Template:Selected anniversaries/July 18
July 18 - Sam Guthrie's birthday, Tommy Jones' birthday
2004: Nathan starts dreamwalking and Amanda sees far more of his history than he intended. Later she warns him about Illyana. Nathan and Sam discuss Sam's lack of direction. Shiro invites Alex to come to Japan with him. Nathan trains in sparring with Angelo and Illyana.
2005: Amanda comes to visit Domino and they have an awkward conversation, firmly avoiding Certain Topics. Stigmata: Jean comes to check on Paige and ends up getting more than she can handle; Paige comes back to herself, and posts to the journals for the first time since her breakdown; Scott visits Paige, later, and they're generally adorable. Nathan and Shan talk about psionic mutations and parenthood. Buy Now, Pay Later: Remy has Jake track down Charlie's father and talks to him, in a very interesting conversation; Amanda and Remy go out to celebrate Strange's news for Charlie. Jamie and Kitty return from their vacation. Sam has a birthday. Jubilee is still irritated with the psis, especially the empaths. Shiro demands Harry Potter discussion from Bobby. Alison's anonymous record enters the charts at no. 27.
2006: Search and Rescue: The search for Scott begins; Ororo mobilizes the team, and Jean is understandably upset; Marie and Shiro investigate a lead and instead find a Kick lab, where Shiro uses the drug and defeats the other junkies; Ororo announces that Scott has been kidnapped, and Julio is not enthused; Scott starts hallucinating in the midst of torture. Marie Ange moves to the brownstone. The Curse Stops Here: Remy and Moira discuss Remy's medical problems, and it is not good news. Lorna brings Alex his suit and his puppies, and they have a strained conversation.
2007: Amanda plots with Marie and Sarah to have a surprise 21st birthday party for Angelo. Jennie comes across Jono in the music room. Great Rift: Recovering in T'Challa's guest house, Rahne gets a visit from his mother and plans are made for an Elpis presence in the area; Nathan and T'Challa are snarky. Tommy's birthday is marked by presents from Terry and Yvette and by Jan dragging him out to Silver.
2008: Kurt has two visitors, Scott and Amanda - neither is happy about him looking for Mystique and Kurt reluctantly agrees he will not do so again. Red X Mission: Rising Waters: Yvette encourages Inez to come with them to Iowa; Inez emails Adrienne to let her know she'll be absent from work a few days; Jay nearly gets hit by lightning whilst out with Jean; Kyle and Jay are sandbagging when some workers fall into the water and need rescuing; Yvette reports in to Terry after a day's work. Doug gets contemplative watching Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and the new Batman movie, and he and Marie-Ange talk about the job and the choices involved.
2009: Mutation Sternutation: Manuel causes Amara to really lose her temper - and her control of Julian's powers - and the smoker's porch is trashed; Lil takes Amara to Harry's after wondering on the journals what happened to the porch. Forge creates "Blame The New Guy Week" and blames Lex for various things. Fiddler's Green: Nathan meets Machado in New York to discuss the children, and is captured by Taygetos when she springs the trap set for him; a team of X-Men on maneuvers at the time arrives, but too late to rescue Nathan and Haller is disturbed by certain inconsistencies; in Cerebro, Charles reveals that the trap was in fact his, using false memories on all of those involved to ensure Taygetos didn't detect anything; Scott announces Nathan's abduction on the team comms; Manuel causes waves by asking what is causing a spike in stress and anxiety; Jean-Paul texts Angelo about his sudden absence and snapping at Manuel; Nathan wakes up in Alpha's custody and is tortured; Scott tells Jean-Paul what's happened; Jeanne-Marie thanks Scott for letting her brother know and Scott agrees to tell her any information first. Cammie announces a showing of Robot Wars in the rec room, which Angelo leaves abruptly. Amara thanks Lex for cleaning up the smoker's porch and apologises for being drunk around him at Harry's.
