[video] encrypted 100% because thingscheckthetapesDecember 4 2011, 01:37:14 UTC
Reasonably common. It's becoming moreso as the years go on.
[he's looking offscreen, bored.]
You mean how long it took me to find out personally? It started at puberty. There was always a possibility of it happening, my father is a very powerful mutant himself, so I was hardly running blind. For a while it just seemed like it could have been a bad fever. Aches, chills, et al. And then the world slowed down around me.
[KANYESHRUG. There's a lot more to it than that, of course, but those are the bullet points.
Normally, there's also no way he'd divulge any of this. But he... likes Dave, in a weird sort of way. It puts him in the mind of what it might have been like to have much younger siblings. And a young child dealing with a mutation hardly deserves to go through it alone.]
[video] still encrypted 100% because even dave isn't that dickishtimeturntableDecember 4 2011, 06:28:19 UTC
No shit? Well, damn.
[ I do hope you weren't trying to beat him on the "bored poker-face" front, Pietro. If there's one thing Dave has down to a fucking art, it's obfuscating his own feelings. ]
Aight, aight. This is all sounding pretty familiar, yeah, even if I'm pretty sure Bro can't travel through time or anything.
[ "Pretty familiar" doesn't even begin to cover it. Pain, sickness, heat - and then his skin rupturing as his lungs connected to the outside world. This is like a Cliffnotes for his own little transformation.
But he doesn't say any of that, of course. Instead, he gives a little shrug of his own. ]
So how common are we talking here? Are we looking at "everyone and their mom is one," or "one out of twenty of you is going to have the mutant gene" or whatever the fuck makes this whole thing happen? I've gotta keep my street cred somehow, you know, since the whole time traveling DJ jig just isn't enough to keep me out of the crowd.
[video] still encrypted 100% oh how kind of you.checkthetapesDecember 4 2011, 07:47:59 UTC
One in ten, roughly. Though some mutations are so mild as to be barely worth mentioning.
[is that a slight note of derision in his voice? Probably. It's called self-hatred. Daddy sort of made fun of his mutation and he's a little touchy, okay.]
[video] 100%timeturntableDecember 4 2011, 09:03:32 UTC
See, this is what I'm talking about. You gotta lay off the condescension, broski. Fuck if it matters to me how many blades you've got on your razor, past a certain point it's all just compensation anyhow.
[ ...oh. That's a tough question to answer, isn't it? He actually hesitates (if only for an instant) before responding, if only because he hasn't actually thought that one through yet: ]
Eh. Fuck if I know - guess I'd probably call it "idle curiosity," even though we both fucking know nobody privates a question if they're only politely interested. But hey, who's checking?
[ There's a bit of awkward silence on his end. Finally, he speaks up. ]
So, is chess your big thing, or are you down with cards too?
[he's looking offscreen, bored.]
You mean how long it took me to find out personally? It started at puberty. There was always a possibility of it happening, my father is a very powerful mutant himself, so I was hardly running blind. For a while it just seemed like it could have been a bad fever. Aches, chills, et al. And then the world slowed down around me.
[KANYESHRUG. There's a lot more to it than that, of course, but those are the bullet points.
Normally, there's also no way he'd divulge any of this. But he... likes Dave, in a weird sort of way. It puts him in the mind of what it might have been like to have much younger siblings. And a young child dealing with a mutation hardly deserves to go through it alone.]
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[ I do hope you weren't trying to beat him on the "bored poker-face" front, Pietro. If there's one thing Dave has down to a fucking art, it's obfuscating his own feelings. ]
Aight, aight. This is all sounding pretty familiar, yeah, even if I'm pretty sure Bro can't travel through time or anything.
[ "Pretty familiar" doesn't even begin to cover it. Pain, sickness, heat - and then his skin rupturing as his lungs connected to the outside world. This is like a Cliffnotes for his own little transformation.
But he doesn't say any of that, of course. Instead, he gives a little shrug of his own. ]
So how common are we talking here? Are we looking at "everyone and their mom is one," or "one out of twenty of you is going to have the mutant gene" or whatever the fuck makes this whole thing happen? I've gotta keep my street cred somehow, you know, since the whole time traveling DJ jig just isn't enough to keep me out of the crowd.
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[is that a slight note of derision in his voice? Probably. It's called self-hatred. Daddy sort of made fun of his mutation and he's a little touchy, okay.]
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[ It's okay, Pietbro. Dave's here to make things right again. ~B) ]
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I can move far faster than Mach 5, thank you.
[casually near light speed? Casually near light speed.]
So why did you want to know?
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[ ...oh. That's a tough question to answer, isn't it? He actually hesitates (if only for an instant) before responding, if only because he hasn't actually thought that one through yet: ]
Eh. Fuck if I know - guess I'd probably call it "idle curiosity," even though we both fucking know nobody privates a question if they're only politely interested. But hey, who's checking?
[ There's a bit of awkward silence on his end. Finally, he speaks up. ]
So, is chess your big thing, or are you down with cards too?
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I'm certainly not. Keep your secrets if you wish. We all have them.
[yep.]
That depends entirely on the nature of the game.
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[ And just like that, Dave's back in the zone. Smoothly moving on: ]
Texas Hold 'em, Five Card Draw, fucking Old Maid - I'm down with whatever. Tests of luck instead of skill, for the most part. Too loose for you?
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