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x-cable.livejournal.comJust to check on Pete. I imagine he just needs a little time, but I'd rather make sure.
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Someone hand me a big stick...
Nov. 24th, 2004 12:38 amx-pete.livejournal.comGood, now, go find me someone to beat.
I've been to see Emma. An exercise in frustration, as bloody always. Still, at least she's never tried to have me killed, which makes her unusual among my exes.
Actually, I tell a lie, she has, but it was just business, and it all got sorted out.
They caught her on the hop. That's the short version. It's not worth the details. She knows how pissed off everyone is. She's not a lot happier herself, although her reasons are a bit different. You can imagine how the conversation went.
Summers is right. We keep the kids away from HFC events - the threat level is too fucking high. Beyond that, we sit on our hands for now, no matter how much I personally want to tear them down and sow the ground with salt.
Emma and I talk every so often anyway, we'll keep on doing so. It won't raise suspicion, and they probably won't reflexively assocaite me with Xavier's - Emma and I have been working together in one way or another for a few years. I'll pass on anything I hear that might strengthen her hand, but beyond that, there's nothing we can do right now that doesn't put the kids in the firing line. If we're really bloody lucky, we might get a bit or warning if anything else is coming down the line.
As for Nate's old pals - god knows, the idea appeals on a purely personal level - I'm every bit as fucked off about this as you are old son - but I don't see the virtue in showing even part of our hand. If and when we hit them, it has to be hard enough to drop them for good. Fucking them up for the sake of it is just going to show them where to tighten their defenses, and it'll be all the harder a second time around.
I've been to see Emma. An exercise in frustration, as bloody always. Still, at least she's never tried to have me killed, which makes her unusual among my exes.
Actually, I tell a lie, she has, but it was just business, and it all got sorted out.
They caught her on the hop. That's the short version. It's not worth the details. She knows how pissed off everyone is. She's not a lot happier herself, although her reasons are a bit different. You can imagine how the conversation went.
Summers is right. We keep the kids away from HFC events - the threat level is too fucking high. Beyond that, we sit on our hands for now, no matter how much I personally want to tear them down and sow the ground with salt.
Emma and I talk every so often anyway, we'll keep on doing so. It won't raise suspicion, and they probably won't reflexively assocaite me with Xavier's - Emma and I have been working together in one way or another for a few years. I'll pass on anything I hear that might strengthen her hand, but beyond that, there's nothing we can do right now that doesn't put the kids in the firing line. If we're really bloody lucky, we might get a bit or warning if anything else is coming down the line.
As for Nate's old pals - god knows, the idea appeals on a purely personal level - I'm every bit as fucked off about this as you are old son - but I don't see the virtue in showing even part of our hand. If and when we hit them, it has to be hard enough to drop them for good. Fucking them up for the sake of it is just going to show them where to tighten their defenses, and it'll be all the harder a second time around.
x-pete.livejournal.comI'm just off out for a quick word with Emma. Call me if their condition changes.
[OOC note: originally posted to own journal, moved to staff journal on his return.]
[OOC note: originally posted to own journal, moved to staff journal on his return.]
Someone kill Jubilee for me, would you?
Oct. 27th, 2004 12:10 pmx-pete.livejournal.com[Attatched: Jubilee's email]
Her god-awful timing that means I don't have the luxury of dealing with this right now is the only thing that's saving her from a screaming bollocking right now, but you lot should know about this.
Jubilee has just sent me the attatched. I've forwarded copies to Romany and Strange, to get a professional opinion about any risk there may be, but I hope it can wait to next week - it's waited bloody months already. I haven't told Amanda about this yet - she's had a rough few months, and unless Strange or Romany come back with an urgent warning, I'm hoping I can get this dealt with without her having to know about it until it's all over. No sense panicing her.
Patches is a loose end I've been meaning to clean up for a little while, so next week, I'm going to get Jubilee to arrange another meeting with him, since she seems to have managed it before, and then I'm going to have a word with the little fuck, and make sure that he and all the rest of Rack's old mates know to stay away from Xaviers and from Amanda.
Never just fucking rains, does it?
Her god-awful timing that means I don't have the luxury of dealing with this right now is the only thing that's saving her from a screaming bollocking right now, but you lot should know about this.
