Re: Port Vega: The Academy of the Extraordinarily Gifted (Gen, Roddy, Akira, NPC Donny, open)
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Gen favored Akira with a sidelong glance.??"The only real difference between you and me is that your genes were modified randomly by chance while mine were modified intentionally and with purpose.? I may not be a mutant by the traditional understanding of the word, but to the people who hate mutants, I doubt that they'll make any distinction. Or if they do, it's unlikely to be anything in my favor."
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"I sure hope so," Gen said, falling in step with the other boy. "I've got a super-high metabolic rate and so I'm always kinda hungry.? Living on the streets isn't so bad though.? I mean, there's always food lying around, if you know where to look.? And if you're not picky," the androgyne added with a shrug.? "It also helps that my system is designed to handle just about anything that can be broken down into sugars and proteins.
(Akira) Akira gave Gen a smile, "I didn't mean to imply that you weren't a mutant in your own way. Forgive me, if I over stepped." He brushed Gen's upper arm for a moment.
"Well, they are always serving some kind of food in here, pretty much from dawn until midnight. And even after that you can head into the kitchen and grab a snack or something." They headed to the buffet styled table. There were still plenty of breakfast items to chose from. Akira had already eaten, but he could always use a snack. He grabbed a plate and chose a variety of fruits and a glass of apple juice.
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(Roddy)
"Well, I must've had a mother," Roddy said.? "No idea who she was, but there had to have been one, right?? I was in the foster system as far back as I can remember.? ?Was in a string of foster homes.? Some weren't too bad, but I never felt right in any of them.? I didn't like living with rules that others kept setting for me.? And after my power manifested, I just didn't see the point of living by other people's rules anymore so I just left."
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"And now it seems I'm back," he sighed.? "Trying to get into the kind of place that I left.? The only difference here is that I don't have to hide anything.? Except for my attitude." He looked to Donny as if wanting some kind of approval or acceptance, adding?"But I'm trying to work on that.? I really am."
(Donny)
"Yep, seems like no matter how hard we try we always wind up somewhere, where there are rules we have to follow. The rules here aren't too bad, actually. Ms. Del and Ms. Mia are pretty easy going ladies. As long as everyone treats each other with respect, they don't care what we do and as long as we go to classes...the traditional ones and the ones where we hone our abilities." With that Donny stood up. "Time to hit the shower. Come on, you can get settled in our room." He offered a hand to help Roddy up.
Tag: Gen, Roddy
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