December 2018
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Timeline
Dec 1 - Murder They Tweeted: Hank texts Sue a picture of Quentin at the wedding, and about the murder; Quentin and Hank have some post-wedding fun.
Dec 2 - Murder They Tweeted: Quentin discovers two things in the morning: he's in bed with Hank, and his telepathy is back.
Dec 3 - Alex announces he’s fundraising for presents for the children of the Mutant Underground and asks for donations and help shopping.
Dec 4 - Laurie texts Kyle to ask if he can smell electronics.
Dec 5 - Wanda returns after several months with the Exemplars, working on restoring her powers to normal after her encounter with the Destines.
Dec 6 - Maya mentions she asks Salvation Army staff about their beliefs, with no intention of donating. Quentin's good mood leaves Jean feeling unrattled, even though he actually does have good news for once.
Dec 7 - Amanda discovers Pete Shelley, a member of Buzzcocks, has died. Jean posts an article about how the centre of the galaxy smells like rum and raspberries.
Dec 8 - Darcy realises she forgot Clint’s birthday. Jubilee finally finishes her paperwork and reflects that she’s been home for longer than usual. Terry arrives at the mansion.
Dec 9 - Darcy posts a Queen tribute to Chanukah to celebrate the last night. Kevin drops in on Gabriel with booze and disarming honesty as they discuss his reasons for leaving. Terry and Jean meet up for shopping and donuts.
Dec 10 - Kevin returns to the Snow Valley offices to ask for a job. Terry meets Sooraya and they talk about the Mutant Underground and Terry’s fundraising for Muir. Terry meets Angelo to talk about X-Corps.
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Dec 12 - Jubilee texts Gabriel to ask him how he feels about cocktail parties. Gabriel texts Kevin to tell him he took some of his booze while he was gone.
Dec 13 - Jubilee texts Kevin now that he’s back, informing him of an interesting wager she’s made. Jean-Phillipe makes a journal entry about footage from the Miss Universal National Costume being discussed online.
Dec 14 - Bobby makes a journal entry about the figure 8 in the 8 of diamonds card.
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Dec 16 - The Danger Room Paradox: Garrison, Everett the the Science!Bros get down to upgrading the Danger Room with new tech on a quiet Sunday afternoon, which doesn't go as expected; Having worked out the extent of the disaster, plans are made to fix things; A group of newly de-aged mansionites - Angelo, Alex, Hope, Marie-Ange, Jean-Phillipe and Stephen - find themselves a little… wrapped up; Laurie, Xavin, and Felicia have been dropped into an unknown location in what appears to be the middle of winter and will have to determine what's going on and who else is there, while in another spot nearby, Jean, Rahne, and Natasha are going through the same thing; Welcome to Night Vale... it’s ...not that welcoming; Kyle and Terry arrive in a strange place that appears to be made of the color orange and cubes, and incidentally they are also made of cubes; Darcy and Bobby are also in a world of cubes, although theirs is more floral and forested, and Bobby identifies the world as Minecraft; A long time ago in a galaxy far away... Kevin, Bobbi, Wanda, Sooraya, Maya and Amanda are a group of Rebels infiltrating an Empire prison planet, with no idea of their true identities or that this is all a fiction; Meggan, Sharon, Ty, Kurt, Clea, and Logan have been dropped into the middle of the Greek camp and have to quickly take stock of the situation without being discovered; No matter where you go, there’s always a troll; The group now seeks shelter, clues to what has happened to the world, and where exactly they are, amd another question that looms large is why Natasha has a note indicating they need to go to Baltimore; The local library serves as a good place to hide, minus the librarians; Terry and Kyle explore, offer commentary on the weirdness of their environment, and accidentally discover they can make things; Our group discovers that they can not only talk to people nearby, but to each other - which is a surprise since they're scattered all over what seems to be an infinitely large world; After their ‘crash landing’, the group follows former-slave-convict-now-thief Aola’Toor into the prison; After questioning a hapless soldier who stumbled out of his tent, the group now knows they've somehow ended up on the beaches below the city of Troy during the Trojan War, and the question now becomes how do they get back to their own reality; Say hello to the a-maze-ing flying Angelo; Food must be found, no matter how unpleasant the job is; After narrowly escaping the zombie ambush, the group established camp in an abandoned house and have split up to find transportation and supplies; The group’s various issues, along with an Angel tagalong, help them get through town and find Cecil’s boyfriend; Bobby has set the others to making things, and nobody but him likes it, and Clarice is especially displeased; Darcy discovers that when you die, you lose your stuff - but not your life - and that she might be able to hack Minecraft with her powers, maybe, if Bobby could just remember any of the in game cheat commands; So far, so good - the group manage to get to the strong room and retrieve their prize, before things go horribly wrong; After coming up with their plan of action, the group splits into two smaller groups with Sharon and Logan off to cause the biggest distraction they can while the others work on getting to the walls of Troy; Death is only temporary, uuuuuuuuuuuh right?; After a restless night in the abandoned house, the group leaves in the large SUV they've managed to start up and provision, as the faster the progress they make to Baltimore the better; Cecil has been taken by a Librarian, so our heroes go in to save him; Bobby is the only one who knows anything about this game, but he has a theory about how they might get to go home; It turns out Bobby's plan involves