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XI Mods ([personal profile] xi_mods) wrote2009-09-20 11:18 pm
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GAME UPDATE: September 6th, 2009 (Sunday - evening)

AT THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
New arrivals have been settling in over the last couple of days, and hopefully the majority of them, at least, will be ready for lessons starting in the coming week. The nature of LJ RP the school, of course, means that students and staff will continue to trickle in throughout term simply because the Institute is as much a school as it is a haven for those who need its protection, and people don't stop needing a safe place to go to just because term already started damnit.


OTHER NEWS:
Five mutants are executed in Pokolistan* without a trial for using their powers in a public place; mutant rights groups call for President Henderson to condemn the executions, but she takes no action either way.


*this is a DC thing but we figure if people have gone fo the effort of inventing stupid made up countries, we might as well use them.


WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
Rescued a rare species of sentient mold from extinction at the hands of Doctor Doom. Inside a volcano.


OOC NOTICES:
Normally game updates will not happen so close to each other as this and the last one have been, but 1) from now on the majority of game updates will happen on a Sunday (usually a little earlier than this) and 2) we want lesson plans from you! Well ... kind of.

If, during the upcoming in-game week (two IRL weeks), you want a lesson one of your characters is teaching to go a certain way, or if your teacher character plans to be doing something specific and unusual with the lesson, but you don't want to actually log the thing out (which is reasonable), this is where you say so. Drop a comment on this post, other people can reply, fun for everyone.

Since this is the first week of lessons ever, I'd advise everyone with a character who's teaching to do it just so that everyone has an idea of what their lessons are like, to start off with!

(And, of course, if you do want to do a thread for a lesson, that's absolutely fine.)

We'd also like to remind you that apps close on the 30th of September!

[identity profile] crotcharrow.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
lmfao. All speedsters have ADHD.

It'll certainly be better because I would imagine the lessons being shorter since she's not teaching a whole class and just him. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.

[identity profile] firstlaugh.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Criminal law class sounds AWESOMMME. A class that Tina would actually enjoy!

If 'funny cop movie' turns out to be Hot Fuzz then I would be oh so very highly amused...

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Does Sasuke have to attend Tifa's class? His power is technically psychic in nature but it's more... manipulation, control and hypnosis (name derp) than a sharing of minds.

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Sasuke will stand there on edge for the entire time. :'D

UM

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll probably have to discuss with you whether mine need control, because Temeraire's power (A cross between Bolt's Superbark and Black Bolt saying something in your general direction) can't be so much controlled as aimed.

In contrast, Sasuke's is subtle and he's been practising for his entire life, technically, so he probably doesn't need control lessons so much as lessons on When It Is Appropriate To Psychically Control My Peers.

[identity profile] bootjets.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
TONY'S CLASS oh boy guys. If you don't like his class he will cry.

And by cry I mean not really give a damn because he's Tony Stark.


Okay basically he shows up on time (gasp) with a large box of scraps. And I mean a very large box. He has minor physical enhancements as part of his mutation and he's still like OH GOD MY SPINE carrying this thing. It contains things like assorted circuitry, LEDs, a lot of rolls of wire, sheets of metal and the tools needed to actually cut and reattach the items on the previous list to one another. No one has any idea what he got this from, it looks like he just swept the contents of one of his workbenches into a massive box.

Which is probably EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, but shh.

Anyways, he'll then plunk it onto a table and tell them to make something that works in the next forty minutes. Most inventive thing gets a prize. He'll walk around during that time giving hints or helping out in vaguely sarcastic ways.

He'll spend the last fifteen minutes of the lesson going over tips on how to actually make what they were trying to make, then he'll finish by pointing out that if they were working for him they'd all have been fired ten minutes in, and giving them no homework.
Edited 2009-09-21 15:39 (UTC)

Re: UM

[identity profile] monarchs-voice.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
If the potential is there to control the amount of power being put into Tem's ability beyond simply "on" and "off", then he'd probably need the class. As for SASKAY, thaaaat's more a matter for the school psychologist, so yeah, ask Deadpool.

Re: UM

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It is really just 'on' or 'off'. He'll probably attend ANYWAY because he's taking everything he can and power control is interesting, if she'll allow that?

OTL yes probably.

[identity profile] monarchs-voice.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If that's genuinely all his ability amounts to, then he doesn't need the class. He's welcome to attend so long as he doesn't provide a distraction, but it would mostly entail watching and he wouldn't be graded on it.

[identity profile] firstlaugh.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
This is probably the only class that Tina can actually be talented in. Canonically Tink is an actual tinker (CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, I AM SHE) but Peter actually only mentions mending pots and kettles so hmmm.

She's no technopath, but yeah, she can throw together, say, an airspeed indicator (something she's been wanting for a while). It'll be basic and sure as hell won't win the prize but it'll function (to an extent) and she'll be proud of herself no matter what Mr. Stark says. :3

[identity profile] monarchs-voice.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
AWESOME OPOSSUM. 8|b

[identity profile] otilu.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's more that he's never actually had time or the ability in canon to try and vary it? So it's honestly unknown whether all his power is is a full-power sonic roar. idk I'll probably get him to attend the class to allow for possible development. @_@;; He'll be very quiet and attentive.

[identity profile] bootjets.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
If she can work out something specific to make and actually make it so it's functional, she's already a step ahead of most of the class so he won't be too derogatory. Just point out ways in which it could be streamlined or made more efficient, or asking what she'd do if she had the actual materials for the device rather than the bare minimum.

[identity profile] monarchs-voice.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. If that's the case, I could see her possibly getting him to experiment with that a little, but it's up to you if it ever bears fruit.

[identity profile] firstlaugh.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay shit, I just looked up the circuitry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Airspeed_Mech.SVG) involved in a real airspeed indicator and I may have to nix the functional bit. Li'l Tina may be overreaching herself a bit here.

Suffice to say, she knows what she wants to make, she understands the processes and the science behind it but she lacks the practical experience to pull it all together. She doesn't have the finesse and it'll frustrate her.

Yeah. I'm gonna go with that. :/

[identity profile] valetudochamp.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Tatsuki will likely pick his brain regarding the circulatory system. Expect frequent requests to use layman's terms.

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's what she's in school for. :Db

[identity profile] valetudochamp.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish I had a character who would be in that Psych class, just to catch one of the fun words like "bamboozle" or "hullabaloo" and keep it as a pet.

[identity profile] valetudochamp.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's totally sharing. You know, like how you share your wallet with that very nice man with the switchblade.

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh totes.

[identity profile] valetudochamp.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Tatsuki'll probably take combat AND self-defense, just to keep herself sharp.

[identity profile] usedhypnosis.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Also if he is part of this class, Sasuke will spend at least five minutes frowning disapprovingly at the brownies.

[identity profile] valetudochamp.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Tatsuki will put a circuitboard between two steel plates, nervously tell Tony she invented a new sandwich, and honestly not remember signing up for Engineering.

Turns out she checked the wrong box, but she's too stubborn to up and switch the class afterward.
hugling: (actually i didn't buy this hoodie)

[personal profile] hugling 2009-09-21 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
IT'S BRAIN POWERS

HE HAS TO TAKE THIS CLASS

Re: WALL OF TEXT

[identity profile] usedmiracleeye.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well with Hinata, it's pretty much always on, her power. She can see through things and such, but she can't really turn it off. She'd probably pass though but it's not a complicated ability.

Sakura on the other hand? WEll she's good at what she knows how to do, but she doesn't really know why or how she does anything. IE, she doesn't really know what her power is? Just what it can do /orz so complicated. She'd pass, if they're testing what they know she can do.

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