DT1 - In Low Spirits ((open))

by **Miriam Bell** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:34 am

Miriam is sitting at a table by herself, halfheartedly munching on her toast and breakfast sausage. She never looks particularly cheerful, but she looks actively disgruntled this morning.

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by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:37 pm

Rob sat down across from MIriam. He usually sat alone, but he actually wasn't paying attention. He seems to be studying a notebook full of equations. When he finally looks up and notices Miriam, he looks surprised.

"Oh. Hello," Rob says. "...Did you need something?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:45 pm

"You sat down with me." she points out, trying to sound polite.

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:48 pm

"Oh. Right," Rob says. "Did I need anything?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:53 pm

Miriam gives him a long, hard look. "I'm not sure. Your medication, maybe?"

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:59 pm

"No. I never forget my medication," Rob says. "Whatever. It probably wasn't important."

"I'm Rob," Rob says. "Who are you?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:03 pm

"Miriam. Please to meet you." she says in that overly polite British tone that means absolutely nothing.

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:04 pm

"No. Definitely don't know anybody important named Miriam," Rob says. "Must have been distracted."

"Sorry for the confusion."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:08 pm

"I know that feeling." she says, slowly settling back into the foul mood Rob found her in, now that pleasantries were exchanged.

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:10 pm

"What's wrong?" Rob asks, "You look unhappy."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:16 pm

"Oh, just someone trying to talk a friend of mine into being miserable because she's ignorant."

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:23 pm

"That does sounds pretty awful," Rob agrees. "What is she ignorant about exactly?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:28 pm

"Oh she thinks Will, you know, the green-haired guy? Well, recently he decided to change it up and walk around as a woman, but anyway. When he's not a person he has the most tranquil and happy mind I've ever experienced, but apparently Sam has made it her cause to convince him to stop that and be more like a person."

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:31 pm

"I know Will. We slept together once," Rob says. "Does he want to be a person?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:35 pm

"I don't think he really knows what he wants to do. But he has what monks spend a lifetime to achieve a fraction of. Complete peace of mind. It calms you down just listening to his mind when he's like that."

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:37 pm

"That is a fascinating quality. It might indicate he's able to recreate mental patterns along with general forms," Rob says.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:45 pm

"He certainly has a mind, though it seemed almost... derelict and filled with primordial gunk. Metaphorically."

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:50 pm

"Is metaphorical gunk as sticky as regular gunk?" Rob asks.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:03 pm

"Not particularly. His mind is just very malleable. Forcing it into rigid 'people' structures is just going to make him as miserable as the rest of us."

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:07 pm

"Speak for yourself," Rob says. "I don't have time for misery. It's a useless emotion, like depression, angst, or ennui."

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:10 pm

"You're telling me that if I took a look inside your head there wouldn't be any woes or sorrows at all?"

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:18 pm

"Pretty much," Rob says. "Just general madness and a boundless narcissistic ego."

"Does that concern you?" Rob smirks.

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:21 pm

"I don't see why it should. We all deal with our own lunacies, yeah?"

by **Robert West** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:38 pm

"Oh, not that. We're all mad here," Rob says, waving his hand. "I'm talking about the fact that someone might not be miserable. You seem awfully sure that it's a part of the human condition, but what if it's just you?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:56 pm

"I have it on pretty good authority that it's not just me." she says, turning around in her chair to point at various people around the cafeteria. "She's homesick and misses her friends, he's beating himself up about something stupid he said in class, he's worried about the earthquake in China, his grandparents just died. It's all around us."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:00 am

"Pfft. Hardly a representative sample," Rob says.

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:03 am

"No, but there's always somebody worried or sad or torn up about something. It's not everyone all the time, but everyone is miserable sometimes. It's just part of being human."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:29 am

"Well, lucky thing I'm not human then," Rob says.

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:38 am

"Mutants aren't really all that different in that context, you know."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:50 am

"Maybe," Rob says. "But it's cute that you still think of yourself as human. Almost quaint, really."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:01 am

"Really? We're going to talk semantics about this now?"

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:03 am

"You don't think there's an important difference?" Rob asks.

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:11 am

"When it comes to the human condition? No, not really."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:15 am

"Interesting," Rob says. "A bit pessimistic, but interesting."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:25 am

"You really think the average mutant is mentally superior to the average human?"

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:33 am

"Superior? No. You're all a bunch of ridiculous idiot-apes," Rob says. "Different? Now there's a much better question."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:02 am

"If there's a difference I sure can't find it."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:14 am

"Given the physiological changes necessary for most mutations, I would find that even more odd," Rob says. "A telepath has the same brain structure as anyone else? Or a guy that can run at Mach 2?"

"You don't think that's odd?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:27 am

"The brain is a flexible thing." she shrugs. "Maybe there's some difference in how some stimuli are processed but on the emotional level? Why should it be any different."

by **Robert West** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:29 am

"'Cause software doesn't exist separated from hardware," Rob says. "They have a reciprocal relationship. A back and forth."

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