Jubilee has just sent me the attatched. I've forwarded copies to Romany and Strange, to get a professional opinion about any risk there may be, but I hope it can wait to next week - it's waited bloody months already. I haven't told Amanda about this yet - she's had a rough few months, and unless Strange or Romany come back with an urgent warning, I'm hoping I can get this dealt with without her having to know about it until it's all over. No sense panicing her.
Patches is a loose end I've been meaning to clean up for a little while, so next week, I'm going to get Jubilee to arrange another meeting with him, since she seems to have managed it before, and then I'm going to have a word with the little fuck, and make sure that he and all the rest of Rack's old mates know to stay away from Xaviers and from Amanda.
Never just fucking rains, does it?
I have kidnapped your children
Oct. 13th, 2004 07:55 amx-pete.livejournal.com[Time delayed post]
If you're reading this, then we're long gone.
It has not been a Fun Summer, and it's my judgement that a few of our students need a break, and I'm told I do, too. Actually, I think they all do, but there are a few I'm more worried about. So Dom and I are taking Amanda, Sarah and Angie away for a few days, to sunny Istanbul, for an Educational Field Trip. I've already had a word with Charlie, but I thought I'd save it as a surprise for the rest of you, because really, how often do I get to say "I have kidnapped your children" otherwise?
Anyway, we'll be back at the weekend. For christ's sake, try and go a few days without a crisis.
If you're reading this, then we're long gone.
It has not been a Fun Summer, and it's my judgement that a few of our students need a break, and I'm told I do, too. Actually, I think they all do, but there are a few I'm more worried about. So Dom and I are taking Amanda, Sarah and Angie away for a few days, to sunny Istanbul, for an Educational Field Trip. I've already had a word with Charlie, but I thought I'd save it as a surprise for the rest of you, because really, how often do I get to say "I have kidnapped your children" otherwise?
Anyway, we'll be back at the weekend. For christ's sake, try and go a few days without a crisis.
x-pete.livejournal.comI hate it when it looks like I'm right.
This latest round of insanity has me pretty much convinced that LeBeau's who I think he is. The answer to the kind of question "What sort of man delivers the nice doctor a beating and runs away?" is "a very bad man indeed". If I'm right, LeBeau is one of the sickest fucks I've ever heard about. He's an assassin. Very, very good at his job, and likes his work. Before anyone asks, no, I haven't just been keeping my gob shut about it for laughs. I've had discussions about it with people who needed to know, but there were several compelling reaons that I a) wasn't sure that LeBeau is that man and still am not, and b) didn't want to shout about it to everyone.
With things the way they are now, though, I think it's better that you're aware of the risk/possibility.
My point is this: if you should encounter him, run. Do not do anything else. Call for backup later. Be a hero some other time. Just run. If you are forced to fight, do not try and play nice.
I'm about to post something to the main journal to this effect, too, with a little less detail.
This latest round of insanity has me pretty much convinced that LeBeau's who I think he is. The answer to the kind of question "What sort of man delivers the nice doctor a beating and runs away?" is "a very bad man indeed". If I'm right, LeBeau is one of the sickest fucks I've ever heard about. He's an assassin. Very, very good at his job, and likes his work. Before anyone asks, no, I haven't just been keeping my gob shut about it for laughs. I've had discussions about it with people who needed to know, but there were several compelling reaons that I a) wasn't sure that LeBeau is that man and still am not, and b) didn't want to shout about it to everyone.
With things the way they are now, though, I think it's better that you're aware of the risk/possibility.
My point is this: if you should encounter him, run. Do not do anything else. Call for backup later. Be a hero some other time. Just run. If you are forced to fight, do not try and play nice.
I'm about to post something to the main journal to this effect, too, with a little less detail.
Recent events...
Sep. 14th, 2004 09:44 pmx-pete.livejournal.comThis is uncharacteristic, but that Josh creature's gotten right up my nose with his smug attempt at moral superiority. And Paige turned out so bloody well, too.
Anyyway, I'm about to attempt some guidance counselling for the masses.
I can hear the collective shudder from here, you know.
To which end: I have no intention of moderating the language or removing the jokes, but does anyone think I've said anything unforgivably stupid that might damage young minds here? (And if not, do you have any suggestions for something that might? I'm always looking.) Speak up, or I'll bung it on the main system where everyone can see it in a day or so.
----
As your guidance counsellor, I have the following warning to you all about the dangers of alcohol:
It'll make you feel like a right arsehole in the morning. And in extreme situations, you may get a hell of a fright when you wake up next to someone either innapropriate or ugly. God knows, I've done both, and I don't recommend either.
