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[littlemissfutility]

Um. Hi.

[It's been a long time since she's had much in the way of technology at her fingertips, and it feels weird returning to it. There's not much showing it in her face, however, beyond a slight frown as she stares at the camera; the hesitation is mostly in her voice.

She's a teenager, fine-boned, with two scars framing her eyes and a yellow pashmina scarf wrapped around her neck. There's a slight Southern drawl to her words. They're all coming out like she prepared them in advance.]

I'm Beth. I'm new here. When they brought me in, I got powers, and one of them lets me change scars. Move them around, change their shape. I know a lot of imPorts probably have them, and...you know, maybe you don't like them. If you want, I can make them easier to live with. I won't charge you anything for it.

If you're interested, let me know. I'm in Nonah, but we could meet up someplace else, if it's important to you.

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[versusseeker]

thts rlly nice of u
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pfffft idc

[littlemissfutility]

thanks :o)
scars kind of suck, if i can help i want to

[versusseeker]

did u change urs?

[Red thinks they look kind of neat.]

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[secondscythe]

guessin you mean physical scars?

[littlemissfutility]

yeah
that's what i know i can do
what other kind do you want???

[secondscythe]

i mean
people can have emotional scars.

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[heisenbitch]

[ Here's a guy who's peering at her via the video feed with a gentle kind of curiosity. ]

So, by change shape, you mean you can make scars into - what, like pictures and stuff?

[littlemissfutility]

[She peers back at him. Even before the world ended, she hadn't had a smartphone--this is all kind of new.]

Yeah. It's...mostly simple stuff... [She's reticent to show off the one she's been experimenting with--the ones on her face remain unchanged--so she gives a little shrug.] But it depends on how many you have. And how big.

[heisenbitch]

That's pretty neat.

Gotta ask, though: You okay? Need help or anything? 'Cause... can't help noticing you look a little roughed up.

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[functusofficio]

That's a very kind offer for you to make, especially having just arrived here.

Are you settling in well?

[littlemissfutility]

Might as well start learning to be a superhero right away, right?

[It gets a little smile out of her.]

Okay, I guess. It's pretty nice here. [A moment's pause.] Have you been here a while?

[functusofficio]

If that is what you would like to do, then I suppose so. But there's time to settle in and find your way here, as well.

[ She smiles back in turn, makes a slight gesture of not really. ] A month or so. It feels like much longer already. There is a great deal to learn about this place and to adjust to.

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[am_i_a_monster]

Does it hurt to have the scars changed?

[littlemissfutility]

[She shakes her head.]

It doesn't really feel like anything.

[am_i_a_monster]

Is it safe if the scar is a fragile place? Like on the throat?

[A pause]

What about scars where something's missing, can you help with that? Like scars from a..from an amputation?

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[cleptes]

[The accent is something that Bela has heard before. It was a while ago now, and Rick had gone home.]

Just physical scars?

[She asks the question without thinking but now she can't take it back.]

[littlemissfutility]

Mag--

[Beth stops herself after one syllable stutters out, blanching as she stares at the screen. It's not her--it's not, her voice is wrong, and her hair, and something in her face, and--

And that's not what she would say. Not what she would ask. Maggie would want to know where Beth was. Maggie would be crying, and she wouldn't be afraid or ashamed to show it.

Beth's chest feels like it's caving in. After a moment, during which she considers curling up in bed for a few minutes and burying her face in a pillow, she realizes the feed's still on.]

...I think so. Just. Physical scars.

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[fingerchewing]

[ Another girl answers, about the same age as Beth, but this accent is more French. ]

Hi, Beth. I'm Justine. I'm new, too.

[ And she turns her head to reveal the nasty, barely healed bite mark on her cheek. Not the best place for a giant scar. ]

Can you do anything about this?

[littlemissfutility]

Hi.

[She stares at the mark, pressing her lips together. It's an ugly one, fresher than the scar she's been practicing on. It looks, she realizes with a twist of sympathy in her gut, like it still hurts.]

I could try. What do you want to do with it?

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[drivesadesk]

So...does that include belly buttons?

I don't have one, I'm just curious.

[Because belly buttons are technically scars.]

[littlemissfutility]

[Her brows draw together.]

I don't know. If you had one, we could test it. [There's a pause.] Why don't you have a belly button?

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[aberranthubris]

Hello, Beth. It's nice meeting you. My name is Professor Charles Xavier.

Yours is an interesting gift. Have you tried it on difficult cases? I'm curious what happens to the injury itself.

[littlemissfutility]

Nice to meet you, too.

[A professor? She's mildly curious now, whether he's asking out of some kind of academic interest or if it's something more important than that.]

I've only tried it on myself. [And only on a simple cut, one that's definitely not a simple case. ] But if someone wanted, we could find out.

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[romancekiller]

That's really nice of you to offer that even though you just arrived. [technically it's something clarke could similarly offer since she apparently has healing powers now but she still finds herself a bit skeptical of all this]

[littlemissfutility]

Thanks.

[It doesn't really feel like she deserves the compliment, considering she hasn't actually done anything yet, but it's nice of the other girl to say.]

Have you been here a while?