don't wait for a knight in shinin' armor, your savior's reflected in the mirror

[perpend]

[That sure was a fucking thing. That execution was a fucking thing. Those secrets are a fucking thing.

Cabanela retreats to his room, but not for all that long. Everyone will get a note eventually, written in very neat handwriting

I do not plan on bowing down to threats and intimidation. If you did not act, it means you were, like me, aware of the risk, but decided against it. Your reasons are entirely your own.

Join me in the dining room if you agree enough is enough, and that you won't acquiesce to threats. I don't plan to let this stop me, and neither should you.

-C

In the dining room itself, Cabanela has set up coffee and tea for those who want it-- there's no food, because to be honest, he doesn't know how to cook. Two more candles have been lit-- he wasn't really sure what to do about the whole... parasite thing... so Fern's candle will have to make due.]

Comments

[zomgboom]

I mean. I feel like I should answer a question before I ask you anything else. You probably don't give a , but it's only fair and stuff - it doesn't have to be about that [She gestures at the wall without looking at it.] if that's not what you wanna talk about. I'll answer whatever.

[matchbreaker]

... What even is a mutant. You know, other than your people.

[zomgboom]

We're, like, a mutated off-shoot of humanity that has this extra gene or whatever called the X-Gene and it, like, manifests differently in everyone. I got explodey powers, but some of my friends have, like, wings or laser eyes.

[And some of them have dubiously-defined superpowers like "I dunno, it's chaos magic."]

. . . Basically we're humans who have, like, biological superpowers instead of getting them from aliens or radiation or whatever.

[matchbreaker]

... Like full on transforming hero stuff, just natural?

[ what. Err- her cheeks color and then she looks sheepish. ]

Wait, sorry, that's insulting for your people.