Sequels ******First X4 WRITING COMPETITION!******

[Angamb]

First X4 Writing Competition



Theme:



A scene involving Rogue recovering her powers in X4.
Let's see the creativity of the boards, and which different ideas we can bring...



Rules:​

- Only one entry per member.
- Post only the finished version.
- Written in script format (like the competitions in the X3 board)
- It can be a scene from your own X4 script (in the case you have one)
- Limit: No more than 40 lines of text. You could use spaces between lines often, this way it will be better for the reading
- The winner will decide the theme of the next competition.

Deadline:​

October 3th, 12 p.m. GMT.​

Good luck!
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[ToriL90]

INT. NEW YORK CITY BAR - NIGHT

Rogue is sitting at a bar. Though cured, she still hides her skin under a brown leather bomber jacket. Her hunched shoulders and fingers that slowly and rhythmically tap her glass convey her shame, as though her face didn’t adequately express it.

An attractive man walks up to her.

MAN: “Can I buy you a drink, Honey?”

Rogue briefly glances up at him,

ROGUE: “No, thanks.”

MAN: “Come on. You look like you could use some company.”

ROGUE: “Ah’d rather be alone, thanks.”

MAN: “No, you wouldn’t.”

He reaches out and touches her hand, but she instinctively pulls away, spilling her glass on herself in the process. She looks down at the mess on her clothes.

MAN: “What’s your problem, lady?!”

She doesn’t answer. She simply rolls her eyes at him, sighs, and leaves the bar.

NEW YORK CITY STREETS - NIGHT

Rogue leaves the bar, walking hurriedly away from the scene she blames herself for creating. The man she met at the bar, however, follows her.

MAN: *Angry* “Hey! When I offer a woman my company, she accepts!”

ROGUE: *Sarcastic* “Look, I wasn’t thirsty, okay? Stop following me.”

MAN: *Mutters* “You listen to me, you b***h!”

He pulls a gun and presses it against her back as he grabs her by the arm. and forces her into an alley. He presses the gun under her chin.

MAN: “Scream and you’re dead, b***h.”

Trembling, she nods in compliance. He gives an evil smile, then forcefully kisses her. Rogue cringes in disgust. Squeezing her arm, he pulls her jacket down off her shoulder.

Suddenly, he drops his gun. He opens his eyes wide, and his veins bulge.

Rogue, too, opens her eyes wide. She can feel the familiar rush of draining another person’s energy.

Instinct takes over. Rogue grabs his head and holds him against her. He tries to pull away, but can’t.

Finally, she lets him go. He drops instantly to the ground. Rogue stands over him with a look of rage, until the rage becomes shock as she realizes that she is a mutant again.

 

[ToriL90]

Great idea, Angamb! I love posting my X4 ideas anywhere I can.

Flavio better enter this. I've seen his "Rogue gets un-cured" scene, and it's great!

 

[Angamb]

Me too, hehe. And I'm agreed, is a good scene.

Edit: I've read your scene, Toril. It's interesting. What I love about it is that takes place in the city, and at night, something that I like so much. It remind me one of the Mary Jane momments in the Spiderman films... I like it. What I find a bit weird is Rogue being alone in a bar, and at night, hehe.

 

[bullets]

im not posting one of my genius ideas to be stolen

 

[BobJM]

I'll try, though I must admit that Rogue is not my favorite character, nor do I know how to wrote dialogue for her.

Oh and Ang, what's with these month-long deadlines? I understand that you want to give people time, but it just makes it so tiresome when you're waiting for the next competition. Why not cut it down a week or two?

 

[Angamb]

about the month deadline, there are some reasons, one of them is that while a shorter time, less entries, and other is that there is other competition in the X3 board, so with two competitions at the same time, people have to write two different scenes (if they want too, of course, hehe) so we all need more time. I still haven't translate my X3 scene, and haven't started the Rogue one, and haven't decided the idea, so a month isn't that much, if you think about it, besides, there are other competitions, like the Manips one, so we have 3 Competitions at the same time! hahah, what more do you want? hehe

Maybe a new manips comp here? or maybe we should create a new fanfiction thread here, I thought about it too... I'll do it today.

 

[BobJM]

I don't know if more contests will fix it, and I understand where you're coming from, but I just feel that 4 weeks to write a small scene of 40 lines is excessive.

 

[Angamb]

I said we have to write two scenes, hehe.

 

[ToriL90]

How's about we compromise and push the deadline back a week? I know a lot of people want a two-week deadline, and you want a month, so why not settle on 3 weeks?

 

[BobJM]

I said we have to write two scenes, hehe.

No you didn't...

 

[BobJM]

How's about we compromise and push the deadline back a week? I know a lot of people want a two-week deadline, and you want a month, so why not settle on 3 weeks?

Sounds reasonable.

 

[ToriL90]

No you didn't...

Yeah, the first post says " A scene involving Rogue recovering her powers in X4" and "Only one entry per member."

 

[BobJM]

In the post of his that I quoted, Ang says

"I said we have to write two scenes, hehe"

Which contradicts his first post in which he says "a scene" and "one entry".

 

[ToriL90]

In the post of his that I quoted, Ang says

"I said we have to write two scenes, hehe"

Which contradicts his first post in which he says "a scene" and "one entry".

Yeah, that's why I was quoting his post.

Angamb, did you mean to say "say" instead of "said"? Were you making a suggestion, or did you forget the rules?

(each face represents a member of this conversation. Everybody's confused now XD )

 

[BobJM]

Oh, your probably right.

l

 

[Angamb]

hahahah, guys, I explained why I use a month deadline (didn't you read it?) and it was because there are other competitions in the X3 board, so if some users want to enter in all, like me, then we'll need more time.

