. "Oh we're so scared...put a sock in it" She told giving a less then impressed glare.