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charles [ғ] xavier. ([personal profile] oxfordian) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2014-08-13 05:01 pm

3rd move → video

[ The camera opens up with a panning shot of a hotel that looks a few decades past its prime. The paint is peeling in places, the roof is in desperate need of maintenance, and weeds are sprouting up through the cracks in the pavement. And this is the good side of the building—the other side features quite a few lovely boarded-up windows.

After a long moment, the camera is turned around, taking a moment to focus on Charles. Emma and Erik are visible in the background.
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Welcome to the future home of the Xavier School for ImPorts. That still sounds strange to say. As you can see, it’s been a while since the building has… seen its prime. [ Charles smiles a bit, his expression notably optimistic. ] Although that is where you come in! We would like to prepare the building for a proper opening in September—and I believe that with the help of any and all volunteers, it could be entirely possible.

[ Emma being Emma, the first thing that comes to mind is catty, but she knows enough not to snipe at her nominal boss on camera, at least not right off the bat. She takes a few steps closer so she can address the audience over Charles' shoulder. In her usual heels, she has several inches on him. ]

While Charles is rather more of an optimist than I am, this isn't my first construction project [ Do you have any idea how often mutants have to rebuild things? Do you? ] or first time running a school for super-powered students [ A lot of them are even still alive! ] so I'm confident we'll have everything in order in plenty of time. We're also looking for faculty and staff, and we'll be casting a wider net than a more conventional school, so if you think you have something to offer, please get in touch.

[ Charles turns his attention to Erik as though silently asking him if he has anything to add. After a moment, the communicator is handed off to Erik. ]

There will be dormitories in the school for anyone who desires an alternative to government housing-- registered or otherwise. [ There's an emphasis on "otherwise". He's made his anti-registration stance fairly public by now. ] In light of last month's events in Colorado, security will be an utmost priority.

On a related note, Charles and I were able to question an accomplice in the kidnapping. If anyone else was able to uncover any information on the parties responsible, I would appreciate an opportunity to compare notes.



[[ There will be an open log for renovating the school later this week. Here is the previous OOC plotting post about the school, for those who missed it. The school directory is over here; please comment on the directory post if you are interested in having your character be a student, teacher, and/or resident at the school! ]]
fridgeflower: (my conception was shady at best)

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[personal profile] fridgeflower 2014-08-14 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
You know, even if you say security's going to be a priority... Um. I mean-- I'm sure security with these things has always been a priority, it's just... It doesn't hold up.

I thought this place was safer for us, but yeah. Colorado. Just-- I guess what I'm trying to say is, um... Do you really think it'll be alright, huddling up like that?
vaccination: (dicks.)

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[personal profile] vaccination 2014-08-14 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. That sounds better than the dull schooling she got a taste of when she just arrived, and it's definitely a hell of a lot better than military school.]

Xavier School for imPorts, huh? [Conceited!]

So, uh. "Wider net" like what, exactly? Sell it to someone who hates school.
genoshan: (ALL I WANTED WAS TO BREAK YOUR WAAAALLS)

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[personal profile] genoshan 2014-08-14 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Our esteemed hosts have already done the favour of gathering the majority of us into a single neighbourhood, and I imagine that the teenagers among us would all be sent to the same public high school. I can promise you, we have spent a great deal of time weighing the risks.
housenurse: (here we go)

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[personal profile] housenurse 2014-08-14 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[y'know, as much as caring for all the littles of this new world has pleased her, Sukuyo feels she needs a change of pace.]

Schools need housekeepers, don't they! [said as if this is some huge breakthrough she's reached]
fridgeflower: (bitter betty)

[personal profile] fridgeflower 2014-08-14 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I just... I don't know. I don't know how to say what I mean without it sounding stupid.

I'm not as scared of the public school as I am of this, I guess. That's it.
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[personal profile] walkingballpit 2014-08-14 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
September?!

[You three are surprisingly optimistic on that one, from the looks of it.]

I can help out with the repairs. Got pretty good at it, actually. This is just... bigger.

[He touches two fingers to his forehead and flicks them outwards in an acknowledgment.]

Ma'am.
myownbestfriend: (016)

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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
It's traditional.

[That's definitely not Xavier's voice, though.]

