Back to School!

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THE STUDENTS RETURN

Starting on September 1st, students that left the Xavier Institute for the summer begin returning and new students begin arriving. Classes will not start until the following week, so students take this time to catch up with friends and teachers, meet new peers, and get settled. This is aided by the staff, who are enlisted to help with everything from airport pickups to tours to providing guidance to the nervous and uninitiated.

It's a hectic first day back. [Character A] finds themselves in the middle of a developing rivalry between two new students and is forced to find a way to deescalate the situation. Come on, you just met!! They'll have to keep an eye on that. Meanwhile, Remy LeBeau and Manuel de la Rocha have to run an unexpected rescue mission when a student loses control of their powers on the drive back from the airport and creates an anti-gravity field that leaves several vehicles stranded in the air above Hutchinson River Parkway. That was close!

Charles Xavier holds a meeting on September 2nd to which all staff members and X-Men are invited. During this meeting, he announces that he'll be rolling out a plan suggested to him by Emma Frost: dividing the student body into squads to help them learn to work as a team, build camaraderie, and prepare to handle the threats that young mutants may encounter. This will also help to ensure that every student receives more one-on-one attention and guidance. While the program is opt-in, he encourages them to become mentors for their young charges. This will be announced to the students on the first day of classes, giving them some time to decide and to consider who might be a good fit for their squads.

For the rest of the week, students continue to trickle in and soon the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning is bustling again!

THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS

Starting on September 8th, classes begin again! The school year opens with an early assembly during which staff members are introduced, squads are announced, and campus rules are reiterated. After that, it's off to class!

Right away, the students are abuzz with talk of squads, codenames, uniforms, and other important matters. Like which squad is the toughest ([Character D]'s seems to be the front runner), which squad leader is the coolest ([Character E], apparently!), which squad name is the lamest, and who probably got picked last. Apart from this distraction, however, it's a return to form. Just another start to another school year at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.

Come the afternoon, classes end early so the squads can get introduced and participate in an informal field day! This includes events like a relay race, an obstacle course, tug of war, and kickball, all interspersed with Scott Summers-themed trivia questions (at the insistence of Kitty Pryde). Happy Birthday, Scott! Each game won and each trivia question answered correctly earns a squad one point and at the end of the day the winner is announced, receiving a first place ribbon and a pair of sunglasses with bright red lenses. ...Stylish! The event comes to a close with a picnic on the front lawn.

All in all, it's a pleasant start to a new year.

THE FIELD DAY WINNER WILL BE RANDOMIZED NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED!

FORMS

Fill out the forms below to establish your character's staff role and to outline your character's squad!

<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> Character's name. <b>CLASSES:</b> What is your character teaching this year? Have they picked up or dropped any classes since last year? <b>CLUBS:</b> Is your character sponsoring any clubs this year? Have they picked up or dropped any clubs since last year? <b>REPUTATION:</b> What is your character's reputation among the students? Are they fun? Are they cool? Are they tough but fair? Are they definitely a supervillain in disguise here to ruin everyone's good time? Is this reputation deserved? <b>OTHER:</b> Does your character have any other roles around campus? Are there any other details to add?
<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> Character's name. <b>SQUAD NAME:</b> The name your character gave their squad. <b>SQUAD COLORS:</b> Each student will have a unique uniform in their squad's colors (à la Academy X). What are the squad's colors? <b>STUDENTS:</b> Each squad has 6 students. Identify any specific NPCs that are on your character's squad and otherwise describe the squad. Feel free to be as detailed as you want (giving them all names/codenames/powers/etc.) or as vague as you want. More details can always be added moving forward. This is just to establish the information that matters to you as a player. <b>APPROACH:</b> Did your character take any particular approach when selecting students? Do they know what approach they'll take in trying to guide their squads or establish a rapport with their students? <b>OTHER:</b> Any other details you'd like to include.

SCENES ⮾ FORMS ⮾ OOC ⮾

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SCENES: Scott's Birthday

[passingthru KITTY PRYDE]

It's honestly less a surprise party, more an excuse for Kitty to have stolen one of the nicest bottles of the Professor's champagne (it's his adoptive son so he can't complain.) She also set up a cake and corner for gifts, but that's about the extent. Her goal is celebratory but non-threatening, so she doesn't even coerce or trick Scoot there. If he ever shows up she just points at the cake and drinks and goes, "That's for you."

SCENES: Scott's Birthday

[seeingred scott summers ⊗ cyclops]

Scott knew he wouldn't get through this day without acknowledgement, but it's a surprise anyway to see the little party Kitty set up. Specifically, the vintage bottle of champagne that he knows belongs to the professor (from the last time Scott was debating if he should steal champagne for a birthday).

"Kitty," he scolds. He visibly struggles with a lecture for a moment before finally just saying, "Thank you."