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. ]]

Comments

[kamiizumi]

"I guess I can't really argue with that one, considering what I think of as normal."

[knighterrantofthedragon]

"Even so... you have a point. I have... obligations, at home, which demand of me some understanding of life as seen by most people; but my upbringing was... sheltered. It would be wise, I believe, that I should come to know better the experience of that which is 'normal'--in the sense of society at large. Of course, it's not quite the same here, in America, as in Kaitheny, but..."

[kamiizumi]

"It's not quite the same, but it doesn't really have to be, does it? If you learn to turn things around and consider what it's like for someone whose life is different, then I'd think being able to do that is more important than knowing every person's circumstances."

[knighterrantofthedragon]

Alric smiles a little at that.

"...mm. Yes, perhaps so... ah, I apologize for rambling on about myself so; what of yourself? Do you have a... mission, I suppose, in mind, by way of the Institute?"

[kamiizumi]

Mission is, in fact, a quite apropos way of phrasing it; Leo's used to thinking of most things that way, especially when his presence at the school in the first place was framed by Splinter in terms of go learn these things. Duty is an easy frame of reference to apply to most things in the world.

"It's...still about perspective, I guess. There's been some trouble brewing with the criminal underground in New York and some research on the x-gene. My family kind of stumbled into the middle of all of that, but somewhere in the middle of dealing with it, my father started thinking maybe we need more perspective about what's happening everywhere else, too. And since I need to learn how to control my power anyway...this seemed like a good place to learn. So I guess it's not so different from why you're here - getting perspective on what I haven't been in a good position to find out until now."

[knighterrantofthedragon]

"Ahh, I understand..."

He nods, and smiles to himself at Leo's observation that their reasons are similar.

"I do hope your family hasn't seen too much trouble... the situation sounds rather dreadful. If there's anything I can do to help, of course..."

He trails off, as the rest should be obvious.

[kamiizumi]

Alric, buddy, you have no idea.

But Leo's not the kind to go into his troubles with minor prompting - family business is, as far as he's concerned, mostly family business - and while their problems with Stockgen and some of the matters with the Foot Clan are more of a problem for mutantkind, just as much of what's happened with the Foot has been intensely personal.

"Thanks."

[knighterrantofthedragon]

Well, no, of course he doesn't, he's only even been in the country for days. Even so, he can imagine.

"Of course."

He shakes his head, smiling a little, seeming to mean it quite sincerely and literally: no question about it.