DT1 - Solitary Darts ((open))

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:34 pm

"Oh? Because of your powers?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:43 pm

"Used to be awful. I couldn't keep anyone's thoughts out."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:51 pm

"Sounds awful." she says sympathetically. "But you got better."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:04 pm

"Yeah, and anyone can. They're good about finding ways, here."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:20 pm

"That's what everyone tells me." she frowns.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:23 pm

"I know it doesn't feel like that when you start."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:31 pm

"I'm just not sure why I should trust someone else over my own feelings. Not every mutation is useful, you just have to walk through Mutant Town to see that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:34 pm

"I'm not saying you should. I'm saying I would've agreed with you when mine first came out."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:36 pm

"And now everything's just fine?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:38 pm

"Now things are still kind of a mess, but I can at least see some light at the end of the tunnel."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:41 pm

"What do you mean a mess? You seem to have it together pretty well." she says, throwing a dart into the board with maybe a little too much force.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:47 pm

"I'm good at keeping up appearances. I've got a few good party tricks. I still don't quite feel... whole again yet, aye?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:50 pm

"What do you mean 'whole'? Without other people in your head?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:53 pm

"People in my head was only half the problem," she says, shifting to match Archaea.

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:57 pm

Archaea has her mouth open to say something when Sam begins to change and turn into, well, her. "Bloody hell, is that what I look like?" she finally asks, moving her head around to eye Sam from a coupe different angles. It's one thing to see yourself in a mirror, another to actually be face to face with yourself.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:59 pm

"Told you I was the one that infiltrated the gang," she says in Archaea's voice, even down to the accent.

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:08 pm

"Yeah, but you didn't say how. This is incredible. Almost a bit spooky."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:12 pm

"It's because of this," she says, tapping her temple before shifting back.

"So you put them both together and you get a first year that was really no fun at all."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:18 pm

"You what, just turned into other people all the time?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:19 pm

"Not just people. There's... some weird shite in people's heads."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:25 pm

"Eesh... I'm sorry. That's terrible."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:30 pm

"I'm not offended. Some days I just couldn't see how to turn it into anything useful."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:41 pm

"Yeah..." she sighs. "And imagine doing that to others. How can I even risk putting someone else through that? I'll mess up and then I'll just be more desperate to try and fix it and it'll just make it worse..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:47 pm

"For all you know right now, you could cure someone's cancer. That's what I'm saying, aye? Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:52 pm

"Yeah but what if I can't do it. What if I could but just... get it wrong. Everyone's got the potential to be a doctor but not everyone's gonna succeed. Except then the worst thing that happens is they flunk out. If I screw this up then..." she sighs. "I just don't know if I can handle this. And the fact that I could cure cancer or fix someone's legs or who knows what if I could just once not screw something up... That just makes it worse, you know?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:55 pm

"Nobody gets thrown straight into surgery, aye?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:59 pm

"It's not like there's a textbook on this."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:03 pm

"Well I'm not saying it won't feel like they don't know what to do with you at first, either. But they've seen more than just you and I come and go."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:10 pm

"It's not like they aren't trying to help. They ran a whole bunch of tests and I'm even inclined to believe them when they tell me what I could do. That's not the point... I just don't know if I have what it takes. It's just easier to think my mutation's just garbage than to admit that if I screw this up I'll take away god knows how many peoples' chance to get better."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:30 pm

"So you need to make it smaller."

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:10 pm

"How? It's all bogged down in expectations already."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:13 pm

"Smaller for me was just... well, figuring out how to be me. Not turning into other people, not doing anything. Just being able to get a breath in."

"I'm not great at stopping psyching myself out, but at least it can be done, aye?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:18 pm

"I've tried just not using my power at all but it doesn't really seem to take. It's just like this constant pressure roiling and the moment I touch something it just... bursts out."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:22 pm

"Have you figured out if it works in the Danger Room?"

by **Archaea** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:37 pm

"Doesn't. It only works on actual living things. I don#t know how exactly the Danger Room is different, but they're like really elaborate puppets, I guess."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:12 am

"Well I get that it's not real and all, I just wasn't sure if it... well you know, fooled your powers."

by **Archaea** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:29 am

"It's real enough for a lot of stuff, but no, unfortunately not."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:31 am

"...guess that does make it hard to practice."

by **Archaea** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:38 am

"Yeah. I've been making due with bugs, but they're pretty different from, you know, people. Not that it really matters right now because I'm sure as hell not going to move on to other things if I can't even keep myself from giving a bug a dozen more eyeballs and three more mouths."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:45 am

"They've been saying that I should... oh, I don't know, branch out a bit. That I'm not pushing myself with just people."

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