AT THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
THE INSTITUTE OPENS TODAY.
While a handful of staff and students will have already moved into the newly rebuilt mansion over the last couple of days (mostly those whose arrival coincides with their having been rescued from something), the majority will be arriving today. A bus has been arranged to pick up new arrivals from a train station in nearby Salem Center.
Classes won't start until Monday, so this first day and the day after are simply for settling in (student dormitory allocations are here) and unpacking, although Professor Charles Xavier will be delivering an assembly in the evening, for which other staff members are expected to prepare speeches. In the meantime, students and staff alike have the roam of the upper levels of the mansion and its grounds (for a better idea of what that includes, go here). Staff, however, will have to be ready to keep an eye out for any troublesome student behaviour.

Mingling is encouraged! Breaking things is not.


OTHER NEWS:
The Avengers diffuse a hostage situation instigated by a group of mutant terrorists violently campaigning for equal rights. Senator Harvey Thompson, Republican presidential candidate in the upcoming election, warns against pandering to these radical extremists.


WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
Logan just returned from a trip to Europe, where he foiled a plot to destroy the EU using nanobots. He defeated them by stomping on their central unit a lot.


OOC NOTICES:
THE GAME IS NOW OPEN. Feel free to post both on xi_rpg and xi_online.
There'll be another game update going up once classes are about to start. Reminder! Classes don't have to be threaded out, but they can be if you want them to be.