December 2008

Dec 1 - Nori's parents arrive and begin to find out many things they didn't know about their daughter and the school. Amanda emails Angelo, Kurt and Meggan, checking in. Kevin has his session with Leo and the West Coast Annex is suggested as a potential alternative to the school and its stressors. The Magnificent Seven: Zanne discovers Tara Trask, Amber Hunt and Illyas Saidullayev are in Wakanda also.

Dec 2 - The Magnificent Seven: Nathan and Jean are discussing options when T'Challa tells them contact has been lost with the border guards; with attacks on the borders and Saidullayev attacking the town of Kanda, Jean and Nathan deploy to deal with him, leaving Jennie heading the remainder of the team; Emma finds Tara Trask via the astral plane and prepares to pounce; Jennie and Zanne attempt to stop the capital city being shelled; Alex has a run-in with Amber Hunt and manages to outwit her; Marius and Domino try to protect T'Challa from an attack by the Taygetos mutants; Emma tracks down Trask, but is blindsided by Carly Alvarez; Jean and Nathan battle Saidullayev, having to resort to a gestalt to take him down as they discover he is using Kick; T'Challa almost sacrifices himself to stop the attack on his city, but at the last moment JeanandNathan recreate the Panther and terrify the opposition into fleeing; Emma has to separate the consciousness of Jean and Nathan from each other; Scott reports on x_team about the situaiton. The inevitable happens and Julio meets Nori's parents; it's awkward. Adrienne emails Emma about the Hellfire Club.

Dec 3 - The Magnificent Seven: Jennie makes her report; T'Challa tells Nathan that he is going to leave Wakanda for a time to let things settle down; back in the mansion, Nathan complains about having Jean's knowledge left in his head and vice versa; sttlign Jean in for the night, Scott is amused by evidence their minds are still a bit confused. Jean-Paul feeds an exhausted and grieving Forge. Catseye meets Nori's parents and they are very confused.

Dec 4 - Clarice celebrates the near-end of her exams. Mark is happy about the release of the new Britney Spears album. Wanda gets an old message from during Day Zero from someone claiming to be working for her father; Wanda sets Doug to finding out what happened to him and notifies Remy that it appears he was killed. Jean-Paul and Shiro catch up.Crystal suggests people try and do something positive. Nori's parents encounter her Karolina and things don't go well. Jean-Paul helps Callie with climbing. Jean-Paul and Haller discuss Catseye's issues and Haller is left with the job of teaching her social skills.

Dec 5 - Amara Aquilla returns, meeting Julio and then running into Yvette working in the woods. Julian Keller arrives unexpectedly at the school. Domino is punchy and indulging in a prank war with Nathan; later, Nathan talks to Jean-Paul about possibly going back to Muir. Wanda tells an unimpressed Scott about Magneto's man in the government who wound up dead. New York Minute: Nori has an explosive fight with her parents and 'goes for a run'; Nori winds up in New York and starts bar-hopping; Yvette comments on the shouting; Nori finds herself a drug dealer to help with things; when she gets out of her depth with two guys, she drains her phone's battery to deal with them and sets off the alarms at the school; Scott is on comms when the alarm comes through and people are sent to aearch for her. Catseye is excited about helping her brother decorate the tree but then refuses to leave until Nori returns. Jean-Paul comes across a disturbed Yvette and they talk about the missing people.

Dec 6 - New York Minute: Nori winds up asleep in a subway and is picked up by the police for vagrancy; Scott, Kyle, Theresa and Haller go looking for Nori; Kyle and Scott stop a mutant attack; Nathan answers the phone to find Nori is safe, but in jail; Nathan retrieves a most contrite Nori; back at the school, Nori and Julio have it out and decide they want to try to be better with each other. Julian posts to the journal system. Kyle complains about having been out all night looking for Nori. Jennie is curious about the new arrival. Scott gives Zanne and Alex their X-Men tags. Callie helps Julian unpack.

Dec 7 - Amara announces her return. Ktenology 101: Christian Kane comes to the school with a plan for Marie; Marie, on her way to leave with Christian, runs into Angelo and promises she'll stay in contact; Marie emails Scott to let him know she and Christian are going to look for the people who attacked Garrison's car. Manuel comments on the new student and the security of the mansion in his own special way and Karolina adds to the fire with her own complaints. Julian and Kevin play basketball and Kevin fills Julian in on the mansion. Nathan gets a surprise visit from Rachel and Moira. Jane emails Amanda with gossip, asking when she'll be back. Jan reminds people of the resources available for people to talk. Kevin emails Yvette and takes her out ice-skating to avoid the stress of the discussion on Manuel's journal and he tells her about his potentially leaving; later that night, she falls asleep on Jean-Paul and he has to ask for rescue from Nathan. Jubilee teases Remy about his issues with Manuel and he responds by putting her to work. Morgan congratulates Laurie on dealing with Karolina sanely. Karolina takes off for a while, leaving her phone behind. Clarice decides David Bowie movies are better than debates on safety and winds up having a discussion with Manuel about his point any way. Scott reassures the school all is being done to keep them safe. Kyle noticed Karolina leaving and texts Jan; Jan raises the alarm on the staff comms. Zanne and Jennie hide from the chaos and celebrate Zanne's new status and talk about Jennie kissing/biting Marius. Manuel emails Morgan and they wind up agreeing on the powers sharing experiment for his control. Monet abandons the mansion for a night of drinking and debauchery and on her return, she and Morgan flirt.