more of the same - digging, farming, building; The traitor is double-crossed, the former Sith is dead and the rest of the group are in a cell - has the mission completely failed?; Meggan and Clea have split off from Kurt and Ty to face off against Aetenor and Dolon, respectively; As it gets toward sundown, the group decides to seek shelter again for the night, as they don't know the hunting patterns of the zombies and they need to look for more supplies for Rahne and for themselves.; Kyle and Terry and Darcy make food - and Darcy reports that she can't cheat them home by command-killing the dragon; Poor Clarice - she's gotten all the teleporting of a Minecraft Enderman and all the downsides too, like not wanting to be looked at, and Terry and Clarice make armor and conversation; Meanwhile, Tara’s body is hauled away to be transported back to her Inquisitor father; In the open plains below the city of Troy, Sharon and Logan dressed in the battle gear they had stumbled upon earlier cause a ruckus and face off against Hector and Aeneas, heroes of legend; Rachel had joined their group amidst their escape, and the consensus had been to get this place in Baltimore as fast as possible to save Rahne, who's stuck in an between state of werewolf and not, and avoid any more close calls; Bobby explains enchanting weapons to Kyle, and Kyle does not turn himself into a parrot; It turns out some of their powers do work in this weird Minecraft world, they just have to be clever about it; Meeting up near the hangers, the Rebels fight their way out to a shuttle, and off the planet; Kurt and Ty breach the walls of Troy in whatever shape or form they can then go back for the others; The walls of Troy have been breached and in the ensuing chaos everyone has to find each other again because their chance of survival is better in larger numbers, and no one wants to get accidentally left behind; The final showdown, where, spoiler alert: Marie-Ange gets to stab someone; The Science!Bros managed to haul back the group from the Illiad, but it's not the gentlest ride, and Harrison and Ev come up with a solution; Mission accomplished, the Rebels are on their way back to base, and two strangers turn up in the shuttle while they’re in hyperspace; Having found what they need, the group is sent down to dig obsidian and build a portal; The team goes through their portal - and finds the way home; While the group debates what to do for Rahne, a solution arrives from an unexpected place; Everyone retrieved, Team!Science gets down to shutting things down for good; Cecilia makes a journal entry saying I told you so.
Dec 17 - Felicia posts to her Instagram to let people know she’s alive, but pissed off. The Danger Room Paradox: Topaz texts Ty and Hope about her adventures in Night Vale and her lack of magic there; Miles is relieved to have his normal body back; Marie-Ange asks X-Force to check in after the Danger Room incident; Darcy never wants to hear Minecraft zombies again. Clarice complains about the cost of private islands. Matt shares his favourite Christmas music by Straight No Chaser.
Dec 18 - The Danger Room Paradox: Maya boasts about being a Star Wars hotshot pilot; Laurie texts Kyle about arguing with Jean about wanting to cut into Natasha’s head to cure the zombie virus; Terry texts Kyle to let him know Minecraft doesn’t count as a second date.
Dec 19 - Clint invites the mansion to a decorating party at his and Matt’s fathers’ apartment in New York; he also texts Matt to ask if he wants to spend the night before at the condo.
Dec 20 - Gabriel checks on Artie and discovers just how Not Okay he is.
Dec 21 - X-Men Mission: Skull Island: Christian Kane meets with the X-Men to ask for help with a group of Chinese mutants seeking a crash site and valuable information on Skull Island.
Dec 22 - X-Men Mission: Skull Island: Cyclops and Rogue fly through an unusual storm to get to the island and manage to land the Blackbird; safely on the ground, two teams go out to find the information and crash survivors and the Chinese team while one team stays to repair the Blackbird, damaged in the storm; Cyclops, Dominion, Nightcrawler, Spider-Man and Xavin encounter giant bugs and the native people living on the island; Marvel Girl, Rogue, Blink, Bevatron, Wolverine and Dagger find the Chinese team battling a kaiju; back at the Blackbird, Dust and Spectrum, along with Hank, Reed and Sue, work on repairs and taking readings; at the village, Cyclops’ team finds the plane crash survivors who tell them the island is a battleground for giant monsters; Marvel Girl’s team have trouble convincing the Chinese team they are there to help as well as battling the monster; the Blackbird team is attacked by a giant carnivorous plant; Christian Kane texts Dominion to ask for help escaping a cave they’re trapped in by giant bugs; Cyclops’s team wind up fighting another kaiju; Marvel Girl’s team and the Chinese mutants battle a giant ape; the science team head to the cave and discover that the island itself is two enormous creatures battling each other by spawning giant monsters and agree it’s best to leave the island to itself; Christian departs with the survivors and the data while the X-Men take off in the Blackbird.
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Dec 25 - Christmas Day.
Dec 26 - Boxing Day. Lorna leaves Alex a present, 2 tickets to see imagine dragons in Vegas on New Years Eve.
Dec 27 - Maya wonders if she should take up extreme sport, Garrison points out the Danger Room has programs that can simulate that. Amanda puts up a message to X-force letting them know about the team’s new years plans if anyone’s interested.
Dec 28 - Megan posts up to let people know she took her first holiday somewhere warm, and she really enjoyed it, apart from the mosquitos.
Dec 29 - Topaz posts to let people know that Black Mirror might just be messing with her head. Laurie posts she doesn’t really get the point of musicals like the sound of music.
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