Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:20 amSometime after his first mission with the X-Men, Chase arrived for his weekly session with Doctor Rede with a generally happier disposition than usual.
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Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:20 amRe: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:23 am"Mr. Delacroix please come in," Gideon said. Once Chase entered Gideon gestured at the two free chairs in front of his desk.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:31 am"I'm a mister now?" he smirked as he took a seat, "I think I preferred kid."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:39 am"Don't worry you'll keep your nickname, Sparky," Gideon said easily. "Based on the good mood I assume the mission went well."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:03 am"We got Miss Kinney back and saved a bunch of mutants from... being brainwashed into killers..." he answered, growing more serious towards the end.
"I'm... glad I could save someone from that..."
"I'm... glad I could save someone from that..."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:15 am"I can imagine it would be," Gideon said, "How did you feel during the mission?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:24 pm"At the beginning I was... well, terrified I'd fall back on training and go too far. I never felt that impulse. I just felt... alive, I guess."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:25 pm"Combat does give one a certain rush," Gideon said, "So long as you keep in mind what's important, eh."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:36 am"I never... fought for the right reason before. Not for survival or just following orders, but to save someone... even if I had to survive fighting her to do it."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:18 pm"Finding the right motivation is the most difficult part of being a member of the teams," Gideon said, "Many people burn out of the program because they lack deeply held motivation. Some people leave because they have the wrong motivation."
"Who did you have to fight to come to your epiphany?"
"Who did you have to fight to come to your epiphany?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:48 am"... Miss Kinney."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:21 pm"How'd that go, kid?" Gideon asked.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:00 pm"I thought I was good but all I could do was keep her busy until the others took down the telepath controlling her and I barely managed that. If she hadn't been fighting it and holding back, I wouldn't have stood a chance."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:03 pm"And how'd the fight with her make you feel?" Gideon asked.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:08 pm"Weak. Like I'd gotten myself in way over my head."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:13 pm"Even though you successfully held off the head of the x-team program who has quite a few years of experience, eh?" Gideon asked.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:18 pm"Well when you put it that way," he half-smirked.
"But at the time it just felt like almost getting myself killed."
"But at the time it just felt like almost getting myself killed."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:31 pm"There's nothing wrong with that feeling," Gideon said, "People who are never frightened tend to get themselves or worse their team hurt. Sometimes it can even result in your teammates coming home in body bags."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:24 pm"It... feels strange being told fear of death is a good thing."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:33 pm"Your old teachers believed otherwise, eh?" Gideon asked.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:43 pm"They only fear of death they valued was when death means failure."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:52 pm"Why do you think they did that?" Gideon asked.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:21 pm"They wanted us to be willing to die for our master, not simply die without serving a purpose."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:43 pm"And that purpose was fulfilling the contract, eh?" Gideon asked, "No matter the cost in lives or property it took along the way."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:49 am"They called it a sacred duty, but yes. That was it exactly."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:14 am"Here we don't do that," Gideon said, "The face the world sees and the methods we use are important. Many humans still view mutants as a pestilence at worst or with fear at best."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:33 am"Or as useful tools in Madripoor's case," he answered a little bitterly.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:31 pm"Something certainly not limited to Madripoor, kid," Gideon said, "The pressure humanity puts on mutants what converted many mutants into followers of Magneto as members of the brotherhood."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:50 pm"Where they can be used to kill by a better class of overlord?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:58 am"While believing that they are saving the world, yes," Gideon said.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:08 pm"Turning the oppressed into the oppressor doesn't save the world."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:19 pm"Most likely not," Gideon said, "However, the allure of power or of revenge is quite strong, eh?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:08 amHe looked down. "...yeah..."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:49 am"In that you're not alone, kid," Gideon said, "No doubt you want vengeance against the people who turned you into an assassin, eh?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:11 am"I've thought about it," he admitted.
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:26 pm"There's nothing wrong with having those thoughts, kid," Gideon said, "Anger is a perfectly understandable emotion given what happened. What's more important is to understand why taking vengeance will not bring you peace and how you can go about turning that anger into something productive, eh?"
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:14 pm"I won't become a killer again just to punish the people who turned me into one in the first place."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:22 pm"Good," Gideon said, "Then to get you further along that path I want you to find something other than fighting to fill your time, kid."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:13 pm"Something tells me you mean more than reading a few books."
Re: Hey Kid, Congratulations On Not Killing Anybody
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:30 pm"Yes," Gideon said, "I want you to find yourself a hobby that doesn't involve violence or your coursework."