maskormenace | [audio] - USING ALIAS TANITH PONTA

i was just on my way to tell you
i may be getting a new job at the heropa organization for import education
helping imports with their new powers seems to be their focus
so far i like what i see - will let you know as i learn more

-- id like your thoughts on one aspect of this in fact
the school is in heropa
so i either need to move there or register for porter access

[he doesn't want to stop living with Kay and Jyn.

And there's no objective reason not to Register.

But perhaps understandably… the prospect still makes his skin crawl.

But this seems like an opportunity to… use the skills he actually has, and use them for… peacetime. Helping individuals. Directly. Not hurting them.

Some of them skills learned at the cost of childhood, used to help others defend and preserve theirs…?

…and why do these superstitious thoughts keep occurring to him, he swears this is not who he was before Scarif—

(that could be why)

—but the school's acronym, for Ackbar's sake, is HOPE.

Maybe also why he goes ahead and responds at all, even if respecting her new alias (her readoption of, he'll ask about later) rather than waiting to speak in person. He needs to hope, now, that old security precautions… really are… optional.]

Edited 2017-05-08 01:53 (UTC)

There's an organization in Heropa that focuses on helping people with that. You could also find a tutor whose powers are similar to your own.

Do you know the name of said organization?

I suppose that second option is also viable, though I don't know how readily I am to suddenly reveal all of these things to an entire network of strangers.

oh? life of a baker not really suiting you? and here i was, hoping that i'd get to reap all the benefits of your failed attempts at baking sweets.

[She lets her eyes linger on the portion of text that reads "so i either need to move there" for a long while. Minutes, perhaps. She sets her jaw and manages to come up with a response, trying her hardest - her very hardest - to ignore every ounce of self-preservation that's beginning to scream out somewhere in the back of her mind just about now.]

if you think moving there would be easier ..

though i also don't see any obvious disadvantage to being registered, either. i'd thought about it for a while myself, whether i'd stay registered or not; so far, i have. i'd weighed the pros and cons, and the pros are far more numerous. i've lived the life of barely getting by; i'd rather not have to do it again if it's unavoidable.

I would like to know of the establishment, as well, if you happen to learn. I only just arrived nearly a week ago.

Edited 2017-05-08 02:20 (UTC)

Absolutely; would be glad to pass along information, should it prove to be good and reliable.

I suppose some sort of welcome statement is in order. How've you been adjusting so far?

Thank you.

I've been... adjusting. Everything is so different here than in my own world. How long have you been here?

About a standard month, I think. A standard month and a day.

Still learning and adjusting myself, so don't expect to learn it all in a day or even a week.

What sort of world did you come from?

I see. I'll keep that in mind.

I came from the sort of world where fairies and witches are strangely concerned with the life issues of one young woman.

[Well... this young woman, at least.]

What are fairies and witches?

[... Huh.]

Well, fairies are magical beings. So are witches, for that matter - except witches have to study.

Magical .. beings. [There's a lot of skepticism in her voice; for all of how often her mother talked about The Force, which was an awful lot like magic, Jyn's never really bought into it.] So .. what do they do?

Generally? Try to get you in their debt, in my experience.

[At least, the Fairy did. Madame Ghede had actually been attempting to pay her debt.]

That would depend on what you want to use them for.

definitely not easier

i want to stay with you

["And Kay", thank you? / Yes, mental Kay]

no of course not - you shouldnt have to

theres only one answer - i have no real reason not to and many real reasons to register

i guess its just hard to - reconcile with - my ideas - idea of myself

just wanted to run it by you first to

i dont know

being stupid

It used to be called the Xavier Institute, but they changed the name- Look up Kotetsu Kaburagi, he'd be able to tell you more.

Well, if you know what your powers are, and the need to master them isn't pressing, you could try training on your own until you find someone with similar powers.

So you'd have to owe them in some way, I imagine. Sounds quite a bit like humans, too.

I don't have any real purpose in mind outside of just .. staving off going insane, for a little bit longer.

Yes. And I wasn't willing to wait and see what the price tag for my happiness was.

Mind reading abilities?

[Every piece of her visibly relaxes in her chair. She's completed her allotted work for the day, as she always does, within the first hour. She's absently swiveling back and forth in the chair now.]

not being stupid, stop.

very much appreciated that you want my opinion and take on things. it isn't lost on me, what that means.

i don't think you'd be betraying any part of yourself, your choices, or your purpose if you register so as to take advantage of what being registered means. it doesn't mean we have to become "superheroes" or soldiers. we never have to fight again. they've made that clear. all it means is that we aren't going to cause upset or trouble for the government, and as such, we are rewarded with housing, porter use, etc.

Kotetsu Kaburagi. Duly noted, and appreciated.

I know what they are thanks to the file given to me, and I've discovered two of them. The third has yet to present itself.

The thing is, these sorts of things aren't really .. common where I'm from. So I've no real idea how to begin to train myself on this sort of topic. Physically, yes; I can do that 'til I collapse. But mental powers, not as much.

Smart move. Being in debt to anything or anyone never leads to anything but misery.

Where've they placed you here?

[Well, that's upsetting. She really needs to work on giving away as little information as possible.]

Amongst other things, yes. Similar for you?

I see. I've... had my abilities for as long as I can remember, so I can't be much help when it comes to adjusting to them.

But meditation can be helpful, I've heard.

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