GAME UPDATE: September 13th, 2009 (Sunday)

[xi_mods]

AT THE XAVIER INSTITUTE:
On Monday, after lessons, a post goes up on the school intranet announcing the introduction of mentor groups; several teachers will be given charge of four to six students each. The information is also pinned up in the dormitories and staff room, and each staff member to be given a team is given a list of their assigned students including their powers.

Staff are told to take whatever approach they feel appropriate with their group but advised to make time for a group meeting some time over the next week. Goofy group names are encouraged but not, at this stage, necessary.

Bobby Drake: Draco Malfoy, Haku, Holly J Sinclair Miku Hatsune, Tom Bronson

Cloud Strife: Axel Pyres, Larsa Solidor, Neku Sakuraba, Temari Subaku

Dick Grayson: Aang, Edym Raffles, Ino Yamanaka, Naoto Shirogane, Simon Digsby

Emma Frost: Amadeus Cho, Cassandra Cain, Celeste Cuckoo, Ienzo Schaduw, James Matthew

Jessica Jones: Eli Bradley, Robin Walker, Sakura Haruno, Teddy Altman, Wally West

Kamina Jiha: Billy Kaplan, Hinata Hyuuga, Hisako Ichiki, Temeraire, Tina Bell

Karen Starr: Alfred Jones, Milly Mintaka, Naruto Uzumaki, Tommy Shepherd, Virgil Hawkins

Lisa Patrescu: Kisara, Kurt Wagner, Sally Sparrow, Zabuza Momochi

Logan: Kitty Pryde, Jean Grey, Laura Kinney, Nia Teppelin

Sanae Hanekoma: Allen Walker, Naminé, Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame

Tifa Lockhart: Alexander Aaron, Matthew Williams, Sofia Mantega, Terrance Ward

Tony Stark: Edward Elric, Hiei Janagashi, Jim Hawkins, Ty Lee

Toph Bei-Fong: Azula, Elenra Rigby, Julio Richter, Santo Vaccarro, Yui Hirasawa

Tsunade: Lili Zanotto, Jamie Madrox, Marcus Wright, Tatsuki Arisawa, Joshua Kiryu

Wade Wilson: Alphonse Elric, Giselle Vanderhall, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques, Sasuke Uchiha

Yoko Ritona: Josh Newman, Kate Bishop, Minato Arisato, Wendy Darling

NEWS:
ON TUESDAY:
A group of youths in costume, mostly mutants, attempt to foil a bank robbery in Florida but wind up causing a fire. Nobody is seriously injured, but, although the youngest vigilante is 21 and none of them are involved with the Institute, the early days of the X-Men are recalled by a few news reporters and some point accusatory fingers at Xavier. Senator Thompson reiterates his desire to implement a mutant registration program if he is elected President in November.
ON FRIDAY:
A twelve-storey robot operated by a scientist with a grudge attacks Manhattan, but with the Fantastic Four battling Skrulls in space and the Avengers on a mission to the Antarctic, who will stop its rampage?
More information on this will go up in-game when the time comes.


WHAT WOLVERINE DID THIS WEEK:
Goes to New Zealand to fight a giant mutated Kakapo created by the Green Man, a deranged environmentalist aiming to restore endangered species through genetic engineering. Where putting laser guns onto massive ground parrots factors into the conservation aspect of his plans is unclear, but Wolverine wins anyway.


OOC NOTICES:
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. If you've got a new teacher character (ie. if this is their first game update), it's probably a good idea to leave a comment here to give everyone an idea of what their first classes will be like.

If anyone has any issues with the group assignments please let the mods know!

Comments

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

CHEMISTRY, RENO AND YOU

SINCE THIS IS RENO'S FIRST PROPER WEEK. He's going to spend the first half of the class going over safety procedures when handling lab materials. (Goggles, tying your hair back, no hanging/lose articles like ties, jewellery etc. etc.) Sassing him about and/or not listening may result in things such as mild burns, singed hair, lost eyebrows, damaged clothes and getting weird smells stuck to your person.

After that, he'll be showing and explaining all about alkali metals, (so basically it'll be this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft4E1eCUItI) interspersed with explanations and such.) How they work, what they're used for, blah blah blah.

He'll be fairly light on the workload (I think so, anyway e___e) Every student will be given an alkali metal at random and will be expected to bring back an essay on its discovery, uses, how it's formed. etc. etc. (This is mostly to gauge how good you are at doing research, so he wants to see a variety of sources. Anyone who lists wikipedia as a source loses marks. But he's not going to tell you any of this, just that he wants the work in at the start of the next class.)

He also wants class this group memorised by name and number, and any other info you can learn is totally awesome. Basically he wants everyone to have the whole periodic table memorised ASAP, so.

Ditchers will be dealt with on an individual basis, but you can bet your punishment will be leaning towards the cruel and unusual without leaving any longterm trauma/damage. Also he'll want an essay on... whatever it was he did and how/why it worked ALONGSIDE the classwork. Have fun with that.

