February 2009

Timeline

Feb 1 - Monet emails Clarice, asking for their one night stand to be kept from Kurt. Noriko mentions the catfight the day before. Garrison comes back to the mansion to find Adrienne curled up on his couch. Cammie surprises her new suitemate, Jane, by moving in. Morgan emails Angelo, apologising for the sudden departure and telling him it's his turn. Paige and Jay have a sibling moment, despite his changes. Nori takes care of a sick Julio. Laurie emails Morgan about accompanying her on the first leg of her proposed world tour. Forge and Crystal celebrate their first anniversary. So You Want To Be A Superhero: Julian invites his fellow New Mutants to join him on his prize, and emails prospective chaperones. Walking Ghosts: Betsy confronts Nathan in the library about his lack of coping and winds up knocking him out and taking him down to Jean, where she expresses her displeasure at the state he's in. Kurt helps North move into the brownstone. Cammie tracks down Terry to thank her for her help. Shiro and Jean-Paul hide from Superbowl and talk about the women they've lost. Manuel teaches Doug fencing and they discuss the Hellfire Club.

Feb 2 - North and Morgan introduce themselves on x_snowvalley to their new co-workers; Amanda meets North in the kitchen and feels him out about magic. Doug reflects on passport hacking. Walking Ghosts: Kyle comes across Nathan and provokes him into snapping. Jane and Yvette are doing Red X work in New York when Jane is trapped in a collapsing building and taken to hospital; Yvette texts Scott from the hospital asking him to come; Scott lets the school know what happened. Cammie finds her way to the library and meets Tabitha. Garrison comes by and sees Morgan. Nathan visits Jane in hospital.

Feb 3 - Laurie makes a to-do list for her backpacking trip. The Orchid: Scott announces he and Jean are off to Madripoor to see his father. Cammie runs into Crystal. So You Want To Be A Superhero: Laser tag turns out to be something altogether else as the group find themselves in Murderworld; split into teams, the group find themselves running first through an insane version of America's Next Top Model, then Survivor, and then Dancing With The Stars, with people apparently being permanently eliminated as they go; Yvette and Jean-Paul escape their confinement but find themselves avoiding Arcade's security systems; Julian, Callie and Tatiana make it to the end, being offered a 'prize' of becoming actual sponsored superheroes, which they refuse; Arcade releases everyone and Murderworld crumbles into rubble. Morgan tells Adrienne about her new job. Morgan visits Manuel to show him she's back from Africa in one piece and things get ugly when the idea of Laurie meeting Valentia is raised.

Feb 4 - Walking Ghosts: Callisto encounters Nathan out by the lake, uncovering the Thermopylae marker and he tells her about child soldiers. Mark announces the reopening of Silver. In Spain, Amanda and Angelo track down an old servant of the de la Rocha family and get Valentia's story; later, Amanda has nightmares prompted by the discussion of Alphonso. Yvette emails the rest of the New Mutants from laser tag and asks them if they're okay; Manuel drops by on Jean-Paul with Valentia to find out what happened. The Orchid: En route to Madripoor, Scott and Jean discuss the irony of Scott going to help his father and reveal Robert Haverford is loose again; Scott and Jean arrive in Madripoor to discover Haverford has apparently stolen papers from Chris Summers; Scott stakes out Haverford's hotel, but something goes wrong and he vanishes; a furious Jean is able to pull a clue from Chris' head - the location of an orchid said to possess mystical powers. Jean-Paul offers to treat Lil to dinner and suggests making it a New Mutants event. Inez complains about the field trip, arousing Nori's curiosity. Lil invites Bishop for drinks and offers him crash space; Bishop spends the night with Lil. Jean-Paul makes his report on the field trip to x_staff. 'Cammie meets Amara while she is baking and awkward conversation ensues.

Feb 5 - In the middle of the night, Cammie's bleach is stolen by a poltergeist with a green energy signature and chases it to Callie's room; Callie reports a bleach spill in her room over night; Kyle asks which of the telekinetics is having night time issues. Amanda announces she and Angelo are heading back from Spain. Lil introduces Catseye - determined to not hunt mice after doing so proved her downfall in Murderworld - to peanut butter. Jean-Paul invites the New Mutants to sushi dinner the following week. Crystal seeks out Nathan again and invites him to her 21st birthday. Morgan mimics Catseye's powers and experiences life as a cat. Morgan spends the night with Sam and tells him about leaving.

Feb 6 - The Orchid: Chris and Jean track Haverford to Borneo, where a possessed Scott appears and attacks them; Jean drives the body snatcher out with a deal and using Scott's fragmented memories, they are able to get a better idea of where Haverford has gone; they confront Haverford at Mount Kinabalu eating orchids and dump him a day's hike from civilisation. Jean-Paul emails Shiro about progress with Nori. Crystal announces her birthday plans for the next day - drinks at Harry's. Lil emails Amara, apologising for her guest of the other night, and asks Manuel for advice on a Valentine's gift for Bishop, but becomes prickly when he offers relationship advice; Lil goes to the gym to burn off her anger at Manuel. Julian asks Inez why she's angry at him and her jealousy is revealed. Bishop takes Manuel and Valentia out to get Manuel's pimp hat as per their bet before New Year's. Adrienne calls in her date raincheck with Morgan. Yvette mentions the fifth anniversary of Red X is that day. Jay posts Shakespeare to his journal. Morgan talks to Amanda about a place to live. Garrison picks up Logan from the airport.

Feb 7 - Walking Ghosts: Sleeping at the boathouse, Jean-Paul experiences one of Nathan's nightmares and Nathan is angry when pressed to talk about it and throws him out; Angelo and Jean-Paul conspire to not leave Nathan to sleep alone; Nathan is less than impressed that Angelo will be sleeping on the couch. Jubilee announces she's off on a trip. The Orchid: On the plane back, Jean and Scott discuss the ethical murkiness of leaving Haverford in the jungle but decide there wasn't anything else to do. Angelo gives Manuel the information found on Valentia in Spain. Bishop and Lil talk about her issues about relationships after a shopping trip; Lil sends Valentia a Chicken Dance Elmo. Wanda announces a Sunday dinner for all of X-Force. Adrienne leaves Lil a t-shirt. Morgan lets the self-defence class know she's leaving. Scott and Jean-Paul compare weeks.

Feb 8 - Laurie updates her trip to do list. Walking Ghosts: Jean-Paul leaves a journal note that he's having to look after a sick friend for a few days and emails Jean, Angelo and Scott to let them know Nathan's taken off; Nathan heads to the Adirondacks for ice-climbing and is intercepted by Jean-Paul half way there; after a day of climbing, Nathan finally tells Jean-Paul what happened on the SHIELD mission - capture by teh Taygetos operatives, the death of the SHIELD team and an entire squadron of child operatives gunned down with Nathan to prevent potential contamination by the Trojan Horse program. Laurie asks Forge for a Danger Room evaluation and gets a lecture on being afraid of her powers. Lil needs shoes to go with the dress she plans to wear on a date with Bishop to Silver's reopening. Adrienne admires Lil's new shirt, which she is wearing. Manuel asks Callie to babysit again on Friday. Morgan texts Laurie, asking for furnishing help.

Plots

So You Want To Be A Superhero

Walking Ghosts

The Orchid

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February 2009