Consult your nearest doctor for a quide to the physical symptoms of over-indulgence, and the dangers of dependency. If they bring out the picture of the liver, then they hate you, and are trying to make you throw up for laughs.
That's your warning. Now, some clarifications. Specifically, about things alcohol is not.
1) An excuse. If you get drunk, and do something stupid, they you have done two stupid things - one, whatever it is you did, and two getting drunk enough to do it in the first place. Expect to get a bollocking for both.
2) A crutch. It will not make your life better, or your problems go away. In fact, it will give a headache, and you'll still have all your old problems. Attempting to use it like a crutch is stupid, and will only lead to problems. For one thing, you may wind up on a twelve step program, and that means godbothering.
3) (And this is the really important thing, so pay attention.) Something about which one can claim any kind of moral high ground. You don't drink? That's fine. Bet you've done something extremely stupid at some other time, without the aid of a drink. (Which means you also did two stupid things: whatever it was, and the lapse of judgement that lead you to do whatever it was, and can expect a bollocking for both, too.) I also bet that give a reasonable amount of time, and incentive, I can find out what. If you are completely confident that you have never done anything stupid that you'd rather people not find out about, then by all means, point and laugh at others when they do something stupid. By all means, assert your superiority. It'll be nice to know who it is around here that's hiding all the answers.
I am aware that standards differ. I am aware that some of you have been raised to believe that people who drink are all mad and evil, and out to do terrible things to your pets. I am afraid to tell you that you have been lied to. People who drink are just like you. You do not get to tell them that they are Bad and Wrong, and they do not get to tell you that you are Boring and Stuck-Up, because neither thing is true.
For the record: I drink, I smoke, and I do other things that your parents would probably be appalled to hear about. I am not a role model. Accusing me of being a bad one would only be stating the blindingly bloody obvious.
I am not a role model, and nor should anyone else be expected to be, 24/7. If you feel you need a role model 24/7, then I suggest attempting to organise some people into working shifts for you, or possibly just developing a personality of your own.
Anyyway, I'm about to attempt some guidance counselling for the masses.
I can hear the collective shudder from here, you know.
To which end: I have no intention of moderating the language or removing the jokes, but does anyone think I've said anything unforgivably stupid that might damage young minds here? (And if not, do you have any suggestions for something that might? I'm always looking.) Speak up, or I'll bung it on the main system where everyone can see it in a day or so.
----
As your guidance counsellor, I have the following warning to you all about the dangers of alcohol:
It'll make you feel like a right arsehole in the morning. And in extreme situations, you may get a hell of a fright when you wake up next to someone either innapropriate or ugly. God knows, I've done both, and I don't recommend either.
Consult your nearest doctor for a quide to the physical symptoms of over-indulgence, and the dangers of dependency. If they bring out the picture of the liver, then they hate you, and are trying to make you throw up for laughs.
That's your warning. Now, some clarifications. Specifically, about things alcohol is not.
1) An excuse. If you get drunk, and do something stupid, they you have done two stupid things - one, whatever it is you did, and two getting drunk enough to do it in the first place. Expect to get a bollocking for both.
2) A crutch. It will not make your life better, or your problems go away. In fact, it will give a headache, and you'll still have all your old problems. Attempting to use it like a crutch is stupid, and will only lead to problems. For one thing, you may wind up on a twelve step program, and that means godbothering.
3) (And this is the really important thing, so pay attention.) Something about which one can claim any kind of moral high ground. You don't drink? That's fine. Bet you've done something extremely stupid at some other time, without the aid of a drink. (Which means you also did two stupid things: whatever it was, and the lapse of judgement that lead you to do whatever it was, and can expect a bollocking for both, too.) I also bet that give a reasonable amount of time, and incentive, I can find out what. If you are completely confident that you have never done anything stupid that you'd rather people not find out about, then by all means, point and laugh at others when they do something stupid. By all means, assert your superiority. It'll be nice to know who it is around here that's hiding all the answers.
I am aware that standards differ. I am aware that some of you have been raised to believe that people who drink are all mad and evil, and out to do terrible things to your pets. I am afraid to tell you that you have been lied to. People who drink are just like you. You do not get to tell them that they are Bad and Wrong, and they do not get to tell you that you are Boring and Stuck-Up, because neither thing is true.
