Template:Selected anniversaries/August 21
August 21
2003: Nathaniel Essex encounters a semi-drunken Betsy in the staff lounge. Things get a bit out of hand.
2004: Jean-Paul and Shinobi plan an HeliX benefit party. GW Bridge visits to check on Nathan. Angelo and Amanda have a Friend Moment; Manuel sees and misinterprets and the shit hits the fan; Shinobi tries to console a distraught Manuel; Angelo emails Amanda to tell her he doesn't think they should be friends any more.
2005: Scott and Jean leave for a weekend at a B&B.
2006: Marie and Doug break up. Believing Is Seeing: The X-team in Los Angeles finally discover what is happening at the club.
2007: Laurie mentions bringing the bus trip back again. Laurie cleans out Angelo and Forge's fridge and talks to Kurt in the kitchen about sentient sausages and Forge's return. The Winding Way: Amanda accidentally traps Angelo in bed when she casts a shielding spell in her sleep. Kurt lets Monet dye his hair pink and Jan approves. Clarice complains about summer being almost over. Logan and Marie catch up. Alexander's Wall: Scott and Ororo discuss the implications of the Brotherhood's newest 'recruit'. Laurie asks why the rum is gone.
2008: Laurie complains about the sex thread in Jennie's journal and she and Kyle fight and Jennie physically hauls her down to see Samson while Kyle goes outside to cool off; talking to Samson, Laurie expresses her frustration at not being able to do more in Sri Lanka. Emma asks Wanda to go to Russia to look for a missing contact. Operation: Retribution: Remy sends Wanda, Amanda, Sarah, Jubilee and Marie-Ange to India to send the Imperial Guard and D. Ken a message following the genocide in Sri Lanka; Amanda emails Angelo to ask him to keep an eye on the kids who went to Sri Lanka. Xbalanque: Jane, Monet, Kevin, Terry, Julio, John and Nash arrive in Guatamala; arriving at the Mission, they run into the local eccentric, Doña Teresa, an old woman who takes a strong interest in Julio; the group gets rained in on Jaguar Hill; something attacks the mission and takes Dr. Mendez. Crystal and Medusa go out for lunch in Attilan and Medusa's pregnancy is accidentally revealed to the press; Crystal announces Medusa is visiting the mansion for the day and that she is pregnant. Adrienne makes a deal with Fred Duncan and agrees to help the FBI with bigger fish - the organised crime family her husband was associated with; she later calls for a celebration at Harry's. Angelo visits Nathan to find Rachel has snuck in first. Scott, Alex and Jean return from Alaska.
2009: Fred gives Yvette a belated birthday gift.
2010: Dropping into the X-Factor office to get visa paperwork signed, Jean-Paul has a bad reaction to a false memory when Daniel opens the door, causing him to attack; Jean-Paul winds up doing Vanessa's work for her as 'punishment' for injuring her; Jean-Paul returns to the mansion and explains to a loopy Kevin that he had to kiss a girl for work (and coffee).
2011: Marie-Ange makes a journal entry talking about her birthday and having a catered brunch on top of a Ferris Wheel.
2012: Sooraya emails Angelo about joining X-Corps. A Kind of Magic: A flash storm suddenly appears in New York; Marie-Angie emails Doug about borrowing an umbrella from the sudden storm; David North offers his chauffeuring services. Scott tracks down Yvette and the two talk about their own welfare. Sooraya texts Angel and Yvette that she is cleared for training again but not yet on active duty. Johnny Gallo returns to the school.
2013: Kyle makes a journal post complaining that the cat shredded his lesson plans.
2014: Haller checks up on Lorna after the Fury mission and provides food. Marius is surprised by Yvette at Fred’s bedside and they talk about the mission and their own fears. Rogue visits Jean in the Box.
2015: Quentin is recruited in X-Factor by Jessica and talks with Warren and Adrienne about this. Quentin texts Gabriel about needing drinks. Doug teaches Hope A. about following a person and being followed. It’s Greek To Me: Our intrepid specialists are ready to completely throw in the towel and then Namor actually does whack the mechanism; the group is surprised by the arrival of a group of green, human-ish shaped people; violent, green, human-ish shaped people; Molly posts about having fun whacking them; Scott makes an official announcement of what happened; Clint posts later on about the object being safely locked away; Molly texts Wade about needing a place to put her fish spear.
2016: Topaz posts about the appalling price of textbooks.
2017: Amanda notices the absence of Big Ben’s chimes. Alison comments on Taylor Swift’s social media cleanse.
2018: Xavin and Tandy go through their first Danger Room session as X-Men and find it’s not as easy as they thought. Nica emails Bobby and Miles about joining the team; later there is celebration with fast food and Nica works out her code-name.
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2022: Operation: Kefauver: News breaks of a shootout in Queens that resulted in two dead; X-Force discusses the event and the information they have so far before dispersing to learn more.
2023: Julio tries and fails to make comfort food, so Sharon S. insists on helping. Shatterstar gets to taste test. Julio later posts on the journals, noting there’s leftovers for those that want them. Darcy texts Marie-Ange an image of a potato tarot deck. After watching her train with VI, Garrison has questions, and thoughts, while Darcy has answers and some thoughts of her own.
