When it Rains, it Pours

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Who: Everybody!
What: News from around the world, live and in full color. 
Where: Anywhere with a television, radio, or computer screen
When: All week
Warning(s): If a thread goes into warning label territory, either throw it in the subject line or take it to a separate log.

"...reported sightings of the fugitive mutant supremacist leader Claudine Renko remain unsubstantiated. A S.H.I.E.L.D. spokesperson assured the press that all plausible leads are being investigated, but declined to comment on her most likely whereabouts. Anonymous sources have sent News 10 the following photos, showing Renko or someone bearing a strong resemblance to her in a Mexico City cafe, and later in an airport near Cape Town, South Africa, leading to widespread speculation that she's on her way to Genosha. Anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts is again encouraged to contact..."

 

"...team of medical experts working alongside the Xavier Institute's Henry McCoy have put forth that the disease exclusively affects people with active X-genes -- in other words, mutants. While it has continued to spread like wildfire through District X and other mutant enclaves, no related cases have been confirmed among baseline humans. With the death toll at home rising and new cases beginning to be reported around the world, a travel advisory has been put out discouraging mutants from traveling overseas in hopes of slowing the disease's spread..."

 

"...Travel restrictions to the notoriously closed-off country of Genosha have been tightened even further in light of the mysterious virus affecting mutants around the world. In a personal statement, Magneto stressed that since the concentrated mutant population in Genosha puts them at greater risk from this disease, 'measures must be taken to prevent any contamination within Genosha's borders'. Many high-ranking Genoshan diplomats have gone further and offered their condolences to the families affected by the disease, as well as applauding President Kelly's executive decision to channel funding towards treatment and research of the disease. A number of Genoshan doctors and scientists have left the country to collaborate with the researchers studying the virus..."

 

"...vigils held around the country this weekend in memory of the virus's victims..."

 

"...meteorologists scratching their heads about the sudden storm near an Appalachian town in southern Virginia last week, where record levels of rainfall caused flash flooding and mudslides. Other nearby towns were completely unaffected, and experts say that the prevailing weather conditions don't line up with such a dramatic downpour..."

 

"...Senator Graydon Creed appealed to his major constituents during last night's primary debate with his usual hard line on social issues and mutants in particular. However, businessman Norman Osbourne has risen in the polls after claiming that Creed's proposed policies, including the Mutant Registration bill being debated in the House, don't go far enough. Osbourne promised that, if elected, he'll introduce legislation aimed at deporting all mutant foreign nationals to their home countries, drawing applause from the debate's live audience and an outcry from leaders of the mutant refugee community..."

[[ ooc: News Mingle! Feel free to start your 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

[totallystoned]

Reki takes her usual position at the news with her imac. With so many sick, the TV room seems strangely subdued. She's aware that she's one of the lucky ones.

[Storm]

"...And what was she doing down there?"

[Osbourne]

"Never thought I'd live to see the day Creed got outflanked on the right..."

Osbourne

[droppedbucket]

Even if she's been quiet and more prone to vanishing into the forest more then normal, there is a feral curled up next to Reki. She's being quiet until the last bit, a curious look on her face.

"Pidgeon...what deport?"

[totallystoned]

That nickname...if it were anyone besides Kisume, she wouldn't allow it. She thinks of her as something like a cat, prone to disappearing but also attracted to warmth and petting.

"It means to send someone back to their home country. But don't worry, noone's sending you anywhere."

[kinofwrath]

Quarantined in the infirmary due to carrying the sick Liir earlier. He hasn't shown any symptoms yet, but it's probably only a matter of time.

[Vigil]

"I seriously doubt many humans are mourning our brothers and sisters."

[Osbourne]

"The fuck is this asshat on?"

[Renko]

"Thank G-d she's safe."

[ osbourne ]

[endurancepoint]

"Clearly his own self-importance."

Alex had gone even paler than he already was during the remarks about Osbourne. If this Osbourne guy got elected, he was screwed. Even if Jones had promised to let him go, there were plenty of other people in England that would happily try to use him.

"They can send me back over my dead body," he snarled. And then he coughed, and coughed until he was forced to drink half a bottle of water. "Then again, that might end up what happens anyway. And in that case they're welcome to it."

[kinofwrath]

"Had no idea it was such a good drug."

Something about Osbourne bugged him. He was sure that he met him at some point. When he was younger. But he couldn't place where he might have met him. After a moment he stopped trying to think of it, and turned his attention to Alex. He studied the sick boy with a frown.

"Something tells me Osbourne is talking shit to get attention. I doubt he actually cares about mutants one way or the other." He hated humans, some more than others. Osbourne was the type he hated but could respect. Those who could manipulate the fearful sheep.

[bluerebellion]

[Oh great, stuck in here with this fucking asshole]

For first time I'm mostly agreeing with you on something, Is fucked up.

[kinofwrath]

You should agree with me more often. I'm right about a lot of stuff.

