October 2011

Timeline

Oct 1 - Korvus, Xavier's newest student, meets his new roommate Artie. The Problématique: Bishop emails Wanda, Garrison, Doug, Lex, Warren and Jean about not finding much in Vanessa's hotel room in Boston. Korvus makes his first post on the network introducing himself. Korvus asks his fellow students for help speaking casually, as his English is quite formal.

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Oct 3 - Laurie emails Bishop about the status of the investigation into Vanessa's disappearance. Jubilee delivers a crocheted goat to Adrienne, as previously discussed. Yvette announces Empire State University's Alternative Homecoming and invites the senior class of Xavier's as well. Kyle meets with potential new student Layla Miller and her social worker to give her the talk about Xavier's and learns her powers are on the creepy side. Matt and Korvus talk about Korvus' speech patterns and manage to resolve the tension between them with some honesty. Meggan runs into Korvus in the library and she agrees to help him acclimatise. Cat vs. Bird: Warren asks Adrienne for help on a missing child case for X-Factor. Amara and Sam catch up at the end of summer BBQ.

Oct 4 - Wade announces Taco Appreciation Day and invites people to join him in the kitchen for taco-y goodness. Cat vs. Bird: Adrienne and Warren track their missing teen to a shelter for mutants and run across Callisto, who reluctantly agrees to help.

Oct 5 - Layla arrives at the mansion and meets Matt on the steps, discovering they knew each other in elementary school; Layla introduces herself on the journals and proves she'll fit right in. Cat vs. Bird: Warren and Adrienne discuss the next move in their case.

Oct 6 - Layla has her first German class and is enraptured by Kurt. Korvus asks Meggan to be his date for the Homecoming dance, after some cultural confusion.

Oct 7 - Layla meets Artie and there is some prickliness about Artie's lack of height before they find some more common ground. Molly brings Matt lunch and they talk about his addiction issues.

Oct 8 - The Problématique: Garrison emails Bishop some security footage from an airport that shows Vanessa being flown out of the country; Bishop sends the footage to Doug for analysis and Doug determines Vanessa is likely to be in Prague. Marie-Ange provides birthday cake for Remy and her co-workers. Layla is bored and asks Artie to go to Salem Center with her via pictures. Korvus and Wade meet up in the garage to make the mansion's first amphibious VW Beetle and they talk about a few different things, beneficial sexism included.

Oct 9 - Jean and Angelo use a Danger Room hologrammic snake to help Adrienne face her fears; Angelo posts about the dancing snake being Jean's fault and Adrienne panics about the video being sold to the highest bidder before Angelo reassures her he won't. Abigail Brand visits Garrison's desk to let him know - obliquely - she's aware of him using FBI resources for 'personal' matters.

Oct 10 - Laurie posts about how little time she has even after quitting her job with X-Factor. Layla finds boiler beach and Adrienne, and odd conversation ensues. Layla finds Kurt in the gym and extorts more awesomeness from her favorite teacher. Layla makes a journal entry saying Kurt is her favorite, and warns about possibly burning some cookies.

Oct 11 - Angel announces on her journal that she has a date for the upcoming alternative prom. The Problématique: Doug e-mails Bishop about refining the info he received, and that they're getting closer; Bishop e-mails Doug, Lex, Jean, and Wanda with a solid lead on Vanessa's position; those connected to XFI are called to a meeting by Bishop to update them; Warren e-mails Monet with the update on Vanessa's location and asks if she's in to help; Doug asks Emma for a temporary donation to the rescue effort for Vanessa; Doug posts to Snow Valley to give a heads up that he and Wanda are leaving for Prague to meet Bishop re: the new lead on Vanessa; Warren posts to x_team to let people know they've got a solid lead on Vanessa's whereabouts. Adrienne and Garrison discuss the latest lead in Vanessa's case.

Oct 12 - The Problématique: The team plans their rescue strategy; Lex and Bishop find a potential facility and snatch an armed guard to interrogate him; Bishop and Lex torture a guard to find out whether Vanessa is in the facility; Lex and Doug sneak up to the facility to tap into the cameras for interior surveillance; The assembled team works on a plan to rescue Vanessa; Warren announces on x_team that they've found Vanessa and they're going in to get her; Doug lets Snow Valley know they've located Vanessa and are headed in to retrieve her. Meggan e-mails Korvus to let him know her dress's color for the upcoming alternative prom.

Oct 13 - The Problématique: Warren and Jean clear the perimeter so the others can find their way inside; With the guards outside taken care of, Lex and Doug move in to take over the security station inside; Bishop and Laura follow her nose in search of their partner; Monet and Wanda set off the alarms and unintentionally take out the telepathy nullifier; Jean's telepathy finally reaches out to touch someone... only it's touching everyone; With an antsy Laura outside of Vanessa's technologically locked door with her boss, Lex scrambles to find a way to get them inside; With her telepathy back on Jean locates Bishop and Laura's minds and follows them to her friend; Doug passes on the news that Vanessa has been located and obtained, then directs Wanda and Monet to the servers where they can hopefully find out who was in charge and what they were doing with Vanessa and the others here; The group finds their way out of the facility, Vanessa in tow but unconscious, and Doug and Lex take it upon themselves to manually lock everyone in the building before blowing all of the electricity; The rescue team returns with Vanessa, and things take a turn; Warren posts in x_journal to let people know they've got Vanessa back, and she's in bad shape but hopefully will recover. Nick/John makes a journal entry about seeing Ringer and how it seems relevant to his life, and asks if anyone's up for a marathon of it this weekend. Adrienne mails Jean to check in on her. Doug makes a journal entry to say they got Vanessa back and how tired he is. Operation: Dasavatharam: Wanda makes a journal entry announcing both her return and her imminent departure to England the next morning, asking Amanda to come with her. Terry returns, and the first face Terry sees is a friendly face, sort of. There may be a reason Bobby and Terry are having relationship trouble, as it's not exactly a smooth welcome home when she first sees him.