For the record: I drink, I smoke, and I do other things that your parents would probably be appalled to hear about. I am not a role model. Accusing me of being a bad one would only be stating the blindingly bloody obvious.
I am not a role model, and nor should anyone else be expected to be, 24/7. If you feel you need a role model 24/7, then I suggest attempting to organise some people into working shifts for you, or possibly just developing a personality of your own.
In other news...
May. 24th, 2004 04:19 pmx-pete.livejournal.com(And obviously, not to be noised about, but I figure I should keep you lot up to date.)
My tax returns this year are going to be a fucking nightmare. I'm now working two jobs in two different countries.
In order not to have to shoot me for a couple of minor crimes I may or may not have commited, HMG has put me back on the payroll. Mercifully, I do not have to deal with the complete wankers I was working for this time last year, but I am (very quietly) back on the strength at British Intel. We're still nailing down the formal definitions of the job - at the moment I technically answer to D.Ops at SIS, but that's pretty much a formality - Six don't really need or want me - they'd probably prefer not to even admit I exist, and extra-normal activies aren't in their remit anyway, so it looks like I'm going to be carrying on pretty much as I have been, only with a (small, as these things go) budget this time.
I may need to get a secure phone line put in, but I'll talk to Kuk about it once I've got a better idea exactly what the score's going to be.
My tax returns this year are going to be a fucking nightmare. I'm now working two jobs in two different countries.
In order not to have to shoot me for a couple of minor crimes I may or may not have commited, HMG has put me back on the payroll. Mercifully, I do not have to deal with the complete wankers I was working for this time last year, but I am (very quietly) back on the strength at British Intel. We're still nailing down the formal definitions of the job - at the moment I technically answer to D.Ops at SIS, but that's pretty much a formality - Six don't really need or want me - they'd probably prefer not to even admit I exist, and extra-normal activies aren't in their remit anyway, so it looks like I'm going to be carrying on pretty much as I have been, only with a (small, as these things go) budget this time.
I may need to get a secure phone line put in, but I'll talk to Kuk about it once I've got a better idea exactly what the score's going to be.
Running off...
Apr. 18th, 2004 12:44 pmx-pete.livejournal.comJust had a call from an old mate who's daughter is in a spot of bother in town, so I'm nipping into New York for the afternoon. I may be away overnight, I may not - depends how long it takes to get the lawyers sorted out, I suppose. I'm only mentioning this in case I do have to be out overnight, and anyone panics if I'm not about first thing tomorrow...
That reminds me...
Apr. 16th, 2004 04:19 pmx-pete.livejournal.comCan someone here volunteer to drive the kids back from New York tomorrow evening? I can do the drive in, but I'm off with Nate and Moira tomorrow night, and don't think I'm going to be able to do the drive back - you can either come in with me in the morning, or get in on what passes for public transport round here, and meet up with me in town in the afternoon to get the keys...
x-pete.livejournal.comI'm all for second chances. I'm all for helping fuck-ups. I am repeating this to myself, because I want to tear the little cunt's face off but at least some of this is because of Amanda, which is honestly, the least of his crimes, so I am restraining myself.
Whether he meant it or not, and I admit, I'm having hard time deciding if I care, he's been more involved in far too much damage over the last few months than anyone should have been, and that's only the stuff I know about. We need to do something about him on the hurry up, because right now he's proved himself a danger to students and faculty, and if we don't doing anything publically and fast, we're going to have a lynch mob on our hands that I at least am not currently displosed to stop.
Emma? Any ideas?
Whether he meant it or not, and I admit, I'm having hard time deciding if I care, he's been more involved in far too much damage over the last few months than anyone should have been, and that's only the stuff I know about. We need to do something about him on the hurry up, because right now he's proved himself a danger to students and faculty, and if we don't doing anything publically and fast, we're going to have a lynch mob on our hands that I at least am not currently displosed to stop.
Emma? Any ideas?
I'm assuming it's one of you lot...
Mar. 8th, 2004 11:10 amx-pete.livejournal.comThat's trying to help Marie out with the blacklist shit. You're a very nice human being. Well done, but please stop it.
Or at least, if you're going to do it, engage your fucking brain first. The name Marie D'Ancato is on a government watch list. So having your intel mates nose around for any files on someone of that name sets off bloody alarm bells, and whoever is running the watch gets to hear that people are looking, and they appear to have reasons for not wanting to be noticed by other branches of the government. So they hide a bit more. This is the third time that I've thought I've had a bloody lead, only to find that by the time I follow it through to the end, I'm met with stonewalling and deleted files because someone else has spooked them.
