Capture 3 - Dictated

[panicswitched]

I feel like I should just make a blanket apology for everything I do here. Someone's always gonna be annoyed. [ usually she'll end up being annoyed at herself. ] So yeah, let's just pretend last month didn't happen, okay?

On that note, I didn't really appreciate being old. I like being me. [ mostly. there's also the issue that death aside, she'll never be old. this is just an extra reminder that her afterlife is awful and she's annoyed with everything. ]

Unrelated, what's the outside world like? Outside the castle, whatever anyone else knows. I've been outside a little, but I don't know a whole lot. So. Who wants to be my informant?

[ locked from james watson and helen magnus ]

Aside from that... how many people have special powers, abilities, whatever? How did you find out about them and how do you deal with them?

[ she's going to take a walk around the castle though today and at some point can be found in a hallway staring from one end to the other like she wants to do something but doesn't know quite how or if she should. ]

Comments

dictated;

[kalinda]

Are you referring to information about the town, or are you looking to go further than that?

dictated;

[panicswitched]

Let's start with the town. One step at a time.

[Filtered]

[kid_apocalypse]

I'm what's called a "mutant" in my world. That is, someone who's born with the special "X" gene, that gives me unique powers. I found out when I was about 12 years old, when my Uncle Cluster told me.

As for dealing with them...I'm still figuring that out. My powers are a part of me, but sometimes they might scare people. I was...actually going to a school for mutants before I came here, so I could both learn how to control my powers, and get a regular education.

[Filtered]

[panicswitched]

So you were born with them. [ a bit different from her case, but she can roll with it. ]

Can I ask what they are? You don't have to tell me, obviously. [ she's just curious. and she wants to know if there's hope of dealing with her own. ] That whole school thing is kinda cool, though. Nice to know there's a support system. [ and oh how she wishes she had one. ]

[Filtered]

[kid_apocalypse]

Yup. I can...umm...control every part of my body down to the molecular level. That's what my doctor back home told me. I can sort of shapeshift with it, make my arms longer and stuff like that, and I can channel destructive energy through my eyes and hands. My Uncle Cluster used to tell me that I was capable of anything I set my mind to.

[Evan is kind of an extreme case of mutation, but that's all to do with his genetic donor, En Sabah Nur.]

Yeah, the Jean Grey School is great! I mean...there are mutants like me, but then we had alien students too, Broo and Kubark. I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't been there.

[Filtered]

[panicswitched]

That's... really cool. I mean, the school part. The powers are cool, too, but I bet those can be both good and bad.

[ kinda like hers. ]

Sounds like you had a really good time there.

Filter forever

[mal_addict]

I'm a vampire, and I was born one. As for dealing...well, that depends on what part you mean. Mostly? A lot of self restraint.

[panicswitched]

But you had time to deal with it. It wasn't something you suddenly... woke up to.

[ so, different from her situation and yet somewhat similar. she doesn't have the self-restraint issue; she's got the issue of acknowledging it at all and she's not sure which is worse. ]

[mal_addict]

[Maladict lets out a sigh. She knows Ashley's situation, James explained it to her, but she's more tactful than to bring it up]

No, I didn't suddenly wake up to it. I suppose I was lucky in that regard.

[panicswitched]

[ it's a bad situation all around and ashley would undo it in a heartbeat if she could. ]

Yeah, I guess so. Just kinda wondering how long that sort of thing takes. Getting used to things.

Ashley

[is_mafia]

I can go into something called Hyper Dying Will Mode. [No, he did not name it, Ashley.] It uses this energy that some people in my version of Earth are born with called flames.

I suppose I was born with the ability, but I didn't always know I had it.

Giotto

[panicswitched]

What... [ okay seriously what idiot named that? ]

So how did you deal with it when you found out? I mean, it doesn't sound like anything bad.

Ashley

[is_mafia]

So named because you need to have a dying will to slip into it. [How to explain this... gdi shounen manga powers] Dying will is a will to accomplish something, even if you were to die. You become more focused and confident, less inhibited, unafraid of anything... All you can think about is fulfilling what you set out do.

At first, I was more confused and wary than anything. I didn't exactly expect anything like... that. [It was exhilarating, and at the same time could be utterly terrifying, losing that control over yourself.]

[filter]

[spongetastic]

A lot of people here have special abilities. I found out about mine just by experiencing it. I was born with it, and one day it manifested.

I've had my power for a while. I'm used to it; it's just a part of who I am. I know that probably doesn't answer the question, but everyone deals differently.

[filter]

[panicswitched]

Something set it off or did it just... happen?

[ it does and it doesn't. not quite the answer she was looking for. ] Sounds like I'm the only one here who wasn't born with it. One of them anyway. Even the one I was born with wasn't supposed to be active.

[filter]

[spongetastic]

It just happened.

Technically the ability I have isn't the same one I was born with. My natural ability was lost, and I had to inject myself with something in order to still have powers.

[filter]

[delincuente]

Well, I guess I have some. Kind of a born-with-it deal, but I guess my parents told me when I was six or seven.

[A moment of thought.]

It's not something I ever thought I needed to "deal with". I mean, I'm pretty much like super okay with it.

[filter]

[panicswitched]

Lucky you.

[ bitter? this one? never. ]

What is it?

[delincuente]

I know, right?

[Alex isn't trying to be obnoxious. It's just natural.]

Magic. The whole wand, sparks, star-spangled hat deal. And what about you? What do you got?

voice;

[scoring]

It wasn't much fun being a nurse either, I can tell you that much.

voice;

[panicswitched]

Sounds like everyone loved it. Good. At least I'm not in the minority here.

voice;

[scoring]

Nobody really enjoys growing old, I suppose. What was it like, if I can ask?

Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

It's better.

[Says the girl who moved out last week. She likes breathing fresh air that she doesn't have to wish for.]

Dictated

[panicswitched]

[ not really helpful but she'll try to work with it. ]

How so? I don't know as much about it as I want to.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

[She pressed her lips together, rubbing her hands together before she spoke.]

The castle only gives to take away. If you're outside of it's influence, even a little bit ... you get some of your own back. It's not much, but it's something.