text; ID reads Trevor Zeitlan

[gabriel_gray]

Here's one for you. What do you call a man who is still three weeks from his doctorate when the multiverse kidnaps him? Mister.

In any case, hi, I'm Trevor; Mr. Zeitlan to some of you. I was recently employed to a posting at Xavier's, and as you can imagine there's not a whole lot of accessible material on my subject, which covers abilities of every kind. I'm putting together an encyclopedia of powers based on my extensive experience in my own world and what I learn here, but there's all sorts of teaching materials I'm having to fake as I go along. Incidentally, if anyone would like to help with that, I have afternoon office hours at the Institute, and you're welcome to drop in. I teach mornings.

Okay, so killing two birds with one stone, I have a couple of questions; if you could take a moment to reply to them, or just answer one, you'd help me out no end.

First of all, what was your first experience of using your power? Was it intentional or accidental? Any details about how you felt, or the consequences of using it would be helpful, as I'd like to use other people's experiences to build confidence in my students.

Second question is a little bit of fun, really: If you didn't have the powers given to you by the porter, which abilities would you like to have had instead?

[OOC: If anyone wants to handwave or plan classes/sessions, or teacher/teacher interactions with "Trevor", throw me a PM. These can be backdated to assumed CR if you like ("Trevor" comes off as knowledgeable, but there's an edge of creepiness to him that anyone could pick up on, and no, not just because he has giant eyebrows though that doesn't help his case one bit.]

Mirrornet; voice

[bindsthedead]

I was one of the people who experienced... I'm not sure what to call it. A hallucination? A vision? [Sabriel's voice is a little unsure what it was- she just knows that it wasn't pure fantasy.]

What I saw seemed to be the past. I don't know the exact date, but I think it was at some point before the previous group of imPorts worked to reform the government.

I wanted to know if what I saw had any basis in what had actually happened, so I did some research. What I found suggests that even if we didn't actually visit the past, what we saw certainly had some truth to it. I couldn't find much about that period of time- apparently, 1984 is fiction, not a history book, and was actually written decades before the title suggests. But this is what I did find.

[And there's a file attached, with photos of all the documents described here.]

Obviously, this doesn't answer all of our questions- I couldn't find Clauses A or F of the Peaceful Compliance act, even though it's mentioned in the articles, and I haven't found more about the Uncendiaries- I think that might have been the name for the faction within the government that worked for reform with the imPorts before us, but so much about that decade seems to have been erased. I'm not sure why the reformers didn't drag all of it into the light, but perhaps some of the information was destroyed or hidden before they could reach it.

Someone needs to talk to Holiday or Holt, and see what they know about that time- If we can't get in touch with the those two- [Sabriel hesitates] The woman in the mugshot is Idina Morello. She was at the protest, but she died in 1989- after imPorts had arrived and the reforms had started, but before they were completely successful. I'll try speaking with her if necessary [And despite the fact that she just said she was dead, Sabriel seems to think this is a viable option, if a somewhat distasteful one.]

I'd like to know more about the flashing lights- they were on poles, on the officer's badges, and on the darts that were fired at the protesters- all flashing in the same sequence. I can't help but suspect it's connected to the video some of us watched at that center.

Second Song | Video Mirrornet

[dreamshades]

[ The video comes on with a flicker, a boy obviously early to mid teens at best sits on a stump looking at the camera. Clearly not not dressing like many others here. He's not looking to fit into the society here, not unless it affords him some fun or what he needs.

He wants to be himself, after all. He will not be shaped or moulded as someone so clearly pointed out to him by this land's expectations.

For now though, he appears to be inquisitive, a curious look on his face as he rolls an apple in his hand.]

Tell me, what do you believe is the most powerful thing of all?

[He says it rather casually despite how odd a question it would seem from a boy.]

Humour me. After the ordeal that some of us have endured a distraction would be welcomed.

[ He touches his expression with nothing more than what appears to be a small shadow of sadness across his face. Something to give his audience to cling to, to feel sympathy for. ]

[Video] Loose Screws 8

[hands4healing]

[Winry is at a furniture store that caters to ImPort fangirls and -boys. And totally bemused. So she has to share what she's found.]

I was window shopping today and I found...this.

[She turns the camera to show a soft giant robot, like a plushy version of those robots Hiro and Tadashi make. What she really wants to know is if Hiro and Tadashi know about them. Whether they're getting a commission.]

They say it's a bed.

[...A confused expression.]

I don't know if I'd want to sleep on it.