Something Sinister in the air...

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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. ]]

Comments

[garganteren]

Really? They shouldn't do that. That's not fair.

[People shouldn't be shuffled around like that. This place is so weird.]

I don't like my roommate at all. I'll probably go sleep in a lounge.

[stophamatime]

Who are you with now?

[Not that Ken's...social, terribly, and he doesn't know a lot of the older kids, but he knows reputations. He reads the network. He recognizes a lot of names without having talked to the people they're attached to personally.]

[garganteren]

His name's Liir. We don't get along.

[There are a fair number of people he doesn't get along with here, but it's not as if he seeks them out and tries to cause trouble—it's different when he's forced to live with one of them.]

[stophamatime]

Liir...

[Thinking...thinking...]

Oh! I think I know who you mean.

[And the uncertain look on his face suggests that he thinks he gets the not getting along bit, now. He may not know a ton about politics - it's hard to follow when he's still working on his English - but he's kind of gathered that Liir is nnnnnot the moderate sort.]

sorry, I hiatused for a bit there!

[garganteren]

Right. I guess there are some people who get along with him, but I'm not one of them.

[And he glowers, as if to say he doesn't approve of the people who do.]

Although I guess I shouldn't leave. That would be letting him win, and I don't let terrorists win.

np!

[stophamatime]

[Terrorists...um.]

Has he done something like that?

[The impression he's gotten from the news is mostly that you have to bomb a building or do something really wild to count as a terrorist.]

[garganteren]

Well, it's not like I can prove anything.

[Maybe he shouldn't have said anything so extreme, but he doesn't always think these things through.]

So it's nothing definite, but I have my suspicions. And even planning things can make you a terrorist. You don't have to do anything.

[stophamatime]

But you have to actually do things to get in trouble for it, right?

[garganteren]

No, that's not true. Planning terrorist acts is a federal crime! That's why the government investigates suspected terrorists. They want to stop them before they hurt people! And then they put them in prison. Hopefully forever.

[stophamatime]

So...that's just really concrete planning, though, and not just thinking about doing something, right?

[garganteren]

[At this, Eren pauses and just looks at him for a moment.]

Why are you asking me that?

[stophamatime]

Because it'd be hard to prove the difference.

[Innocent until proven guilty, and Ken doesn't...think anyone's found any incriminating paperwork under Liir's bed.]