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[resurrxion]

Display Name: elixir
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So... A few things I've been sitting on.

First up, Who here comes from a world where superpowers are a totally normal thing, and who here knows the hero team, uh... [ a pause as he realizes that he should've probably decided on a team before opening up this post. ] "Avengers" and the term "Mutants"?

Secondly, "I was a Former Teen Hero slash child soldier slash wartime medic" and to everybody just now getting powers and thinking that its your duty to use them for other people - it's not. You didn't ask for these. Don't get yourselves killed trying to be a big shot, I've seen it way... way too many times.

[ a pause. josh runs his fingers through his hair and tips his head back, sighing. ]

Oh my god, I sound so old. Anyway, on that note... my name's Elixir. I have healing powers and I'm offering them to other metas. If you have any need of any medical care, especially like... specialized care due to meta physiology, hit me up.

Comments

[resurrxion]

You know, it's weirdly reassuring to know they're not a universal concept.

[fastandcurious]

There WERE some government agents on Earth called GI Joes but they mostly seemed to be equipped with advanced technology and not strangely innate abilities.

[resurrxion]

The Avengers are a little different from that. [ but advanced tech and soldiers seem about right. ] They're not government agents, but they do tend to just kinda chill with the government and turn a blind eye when its being awful.

[fastandcurious]

Who doesn't love unaccountable government goons, really?

[resurrxion]

Yep. THem and the government always has our best interests at heart, clearly.

[fastandcurious]

One hundred percent. The government has never, ever done anything shady, immoral, or illegal with their unaccountable squads of murderers in my experience.

[resurrxion]

Totally. Ask a room fulla super people if a black ops team has ever been sent after them 'cause the government thought they were a threat, nobody'd lift a finger. Because the government is totally legit and has our back always.

[ you could drown in the sarcasm. ]

[fastandcurious]

And I definitely don't have personal experience with government thugs gunning down starving people for the crime of wanting food.

Never saw the suppression of political dissidents either.

[ Swim in it, even. ]

[resurrxion]

[ ugh. ]

I'd kill for a world where the people in power give a damn about everybody under them.

[fastandcurious]

I tried to make that world a reality, once.

I still believe it could be done, but the war wasn't worth it.

[resurrxion]

[ oh. yikes. ]

... Yeah. Can't say I've seen anyone succeed at making that a reality. Greed's more powerful than hope.

[fastandcurious]

I signed up for the cause. I'm just sorry it didn't work out.

Greed. Hatred. All of those things are powerful but I have to believe they can be overcome eventually.

[resurrxion]

Same.

[ ... ]

It just kind of seems like, when you end up being put in charge you gotta make tough calls... and after a while it makes you so numb you stop caring about the difference between right and wrong.

[fastandcurious]

That's how I'd like to think it started.

I wasn't in charge, though. I was just the gun.

[resurrxion]

Same.

[ and that sucks almost as much. ]

[fastandcurious]

[ There's no reply for a while. Maybe Drift is just struggling with what to say or how to say it. In the end, though, it's simple. ]

I'm sorry. I know how heavy that is.

If you ever want to talk about it, let me know.