If whoever it is that looking wants to help me out, that's fine, and if you want to stop by and tell me what, if anything, you've got thus far, that's great, but please stop blundering around with your sodding size nines...
Or at least, if you're going to do it, engage your fucking brain first. The name Marie D'Ancato is on a government watch list. So having your intel mates nose around for any files on someone of that name sets off bloody alarm bells, and whoever is running the watch gets to hear that people are looking, and they appear to have reasons for not wanting to be noticed by other branches of the government. So they hide a bit more. This is the third time that I've thought I've had a bloody lead, only to find that by the time I follow it through to the end, I'm met with stonewalling and deleted files because someone else has spooked them.
If whoever it is that looking wants to help me out, that's fine, and if you want to stop by and tell me what, if anything, you've got thus far, that's great, but please stop blundering around with your sodding size nines...
Being a bastard.
Feb. 17th, 2004 01:03 pmx-pete.livejournal.comWell, I've sat down with Amanda. She and I are going to be leaving here sometime next month - we've got open tickets back to London. Romany's making arrangements to stick her in a very, very intensive crash course in magical responsibility, so we'll leave when she's got everything set over there and we'll be back when Romany judges that we can trust her not to cock up like that again. In the meantime, she's going to sit down with Samson as often as he and Charlie think she needs to.
She left me looking like the world was falling down about her, so maybe, just maybe she's got the message. So, now I've been the bad cop, I'm looking for a volunteer to be the good cop, just so she knows that not everyone here is completely insensitive to the fact that, stupid as she may have been, it's not *entirely* her fault.
On which note: who's going to deal with Ramsey?
And with that, I'm going to go downstairs and do violence upon something.
She left me looking like the world was falling down about her, so maybe, just maybe she's got the message. So, now I've been the bad cop, I'm looking for a volunteer to be the good cop, just so she knows that not everyone here is completely insensitive to the fact that, stupid as she may have been, it's not *entirely* her fault.
On which note: who's going to deal with Ramsey?
And with that, I'm going to go downstairs and do violence upon something.
x-pete.livejournal.comOr are we all happier just keep the place called Xaviers?
Yeah, I somehow wound up bringing another one in. I stuck her in a guest room for the moment, because I haven't clue bloody one who to shove her in with right now.
I say "somehow" - I know bloody well how. My big sister is an evil cow, she asked me to sort out some fake paperwork for some kids she'd found on the streets over Christmas, to slot her back into the system. Birth certificate, social security, etc. She used that to get the girl a passport, and sent her over here. I'll reproduce the salient bits of her letter here:
"So sorry to lumber you with the hellchilde, but you’re my last option. None of the magical communities are willing to take her on - they claim her ability to channel mystic energy makes her too much of a target for dark forces, and no-one wants the hassle of protecting her."
"Amanda’s mutant ability to absorb mystic energy is getting bigger than she can handle and she needs to go somewhere where there are fewer centres of power for her to channel - and what better place than America? It has all the mysticism of Milton Keynes. Besides which, your new benefactor is far more equipped - and willing - to handle her mutancy"
"As for her magic, I’m arranging a kind of correspondence course for her, something to teach her discipline and control. She’s gotten far to used to using magic for everything, and it’s going to have serious repercussions soon - I’ve seen where that path leads. I’ll also be contacting some colleagues in the States about some one-on-one tutoring. Amanda’s a right royal pain in the arse, but she’s not irredeemable."
So, Charlie, I understand you've been talking to me family. Not that I mind, but you might have given me, and hell, the rest of the staff, some bloody warning. Especially since for all Romany wants to get her away from places of power, and apparently, we're sitting on or very near one, judging by her reaction in the car as we pulled up here.
I'll leave it to those better qualified than I to work out a rememdial studies program - I've got O levels in metalwork and Geography, but that's it...
Yeah, I somehow wound up bringing another one in. I stuck her in a guest room for the moment, because I haven't clue bloody one who to shove her in with right now.
