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Vincenzo, the safety of the students at this school is of paramount importance. It occurs to me that you may have been incapable of hearing the order during your prior state. Due to this possibility, I will not be issuing demerits for this breach. In the future, it would be wise for you to report such incidents on your own. I will speak with Sikorsky to determine the best course from here. You may rejoin the other students.

Just as Vincenzo is picking up the first pepper to try to beat the record put forth by Alex, the giant disembodied head of Professor Xavier appears floating before you. Vincenzo Tuveri! You were ordered to the infirmary after the session in the Danger Room! Sikorsky reports that you have yet to arrive. Do you have an explanation for disobeying orders? The professor's irritation registers broadly across the room.

Catalyst is correct. Doctor Victor Von Doom is a dangerous adversary, and his role as leader of a foreign nation complicates matters as well. For the purposes of this initial scenario, I will be providing analysis and feedback only. I want to see what you are capable of without training.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Danger Room. The Professor's voice booms over an intercom. The door closes behind you. In this room, you are the X-Men. Even when you are alone in this room, you are part of something larger, part of a team. In this room, I am not your friend, not your counselor, not your den-mother. I am your leader. I expect my orders to be carried out without delay or discussion. In the field, your lives and the lives of your teammates will depend on how seriously you take the training that will take place in this room.

There is a soft hum, and the room... changes. No longer a big metallic chamber, you find yourselves on the bustling streets of New York City. People stream down the sidewalk you stand on, although they give you a fairly wide berth and plenty of strange stares. Taxis, trucks, cars, and bicycles travel the streets, accompanied by plenty of honking.

Instinct:

Psyforce:

The masks do have lenses which adjust to your vision.

The Danger Room uses sophisticated technology to simulate practically any environment or scenario imaginable. As some of you might suspect, this technology is not terrestrial in origin. Treat the situations presented here as real, for they are the closest thing to reality we can simulate. Treat the room as a game and you will be unprepared for reality.

They are so young. Do I really have the right? Do I have any choice? Magnus is going to get us all killed if I don't do something. The two years I was away have cost us all so much.

Actually, Michael, I was thinking that now would be a good time for you gentlemen to get into uniform. And while you are being examined, it will be the ladies' turn to change. Once everyone is dressed appropriately and Sikorsky has given the go-ahead, I will introduce you to the Danger Room together, as a team. The Professor says, indicating the way to the subterranean locker room. Once you've all seen its capabilities, I will run some individual sessions before any group sessions, giving you each a chance to focus on your... individual issues for the first week of training. We will need to move quickly into team-building exercises, whilst continuing individual training in the background.

As you wish, Sikorsky. Ladies, the doctor will be giving you a brief examine. Please choose your examination table. Gentlemen, we should give the ladies some privacy. This way, if you please.

Xavier has been calm through the whole exchange. Finally, it seems he has something to say. Now that you've had some time to assimilate the information I've given you, it is indeed time you were introduced to some of the School's restricted areas. If you'll follow me down to the computer lab.

He wheels out of the room, giving the distinct impression that, though worded as a request, it was definitely an order.

Once in the computer room, he has each of you place your hand (yes including Julia=it seems resistant to your secretions) on a pad similar to the ones at the secured doors. As you do, he asks you to state your name and if you have a preference, your code-name. (If you can't decide, he assigns you the code-name you as players have chosen.) After you do this, he speaks to the computer, saying that you have been granted "Beta Level" Access.

Once everyone has been scanned in, Xavier announces I'm afraid I'm not quite done surprising you for today. Come with me to the infirmary.

He wheels out into the hall and down to the Infirmary, where he places his hand on the pad by the door. The exotic female voice the boys had heard in the elevator announces Xavier, Charles Francis, Alpha Level Clearance granted. and the door opens.

The medical bay is all white, sterile-looking, with extremely advanced-looking scanners hovering over ten beds.

Come, children. I'd like to... introduce you to a... friend.

Suddenly, something you thought was just another piece of equipment moves...

X-Men, this is Sikorsky. He will be providing for our medical needs.

Designation:Sikorsky is pleased to meet the Children of the Atom Designated:X-Men. it drones out with a buzzing voice.

The disciplines of the martial arts should aid each of you in the control of your powers, as well as helping you with basic self defense. It will be part of the curriculum. As to free time activities, you will certainly be given time for such activities. Admittedly, not much time to begin with... we need to analyze your capabilities and measure your responses to stressful situations. The next few months will not be easy. But they should help prepare you for the challenges of the coming times.

He clicks another buttons and two more images appear.

Meet Andreas and Natasha Oglvinski. Codenamed Touchtone and Crosshairs. They have been involved in at least one incident with Magneto. Andreas is capable of generating immense amounts of a variety of energy wavelenths with his hands. Natasha can fly and generate twin beams of energy which are deadly when they intersect or are merged from their point of origin. Magneto rescued them from an anti-mutant militia group calling themselves The Friends of Humanity. Since that incident, suspected FoH compounds have been destroyed, their occupants killed or hospitalized. Survivors' statements indicate that Magneto was involved, and there is photographic evidence of the twins' involvement in one of the attacks, which had no survivors to provide statements. This was six months ago.

