Something Sinister in the air...

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WHO: Everyone
WHAT: The news of the world, brought right to your school!
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"... since X-Day, it would appear that activity of both the Friends of Humanity and the Mutant Liberation Front have been largely contained. Authorities still urge caution, of course, but as far as the continuing violence is concerned, the streets are a little safer now. However, the leaders of both organizations are still at large. The FBI, along with SHIELD, have requested that any information to the whereabouts of MLF or FoH leadership be brought to them as quickly and discreetly as possible..."


"... holding her first concert since the violence broke out and her original tour was cancelled. Tickets to victims of anti-mutant violence were given entirely for free. Dazzler herself was quoted saying that now was a needed time for healing, and music plays an important role in that. She wants her fans to know that she is here for them, and she will do everything she can to help mutants still struggling in the wake of hatred and violence..."


"... Stryker has said that his vigil, continuing again after being released from the hospital, will continue until Claudine Renko, whom he holds personally responsible for the death of his son as well as the X-Day riots, is brought to justice. Senator Graydon Creed and the other Last Stand lawmakers have said they will stand with Reverend Stryker for the same goal. Creed went on to say that the only way from preventing something like X-Day from happening again is to pass the Mutant Registration Act, finally..."


"... Gabrielle Haller claiming that she and Genosha leadership have come to an agreement to stall potential international aggressions. The Passover Accords, as they are being called, were signed by both President Kelly and President Lensherr, sealing an agreement of non-aggression between the two powers, even if only temporarily..."


"... was released from SHIELD custody today and will stand trial for multiple accounts of fraud as well as the attack on the Xavier Institute of Higher Learning. John Sublime plead guilty to all charges, and expressed his regret that his obsession lead to such horrible acts. He reiterated that all he wished for in his Third Species movement was for peace between human and mutant, and a better understanding of each other..."

[[ ooc: Students and teachers are free to start their own threads in this log in response to one or more of these news clips, or even to things related but not specifically posted here. ]]

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[droppedbucket]

[There was a reason Kisume hated TVs..this was exactly the reason why. She bristled at the news before stalking off to try and get back outside.

Her first day back and already she was starting to question the idea of coming back to be safer. With no one here that she could talk to, as far as the feral knew, if was frustrating and upsetting. So for now, she'd start wandering to go outside..to start up her own little training she had done so long ago..]

[stillinthedark]

[Eddie was sort of in the same boat, though he was under their protection. Still, he wished he could go out a little more and not just to the courtyard. Just as he was about to head into the woods for some alone time he caught a scent. It wasn't anyone he recognized, but he didn't chalk it up to an intruder, either. Judging by the footsteps, they sounded small.

He decided to stay out in the open and not spook them. That might be tough as he tended to dress all in black.]

H-hey.

[May as well attempt to be friendly, too.]

can we assume their test drive thread is canon?

[totallystoned]

[Reki was just heading in, stubbing out her American Spirits and throwing it away, when she sees Kisume heading out, looking upset.]

Hey kiddo, what's got you worked up?

[rhiaofdruma]

Rhia saw the other girl come outside and cocked her head. Now that it was getting warmer, more people were coming out. Finally, she could start this learning thing so she could go home...

She let the branches throw her from tree to tree, tracking the girl's progress, a bundle of leaves being tossed overhead with all the requisite noise of leaves being moved enmasse and branches creaking.

Of course, after a few moments, Rhia forgot about the other girl, and just enjoyed the feeling of flying from tree to tree. A peel of laughter, like bells in the wind would echo down to the other child.

[garganteren]

[Eren has just gotten back to school, and he's up to his usual tricks. Namely: cleaning. He's back at work as an unofficial janitor. He likes to work. It helps him keep his mind off things he'd rather not think about. So while other people in the lounge are hanging out, eating, watching TV, playing video games, Eren is... well, sweeping. Very thoroughly sweeping.

He frowns as the news comes on, but he keeps his mouth shut. It's a little weird to be here again. He's not sure if it's a good idea. Maybe he shouldn't be here. He didn't tell anyone that he was coming back. He figures, if they want to see him, they'll see him. And if not, that's fine.]

[soundandfurry]

-His return may have not been advertised, but it was pretty much impossible to hide his scent, and when Kagerou caught it again, she immediately sought him out, dashing her way over excitedly, arms open.-

Ereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

-Time for a big fluffy hug, whether he liked it or not.-

[stophamatime]

[They may not have been roommates for long - Eren had moved out when Ken had hardly moved in - but yeah, he definitely recognizes that guy, when he walks in the door, and he stops halfway through his beeline for the couch.]