[And Fai's not here to freak out on them if they fight... which is unlikely as Flick looks like death warmed over, but Zancrow is getting a bit stir crazy]

renko

[friendofdorothy]

"She's not just safe. She's everywhere." Came Liir's voice from the other room. He sounded actually happy about it for once.

[kinofwrath]

Zancrow wondered over to Liir's room and stood in the doorway. He really didn't know what was etiquette here. He was already exposed, but wasn't showing symptoms of being infected. Yet.

"Spreading the message," Zancrow agreed. "You know, once you get better I have some ideas to discuss with you."

[griot]

Viti sat in the TV room on a couch with his legs crossed, his brows crossed his eyes staring at nothing but the bitter thoughts in his own head, taking in the ill news from the world. His only companion was the monitor lizard he kept in a plastic container.

"I tried, dammit," he grumbled. I tried.

The lizard flicked its tongue. It's thoughts were also elsewhere.

[reallyfeelingit]

"Oh!"

Shulk stumbled by, still caught up in his own research with the whole disease. His mind had been stuck there as he tried his best to do something. But when he caught sight of Viti, he fumbled around in his side bag, groping for something.

"I have something for you!"

[griot]

"Professor Shulk," Viti announced as he jumped off the couch.

"It's good to see you. Have you been recruited to help fight the disease? If so I might have something for you too."

Viti picked up the plastic tank with the Nile monitor lizard. The lizard tilted it's head to get a better look at Shulk then looked away.

[jolie_aile]

[Osbourne]

"While I would like to see my family again, that isn't what I had in mind."

The travel advisory was actually getting to her far more than that might suggest; she had been putting off visiting home for so long because of one crisis piling onto another and another--and now look what happened.

Flandre had been listlessly thumbing through her phone, sitting in the library's atrium but not reading anything.

[eternalprincess]

While Patchouli and Carlyn aren't around for the time being, Kaguya decided to tend to the library. No sense in letting the place get shut down due to lack of librarians.

"Hey there, are you alright?"

[jolie_aile]

"Huh?"

Flandre looked up, thumb claw still hovering over the screen. She felt momentarily guilty at not having any books in front of her, but she didn't want to make anyone's workload worse. There was enough to be done.

"Oh--I'm fine, really. Just...worried. But I think everyone is."

[colorfulbrilliance]

"I don't think anyone had anything like this in mind."

Meiling sits down, a slightly worried smile crossing her face.

"I mean..first thing to say would probably not be, 'Hi..they kicked me out of the country because of things.' Not exactly the best starter huh?"

She's not even sure of what to say if it happens. Because honestly? This was not exactly the best thing.

[jolie_aile]

Flandre looked up when Meiling sat down, doing her best to keep a smile on her face.

"Would you at least have a place to go? I mean, if that...happened." Which she hoped did not. Ever.

[Still sick, still stuck in the infirmary]

[knowledgeandshadow]

As if my mood wasn't foul enough already.

[When Patchy scowls, she can really scowl indeed. She could probably teach Logan lessons in looking downright mean.]

There's always someone bloody worse.

Sneaky feral time

[droppedbucket]

[Lo and behold, here's someone moving quietly. Kismue's trying to keep into stealth mode and sets a book beside Patchouli while keeping hidden. Knowing her luck- She'd get caught so quickly...

But if Patchouli looked where the book was, there is her green eyes shining in her hiding spot, just waiting.]

Re: [Still sick, still stuck in the infirmary]

[bluerebellion]

[Being from the part of the world he's from and not really being versed in American politics, Flik didn't really know much about this Norman Osborne fellow outside of being really confused by that fucking hair.

He looks over at Patchy from where he's standing in the room]

Is he giant ass hole? it sounds like he very much is but I'm not knowing to American politics.

[soccerwhisperer]

[Outside, having just finished up some radio exercises, Tenma tunes in to the news]

[Travel restrictions]

Oh... I guess I can't go back to Japan for a while.

[a big frown appears on his face as he thinks about other things. Like his dog.]

[Osbourne]

W--Wait, what if they're from America!?

osbourne

[psykick]

He'll probably go after them later. It'll be easier to get rid of us first since we're not even citizens, even if we're here on student visas.

[infinitepotions]

Larsa sat and listened to the broadcast, the book he was staring intently at currently just an object in his hand as he thought over the ramifications of Osbourne's proposals. They would be a real blow to mutants in general and that worried him, but he was also worried for himself and his family. If it got out that he was a mutant, the fall out could affect so many.

It seemed absurd to him that politicians such as Osbourne and Creed only thought about specific groups and not how their policies might affect others as well with the ripples any legislation or proposals could cause.

[uvumi]

Sandry frowned at the television. While she didn't want to stay in the United States permanently, she didn't like the idea of someone else forcing her to leave. It had been hard enough getting her paperwork quickly sorted to come here out after her last school tossed her out. It would be a waste of her uncle's time and Baron Erdogun's. And then they'd have to find a school for her all over again. Still, she knew there were people whose desire to not be sent home were more dire than hers.

"And just when I thought people couldn't say nastier things than Mr Creed has. What if they left their home countries because they were in danger there? It'd be cruel to send them back."