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[x_maker]

So I'm supposed to be using this journal to express myself and communicate with the rest of the people at the school. The Professor tells me communication's important, and I suppose that it's one of those things that you aren't graded on but it's a test anyway. Fine then.

Apparently everyone here 'does' something. I make stuff. I imagine it in my head, I see it, I make it. If you want some big reason beyond that, just accept that I'm a genius, and leave it at that. Child prodigy, whatever. So that's what I do. Are we "communicating" yet?

Go ahead and stare at the leg when I walk by you in the halls. I know you're going to, and it doesn't bother me. Been used to it for about a year now. Check out the hand, they're a matching set. I don't need your help going up the stairs or opening a door.

Everyone tells me I'm going to like it here, and I'm going to make a lot of new friends. That would be odd, seeing as I'm not certain that I had any old friends, and I'm not sure I'd miss them if I had any. So if I don't run over to shake hands like we're best buddies when you walk into a room, it's not your fault. Unless it is.

This system's set up to buzz me with an email when someone replies to these entries. How quaint. Well, I suppose if this is what passes for communication, it shouldn't be too hard.

EDIT: Yes, Kyle. I've already met you. I can hear you typing like a woodpecker from here.

Comments

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Two new people and Shiro explodes. Busy day today. Nice to meet you too--like I told Kyle, I'm Jamie.

And I really don't think your leg's gonna attract much notice what with the people with wings, people with tails, blue people, purple people, furry people, blue furry people, and pretty close to anything else you can think of in the way of people up to and including my girlfriend's pet dragon. The weird part isn't all the weird stuff, it's when you catch yourself walking down the street in town and wondering why everybody looks so normal.

So . . . you can make anything? Just like that?

[x-skin.livejournal.com]

Welcome to you too. I'm Angelo, and since there's powers talk going on, I can stretch my skin.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Anything that can be made, yeah. I haven't figured out how purple girl Clarice does her teleporting thing yet, but give it time.

Apparently there's some legal issue to filing for a patent on some of the stuff I've made, so I'm really not into the idea of mass production. Not to mention I'd never get anything done. I'm efficient and brilliant - but not a machine. Mostly.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we get that a lot around here, the baffled physicists.

But that has to be one of the coolest powers I've ever heard of. Wish you'd gotten here when I was rebuilding my friend's coffee maker--that took me forever to figure out how to do.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Wait - if I understand things correctly, you 'duplicate' yourself? Like, as in, creating mass out of nothing and making it into an autonomous biological copy? How's that work?

I only ask because there's this glaring thing called the Laws of Basic Thermodynamics that claim they've been violated pretty severely, and I don't think they're happy about it.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's about the size of it. Nobody's been able to figure out how I do it--I need a kinetic energy kick-start, but I can get that from snapping my fingers, so it's nowhere near enough energy to pull an Einstein even without the, y'know, explosion.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I can already tell this is going to give me a headache. I mean, theoretically nanites can be programmed to replicate themselves, but they need source material to work from and it's slow as hell. Not to mention microscopic.

I guess I'm going to have to get used to the fact that the "laws" of physics have loopholes here. Like the man out in the backyard blatantly violating the square-cube laws. Tell me it's an optical illusion and that isn't a ten foot tall linebacker carrying an armload of TREES.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

No, that's Mr. Marko, the caretaker.

I think there's actually a lot more loophole than law, most of the time.

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the Madhouse. I'm Lorna. Make ya a deal. You don't stare at the hair and I won't stare at the leg. ;)

Hungry?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I had some banana bread earlier, but all else I've had today has been airline food and a McMuffin. I think I can find my way down to the kitchen if there's food involved.

What's with your hair?

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

It's green. I gather that it's a just a fun bonus on the rest of the mutation though don't quote me on that. I'm just a chef not a doctor.

There's always food in the big kitchen. Come on down and I'll fix you up a welcome to the madness meal.

[x-snowflake.livejournal.com]

I'm Illyana. I guess I teleport. You can tell which teleporter I am by my distinct non-purpleness. I'm much better at looking pretty (not so much this week, with the fighting a demon almost to the death thing, but I consider that adequate reason for a temporary leave of duty).

PS - No one "communicates" here. This is a lie and whoever told you we did must be on some very effective hallucinogens.

Only a hand and a leg?

[x-jetstream.livejournal.com]

Boy, you're still over 85% organic. Thank your lucky stars.

I'm Haroun, by the by. Chemokinetic flier, and the Mansion's other cyborg.

Salaam,
Haroun

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

there's a class to figure out Jamie's powers since the resident genius' can't. I'm not that brave ;)

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

to quote Dr. McCoy "oh my stars and garters"...we just agreed on something!

well, Shiro already went boom today, so I guess the world won't explode.

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

you've met me ;)

but hey again. what is yours and Kyle's favorite colors?

[x-snowflake.livejournal.com]

Nauseating. I'm striking this from my memory as we speak. Aren't you supposed to be moving out of the suite instead of making me sick?

[x-kitten.livejournal.com]

the "laws" of physics have loopholes

Personally I think the answer is in the genetics, but I dislike genetics emensly so I tend to simply document the loopholes and go on.

I'll add you to the list of people to be careful of phasing around, since my powers tend to disrupt electronics (assume your cybernetics are electronic in nature, because mechanical would be awkward and so very 19th century.)

Hi, I'm Kitty, by the way.

[x-madelyn.livejournal.com]

Welcome, Forge. :)

I'm Madelyn Bartlet, one of the medical staff here. If you're sensible and tend to _see_ someone when you're sick, instead of toughing it out and then collapsing in specatacular ways, I'd be one of the ones to see. My line's more genetics than physics - you and Hank McCoy will get on wonderfully, I think - but I'm on a steep learning curve here. So, any help you need, let me know.

[xp_daytripper]

Lay off, 'Snowflake'.

[x-snowflake.livejournal.com]

You know, I often find myself doing exactly what you tell me.

When you're not around, I ask myself, "What would Amanda tell me to do?" and then I do it.

Of course I'll lay off. Just for you. Mandy.

[xp_daytripper]

While you're being so co-operative, why don't you just go fuck yourself, hmm?

[x-snowflake.livejournal.com]

Five points for execution, negative seven for creativity. Boring.

[xp_daytripper]

Wasn't out to entertain. But since you mention it, this _is_ boring. And not something the new kid wants in his journal. So I'll leave you to your demon subjects, shall I?

[x-snowflake.livejournal.com]

Careful, or I'll send my "demon subjects" to give you a lesson in proper etiquette.