The Xavier's-New York Taxi Service...

[xp_daytripper]

Hello, all.

First up, before I start, I ought to introduce myself to the newbies. I'm Amanda; I used to be a student at the school up until last year and now I'm working as a research assistant at the Snow Valley Memorial Centre for Mutant Affairs in New York. Yeah, a bit of a mouthful I know - we tend to shorten it to Snow Valley. There's a few Xavier's alumni over here.

Any way, when I was a student there, my 'uncle' Pete Wisdom had this scheme where he would drive a mini-van into New York every Saturday morning, for any of the students who wanted to spend the day in the city. That stopped when he left the school and I always thought it was a shame. Which is why I came up with the idea of starting it up again. I've talked to the security people and the headmasters and we've come up with something that hopefully should give the students the chance the get off-campus without the hassle of buses or lifts or the rest.

Every Saturday at 9:00 am, there will be a mini-van leaving for New York from the front steps of the mansion. For the most part I'll be driving, but if I'm off elsewhere for work, I've arranged for either Angelo or Marie to fill my spot so no-one misses out.

Once in New York, the day is yours. There are a couple of rules though, for security, since kidnapping seems to be the flavour of the month.

1) Everyone has to give the driver (whoever it is) an idea of where they're going and who they're going to be with before they're allowed out of the van;

2) Everyone has to carry their Xavier's cellphones with them at all times and if there's even a hint of a problem, they're to hit the panic button that's installed in every phone. If you don't know where the panic button is, ask Forge to show you.

3) We're not insisting on the buddy system, but where you can, it's better to take a friend with you.

The van will be leaving at 5:00 pm for the return trip back to the school. Anyone who isn't there (or hasn't called in to say they're running late) stands to have various people chasing after them who will be really, really unhappy with you if you've just lost track of the time. And they aren't the sort of people you want to have unhappy at you.

All right, enough of the grr argh and the rest. The first trip will be next Saturday, the 26th of August. So I have an idea of what size van I'm going to need, if you're wanting to join the first epic trek that day, drop a comment here and let me know? Also, if you've got any questions, feel free to ask.

Looking forward to meeting you all next Saturday.

Comments

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Wait, when did you get a license? Who gave you a license to operate a motor vehicle? Is this one of those five minute Remy LeBeau special licenses?

[xp_daytripper]

Nothing fake or special about it. I earned it, fair and square, last year, remember? There was the bit with Summers giving me driving lessons and then the test and the bouncing around like an insane thing last July.

And I'll have you know I'm considered a very good driver. If there's a doubt, someone can come with me and I'll show them. :P

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I know that. Was just yanking your chain. Who could forget your utter ferretshock and glee?

[xp_daytripper]

Well, that was partly the pint of ice cream I'd eaten as well... But yeah, imagine Little Miss "Magic and Techonology Don't Mix" actually using a car?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm given to understand things work a little differently for you now? Interesting...

[xp_daytripper]

Yeah, still ironing out the kinks, but there's definitely some changes. I'll keep plugging away at it.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

So, what, before it was like, peanut butter and ... uh... squid, but now it's like peanut butter and chocolate?

... okay, maybe bad analogy. Hrm. Um.

Beef! Beef and... ... beef hot dogs and mustard!

... dammit, now I'm hungry.. and I just ATE too.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Going. So going. Need new music.

Angel, Julio, any other new people, wanna go play tourist? Like, regular tourist, not like "tour all the hot dog stands in NYC"... though, we could do that too.

[xp_daytripper]

*laughs* You've got the before right - and thanks for making me spit tea all over my screen, Marie-Ange and Doug are giggling at me now - the after I'm still not sure of. Might be peanut butter and chocolate (those go together? Yuck), might be pizza and beer, I'm not sure yet. I haven't been able to magic anything consistently yeat, apart from George the Demented Firefly. ;)

[x-aerial.livejournal.com]

Yes, let us venture into the wild jungle that is New York and brave it together!

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Well, I dunno how wild it is. Depends on how brave you feel about vendor cart hot dogs.

But, totally - I never got to do the tourist thing with the Empire State Building or anything. We should totally go do that.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Well, peanut butter and chocolate go together if you can eat chocolate.

WHY is he named George anyway?

[x-aerial.livejournal.com]

I don't plan on eating hot dogs, but am interested in this "tour all the hot dog stands in NYC" idea. Are the hot dogs at the various stands different? Have you/will you try them all and do a compare and contrast taste test?

And yes, let's tour a very tall building!

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought about doing it all organized-like but I could. Though I have to be kinda careful about some of 'em. Too much artifical crap, and I'm miserable for hours. :(

And yeah - some of them use kosher hot dogs, some of 'em have chicken hot dogs, or vegetarian hot dogs, which was actually kinda good, and some have polish sausages. And some of 'em have ... all of those. But not at once. Though I guess you could get them all at once... but I think's too much food even for me.

I was thinking more like the famous art museam I can't remember the name of right now and maybe the Statue of Liberty too. The whole tourist 'thing'.

[x-rictor.livejournal.com]

I would really like to see Central Park....

[x-aerial.livejournal.com]

Horse-drawn carriages! We have to ride in one!

[xp_daytripper]

Or like peanut butter. Never could get the hang of that stuff.

WHY is he named George anyway?

Because I was five? *grins* I don't really remember why I decided on that name, just that it seemed to be nice and normal and safe.

[xp_daytripper]

The more the merrier. :)

[x-aerial.livejournal.com]

What about Sooraya? Can we invite her to come with us?

[xp_daytripper]

Of course. This service is open to any of the students who want to use it. The language barrier might be an issue, tho', but if you asked Doug or Nate's crew nicely, one of them could play interpreter for the day if needed.

*makes note to get some basic Purdu phrases off him herself...*