( Scott, when was the last time you slept? )

OOC: I want to thank everyone involved with WX2 for a fantastic year and a half. It's been a pleasure to play with you! For those that are coming to Academy in the fall, I hope to continue to entertain. For those that are taking other paths, I wish you continued fun and amusement in your future RP endeavors!

Who: Ororo and Remy
Where: Remy's room
When: Late last week
What: Ororo comes to Remy with ice cream and a surprising offer.

( There are only a few people I would ask to walk with me into that. )

When: Monday
What: Jono and Wing chat, then jam

( At the worst, the stage would rise up under them. At best, they'd be surrounded by groupies. He could handle both options pretty well. )

Who: Ian and Jono
Where: Jono's room
When: Recently
What: Ian comes over to check that Jono is all right.

( Are you coping? )

Who: Jane and Hank
When: A little while after M-day
Where: Their suite
What: It's hard to adjust. Also, there's a question that needs asking ...


( She found the smile she'd been wearing all day and mentally tacked it back onto her face )

Who: Emma and Renee
When: Since M-Day
What: Without her powers, Wicked has a decision before her. Emma asks her to make it, but it doesn't go smoothly.

( I can't lose any more of you. )

Who: Logan and Wing
What: Testing for a Green Belt
Where: Gym
When: After The Storm

( The problem with hitting a guy with metal bones in the face was that it effin' hurt. )

Emma sends a letter via e-mail and snail mail to the student roster of Xavier's School a day or so after M-Day.

Dear [Parent],

The events of July 25, 2006 have greatly shaken the mutant world, and it is in an attempt to help those who remain that I send this letter.

Please contact the school as soon as possible as to the status of your child's abilities. If they retain their abilities, the school will pay for any transportation necessary to bring them back to the school, where we are offering protection for the world's remaining mutants. Safety is paramount at this point, and with anti-mutant tensions on the rise, this is the safest place for them.

If your student no longer has their abilities, we are here to counsel them and help them through this rather abrupt transition. If they wish to contact us, they may call collect and we will help them as best we can.

The school will not resume classes in the fall. We are opening our doors to any remaining mutant, and we urge you to do what's safest for your children.

Thank You,



Emma Frost
Headmistress
Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
1407 Greymalkin Lane
Salem Center, NY

Scott and Emma, after coordinating with the other X-Men to make sure the students were safe and calmed down after what the press was calling M-Day, call an emergency meeting with the entire faculty, regardless of their power status.

( Scott, as always, speaks up first. )

The day began like any other summer day at Xavier's. Most of the kids were home for the summer break, and those that remained were enjoying either the leisure time or using the time to accelerate their education, particularly when it came to the use of their powers.

It was about two in the afternoon when it happened. No warning, but those X-Men that knew what happened when the world blinked on them for a while knew what it was.

"No more mutants..."

( OOC )

OOC: The game will end three weeks from today. I'll be around to RP aftermath logs and threads and "looking to the future" narratives. It's been a pleasure running this game, and I look forward to making the end of it something to remember.

Approximately two hours after the staff meeting, Emma prepared a small pot of Jane's tea and brought it up to her suites, making sure the lights were low before calling mentally to Jane. I do hope I'm not interrupting, but if you've the time, I'd like to try to find out more about what's on the horizon.

She also had a small tray of leftover melon, mild cheese and other finger foods for the both of them to nibble. She hadn't been social enough lately at all, even at the barbecue. It was more than time enough to change that.

Who: the Ryekas and Hank
What: Tara pushes food, Mike drinks, and David has a talk with Hank
Where: Xavier's backyard
When: During the Fourth of July party

( Moooooooom! )

When: Backdated to just before the end of the semester

What: Kate talks to Scott about the idea of her graduating and what to do from there, all while helping Scott wash his car.

( Idly, she wondered if the X-Men costumes came with absorbent parts. Surely she couldn't be the only one affected by that glare. )

Scott calls a staff meeting on July 5th concerning some important developments regarding St. Jude's, with all X-Men to attend (this includes Becca and David), along with Detective O'Reilly.

