Opening Day [OPEN]

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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

[friendofdorothy]

"Hmm..." Well, that was something to consider. But as far as he knew, Elphaba had never been to America.

Oh, he was supposed to say other things here. But he was drawing a blank on exactly what. He'd never gotten the hang of small talk.

[tofudog]

On the other hand, Beast Boy is an endless fount of talk, big or small. It's in his nature. The pause in conversation lasts for only a moment before he jumps in. "So what's Oz like? Is it more cool about mutants like your mom and me than America?"

[friendofdorothy]

Politics! Beast Boy had found the one subject guaranteed to make the normally taciturn Liir open up at least a little. He rubbed his beardless chin.

"More...primitive, you might say. There's still places where they think we're witches, things like that. Less so in the more industrialized parts. But the prejudice is more from a desire to exploit our talents or peasant backwardness than hatred of mutants per se."

[tofudog]

Haha, this guy talks like a total brainiac. Who even says 'per se?' Beast Boy isn't even sure what it means. He's impressed and amused in equal parts.

"So they're not gonna be blowing up mutant school anytime soon, but only because we're too useful or too scary?" It doesn't sound great, but that still makes it better than this country just a few years ago. "Where is it, anyway? Europe somewhere?"

Being ashamed of his ignorance doesn't even occur to him. Why would it?

[friendofdorothy]

Liir grew up among old books and incomprehensible, disturbing experiments. It'd be strange if he talked any different.

"Yes, I suppose so...It's in the North Pacific, between Hawai'i and Alaska...Where are you from?"

He's not making small talk. He wants to know where someone could grow up and not know where whole countries are.

[tofudog]

He shrugs. "We all moved a lot. I'm pretty sure I was born here, but when I was a kid mom and dad moved us all out into the jungle. Then another one, somewhere else, and so on. They did sciency stuff." He nods wisely. Apparently his parents didn't manage to impart much appreciation for their academics in their son.

"My team has been operating out of Brazil for a few years, so I guess our secret base is home? Until I quit, anyway. And now I'm here!" He grins, hands on hips. Not bad for a 30 second life story.