Oh! You're back?

[dandyelegance]

[Tomas could be found out on the steps to the courtyard. He had his pipe in his mouth and a stack of papers to be graded. He could hear the news as the door was open, but it was mere background noise to him. To be frank, he'd had it with all the uneasiness after the riots, not to mention his worrying over Kagerou. He hadn't really spoken to her since that day.

For now, he tried to push away all that unpleasantness and focus on grading his students' work. There's something calming about reading a novice writer's emotions on paper.]

[rhiaofdruma]

Rhia perched on a branch, watching him. Thank nature she still hadn't figured out how paper was made, so at the moment, she was just curious. Until the scent of the pipe hit her.

With a small wooshing sound, she asked the tree she was on to aid her, and the branch bent slightly, letting her slide down and land in front of him, all 13 year old, point eared short foot nothing of her, hands on hips, blue-grey eyes blazing with temper.

"Why do people keep burning plants?" she asked, glaring at his pipe.

[garganteren]

Uh, sir?

[He frowns, standing in front of the teacher. He'd rather go back to boycotting classes, but he'd promised he'd give attending a try.]

Can I ask a question?

[He's generally polite to authority figures, even if grudgingly so at times. Unless one should happen to push one of his buttons.]

[long_live_the_queen]

[As morbidly fascinating as the news was (there were other mutants besides herself and at this school? And they were up to this?), there were so many thought-voice colors she started to get a headache while she waited for her next dose of painkillers to kick in again.

The mutant hadn't been in class very long; she mostly sat in on his classes, rather than something for credit or a grade or however that was calculated. It was good for her, or was supposed to be. She spent a lot of time spaced out and drifting in her own thoughts, as she usually did.

But she did pay attention sometimes; she even turned something in when he'd asked. She made a little note at the top of the paper, that she wasn't actually taking the class, this wasn't for a grade, but was unsure what else to put. So she left it out.

Kaede's thoughts lingered on the idea long enough that she shambled towards his office when she could manage, gait stabilizing and growing slightly more confident every other step. She even knocked on the doorframe with a telekinetic vector, though she lingered there quietly a moment longer.]

...have you looked at mine?

[Kaede tried to keep her voice softer, slightly more polite; the most she managed was a quieter version of her usual taciturn grumble.

She had...well, not written the most polished thing. It was something to pass the time with, instead of sitting and simmering in her own anger and distant pain. She had started out with a poem, transitioned to free verse when rhyme schemes in English escaped her, then abruptly started over in hiragana when her grasp of English couldn't encompass what she meant to say.

Not about her foster mother, no--she wasn't ready to talk about that.

She wrote about trees--that was a good topic for a poem, wasn't it? Even if it stopped being one halfway through. Especially in autumn, especially under maple trees. Sitting under them made her calm, no matter how angry she was--even if it was just for a moment. A moment that her mind could stretch out forever. Ants could crawl on her all they wanted (she mentioned that too)--that wasn't important.]

[koukai_kirai]

[Hijikata comes out to the courtyard after he's been there a while, with his cigarettes in his pocket and an armful of papers of his own. He nods to the other man as he finds a place to sit down, then taps a cigarette out of the packet and fishes for his lighter.]

...Got a lot of those left?

[eternalprincess]

[She was happy to see that in some areas at least, things were not as bad as they looked. Kaguya was hopeful that things would stay as calm, despite what these reactionary types want. Everything went to hell at the start of the year, but perhaps...

Perhaps Spring really was a time of rebirth.]

[soundandfurry]

-Don't get too comfortable, princess. As there's soon a piece of paper, the notice about the room shuffle, being shoved in Kaguya's face.-

[knowledgeandshadow]

Temporarily indeed.

[Patchouli was frowning up at the TV, she did not expect the Passover Accords to last the week before someone decides to be an idiot and cause a new crisis. There were far too many people, human and mutant alike, who are far too quick to violence.]

[colorfulbrilliance]

Somehow...I'm not surprised at all.

[Meiling had been sitting near by, listening more then watching.]

Given how everything has been going...

[blooming_resonance]

[Sakuya turned from the news feed in the main teacher's lounge, a cup of tea still held in her hands. She'd forgotten to buy her usual stock the last time she went shopping - something she didn't usually do, but... it slipped her mind.

