hsalf: h.w. (he took forty cakes in one go?)
Eobard Thawne ([personal profile] hsalf) wrote in [community profile] futurology2015-12-16 12:09 am

voice; username: h. wells

Hello...hm - fellow victims. Not sure what we call ourselves. Teammates? Comrades? ALASTAIR-ains? Considering we've all been ripped from the homes we know, victim perhaps is apt enough until I begin learning names.

[Ok but that's not what this is all about, so moving on:]

I want to pose some questions regarding the powers many people here seem to have. Both of a magic and genetic variety. I'm a physicist who studies the latter back home, from the angle of how environment can effect the spread of genetic mutation that brings people to have special abilities. The phenomenon is a relatively new one back where I came from, so it's still a topic of curiosity for me.

I'm not as well-versed in magical concepts, but from my standpoint they seem to be akin to miracles - powers that warp reality, even in small ways. And not everyone is predisposed to using them. Many of these sorcerers and witches are among the most powerful beings alive.

[He pauses for a moment, the message stopping as he thinks on his idea before continuing to transmit it through the jewel.]

It's nothing you need to get deep about if you don't prefer to - I just want to know what powers you have and what you use them for. Be it back home, or here, since I imagine the use would be far different given our circumstance.

If you're not keen about talking on your abilities, I'm equally curious about the perception of abilities in different world environments. Are they accepted or reviled? Is it everyday or miraculous? Back in my home, most people are still reluctant to believe. Those who do...well, there are both heroes and villains who use abilities for their own means.

[There's another pause, shorter, and then he softly laughs before going on.]

The multiverse is a vast realm of infinite possibilities. I like to learn as many of those possibilities as possible, if people wish to indulge me. Curiosity is a vicious bug.

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-17 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Gilgamesh, being Gilgamesh, decides to turn the line of questioning around on him.]

Do you have such a wish, then? "H. Wells".

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-18 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
That seems a bit understated for someone such as yourself.

[Which is his not-so-subtle way of stating I've got a read on you.]

Surely you would want for more.

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-18 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Gilgamesh flashes a smile somewhere between positively dazzling and unsettlingly serpentine.]

Only everything.

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-19 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Gilgamesh's face turns almost comically sour.]

...don't remind me.

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-19 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Is eternal life not something all human beings long for?

[It's a rather roundabout way of asking and you too, right?]

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-20 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
A life worth having...

[Gilgamesh hums in thought, and then offers a rare concession.]

I suppose it's a worthy goal. For a human.

[personal profile] babbylon 2015-12-23 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
A truly enterprising soul would pursue both.

[Though Mr. Wells may note that Gilgamesh was the result of trying—and failing, miserably.]