( Once they're all assembled in the War Room, Scott addresses the gathered. )

Who: Rahne and June
What: Last KP session of the year
Where: Danger Room
When: Right before June leaves the school for home

( Look at the concentration on those wee ugly faces. )

The Fourth of July at Xavier's School was mostly spent outdoors, and the festivities began at noon. Two tubs of beverages were set out by the pool: beers, hard cider and malt beverages are set out for the Over 21 crowd, and soda, Gatorade, water and iced teas for the younger set and the school's teetotalers. A volleyball court, badminton rackets/birdies, a horseshoe pitch, and various balls, bats and gloves are available for sports other than swimming.

Among the people who received invites to the July 4th Xavier's School bash were:

Arethusa Sine
Ian Vanderbilt
Charlotte Linwood
Reid Danton
Friday O'Reilly
Jonathan Waverly
The Flynns (Wing's parents - will attend)
The Jacksons (Timothy's parents/sister)
The Ryekas (Aiden's parents/brothers)
The Greys (not expected to attend, but still)
Grace Waverly (pretty much a given)
Bobby Drake (also a given)
Alex Summers (will attend)

The invitees were also welcome to bring a guest, with the knowledge that the party would indeed be mutant-friendly and to invite accordingly. If the remaining kids were interested in inviting some of the St. Jude's kids, they were also welcome to do so, but they'd have to arrange their own transportation.

The pool area was decked out in patriotic colors, and Scott was breaking in his grill utensil set and apron. Burgers, dogs, grilled veggies, chicken breast, tofu burgers...if it was grillable, he was happy, and it was done to a turn. Ororo helped with the prep of the cold dishes and setting up the big main table buffet-style. Guests were welcome to bring a side dish, as the entrees were more than taken care of!

Desserts were plentiful too, thanks to the kitchen staff, Jane and Emma contacting some of her favorite bakeries.

The evening culminates, of course, with a stunning fireworks display (in the absence of Jubilee, Forge was commissioned for something worthy of Gandalf the Grey), the pyrotechnics display put together by Remy.

ooc: Tag here with reaction posts if you like! A good time, hopefully, would be had by all.

When: Just before the 4th of July BBQ

What: After what Friday told him about what happened at her place, David and Scott talk about what happened to his parents.

( I had Detective O'Reilly doing some looking into the school as well, and her place got the same treatment, complete with the seizure of all her files and her computer. )

Who: Hank and Jane
Where: Catoctin Mountain in Maryland
What: Some time away is just what the doctor ordered.
When: Blurtimed to whenever Scott could spare the two of them for ten days or so.
Notes: TBC in comments

( All sunny and uplifting, yet calm and relaxing as well. )

Who: Becca and David
What: Catching up and the re-re-relocation of a Certain Chair
Where: Various places in the mansion
When: More blurtime! Sometime between Becca getting back and David e-mailing Scott and before the end of the mansion's semester

( To be continued in comments )

Following Aiden's collapse in the game room, Dr. McCoy had run several tests, including a full-body scan, to determine the best way to help the young man. His legs and stride weren't designed to remain on the ground, and in a school where walking was still the norm, steps had to be taken.

It wasn't all due to structure, however. The muscles in his legs, both from the initial damage to them and lack of use over the years (he tended to spend more time in the air at the farm than on the ground), simply weren't ready for the stress of consistently walking. Thankfully, with a healer on staff and a doctor in residence, this could be remedied with relative ease.

After hearing about Aiden's condition, Scott asked Grace to see what she could do for him, and after asking Hank about the state of his optic nerves, went back to his office to contact Forge. He had a couple ideas in mind to deal with things, but he had to contact Aiden's parents before anything was truly done. In the meantime, Aiden was to be given muscle relaxants to help him get through the days, plus a possible diet supplement to build up his joints (he may not eat, but if there were extra things they could provide to help him move easier), and a schedule of physical therapy was to begin, hydrotherapy at first, then treadmills once his joints could take the extended physical strain.

Aiden and Hank were already down in the medlabs when Grace arrived, the former likely bouncing in anticipation and the latter going through his notes on their newest arrival.

OOC: Posting order will be Hank, Grace and Aiden. Have at!