His face grows grim at the talk of killing and murder. I'm glad you both feel that way. In a sense, that is part of why I would hesitate to call you soldiers. To be perfectly clear: the X-Men do not kill. It is my intention to train you in ways of avoiding lethality during conflicts. Magneto and his ilk believe they are at war, we seek to avoid such a war. Blood will beget blood, and that is something we must actively and always avoid.

The Professor answers Instinct's questions, mentally speaking to him alone.

I believe that we are on the verge of another stage of evolution as a species, that all mankind will be like us, if allowed. The exact nature of the timing of this stage is still something of a mystery, but it has to do with the advances we have made technologically. As Michael stated, our genes have been mutated from those of baseline humans. his voice softens considerably As to having to hurt people without abilities, it is my goal to help you find ways to avoid doing exactly that in any situation it may be avoided, and to minimize it when it may not be avoidable.

Magneto is around 50 years old, having been a child during World War 2. The Professor is around 40.

I ... appreciate your concerns, Izabelle. Let me assure you that it is within your potential to do what I ask. There aren't many mutants Magneto's age, nor even my age. The first recorded mutant was Namor, Prince of Atlantis. He fought during the second Great War, alongside Captain America and the other 'Invaders'. Many more mutants are showing up each day, but homo sapiens still outnumber us by several million to one.

The uniforms are.. formfitting, true, but much less revealing than the typical swimsuit or even most gymnastic clothing young people are wearing these days. In fact, they should serve wuite well to conceal your identities in public.

Yes, Vincenzo, there is St. Peter's Church in Salem Center, a few miles down the road.

Professor Xavier smiles ever so slightly at Jackson's enthusiastic response, while simultaneously gauging the reactions of the others.

Excellent questions, Alex. The school will have normal classes indeed. I believe that it is essential to develop your minds as well as your physical bodies. To that end, sessions will begin at 8 am and run through 3 pm much as a regular school would. Danger Room training sessions will occur during non-class times. The rest of the students and faculty will be joining us in September if your schoolwork and training is proceeding according to schedule. I thought it prudent to spend a few months focusing on control and concealment before introducing any distractions from that work.

He raises an eyebrow The uniforms' design was done by Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman, Reed Richards' fiance. While the design itself is immutable, I believe Mr. Fantastic mentioned a chameleon ability in the fabric that should allow the color schemes to be altered. I'll ask him for the programming. Most importantly? the thought leaks from Xavier's normally steel-trapped mind.

I know some of you are apprehensive of the prospect, but Jackson has the essence of it. While I would hesitate to call you soldiers, there are those who believe a war is coming.

The image behind him changes to a menacing figure in red and purple hovering over the bodies of protestors clutching at anti-mutant signs. This man calls himself Magneto. In my absence over the past few years, he has slowly been building a force of his own. They have been preparing to wage war against humanity. I believe that their efforts, if unopposed, will spell the end of any hope for peace, and, as a result, the end of our species.

Feel free to continue the pre-orientation RP in spoilers, but I'm going to go ahead and post the orientation speech now.

As 3pm rolls around, Professor Xavier gather you into a classroom that could easily sit thirty students, but the six of you are the only ones present with the professor. He offers an appraising look at each of you, and clears his throat. His voice is strong and confident, radiating a serenity that is hard to ignore.

Welcome, students to the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. I am glad that you have used the few hours between your arrival and this orientation to get to know one another and briefly explore the campus. I sense that you have many questions from even such a brief perusal of what the school has to offer.

He clicks a button on his wheelchair and a screen behind him starts a slide show, matching the images to the features he speaks about. The school has advanced equipment designed to aid you in both physical and mental training: a full pool, gymnasium, and exercise facilities, computer lab, science labs, a fully stocked library, spacious areas for outdoor activities, and other amenities. These facilities are just the surface of the school, however, and, while important to your development as young adults, also serve to mask the true purpose of the school.

The images change to reveal a large, metallic chamber with highly reflective surfaces covering every inch. The true purpose of the School is to train and develop the special gifts each of you possess as mutants. Some of you come here seeking to control these gifts, and to learn how to use them only when you wish. That is the fundamental purpose of the school, but each of you has the potential to do great things with these abilities. My intention is to help you reach that potential, not only for your own benefit, but for the benefit of all mankind. This room is a special training facility. Designated the Danger Room, it is designed not only to test the limits of your abilities, but to be a safe place within which to use them. Furthermore, it is capable of simulating any environment or situation you may find yourselves in.

Clicking another button, the image changes to the X-Costumes. While practicing in the Danger Room, students will be required to wear specially designed uniforms. A gift from Reed Richards, these uniforms are created using a special material called unstable molecules. They will adapt to your abilities and are resistant to normal variations of temperature and pressure. Additionally, they contain comlinks to allow you to communicate with each other, as well as sensors which will aid in monitoring and analyzing your health and the use of your abilities.

He draws in a long breath, gazing into each of your eyes as he speaks, and a weight seems to come upon him. Make no mistake, we are living in uncertain times for mutantkind. When fear reaches the heart of mankind, hatred soon follows. We must control the dangers presented by our abilities and utilize them to spread peace and understanding. At times, this is a heavy burden, but it is one I have chosen the six of you to help me bear. I know you are all capable of greatness, and in the days to come, that capability will be tested again and again.. It is more than your extraordinary abilities that set you apart, it is your extraordinary character that gives me hope for the future of both man- and mutant- kind, and it is because of these factors that the world will know you as the X-Men.

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And now, unleash the fury :P