Lorna Dane

  "Sacrifice is just a pretty word for losing." Lorna Dane for the Vought RP Group  

[corteasolo]

don’t forget about me. // [ insp. ]

[mistressmagnetick]

mxgneticm‌:

There had been a difference in his daughter that he could on credit having her own child back in her life. Erik never felt such a relief when his own children were reunited but he wasn’t exactly the father of the year nor did he claim to be. Erik did not claim to be king of his nation but if his granddaughter wanted to play at being princess then he allowed it for now.  “I think she needs to forget some of her life with that halfwit,” Erik had noticed the fear that the little girl had but Erik hoped she would soon grow out of it. “How are her powers, you had developed some at her age and so did the donor.” Erik refused to acknowledge Lornas’ ex by name. He had betrayed his own kind and still, he thought Lorna still harbored something for him. 

Lorna grinned as she watched Katie pick a flower and attempt to twine it into her hair. She’d kind of enjoyed the idea of being royalty even if that wasn’t the way her father was running things. They’d probably have to clear that up at some point. But right now they were both in the honeymoon phase and Lorna had never enjoyed dress-up quite so much. Her smile faded at the mention of Katie’s life with Alex. She’d known that Magneto was talking about altering Katie’s memories but she’d thought it was if she still afraid of her grandfather. Katie was coming around. Technically Lorna had first shown her powers at three resulting in the death of her mother and stepfather but they hadn’t presented again until she was 15. “It’s either too much or two little with her.” Lorna shrugged. “She can’t lift an earring or she’s creating her own orbit.” Lorna didn’t know anything about how Alex’s mutation actually worked so she was focusing on the magnetism. “Katie come here!” She called. 

[mistressmagnetick]

the-frost-sisters‌:

The frost sisters hadn’t been back in Genosha long, they were simply here to report back to Magneto - not that they had made much progress. He wouldn’t be too happy about that but there was only so much one could find out without exposing themselves. The three of them were in the lounge chatting among themselves and enjoying a spot of tea. Esme and Sophie were seated together while Phoebe was stood against the wall. All attention turned to Lorna as she walked in. “We’ve done enough sightseeing for now” Phoebe shrugs. The three of them taking a sip of their teas in unison. “It was getting boring.” It was also probably a good idea for them to lay low for a little while, they had a bad habit of getting themselves into trouble and they weren’t looking to mix up their look with restraint collars and a prison cell. “You seem tired” Sophie perks up; there was no malice behind her words but there was a little amusement. They didn’t always mean to pry but sometimes it couldn’t be helped. It was like it was out of their control. However, there were certain things they wouldn’t do without permission. “We could make the whole bedtime routine easier, you know?” 

Lorna chuckled and rubbed her eyes as she sank into one of the couches. She knew about the issues of trying to blend in with normal people. Of course with her green hair she usually only went back if she needed to make some kind of a scene. Something she didn’t really feel all that interested in doing. She was still in a little discomfort from her battle with Homelander and now that she had Katie back she didn’t really want to leave her for long. She loved that fact that she had to make her daughter a consideration now. “She’s so small you wouldn’t think there’s all that energy.” Lorna laughed considering all the running around she’d done today. Then her smile faded a little bit. She was never really sure what was serious with the Frost Sisters and what was a joke so she decided to take it as a bit of both. “No, I think it’s better if I do it naturally. Give me a chance to learn how to tell better stories at least.” She smiled wider again.

[frostedmind]

mistressmagnetick‌:

Lorna was starting to feel profoundly stupid. How could she not have remembered that Alex had other family? She should have been thinking about this, exploring all the angles. She should have been smarter, savvier, better. And she’d lost five years because she’d been so fucking stupid. She rested her head in her hands. “Alaska. They live in Alaska.” Could’t be hard to find them then. There were probably all of five people in Alaska. 

Emma shrugged. “Then I’d check there.” It seemed obvious and something that didn’t even require her own mutation but it was always best to use what she had to get anything she wanted. “I did have a little peek in his mind, I saw something about a plane and maybe a hanger, if his family had anything like that then that is where she is.”

[mistressmagnetick]

Lorna flopped down onto the bed. “God I am so stupid!” She moaned and covered her face with a pillow. “I’ve spent five years looking for her and here she is under my damn nose!” She fumed throwing the pillow. “Thanks for looking.” She said with bad grace.

