MEETING TIME

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Characters: STAFF
Location: The war room since it is the BIGGEST MEETING ROOM. No actual war included.
Time: 10am Thursday, since it is the holidays.
Content: STAFF MEETING TIME WITH YOUR HOST, PROF XAVIER.
Format: Action, for quickness. Tag yourselves in!
Warnings: None!

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[ Finally, Professor Xavier arrives. He waits a few moments for everyone to settle down, then gets directly to the point: ]

Thank you all for coming. As you may know, yesterday a space station used for deep space research came under attack frown an unknown aggressor. Both the institute and Sanctuary worked to aid a ship carrying survivors, however the reason behind the attack itself is yet to be determined. Tolian Soran has been demanding to be returned to his research, he claims that time is an important factor and has been very insistent on this matter. Soran appears to have some kind of barrier preventing me from seeing his intentions, however I believe he knows more about this attack than he is revealing. That aside, I believe the space station itself may still be unsafe so Doctor Soran will simply have to wait. I am open to suggestions on how we should proceed.

/gets this started?

[historycodebook]

[scratching his head]

And I guess the emapths and body language readers can't do anything either... [So much for that, then something clicks]

... Wait a minute. Are you saying that we actually have have the means to return him to the space station?!

[Why this surprised him after Jack Spicer and Tony Stark time machines, who knows?]

[stopitstorm]

[to Reki, somewhat amusedly:]

We have many friends in high places.

[to the Professor:]

Would it be wise to visit this space station for ourselves?

[clearlythatsme]

[Yes he actually came to this. Yes he's speaking as an equal. YES HE HAS TEA.]

There's probably stuff on it Soran doesn't want us to see; scientists always have some weird obsessive project they're working on in secret. He's definitely hiding something. Chances are if we board that station he'll out with it. Where is he at the moment?

[leggles]

[you really out to restrict these things to the X-Men, Chuck. he has no intention of doing anything that could be considered useful but he's here anyway]

[more amused than anything:]

So what you're saying, then, is that we shouldn't trust a man of science?

[faceforgery]

[PIPES UP AS IF HE HAS SOMETHING USEFUL TO SAY] Or rather, that you can always trust one to have more going on than he's willing to be upfront about.

[clearlythatsme]

[Points to Eames;]

Exactly.

[hanahanasunday]

[Speaking up now, after a contemplative sip of coffee.]

Hidden intentions are often ill ones, indeed. We should definitely find what it is he's working on before letting him return to it. How dangerous is the space station, exactly?

[ceilingsniper]

[Sitting on the wall, as he does.]

Wellll, we could send someone to go have a look see.

[a_whiter_shade]

[equal parts bored and amused]

I believe that was what Ororo was suggesting in the first place.

[takes a sip of her tea]

Might I add that whosoever chooses to embark upon this little adventure scan the space station electronically, first, from the comfort of their ship? It should go without saying, but...[waves a hand] Not to worry, though, I'm sure all of you will get your chance to investigate it personally afterward.

[a slight smirk]

[clearlythatsme]

[a grin. SPACESHIPS 8D]

Promise?

[historycodebook]

Electronically scan a spaceship...

[Reki has a feeling he knows where he's going to end up soon. This is starting to sound like technopath territory]

I knew I should have taken some self defense courses...

[fairerthandeath]

I did offer them to staff.

[ Well, he did! And sure, he's stayed quiet up until now because his new years resolution was to not argue in any more staff meetings, but... ]

I don't mind flying a few people up there to check it out, but I agree we should err on the side of caution here. As far as I know it's still air tight, just some system damage from weapons fire. Soran is being kept under watch by Sanctuary at the moment, we had him here but...

[ He hesitates, looking for the right phrasing. ]

He got a little too curious for a few people. Very bad at following instructions. Kinda like Jane here --

[ Glances across. RAISES AN EYEBROW. ]

But there's no way the attack on that station was unprovoked. And if Soran isn't sharing, he's probably in on it.

[13376066135]

Probably better to have him under watch elsewhere, then. Goes without saying, but if he does know something about this, it's best not to have him around the kidlets.

[ stretches a little from where she is. ]

So, is it agreed that some of us are going to check out the place? That seems to be the general consensus.

[clearlythatsme]

[Looks at Sheppard.

In a put-upon voice;]

After all we've been through together...

Does this Soran resort to petty digs in order to boost his self-esteem? I'll go ask him.

[Stands, making to leave as if he's actually going to head over to the Sanctuary right this minute.]

[thefinalpromise]

Letting such petty jabs get to us already, are we?

[Not... that she entirely minds if he does, but she couldn't leave it unsaid.]