New Vindicators Academy of Europe #30: Allegory of Prudence (M&M 2E - IC)

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Re: New Vindicators Academy of Europe #29: The Son of Man (M&M 2E - IC)

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Michuru wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:47 pm NVAE, SUBLEVEL HALL (Fluxx; NPCs: Eiron, Fach, Martin)
“Why do you bother with such trivialities?” asked Martin. “Presuming our abilities are similar, you are effectively a god. You have no need to hide your face or protect your name.

“When there is nothing you cannot do, there is nothing anyone can do to you.”
"If I visit your universe I will abide by your rules - at least ze ones zat do not conflict wiz my morals. In zis one, at zis time, I wish to be able to walk down ze street wizout petitions for aide coming from random passers-by. I already experience guilt zat I cannot 'elp more people. And honestly, I am trying to get a grip on what it is to be a *Man*." The truth of that hit Fluxx like an Acme anvil dropped by a wily coyote. He wasn't just making his way through the world trying to grow up without parents for guidance, at least, non-psychopathic terrorist parental shades that tried to take over his mind; he was also struggling with retaining his very Essence of Mankind. This Martin never had to struggle with questions of his own humanity and his place in the Tribe of Man and thus, could embrace his identity fully. Fluxx didn't have that. Even his sister Elle, confident in her station as a created lab assistant and experimental aide, was more free to pursue her power and goals. Fluxx didn't have that and it felt like he'd been too busy putting out fires and cleaning messes to really give it the pursuit such philosophical quandaries required.

"Likewise, Martin, zis universe 'as 'ad recent and past experiences wiz very powerful beings imposing 'zeir' will upon ze students and zeir situations in an effort to make it better or 'perfect'. Ze intentions of zese godlike displays of power seem to be mostly benevolent but I must warn you, such actions will not be well received. Please, do not make changes wizout people's consent and fully explain what you will do and ze ramifications therein so zere are no surprises." Fluxx points to Tatjana's now-black hair.

"Everyone 'ere would 'ave been proclaimed a 'god' by early man for ze power zey wield in zeir respective spheres and gods get overzrown or brought low all ze time in ze stories. Most often by zeir own Di<% behavior."
"Something pithy this way comes."
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Imago went to where they would go for briefing on this mission.
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Otso sighed audibly as he heard there was fresh trouble. He moved to follow Dennis. He really wanted to try and see if he could sit down with his uncle to talk things out, but if they needed his help with this new emergency, he couldn't comfortably refuse.
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Flynnarrel wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:26 pm
Shock wrote: Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:53 pm "What's it about Martin? I've barely gotten my knickers on here."

Fluxx's reply back was stymied a moment. "I... um..."

"Dew'urst, please state ze nature of your zermal emergency."
he says into his phone.
Fluxx frowns at the dead phone. "Violet," he calls, reverting to her normal name since she reported she wasn't in uniform, "I cannot answer why you specifically were requested, but I trust ze source. Could I ask you to return to your uniform and I can escort several of us to ze river, please?"
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"Right." Violet frowned and retreated to the locker room. She cursed as she stripped off her fresh clothes and dug through the laundry to retrieve her uniform. "What the bloody hell does the bloody MI18 want with me now? International importance. Pfft, as if they ever try to fix real problems." She pulled the uniform on and pulled at the spots where the fit was getting wrong. In spite of her previous comments, she wished she filled it out as well as Rose did. "What do you say, girls? Good enough to save the world?" She twirled once and headed out the door.

"All right, let's be off then. What several of us is going?"
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Following Dennis Tamati still wasn't sure what to think about the new Martin being able to change things with a wave of his hand just like magic ah.

Keeping an eye out for Shelby Tamati asked the Finnish boy who was nearby as he walked down the corridor.

"What do you think about it Otso?"
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Going by to collect Imago, Ursa, Taheka, and anyone else who wanted to be a part of this new fiasco, Fluxx will also motion for Drifter and Martin to join (again asking the dimensional-displaced man to don a mask and/or disguise). He'll text for map coordinates and lead them to the 'river'.
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Re: New Vindicators Academy of Europe #29: The Son of Man (M&M 2E - IC)

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NVAE, SUBLEVEL HALLWAY (Fluxx, Greystone; NPCs: Eiron, Fach, Martin
"But did she ask you to do that or just "fix" her other issue?" Jack said with clear irritation in his voice and ignoring new-Martin's offer to deal with the American's health issue. "She might have wanted to be a red head. Who are you to decide what's "better" for someone?"