I say "somehow" - I know bloody well how. My big sister is an evil cow, she asked me to sort out some fake paperwork for some kids she'd found on the streets over Christmas, to slot her back into the system. Birth certificate, social security, etc. She used that to get the girl a passport, and sent her over here. I'll reproduce the salient bits of her letter here:
"So sorry to lumber you with the hellchilde, but you’re my last option. None of the magical communities are willing to take her on - they claim her ability to channel mystic energy makes her too much of a target for dark forces, and no-one wants the hassle of protecting her."
"Amanda’s mutant ability to absorb mystic energy is getting bigger than she can handle and she needs to go somewhere where there are fewer centres of power for her to channel - and what better place than America? It has all the mysticism of Milton Keynes. Besides which, your new benefactor is far more equipped - and willing - to handle her mutancy"
"As for her magic, I’m arranging a kind of correspondence course for her, something to teach her discipline and control. She’s gotten far to used to using magic for everything, and it’s going to have serious repercussions soon - I’ve seen where that path leads. I’ll also be contacting some colleagues in the States about some one-on-one tutoring. Amanda’s a right royal pain in the arse, but she’s not irredeemable."
So, Charlie, I understand you've been talking to me family. Not that I mind, but you might have given me, and hell, the rest of the staff, some bloody warning. Especially since for all Romany wants to get her away from places of power, and apparently, we're sitting on or very near one, judging by her reaction in the car as we pulled up here.
I'll leave it to those better qualified than I to work out a rememdial studies program - I've got O levels in metalwork and Geography, but that's it...
No bloody time.
Nov. 25th, 2003 09:47 amx-pete.livejournal.comI really hoped I wouldn't have to get distracted by this nonsense, y'know.
Munroe, back the hell off. I need Pryde working at her very best right now, and your pouring shit on her isn't going to help matters. You can discipline her once we've got Emma back, but right now she and Ramsey are helping me, and at this point, they look like just about the only shot we've got. Alison, do me a favour and talk to her, will you - check she's OK, let her know that she's not going to get eaten alive?
I've told Braddock what's happened. He's not a happy boy, but given that I didn't tell him anything until Betsy was back in the mansion, he's going to live with it for now. As far as he's concerned, I didn't know anything about it until after the fact either, and I'd like things to stay that way...
Munroe, back the hell off. I need Pryde working at her very best right now, and your pouring shit on her isn't going to help matters. You can discipline her once we've got Emma back, but right now she and Ramsey are helping me, and at this point, they look like just about the only shot we've got. Alison, do me a favour and talk to her, will you - check she's OK, let her know that she's not going to get eaten alive?
I've told Braddock what's happened. He's not a happy boy, but given that I didn't tell him anything until Betsy was back in the mansion, he's going to live with it for now. As far as he's concerned, I didn't know anything about it until after the fact either, and I'd like things to stay that way...
Been thinking...
Oct. 27th, 2003 12:44 pmx-pete.livejournal.comSo, I'm out of a job, and I've never been much for freeloading, but I figure I can probably be useful enough around the place that that's not going to bother me too much. But at the same time, we'd probably better come up with some excuse for an ex-spook to be hanging around a school. Which means that, as much as the notion fills me with horror, I'm probably going to have to have some kind of contact with students, because I'm fucked if I'm going to be the mild-mannered janitor, or anything else equally stupid.
But christ knows what I can teach 'em. For the time being, I can probably help out by picking up Braddock's Intro to Self Defence class, but long term, we'd better come up with something. Trouble is, most of my stock in trade isn't something I want to be teaching kids, who really don't need to be learning small-unit tactics, counter-espionage and vicious nosey bastardry until at least post-grad.
And just to make things really amusing, it should be something we can suspend from time to time without raising eyebrows, because what I'm really good for is still going to mean time away from here on a semi-regular basis.
So, anyone got any bright ideas?
But christ knows what I can teach 'em. For the time being, I can probably help out by picking up Braddock's Intro to Self Defence class, but long term, we'd better come up with something. Trouble is, most of my stock in trade isn't something I want to be teaching kids, who really don't need to be learning small-unit tactics, counter-espionage and vicious nosey bastardry until at least post-grad.
And just to make things really amusing, it should be something we can suspend from time to time without raising eyebrows, because what I'm really good for is still going to mean time away from here on a semi-regular basis.
So, anyone got any bright ideas?
Bollocks to sleep
Oct. 22nd, 2003 04:39 pmx-pete.livejournal.comMadrox's little stunt killed that idea, so I've been scanning the journals for the last hour or two.