[summersbrother]

mistressmagnetick‌:

Lorna, regretfully, wrenched herself out of his arms and stepped back. “This isn’t appealing to my father. It’s appealing to me.” She put her hands on her hips. “Appealing to me by introducing my, our, daughter to her grandfather.” She began to pace something she did when she was angry and to keep her powers from acting of her own accord. “Because when you took Katie and skipped town he came for me when I was screaming in a ball on the floor after I’d trashed the house. The one who gave me a home and comforted me and made sure I ate every day. The one who continues to help me search for the daughter you stole away!” The metal in the room began to shake. 

Alex sighed. It was the same argument they had years ago and neither of them had changed their stance. “The leave the brotherhood and we can be a family. We can have our house and it’ll be without the x-men or the brotherhood.” That’s all that Alex wanted but he knew he probably said the worst thing to Lorna. He didn’t want to dictate this, but he had to protect Katie from Magneto. He froze on the spot when the metal started to shake. “Lorna calm down, I didn’t make the right decision at that time I know that but she’s happy and safe.”

[mistressmagnetick]

It felt like this argument had been going on for forever. When she died she would be having this argument. She wanted her baby, that house that life, she dreamed of it. But... “So I go back to living life on your terms. Living by your rules. An accessory to you. Stop being a person.” She spat.

A part of her knew she had to get this under control. Losing control was...never good. She brought shaking hands to her pounding temples. “But she doesn’t have me.” Her voice was tiny again. Her ex was an asshole but he had a way of cutting to the meat of it. It wasn’t fair that her daughter was doing so well without her. Probably for the best but not fair.

[notbutchercd]

mistressmagnetick‌:

“See I think you’re underestimating yourself.” Lorna’s voice softened as she patted Becca’s hand. The grip tightened when she heard the lie that a mutant had killed Madelyn Stillwell but she let it go. The uninformed were everywhere. Lorna lowered her voice again. “You have a child, that means something. It means you have influence. You have power. And,” she paused for dramatic effect. “If you don’t want to see me again you’ll use it.” 

      The grip she felt was tight but went away, thankfully. “I’m not. I wish I was but I have no power, no special abilities except I’m good with PR and digital marketing. That’s it.” She could understand why it might look like she has something but there was nothing. “Yes, I have a kid with him but that gives me nothing to him. If I had influence then I wouldn’t be here, I’d be away from Vought, away from everyone there but I don’t. I’m stuck here and I have no influence, sway or whatever it is you think I have.”

[mistressmagnetick]

This woman might not be the way in that she was hoping for. Shit. Lorna’s mind raced. She needed to find a way to spin this. Too much was counting on this. Her father, her country, the safety of her people and her daughter. She could not come back empty handed. “PR?” She said and sat back. “Then start a campaign for us. A pro mutant campaign. I trust that is in your power?” She swallowed down the lump in her throat as she thought of Katie. “Our children deserve to be safe.”

[mistressmagnetick]

@the-frost-sisters​

Lorna was exhausted. Putting Katie to bed as a newborn had been hard and it hadn’t gotten any easier in the last five years either. The girl had whined through the whole routine and demanded two stories before finally nodding off. Lorna gently eased the door shut and sighed as the latch clicked home. Having Katie back was everything she had dreamed of but this was truly a crash course in parenting. Rubbing her forehead Lorna walked into one of the main lounge rooms, close enough that she could still hear it if Katie got up. What she didn’t expect was for it to be occupied. 

“Hi girls.” Lorna greeted the Stepford Cuckoos as she sank into a soft chair. “I thought you were still in New York?”

[mistressmagnetick]

thehomelandr‌:

Homelander had always thought normal people were beneath him but mutants weren’t even like that. He didn’t pity them. He just thought of the as something that was wrong, something that was like a prop useful for upping his own image and allowing him to lay blame for his actions at their feet. “I give the right to myself,” he snarled, “my strength, my power and how much all of them fucking love me gives me the right.”