Well, she couldn't worry about it at the moment, there was at least a little good news. Not the Genosha thing; that would probably go away anyway, but that the violence had at least toned down a little. Too many young people being exposed to too much violence, too young. It wasn't good for them.

Quietly, with the news still droning in the background, Sakuya slipped out of the lounge, dunking the teabag a few times idly as she walked, and headed for the outside. A bit of fresh air would help, too.]

[long_live_the_queen]

[After being discharged from the infirmary as early as possible, Kaede couldn't stagger too far; at least in one sitting. She insisted on walking out as soon as she could--which she almost managed! While the painkillers worked, at least. They ran out when she was in the courtyard; she she dropped in place, content to sit and seethe in the budding grass and residual snow and unpleasantly cold flagstones before she gathered enough strength to stand again.

Her thoughts were a neverending grumble about being kicked and the consequences of such and uuuugh.]

[friendofdorothy]

Liir folds his arms and frowns a little, in his usual, grumpy way. He comments quietly on each news piece.

[Stryker]

"I think he's a mutant himself. He won't stay dead."

[Genosha]

"Reconciliation? Is Magneto being prudent or cowardly?"

[Sublime]

"The transmutant phenomenom seems alive and well though..."

He says this while browsing through tumblr on his school provided laptop, which is what's giving him this erroneous impression.

[Stryker]

[soccerwhisperer]

Tenma tilted his head at that quiet commentary. Liir didn't seen to be lying or throwing it out there. He could feel he was telling the truth.

"Why do you think that?" He asked, genuinely curious.

[flamingfists]

[Having just finished her workout Oulan dabbed the sweat off her face, wrapped her towel around her shoulders and leaned up against the window and looked out over the campus giving out a sigh as she listened to the news playing on the television. It was a first for her, listening to the news as a mutant rather than a bodyguard. Before, she only paid attention to the areas and people she had to. Now she had to pay attention to it all.

For the first time I feel like I'm where I was meant to be.

She shifts the towel and smiles]

I like this place

[kikosho]

You seem awfully cheerful considering some of those news reports.

-Chun-li sighed, handing Oulan a bottle of that same nutrified water she'd been drinking before. It was good, she promised!-

All open

[niepokonany]

[They spent the weekend somewhere nice and romantic and off-campus, but there isn't really time for a short-notice honeymoon in the middle of a semester, and Feliks can't spend all his time with Fai (because sometimes Fai has to be teaching, he guesses), so Feliks is eating lunch and poking at his own work in one of the lounges, with the TV on as usual. Every now and again, something will make him look up and pay a little more attention...]

[X-Day]

[He glances up, and just gives the screen a wry little smile at the request for information.]

[Well, that's not going to happen unless the Professor changes his stance.]

[Dazzler]

Oh my God, I totally missed the memo about that. The show I had tickets to was canceled, to!

...She looks great in that outfit.

[Stryker + Creed]

[When all this started, Feliks was full of fire and venom.]

[Today, he's no less determined to change something, but he's a little more contemplative. He doesn't buy into supremacist rhetoric, refuses to surrender to the notion that violence is the only path forward and upward. His action has always been driven by a vision of understanding and tolerance, and so it's always been focused on changing hearts and minds.]

[How do you change people like that?]

[He leans forward, arms around his knees, and looks at the TV like a kid with a stubborn puzzle.]

[Passover Accords]

[Feliks gets a big damn grin on his face about that part.]

Sweet, go them! I mean, like, baby steps and all, but still way better than nothing.

[Sublime]

[There's some eye-rolling at this point, as he flips through a fashion magazine.]

"I'm John Sublime, and I totally invaded a school with guns and stolen mutant organs for like, peace or whatever..."

[Passover]

[soccerwhisperer]

[Tenma laughs at Feliks' reaction]

Definitely! I have a feeling this will work out in the end.

[He's ignoring all his doubts. They'll only bring him down.]

Open

[koukai_kirai]

[A - Hijikata's usual classroom]

[With the school year getting towards its close, he doesn't have all that much free time. That means it's time to multitask.]

[He's set up camp in his usual classroom, with the TV turned to the news, his cat in a basket on the next desk, and a stack of homework in front of him. When the news turns to fluffier things -- the start of the baseball season, whatever is happening with Dazzler -- his focus is entirely on the homework. Whenever things turn more serious, though, he picks up a notepad and starts taking down points he wants to look into further.]

[And when his work is done and the news gets repetitive, he gets up and goes to the whiteboard as usual, to plot things out again.]