[huogongzhu.livejournal.com]

Azula is the best student ever. In other words, she knows how to bullshit her way through an essay and will hand in very dense and may even list a book source.

She also excels at memorization and will have the periodic table down in no time.

Also she never ditches class.

Also she may be kind of impatient to burn stuff.

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

Also burning stuff comes next class when he thinks half the class won't end up in A&E

[huogongzhu.livejournal.com]

YAY

[teloschain.livejournal.com]

... Hello, pretty girl who sits next to Minato in class.

You make him kinda nervous. :|

[huogongzhu.livejournal.com]

You shall be Azula's bitch lab partner. You must set up the experiment perfectly or you will get the death glare of death.

[melodyofwater.livejournal.com]

Joshua is in your Chem class, and his paper will not use Wikipedia. It will actually mostly contain book sources. The memorization will take a little bit for him, but not too terribly long.

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

Reno most likely won't start scrutinizing people on the whole memorisation thing for at least a month or so, so Josh is good for now.

Also books gain you extra points because not just any old mook can write and publish a high standard of science-y writing and have people pay attention |Db

[teloschain.livejournal.com]

Minato will be subtly unhappy that he can't have his headphones hanging over his shoulders, but he'll otherwise be a very good student. It's likely he's already memorized the periodic table, and he'll definitely list non-online sources in his essays.

Also, he doesn't ditch. To ditch is to possibly have his hair dyed and Minato doesn't want that.

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

MINATO YOU ARE A GOOD STUDENT AND RENO LIKES THIS ABOUT YOU.

[teloschain.livejournal.com]

IF YOU LIKE ME, WHY'D YOU SEAT ME NEXT TO AZULA 8| Even if she is the best lab partner available

[x-l-o.livejournal.com]

Amadeus signed up for your class because he needed another one and he wasn't about to do something like "history." He obeys all safety rules without question or sass, but he doesn't pay much attention during the demonstration, and he visibly rolls his eyes when he hears about the assignment.

His essay will be incredibly thorough and well-written, but will list no sources. If Reno says anything or takes off points, Amadeus will return the paper with "SOURCE: AMADEUS CHO'S BRAIN" written on the bottom of the last page. He thinks this is terribly clever.

The periodic table isn't going to be an issue for him.

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

CLEVER IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE BUT IT IS STILL A FAIL 8|

[x-l-o.livejournal.com]

>:( WHATEVER >:(

[quantumbird.livejournal.com]

Sally will grin at the explosions, turn in an essay that's likely twice the required length and then be embarrassed because this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc&feature=related) is the only way she can remember the periodic table. But chemistry will likely be her second favorite class.

[stepsonflowers.livejournal.com]

.........That is so cute.

l-lol Reno will probably be like "OH GOD WORDS" at the essay, but aside from that, Sally is good people.

[quantumbird.livejournal.com]

:3

Get used to it, Reno. She's wordy. But she likes being good people.

[pagesofmemory.livejournal.com]

Zexion will enjoy your class completely. However he detests the goggles, because he is tiny and they don't fit him very well. If anyone tries to make him tie up his ((emo-style)) hair, he'll probably argue about it in a way designed to bring the other person to tears.

He already has the periodic table memorized on account of a certain crazy scientist who insisted upon it as one of the many tests of memorization. This mad scientist influence will probably come back to haunt him later in the class.

His essay will have nothing but book sources. He doesn't approve of internet sources unless they are scientific journals. :|

[phoneskillnoise.livejournal.com]

Despite his headphones and looking like he doesn't care, Neku really IS paying attention.

[melodyofwater.livejournal.com]

(Want to be lab partners with Josh, Neku? He'll bug the crap out of you. :D



Also feel totally free to say no, I just think it would be funny. XD)

[phoneskillnoise.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that would be just his luck. Yes, let's make them partners.

[saintedsinner]

Expect Ed to have those assignments late (what? Paperwork again? BLAH) but he can answer anything with the best of them. Periodic table memorized forwards and backwards, and for this first week, he'll just hang back and watch you. Maybe when he thinks it's a good time, he'll throw out a question here and there that will have the teacher thinking.

[malfoysuperior.livejournal.com]

Draco's essay will be exactly the required length with exactly the required number of sources and will cover all of the listed subtopics. However, it will be rather boring, as most of it was done using a thesaurus and mad paraphrasing skills with encyclopedias.

During the metal demonstration, Draco will start out in the back of the class, murmuring about how nonsensical it all is. However, once things begin to explode, he will shove his way to the front, and thank god for safety goggles or he surely would have lost an eye after the caesium.

He will be able to recite the periodic table by Thursday, and his roommate probably will as well, from all of Draco's practice. He is determined to be an exemplary student, even if he has to work harder than some of his genius classmates. Hopefully his attitude won't affect his grades =|

[maiiau]

Larxene pays attention, hands in the essay, uses entirely book sources (and no encyclopedias), and is generally easy to get along with. Amazingly.

[a-whiter-shade.livejournal.com]

Eli takes very good notes and brings back a nice, if unimaginative, essay. He grumbles about having to memorize stuff, but he manages it.