God she wished she had a microphone or a tape recorder, but no one could ever be that lucky. Lorna took a second to assess. He outclassed her in most things like strength and speed but she liked to think she was smarter than Vought’s resident meathead show pony. And at least for right now she had the height advantage. Pulling metal off the nearby buildings she began to hurl it at him. 

[mxgneticm]

person: Lorna Dane / Polaris  location: Genosha  for: @mistressmagnetick​

Four thick, round towers have been build on various tactical spots for an ideal defense and are connected by tall, thin walls made of golden stone. The royal palace of Genosha had been remarkable and when he took it over, Erik had it all redone to fit a mutant ruler. The refined windows were scattered generously around the walls in fairly symmetrical patterns, along with holes of various sizes that was once used for archers and artillery, since mutants took over they had little use for it. Within the palace walls were well-kept gardens with fragrant flowers, gorgeous trees and many bushes decorate the outside of the castle. The gardens were newly redone to celebrate his granddaughter’s return. The missing princess, though the title seemed outdated Erik was trying to make his granddaughter feel welcomed in her new life. “How is she settling?” Erik asked Lorna at a safe distance from Katie. He hated that her last name was Alex’s but there was nothing that could be done. “I’ve arranged for a tutor for her, for her school work and for her mutation. We haven’t got anything like the Xavier School but she deserves the best.” Lorna deserved more than what she had gone through but Erik couldn’t fix the past. Instead, he could give her a future that would stand the test of time. 

[mistressmagnetick]

Having Katie was like waking up somehow,.Colors and tastes and smells were back, Lorna felt she could finally breathe. She was almost positive she’d laughed more in the last couple weeks than she had in the last five years. It even made playing leader in the massive Genoshan palace feel less weird. Katie was thrilled with her new identity of “Princess” and had sung various bits of at least five Disney movies at her while they explored the castle and the island together. The only hitch was that Katie seemed terrified of Erik. Once they’d gotten her away from her great grandparents’ house and she’d learned who he was Katie had hid behind Lorna and refused to even look at him. Things had... progressed, Katie still hid but was able to look at her grandfather and give short answers to questions. Now she was watching Katie examine various flowers and smiling. “She’s good. I think she’s doing okay.” Of course she was kept in the dark about the circumstances of how she had gotten here but Lorna didn’t want to traumatize her six year old. “Everything’s still new so we’ll probably see in a few days.” She nodded at the mention of schooling. “Good. She deserves the best.” And to stop writing her “s”’s backwards. “Thank you.”

[mistressmagnetick]

notbutchercd‌:

    Struggling to pull the necklace down and to make it so that she could breathe easier, Becca was starting to panic a little but. “I know him but I have no influence over him. The only person that did was Madelyn and she was killed by one of your kind.” It was easy to figure out that the woman was a mutant. “I can’t make Homelander do anything. Don’t you understand, I’m nothing to him. He is a supe and he’s powerful, he knows how powerful be is and that means he doesn’t listen to anyone except himself. I can’t do anything. I have no power.”

“See I think you’re underestimating yourself.” Lorna’s voice softened as she patted Becca’s hand. The grip tightened when she heard the lie that a mutant had killed Madelyn Stillwell but she let it go. The uninformed were everywhere. Lorna lowered her voice again. “You have a child, that means something. It means you have influence. You have power. And,” she paused for dramatic effect. “If you don’t want to see me again you’ll use it.” 

[mistressmagnetick]

thehomelandr‌:

He didn’t react as he watched her show her abilities and wrap the mailbox around her hand. There was no fear, not even a spec of it, since he knew his own strength and that he had no weakness. A mutant couldn’t hurt him if anything else couldn’t. Even the punch from the metal on her hand felt like nothing and didn’t even leave a scratch but it was the principle of the matter. His laser red eyes aimed directly at the metal around her hand, melting it so it burned into her skin. While he did, a smile was on his face that was completely cold.

Lorna shrieked as she pushed the burning slag off her hand. Well that had probably been a mistake. But it had felt so damn good to finally hit something. Ripping up a lamppost from the ground Lorna rose up into the air. “What give you the right?” She snarled. “The right to decide who lives and who dies because of how they were born. You especially.” Her daughter would not grow up in a world where her people lived in fear of the whims of this man. 

