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I've got about thirty seconds before the painkillers kick in but everyone else is way busier than me, so-

We've got 'em all. Kyle, Jessie, Celeste, and Liam and Wade Wilson are all in the process of getting their brains unfucked by Professor X. They'll be on Muir for a few days, then homeward bound. I know a lot of you want to see your people again and having to wait sucks hardcore, but at the very least just know they're all safe and secure on Muir.

[Voice to Text]
Ooooooooops, didn't mean to hit that. Wait how do I turn it off. Doooooooooooug! Help!

xp_blackwidow

Hey, what's up with the mansion security being dialed up to 10?

Warn a girl when she's coming back from a mission. Nearly got myself singed by some of the magic spells on this place and those normal security measures were cute.

Anyway, going to shower and then crash until the morning.

xp_cypher

We've gotten our best news and lead on folks who were kidnapped.

Laura was able to escape their custody, and we got her back earlier this morning. She's been in the medlab getting checked out, and then sharing everything she remembers about where she was.

Hopefully this is the break we've all been looking for.

xp_phoenix

We’ve had multiple coordinated attacks on mansion residents.

Theresa Cassidy is injured. Ashley Crawford is being evaluated. Felicia Hardy, David North, and Logan were attacked but are uninjured.

Emma Frost and Sophie, Phoebe, Irma, and Esme are unresponsive and appear to be in a shared psionic coma.

Kyle Gibney, Celeste, Jessie Drake, Liam Nelson, and Laura Kinney are currently missing.

If you are safe, shelter in place. Lock down your area and do not move unless necessary.

If you are not secure or need assistance, contact us immediately by phone or text. Do not try to handle this alone.

All available adults, check in now. We need to organize search and security immediately. No one moves alone.

Begin securing anyone still on the grounds. Once your area is clear, start a sweep of the mansion and surrounding property. Check every room. If a door is locked and shouldn’t be, open it.

Report in as you clear areas. If something feels wrong, call it in.

Stay in contact. Stay together.

— Jean

xp_dominion

The Canadian government and the Hudsons have finally agreed that I have fully briefed them and completed a comprehensive assessment of my physical and mental conditions following, well, that brief bout of death I caught. If I had known how much paperwork was involved, I might have made other choices.

Anyhow, I have successfully smuggled all your Canadian snack requests over the border and into my room. Feel free to drop by for your cans of Tim Horton's coffee, Coffee Crisps, Smarties, Aeros, Ketchup, Dill Pickle and All-Dressed chips, and a couple of boxes of Passion Flakies. Yes, I have also completed people's booze orders as well. The local LCBO officially named me Person of the Year after seeing the final bill for your requests.

Be warned. Gord's been cooped up in Toronto so he went straight to the woods. If you find very small bits of things that are normally in or part of a small animal, it's likely his fault. I'm not returning to active status as an X-Man immediately, but I can be found in the Danger Room running refreshers for the next few days.

xp_phoenix

Garrison has been unexpectedly called back to Canada for official duties. I'm not sure when he'll be back.

xp_changeling

I’m going to do my best to articulate all of this. However, I am not a scientist or a physicist which means a lot of this is above my paygrade. The wormhole team discovered a dimension that was deteriorating early today. Some sort of gamma radiation-based degradation. In examining the dimension, they discovered that it placed them into a high school environment of 2003. However, instead of allowing them to transition to the dimension, they found themselves inhabiting teen counterparts of themselves. No, I don’t have any explanation for it either. Apparently, using the tech that normally allows them to access another dimension puts them into the driver seat of a counterpart instead.

The source of the gamma radiation is a Science Club project that was stolen on Monday night. Our team at Snow Valley is going to work with the portal people to try and find it. However, it is unravelling this dimension, and the big brains think it’s got a couple of days left. However, they also found that when we transition to the dimension, the degradation rate slows. So while our teams find the device, we need as many people as possible from the mansion to spend some time as their teen counterparts.

Yes, I know how crazy it all sounds, but we need as much time as possible. Colbert and I have assembled dossiers on everyone who has a counterpart. Right now, our guidelines are to stick with school and afterschool. Family time is most likely to show that the person isn’t acting as normal. When shifting to the other dimension, your physical form is in statis, so you’re perfectly safe. If you’re willing to volunteer, come and meet us and we’ll provide you with as many details as we have. We’re trying to set up some subject matter experts for a US high school in 2003 to help people.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but the location if Claremont High School, in Kirby, Illinois. You are one of the Claremont Firebirds – ‘the best at what we do’. I know it sounds like a fever dream but these are real people with real lives. If we can’t find the device, their existence disappears in a couple of days. I suggest lying low, using injury excuses to avoid sports practices and theatre practice… Colbert is reminding me to mention that the school musical this year is ‘Grease’ which is sapping my will to live. Look, apparently whatever we do in their forms, they will mentally justify it but stay as close to the norm as possible. They are the ones who must deal with the repercussions.

If you’re willing to help, contact Barton and his people and let them know. If you have questions about the science, ask literally everyone else. Snow Valley, you’re on the job as of now. Colbert and I have assignments for you.

xp_changeling

I'm now back from Muir Island for the foreseeable future and it isn't with good news.

I know things have been a little muddled since we last updated everyone but it seems we're at an impasse. Darcy Lewis was injured last month during our incursion into the Paris Hellfire Club. What initially looked like minor injuries accelerated during her hospital stay and following her transfer to Muir. I'm not a doctor but from what I'm told, the injuries cost her control of her powers and in turn, the random discharge of those powers began a debilitating effect on her brain and nervous system. Unfortunately, because of the nature of her powers, using suppression technology ran an unacceptable level of risk in shutting down her nervous system and neural processes at the same time. In order to preserve her life, Darcy has been placed in an psychically induced coma by Professor Xavier.

