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[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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[radars]

It is, isn't it?

[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.]

[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'. ]

[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.]

[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.]

[eternaliyah]

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

[radars]

You're rather persistent, asking about this.

[eternaliyah]

There are too many vast mysteries around us right now.

It's sort of soothing, having a small one to poke at.

[This is a totally legit motive, okay.]

[radars]

What if I'm just delusional?

[eternaliyah]

Maybe you are.

It's the sort of detail worth knowing about a person, for one thing, even if it seems like a non-destruction delusion at the moment.

[radars]

Mm.

I do truly want to get to the bottom of this. It feels important. If you learn anything that could explain this...

[eternaliyah]

I'll keep you in mind.

[He definitely will.]