“I am Martin Curie,” Martin said matter-of-factly. “I possess several degrees—doctorates in fields such as genetics and biochemistry. Suffice it to say zat I know what I am doing. Furzer more, wiz my abilities I can diagnose people simply by smell. I ‘ave likely saved more people zan you ‘ave even met... and you wish to lecture me?

“You are very much like ze Jack Rexroth of my world. ‘E died decades ago. One-‘undred-and-four-years-old. ‘E lost his life fighting Siegfried—one of ze few people ‘oo could slay an Æsir. Passionate man; never wavered from doing what ‘e thought was right. I miss ‘im very much, but ze zing is, after ‘e died? Ze world continued to turn.

“This world will continue to turn after you’re gone too, Jack. Please, learn from my Jack’s mistakes: be careful ‘oo you antagonize.”
I had this leading straight into the meeting, but realized I should pause to allow flynn or TM a moment to respond to that.
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"Funny, from my side I think I know exactly what I want," He gives Bottom a funny look, "And I'm starting to wonder if you're really as cool with this lonely immortal thing as you say you are."

"What I'm tired of is throwing myself into a blender waiting to see who's going to die next and wondering when it's going to be me. I'm frustrated because the people who don't do this get to reap the rewards and they don't get to deal with the fallout. I'm mad I have to deal with the fallout. I'm petty, I'm bitter, and I'm tired,
" He strums a dun-dun-duuuun, "And what I want is something to look forward to. Like maybe I can pretend I might not die tomorrow doing something monumentally stupid."

"So what about you? What's your goal, where you going with this immortality thing?"
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Michuru wrote: Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:03 am NVAE, SUBLEVEL HALLWAY (Fluxx, Greystone; NPCs: Eiron, Fach, Martin
"But did she ask you to do that or just "fix" her other issue?" Jack said with clear irritation in his voice and ignoring new-Martin's offer to deal with the American's health issue. "She might have wanted to be a red head. Who are you to decide what's "better" for someone?"

“I am Martin Curie,” Martin said matter-of-factly. “I possess several degrees—doctorates in fields such as genetics and biochemistry. Suffice it to say zat I know what I am doing. Furzer more, wiz my abilities I can diagnose people simply by smell. I ‘ave likely saved more people zan you ‘ave even met... and you wish to lecture me?

“You are very much like ze Jack Rexroth of my world. ‘E died decades ago. One-‘undred-and-four-years-old. ‘E lost his life fighting Siegfried—one of ze few people ‘oo could slay an Æsir. Passionate man; never wavered from doing what ‘e thought was right. I miss ‘im very much, but ze zing is, after ‘e died? Ze world continued to turn.

“This world will continue to turn after you’re gone too, Jack. Please, learn from my Jack’s mistakes: be careful ‘oo you antagonize.”
I had this leading straight into the meeting, but realized I should pause to allow flynn or TM a moment to respond to that.
Fluxx had initially assumed the 'tumor' in Jack's lung was an aftereffect of his eating the apple, but if this Martin knew his world's Jack as an Aesir, then maybe was the tumor a difference? Should that be something they were concerned about?

In either event, that was a problem for a different day.

"Martin," Fluxx's voice was measured and controlled, "I do not know you. And while I 'ope to learn of your parents and upbringing some time while you're 'ere. Some zings I can deduce, 'owever. Like ze facts zat you were eizer not raised or did not retain any lessons in courtesy or civility. I'm glad you were close to your world's Jack but would 'e 'ave appreciated your blurting out of such zings when you 'ave no way of knowing if such was a secret in zis universe or not?" he asks.

"You seem to 'ave bought into some sort of myth about your own Infallibility but while you are indeed capable of amazing zings, please remember zat your words about a world continuing to turn after one is gone and be careful of 'oo you antagonize applies to everyone."

"And I'm sure you're eager for Drifter's device to send you back to your dimension again - everyone I've talked to caught up in it 'as reported what a disorienting and anxiety-laden experience it was..." ha says to remind his fellows what this Martin may be going through, still no justification for his behavior, but still, "...so let us just address whatever crisis zis is quickly and we can send you on your way."
"Something pithy this way comes."
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“I am Martin Curie,” Martin said matter-of-factly. “I possess several degrees—doctorates in fields such as genetics and biochemistry. Suffice it to say zat I know what I am doing. Furzer more, wiz my abilities I can diagnose people simply by smell. I ‘ave likely saved more people zan you ‘ave even met... and you wish to lecture me?

