Dire News At The Door ((Open For All Reactions))

[ngm_miscellaneous]

Mrs. Mary MacNeilly's report to the New York State Education Department was far from glowing. Her report caused a lot more concern and shock than normal process usually allowed. They did their research on previous inspections just to see how long this mutant school problem had been going on. Despite their research showing there had never been an issue as large as what was put before them, they had to take action on what Mrs. MacNeilly had reported.

The NYSED informed the superintendent in the district Xavier's was located in of the issue. They also got in touch with Westchester County's office about Xavier's certificate of occupancy due to the structural damage Mrs. MacNeilly had witnessed happening to the school building. With the report of mutants on the grounds the state and county governments got their information squared away before sending representatives to the school with protection from law enforcement. Child Protective Services got into the loop after being informed of a young girl living at the school surrounded by mutants who quite possibly could not control their powers.

As the media got wind of what was coming to a quiet yet secretive school in upstate New York, TV stations sent crews out. Some of the government representatives were glad to talk vaguely about what was happening at the school live. With the cameras aimed to put the people going into the school on film, a TV reporter stepped into the frame.

"This is Samantha Boulevard here not far from the town of Salem Center in Westchester County. Government officials from the New York State Education Department are here delivering a notice of probation for the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. The school came under scrutiny recently during an inspection by a certified educational inspector. My sources have told me that this school poses as a private institution for education but has been revealed to be habitat for mutants."

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[ngm_adults]

The Professor offered her a small nod. "Simply... contemplating choices I have made, Rachel," he said. "I've often wondered if I did more harm than good in keeping so many secrets. Now I am less sure than ever."

[nohoundsallowed]

"It kept us safe for awhile. Particularly in some of our darker days." She took a breath. Her eyes trailed to where the media was gathering.

"We avoided my timeline from coming to pass. We've done good. Let's never forget that. But the world's changed since you gathered those five teenagers to be your X-Men. Now, the world should know there's a safe haven. We now have a means to do that. More mutants manifest each day, they need to know there's a place to go and people like them."

[ngm_adults]

"An argument I've often had with myself," he said. "But it is hard to let go of old ways, of old patterns."

"But if we do not change with the times... do not recognize the signs when they appear to us, then we our doomed to failure. Though I would have preferred for it not to come to pass in such a fashion... we must move forward."

[nohoundsallowed]

"We don't often get to make the major changes the way we like them," Rachel commented with a grin.

"Do you want Lorna or any of the others who've been on X-Factor with you when you talk to the media?" Which would include some of his original five, but known government mutant team members might help in some way. "And how do we handle the education administrators?"

[ngm_adults]

"I think Henry will be sufficient," Charles told her. "He has been both a respected scientist and Avenger. His presence should lend a certain gravitas to the situation."

"The rest... will take time. But this is a school, and we have provided a quality education for some time now. Our record there will stand. The rest... shall have to be carefully considered, but can be framed within the reality of teaching mutants to understand their gifts and protect themselves within a world where Sentinels and the like remain a real danger."