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[ex_outofcontrol435]

[Video: start. Unimpressed teenager with slicked-back hair and a cranky expression: appear.]

Okay, so either the Professor is pulling a huge fuck you on me for leaving, everyone in this town is sharing some kind of mass delusion, or I actually got kidnapped to a Japanese city in another world to fight monsters.

Someone remind me why I'm believing the third one?

[He rubs at his eyes, then looks a bit more cheerful as he keeps speaking.]

Free room and board just for beating shit up, though. The place I came from could learn from this Philemon guy. All I wanna know is if there's any other mutants around - that's Homo Superior, the evolution beyond humans, not whatever you might call mutants in some other world. As good as this all sounds, I'm not sticking around if demons are my only alternative to humans.

[And he's done.]

((ooc: rather pertinent rewrite after he got the details about the place and actually kind of liked them. facepalm.))

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video;

[trainwrecking]

That's right... This is Hinoto-Ri. You probably remember a dream about Persona before waking up here?

[He hesitates before pressing on.]

Ehh... what do you mean by "mutant?" There's nobody here calling themselves an, ahh... "Homo Superior". That's not a real term.

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[ex_outofcontrol435]

Whoa, look at me, here one day and I understand this place better than you do.

[He could mistake the tone for light, but there's deadly venom behind it.]

Different worlds mean different rules, genius. "Demons" aren't real where I'm from either, but I didn't tell people they were wrong when they talked about them.

[greyerrant]

So you are a mutant?

[ Asks someone who might as well be a scaled down sentinel. ]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Yeah, that's right.

[Is this guy... in a suit of armor... just for talking on the network?]

You got serious sun sensitivity or something? Brittle bones?

[greyerrant]

My helm allows me to interface better, and I'm Astartes. I rarely remove it.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Astartes. That's not one I've heard yet.

[Still massively side-eyeing.]

[greyerrant]

We are the protectors of Humanity against the xeno, the daemon, as well as the lost and the damned.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Protectors of humanity, huh. [His lip curls unpleasantly.] That's a big list of threats. Good luck with that.

audio;

[leadthebeats]

Just because you're a so-called "mutant" doesn't mean you're superior to us.

[greyerrant]

One of us generally suffices for the task.

video;

[trainwrecking]

That's not true. [Pyro, you're very good at pushing buttons.] A-and-- You don't have to tell me about differences! I've--

[Okay, no. Losing patience will get them nowhere, so he sucks in a breath and backs off.]

... I highly doubt there's a scientific term like that. An..yway, I've seen robots, clones, demons, vampires, supernatural humans, and dead people... So, what is a mutant to you? B-because to me, it's a biology lesson.

permavid on this end!

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Actually, it does. That's exactly what it means. It's just science.

[He shrugs. Sorry you're you, human.]

video;

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Yeah? Well, I highly doubt you'd last two seconds in a scientific debate with Dr. Grey, Dr. McCoy, or even the Professor. So unless you've got some credentials to take down the truth, I don't give a shit what you do and don't doubt.

[Yeah, they're on the wrong side of the war, but they're the best examples he can think of right now.]

Besides, I already told you. Humanity evolved beyond Homo Sapiens. We're what came next.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Which is wiping out anything that challenges humans, right?

[leadthebeats]

Do you want me to beat your ass right here and right now?

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[Just let him laugh for a second.

Or longer.]

Y'know what? I would love to see you try.

[greyerrant]

Yes.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Thanks for that taste of home. That's exactly what I missed about it - being hunted like an animal. How'd you know?

[greyerrant]

I'm not a Space wolf, I don't hunt for pleasure. So i'll just ask you a question: Do you oppose humanity or see yourself as a part of it?

[ He removes his helm, showing a face that is gene-bulked and obviously genetically altered, though he is handsome in a rough, craggy way. ]

[ex_outofcontrol435]

[Holy crap, that guy is huge. He makes Pete look like Kitty.

Pyro stands his ground, though.]

Man, considering what I just said, you think we started out opposing them? Humans are the ones that started this. We're just finishing it.

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[trainwrecking]

Wh-- Look, I don't know who those people are, and I'm only trying to help you! I'm not trying to compete or show off..!

[He didn't know an offhanded comment would lead to this...]

Okay, so, mutation: you have, ah, altered genes. You wouldn't be talking about it like this if it was a mutation that caused an impairment, I'm sure...

video;

[ex_outofcontrol435]

I don't need anyone's help. That's your first mistake.

[He relaxes a little as the guy starts to take him seriously, though.]

That's right. It's called the X-Gene. Totally random, and it's definitely not an impairment.

[At that, he pulls out his lighter and opens it, bringing up a flame - then drawing the flame into his other hand, where it flickers right against his skin without appearing to harm him at all. He doesn't even look uncomfortable.]

[leadthebeats]

When and where?

1/2

[trainwrecking]

That's not a smart way to start in a new place..!

[He knows all too well.]

X-Gene? So it's named for the variable --

2/2

[trainwrecking]

[His first instinct is to scream, of course. Otonashi leans forward, ready to snap at this guy for self-harm--really, setting yourself on fire?!--but the need never arises.]

You... ah, have immunity to fire..? Or even faster healing than we ever had before we got here...