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[hostage]

[From what's visible behind him, Jesse's seated at the nurse's desk of the Xavier School infirmary. That's not really relevant to anything, just that he's at work and he's bored and out of anything useful to occupy his time. He's currently wrapping a gauze bandage around an empty soda can. An art piece, maybe. Or just keeping his hands busy.]

What's up? Anything exciting going on?

[He's talking to the comm device, but his eyes are on his "work".]

We got new guys coming in, right? How 'bout you? Freaking out about this superhero thing? It's pretty wild...

[That might be touching on sardonic. He knows it's no fun to be new here.]

You guys wanna talk or anything, I got nothing better to do.

[As thrilling as it is to keep winding this bandage around a soda can.]

Comments

[theslayerofgod]

Not too differently than here, really. Some people can heal... some people throw fireballs around...

Actually, I guess it's normally a little of each but the balance can depend a lot. And then there's the Gears - if you get in a Gear, your powers are enhanced a lot, but they're still basically dependent on your own ability.

[...uh. Wait.]

A Gear's just a big robot that you get into and pilot. Usually a few stories tall.

[hostage]

Damn, that sounds awesome. You had one of those giant robot things?

[theslayerofgod]

Uhhh... yeah I still do. It just comes when I call it.

[hostage]

What, like a dog?

[theslayerofgod]

Sure. A 45 foot tall metal dog with energy cannons, but it's pretty well-trained. Doesn't go running off on its own or anything.

[hostage]

Where the hell do you keep it? Some hangar someplace?

[theslayerofgod]

Uhhh... actually. I'm not sure.

It just kind of shows up when I call it and disappears when I get tired of it being around.

Weird, huh?

[hostage]

Pocket dimension.

[He says that like it's a thing everyone should recognize, and not just comic nerds.]

[theslayerofgod]

...huh. I guess that makes sense.

I've never actually heard of those but I guess I can intuit what it means.

[hostage]

It's pretty much what it sounds like, yeah.

[theslayerofgod]

Huh. I didn't know I had a pocket dimension. Kind of makes it even more impressive.

[hostage]

I'm just guessing. But it'd be cool if it was.