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

[jolie_aile]

"Why not? I don't think we're going to run out of space any time soon."

Flandre didn't...entirely understand how the process worked, beyond a vague recognition that it wasn't only guests that showed up around the house when she was small--and there was room enough for all of them then. She hadn't gotten that much bigger.

"You helped us before, right? So it'd be fair."

[colorfulbrilliance]

"..Heh..It's been a while so I guess I forgot."

It's still not something Meiling's used to. Because, everything she did before was, at least in her mind, already paid for by letting her and her mother stay.

"I guess if you insist, I wouldn't mind. But..what about your family?'

Of course..even then, She's trying to make sure everyone would be alright with it.

[jolie_aile]

"They would be fine with it, I think." As long as she remembers to, well, ask. Especially before showing up at the house with a rather tall stray.

"Just in case the...well, the worst happens."

[colorfulbrilliance]

"If need be, I can help out and still find a job or something." At least this tall stray would be more then willing to do anything she was asked!

"Even then..Still would have to let everyone know. I might be a adult but they still worry. I mean..parents do that." A light laugh.

it's still so weird to remember they're almost the same height in this AU

[jolie_aile]

"Yes, yes they do." Flandre laughs too, and extends her hand for a handshake.

"Agreed, then?"

Rfnvabf It is really!

[colorfulbrilliance]

"But it's their job. Credit where credit is due." It's amusing and makes Meiling smile but she takes that extended hand hand shakes it.

"Agreed."

Well..this is ONE way to start the SDM XD