Tron
Junior Student at Xavier's
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Post by Tron on Jul 30, 2007 10:08:06 GMT -5
"Maybe. I could knock out all the lights or make half the city go into a blackout." He grinned and took a sip of water. "I prefer to take a lady to lunch, however."
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Post by Aqua on Jul 30, 2007 10:10:33 GMT -5
"That would be impressive, indeed," Emily agreed, chuckling. "And thank you for choosing the less frightening way of doing it," she bowed her head slightly with a smile and ate some of her pasta.
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Jul 30, 2007 10:13:14 GMT -5
He nodded and took a forkful of his own pasta. "No police involvement. Much easier that way."
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Post by Aqua on Jul 30, 2007 10:21:16 GMT -5
"Yeah," Emily said and sipped her juice while she was thinking of some small talk to say next. "How did you discover your powers?"
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Jul 30, 2007 10:34:14 GMT -5
"Started making the computers screw up in the middle of school one day. Then I started acing math; it was like the test answers just spontaneously came to me. Took me forever to realize that's because there was a computer in the room, with the answers stored on it." He grimaced. "They kicked me out pretty quick after that. What about you?"
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Post by Aqua on Jul 30, 2007 10:43:05 GMT -5
"I had just taken that lifeguard job," Emily said. "I think it was my first or second day. There was a surfer drowning, so I went after him. He was all kicking in the water... dragged me under the water and hit me in the chest with his elbow. I breathed in water... blacked out for a second, then came to and realized I could breathe and sense where the bottom of the ocean was." She sighed; she hadn't told that story to anybody at the Institute yet.
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Aug 3, 2007 7:39:39 GMT -5
His eyes widened. "Jesus Christ...did anyone else realize what happened?" Jarod's own realization of his mutation had been very public; it was hard for him to imagine any non-mutant taking such a display very well.
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Post by Aqua on Aug 3, 2007 7:48:48 GMT -5
"No," Emily shook her head, "and I didn't tell anybody. They simply thought I just saved the guy, so..." she shrugged.
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Aug 3, 2007 7:53:15 GMT -5
Jarod gave her a look of disbelief for a second, then laughed a little. "I'm not sure I'd be able to just go on like it hadn't happened like that at work." He ate a forkful of pasta.
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Post by Aqua on Aug 3, 2007 8:07:09 GMT -5
"After that, I was doing it for two years," Emily said, smiling a little. "And only one person knew I was a mutant."
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Aug 3, 2007 8:07:59 GMT -5
"Who?" Jarod asked, interested. "Your brother?"
((I think she told him about her brother, unless I lost my mind.))
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Post by Aqua on Aug 3, 2007 8:11:03 GMT -5
(( she did, yes. ))
"No," Emily said, "just one of the colleagues. He happened to notice what I did with water when rescuing people... but he said that it was more important to him that lives were saved rather than knowing that they were saved by a mutant, so he kept my secret safe."
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Aug 3, 2007 8:20:58 GMT -5
He smiled a bit, taking a drink. "Not all non-mutants are nasty, I guess."
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Post by Aqua on Aug 3, 2007 8:26:18 GMT -5
"Yeah... was quite a revelation for him," Emily chuckled and continued eating her pasta.
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Tron
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Post by Tron on Aug 3, 2007 8:31:12 GMT -5
Tron ate in silence for a few minutes, before continuing. "How'd you hear about Xaviers?"
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