Christ, I missed all the fun didn't I?
What's the latest on Betsy and Jono?
In other news: I think I may have found traces of Logan in the Middle East - couldn't follow them very far, but came across documents referring to a prisoner/reseach sample (who'd since been moved to another facility) in some bio-war labs of dubious provenance. There was an iffy grainy black-and-white attached to them that looks like our missing man, and given the enhancements they were trying to produce, it sounds pretty likely to me.
Didn't get to keep the files or computer info from the facility myself - the boys I was raiding the place with got them in exchange for their help, but if they turn up anything there they'll let me know.
Christ, I missed all the fun didn't I?
What's the latest on Betsy and Jono?
In other news: I think I may have found traces of Logan in the Middle East - couldn't follow them very far, but came across documents referring to a prisoner/reseach sample (who'd since been moved to another facility) in some bio-war labs of dubious provenance. There was an iffy grainy black-and-white attached to them that looks like our missing man, and given the enhancements they were trying to produce, it sounds pretty likely to me.
Didn't get to keep the files or computer info from the facility myself - the boys I was raiding the place with got them in exchange for their help, but if they turn up anything there they'll let me know.
Well, well, well...
Sep. 1st, 2003 10:36 amx-pete.livejournal.comMr Shaw has been a busy little bastard, hasn't he? I'll let someone else give you the play by play, but the weekend's fun and games in NYC was very profitable. Anyone want a look at one of a new generation of mutant hunting robots, half built? We've got all manner of interesting intel here - weapon designs, armour alloys that sort of thing. Photos, and as many data files as I could grab.
I need to spend a bit of time locked up going through it properly to get a better idea of what we got, but the files are on the system for anyone that wants to dig through them. I've locked 'em to staff only for now - the kids are going to be freaked enough by the existence of the fucking things, I don't think they need to be reading about exactly how the robbie the death robot works.
I need to spend a bit of time locked up going through it properly to get a better idea of what we got, but the files are on the system for anyone that wants to dig through them. I've locked 'em to staff only for now - the kids are going to be freaked enough by the existence of the fucking things, I don't think they need to be reading about exactly how the robbie the death robot works.
Something to take account of.
Aug. 29th, 2003 03:38 pmx-pete.livejournal.comIf we're not commiting a federal crime (harbouring a felon) at the moment, we will be pretty soon.` Rather worse, we're making the students accomplices in commiting that crime, and worse yet, we're teaching the younger ones that the law doesn't apply to mutants.
I strongly suggest that we get a lawyer we can trust in here, and further, that we come up with some plausible fiction that can mean that the kids can claim to have no knowledge that Allerdyce is/was the in the building in the event of getting caught.
I strongly suggest that we get a lawyer we can trust in here, and further, that we come up with some plausible fiction that can mean that the kids can claim to have no knowledge that Allerdyce is/was the in the building in the event of getting caught.
Back in London
Jun. 20th, 2003 03:50 pmx-pete.livejournal.comWell, I'm back in London, and I'm getting worried. D'you remember that rumour I mentioned a month or so back about an illeagal trade in mutant organs?
Yeah, not just a rumour. Shut down an operation in Lithuania over the last couple of days - a organ harvesting operation using kidnapped mutants, mostly kids who'd already fallen off the map, or a few whose parents had sold them on. Looks like the organs are being shipped to Hong Kong in the first instance, so we've got some people looking for the operation there for now, while we try and work out trace the money's coming from.
I've had word from on high that I'm not to entrust electronic copies of anything sensitive to your system, though - they're not happy about Allerdyce still having access to it while he's kicking around with half the cast of America's Most Wanted, so I'll have to bring copies of what I've got with me the next time I'm over, or send them back with the next person that comes through London while I'm in town.
Yeah, not just a rumour. Shut down an operation in Lithuania over the last couple of days - a organ harvesting operation using kidnapped mutants, mostly kids who'd already fallen off the map, or a few whose parents had sold them on. Looks like the organs are being shipped to Hong Kong in the first instance, so we've got some people looking for the operation there for now, while we try and work out trace the money's coming from.
I've had word from on high that I'm not to entrust electronic copies of anything sensitive to your system, though - they're not happy about Allerdyce still having access to it while he's kicking around with half the cast of America's Most Wanted, so I'll have to bring copies of what I've got with me the next time I'm over, or send them back with the next person that comes through London while I'm in town.
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