Xaviers!

Posted: **Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:24 am**

Leo carefully stapled a flyer to the common room's bulletin board. He stepped back and nodded in approval. Coupled with the group email he was going to send, the word should get out nicely.

Festival of the Atom
Streatham Common, Lambeth
September 29th - October 2nd

Come celebrate mutant pride with us at the third annual Festival of the Atom! Games, food, entertainment, and even an outdoor market: all run by the local mutant community.

The flyer continued with a small list of sponsors and featured attractions, including live bands, a performance troupe, and even a mutant fortune teller.

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Posted: **Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:56 am**

"Hey, Leo! There you are!" Well, he's kind of hard to miss Jez, even with the influx of new students - did one of them have a snake for their lower body? The girl waved her arm as she approached.

"Hey! The headmistress told me about the project you're working on, for the folks over at Lambeth, and that you needed volunteers."

Posted: **Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:13 pm**

Turning to face her, he said with an embarrassed chuckle, "Well, I, uh, haven't actually figured out the volunteer thing yet. But you could help with that. "

Posted: **Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:51 pm**

There's a distant "Watch out!" coming from the staircase, followed by Robin swinging around the bend on an extended arm, landing on the bannister and sliding the rest of the way down, bouncing to eat up most of the momentum and letting the rest carry her through the common room with a couple hurried steps. "What's up Big Guy? Holmes?" she says on her way past, slowing down when she notices the flyer.

Posted: **Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:33 pm**

"Tryin' to get us more involved in Mutant Town. And there's a festival soon as a perfect opportunity to be seen and have some fun while we're at it," he explained.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 1:17 am**

"Coolbeans. They gonna have fair food? I could do with some fried non-sense."

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 1:57 am**

Jezabelle gave Robin a little wave when she made her grand entrance. "I mean, it's not a fair without some food that you'll regret, right? Just imagine what kinda stuff a mutant cook can make...."

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:36 am**

"Hey, you don't have to tell me! Nothing like a laser-grilled brat."

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:35 pm**

"Yeah. Food, games, everything. Ainsley says it's a lot of fun."

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2021 4:59 am**

"Well I may not know how to run a first aid tent, but if you need bodies - those I can supply in a fair number. And I might even have a spare that gets to be a patron too."

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2021 12:12 pm**

"Well, I didn't mean volunteer at the fair but that's not a bad option."

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:07 pm**

"Oh? What kinda stuff do they need help with? I'm pretty versatile!"

Posted: **Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:27 pm**

"I'm sure the festival people could use more for the cleanup crew. And maybe security because havin' X-Men on that would be a bonus. I'll have to ask. As for the community itself, I'm still workin' on that but maybe things like repair work and simple things like volunteerin' at the soup kitchen. I'd pay them back by doin' that but, well, extreme body hair."

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:15 am**

"That all sounds feasible enough. I'm actually going to be working with the Headmistress on the outreach project, but picking up litter might make for a good olive branch."

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:27 pm**

"Good to have you on board. You should probably talk to Ainsley about this too since he actually grew up there. Though unless you know British sign language it might be easier if I act as translator. As he can mind-talk to me," he said, tapping his head for emphasis, "Benefit of my animal side."

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:26 pm**

"I was gonna say, when you said that Ainsley had been talking to you, that did make me stop and think for a moment." Jez did that thing where she raised a hand with an extended finger pointing upward, but not actually pointing at anything.

Posted: **Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:11 pm**

"Yeah, my brain's just enough animal that his Doctor Doolittle powers let him talk to me. Hence the seemingly one-sided conversations."

Posted: **Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:16 pm**

"Good for you two!"

Posted: **Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:21 pm**

"I still plan on learnin' BSL but, yeah, it certainly makes communication simpler than it would be otherwise."

Posted: **Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:26 am**

"Yeah, good for you! Learning the basics of ASL has always been something I wanted to do... but never got around to it, you know?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:17 pm**

Robin makes an exaggerated expression of pity and holds up one arm, the end of which has turned into a wooden sign with the words

I ALREADY KNOW
HOW TO SIGN

written on it in comic sans.

Posted: **Thu Sep 02, 2021 9:30 pm**

Leo gave a groaning chuckle, "God that's cheesy. Ainsley would love it."

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:23 am**

Jez rolled her eyes, before seven more of her emerged to each pose in the shape of a letter YMCA style, though it did take two of them to make an H.

S H O W O F F

"Of course it's in comic sans." Said the S.

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:16 pm**

"Haters gonna hate." Robin says, jokingly shaking her head while her arm rapidly withdraws into it's normal shape.

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:53 pm**

"And on the other end of the spectrum, you have me worryin' my stubby fingers won't be very good for sign language."

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:28 pm**

"Think of it as... signing with an accent."

Posted: **Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:09 pm**

"In that case, it's not any worse than my speakin' accent when it really gets goin'."

"Probably better," he laughed.

Posted: **Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:14 am**

The Jez's slipped back into herself once she'd made her point. "I'm sure he'll appreciate the gesture, and that you'll get your messages across just fine."

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:03 pm**

"Speakin' of significant others, how's it goin' with the princess?"

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:41 am**

"It's... going." Jez said with a reluctant little shrug. "She's been through a lot. Not unlike a lot of us I guess, but she's got a lot on her plate. But otherwise? I think things might be getting better."

Posted: **Wed Sep 08, 2021 12:32 pm**

"Can they fix her face?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:58 am**

"I... don't know. I'm not sure what the hold-up is, I was hoping we could get some plasma from Muir, but there must be some kind of delay." Jez also felt really awkward asking Katarina about it, hence why she hadn't yet.

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:40 am**

"Maybe there's a waitin' list? Can't have a infinite amount of the stuff."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:27 pm**

"I mean, that's true, a healing factor only goes so far. I just worry about the long-term mental effects if it's not remedied soon."

Posted: **Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:48 pm**

"I'd donate some of mine, but the Muir doctors are concerned about potential side effects. They still don't totally understand the substance that turned me into this."

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:58 pm**

Jez raised her hand and started like she was going to speak, but then thought better of whatever she was going to say. And then realized that this was pretty obvious.

"Sorry, I know that topic is a bit..." was sensitive the right word? Not really, considering what Leo had been through sensitive was an understatement for what he had every right to feel.

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 5:59 pm**

"Don't worry about it. It's gettin' better, really. I'm actually startin' to recognize myself in the mirror again. Of course, it helps that Ainsley accepts me for what I am. In fact, he makes me feel like something majestic."

Posted: **Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:13 pm**

Jez smiled and gave Leo what she hoped was a reassuring pat. "That's amazing. I'm super happy for ya bud."

Posted: **Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:30 pm**

"Thanks," he said with a slight smile.

"Happy you found someone too."

Posted: **Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:54 am**

Jez flushed a little bit, looking a bit sheepish. "D'aww, thanks."

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