[mistressmagnetick]

summersbrother‌:

Lorna shrieking didn’t make Erik react in any way, he was living for this moment. “You knew this wouldn’t be easy Lorna, this is the cost.” Erik was calm and centered even though he was killing a man. He twisted the hinges, causing the wound to open more. The blood continued to pour and judging from the amount, the man wouldn’t last long.  “And she will love her mutant one as well,” Erik snapped at Erik. The feeble attempts of trying to reason with him through Lorna was transparent. Alex had taken his family and this was the cost, he would take one of his so he knew the pain.  “While I deal with your past mistakes go and find your daughter.” Erik commanded. 

His world was spinning out of control. First, the life Alex had built so carefully for his daughter had been crumbling down in a matter of minutes and still, Lorna seemed unphased by the horror her father was inflicting. “You can’t just dictate who she’ll love when you pay for it in blood.” He spat back at the male magnetic mutant. No matter how much pressure he applied, his grandfather’s blood had started to slow down and his body was lifeless. Lorna had left but she had a hand in this and that made Alex sick to his stomach. “You wonder why I kept her from you.” Alex said through gritted teeth. “You leave nothing but death and destruction and if you were any sort of father you would want better.”  Magneto would never care about the compassion side of things and somehow people didn’t see him as a monster.

Katie had tried to listen to her father but she was curious, always had been and always will be. In her little playhouse, she had her colouring books and dolls, basically, everything she had ever wanted with a picture of her mom and dad. It was her home, or what she had dreamed of if her dad wasn’t a solider or her mom wasn’t with an evil king. She was practising her green circled powers when she heard someone call her and she was scared. The screaming and shouting from the house could be heard but Katie didn’t understand what was going on. Katie looked through the window and her heart skipped when she saw the woman with green hair and she looked to her mom’s picture. “Where’s my grandpa?” She asked, shouting out from the safety of her pretend house. “Where’s my dad?”

She was here, Katie was right here. Lorna could reach out and touch her if she wanted. But she was having a hard time catching her breath. Very very slowly she knelt down, reached out and touched her daughter’s soft warm cheek. A lump formed in her throat and she swallowed it down. “Katie....I’m your mother.” She smiled. Lorna was not going to answer those questions right now, they would just make this harder. She didn’t think Katie would remember her since no one had memories from before they were a year old. 

Before she could stop herself she ran into the playhouse and swept her daughter up into a tight hug. She was so real and tiny and warm. It didn’t even matter if Katie wasn’t hugging her back. She was solid and sweet and Lorna could smell her hair and it was perfect. I’ve missed you so much.” She whispered as she kissed the top of Katie’s head. A few tears did escape then. Lorna cleared her throat and let Katie go so she could look into her daughter’s green eyes. “Sweetheart we have to go. Right now.” 

[mistressmagnetick]

summersbrother‌:

A lot had happened in their five years of separation but having Lorna close, well, it all just came flooding back. The feeling of family and the love he had for her had been overwhelming in this situation but Alex knew that he would always love her despite her ties to the brotherhood. He could feel her stiffen in his embrace and just like that all the memories of their fights were back. “Lorna I’m trying to compromise here but I’m not risking our daughter and her happiness just to appeal to your father.” How Lorna could be okay with everything Magneto did was one of Alex’s biggest struggles but even she couldn’t deny the monster that he was.

Lorna, regretfully, wrenched herself out of his arms and stepped back. “This isn’t appealing to my father. It’s appealing to me.” She put her hands on her hips. “Appealing to me by introducing my, our, daughter to her grandfather.” She began to pace something she did when she was angry and to keep her powers from acting of her own accord. “Because when you took Katie and skipped town he came for me when I was screaming in a ball on the floor after I’d trashed the house. The one who gave me a home and comforted me and made sure I ate every day. The one who continues to help me search for the daughter you stole away!” The metal in the room began to shake. 

[mistressmagnetick]

@inflictchaos​

Katie was settling in well in Genosha. The six year old had been thrilled with her new rank as a princess and awed by the palace and her new room and toys. Katie did ask questions about her father and great grandparents but Lorna was usually able to direct those questions away and swallow the queasy horrified feeling in her stomach. And of course Katie was afraid of Magneto but at least Lorna's daughter had stopped hiding behind her, now just clinging to her leg. Now Lorna was sitting with Katie and bending the little pieces of metal she had brought into flowers and butterflies. "This power, it's a part of who you are. Who we are." She explained as Katie's eyes widened in delight. "You should never ever hide it."