Oct 14 - Jean makes a journal entry asking for no visitors for Vanessa until she's had a chance to recover some and wake up. Jean texts Hank to say she needs a nap and to contact her if he needs anything. Sarah Vale makes a journal entry saying she's bad at picking out Hallowe'en costumes and solicits advice and ideas. Operation: Dasavatharam: Amanda announces her departure to England in her journal. Amanda e-mails Marie-Ange, Wade, and Doug to ask them to keep an eye out on Adrienne for her. Wade texts Adrienne to see if she wants to grab a bite to eat. Sam bumps into an exhausted Jean while pacing the halls and they talk briefly before she has to crash. Sam and Jean catch up about everything that's happened recently.

Oct 15 - Jean-Paul leaves a voicemail for Adrienne in French asking what's going on with Vanessa. Adrienne texts Angelo to ask him to check up on Warren. Angelo e-mails Warren to check up on him and see how he's doing. Warren e-mails Adrienne to tell her off following his e-mail exchanges with Angelo. Kyle makes an entry about his beloved Tigers losing their series against the Texas Rangers. Jean-Paul calls Jean to check on Vanessa's status more directly, then begins the long trek back to the mansion from Denmark. Wade sends Warren a text to find out where he is. Layla makes a banner based on a weird conversation with Kyle. Adrienne meets Jean-Paul when he arrives at the mansion and she better updates him in person. Sam and Kurt get a chance to catch up a little in their suite about everything that's been going on in their respective lives, good and bad, before Sam volunteers to make them a snack. Jean and Warren have an exhausted conversation at two in the morning.

Oct 16 - Amara makes a journal entry congratulating Yvette on a great job with the alternative prom. Terry makes a journal entry announcing her return to Xavier's. Vanessa regains consciousness for the first time but it's not the happy homecoming moment anyone hoped for. Tabby e-mails Vanessa, hoping she gets better soon. Kurt and Sarah talk after one of their fencing lessons together, and Kurt comes up with a suggestion that Sarah absolutely loves. Jean e-mails Adrienne and Warren about Vanessa's condition and that soon she'll be allowed visitors, giving them the first heads up, and warning them to behave while with her. Jean announces to x_journal that Vanessa can receive visitors starting tomorrow morning. Jean-Paul texts Jean to see if she's free to speak. Sam e-mails Jean to inquire about possibly visiting her, asking for her opinion on whether that's for the best right now or not. Doug e-mails Dori about WoW and her location in the game. Jean and Jean-Paul discuss Vanessa in person this time and make arrangements for tomorrow. Korvus takes Meggan to Homecoming at ESU. Things are awkward at first, before they decide to dance and talk about various things, including powers and Halloween costumes.

Oct 17 - Remy and Ororo take a side trip to get a few things for their apartment on a trip that takes them a little further away than IKEA. Terry and Wade meet over cookies. Kyle SMSs Dori about skipping out early on the dance for the baseball. Lalya is very sad about the fact that other people ate all the cookies Jean Paul ate before she got any. Matt posts about the cookies. Sam emails Jean, thanking her for the updates on Vanessa. Operation: Dasavatharam: Amanda, Wanda and Doc Strange learn about Agatha Harkness's links to the cult; discover that Agatha is missing; Amanda posts about the madness of calling any trip to England a "simple" research trip.

Oct 18 - Terry and Adrienne chat about their respective returns to the mansion.

Oct 19 - Wade invites Meggan, Matt, Korvus, Molly and Artie to the movies with himself and Marie Ange to take their mind off Parents' Weekend. Kyle sends blood samples to Moira to have his paternity and relationship to Wade tested. Yvette posts about Parents' Weekend and people's definitions of family. Amara sends muffins to the X-Factor offices.

Oct 20 - Layla enlists the help of Sarah and Doug to first steal Kyle's phone and then booby trap it with trick mp3s. Kyle mentions on the journals that his phone is missing. Layla emails Artie about Parents' Weekend, the Morlocks and Yvette's sexuality.

Oct 21 - Xavier announces Parents' Weekend.

Oct 22 - Sam catches Dori sexting Kyle and learns about their relationship and Dori's college attendance. Sam chats to Kurt, asking him if he's aware of Dori and Kyle's relationship. Teresa SMS's Bobby, asking him where he is; she and Bobby talk about the rocky state of their relationship before Terry SMS's the girls to ask for somewhere to stay for a few days. Terry moves in with Crystal following her ...discussion with Bobby and the two of them catch up. Cammie talks about her inability to stop playing Minecraft. Layla and Sarah visit New York, flirt adorably and visit an adult shop to buy Sarah's corset for her Halloween costume.

Oct 23 - Amanda gives Nico, Matt and Meggan presents for parents' day. Wade emails Adrienne about the Halloween party. Adrienne and Jean Paul share a late night conversation.

Oct 24 - Wade emails Amanda, thanking her for the choice of Stonewall for the Halloween party.

Oct 25 - Jean Paul emails Adrienne and Warren about Jean's birthday. Sam posts to the journals about pumpkin doughnuts. Wade announces the upcoming Halloween festivities in the journals; Tabitha admits to being too afraid of Marie-Ange to flirt with him. Wade and Marie Ange SMS each other about this while Tabitha and Cammie also SMS each other about it.

Plots

The Problématique

X-Factor Investigation: Cat vs. Bird

Operation: Dasavatharam

External Links

October 2011