Can't Stop The Signals

Up until recently maintained as a museum, the childhood home of the Braddock family has been pressed into service as classroom space for the University. Additionally, the increased demands have led to the main ballroom being converted into a cafeteria for University students on a meal plan. The old library has been bolstered with college textbooks.

Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:41 am

"Mansions are... overrated... and old, though this one's network is pretty impressive."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:05 am

"I dunno about overrated," Alex says. "I mean, it's like we're living in one of those Harry Potter books or something."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:12 am

"Right? I dunno what that is, but you're right! Why's everyone so... bored by the fact that this is patently ridiculous?" she chuckles.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:00 pm

"I went to the Institute in America. The ridiculous is kind of my normal."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:07 am

"What was it like there?" Alex asks.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:27 am

"Like someone corralled a bunch of teenagers with powers and tried to run a high school. I wasn't cut out to do more than support the X-Men high school teams, but they were the big thing. Sort of the equivalent of a high school football team for how the school regarded them, if I had to guess."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:45 am

"So running support would make you the... cheerleader then?" she teases.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:54 am

Alex tries to hide a grin at Shari's comment.

"What sort of stuff so the teams do?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:57 pm

Natalie makes a face at the cheerleader comment, "At the high school level, it's a lot of search and rescue and natural disaster recovery with the occasional side of stopping superpowered bad guys. I mostly ran communications for the teams when they couldn't get a telepath. Here, I don't know what all they do."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:42 pm

"Well if you ask around Maldon then apparently they beat up Nazis." Shari deadpans. It's hard to tell if she's being serious.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:26 pm

"That sounds...really dangerous," Alex says. "Is it legal to have kids doing that sort of thing?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:31 pm

"You would not believe the forms my mum had to sign. Although the students who got involved in it trained a lot and knew their abilities inside and out. And quite a few of them were pretty tough or had other useful abilities."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:41 pm

"So they don't expect that kinda stuff here, yeah? Cause, I mean, that doesn't sound like it's for everybody..."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:46 pm

"Strictly voluntary, according to the welcome packet. There's a Ms. Kinney that's managing that program."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Wed Jan 18, 2017 11:53 pm

"That sounds... familiar. Why does that sound familiar?" Shari mumbles.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:38 am

"I think I've had enough...that, for a lifetime," Alex says, grip tightened around her fork. Even with the reinforced utensils the Institute wisely invests in, it begins to bend slightly.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Thu Jan 19, 2017 2:43 pm

"I'll probably sign up, but my power isn't well-suited to bad guy punching, so I don't know if they'll use me."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:04 pm

"Whoa, hey, ease there, big girl." Shari says, giving Alex' fork bit of a poke with her own. "That fork's got a family."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:41 am

"Oh my gosh!" Alex says, dropping her fork. It clatters loudly on her tray.

Alex groans. "I can't believe I did that."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Fri Jan 20, 2017 5:38 am

"The food's not that bad." Shari chuckles and picks up the deformed fork to look at it curiously. She grabs it with two hands and tries to straighten it but accomplishes exactly nothing. "Yup, this one's done. Stick a... fork in it?" she tries, realizing herself halfway through that this joke is forced at best.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:03 pm

Natalie reaches out for the fork, "Super strength is amazing. On my top ten list of cool powers."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:14 pm

"Yeah, it's great for destroying things and hurting people," Alex grumbles.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:28 pm

"Well... it is." she says, not one to lie to make somebody feel better. "But so's a hammer, yeah?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:29 pm

"It's also useful for lifting things and stopping things and... it has any number of useful applications."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:17 am

"Well, I'm glad you're here to tell me how useful my powers are," Alex snaps.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:27 am

Natalie physically moves backwards from the snap. "I'm sorry. I was only trying to help," she says as she gets up and picks up her tray.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:02 am

"Hey, it's cool. Come on guys. We've all had moments when we felt our powers were shitty, yeah?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:28 am

"...I'm sorry," Alex says. "I didn't mean to--I..."

"I'm just sick of people telling me how cool it must be."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:18 pm

"I'm sorry I offended you," Natalie says, still not sitting down, but not quite walking away yet either.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:00 pm

"It's cool. Right? I'd sure hate it if I kept breaking my stuff, believe me."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:56 pm

"I'm sorry I'm so...sensitive, I guess," Alex says. "...Maybe we could just talk about something else? Not power related?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:08 pm

"Sure. Oh, hey, you wouldn't happen to have a map of this place or anything? It's a miracle I managed to find the food dispensery." Shari changes the topic.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Natalie Denisov » Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:27 pm

"I'm afraid mine is all marked up and probably not very useful." Natalie cocks her head to one side, "I'm sorry, I need to take this call. It was nice meeting both of you."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:52 am

"Nice meeting you too," Alex says in a small voice.

"I think I might have a map on my phone. Here," Alex says. She takes out her phone, unlocks it, and hands it to Shari.

There was not an ounce of mistrust in this girl.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:11 am

"Oh hey, awesome!" she says and takes Alex' phone. And immediately opens her photos. Totally accidentally and not at all because she's curious. At least she has the decency to pretend she's looking at the map as she's poking her nose into things she shouldn't.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:21 am

Alex took a lot of pictures of cats. Most were adorable, but it really was way too many cats. Seriously, there was something like thirty cats and these were all photos she took with her own camera. Did she go out of her way to find cats?

There were no pictures of other people. No boys, girls, friends, or even family members.

"Are you looking for anywhere in particular?"
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:29 am

"Nah, just trying to figure out what's what and where..." she says, vaguely distracted by all the cat pictures. She almost feels a little bad for Alex. Doesn't she have any friends? Not that she does, but that's cause she tends to leave them behind sooner rather than later and completely different. She checks to see if she's got a Facebook account where she maybe keeps all of that kinda stuff. "Not exactly used to navigating the grounds of a mansion."
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:45 am

That was a mistake. Alex was friends with exactly five people. A spambot that kept posting chain letters, three people from elementary school that lived in different towns or states now, and her grandmother's memorial account.

She posted pictures of cats tagged with a name based around some sort of pun. Chairman Meow, Catmandu, Cat Stevens...that sort of thing.

The phone dinged as an email arrived in her inbox. It was from..."slashfic.net"?

"Thanks for Your Submission!" the subject line read.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Shari » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:50 am

"What's a slashfic? You just got an email from them..." Shari just bluntly asks.
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Re: Can't Stop The Signals

Postby Alex Kincaid » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:52 am

Alex's face goes bright, bright red.

"It's nothing!" Alex says, "Don't read that!"
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