the displaced; ic

Does anyone have recommendations on tours they've enjoyed so far? There are so many to choose from, I'm having trouble deciding. With all the interesting and beautiful places on this planet, it doesn't feel like we have enough time at all.

I must admit, I am curious, having not ever explored space myself: how similar is what we are experiencing to the space those of you among us have encountered back in our homes?

This entire cruise is a damn tease until the space unicorn happens.

I sincerely hope this place has the proper amounts of tea on it as I doubt my collection of tea will come with me. I'm certain I'll require it at some point.

Abraham, it seems, is very excited for this. He has, in fact, made demands that I cut his sandwich into a star today. He says tomorrow they must be crescent moon shaped. I do not understand my current existence.

[The Waugh-Solo Family]

I am checking in to see how we're all doing with the upcoming cruise. Hopefully it won't be something we need to be concerned about, but would you all like to meet up and go over a plan in case we are in space? It may ease some worries and concerns to go over it in advance.

[Filtered to Friends+*]

So I guess that happened.

I'm not good of this sort of thing, but since I brought it up, they/them pronouns for now.

Just a reminder, if anyone is still ailing from yesterday's probably too predictable fair that ended in chaos, the Clinic is offering extend hours.

I would hate to think what sort of pathogens are in a troll's mouth. Although I am curious

Okay so we got the cruise info last week. Aren't we supposed to be gone by now? Is this a new form of portal torture?

Because I do not approve. Bring back gifts, Portal. That's when you're MVP.

[[OG 4]

We need a game night. Just the four of us.

Friday. Mine and Hank's place. 8pm. Be there or I'll ice you.

[Filtered to Bobby Drake]

Bobby!

Can I get you to take Jake for the night?

Have we figured out if we got money from Santa if that has to be declared on our taxes or not?

[Adult X-men + Struckers]

I'm probably just being paranoid, but Lyra received an unsolicited package with no return address.

That sentinel was a singular occurence, yes?

Who all is ready to see my girl, Elsa, unleash her ice powers again and conquer the world next week?

I really need to make myself an Olaf.

Since there seems to be another round of weather concerns, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes sells Weasley's wearable weather, a line of jewelry that encases you in climate-controlled bubble. In case you don't want 30 degree weather in the lead-up to Halloween!

[Filtered to WWW]

Which on that note, we need to start talking our Halloween plans.

Enchanted masks seem like they might be less popular after this last month. Because people have no sense of fun.

Does anyone have copies of the Dazzler albums? Apparently they might be hard to come by. But I'm also open to checking out other artists, if anybody has recommendations. I need something to dance to that isn't weird enchanted fairy dancing.

... Who helped get me free that night? I wanted to thank them.

[Jan]
I haven't really had a chance to talk to you since the fairy ball, but I saw that you haven't been able to speak? I'm sorry you got cursed! The whole ordeal was very exhausting. Let me know when you can talk again, I wanted to catch up. You looked pretty upset that night but I wasn't able to get to you. I know you don't know me very well yet, but Janet means so much to me and has done so much for me, so if there's anything I can do for you please let me know.

[Shuri]
I'm so so so sorry I missed our science and coffee date, and everything has been so chaotic since then and I've been stuck in school. It's more time consuming than I anticipated. When were you free to reschedule? I kinda got sidetracked on one of my projects after something you said about memory updates. I theorized maybe there was a way to contact our home worlds if there is a point of crossing over that allowed that exchange of information. Problem is I don't really have any data or frequencies to go off of. I made a model of a colleague's helmet to try mirroring communication, but so far haven't had any success. I might be hitting a dead end with it, but I thought it might have potential.

Otherwise I did want to start testing some of my quantum calculations and thought you could look over them for accuracy. Last time we were barely off, Scott and I ended up in entanglement and I don't want to repeat that. I did run some diagnostics on my tech and everything still seems fully functional.

Also also have you tried banana nut bread because I saw a video on how to make it on youtube and I might have made too much???

[Jarvis, Peggy]
I was thinking of putting together a food drive of sorts. Like just a simple door to door collection, but I'm not quite sure how to make that sort of thing legitimate. But I'll probably start by calling one of the community shelters, if you're okay with this. Would I be able to use a room in the house to organize? I'm mostly trying to help somebody learn about the importance of giving to others.

You know, I suppose there's worse places that a portal could've taken me to other than Texas. Like the Badoon homeworld. Or the Shi'ar.

Either way, Texas nearly isn't as bad, I guess. The heat's a bitch, but that's pretty much it.

Anyway, my name is Lorna Dane, and I'd like to know a good place to get a drink around here, since I'm going to be here for awhile.

I'm pretty sure I can live off of the amount of money I'm making with this shaved ice truck just for the summer months here.

God bless the summer sun and humidity.

If I add a new flavor should I go with blood orange or creamsicle?

Who's hosting the cookout and when?

Can I just say that I'm super glad that you guys didn't go for the Facebook format with the network?

