Xaviers!

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:37 pm**

A black luxury sedan rolled through the gates, coming up the long drive and stopping in front of the administration building.

From out the back, out strode Ballinger Lippincott, in a three-piece suit, tie clip, pocket square, the whole nine-yards.

Straightening his tie and removing his briefcase from the backseat, he took a moment to look over the grounds with a careful, measured eye.

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Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:50 pm**

Nailah is standing on the steps of the dorm, looking over at the new arrival.

"Dang, he somehow looks even stuffier than the previous one..." she mumbles to no one in particular.

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:40 pm**

Descending the stairs next to her, Tosh all but glared at the newcomer.

"I can't believe they're replacing her already."

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:22 pm**

"I mean... you gotta have someone in charge, I guess."

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:43 pm**

"Well, yeah. But why someone from the British government and not X-Corp? The last thing we need is a political appointee running things."

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:54 pm**

"Does it really matter who makes the dumb rules?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:25 pm**

"Yes. Miss Minamida deserves a better replacement. Not one that'll put politics between the X-Men and saving people," he said, unusually cynical about the whole thing.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:47 pm**

"Oh, I don't know about that. I think you'll find the new headmaster to be quite fair."

The voice had come out of nowhere, and then suddenly, in a puff of smoke, one of the headmaster's new prefects stepped out of...well, nowhere, really. "A right upstanding chap."

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:08 pm**

Tosh jumped, but held his bad mood in check.

"And you are?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:18 pm**

"Whoa, hey, teleporting guy!" Nailah blurts out in surprise.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:25 pm**

"Quinn. Quinn Quartermain," he said, in a showy, sing-song voice. "Surely you've seen me around here or there -- I think we shared intro to English Lit, though you were somewhere near the back.

I admit, we do not always hang out in the same circles as I am not a member of the X-Teams, but I hope that doesn't squelch our burgeoning friendship," he smiled, with a flair of showmanship.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:41 pm**

Tosh felt a little bad that he never noticed the guy before.

"Nice to meet you then," he answered. His mood didn't mean he forgot his manners. "Toshiro Narumi, but everyone calls me Tosh."

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:13 pm**

"Oh, I'm well aware of you, Tosh. I'm so sorry you had to go through that kidnapping mess; are you adapting back to regular life alright?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:43 pm**

"Mostly. But I'm still not quite myself. I'm not usually so pessimistic."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:00 am**

Quinn placed one hand on one of Tosh's shoulders. "Well, stay strong, my friend. Hopefully, the days of us getting picked off, one by one, shall be over."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:17 am**

"The X-Men haven't lost a student yet," he pointed out.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:28 am**

"They shouldn't have to find them so often, either!" Quinn laughed. "But you're right; I don't mean to knock our excellent response teams. Just wish they weren't as necessary as they have been to this point."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:53 am**

"We do more than protect our own. But yeah, it'd be great if we weren't needed."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:02 am**

"Yes, yes, of course we do. But safe houses first and foremost, hrm? Yes, quite."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 5:22 pm**

"You sound like my parents." Nailah says, shaking her head with a slight chuckle.

"I'm Nailah."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:09 pm**

"Your parents must be very wise, then," Quinn laughed.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:12 pm**

"Cautious. The word you're looking for is cautious." Nailah jokes. Well, mostly.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:18 pm**

"Well, if cautious is what prevents me from having my own, personalized super-villain, than cautious I shall be," he laughed.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:36 pm**

"Well you do you." Nailah says, doing awkward fingerguns at Quinn.

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:09 pm**

"Caution doesn't always keep people like us from attracting villains. As it turned out, I got a personal supervillain when I was eight."

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:13 pm**

"As you say," Quinn nodded, conceding the point. "Still. I think things are going to be looking up from here on out."

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:34 pm**

"As long as he doesn't change up everything the second he gets here under the impression Miss Minamida did it all wrong."

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:11 pm**

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with a change or two from time to time, is there?" Quinn said, walking a circle around Tosh.

When he looped back around in front, his outfit had changed entirely, going from a shirt and jeans combo to a sweater vest over some slacks.

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:19 pm**

"Okay, I don't know how you did that, but that was pretty smooth!" Nailah grins. She can appreciate a good sense of costume and dramatic timing.

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:26 pm**

"Oh, just a little magic, m'dear. Nothing too special."

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:29 pm**

"Oh yeah, just magic. No biggie." she laughs. "What else can you do?"

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:37 pm**

"I'd be more than happy to arrange a demonstration, if you'd so desire," Quinn grinned.

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:45 pm**

"Ooh, a whole presentation? Sure!"

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:06 pm**

"Everyone needs a lovely assistant, after all.

And I suppose if I can't have Tosh, I'll settle for you," he teased.

Posted: **Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:15 pm**

"Well... I am curious now what your powers actually are," Tosh said with interest. Only scientific, of course. Real magic wasn't fun parlor tricks.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:00 am**

"I'm a magician, of course. I tame the powers of the Arcanum Ego, and use them to delight and mystify. I walk the Winding Way."

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:52 am**

"Would probably be easier if you just slid down the hill on your butt. Rather than... you know... winding road going..." Nailah mumbles her way through explaining her joke, which everyone knows makes it much funnier.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:42 pm**

"Have you met Sean yet then? He's a legit wizard, supposedly."

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:37 pm**

"Supposedly, you say?" Quinn says, beginning to walk the other two into the dorms.

Posted: **Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:58 pm**

"I may have seen things that I have a hard time not calling magic but I'm still a science major. I have to keep some skepticism."

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