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[ex_engineers208]

[ there's madison, sitting cross-legged amidst the refuse-cluttered maintenence room of the xavier insitute. his hands are up in the air, assembling and reforming a floating, revolving mess of scrap into pipes and wires and setting them down beside them. after a minute of concentration, he speaks. ]

Okay. So, I guess I've been kinda scatterbrained lately. After arrivin' and all and then I got a position and then McCoy went and did the... y'know, the nobly leapin' into the jaws of the law-ion thing. It's all been a big old sensory overload. A-and I've been getting 'Nam flashbacks and bad dreams again. So... yeah. Ha ha.

[ awkward three minutes of silence, chewing his lip while working. then: ]

Not that this is particularly relevant or, well. I sorta-kinda hate it when like, people act all knee-buckin' shocked when their electronics or appliances go all kaput on them after what amounts to systematic abuse. [ his voice takes a slight electrical fuzz when he cranes his neck back in the direction of a microwave in the background. ] No, you're not broken, little guy. It's okay to need a lil' bit of help.

But, yeah. They throw a fit when its transformer comes all undone―I don't want you givin' up on me―after they, I dunno, shove a cellphone in there for shits an' giggles. Maybe if they were the mean type... crickets? Gerbils? A tiny baby in, aaa, a luchador mask out of tinfoil and spoons strapped to their feet? [ a minute passes. he furrows his eyebrows. ] Sorry, I just forgot what I was talkin' about.

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[futurebatwoman]

[ so, so fascinated ]

So your power is - ?

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[ex_engineers208]

Well. I got two. [ wow what is a question even ]

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[futurebatwoman]

Oh, cool.

But I mean, that one's obviously mechanically related. What is it you're doing, specifically?

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[ex_engineers208]

Specifically? I couldn't tell you the mechanics of it, on accounta it bein' one of those mysterious mutant thingies.

permavoice

[bullseye]

What's wrong with you, exactly?

[ex_engineers208]

[ THIS FACE. ] ...What?

[bullseye]

You're retarded, right?

[ex_engineers208]

[ HE'S NOT HURT HE'S JUST BITING HIS TONGUE FOR A MINUTE ]

permavoice

[webline]

[ you know she's going to ask the question that's on everyone's mind ]

Are you talking to the microwave?

[ex_engineers208]

Uh. Its cavity magnetron had a short? [ y e p ]

[webline]

So someone didn't put a baby with spoons on its feet in it then?

[ex_engineers208]

No... unless it's lyin' to me. [ DUN DUN DUN...? uh ]

permavid

[deadfool]

HI I GOT YOU A SKIRT

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[ex_engineers208]

[ex_engineers208]

Er.

[deadfool]

You're welcome.

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[futureleader]

But what if I want to put a cellphone in a blender?

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[ex_engineers208]

But why would you want to?

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[futureleader]

Fun, legal entertainment on a Saturday night.

Plus, you'll shit your pants when you find out. No doubt.

[themisfit]

... That is a bit morbid.

[ex_engineers208]

Well... yeah. [ AWK...WARD... ]

[themisfit]

[ ... Erm. ]

Just so you know, I suppose.

[professorstarchilde]

Dr. Jeffries? [He's acting crazy...er than normal. And she hasn't really gotten a chance to say hello to him yet. They don't really know each other all that well, but she's aware of his reputation from her brief time with him.]

[ex_engineers208]

Technically never went to college, so I'm not― [ beat. ]

Er. Grey?

[professorstarchilde]

Oh, sorry. And, yeah, Rachel Grey. Scott's daughter. I'm not sure if we've met yet, where you're from and I only saw you briefly on Utopia before I left.