GAME UPDATE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21ST 2010
NEWS:
⊗ The nationwide detainment of mutants (and mandatory airport testing for the X-gene) remains in effect this week. However, there is a new means of travelling internationally. On Monday, during the height of morning rush hour, the Jumbotron in Times Square is momentarily taken over by a man known only as Zero. He’s wearing a large fishbowl face-hiding mask, a long cape with wide shoulders, and a massive collar that stands up. In his message, he expresses severe disdain for the current administration, as well as the governments of most of the primary world powers for allowing this kind of civil rights injustice to go unchecked. In his fantastically verbose and dramatic speech, he unveils Zero Airlines. It is a pirate airline with the primary objective of ferrying mutants back to their families, back and forth across oceans. Fares are determined by one's ability to pay, and its method of funding and how a Boeing 777 got so posh inside while being such a tank on the outside remains a mystery. It is discovered that it has already run a few early flights, and the speech ends with the plane doing a low fly-over Manhattan Island, so all in the intersection can clearly see “Zero Airlines” and his emblem painted on the belly of the aircraft.
THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
⊗ Despite the overwhelming number of technopaths, it seems like technology within the institute is prone to being upset somewhat. The printers are currently unable to behave themselves, and constantly continue to print the name and address of a local restaurant along with a helpful map. It seems quite a nice restaurant, at least.
⊗ As the week goes on, those with the ability to detect reality warping or strong danger senses will get the increasing feeling that something is going terribly wrong. On Sunday, anyone sharp might notice it seems as if every room in the Institute is one inch bigger on the inside than the outside.
⊗ Thanks to a little lot of help from Tony Stark, and a formula from a few students, a few time machines have arrived that can be used to collect the missing staff and students from the points in time they can be found. Over the course of the week those missing will return... and a bit of adjusting will be needed, for everyone. Hopefully the school will return to normal - well as close to normal as it gets - soon.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS:
⊗ After the aid run by Xavier institute, the murmurs of discontent seem to have grown. It seems like those left are splitting into groups -- those who still support Magneto, and those who are no longer on his side.
SANCTUARY FOR ALL:
⊗ Equipment has been spotted going in and out of Sanctuary headquarters, and helicopters have landed. Looks like they're planning something!
WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
⊗ Wrote a book of Spaghetti-O recipes which has risen to the top of the New York Bestseller list.
OOC NOTICES:
⊗ Remember: Sanctuary is happy to help young mutants to the Institute (be it from their own homes or from Genosha) or just take them in themselves. It's also willing to work with trusted independent characters (pretty much just ping us and you can become trusted through some plot device) on things. Basically, Sanctuary is there to give you things to do while not being too plot heavy or tied down to classes and such! They also hunt monsters sometimes. It's all cool.
⊗ As ever, this post is open for talking about what's going down for Xavier Institute classes, mentor group meetings, etc. We do encourage people to thread classes, mentor group activities, etc. where possible rather than just handwaving all of them, but if you don't want to do a thread or you want to plan something or wevs, this is the place!
⊗ For the time travel plot -- Logs of the rescues are greatly encouraged, but not enforced by law. OPEN THREADS FOR YOUR RETURNS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR CR! The Wiki is a great place to list changes the character might have had while they were gone. Any small group of 2 or 3 people can take a time machine to do a rescue. Although the staff would rather responsible students go on this errand.
EXCELSIOR!
⊗ The nationwide detainment of mutants (and mandatory airport testing for the X-gene) remains in effect this week. However, there is a new means of travelling internationally. On Monday, during the height of morning rush hour, the Jumbotron in Times Square is momentarily taken over by a man known only as Zero. He’s wearing a large fishbowl face-hiding mask, a long cape with wide shoulders, and a massive collar that stands up. In his message, he expresses severe disdain for the current administration, as well as the governments of most of the primary world powers for allowing this kind of civil rights injustice to go unchecked. In his fantastically verbose and dramatic speech, he unveils Zero Airlines. It is a pirate airline with the primary objective of ferrying mutants back to their families, back and forth across oceans. Fares are determined by one's ability to pay, and its method of funding and how a Boeing 777 got so posh inside while being such a tank on the outside remains a mystery. It is discovered that it has already run a few early flights, and the speech ends with the plane doing a low fly-over Manhattan Island, so all in the intersection can clearly see “Zero Airlines” and his emblem painted on the belly of the aircraft.
THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
⊗ Despite the overwhelming number of technopaths, it seems like technology within the institute is prone to being upset somewhat. The printers are currently unable to behave themselves, and constantly continue to print the name and address of a local restaurant along with a helpful map. It seems quite a nice restaurant, at least.
⊗ As the week goes on, those with the ability to detect reality warping or strong danger senses will get the increasing feeling that something is going terribly wrong. On Sunday, anyone sharp might notice it seems as if every room in the Institute is one inch bigger on the inside than the outside.
⊗ Thanks to a little lot of help from Tony Stark, and a formula from a few students, a few time machines have arrived that can be used to collect the missing staff and students from the points in time they can be found. Over the course of the week those missing will return... and a bit of adjusting will be needed, for everyone. Hopefully the school will return to normal - well as close to normal as it gets - soon.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS:
⊗ After the aid run by Xavier institute, the murmurs of discontent seem to have grown. It seems like those left are splitting into groups -- those who still support Magneto, and those who are no longer on his side.
SANCTUARY FOR ALL:
⊗ Equipment has been spotted going in and out of Sanctuary headquarters, and helicopters have landed. Looks like they're planning something!
WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
⊗ Wrote a book of Spaghetti-O recipes which has risen to the top of the New York Bestseller list.
OOC NOTICES:
⊗ Remember: Sanctuary is happy to help young mutants to the Institute (be it from their own homes or from Genosha) or just take them in themselves. It's also willing to work with trusted independent characters (pretty much just ping us and you can become trusted through some plot device) on things. Basically, Sanctuary is there to give you things to do while not being too plot heavy or tied down to classes and such! They also hunt monsters sometimes. It's all cool.
⊗ As ever, this post is open for talking about what's going down for Xavier Institute classes, mentor group meetings, etc. We do encourage people to thread classes, mentor group activities, etc. where possible rather than just handwaving all of them, but if you don't want to do a thread or you want to plan something or wevs, this is the place!
⊗ For the time travel plot -- Logs of the rescues are greatly encouraged, but not enforced by law. OPEN THREADS FOR YOUR RETURNS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR CR! The Wiki is a great place to list changes the character might have had while they were gone. Any small group of 2 or 3 people can take a time machine to do a rescue. Although the staff would rather responsible students go on this errand.
EXCELSIOR!