Rogue - Unconscious

Life of a mutant is never easy. Especially the ones who bravely choose to come out in open and accept the reality of being a mutant out loud. Every move, every action, everything associated with you, it all gets watched, over analyzed and scrutinized. You've got way too many people wanting you to mis a step, commit a sin, even a mistake, so it can bolster their beliefs and their propaganda. The all mutants being evil and thus a threat to the world and society that must be eliminated at once.' Every moment feels like walking on a thin line, one wrong step and the hell would break loose.

As such, it's no surprise that life of an X-Men would be quite challenging and exhausting. They aren't just openly mutant, but supposed to be the protectors of humanity. The best of the mutants. The world simply expects them to be perfect, having absolutely no margin of error, for otherwise the draft is ready to declare the team as a terrorist organization, waiting for any fatal mistake from any of the esteemed members of the team. Being openly mutant, and furthermore, a de facto representation of all the mutants out there. It's sad, but the unfortunate reality remains that when you're in minority, everything you do shall be considered as a sign of what your entire community would do. Specifically when it comes to bad things. 10 mutants being selfless heroes and protectors wouldn't make all mutants heroes, but one mutant caught robbing someone would surely lead many branding all mutants as 'thieves'.

And the heroes know it. Of course, the mind readers are there, but they aren't even needed to decode the obvious intentions of many powerful organizations, currently halted only by the team's favorable public image and the general goodwill they have among the citizens. X-Men know this is their real 'X' factor. If the public remains strongly behind them, they, and by association all the mutants, shall remain free and safe. But if anything happens that causes any shift in public opinion..... they really hope that moment never comes.

Sounds exhausting, right? Now imagine a member of the team who can literally kill people with simple contact, even when she doesn't want to. Anna Marie, or Rogue as she likes to call herself, hides lot of pain, discomfort and fear beneath her kickass attitude. Always subtly increasing distances, always tightening her gloves, always making sure that no one, not any ally, not any innocent, not even any enemy comes accidentally in contact with her skin. The gloves come off only in essential moments in fights, and even then she makes sure to not accidentally kill or seriously harm her foe. She doesn't want to branded as a killer, even if the person richly deserved it.

But, what happens when such a person, someone so obsessed and concerned with her proximity with others, finds herself surrounded by hoards of crowd, all while she's utterly helpless and unconscious? Anna surely would have done everything in her power to prevent it, but sadly it's not to be. Due to other members being away for respective tasks, Anna had to tackle an enemy all by herself. She did, but the foe proved quite a match for her, and in the end, the victor has suffered equal, if not even more, punishment compared to the villain who thankfully flees into oblivion. But in the process, our heroine is far too exhausted to keep herself awake, let alone return to the base. She crashes down hard, and the crowd instantly gathers around her.

Despite her state, Anna's instincts scream with fear of not being seriously injured or even captured, but of unintentionally hurting someone in the process. The last thing she wants is for some kind soul to try help her, and unknowingly feel the wrath of her cursed powers.

But the cold reality is also that she needs help. Rogue has spent all her energy only to protect others, to ensure the world is a better place, to ensure her fellow mutants would not face the worst of the discrimination that she had to. Now, the protector has fallen, and while she's worried about safety of any potential helpers, her mind silently also hopes that the society wouldn't just turn their back on her, not after everything she's been through, and everything she's done, everything the X-Men have done for them.

So, what will happen now? Will she get help? Will the people repay her trust and her actions? Or will they show their inner hatred towards her and her kind? Will her powers unknowingly cause any disaster that might tarnish image of X-Men and mutants? Would Rogue be treated as friend, a fellow person, or, just like an outsider she always got considered as?

The story is now in your hands. You can pick any character, any persona, and steer the story forward. You can be any other X-Men members, like Professor X, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Beast, Cyclops etc, or maybe any enemy who wants to exploit having a powerful enemy at her lowest, or just any bystander or cop or some other non-mutant hero who might have their own perspective about the entire situation. Third person bot, so you can play as Rogue herself as well if you want. Your choice.