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.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-18 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Only if you don't tell anyone I made it. My brother would have a field day.

Well, of course they are. They're monsters! I would never say a human and monster are the same species!

It's really nice how you think magic is like miracles. I've never heard it described that way before, especially by a human!
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-18 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Where I'm from, magic is just about the most common thing you can find. Magic powers, magic flowers, magic robots, magic snowmen...
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-19 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
...

I just realized... I never asked his name. And now I'll never see him again! Oh no!!
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-19 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
He is real, so that was pretty rude to say.

But no, he didn't wear anything like that.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-19 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Flowey was one of my friends! He's really great! He did seem like he got kind of bored sometimes, but that's why he'd hang out with me!! He told me I'm very entertaining.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-19 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
I am a very lively skeleton! And very great as well. Thank you, Mr. "h.wells"!
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-20 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess since I've already broken Internet Safety Rule #1 a few times by now that it really doesn't matter, huh...

It's Papyrus.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-22 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Naturally, one as popular as myself, I have had over a dozen social media accounts! But it's really not safe to go by your real name on them. Are you sure that's really what everyone does on the Surface...?
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-22 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...

Well! I don't think anyone here would do anything wrong, and so, I'm probably alright to use my real name without worrying about it.
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[personal profile] boneafide 2015-12-25 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'll have no problem no matter where I go, really. I'm just that good at making friends! I don't ever have trouble!