The Academy
Amid the breathtaking flora and fauna-painted hills of the French countryside rests the illustrious The Academy. Born amid a world plagued with fear and hatred toward that which it does not understand, the Huntington Academy resides as a safe haven for those facing the full extent of social discrimination. Originally established to house those bred from aristocratic lineage or possessing talents beyond human capability, the preparatory school has steadily grown into an internationally acclaimed source of unrivaled academic and social mastery for the world’s future generation.
Funded exclusively by the Hellfire Club’s White Queen (Valerie Huntington), the school’s business dealings have proved entirely legal and clean, raising eyebrows among the international community who have grown accustomed to the First Lady of Fashion’s morally ambiguous behavior. In several interviews the glamorous socialite has spoken on her innate desire to create a home for those facing social excommunication during the world’s modern Civil Rights Movement. Her involvement in the Hellfire Club being reduced to that of managing the business aspect of the establishment, the White Queen has refocused her attention on pouring her vast wealth and extensive social connections into cementing the Huntington Academy as a place for mutants and other metahumans alike to discover and refine their gifts while simultaneously acquiring a premier education on scholastic topics as well as social etiquette.
The Huntington Mansion
Constructed several miles outside Bordeaux, France, within the tranquil remoteness of the country's magnificent landscape, the school boasts inspired exterior and interior architecture. Signifying old wealth and modern opulence, Valerie spared no expenses on supplying the academy with the most decadent of amenities and décor; displaying pieces of art and artifacts of singular existence and priceless value, collected over generations of unrivaled affluence and nobility.
Redesigned to accommodate its expansive amount of students and staff, numerous rooms have been added to the Huntington Mansion to serve as classrooms, dormitories, etc. Equipped with a formal dining hall and lavish living quarters, the mansion provides every service found in an affluent household for its residents. Amid the many hallways a common rooms exists for the student to enjoy during leisure hours, as well as a lecture hall that holds the entire academy for formal announcements and other meetings.
Beneath the ground floor of the academy lies the training facilities for those students with superhuman capabilities. Built with the finest technological capabilities money can buy, the main features within the training facility is the Danger Room and Cerveau. This is also where an aircraft carrier holds the academy’s sleek black jet, designed with unrivaled technological features allowing it to fly faster and stealthier than typical jet models. It also possesses an ‘invisibility’ feature, allowing its exterior paneling to reflect light with a push of a button and cause the entire jet to appear as nothing but a wrinkle in the air, even to an acute eye.
The Grounds
The landscape on which the Huntington Mansion resides is carefully manicured and immaculately maintained. From the front of the school a magnificent driveway painted with vibrant flowerbeds welcome the mansion’s guests, while the majority of the grounds exist behind the mansion. Several sporting arenas allow students to partake in athletic activities of their choice, while a massive pool is open for free use during daylight hours. A greenhouse filled with rare and exotic specifies of plants and flowers is carefully tended by the school’s team of internationally respected botanists, and is open to viewing by the students as well as used for academic purposes.
The students are free to roam within the academy’s perimeters, which include the front and back grounds as well as a crystalline lake located nearby, during daylight hours. After sunset the security drones prevent all students from leaving the walls of the mansion without permission from a teacher.
The Library
Taking up an entire wing of the mansion, a massive library provides an accumulation of texts from every date and subject one could desire. Collected from generation of Huntingtons and Delacours, the study is even visited those not enrolled or employed by the academy simply due to its unrivaled contents. Journals from past monarchs and sovereigns reside within the library’s shelves, found exclusively within the Huntington Mansion after being passed down for centuries. The expansive study itself overlooks picturesque views of France’s natural beauty through floor-to-ceiling glass windows, optimal for a tranquil research environment when paired with the abundance of plush seating arrangements for those looking to escape within the library.
Hidden within the library and accessible only to staff is a collection of knowledge on genetics, black magic, and other potentially dangerous subjects. The existence of these texts are unknown to the outside world, and heavily guarded by the academy’s security system (see below).
Danger Room
Overlooked by a control center resting above the training floor, the Danger Room provides a realistic simulation for any situation one can imagine. Equipped with flamethrowers, razors blades, traps, robots, etc., the Danger Room presents its challengers with a specially designed training course to refine whatever aspect of their super abilities or other combat element they choose. However its most stimulating feature is its holographic capabilities. Able to morph and change into any location it’s programmed with, the Danger Room transports its users into the exact scenario of choice, making its training exercises as close to realistic situations as technologically possible.
Extremely durable and technologically advanced, the Danger Room is able to reprogram itself after every training course, automatically repairing itself from all but the most destructive of attacks.
Cerveau
Housed within a dome-like structure to enhance brainwaves, Cerveau is a technology designed by the White Queen herself to magnify her omega-level telepathic powers to godlike levels. Already capable of stretching her mind global distances, Cerveau allows the beautiful headmistress to refine her long-distance searches to locate and manipulate the minds of those across the globe as though they were standing right beside her. Constructed as a helmet-like object, Cerveau is linked to a massive database that instantly records all information obtained from its user, from the thoughts and memories of others to the minds of those it has touched, making finding previously discovered minds effortless. Currently Cerveau is programmed to work alongside only Valerie’s mental signature.
Security
The mansion’s entire technological programming is designed to fight against intruders. Top-tier security installments allow for instant recognition of unwarranted visitors, downloading their genetic blueprint and responding with a defensive mechanism designed to exploit the attacker’s personal weaknesses. This technology, found throughout the mansion, is the same used in the Danger Room, allowing the building to live as an almost conscious entity capable of activating a number of turrets, lazers, robots, etc. found throughout the mansion in the case of intrusion. These mechanisms are primarily enforced by extremely durable security drones that constantly roam the grounds, capable of implementing a variety of attacks to neutralize their targets. The security system also telepathically alerts its headmistress of any intruders, allowing her to execute any personal defensive strategies.
The entire grounds are protected by a combination of mental, mystic, and technological barriers, making its location impossible to discover as well as deterring any attempted assaults from outside.
RULES:
- Standard CV rules (No godmodding, specifically).
- Unless you’re a potential student/faculty member/ally, do not enter the mansion without permission. If you want to attack PM me your idea first. The mansion’s exact location is not common knowledge.
- Sell the security, they’re dangerous and nearly impossible to destroy.
- Message me if you'd like to become a student, staff member, or want to do anything else with the school.
- Send all PMs/questions to Valerie Huntington.
- Enjoy
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