Actually, there are:

- 2 writing competitions (one here, and other in the X3 board)
- 1 manips competition (in the X3 board)

So users can have 3 things to do in a month. I find it reasonable.

 

[ToriL90]

hahahah, guys, I explained why I use a month deadline (didn't you read it?) and it was because there are other competitions in the X3 board, so if some users want to enter in all, like me, then we'll need more time.

Actually, there are:

- 2 writing competitions (one here, and other in the X3 board)
- 1 manips competition (in the X3 board)

So users can have 3 things to do in a month. I find it reasonable.

Your contest, your rules. I just thought I'd make a suggestion.

In that case, let the entries flow!

 

[BobJM]

I've got a scene in the works and it sort of hints to her powers returning, very subtle. If X4 were to ever be made, that's how I'd want Rogue to rediscover her powers....gradually, not in some rushed scene.

 

[Angamb]

interesting...

I still don't know what to do, have a little idea, but no more...

 

[BobJM]

INT. XAVIER MANSION: RECREATION ROOM – NIGHT

Classes are done for the day and the student body has flocked to enjoy some down time before the next morning.

ROGUE, heavily clothed for the warm spring night, sits away from her peers, by herself. Her eyes are fixed on the television, but her mind is wandering.

BOBBY (OS)
Hey, Marie...

Rogue turns around and sees BOBBY DRAKE, her ex boyfriend, walking towards the sofa. She gives him a slight smile and turns away once more.

BOBBY
How’ve you been? We haven’t talked...

ROGUE
What's there to talk about, Bobby?

He sighs and slides closer towards her, reaching his hand out to touch hers. She instinctively pulls her gloved hand back.

BOBBY
Marie, we’re still friends, right? I mean, just cause—

ROGUE
It’s Rogue.

Bobby’s head lowers as he contemplates walking away. He decides against it and begins to open his mouth when his current girlfriend, KITTY PRYDE, walks in the room, a smile spread across her face. Bobby turns and notices Rogue’s obvious pain.

BOBBY
Look, Rogue, Kitty’s great, but... I still want you in my life.

He fumbles over his words as he says them aloud.

BOBBY
We have history that no one will ever be able to understand, you and I...been through so much together...I just don’t want to lose you.

Rogue shoots him a cold look.

ROGUE
I’m not like you anymore, Bobby.

She glances around the room, her eyes swelling up with tears.

ROGUE
I’m not like anyone here...More alone than before I even came here, huh?

Bobby reaches out and holds her hand.

BOBBY
Never.

A tear rolls down her cheek as Rogue shakes her head and gets up. She turns to leave the room, when suddenly...

Flashes of Wolverine from his Weapon X days race through her head, along with images of the boy she kissed in her room at her home in Mississippi...Everyone she ever touched suddenly flashes before her.

Could it be...? She shakes her head “no” and moves to the door faster.

DISSOLVE TO BLACK. ​

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[javphonic]

I hope I'm not too late to enter,

I'm not good at writing scripts, I'm better of writing in story format so I kind of kept a bit of story feel, but mixed in some scripting so here it goes...

It is late afternoon as upper class Xavier students sit around the table having dinner, at the top of the long oak table sits Kitty obviously annoyed by serial bursts of giggling from the other end of the table. Following the giggles the camera focuses behind Rogue’s lower back as an ice frozen finger pricks her back.

Now showing a shot of Bobby and Rogue, she can’t control herself, her face is red with embarrassment as everyone is staring at her as she tries desperately to control her giggles…

Rogue: Quit it Bobby
Bobby: what? (He asks choking back a smile)
Rogue: you’re making me look stupid stop doing that (she whispers as she reaches for her drink to conceal her ear to ear smile)

As she drinks Bobby finishes up and begins to get up, quickly whispering something to Rogue who smiles almost spitting up her drink, Kitty roles her eyes from the other end of the table, which Jubilee doesn’t miss

The scene changes to the upper levels where the dorms are

Rogue makes her way through a couple passing students bare armed and embracing normal human contact. As she approaches Bobby’s room she whispers for him. The door opens and she’s yanked into the room. The two embrace tightly kissing and giggling as they part briefly. Finally they collapse on the bed still kissing, Bobby eyes begin to sag and his motions mildy slow as if he’d began to tire. Rogue notices this, and tries to resists what she perceives as his somewhat forced enthusiastic advances, but Bobby continues

Rogue: Bobby?... Bobby? she calls as she breaks contact with him
Bobby: what?

Bobby smiles slowly motioning to her face, but she draws back and is silent

Rogue: are you alright?
Bobby: whaddyuh mean… yeah, I’m fine?

He finally answers as she stares at him.

Bobby: Rogue? (He says fed up with her resistance)

Rogue looks at him trying to read whether he’s being serious or if she just imagined his droopy nature. He looked fine now, was her… did she… or was it simply just her imagination?

Bobby: Rogue? C-mon I'm fine

He leans forward, but this time she lets him make contact, to disprove her speculation. Their cheeks rub, there is nothing, no rush of energy, no foreign memories swirling into her brain.

Bobby: see

He says kissing her neck

Bobby: we’ve already been through this Rogue, it’s alright

It was all speculation her powers were gone she assess, reassuring herself as she kisses Bobby and begins to smile.

 

[ToriL90]

Are her powers coming back in that scene? If it is just her being hyper-sensitive, then I don't think the scene fits the parameters of the competition.

 

[javphonic]

Sorry for not being clear enough if it doesn't qualify just ignore it, I kinda tried to make it subtle, they are back, but not as strong yet it's affects are mild if that helps any

 

[BobJM]

I understood that, jav. Interesting scene.

Yours too, Tori.