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Error. Cannot locate Monitor. Press F1 to continue.

Error. Cannot locate Monitor. Press F1 to continue. The tall lanky man sat easily on the overstuffed chair. His relaxed demeanour was not matched by his voice which brimmed with disappointment. “I don’t think she’s coming.” Across from the first man sat a much larger one. As he sat on an equally overstuffed couch alongside two red haired women, he leaned forward in eagerness and hopefulness. “No. She’s gotta come. Maybe she just… you know, doesn’t know.” By the window stood a third woman. Her hair was a vibrant purple. She peered absently out the window to the sprawling grounds of the Claremont Academy. In a distracted voice she responded. “It’s Emi. She already knows. She’s not coming.” The large man persisted. “Without Navigatrix, we need her. She’ll come.” The first of the red haired women spoke. She sat next to the large man with a hand resting across his leg in easy familiarity. “Then where is she?” “…” The large man remained stubbornly silent. “?” It was more a subt...

The Claremont Academy: Recent Developments

The Claremont Academy The first school to publicly announce it was a super school. Claremont was acquired, renovated, opened and run by billionaire philanthropist Duncan Summers. Claremont is built on the famous but abandoned Claremont Monastery which had a dark history, particularly the legend of the Burning Ghost. The school is located on sprawling grounds and houses the no longer secret subterranean base of the various “Next” Teams that operate out of the school. The Claremont Academy is home for a range of superteams. The most prominent is “Next Gen”, closely followed by the “Alterniteens”. Additionally Claremont students have formed a range of “Next” teams including Nexion, Nexus, Next Step and more. These other teams have highly variable membership and longevity. Professor Summers has always tolerated this as he highly values supers making their own choices and being responsible for their own actions. This cavalier attitude has met with resistance from AEGIS who believes a re...