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[ Perhaps it a bit too late for this sort of conversation, but Erik necessitates its need anyway; the Tranquility has nearly always been a bastion for acceptance and tolerance, and the idea was constantly perpetuated throughout his previous stay here, something that deeply unsettled him. He's in a deserted room, particularly one that Alex Summers might be familiar with from their training sessions long ago, but his reason for being there is more along the need for silence. ]

For those of you who remember my face, I can assure you, you're not mistaken. [ He pauses for a moment, because while it needs to be said, it still angers him that he's back here. ] The ship has brought me back since then. For those of you who don't, [ welllllll. ] I expect we'll be acquaintances soon enough. [ But not really. ] In the meantime, you can call me Magneto. [ Except the fifty billion people that still call him Erik. ]

No doubt all the lectures have made it clear that the ship is not, in any way, safe, and this is hardly any different. I won't speak on false pretenses that unity is what matters, but my issue at hand is this: if you are non-human of any sort, vampires, werewolves, mutants, what have you, I urge you to seek solidarity only among your own kind. It is our strengths that will allow us to survive, our own inherited abilities, and we must use these to secure the ship against its ongoing threats.

We must defend ourselves by striking out towards the enemy and to an equal degree, protect the sections of the ship we have acquired. While the Security team has this under control, the ship's size makes this difficult. [ Considering Erik is on SEC, this is just asking for double protection. ] Your offense is our best defense.

PRIVATE » Alex Summers [ All that he gets is a ping to notice this, because the location should be familiar to him: its where Alex and he had trained a while ago and there are some things better discussed in person than over these. ]

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separate and better?

[ yeah he totally caught your band together speech, magneto. ]

Little weird to assume we're all interested in "solidarity".

Let me guess, you're in it for yourself then?

[ There is of course, the other assumption, but Erik isn't mentioning that just yet. ]

Spoiler alert: most people, and non-people, are.

[ you know what they say when you assume, erik. ]

I'm not going to go banding with anyone just because they happen to share dinner preferences.

If there's one thing that'll land you in pieces, it's going out alone.

[ He says it a bit grudgingly, just because all the other PSAs had asked for the same exact thing. ]

What assets you carry are only multiplied by everyone cooperating. Your strength would always come in handy.

Just so long as they're also mortally challenged? Got it.

[ he's glad he opened for audio only; his eye roll can go unseen. not that he disagrees on fundamentals. ]

Let's just hope no one's dumb enough to do anything on this floating death trap alone.

[ The irony of Damon saying that, as there have already been a handful of people going out alone, all of whom ended up dying. ]

As evidenced by the numerous bodies already, I'm sure. You may disagree with me, but you'll find that mankind has a history of being secular and independent. In the end, they have no need for us and will seek out our deaths or abandon us in favor of their own safety.

[ this is what damon gets for giving the idiots on this thing the benefit of the doubt for once. ]

And everyone else will do the same thing, like, oh I dunno, vampires and werewolves. I guess you'll want to cross that bridge when we get to it, though.

[ To be quite honest, Erik really doesn't give a shit if anyone fights among themselves; the issue at hand is just not dealing with humans in general. He's already made the first move with breaking any truce he had with Charles, to expect the same from anyone else is moot. ]

I couldn't care less. [ His words are just the slightest bit acerbic. ] As far as I'm concerned, that's your own personal business whether or not you want to be friends with them. [ Erik is here to promote unity, not a group family hug like Charles is inclined to go for. ]

Humans are a different matter.

[ cue skeptical silence on damon's end. damn if this guy isn't eloquent for someone who's world view is a little...non-standard. ]

And you are...what exactly?

[ there's an accusatory edge to his curiosity. if erik were peddling anti-werewolf propaganda damon would already be signed up for his newsletter. for now, he just thinks he's a little off. ]

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A mutant.

[ Non-human and a few other words that Erik could think of coming to his mind, but sometimes the simplest was the most effective. If this didn't really get them anywhere in their discussion, then that was fine with him. ]

Not even going to pretend to know what that means.

[ to be honest he doesn't care either. he's come across enough relatively normal seeming people on this ship with ridiculous powers to know it's a thing (alex summers being one). ]

So yay mutants and other fairytale creatures, sucks to be you humans? [ he's so very skeptical. ] I'll...keep that in mind.

Where I'm from, they're the handful of superior beings with a special ability: metal bending, telepathy, shape shifting.

[ Even if Damon doesn't want to hear it, Erik offers it up anyway. It's a point of clarification on his part, to be extremely prideful of his own kind. ]

Do you have a reason for being indifferent, or is that your own inability to see us for the threat we are?

[ erik doesn't need to emphasize the 'superior' in order for damon to hear his stance on this loud and clear. but damon's been around for nearly two hundred years, has seen plenty of wars and plenty of people deeming themselves and their kind superior—hell, he's even seen people who actually were superior—but that's never really been something to sway him.

or history, as far as he's concerned. ]

With a slew of other supernatural slash superhuman things crawling all over the ship, kinda holding off on slapping my I Heart Mutants bumpersticker on. Everything and everyone is a threat here. At some point or another, at least.

The only reason we’re a threat is because our existence is constantly under the verge of extinction. That goes for every non human.

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