[ video | open and locks ]

[radars]

[ Locked to Edmund (NPC), also open to Raven ]

I find myself in need of a bit of walking-around money. May we talk about trades?

[ Locked to Erik, also open to Raven ]

You're not the Erik I know. I'm not the Charles you know. We can leave it at that.

[ Open ]

My name is Charles Xavier. I am one of the awakened, from the ship. As far as I know, we are all from different times, and perhaps from different universes as well, and none of us knows how we came to be asleep on an unfamiliar spacecraft.

Has anyone a theory to present?

And one more thing. This may seem like an odd question, but... is there a large population center, nearby? I don't mean under the dome.

[ ooc note: Charles is talking about Israel's mind, which feels to him like a large population center even though it isn't. ]

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[truth_is_cold]

Why do you ask? [Forever suspicious. He's wondering now if there's an underground city he should know about.]

[video; locked]

[waspromisedcake]

[She notices the change in the video. That now it says it's locked. She's not sure why, though. Unless... he doesn't want others to hear he can go into their minds?]

I figured it out; that you thought I couldn't speak.

[A pause.]

I haven't been around people in a long time. I'm not used to talking again.

[The way her voice often cracks and sounds strained should be an indication of that.]

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[knightoflight]

I am the only one of my kind here: are there others of your kind--from your world--here?

[Getting back on topic!]

[diziet_sma]

Diziet Sma. I can't say I have a particular theory yet, but I'm open to ideas. I've only gotten as far as the idea that the ship we were on required some critical condition to be activated—but how we got there in the first place is beyond me.

[eternaliyah]

It's an oddly particular suspicion.

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[radars]

A few. One, in particular, and another from... a similar place.

[video; locked]

[radars]

So I gathered.

This must be... rather difficult.

[radars]

It is, isn't it?

[radars]

No reason.

[ video; locked ]

[radars]

I ... do find that I'm not terribly eager to make the acquaintance of another Erik Lensherr.

On the other hand, a metal-bender could be a very valuable ally.

I simply don't know if I could divorce my emotions from it.

[radars]

And what was the critical condition? -- Another question.

[eternaliyah]

[He rolls his eyes and waves a hand dismissively.]

Yes, fine, keep your inexplicable notions. Just trying to be helpful.

[He will find out how you know. He will.]

[video; locked]

[waspromisedcake]

I'm dealing with it.

Did you lock the video because you don't want people knowing you can look in their heads?

[radars]

It's like...

A familiar smell. Familiar and unfamiliar. Like cola gone flat, or tea without honey. A photograph, not the real thing.

I can't explain it.

[ Trying to lead him away from any potential conclusions of 'telepath'. ]

[video; locked]

[radars]

I would rather keep it quiet for now, yes. The sort of people who are interested in telepaths are generally the sort I don't want interested in me.

[video; locked]

[waspromisedcake]

[Hell, it's a good thing she asked.]

I won't tell anyone.

[eternaliyah]

[His skeptical tone completely belies the fact that he happens to know Charles is right.]

...right. And you're sure it's not just being frazzled after coming out of a coma-box?

[Sometimes people can feel things from nations, but only in person, only if they have very strong feelings for the country to start with. And Daniel isn't sure how he feels about an Englishman qualifying.]

[radars]

I was very sick after coming out of that thing. It's only in the last day, once I got better, that I've felt it much at all.

I'm...

I'm sure it's nothing.

[He's sure it's something.]

[video; locked]

[radars]

Thank you.

Are you staying in that, what is it, the public house?

[eternaliyah]

[Daniel leans back. Pondering it. Like an academic puzzle, even though obviously he's just humoring him -]

Is this a directional nothing?

[Can he track Daniel, and will he?]

[radars]

How could a smell be directional?

[But the answer is no, and that's what feels so puzzling about it. It feels like it's coming from within him, tugging on a little string from his heart.

Subconsciously, his hand drifts to the center of his chest, fingertips on his breastbone. ]

[eternaliyah]

They're generally stronger towards the kitchen. But we're bad at judging things like that.

Maybe it's the ship? There might well be enough people in there to fill a country.

[radars]

[Just gives him a look, like, obviously that's not what I mean.]

[video; locked]

[waspromisedcake]

Yes. Are you?

[eternaliyah]

[The MOST innocent, how should he know, guy? Your smellfeelings are weird.]