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[webdesigned]

so, its my birthday next wednesday

& dont get me wrong? not a big deal, i guess, its just a day, i forgot it even happened last year, but

thats the whole thing. ive gone from 19 to 21 here, that's longer than i ever imagined staying, which has left me thinking about how long ive been here

what was your favorite mission? what do you think youve learned, from being here? who have you met that youre going to miss when you go home? what moment sticks with you the most? or, idk, anything you wanna talk about. we always get stuck on the negative stuff,
& i get it, its easy to get stuck there

but there is more than that. & i think that its important for us to remember that.

so, i will go first, i guess. i think my favorite mission was zeta-12. definitely. the squidges are great and i still think about it there sometimes. it was nice feeling like we made a difference there and helped that species continue. if youre curious, here is beaker and scooter now.

( there's a picture attached of two full-grown squidges, apparently holding hands and puzzling over a plant native to Zeta-12. be glad it's text mode, or Peter might be getting misty about his alien baby. )

ive learned that there is no such thing as protecting someone from the truth. im going to miss my friends. i already miss some of them that have transferred. im going to miss my boyfriend, though he may or may not kill me for using that word and then i wont have to miss anybody. and... i think woodhurst is always going to stick with me the most.

so, thats me. im sure we all have our own stories. id like to hear them, if you wanna share.

Comments

[heavyhitter]

i wanna know how to move rocks

[webdesigned]

ok but

aren't you already strong enough to do that

( he knows you are pretty strong, Ramir, what's the catch here... )

[heavyhitter]

well yeah, but no i mean LITTLE rocks
or any rocks
without touching them, obviously

[webdesigned]

so like
with telekinesis

( do you have telekinesis now, Ramir )

[heavyhitter]

no just on rocks
so like... rock telekinesis

[webdesigned]

they call that geokinesis

i cannot believe i know that

do you already have... some... form? of that?

[heavyhitter]

yeah ok geokinesis
(nerd)

and... not so far? but i've been studying it for a while. and there was a guy here before who could do it, just pick up rocks and throw them around. he could even make lava

[webdesigned]

i cant even protest that right now

did he teach you about it? how do you do it? im not sure i can give advice on the subject, i have no concept of how someone could just "learn" that

my powers come from a mutation. maybe there is a mutation that could result in that, but triggering it... that would be a very happy accident, without a lot of research. & i mean a lot

[heavyhitter]

no
but naruto suggested hand gestures
there's gotta be some kinda merit in that, right, learn to associate a thought pattern with a gesture...
once you get it working in the first place anyway

ughhhhhh

[webdesigned]

i ... uh ... maybe? i guess that makes sense

though unless you have a history of "kinesis", are you sure you can just learn it at random?

[heavyhitter]

i made a rock jiggle once

[webdesigned]

you

huh

ok. so. maybe, IF we could get it to happen again, IF we can find some way of monitoring what part of your brain you use when you do it

i can help you replicate it.

but this is science, ok, so thats a strong "maybe" with a side of "?????" and the strong chance of nothing at all happening period

[heavyhitter]

oh shit! see this is why i keep you around
maybe and ????? is good enough for me, let's fucking do this

[webdesigned]

sometimes ????? is the best anyone can ask for

lets see what we can do ramir, and if you turn into magneto w rocks then remember i helped you and think of me fondly

[heavyhitter]

hell yeah you're on, we're on, let's do this
do we have like... labs around here, somewhere? can we do it now?

[webdesigned]

yeah, there is a lab set up in the med bay, thats our best bet

whenever works for you works for me :]b

[heavyhitter]

you're literally the fucking best
in an hour?

[webdesigned]

okay, sure, yeah
itll be a rockin time

( he is officially no longer the best, i revoke that title. )

[heavyhitter]

[ too bad that RAMIR LOVES PUNS ]

double fucking best. see you soon