Once upon a time it was a castle. It had been transported from Austria brick by brick over a hundred years ago. Now it stood on a hill, and if it weren't for it being near the center of 70 acres of forested property, Xavier's School for the Gifted could be seen from the center of West Chester, New York. With the woods surrounding it the private academy on the end of Graymalkin Lane was one of the most secluded areas within 20 miles of New York City.
The entire property wasn't forest. There was a lake near the main house. There was a smaller boat house near the lake, a wooden structure, not stone and mortar like the mansion. There were about two acres of cleared land around the mansion, and a few pockets of fields around the grounds. Near the wood line stood the main stables, which had been empty until recently. Last year a student came who had experience with horses, so Xavier had acquired a few rescue horses from around the tri-state area and some of the students had nursed them back to health.
All-in-all the school looked like a pleasant private academy.
Looks can be deceiving.
Xavier's School for the Gifted was the ancestral home of Professor Charles Xavier, the world renown geneticist. Using Cerebro, a device designed to pick up the genetic signature of mutants, Charles Xavier has gathered together a group of students he has taught to control their superhuman gifts so they can lead a normal life. He has also taught them to defend themselves, and defend others. It has been Xavier's creed that if mutants rise up to attack humanity then it is the responsibility of other mutants to defend humanity against those attacks. And that is why Xavier created the
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Setting: It is Saturday and the students and associate (college level) students are free to roam the grounds or even go off campus.
For students who follow the news, the lead story for the day is last night's attack on Fort Knox. Apparently the perpetrators used an EMP device to disable the security, killed a number of soldiers, leaving no witnesses and somehow ripping the vaults out of the ground and making them disappear. The high-tech labs at the military research facility at Fort Knox have also been spirited away, seemingly ripped from the ground.
Superpowered criminals are suspected and the President has asked the Avengers to investigate.
The OOC thread can be found here.
The entire property wasn't forest. There was a lake near the main house. There was a smaller boat house near the lake, a wooden structure, not stone and mortar like the mansion. There were about two acres of cleared land around the mansion, and a few pockets of fields around the grounds. Near the wood line stood the main stables, which had been empty until recently. Last year a student came who had experience with horses, so Xavier had acquired a few rescue horses from around the tri-state area and some of the students had nursed them back to health.
All-in-all the school looked like a pleasant private academy.
Looks can be deceiving.
Xavier's School for the Gifted was the ancestral home of Professor Charles Xavier, the world renown geneticist. Using Cerebro, a device designed to pick up the genetic signature of mutants, Charles Xavier has gathered together a group of students he has taught to control their superhuman gifts so they can lead a normal life. He has also taught them to defend themselves, and defend others. It has been Xavier's creed that if mutants rise up to attack humanity then it is the responsibility of other mutants to defend humanity against those attacks. And that is why Xavier created the
http://groundkontrol.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/x-men-logo.png
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Setting: It is Saturday and the students and associate (college level) students are free to roam the grounds or even go off campus.
For students who follow the news, the lead story for the day is last night's attack on Fort Knox. Apparently the perpetrators used an EMP device to disable the security, killed a number of soldiers, leaving no witnesses and somehow ripping the vaults out of the ground and making them disappear. The high-tech labs at the military research facility at Fort Knox have also been spirited away, seemingly ripped from the ground.
Superpowered criminals are suspected and the President has asked the Avengers to investigate.
The OOC thread can be found here.