[B]

[Of course, there's never an end to his questions. That's not the way the world is.]

[After he's been stuck for a while, he's finally forced to admit that's all the work he'll get done for now. He contemplates the board a moment longer, then erases everything, puts his notebook in his briefcase, and heads outside for a smoke outside the nearest exit.]

[Is there anything nicotine doesn't fix?]

[a]

[kikosho]

-She'd just been passing through, getting a tour of the place, when she heard the chalk against the board, drawing her into the room out of curiosity. She simply watched for a moment, but the moment was brief before she walked up to the board, grabbing a piece of chalk for herself and adding her own thoughts to his note.

You could take woman away from the police department, but you couldn't take the police out of the woman.-

Open

[martyrerkomplex]

[The TV was a familiar comfort, sometimes, no matter what it was showing. It would talk to you, and didn't expect anything back -- never rejected your company, never judged your reactions. It had been on when Krista came into the room, and she hadn't really seen fit to change the channel -- whatever was on was fine with her.]

[X-Day]

That whole day was so frightening... I'm glad it seems to have settled down a little.

[Dazzler]

You know, no one in my old town seemed to listen to her very much. Is she popular here?

[Stryker + Creed]

...What are we going to do, if they do pass it? I... [She shakes her head, looking worried and a little at a loss.]

[Passover Accords]

[She relaxes visibly.] Finally, some good news.

[Sublime]

[She wasn't here, but she's heard rumors about what happened, of course. That being said, Krista isn't sure what to make of the update, and just watches in silence.]

[Dazzler]

[soccerwhisperer]

She's very popular here. A lot of people here would put her music on repeat over their speakers.

[It gets pretty hard to study with so many of her songs blasting at different times, but it seemed to make the students happy, so he was fine with it. Studying was overrated anyway.]

[ open ]

[thirdarrow]

stryker + creed;

It amazes me at times how scathingly stupid some people may be. But that man is clever, he uses non-mutant superiority and privilege to press his cause. And if anyone kills him, the blame will only be put on mutants. Most insiduous...

[ He really doesn't have anything positive to say about that. ]

We may need to prepare for the worst.

sublime;

Even without Martha, I doubt he will stay harmless for long.

are we just in the lounge with the tv or something idk

[stophamatime]

[Ken's usually pretty quiet when the news comes on. Well, not that he isn't usually pretty quiet anyway, but the news takes an extra layer of focus because some of these words definitely did not come up in his English classes before he got to America.

Some of Takakage's words didn't, either, and he frowns and starts trying to punch "insidious" into his phone.

Crap, how is that spelled...]

[no_girl]

[ She'd been between classes when she finally walked by the television, catching sight of Sublime as he gave his statements, hands still cuffed. He looked so messy... even if he'd done so much to make it not look like he'd been in a SHIELD cell for months. She just sort of froze there, staring at the television. John... why had it come to this? She wish she understood.

He was still her family. She still wanted to help him... And she couldn't anymore.]

[garganteren]

[Eren stops and glances at the television, when he sees she's paused to look at it.]

At least he admitted it. There's never any excuse for terrorism!

OTA

[gregorydeegan]

Greg hid in his couch fort, during the news, as usual. He was in a lounge this time, which was odder, but the top of his head could be seen peeking out above the cushions every now and again.

He only actively seemed interested during the bit with Dazzler. "Do you think I should write her a letter?" he asked out loud.

[stardustreverie]

"Never could hurt! Maybe ya'll get somethin' nice back from her?"

Marisa's just hanging out, sitting near a window. She's just enjoying the warmth from the season.

[shiningscales]

I. Outside
[News? Who cares about the news? Caelius has more important things to worry about, like the weather finally warming up. After such a severe winter, that simple fact makes him feel like celebrating, so on a whim, he swings outside for a quick walk around lunchtime. He's even wearing shirt sleeves short enough to expose the scales on his arms, for once.

When anyone else crosses his path, he smiles brightly and greets them.]

Good afternoon!

[He practically glows as he says it. People are going to have to deal with this mood for at least a week.]

II. Counselor Offices
[RETURN OF THE REVENGE OF THE COUNSELING THREADS, aka if your student needs help feel free to throw them at him here.

Also, he's hurriedly eating his lunch in his office today, since his "quick walk" wasn't quick at all.]

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[musou_tensei]

See? This is why I love spring. -Reimu chuckled, walking up and sneaking a flower he'd picked into Caelius's hair.- The way you brighten up is pretty contagious.