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thisavrou2017-06-21 10:18 pm
welcomeprofessor) wrote in thisavrou2017-06-21 10:18 pm
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[The video feed here is set up very much like he's filming an orientation video; he knows little else other than strict formality here, but...when it comes to his school, he would say he finds the professionalism appropriate.]
The purpose for this is twofold, so I suppose I'll just get started.
Over the last few weeks of getting settled into this environment, learning its...well "intricacies" is a small word for it, perhaps eccentricities is better, I believe now more than ever that we need some tangible return to normalcy. I would like to have the school-- [and with the video feed he links something that looks very much like an old-school brochure, (which will very much omit the whole "subbasement" part of the post (and is not icly-literal).).] --up and running within the month. We have the faculties and facilities for a number of traditional subjects: literature, biology, philosophy, physical education [though it might sound like he means something very different by this] and a few other outliers, but we are still very much in need of some help in the history and mathematics departments. (Though I'll take more esoteric lessons under advisement).
[He pauses then, and his demeanor shifts entirely, shifting from cold to amiably warm like he's flipped a switch.]
As for the second point, and no less salient: it is my understanding that I am not the only one of my kind here, and that we are not, perhaps, the only ones particularly gifted. For those of you who may not identify as mutants, I would love the opportunity to speak with you about the nature of your powers.
[He pauses to consider that request for a moment, and follows up with an addendum:]
If any of you are comfortable doing so.
The purpose for this is twofold, so I suppose I'll just get started.
Over the last few weeks of getting settled into this environment, learning its...well "intricacies" is a small word for it, perhaps eccentricities is better, I believe now more than ever that we need some tangible return to normalcy. I would like to have the school-- [and with the video feed he links something that looks very much like an old-school brochure, (which will very much omit the whole "subbasement" part of the post (and is not icly-literal).).] --up and running within the month. We have the faculties and facilities for a number of traditional subjects: literature, biology, philosophy, physical education [though it might sound like he means something very different by this] and a few other outliers, but we are still very much in need of some help in the history and mathematics departments. (Though I'll take more esoteric lessons under advisement).
[He pauses then, and his demeanor shifts entirely, shifting from cold to amiably warm like he's flipped a switch.]
As for the second point, and no less salient: it is my understanding that I am not the only one of my kind here, and that we are not, perhaps, the only ones particularly gifted. For those of you who may not identify as mutants, I would love the opportunity to speak with you about the nature of your powers.
[He pauses to consider that request for a moment, and follows up with an addendum:]
If any of you are comfortable doing so.
text. late with starbucks what else is new
it's also a little while before he texts - because texting is much easier than videoing, oh my god, like, so much easier - and in true fashion it takes him a little while to get around to the topic at hand. ]
as long as i don't have to read "the scarlett letter" again, lol
how many other gifted people are here? [ bc calling them 'mutants' seems a little. weird. even if that's what they're calling themselves, apparently? ] i mean I'm just curious
well i guess if you knew that you wouldn't have to make a video saying you're interesting in meeting them all
interested*
so like
what kind of gifts have you helped people with?
is that ok to ask
i'm not used to talking about all this, haha
<3
[Puritanical guilt? Of course it has some resonance and even some importance in the scope of American literature, but he has bigger problems to tackle than the ordeals of Hester Prynne.]
In any case, these gifts/mutations/talents/whatever else you'd like to call them typically, in my experience, manifest in adolescence, and they tend to manifest in number of different ways. Telepathy, transportation, physical transformation...the list goes on. There are a few of us--mutants in specific--here, of course, as well as...well, a good growing number of talented people who seem to have found similar gifts in a number of ways I've never had to previously consider.
"A fair few," is about the simplest answer I can give, but yes, it's alright to ask. Having open communication about this is, I've found, one of the best things for it.
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that's great to hear :)
[ he's never really been sure what to call them, honestly. gifts? powers? responsibilities? powers has mostly been how he comes down on it so far, but that's just because he likes the way 'superhero' sounds ]
i guess with so many people here with powers it makes the whole ratio a lot better in terms of talking about it
although i guess it explains why so much stuff happens here all the time too
does anybody ever have like
animal powers?
also changing physically as a teenager
such shock, much amaze
that must suck though happening on top of the regular changes and all
sorry about that earlier typo, good lord
What do you mean by "animal powers"?
honestly i wasn't sure what you were apologising for before on plurk and i'm still not sure i know
is there ever like
a definitive catalyst or does it just sort of start happening for no reason?
uh like
powers based on animals
like idk someone who can see all around themselves and change colors or someone who can fly and see in the dark or i guess
something else, there's lots of animals
good good good
I suppose I know of a few, though the ability sets are a bit broader than that, in my experience. Though ability comparisons are rarely fruitful: even with shared major skills, the manifestation will still very likely still find some way to make it unique.
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you mean like two people with the same thing but in diff ways?
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