Alex «Havok» Summers (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tolaywaste) wrote2014-02-17 01:22 pm
tolaywaste) wrote2014-02-17 01:22 pm
Entry tags:
- !tw: fire,
- a very groovy mutation,
- abandonment issues: x-men edition,
- aeryn is not your pretty princess,
- anger problems r us,
- anya is the good kind of crazy,
- ben is ben,
- emotions only come out in disaster,
- how do leading,
- i have a lot of feelings but shh,
- literally just don't care,
- t-5 til chris gets punched,
- that superhero thing
26. » private, video, spam
spam } aeryn & charles
[Alex has spoken to both his inmate and his now-legal guardian, trying to figure out a way to address the part of Aeryn's rehabilitation he feels least equipped to handle: her anger. What he hasn't done is gone into any great detail with either of them about how he wants this guidance to proceed.]
[In a way, he wants it to be something he and Aeryn can do together; in another way, he wants it to be as organic as possible, and so he pushes thoughts of structure away.]
[He calls them both to the CES. Bring jogging clothes, he says, because in his experience, just talking without moving can be a little bit terrifying. He waits just inside the entrance, stretching and plotting a path through the high grasses the room has given them today.]
private/voice } anya
Hey. We need to talk. [He hesitates, thinking of Snow and of Ben who would want him to actually be honest, not just truthful.] I mean, I need to talk about a bunch of things. But you, too.
Do you, you know. Have a minute?
private } crichton
We need to talk about Aeryn.
public } video
[See Alex. See Alex at the skating rink, with all necessary hockey accoutrements, just finishing up playing some solo hockey. Badly. The communicator appears to be resting on the wall of the rink; he waves at it pretty vigorously, his breath hanging in the air.]
Hey! So as some of you know - some of you new people, I guess, maybe don't - we have a skating rink. I have the keys and everything, but as long as you don't stab anyone with skates you're welcome. And we've been talking about having a serious hockey tournament for ages, so - here's phase one: try to beat me into the ice. Because seriously, it's the only way I'll learn.
Or come out and do some one-on-one, whatever you want. I'll be out here all afternoon.
open } spam
[And he is - out on the ice for the rest of the morning and into early afternoon, until he has to run to cover Ben's kitchen shift. He's been doing this more frequently lately than usual because Ben's been sick, but even now he's not the best at it. Kitchen work doesn't come naturally to him, but at least he follows direction well.]
[Immediately after lunch, he takes a walk in the CES, then attacks the CTS full force. The simulation it provides is terrifying in its sterility: robots twice his height, slow-moving but determined to capture rather thn terminate. His endeavor is to dismantle rather than destroy - a finesse exercise.]
[He leaves the CTS a smoking ruin. He's not much for finesse these days.]
[Alex has spoken to both his inmate and his now-legal guardian, trying to figure out a way to address the part of Aeryn's rehabilitation he feels least equipped to handle: her anger. What he hasn't done is gone into any great detail with either of them about how he wants this guidance to proceed.]
[In a way, he wants it to be something he and Aeryn can do together; in another way, he wants it to be as organic as possible, and so he pushes thoughts of structure away.]
[He calls them both to the CES. Bring jogging clothes, he says, because in his experience, just talking without moving can be a little bit terrifying. He waits just inside the entrance, stretching and plotting a path through the high grasses the room has given them today.]
private/voice } anya
Hey. We need to talk. [He hesitates, thinking of Snow and of Ben who would want him to actually be honest, not just truthful.] I mean, I need to talk about a bunch of things. But you, too.
Do you, you know. Have a minute?
private } crichton
We need to talk about Aeryn.
public } video
[See Alex. See Alex at the skating rink, with all necessary hockey accoutrements, just finishing up playing some solo hockey. Badly. The communicator appears to be resting on the wall of the rink; he waves at it pretty vigorously, his breath hanging in the air.]
Hey! So as some of you know - some of you new people, I guess, maybe don't - we have a skating rink. I have the keys and everything, but as long as you don't stab anyone with skates you're welcome. And we've been talking about having a serious hockey tournament for ages, so - here's phase one: try to beat me into the ice. Because seriously, it's the only way I'll learn.
Or come out and do some one-on-one, whatever you want. I'll be out here all afternoon.
open } spam
[And he is - out on the ice for the rest of the morning and into early afternoon, until he has to run to cover Ben's kitchen shift. He's been doing this more frequently lately than usual because Ben's been sick, but even now he's not the best at it. Kitchen work doesn't come naturally to him, but at least he follows direction well.]
[Immediately after lunch, he takes a walk in the CES, then attacks the CTS full force. The simulation it provides is terrifying in its sterility: robots twice his height, slow-moving but determined to capture rather thn terminate. His endeavor is to dismantle rather than destroy - a finesse exercise.]
[He leaves the CTS a smoking ruin. He's not much for finesse these days.]
no subject
You know, I could borrow the information in the file from you, or Alex if you want. Assuming you're comfortable with that, [Which is directed to both of them, although he feels like Alex is at least more likely to say yes in that he's not completely uncomfortable with telepaths, and he has no idea if Aeryn is or not.]
I completely understand if telepathy isn't something you're especially comfortable with, but I don't look around where I'm not wanted, and it could potentially expedite things.
no subject
I have been 'exposed' to telepathy before. I would rather prefer someone go looking than inflicting some scenario upon me.
Do I have to stop running for it to work?
no subject
You're sure you don't mind?
no subject
no subject
It's a careful connection, even if she'll still be able to feel him there. Subtlety is less important when he's trying to be reassuring that he's not looking anywhere he isn't wanted, and so he looks specifically for what's relevant, what's in the file. Secrets, motives, anything too personal he carefully sidesteps and leaves alone, unless there's particular relevance and it wants to be looked at.
It is easier, and he's glad too that she doesn't seem especially bothered by it. So many things would go so much more quickly if people were comfortable with the idea of telepaths and telepathy.]