Also, hi. I'm Peter. Ben gave me the insider's scoop on everything. Well, not everything, but probably about 25% of everything. I'm pretty sure I retained about 50% of that 25%, and there's about 15% that I'm currently in denial about on top of that. Sooo, for the 10.6% that I'm good with, I think I get the idea. I had my freak out. Totally understand that I'm the 3rd Peter Parker here.

Which, hey, fellow Peters. Are we just doing numbers? Chronologically? By height? Follow the Ed, Edd, and Eddy format? Does that even exist here? Too many questions? ...not enough questions?

I need a recommendation for a vacation spot. Any suggestions?

[ FILTERED TO ROGUE (616) ]
The party is coming to you and Anka Irene. If you have any serious objections, now is the time to make them.

[ FILTERED TO GABY TELLER, ILLYA KURYAKIN, BETSY BRADDOCK, BOBBY DRAKE, QUENTIN COLDWATER, & KURT WAGNER ]
I need your help.

Miss Anka Irene's birthday party was suppose to be for this Saturday. I'm afraid Rogue's not going to be comfortable having it here in Texas any longer because of He Who Must Not Be Named. So the party's going to go to her. I need some assistance moving all the necessary items out there and to help decorate.

When I made that bet about being able to talk kidnappers into releasing me, I did not account for science fiction. Rookie mistake.


Harvey Specter.

If this is some sort of new experiment it’s a bad one.

I can’t even imagine why in the world they’d be letting us talk to each other and use our powers.

[Warren W III]

Should I invest the $50k that I got orrrrrrrrrr shaved ice truck?

( Previous netpost attempts. )

My name is Peter Parker. I'm fifteen years old. I'm pretty quiet and won't cause any problems. Seriously you won't even notice I'm there. I need a guardian before I can leave so if you've got a spare couch or anything I'd really appreciate it.

So how do I know if I'm a Jedi or a Sith? Do we have Sith? I mean technically sort of. Maybe.

And where is Hank for this?

Ahsoka can I borrow a lightsaber?

[ooc: not forward dated :P]

From now on there will be a $5/month membership fee for the gym and you'll get a swipe card so you can access the building at any time. Teachers of classes may also decide to charge but right now it looks like several won't be. My self-defense class won't since I'm still doing a few shifts at the Bronze for actual income.

We're working on plans for a Pokemon park at the ranch too. We want to put a few different kinds of terrain in for them so if anyone has magic that would be useful for something like that we may have some work for you soon.

A few announcements.

• The Ellie Phimister School will be resuming classes full time on Monday, April 16, 8:30 A.M..
  
• Students who have yet to register for courses should do so before Monday, current students may wish to revisit their schedules.
  
• Anyone needing placement tests should contact us ASAP about setting those up.
  
• The Ellie Phimister School is also currently seeking teachers for

  Art History, Music, Band, Journalism, Computer Science, French, Astronomy, Environmental Science, History, Courses not yet offered, and someone for our Early Childhood program (largely a daycare for young, superpowered children)

( tl;dr on the Ellie Phimister School )

[ FILTERED TO TMFU ]
So you're staying with me, I won't hear any arguments about it.

Next order of business... there's a lot going on. Clearly. But I feel like we - as in the community - could benefit from an evening of being social. Where people can mingle and exchange thoughts on jobs and what they may do here now that we're in Texas.

And since the pool is here, it only makes sense that I combine the slumber party I wanted with a pool party. Thoughts?

[ FILTERED TO FRIENDS* ]
Just checking in. Please don't overwork yourselves.

*ooc; If you've talked to him on a regular basis, you're a friend. If you've slept with him, you're a friend. If you're still unsure, ask!

I'd like everyone to meet Bobby. That's what I named him.

I just thought, well, he looks like a more casual Robert.

( cut for image )

If I find a spider Pokemon, I'm gonna name it Pete. Or maybe Ben.

This is bound to be better than World History.

Do they have pizza?

WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY!

LET US CELEBRATE FOR HE IS RISEN!

I still do not understand the electric slide, but the dance was very much fun. Thank you to everyone for the dances.

[Filtered to Hunk]

Would you like to come painting with me? I will have snacks. I always have them when I leave, just in case.

[ FILTERED TO TMFU ]
Shave it? Or leave it? And Peril, I need to see which handkerchiefs you have, I can't find a good one to go with my tux.

[ FILTERED TO BOBBY DRAKE ]
Hello there. Since we seem to be going to this thing together, I just wanted to figure out where we were on expectations for the event and night.

[ FILTERED TO ROGUE (616) ]
I don't think I need to remind you that you owe me many dances at the ball, but just in case...

[ FILTERED TO QUENTIN COLDWATER ]
Final dance lesson today. I think you have the hang of it though. Has Margo and Eliot picked out what you're wearing for the event yet? Because they know what they're talking about.

BOBBY DRAKE (616):

Illyana didn't come back to the suite last night. We kind of had a — not a fight. It wasn't a fight, but some things came out that I didn't realize and now I feel like a giant jerk about them.

I don't know what to do.

