[locks, then telepathic broadcast]

[radars]

[ Locked to Erik Lensherr ]

I don't suppose I have a right to ask for this, given how I've treated you since we've both awakened.

But. Do you think we could wipe the slate clean?

[ Locked to Shepard ]

Should we speak?

[ Telepathic broadcast / significantly later ]

ooc ; If you'd like your character to feel this, assume they get slammed by it; if you would rather them not, assume that Charles' mind skipped over theirs somehow and only hit a portion of the population.

[ Early afternoon on Thursday, particularly psychically susceptible people might suddenly feel an agonizing, splitting pain down the center of their skull. Psychic overload, if any of them have experienced it before, drowning in a stream of information too much for one person to handle.

Brief impressions: the ship, no, the other ship, go back for them, four more, woke them up, the first, the first.

The contact cuts off as abruptly as it was made. ]

Comments

locked;

[radars]

If there was a deeply charismatic man standing on every street corner telling them to pick up and move on with their lives, it would have had about the same effect. Honestly, I'm not turning them into happy robots.

locked;

[lehnsherr]

And what happens next time? What happens once you realise it's not enough?

locked;

[radars]

I don't plan on brainwashing the lot of them, if that's what you're asking.

locked;

[lehnsherr]

[Pause. Pause.]

I suppose only time will tell.

[voice]

[outer_npcs]

Hurts to see all. Bits. Go in bits to see the whole.

locked;

[radars]

I suppose.

[omnomgoauld]

/What was the purpose of that?/

[voice]

[radars]

I am so sorry. If I hurt you at all...

[radars]

/It was an accident./

[voice]

[outer_npcs]

Used to the flow. Questions aren't easily answered.

[thinkpans]

[eternaliyah]

Ow, ow that's -

Charles, is that you? Are you okay?

[femshep]

Just let me know. [If he does, that is. And with that, she's cutting the transmission.]

[action]

[femshep]

[So he can track people. That's... definitely handy, and she fully intends to keep that in mind. But that brings her to a related and even more important topic.]

You shook most of the hands at that meeting. Anything I should know? [He hasn't offered any sort of allegiance by far, but it's in both of their interests to make sure nobody's going to stab them in the back.]

[grey matter]

[raisedbybirds]

[Samus is no stranger to telepathic beings, though she can't say she appreciates the intrusion into her mind, intentional or not.

The pain halts her mid-patrol, and her mind doesn't immediately react with words; unconsciously her own impressions of the mammoth alien ship; flashes of the negative impression the OD had given her, along with her growing curiosity that directly conflicts with given mission objectives.

But more than one ship...? Hn...]

[voice]

[radars]

You've had a long time to get used to it, haven't you?

[radars]

Sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry.

[action]

[radars]

I didn't feel any traitors. But...

[ A caveat, as always. He feels himself reluctant to out a fellow psychic. ]

[action]

[femshep]

[She's silent for a second at his reluctance. Then:] What are the odds that it's dangerous? [She shakes her head a little.] If they're high enough, I'm gonna need to know. [Which is giving him more leeway than she gives most people. Shepard tends to be the sort who needs to know everything about a situation before she handles it.]

[action]

[radars]

I'm not a good judge. I'm naturally suspicious of anything I can't read.

[ Truth, though a little bit of coloring added: he didn't mind it so much until six months ago. ]

But I'm not keen to out someone who may be a fellow psychic without his or her consent. I... mm. Perhaps you could give me a chance to check it on my own, before I tell you?

[action]

[femshep]

Just answer me this: Were they blocking you on purpose? [If it were an accident or a natural reflex, that's a little less suspicious (not much, but a little) than if they were blocking Charles deliberately.]

[telepathy]

[most_feared]

/And I'm-/ [A very complicated version of nobody comes across. A concept, made up of different languages and philosophies. He means nothing. But he's part of something.] /-but I've become what I needed to be.

Can you help me find an infiltrator if I show you what they look like?/

locked » telepathy

[lehnsherr]

I'll speak with him.

[And with that comment, he disconnects.

Only to later be stuck all but yelling at the sky when Charles' broadcast hits. At first, it's a curse at the very fact that Charles had ignored their last conversation about staying out of his mind. Hate, thanks to the rush of information. But the anger dissipates somewhat once the connection is suddenly cut and he's able to start processing what he saw.]

Charles? [As long as it's speech alone, he can deal with this kind of a connection. He has before.] If you're still listening, tell me what just happened.

[action]

[radars]

It was a deliberate psychic shield, but not knowing the culture or the context, I suppose I can't say.

[grey matter]

[radars]

[ After a long moment, the mind-touch returns, spreads a cool-mint-soothe where the pain was. An apology, of sorts. ]

[telepathy]

[radars]

/Yes. Better if you tell me what they think like./

[ Interesting. Untapped depths in this man, Charles thinks. The way he views the world. ]