Those With The Greatest Power

[thetruefocus]

Who: Charles Xavier & Others
Where: All around
When: Catch-all for June
What: Continuations from the TDM mostly!

Warnings: Will update if any pop up.



Just putting TDM threads here!

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[carmesi]

( he's definitely older than her, even without the knowledge of what year either of them is from. still, when he says that he's a professor, wanda stares at him for a while—lets her defenses lower a touch, just enough to breach through. it seems that the answer has sparked her curiosity, all the more keen to be open with someone who teaches—who deals with teens, young adults, with the objective of them embracing themselves.

not that she knows what 'gifts' he is talking about. )

Professor Charles, then?

( wanda teases, taking another bite from her sample food, a light smile on her features before it disappears—and she's guarded again, her mental walls up.

then, a shrug. )

I'm from 2015. We have the internet.

[thetruefocus]

I thought it would be a bit braggy to lead with Professor Charles Xavier, but I suppose I could have.

( In truth, if they were in his world, he would, that is his natural way of introducing himself. But they're in this strange new place where there seems to be no formal level of education, which means that him continuing his passion will not be easy here while they're stuck. Professor might not mean much of anything here, and just be him holding onto something he's lost. It feels good to use it again though. It is so much a part of him that it feels right.

Charles notes the change in her walls. He can't see through it and he's not even trying to, it's a little like someone opening up their windows a sliver before closing it again. He can witness is on the outside without needing to nudge his way inside. Still, the fact she can do that is what's curious. After some time here he might meet a few people with psychic abilities, but for now it's still new to see it in others.)

The ... internet?

( He says it like it's an alien word. Charles doesn't have a phone yet as he has no money, so he hasn't learned about the glory that is the internet forum. )

2015. That's amazing. It wouldn't happen to be a horrible dystopian 2015 though, would it? I'm told that's what my future entails.

[carmesi]

I imagine you studied for it.

( for the title. she chews on the last bits of her food as she speaks, feeling suddenly very aware that this must be a very educated person, so makes a concerted effort to swallow everything before speaking again. )

I would brag about it.

( —if she got to have something like 'professor' to her name. she wonders what he studied, what he did to claim that title. other than perhaps having students. with that thought, wanda stands up, and fishes around her pocket for some joolies; she's a little thirsty now. her attitude is somewhat indifferent as he asks about whether 2015 is a dystopian time. )

It's the end of the world for some people. ( —cryptic— ) But it's mostly fine. The internet is on computers, on phones. It keeps people connected in real time.

Do you want something to drink?

[thetruefocus]

Oh yes, very hard, and for a very long time. (He smiles proudly.) I studied genetics, specifically genetic mutation, although in general spent a great amount of time in a science lab with my beakers and microscopes.

( Charles does in many ways miss that part of his life. It might be dull to others but to him it was always fascinating and a passion project. He wanted to understand what was happening to him and Raven, and then discovering all the other mutants in the world was proof of his own theories. The only thing that could get him out of the lab and his books was finding his own kind and becoming the head of the school he founded.)

I founded a school as headmaster though, so I shifted to a different type of teacher.

( That feels so far away from him now. Infinitely far than where he felt before when back home.)

I ... see. I have heard about the mobile telephones. It's extraordinary.

( Charles is years from those becoming a reality and many years away from it becoming commonplace. It will take him time before he understands how to text properly. He can't afford a phone yet, but eventually he will try his best.)

If you have any, I'll take it. The water at the motel is ... questionable.

[carmesi]

( spending time in a science lab with beakers and microscopes tells wanda everything she needs to know. this man is a scientist, and the title of 'professor' probably stands to the extent of his education—though perhaps it is now a term of endearment used by his students in this school of his.

school for those with 'gifts', as he had said. )

Mhmm.

( wanda's hardly educated, especially not in comparison to someone like charles, so she doesn't want to put her foot in her mouth by saying something that would sound stupid otherwise. she does more of internal pondering, in a way.

abruptly, she says, )

Wait here.

( and heads back towards the store to buy them both bottled water. it's on discount, two for the price of one, so it's not like this is putting a dent on her current savings. when she returns with the bottles, she offers him one, and, in her walking there and back, she's figured what to tell him next. )

I stopped going to school when I was ten. ( she shrugs, wording this carefully, doing her best to not sound flippant. ) I don't know that I would have learned anything helpful if I did. You sound like you'd be a nice headmaster, though.

( he's kind, and seems patient enough with her, even if she's the one helping him out with food samples and a water bottle. )

...why the interest in genetic mutation, though? I knew some people who were. They weren't exactly — good people.

( hydra et al )

[thetruefocus]

( Charles waits and takes the water when she brings it. He still feels bad about taking anything off her at this point, but he is also a pragmatic person, and he's going to kill himself if he lives by his pride alone. He'll simply make it up to her later, when he has it together more and can pay her back. He hasn't had much to drink since he distrusts the motel water.)

I do my best. I'm assured by my students I do well enough.

( The ones he remembers, and then Logan and the students he saw in his mind. There is a reverence there that this Charles has not earned yet, so he doesn't quite connect to it now. But he did have his class of X-Men, and they did love him as much as he loved them. All gone, now.

He considers what to tell her, but he's been here just long enough to know that this is not a place where anyone needs to fear being strange or different. He's sensed no feelings toward mutants, or even a concept of what that is to the populace here.)

Because I am a mutant. We're born with a gene that humans are not and it shows itself in unique gifts of some kind. I knew that about myself and my sister, but I wasn't aware there were others until I was older, so I was trying to make sense of it in my studies.