[It seems to be a pretty average day in Central. Nice weather, check. People milling around, check. Confused newcomer over in the corner, very check
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[Just another average day... for what passes for 'average' here in Giga City - which means that X is taking a walk. He's gotten into the habit of taking a walk now and then through the city to help clear his thoughts and keep a handle on his stress.
So, as he walks across the plaza, he's a bit wrapped up in his thoughts. But he's not so out of it that he doesn't notice the way the usual crowds are acting a little oddly around that corner over there. Curious, and concerned there might be a problem, X makes his way over.
The crowd thins out the closer he gets, and it doesn't take long to spot the cause of the disruption to foot traffic. It's Axl.
Except it's not Axl. Not the one he knows, anyway. Because the one he knows isn't supposed to be outside the base on his own. And because the one he knows is a reploidThis Axl looks decidedly human-y. Frowning, X tries to ping him, but gets nothing - as if there's no system there to ping in the first place. Confusion flickers over his features as he steps forward and activates his
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[Axl has dealt with time travel once, kind of -- he wasn't the one going anywhere, but there was that whole nonsense where future Zero came back to fix something in the timestream...and so as he takes another look around, his expression falls flat. Suddenly the weird sci-fi scenery makes a lot more sense.]
Ah... no. Not 2010. [X frowned slightly and glanced over at Axl. No wonder he had an antique cell phone. He couldn't just tell him to ping the local system for the timestamp, though. So he just went ahead and told him the actual local date and time.]
He kinda got the short end of the stick on physical mutations, but I wouldn't say he looks like a platypus. He's kind of quirky, but I think that's like a prerequisite for studying the X-gene or something, most of them are either a little weird or just total crackpots.
[There's a little bit of an edge there, like he's skating close to uncomfortable territory, but like the Axl X is already used to, he's an excellent actor, so it's hard to notice. Some things never change, at least.]
[Axl may be a good actor, but X is very familiar with his own Axl. And he's well aware of why his own Axl would dislike talking about scientists who study people, but... would things be so parallel between their worlds despite Axl being human?
He shook his head slightly at his musings. He didn't have enough information to make a decent guess yet. Something else had caught his attention anyway.]
[X slowly shook his head, thinking back over assorted news he'd read and heard about genetics and medicine, but couldn't recall any information regarding an X-gene related to human mutations of any kind.]
No, not that I'm aware of, anyway. [He glances over at Axl.] You mention 'mutants' as if mutations are common? Is it related to this X-gene you mentioned?
Yeah. The X-gene is kind of hard to analyze, Alia gave me the technical explanation for why once but I forgot most of it. So there's still a lot of stuff that science hasn't figured out. But the short version is that some people have it and it causes mutations that...usually manifest as crazy powers and stuff.
Most people don't have it, but there are enough of us who do that they've started classifying mutants as a subspecies and not just some crazy fluke. There's been a buttload of arguing over whether this is just evolution marching on or if God hates us all or what, it's pretty stupid.
So, as he walks across the plaza, he's a bit wrapped up in his thoughts. But he's not so out of it that he doesn't notice the way the usual crowds are acting a little oddly around that corner over there. Curious, and concerned there might be a problem, X makes his way over.
The crowd thins out the closer he gets, and it doesn't take long to spot the cause of the disruption to foot traffic. It's Axl.
Except it's not Axl. Not the one he knows, anyway. Because the one he knows isn't supposed to be outside the base on his own. And because the one he knows is a reploidThis Axl looks decidedly human-y. Frowning, X tries to ping him, but gets nothing - as if there's no system there to ping in the first place. Confusion flickers over his features as he steps forward and activates his ( ... )
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Best Buy? [Have a blank look. What is this I don't even-]
But... why do you have a phone? [Seriously, who uses telephones anymore these days? Everyone and their support unit has a comm of some kind.]
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...Do you know the date?
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...not 2010, I'm guessing?
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...I guess that explains a lot.
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[X glances over at Axl again and looks him up and down for a second.] Some things.
I can explain some things about what's going on, but not others.
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I guess this is where I have to admit those parallel reality theories Dr. Gaudile was talking about weren't that crackpot after all?
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But, yes, I'm thinking more than time travel is going on here.
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He kinda got the short end of the stick on physical mutations, but I wouldn't say he looks like a platypus. He's kind of quirky, but I think that's like a prerequisite for studying the X-gene or something, most of them are either a little weird or just total crackpots.
[There's a little bit of an edge there, like he's skating close to uncomfortable territory, but like the Axl X is already used to, he's an excellent actor, so it's hard to notice. Some things never change, at least.]
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He shook his head slightly at his musings. He didn't have enough information to make a decent guess yet. Something else had caught his attention anyway.]
Mutations?
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No, not that I'm aware of, anyway. [He glances over at Axl.] You mention 'mutants' as if mutations are common? Is it related to this X-gene you mentioned?
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Most people don't have it, but there are enough of us who do that they've started classifying mutants as a subspecies and not just some crazy fluke. There's been a buttload of arguing over whether this is just evolution marching on or if God hates us all or what, it's pretty stupid.
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...What's yours?
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