"I ain't lecturing you, I just happen to be the guy asking for the sixteen people you turned into members of the O'Shae family, and didn't save."
“You are very much like ze Jack Rexroth of my world. ‘E died decades ago. One-‘undred-and-four-years-old. ‘E lost his life fighting Siegfried—one of ze few people ‘oo could slay an Æsir. Passionate man; never wavered from doing what ‘e thought was right. I miss ‘im very much, but ze zing is, after ‘e died? Ze world continued to turn.

“This world will continue to turn after you’re gone too, Jack. Please, learn from my Jack’s mistakes: be careful ‘oo you antagonize.”
"I'll keep that in mind." Jack answered back, not phased on bit by the revelation that there was another version of himself that was immortal but had still died. "You might want to consider that the Astrolab didn't bring you here to solve some problem of ours but brought you here to learn from our Martin about questioning yourself and wondering if you actually are doing the right thing."
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LOl- "The Tattooed Man"? What kind of ABSOLUTE DILDO would refer to himself as "The Tattooed Man" :P!?!
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"Hm?" Otso looked to Tamati, having obviously been lost in his own thoughts. "You mean Other Martin's professed miracle cures or his "I know what you need, better than you lowly mortals" -attitude?"

"The former has seemed to work thus far, although I don't trust his judgement on whether any side-effects are a problem or not. As for the latter, in my experience those have turned out like Puck, if we're lucky, and like a worldconquering villain if we're not."
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"Both to be honest" Tamati replies "This other Martin reminds me of something my Mum was always telling us kids 'if it is too good to be true then watch out unless it fell off the back of a truck then it's finders keepers'. And I don't think coming with the Drifter counts as falling off a truck."

"And Robyn always struck me as caring about ... well ... at least some of the other students here" Tamati thought back to Robyn's offer to Shelby regarding baby Shelby. "It's strange how he claimed to have made this other Robor a god yet never said what happen to him in the end."
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NVAE, BANDROOM (Lex; NPCs: Bottom)
"Funny, from my side I think I know exactly what I want," He gives Bottom a funny look, "And I'm starting to wonder if you're really as cool with this lonely immortal thing as you say you are."

Bottom chuckled. “I don’t make a secret of it: I’m not a fan of it. I’ve buried too many loved ones, Lex. It makes me hesitant to get close to anyone. At this point, most of my best friends are other immortals. The headmaster, for one; Doctor Bacon for another. Still, aside from Clopin, I don’t have much else in common with them. Were it not for our longevity, I wouldn’t really ever interact with any of these people. Newton and Bacon are a bit stuffy for my tastes. Pierre was born with a stick up his ass that even Martin couldn’t cure; Nicholas is so dark; Bartleby is... Yeah, no.

“Anyway, I like to think that I don't make a secret of it. I don't exactly go around gushing about it, but... I don't hide it: immortality sucks... but I'm too much of a coward to try and change it. It's funny: I am terrified of the thought of dying, but living this long... It gets tiring."

"What I'm tired of is throwing myself into a blender waiting to see who's going to die next and wondering when it's going to be me. I'm frustrated because the people who don't do this get to reap the rewards and they don't get to deal with the fallout. I'm mad I have to deal with the fallout. I'm petty, I'm bitter, and I'm tired." Lex strummed a dun-dun-duuuun. "And what I want is something to look forward to. Like maybe I can pretend I might not die tomorrow doing something monumentally stupid."

“Annalise’s abilities have almost zero combat purposes,” Bottom said, “but her life is a living hell. She can’t transform out of her amphibious state. She’s stuck being a frog girl. She experienced prejudice back home and that extended to her family. She can’t return, and yet here... She’s been ridiculed by some of her peers, and she’s looked down on by others. I don’t think she has a single friend here.

“It’s a similar story for Adam: his powers give him compound eyes—like a fly. He doesn’t have any other insect physiology... Just the eyes. He may not be able to ever live a normal life. He can’t blend in with normal people the way you or I can. His powers have left a literal mark on him.

"I guess what I'm getting at is... everyone has their burdens. Just because they're not on the front lines, I wouldn't envy them." Bottom shrugged. "Then again, maybe I should take my own advice. Here I am saying how you should never assume that the grass is always greener, but I envy you for so many things... Guess even after all this time, I still have things to learn." ​

"So what about you? What's your goal, where you going with this immortality thing?"

Bottom shrugged. "For now, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing." He smirked at Lex. "Inspiring the next generation of heroes with my dazzling wit and austere intelle..." He could barely get through the sentence without breaking out into laughter. "Right?"

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Martin glared at his younger self. His body tensed. He stood up straight. He squared his shoulders. For a flicker of a moment, it seemed as though he might attack. Then suddenly, he smiled. "I apologize, Martin. I understand what you're saying."

He reached towards Fach and his arm elongated.
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