xavier_institute_logs | Looking to the future... [OPEN]

WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Two things, first the President's Address, and then the news of the world, brought right to your school!
WHERE: On any television, radio, or computer screen (assuming they're on a news site)
WHEN: The presidential address happened on Monday, the news events are more current
WARNING(S): mentions of school violence in one of the news posts, and as always, if a thread goes into warning label territory, either throw it in the subject line or take it to a separate log.

[On a small, raised stage set up in the White House gardens, there’s a polished wood podium with the presidential seal on the front. President Kelly, with more gray in his hair than he had as a senator, approaches it, adjusting his glasses and viewing the assembled members of the press in thoughtful silence for a moment before he speaks.]

My fellow Americans.

We stand once again at a crossroads, faced with choices of great importance. At home and abroad, we have been faced new challenges with the rise of the mutant population - challenges in our military, in our courtrooms, in our society, in our homes and our families. We are in a perilous place, and our unity as Americans under question. It is crucial, at this juncture, to take a firm stance on these matters, and position ourselves towards the future.

The Mutant Registration Act… is not what our path forward should look like.

[There’s murmuring among the press, indistinct, but fairly shocked in tone. He holds up his hand for quiet.]

Five years ago, I stood in support of Project Wideawake, an initiative which purported to improve our nation’s security. Instead, as a direct result, many Americans were robbed of their dignity, of the due process to which each of us has a right. Innocent lives were put in danger, and some lost, because we allowed ourselves to be blinded by power and fear. We are a nation founded in the promise of freedom, and in creating second-class citizens, we betrayed that promise... I cannot in good conscience support such measures again, and if this bill passes, it is my intention to veto it immediately.

Looking to the future, we must focus on developing inclusive solutions for these real issues, ones which affect all Americans and all people in our world today -- solutions will which protect our society, without sacrificing the freedom or dignity of any of its members. Together, we can create a better America, one that is safe for all its citizens.

Thank you, and good night.

"... shocked the entertainment world today by coming out at a live show in Los Angeles that she was, in fact, mutant. Dazzler, real name Alison Blaire, used the opportunity in front of thousands of fans and millions watching at as the show was broadcast live on HBO, to finally 'come out of the closet', as she said. She demonstrated her powers by performing a cover of the classic pop tune "Born this Way", with slightly altered lyrics, and a custom light show produced by her mutant powers. Dazzler later told the press 'The era where we all have to hide who we are is ending. Mutants don't have to be afraid anymore' She said that it was President Kelly's words than inspired her to finally have the courage to come out..."

"... controversial radio host Hunter Hellquist reported a record breaking amount of call-in traffic for his radio program. 'The country fed up with a goverment that is refusing to stand by its people. President Kelly betrayed us with his aims to veto the Mutant Registration Act and my listeners had a lot to say about it', Hellquist quoted towards the end of his broadcast that day..."

"... a huge success in Central Park with massive turnout. Sublime told the press that he was honored that so many people have taken up his banner. He was further honored that President Kelly has moved away from the Mutant Registration Act and has said he would gladly speak before congress to propose alternative solutions to mutant related legal issues..."

"... new details of the bombing in London reveal that the explosive was most likely constructed using mutant abilities. The casing for the bomb, in particular, was made from what investigators claimed was 'extremely dense bone matter'. One of the proposed suspects, The Vanisher, is still at large and has not been located by investigating authorities..."

"... shot and killed by police after holding up a school assembly at gunpoint and resisting arrest. The young man, claiming to be joining a group called the 'U-Men' had only moments ago killed and mutilated another student, a closeted mutant. Before police became involved, he also claimed he was going to use parts of the other student's body to gain his mutant powers. We warn our viewers that the following gruesome footage is very graphic, and that they should take discretion... "

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It is hard to believe he'd reverse himself now. Being saved by the X-Men didn't even change his mind before.

[He shrugs with pent-up anxiety. Jeez, even good news stresses him out now.]

Maybe the Sentinels were a step too far for him, though. We should try to hope, right?

Hey, as long as he vetos that stupid bill and isn't an idiot about anything else, he could be a robot for all I care.

If it were really someone else, though... Mystique was part of the reason the school was attacked before, too...

[A frustrated huff.]

...No, you're right, I'm just going to be thankful for this.

Like I said, as long as he stays smart I don't care what he really is. If it's Mystique in a disguise, a robot, an alien, I don't care. Just as long as he won't be a dumbass.

I can't imagine that'll be the last word on the subject from him. After that, there'll have to be something else.

I don't know what it would be if not registration, though.

Hopefully nothing worse. If it's something worse, I will personally destroy the White House.

Nn, don't say that. You'll end up on a watch list or something.

[Not even kidding a little bit.]

Pffft, kid? I am probably already on a few watch lists. I can cause earthquakes.

That's a good reason not to encourage anything.

[Which is totally why he's kind of pouting at this point. Definitely not because he just got called "kid" by someone he remembers as a middle-schooler.

Waaaay too responsible for anything like that.]

If they're not going to register everyone, they may start talking about mutants who are "security risks" and that type of thing.

[Get over it kid.]

Yeah, but see? The "one percent" of people everyone likes to bitch about?

[She jerks her thumb at her chest]

I'm in that one percent. They're not likely going to touch me--I have too much money. I'm...pretty safe right now.

[For now anyway]

Of course if they still start trying with that bullshit I'm going to do everything I can to stop it and help people who aren't so lucky as me but I don't have to worry about me for a while.

Money doesn't keep everyone safe like that.

[Now it's a different kind of pout, overly solemn as he curls back on the couch and brings his knees up to his chest without thinking. If money were all that mattered, his family's wealth probably would've kept the Institute from burning and being trampled by killer robots in the first place.

No such luck, when the powers that be had enough reason to stop counting you as part of the privileged few.]

All of us have to worry about everyone else, is the thing. Everyone at the school and everyone who still isn't.

...I just mean, we have to be extra careful.

Seriously. Though I still want to know what's up with Kelly and Sublime.

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