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Okay everyone, now that Boom has happened there are a few things you should all know that will affect your characters and play.

As of the incident on Saturday, the Boom has been covered in game world news as any natural disaster, tragic incident or other prominent event would be in our own. Camera crews, reporters and general busy bodies will be trying their best to get a hold of people and have something to run. By now there are some crude, not well shot videos by other cameras in the area of the explosion that have run on television, been capped for newspapers and are making their way around the internet. Most of what the news people have, however, is aftermath and testimonials. Well, and wild speculation, of course, especially with regards to some of the school's more prominent students. Absent concrete information the tabloids will, of course, have a field day trotting out theories of who's hurt/dead/disfigured/maimed.

On Saturday they were unclear about what happened. By Sunday it will be alleged that the explosion was the result of someone powered. By Tuesday it will be confirmed, with the addendum that it was an unfortunate violent manifestation. By Wednesday the anti-powered groups will be crawling out of the woodwork and the air waves and internet will be flooded with the resulting dispute.

As of Saturday evening all parents and guardians of Xavier's students, whether they attended the field trip or not, were contacted and updated of their child's condition. This also goes for cadets & college chaperons whom the school has contact information for. Parents who wish to will be escorted to the school to be with their children at the school's expense. By Sunday afternoon all students regardless of injury or living status will have been successfully transported back to Xavier's where the school can protect them from the media tidal wave. The only exceptions are students whose parents chose to have their child released into their custody.

As per their agreement, the press cannot gather outside the school walls. This will not stop some and there may be some encounters and arrests. The nearby township will be flooded with reporters, however, and the school will recommend that no students or faculty leave campus unless absolutely necessary. This does not mean your characters cannot leave campus, only that they are doing so at their own risk.

During this week, all players are allowed to NPC their characters' family. Parents, siblings and guardians will be available to you to use in any way you feel realistically contributes to your character's situation. Any player who feels their character's parents or guardian would try to confront S.H.E.I.L.D. agents or attempt to meet with Steve, please see a mod.

We would like to remind everyone that as of this tragedy, the best healers in the country will be recruited (or ordered in the case of agents) by S.H.E.I.L.D. to attend to victims of the explosion. This includes non-school related civilian victims. Security will be high on campus this week. Agents will be on patrol and check points to enter and exist the school will be difficult and likely frustrating to pass.

Players of International students who wish to have their character visited by representatives of their home nation are welcome to do so, however, please let a mod know beforehand.

Memorial Services will be held on Monday and Friday evenings. It is not required for students to go. The Interfaith Chapel and Sampson Counseling Center will both be open and available to students and their families twenty-four hours a day all week long. All injured students who still require medical attention will be cared for in the Reyes Medical Center.

Classes will continue, but they may not be very intensive. Students who were on the field trip and were not critically injured will be granted three days absence of their choice this week. If your character plans to take more, please notify a mod as any further absences will require mandatory counseling.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please see a mod and we will do our best to address them as quickly as possible.

Okay everyone, here is the list of the outcome of Saturday's Boom. Please double check that your characters are in the right group as it will effect game play for all.

Characters we were unsure about have question marks by their names. Please inform us of any corrections required for finalization.

( The List )

We've decided to open plot early. You can start posting robobabies threads tonight as long as they're forward dated to tomorrow.

We'd like to remind everyone the robobabies are simulating an average two month old. This limits their interactive capacity. Your robobaby should be able to vocalize (coos and gurgles), follow objects across their field of vision, take notice of their own hands, and maybe push up with their tummy. Remember: They're robots going through simulated motions and will be developing as a direct result of the level of caregiving provided to them. So there will be some noticeable differences but overall, they are Tony Stark creations and should follow basic two month old developmental guidelines.

To make things easier for everyone, we've compiled a handy reference list of the names and sex of each pairing's baby. It's incomplete, but we will be updating it as more information becomes available to us. You can continue to provide us with your information in the original post or you can let us know in comments to this one.

Please note: Baby names will not be part of the registration process. Characters must learn this information as well as the sex of the baby from other characters.


( Babies, babies, everywhere! )

( Stark Artificial Infant - User Manual (Courtesy of AJ and Tony) )

Okay guys, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! It’s time to find out who you’ll be co-parenting with this week! (And sorry about the delay, we had some unforeseen additional issues that needed attending prior to this post.)

The eager will probably skip this part and go right to the lists, but may come back up here should they find themselves with a case of headtilt.

How pairs were designated:
• Characters who were roommates were not paired (with one exception) to maximize mingling.
• Likewise, characters in relationships were similarly disentangled.
• Most importantly, no two RPers were united in any pairing more than twice.
• Unfortunately we had odd numbers in two schools, which necessitated some characters be assigned NPCs.


Tony and Warren are roommates.
Yes, yes they are. However, because Tony was the creator and sole manufacturer of the robobabies, he was granted a special privilege: He could choose his own partner for the assignment. He chose Warren.



( Pairings by School )

We talked about this in chat on Monday night, and this is the head's up that it's definitely a go! The babies themselves will be distributed on Monday, but we'll be providing you with the parameters of the plot (and the very fancy, high tech, Tony designed and built babies) and the assigned pairings by Friday.

Things to know:
-Every year during the first full week of May Xavier's does some kind of paired project aimed at real life experience for the 8th graders on up. They've done projects like personal/family budgeting, how to run a private business and assorted others, and, every few years, the ever-popular egg babies.

-This year Tony has stepped in to provide a much more realistic child-rearing experience.

-It's not announced in advance what the project will be in any given year, but there has doubtless been some speculation...and Tony and Warren obviously know.

-The students will be emailed Sunday night with their partners and the project will be explained in assemblies Monday morning - one for each school. They will be expected to pick up their baby (with their partner) by lunch Monday.

-Partners will be assigned by the school (the mods) and will not cross between schools--middle schoolers with middle schoolers, high schoolers with high schoolers, with the exception of college and cadets who will be interpaired.

-There will be a minimum amount of time per day that partners are expected to spend together while caring for their baby, and the baby will log this.

So that's the heads up for now, we'll be getting you more details and partner assignments by Friday!