At this point, until Moira and her team can isolate the uncontrolled power surge and reverse it or find a way to suppress her powers while she's conscious without compromising her vital functions, she'll remain in her coma. Moira is aware of all the various avenues, including magic, and may reach out as expertise is needed. If you have any medical questions, please direct them to her team at Muir.

Unfortunately, due to the situation accelerating as quickly at it did, she did not have the opportunity to reach out to the people she wanted to. I have a few notes that I'll deliver personally over the next few days. I'll also be returning to the office full time tomorrow. We can update how to deploy her duties amoungst the team then. If anyone has any non-medical questions, feel free to contact me as needed.

xp_legion

Hi, everyone. I wanted to let you know we have a new resident named Kevin. He's never used anything like the journal system or texting before, so while he may be on here eventually it probably won't be for a while.

Kevin is staying here as an alternative to a difficult home life. He doesn't have much experience with people, much less a communal living situation, so please be patient with him. He'll be with me until we figure out a more permanent arrangement.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

xp_pixie

Fun fact about Wales! We're a Celtic nation, but our culture is actually Brythonic, not Gaelic. So, we don’t celebrate Samhain like some other Celtic places, but we’ve got our own thing!

October 31st was traditionally called Nos Galan Gaeaf, which basically means ‘the eve of winter.’ It’s this old-timey way of saying, ‘Brace yourselves, winter is coming.’ And then, from November 1st onwards, we celebrate Calan Gaeaf, which marks the first official day of winter. So, it’s kind of like our own spooky season, just with a Welsh twist!

In my village growing up, we had this tradition on the night of Nos Galan Gaeaf. We'd walk around the graveyard three times. According to local lore, doing this would let you see spirits wandering the place. As kids, we’d dare each other to do it, and I never saw anything, but there was always that exciting bit of 'what if?'

xp_skin

We've got Ayame out to a safe place. Turns out she was just young and being heavily influenced - and gaslighted, and controlled, sometimes physically - by the people who were supposed to be looking after her.

There won't be any more videos or speeches.

xp_echo

Backdated to Thursday 19th September 2023 afternoon

Garrison and Maya spar, and Garrison discovers something they haven't thought of before.

( Alright, hold on for a second. I think I might see where both Matt and I have been missing. )

xp_madin

I know you're all gonna read this and just be like "Jesus, fuck that Madin guy, they're still clearly a card carrying Brotherhood member" and 1) I'm not and 2) this is important.

I don't comment on social media much or anything but there's this one lady that's being going viral on tiktok lately. Her name is Ayame and she is fuuuuuucked. So the conservatives love her.

[embedded video of a woman speaking, saying "I realize that I ask much of my fellow mutants, but we must establish limits on those perceived to be limitless. Society can only function with boundaries and rules, and we must continue to work to find a way to be a part of it; to not press so hard against those markers as to disturb the peace."]

You don't have to agree with me but it's important that you know about this. People like her? They want us back in the box. Limited. Tame. They want us to be fully managed by humans so that we're never a threat.

We don't get mutant liberation by listening to what they have to say.

(OOC: Posted here to enable use of a plot tag)

xp_spectrum

I wanted to bring people's attention to a petition on Change.org that kind of impacts us. Not directly, but it would be a horrible precedent to set in terms of mutant health care.

There's a bill progressing through the Pennsylvania State Legislature that would allow medical personnel to refuse to treat mutants based on "freedom of religion". It came out of the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences discussing obligatory mutant-specific medicine classes for medical professionals, not just the week of human-variant medicine they get right now. There were also requests from doctors and emergency personnel for extra funding for mutant-specific equipment. All good, right? Except the anti-mutant bigots came out in droves to protest against "unfair treatment" and some jerk politician decided to curry favor with them and started this bill. Which is getting way more traction than it should.

So, there's the petition to strike the bill down. I'd really appreciate it if people would go and take a look at it and make an informed choice to sign. And send it to all your non-bigoted friends and family. I know it's not much, but it's something. There's also the possibility of protests as well as media campaigns and boycotts if it goes any further.

( OOC note on posting location )

xp_catseye

. . . to a pool party in honor of Liam's 17th birthday tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice, but a little birdy (his mother) only told me last night.

I'll provide some baked goods suitable for a variety of dietary needs, and Kyle will be on the grill. There will be sushi also. If you are very nice you might be permitted to share.

Please RSVP, because I plan to consume all the unclaimed meat.

xp_dominion

Just a head's up following the events of this weekend.

If anyone wants basic or advanced hand-to-hand training, we're going to be holding a group event in the DR this week, and we can set up private sessions afterward. There's no disadvantage to learning how to handle yourself in the event that you end up in a fight and we also teach ways to anticipate and avoid conflicts. Just let us know.

xp_cannonball

In an effort to make some foods from back home for my little sister, I have accidentally found myself in possession of.....several dozen more jars of pickled vegetables than I need.

If anyone would like some pickled carrots, cauliflower, beets, cucumbers (aka normal pickles), red onion, asparagus, raddish, or garlic..... please let me know and please come take it from me.

Thanks!

xp_blink

I see we've been expanding while I've been gone. Hello all new people. I'm Clarice and I'm your lovely PA in the medlab. You'll likely see me if you come down there now that I'm back.

I'm (along with any other med staff available) offering basic CPR certification and first classes to all that need them.

If you're already certified and on a team, you're good. If you're not certified, not on a team, or just generally new, I recommend you sign up.

Classes are offered:
March 2
April 6
May 4

These will be all day, with breaks, and this assumes a). interest on that date and b). nothing else superseding it