Who's in need for a date to this ball? Comment here with your name, your romantic preferences, a few of your likes, maybe your age bracket, and let's see what we can do about getting you a date.

X-MEN:

Anyone up for an adventure with a bean tomorrow? No idea where it goes to, but I kind of want to see Oz. Anyone game?

Camelot has been a downright wonderland. I've done my best to nudge some of the knights into organizing a small tournament and it will be held tomorrow through the day.

There will be sword fighting, a melee, and jousting if anyone wants to participate.

Rogue, Sherwood for the day after?

[ FILTERED TO GABY TELLER ]
I will understand if you do not want to see me anytime soon, but I do hope to spend time with you at some point during this port. Please let me know if this is possible.

[Original 5 boys]

Let's try to be knights this time.

Magic carpets, Camelot, castles, Sherwood Forest. My inner child is screaming.

[ FILTERED TO PH BUCKY BARNES ]

You've been quiet.

Apparently gifting someone mithril ore is a big deal here. I was just trying to be thoughtful cause we've had a real nice time in Rivendell and the Elves have been nothing but nice and courteous to me and the girls. So I figured I'd give them one of the rather large pieces I managed to get from the mountain earlier in the week as a thank ya.

Now I've had to try and diplomatically turn down a proposal, try to explain I ain't needing anything in return since it was a thank ya for their hospitality in the first place, turn down a horse cause I ain't sure where it'd go on the boat, and now accepted enough genuine Elven clothing and jewelry for me and the girls to wear for a month or more.

So ya know, be careful of any gifts ya try and give.

[Filtered to X-men + affiliated sorts]

We were fairly laissez faire with Atlantis and got caught up in the middle of a war. Middle Earth already has the potential to be a lot more potentially violent. So let's talk safety in Middle Earth.

I don't want anyone going off on their own. Use the buddy system--at least--particularly if you are going outside of the Grey Havens.

If you are leaving the Grey Havens, make sure you are suitably equipped with equipment you have some idea how to use (or have someone in your party capable of defense). Communicate your position regularly in case you need to be picked up in an emergency.

Until we have a better feel of the attitude of the locals, keep your powers close to your chest.

Do not go looking for fights especially those of you who are still recovering from Atlantis. There is nothing cool about getting your ass kicked by a dragon.

If there are rumblings of conflict between the native groups, regroup at the ship ASAP.

So, let's all have fun, but safe fun.

If we're forming support groups, where's the gambling addiction group?

I have never seen a device like this in my life. Am I using it correctly? I suppose I'll have to wait for a response.

I found the reception here to be highly unfriendly. Forcing me to have an inoculation against my will. Such indignity! As if I chose to come here, on the strangest holiday cruise I have ever seen. Is there even a way to go home?

There also seems to be some sort of mistake. My roommate appears to be a man.

Just a reminder, classes resume on Monday morning, 9 am. Reports on Atlantis are due then.

[O5 X-men]

You guys suck.

I mean, not Jean. But the rest of you guys suck.

Okay but has anyone competed in the games yet? I've seen a few have watched, but what about actually participating?

Okay. Now that a couple days have gone by, I’m Waverly Earp. Yes, yes like Wyatt Earp. I know some of you. Latin club parties anyone? But I am definitely pretty sure I have a need to have more friends. Most of mine aren’t here, which includes my girlfriend, buuuuut new friends anyone? Y/Y/VY? I’m super adorable and great company. Doc and Eliot can vouch for me.

I probably could have just mooched off of Doc’s friendship gathering, but I figured that would be pretty sad, sooo here I am.

Anyone else wondering about our lives back in Tumbleweed? If we'll be sent back there the way we were last year, after being on the Prettiest Star? How long it'll be, whether or not things will still be the same and if we'll all still have our houses and jobs and all the rest?

...or is it just me?

You have got to be kidding me. I was undeniably clear about my distaste for both the ocean and the sun. I've had quite enough of magical portals for the next five hundred years.

Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral of England, Ireland and Normandy, etc. You can call me Henry, Fitzroy, or Your Grace.

[ooc: Pretty much assume that Henry is posting at night, always. His type of vampire is comatose whenever the sun is up.]

[Mutants]
( Not an IC cut )

[Ellie + Quentin]
If at all possible, I want us together in an emergency. Do you have a preference as to what part of the ship you want to defend if we find ourselves under attack? Any thoughts of who you'd like to work with?

[Mycroft]
What will you be doing with yourself if something happens on the ship?

[Steve Rogers]
Ugh. Who would you consider to be the leader of the Avengers at this time?

Heads up to any flying, swimming, or people with amazing eyesight or stuff. A few telepaths would come in handy too.

Anyone interested in a scouting party? I figure if we all kind of tag team up and keep each other in line of sight so we can check things farther out without worrying about losing the boat?

Volunteers:
Me
Percy Jackson ?
Ray
Songbird
America
Wally West
JP B. Northstar
Teen Tony Tony Stark
Clark
Pidge G.

People who haven't responded but are here and should help anyway:
Sue
Bobby Drake