Omnia Mutantur: Communications

We have something to tell everyone and we're sorry for not saying it until now. Jensen found out by accident a while ago and would have told you all sooner, but Tessa bought his silence with blackmail. There is no other way to put it.

Up until she left the school, Tessa had been monitoring all of the students. Every email and IM, every Google search, every saved document… You name it; she’s probably been reading it.

This might not matter to some of you. Maybe you already knew, or maybe you’re glad someone was watching. And that’s fine. But, it matters to us. We know Tessa meant well. We know she had good reasons for doing it, but, to us, that doesn’t make it any less of an invasion of privacy. Or a betrayal of the students’ trust. There was no discussion or agreement about monitoring the students. She wasn’t elected to this position. She just took it upon herself to do it.

We're not telling everyone this because we want them to pick up their pitchforks and go all angry mob on Tessa. We get why she monitored the students. We don’t agree with how she went about doing it, but we totally get it. The world we live in is dangerous and we need to be careful. The reason we're telling everyone is just because we feel like they deserve to know. That’s all.

In that same spirit, you should all know that Barbara, who is now in charge of the school's e-security, is not taking the same measures.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. We’ll try to answer any questions if you have any.

- Jensen and Simon B.

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Hey, babe. You busy tonight?

For a school that's all about the parties I haven't heard one whiff of a rumor about a holiday party.

I think we need to fix that, especially since some of us won't be going anywhere this December.

Sooooo, here's the plan:

WHAT: Ugly Holiday Sweater Party
WHEN: Saturday, Dec 21st
WHERE: The gym
PRICE OF ADMISSION: Just show up wearing the ugliest holiday sweater you can find! Anyone not wearing one will be given one chosen personally by myself or Shaun.

FUCK YEAH! SOX ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!

To: Worthington III, Warren
CC: Martin, Lydia; Miller, Arthur
From: Jensen, Jake
Subject: We all know what this is about

Hey guys,

As I told Warren, I support what you’re all doing and I’m definitely not gonna tell you to sit down, shut up, and get back in this nice, cramped closet, but I do have a few questions and concerns. I’m not expecting an answer to this or anything, I just want to put these things out there so I know someone’s considering it.

1) What assurance do we have that someone isn’t going to find the school after you come out? You’re all famous to begin with and this is only going to make you more famous. You’ll be all over the news and just about everyone is going to be able to recognize your face--This includes people who live in town. Not only does this mean that all it will take is the wrong person asking the right questions to the wrong people to figure out where you are, it also means that if someone were to recognize you and follow you they’d be able to find the school pretty easily. One suspicious person is all it takes.

2) Have you thought about what will happen once you go into public after this? The attention won’t let up for awhile and you’ll be facing questions all the time. And again, won’t people be suspicious that all of the mutants who came out are often seen in the same area?

3) What about other students? Anyone who is seen with you will be expected of being a mutant, whether they’re ready to come out or not, and you can bet journalists will be all over investigating that shit. Never mind the Facility.

4) What about families? Yours, those of the people who are seen hanging around you... People will question them. Have they been prepared? What about the families who don’t know their kids are at mutant school? What if they are questioned?

Thanks,
Jensen