The butterfly was floating through the air, wings flapping when she saw someone walking through the halls. This was someone she didn't know. Lorna stiffened ready to grab Katie if necessary and the butterfly wobbled. Waiting for the figure to get closer she squinted. “Can I help you?"

[mistressmagnetick]

notbutchercd‌:

    Becca thought the woman before her was plenty motivated given how much she had found out. “I don’t have social media.” She was careful about that, Vought had insisted on it in case anybody could find her on it and, by association, find Ryan. “You don’t get it, Homelander has no pull at Vought about how they react to the mutant thing. You want to do that, you need someone high up in the corporate side of things. I don’t know anyone there.” 

“Try singing a different tune.” Lorna said starting to pull on the necklace around Becca’s neck again. “Because this one isn’t one I want to hear. Let me put in a way you can understand.” She leaned close the necklace pulling tight. “You know Homelander. When he talks people listen, doesn’t even mean Vought, the masses, the people, hearts and minds. When he says jump they do. Understand?” Even tighter now, the air supply had to be struggling at this rate. “You will make him speak out. Speak out in favor of mutants. Get it? Because you do not want me to explain this again.” Now she let go. This was getting too circular and tiresome for her to keep playing. 

[mistressmagnetick]

summersbrother‌:

Taking Katie was the hardest thing Alex had ever done. Even now he still questioned if it was the right decision, but talking to Erik just confirmed it all. Alex was proud of his daughter in every way that he could be. She was kind, thoughtful and everything he had hoped her to be.  With Lorna burying her head into his neck, his body stopped tensing. Alex pulled her closer, embracing her with it feeling almost like a dream. “I can’t risk her becoming his weapon.” His visits to his grandparent’s place had become more frequent with Katie’s age, given when Scott’s mutation first started to show and of course his own. “If you can promise he’ll stay out of her life I can bring her here.” He was nervous at her reaction. Would she be happy or would she lash out because he was still keeping Katie. Either way, he couldn’t take his heartbreaking anymore with Katie asking about her mother and seeing Lorna in so much pain. 

God this felt so good. It felt like old times. Lorna could just close her eyes and pretend she was back five years ago. Only the lack of sunlight on her closed eyelids told her she wasn’t. She wanted it so bad, she wanted to be with her daughter, to be raising her, to be a family. Maybe even be a family with Alex. It would be so good, and with his arms around her it felt like it was right in her reach. His comment about her father made her stiffen. No he couldn’t do this, he couldn’t tease her with her daughter and bash her father and everything they stood for in the same second. “Screw you.” She muttered and pushed at him. 

[mistressmagnetick]

birdingtonthethird‌:

@mistressmagnetick​

It was only fairly natural that the X-Men would have some level of contact with the Brotherhood but Warren hadn’t thought he would become central to it. He’d had a message from the others telling him that he should sit in a bar and hopefully hear something from the Brotherhood soon. It was unusual that they would even want to be in touch with him but sitting in a bar of an evening was hardly a hardship.

When a woman slid into the seat next to him he looked up, not sure whether this was who he was supposed to meet or not. 

“So… how are you finding New York?” That was a neutral enough question, right? Wouldn’t sound weird if it wasn’t who he was meant to be meeting here anyway.

Lorna had needed a drink. This whole trip to New York she’d felt....checked out, like only half of herself. And the way that Erik was handling things...it wasn’t getting her what she wanted. It wasn’t getting her Katie back. And Lorna was desperate enough that she was going to do the unthinkable. 

She was going to the X-Men for help. She was walking into a bar, letting her eyes adjust to the dark and looking for the man who would help her. 

Well it was pretty obvious when he’d walked in, the man was wearing clothes that looked like they cost more than everyone in the bar’s net worth, no way a man like that would be in a place like this unless he had to. 

At his question she looked up. “It’s a fucking cesspool.” She said truthfully. “Mutants getting stomped into the ground like bugs and everyone bowing down to monsters.” When the bartender came around she ordered a club soda and watched as he went away. “You’re with the X-Men?”