Night is simply a badly lit version of day

by **Basil Benson** » Thu May 16, 2019 4:57 pm

"Piano.

I went to a state secondary school before uni that used to be very focused on the arts."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Thu May 16, 2019 5:18 pm

"I tickle the ivorys myself. I was taught by a jazz musician in Chicago. It wasn't formal training, but I learned how to close a club down."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu May 16, 2019 8:04 pm

"Perhaps 'Dashing American Jazz Musician' is what you are." Basil replied, sounding amused.

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:11 pm

"Jazz musician would be nice, but I have no idea about dashing."

"I haven't seen my face in 5 years." Franklin instantly regretted letting his blindness slip. This place was already having an affect on him. He wasn't sure he liked it

by **Basil Benson** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:39 pm

Basil shrugged, and if he realized what Franklin was admitting to, he didn't turn it into a thing.

"A man's face doesn't dictate his charms.

Most people can't even see mine."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:52 pm

"I've been called many things, charming wasn't one of them."

"I can't see anyone having an issue with you."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu May 16, 2019 11:04 pm

"How do you m-" Basil paused, then chuckled ruefully.

"Ahh.

I'm invisible mate.... but I guess not to you?"

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Thu May 16, 2019 11:44 pm

Franklin lifted his glasses to reveal the electricity in them. "I see the electricity pulsing through your body. Everyone is a walking nervous system to me. I guess it's kinda hard to hind from me."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 12:30 am

Basil giggled.

"Unless you don't have one like my girlfriend. "

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 12:37 am

"Now I'm curious. What does she have?"

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:48 am

"A mass of non-specialized cells, created and operated by a core functioning organ, similar to a brain.

So I suppose to you she'd look like Krang learned to fly."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:49 am

"Very interesting."

"I guess we..... mutants come in all forms."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:53 am

I suspect most people will look much like they did before to you, but yeah you're going to see some wildcards. My advice is to go with it.

There's plenty of cute girls as long as you don't mind the occassional extra appendage or unusual ears."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:59 am

"I don't think I'll have much time for girls."

"Plus, I'm to damaged to be good to anyone."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:15 am

"You definitely have some things to sort out.

But uni is three years long mate. You've time."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:37 am

"I'm not sure that'll be enough time"

"I don't think I belong here."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:39 am

"Why do you say that?"

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:50 am

"Everyone here seems so certain of themselves."

Franklin's face became a mixture of hate and shame. "I can't even accept the fact that I am a mutant. Everyone I have met talks about having such great gifts, but all I see is a curse I am doomed to live with. My affliction robbed me of a normal life. I can't touch someone with out these stupid gloves because I could send electricity frying through their body. Until today, I knew I was product of evil. But now I don't know what I am."

"The only thing I do know is that I am no hero."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:08 am

Basil was awkwardly quiet for some time before he spoke again, him engaging in that 'tapping' behavior again.

"I only started using 'the M word' myself within the last month." He admitted.

"Before that, I referred to it as my 'condition', because that's how everyone else around me. referred to it. And I know I saw it as a curse. I still do if i'm being honest... I don't have full control of my ability, so I'm uncontrollably invisible to most people most of the time.

And not everyone here is a hero. I've never been on teams, or a mission. I'm just the library assistant."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:17 am

"I'm just so lost."

"Sam said I need to find a purpose."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:33 am

"She's not wrong... But I doubt she meant immediately.

Take your time. Figure out some classes. Get acclimated.

It will come to you when it's your time."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:40 am

"Thank you Basil, you have already become the closest thing I've had to a friend in years."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:07 pm

Basil's face responded in a warm smile, or whatever the Franklin vision equivalent was.

"You're welcome."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:13 pm

"What do you do in your free time?"

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:45 pm

"Read mostly, though I'm sure that's not surprising given my chosen profession.

Play piano when the mood strikes. And sometimes I like to make costumes and props for fancy dress parties.

I also watch a lot of cartoons lately. My girlfriend enjoys animation and comics.

Oh, and I've also recently developed a taste for fast driving, but don't tell my girlfriend that."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 4:53 pm

"I've never driven before. I also play piano when I need to think. I have developed an appreciation for audio books in the past few years because t.v. isn't really my thng."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri May 17, 2019 6:26 pm

"There's definitely something of a XU reading primer.

Harry Potter is a given, but basically anything where teens are somehow different or special from the rest of the world are popular.

We definitely have some of them in the audio section."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Fri May 17, 2019 9:27 pm

"Do you have a digital collection? I'm not really good around people."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:55 am

"Only partially.

Though I'm sure the headmistress would prefer it to be totally digital, she probably finds our analog learning severely primitive. " He joked.

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 2:01 pm

"I'm not much an analog person myself. I don't have much of a use for it."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:06 pm

"So how's the world in Neo-vision?"

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:10 pm

"Neo-vision?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:13 pm

"The bullet dodging guy? You've never seen the Matrix?"

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:20 pm

"I was more of a horror fan back then. I saw every Nightmare on Elm Street film over a hundred times. I couldn't get enough of being scared as a kid."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:26 pm

"So you're a King fan then." He noted.

"I am not good with being frightened. For awhile I actually passed out if I got too scared."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:28 pm

"King is a master of the art form. The Stand is one of the best books ever written. Fear is what tells us that we are alive."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:55 pm

"We must have very different fear reactions." He chuckled. "It mostly just makes me feel like I am dying.

The Dark Tower was alright though. And all his various slice of life stories that have nothing to do with the occult."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:59 pm

"The Green Mile will make anyone cry."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat May 18, 2019 11:25 pm

"Not untrue, but it doesn't take much to make me cry."

by **Franklin Shinnick** » Sat May 18, 2019 11:32 pm

"It's the only thing have let affect me over these past few years. If I had let things get to me, I wouldn't have survived."

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