x_staff | The Wisdom home for Waifs, Strays and Foundlings?

Or 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...