Apparently I don't talk enough.

[xp_cyclops]

[I wasn't going to make this public. I started to, and then I stopped, and tried to let cooler heads prevail. It didn't work.]

I'm not one for idle conversation.

I'm also not a person who speaks when they don't have all the information, and aren't sure of the situation.

Apparently, to some people at this school, this is the equivalent of treating them like children.

I guess I have been keeping secrets then, simply because I haven't been talking. I haven't been speaking up first.

I hereby apologize to each and every person at this school for my behavior.

I am not social. I am not a people person. Logan once said I was a dick. He wasn't wrong.

However, in an attempt to mend fences and in the interest of not alienating students any MORE, I hereby offer to answer any question put to me as honestly and truthfully as I am able. And tell you if I am not able to answer that. Even why, if I can.

It's a step. A step toward opening up. Toward not treating you like children.

Take it.

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[xp_daytripper]

Anything else about the people or the place that we ought to know? Along the lines of is there anyone else with mob connections or pissed off former employers? It's easier to duck if yer know where the next blows coming from.

An I'm leaving me protection spell up, just in case. Won't work on guns an armour - metal's tricky, fucks up the magic - but it'll warn me if anyone else tries to get in with less than happy intentions. Not those Jehovah's bastards, tho' - they're chock-full of good intentions. :P

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[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the protection spell, Amanda. Every little bit helps at this point, I believe.

As for mob connections or pissed off former employers, as far as I am aware - no. If someone else has information, they haven't spoken to me about it.

You may or may not be aware of this: The journaling system was put in place last year before an attack from the government, in an attempt to get at Professor Xavier and some of the equipment that is here. If you browse back through the earliest posts, you'll see what I am talking about.

I'm sure there are other things that just haven't occurred to me to mention. If I think of them, I'll be sure to post.

How do you define "connections"?

[x-empath.livejournal.com]

~translated from the Castillian~

There are the mindbutchers in that lab in Paris who might want to know where I've gone off to, and as the heir to the de la Rocha line that automatically makes me a target.

I do not believe that Alphonso knows where I am right now. It is not impossible that he could find out fairly easily, if he wished to.

What can you do against _that_, Mr Summers? How are we protected against the truly wealthy and powerful? Having a Gavin on-staff helps. Having the youngest daughter of the St Croix line present also makes us a target. I make us a target. Having a Frost being so highly visible helps protect us - but also opens us up to her enemies as well. The heir to the Shaw empire sits right down the hall, I think, and he burns to claim his legacy.

How do you propose to guarantee our safety?

Ah, of course. How silly of me.

We're not. Because no one will step forward and make the hard decisions. I cannot make them, as much as I would like to. I do not have access to the resources that I once had. St Croix could really care less, and is bulletproof. Gavin's a shapechanger - he can blend in, disappear, go back to the underground. Frost is a telepath and can shapeshift into a diamond.

~translated from the Castillian~

MdlR

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

I promise the Russian Mafia will not be back. So we don't have to worry about them.

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[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

Wow. A promise. Guess ol' Ivan Badguyski will just keep his grubby little Commie mitts over in Leningrad now that you've promised. You going to promise to keep the tattooed Japs off the doorstep while you're at it? Shit, Elliot Ness couldn't do it with the whole Treasury Department behind him, you've got the Mob wrapped up just with a promise. Oh what a wonder you are. When you're not almost getting little children shot, that is.

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

I don't need this Cain. You turning your mouth on me quite suprises me. I've done nothing but offer my help and support and actually stood up for you when the entire school was planning your demise.

Also, what the FUCK do you know about the Russian mafia? Were you invovled? Is there a secret you're keeping?

And don't you dare bring up my little sister again. I'll leave it at that...

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[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

People don't like me, they've got a reason. I never asked for your defense, boy. Now, if people got a problem with you - such as me right now - I'd say it's because some old obligation of yours put a PISTOL to a little girl's HEAD.

Now, if you want to compare that to me being an asshole, fine. And if you want to go out back and have me bend you into a fucking lawn scuplture, comrade, just say the word.

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to meet you out back.

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[xp_daytripper]

You promise, eh? I'm sure the little pink kid that's falling asleep in class 'cause he's too scared to sleep at night appreciates the thought, Ruskie. An since when did the Russian mafia roll over just because? I thought they wanted you back, an these sorts of people don't usually give up.

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

I love how you people talk as if you've all been a part of the mafia. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!

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[xp_daytripper]

Well excuse me for wanting more than "they won't come back, I promise" as an answer. Pillock.

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

You want a better answer, fine.

The Russian Mafia clearly didn't want to seem involved in any scandle so they sent their close friends, the Yakuza. Knowing personally that the Yakuza's talents in the mafia business far succeed the Russian wing, the Russians thought they had me coming home with no sweat. Now when they see a defeated and mostly dead team of Yakuza come home, they'll be frightened/angry. Knowing full well that the Yakuza will not help them in another matter like this and knowing that obviously if the Yak's couldn't handle me, then they sure as hell can't because they lost me in the first place.

Finally, I've caused them enough trouble and I'm sure they don't want to be tied to any more relations with me, so I'm free. That's how it works. Now if I show my face back in Russia again, then I'm screwed, but that has no concern to you, does it?

See, they won't come back. You are safe! Clear enough?

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[xp_daytripper]

Crystal. That's all you had to say in the first place.

An your still a pillock.

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[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

You know, it is not as if there were not books written by people in the various organized crime groups.

Perhaps Mister Marko and Amanda and a few others have similar tastes in reading material.

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[x-colossus.livejournal.com]

Fine, I'll consider them both knowledgable of the mafias around the world seeing that they are so public and sooooo ready to share their secrets with publicists.

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[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Point.