There'll be powers training, of course. The way it's being done right now is far too scattershot. And having suffered through an unimpressive school experience myself, I'm quite sure I can be less dull than that.

[I am reasonably certain Emma is actually a high school dropout, oops.]
genoshan: (YOUR WAAAALLLSSS)

[personal profile] genoshan 2014-08-14 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ He lets out a sigh at that. ]

I am sure you have reasons to be apprehensive. I do not know everything that has happened in your universe, only parts of it.

Do you want to talk about it?
vaccination: (originally.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2014-08-14 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
I guess. No one's gonna be confused about it, that's for sure.

[Power's training, just what Ellie wanted to hear--not that she's sure her regeneration and type of healing can be improved upon, but it'll be less boring than math and geography. And history, fuck history. And, you know, military drills.]

School here sucks.
myownbestfriend: (073)

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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[They sure do.]

Are you offering your services?

[Emma certainly looks like someone who's used to having a housekeeper (or several) around.]
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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Like this is the first time she's rebuilt a school on a tight schedule, Robbie, really.]

Hello again, Mr. Baldwin.

[Not bringing up ancient history, nope. Besides, her New Warriors encounters were really quite mild by her supervillain standards.]
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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I don't doubt it, dear.

[Emma's, uh, been driven past public schools sometimes?]
housenurse: (quel dommage)

[personal profile] housenurse 2014-08-14 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! After cleaning up after my family, cleaning up after literally dozens of people will be a cakewalk!

[she's not even exaggerating.]
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[personal profile] walkingballpit 2014-08-14 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Like he pays that much attention to the state of (dis)repair that Xavier's/Jean Grey's Institute/School for the Mutants/Gifted is in.

At least he pays enough attention to know that she's been an X-Man?]


Robbie's fine, thanks.

[He's fine with not bringing up her history if she doesn't bring up his.]

So it's imPorts this time?
myownbestfriend: (014)

[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have any, ah...formal experience?

[Good lord, she's supposed to have agencies to contact for this.]
fridgeflower: (seriously laurie your facial expressions)

[personal profile] fridgeflower 2014-08-14 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think talking about it will do any good.
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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Ugh, nicknames. Emma ignores the request.]

You're all mutants now, darling.

[Why yes, she thinks it's only a matter of time before the world turns on them.]
housenurse: (what a loss)

[personal profile] housenurse 2014-08-14 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have formal experience with anything!

[beat]

-- Oh, I kind of served on a battleship once! That was pretty formal!
genoshan: (and now we're ashes on the ground)

[personal profile] genoshan 2014-08-14 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
I will not try to pressure you into this. I believe that you are an intelligent girl.

But I feel obliged to say that you are unlikely to find safety in isolating yourself.
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[personal profile] opticblasts 2014-08-14 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose it was only a matter of time until someone got something like this off the ground.

[ though... charles, emma, and erik, huh? definitely not the world's likeliest team up for starting a new xavier school, but not really the least likeliest either. ]

It goes without saying, but if you want my help, it's your's. [ but do you really want it... ]
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[personal profile] walkingballpit 2014-08-14 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives this reveal a shrug.]

Evolution says we were all 'all mutants' anyway. How 'bout we're all superhumans?

[... only if they screw up. They just have to not screw it up.]

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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Anime wacky is different from comics wacky, and Emma raises her eyebrows in genuine surprise.]

You were in the military?
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[personal profile] parallels 2014-08-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
When I arrived they didn't give me an option of the ImPort school. Then again, I teach English, not "How To Use Your Powers 101".

[A beat.]

Speaking of, offer any adult evening classes on that subject?
housenurse: (how i love les poissons)

[personal profile] housenurse 2014-08-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
More of a ragtag group of exhibitionist revolutionaries than anything else, really.
myownbestfriend: (039)

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[personal profile] myownbestfriend 2014-08-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Hardly anyone is going to get mindwiped or recruited into an imPort supremacist organization at all, gosh.

Seriously though, if you leave Emma alone for longer than about half an hour she'll start teaching mutant kids and also spend $10,000 on shoes.]


Someone has to do the accounting.

[There is certainly no reason this conversation would be strained. Everything is fine and Scott is the most boring man alive but at least he can balance a checkbook.]

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