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maskormenace2015-06-28 06:00 pm
flowerette) wrote in maskormenace2015-06-28 06:00 pm
Entry tags:
- harleen quinzel | harley quinn,
- jonathan crane | scarecrow,
- † anya borzakovskaya | n/a,
- † crocodile | mr. 0,
- † elsa brandt | the fabricator,
- † eobard thawne | reverse flash,
- † flame princess | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gabriel gray | sylar,
- † hazel lockwood | n/a,
- † hub hikari | megaman.exe,
- † john watson | n/a,
- † josuke higashikata | crazy diamond,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † ken kaneki | one eyed king,
- † klarion bleak | n/a,
- † lapis lazuli | n/a,
- † marian hawke | andraste's mabari,
- † matthew lin | abduxel,
- † miles morales | spider-man,
- † mitchell hundred | the great machine,
- † naruto uzumaki | n/a,
- † pakunoda | n/a,
- † raina | n/a,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † tiffany doggett | n/a
003 ✿ Video
[ The video is of Raina. At work. On a Sunday evening. Lit by the glow of her computer screen, and even as the feed begins -- she's finishing off her typing. Workaholic, much?
But she does give her attention to the communicator then, offering a sweet, charming smile. ]
Hello, fellow imPorts. I just have a few questions for the community as a whole -- a curiosity, if you will.
[ Her fingers lace in front of herself on her desk. ]
How many of you are satisfied with the power set you received upon arrival? For some of us, powers are new and strange, things we have never encountered in our own world. But for others, we're used to having far more. Abilities that were lost in translation either because they were far too strong or far too destructive. Some abilities may seem relatively useless. Some may be uncontrollable. Some require more thought, practice, and skill than others. While some seem like almost something of a joke on the porter's behalf.
All of this to say, these abilities of ours don't really share a common pattern. But they have become part of our identity as a whole and something that has branded us all as imPorts. And like our identity, there may be things about them we dislike -- things we wish we could make different. So if you had the opportunity to change your powers or alter them in some way, would you? If you could enhance them and make them stronger, would you do that as well?
Please consider my questions something of a survey to measure who may or may not be interested in my next leg of research. Thank you for your time.
[ With a friendly wave, she cuts the feed. ]
But she does give her attention to the communicator then, offering a sweet, charming smile. ]
Hello, fellow imPorts. I just have a few questions for the community as a whole -- a curiosity, if you will.
[ Her fingers lace in front of herself on her desk. ]
How many of you are satisfied with the power set you received upon arrival? For some of us, powers are new and strange, things we have never encountered in our own world. But for others, we're used to having far more. Abilities that were lost in translation either because they were far too strong or far too destructive. Some abilities may seem relatively useless. Some may be uncontrollable. Some require more thought, practice, and skill than others. While some seem like almost something of a joke on the porter's behalf.
All of this to say, these abilities of ours don't really share a common pattern. But they have become part of our identity as a whole and something that has branded us all as imPorts. And like our identity, there may be things about them we dislike -- things we wish we could make different. So if you had the opportunity to change your powers or alter them in some way, would you? If you could enhance them and make them stronger, would you do that as well?
Please consider my questions something of a survey to measure who may or may not be interested in my next leg of research. Thank you for your time.
[ With a friendly wave, she cuts the feed. ]
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[she keeps forgetting that not everyone is going to understand the term when she uses it.]
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[ She pauses and then holds up a particularly fancy ring harboring diamonds and rubies. ]
These.
Are you related in some way to gemstones?
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We're not from earth, though, so there's a lot of differences.
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It's beautiful, Lapis. You're beautiful. What stone is it? I would guess sapphire, but as you said, you're not from the same Earth and there could be different stones and names.
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[ It might get confusing if there are more of the same gems running around! ]
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[her brow creases gently in mild confusion. isn't that obvious? even earth had multitudes of the same gem scattered around.]
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We can shapeshift, so...it's pretty easy to tell everyone apart.
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[her mouth falls into a hard line, hands balling up into tight little fists. my name is Lapis Lazuli. they'd left her to rot in that mirror, and they hadn't even had the decency to know who she was.]
They know my name now. And I'm the only one they think of when they hear it.
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One day, if you don't mind sharing it, I would love to hear your story. You sound like such a fascinating individual.
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but she keeps that all to herself. there was no reason to discuss that sort of thing with strangers.]
It isn't fascinating - it's just sad. [her shoulders rise and fall in an elegant shrug.] But I don't mind talking about it. It's as much a part of me as anything else.
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But until then, Lapis Lazuli.