peterverse | shaker, meet stranger

mrglam posting in

Sadde is home; it's a Friday evening, his shift is over, and there's no school. He's reading a book, lying on his bed in his small-but-tidy apartment.

He is also quite naked, because it's his place and why not?

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From:

mrdauntless

"And they just started appearing, like the Endbringers? A hundred and fifty years ago, you said?"

From:

first_and_final

"They came from," he makes an illustrative gesture, "far away. Outside the planet. We don't know where."

From:

mrdauntless

"I see," even though he doesn't. "Powers here only started appearing about twenty years ago, the Endbringers soon after."

From:

first_and_final

"We've had magic for all of history. We only had the Enemy very recently."

From:

mrdauntless

That gives him pause. "I think there are a number of researchers who would be interested in that information."

From:

first_and_final

"Why?"

From:

mrdauntless

He shrugs. "I can't say it's my area of expertise, but it's my impression that they expect powers to have appeared at roughly the same time in all parallel worlds."

From:

first_and_final

"I don't think my world is very parallel of yours."

From:

mrdauntless

"Maybe not. I'm not the best person to discuss this, my stronger suit is focusing on the here and now."

From:

first_and_final

Shrug. "Who should discuss it, then?"

From:

mrdauntless

"Armsmaster is the closest to someone interested I know of here in Brockton Bay, but Director Piggot could probably get you in touch with someone. Parahuman research isn't under the Protectorate's purview but I think there are associated institutions that collect data from and give data to us."

From:

first_and_final

He nods thoughtfully.

From:

mrdauntless

Dauntless smiles.

From:

first_and_final

Ashras smiles back.

"Well, I guess I'm going to go fill out a form."

From:

mrdauntless

He laughs. "Have fun with that!"

From:

first_and_final

"Yes. Absolutely," says Ashras.

From:

peterxy

The following day, Ashras has another meeting scheduled with Piggot.

From:

first_and_final

He brings his forms.

From:

peterxy

She reads them over and says, "I'm glad you decided to join. I see you didn't pick a cape name - given your status as a Case 53, you don't strictly need one unless you want to work on a way of making your cosmetic differences less apparent, so that's not a problem."

From:

first_and_final

"I'd kind of like one anyway, but I don't know what to pick. Is there someone I can talk to about that?"

From:

peterxy

"The Branding department's job includes this sort of decision, you'll need to talk to them about image anyway before going out so you can get their help there as well."

From:

first_and_final

Shrug. "All right then."

From:

peterxy

She puts the forms in a box on her desk and says, "Welcome to the team. You'll keep your room and someone will talk to you about setting up a bank account for your allowance."

Edited Date: 2016-02-29 04:59 pm (UTC)

From:

first_and_final

He smiles. "Thanks."

From:

peterxy

She types something on her computer and says, "You'll find your PRT issue phone in your room, and you can use it to email or call Branding and set up a meeting to discuss your costume and cape name. Do you have any questions?"