Opening Day [OPEN]

[astonishing_xmods]

WHO: EVERYONE
WHAT: Mingle/Figure out Room Assignments/Meet old friends again
WHERE: The whole campus.
WHEN: September 1st, 2018
WARNING(S): None. If anything goes into warning territory, please create a new log for it.




For all of the newcomers, welcome to Professor Xavier’s Institute of Higher Learning! For all of our returning students and staff, welcome back! Once Professor Xavier’s welcome speech wraps up, it’s time for everyone to get themselves situated in their dorms and, more importantly, get to know your fellow mutants! Even if you’re not sharing rooms, you’ll still be sharing the same campus with each other, so don’t be afraid to get used to all of those new faces! Or even catch up on old ones! You have options; don’t be afraid to use them.

[[ ooc: This is the general mingling post for all of our characters to get settled into their rooms, get to know each other, reminisce with old friends, all that jazz. The log will be split into multiple locations. ]]

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[presto_turn]

"Oh."

Maybe, now that the first load of luggage had been stowed, the best plan would've been simply to rush back for the door. There was still more to get, and even once they'd gotten down to the rolling suitcases, he had over-packed heavily enough to keep them occupied until the dorms were (hopefully) swarming with new faces. It'd be a plausible distraction, right?

Except, with the way 'Shirou broke into that sigh, Shindou couldn't quite manage it. He turned, leaning against his bed's footboard, and crossed arms somberly over his chest.

"Do you know how many of your team's members are still around?"

Sorry, 'Shirou. Apparently they were Talking About It after all.

[icy_heavens]

And they'd been doing so well not talking about it, too. Except . . . they hadn't really. They'd been tiptoeing around it all, pulling back when they made missteps. And they'd made a lot of them.

There was no pulling back on this one though, was there?

He didn't even pretend to take on a more relaxed posture. "Fai is teaching biology. I'm in his class."

Which, frankly, was more surreal than Toph teaching combat. He and Toph were friends, yeah, but that was different than being on his team. This? Was almost a complete role-reversal.

[presto_turn]

"That has to be surreal."

It would have almost been funny, actually - outright hilarious - if they'd just had time to prepare for it. Fai in charge of an entire science class? (And not just because he'd given the real instructor a dose of his powers?) Toushirou having to put up with taking notes from him most days? The whole thing was like the set-up to a joke.

Just, it was less amusing, having their lives made out to be the butt of it. Shindou crossed his legs, one over the other, letting a slow sigh of his own hiss out between his teeth.

"It'll be good that he's still here, though. Right? He was always good at being understanding." In his own, occasionally inscrutable way, at least. "He could help walk you through everything that's happened while we were..."

Out of commission? He still didn't know how to phrase it.

[icy_heavens]

Toushirou has no idea how to phrase it, either. Asleep? Comatose? Dead? Hell if he knows. Avoiding saying it in any way at all seems like a much better, easier way to go.

"We've already talked." Whatever that's supposed to mean, even Toushirou doesn't know. The beginning of that conversation had hurt, and while it had gotten better by the end . . . Well, it's complicated.