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[webdesigned]

hey, so, full disclosure: this is super weird for me. i've never done this before. like, classically when i tell people bad stuff happens so i sorta don't tell anyone, but uh, here goes:

so i've got... superpowers. it feels like?? that's not that big a deal around here. some people are like 9 ft tall and can do magic (???) and have full robotic wings so it's just nbd but also for me it kinda is a big deal so it's a little scary to be upfront about this but i super duper did just liveblog my spider wall-crawling to the entire team during the last mission pandora's box is way open so yeah i have superpowers

( and apparently he's no better at trying to send brain messages, RIP friendos, his brain is just Like This )

but anyway, uh... since there are a lot of us, maybe if you wanna, we can... share??? nothing more than you are comfortable with, obviously, and trust me if you wanna hang back and stay quiet i get it. back home, i can't share this stuff. it gets people hurt. i was just thinking here, maybe... and since there's a ton of you like me or not even like me but different too, i don't know. maybe it'd be good for us to know who can do what? what we're all capable of? things we should look out for?

i guess i should go first. i, uh... can crawl on walls. everybody saw that (SIDEBAR that is my bad for that shaky camera work if i gave you motion sickness i am so so so sorry). i'm pretty strong too. and maybe be careful trying to touch me or throw things at me bc my senses make me react if it seems like a threat and i'm not super good at turning it off. i'm trying though. i have webslingers too, for flyin around?? so that's cool

uh... that's it? ama? i'll try and answer... or you can tell me anything, if you wanna talk shop. if you wanna keep things dl, private works. trust that i get it, this feels so viscerally uncomfortable, like those went to school in ur underwear dreams, only i really did it, holy snickerdoodle, i really hope this does not blow up in my face

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thought-to-text | un: blue

[firstroar]

You are not human, then?

[webdesigned]

er well guess it depends on how you look at it
i mean scientifically my genes have been mutated. idk what the term for that would be. mutant? mutate?
but if you ask me i would say i'm human. close enough anyway. i guess i really haven't ever thought about it before

[firstroar]

Mu...

Where I am from, such a thing is called Mu. But the abilities...are nothing like those you described.

[webdesigned]

mu, huh? kinda sounds like mutant, maybe it comes from that?

what are they like? if you, uh, don't mind talking about it

[firstroar]

Mu possess many different psionic powers, some more or less powerful than others. But they all...connect to thoughts and feelings as easily as breathing.

[webdesigned]

wow. that's cool... and also... i feel like nobody would want to be attached to my thoughts and feelings all the time. these brain texting devices are already bad enough

is it weird not to be connected here? or, wait — are you connected still?

[firstroar]

[after some time:] I am, in some ways. Not in others.

It's different...because the people I feel connected to here...don't feel that connection the same way.

Being unable to innately understand where one stands with others...the idea is sad to me. But that is how everyone is here.

[webdesigned]

oh. yeah, when you put it that way, it ... it is kinda sad.

if it helps, you start to learn where you stand with people, by how they look? how they talk? that sort of thing. it's different but maybe not a bad different. once you get used to it

[firstroar]

Yes. I will have to learn...to explain my feelings more aloud to be understood.
Though I have noticed many do not voice the entirety of their feelings very often...so it will be a challenge to understand the expected limits.

[webdesigned]

you can share whatever you want with me, buddy. i am not so good at hiding things. i really wonder how i manage to hide the whole spider-man thing at home but then i'm like oh yeah it's because you have no friends

( ... oops. see, again, the flaws of brain texting...... )

i, uh. er. see? i would apologize for that being tmi but maybe you like to know that sort of stuff.

[firstroar]

[after a delay:] It does not bother me.
You ought to have friends here, if only through a shared cause. Yes?

[webdesigned]

well teammates and friends aren't quite the same thing yk? people you have to work with and need to try and get along with compared to people that just like you for you and all that stuff

but, i'm happy to have teammates too. didn't have those at home either. way less pressure to have a whole squad when we get shipped out on missions, gotta say.

[firstroar]

I see. It's harder to form bonds of friendship when you aren't able to discern a person's true intentions...
I'm sorry. It sounds difficult for you.

[webdesigned]

i'm not gonna say the isolated superhero life is my favorite thing ever, bc it's not. but it's better than people getting hurt.

and hey, as long as i'm here i can have people that know about my powers? maybe at some point it won't even be terrifying! i'm still waiting for the not terrifying to hit not gonna lie

[firstroar]

I believe in that way...we are alike.
I would like to know it...that moment when you find you're not afraid about that.

[webdesigned]

okay, man. deal. when i know, you'll know.