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charles xavier. ([personal profile] forgodssake) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2014-03-24 10:58 am

oo4. video.

[ Charles is all dressed up, for all that a three-piece suit sans tie is standard wardrobe -- nevertheless, he's visibly put together, with a kind of contained, low-key excitement that puts a hint of energy in delivery.

The backdrop is hard to make out. Vaguely shadowed. Industrial lines. A light source of an indefinite nature. ]


Hello, Tranquility. I wanted to draw your attention to a project currently in the making. Some of you may know that we once had a genetics and xenobiology department. While this has since closed its final chapter, it's now begun anew.

I'm looking for individuals with experience in both practical science as well as, or alternatively, study classed in the realms of magic. Our aim is to create a research division that focuses on the exploration of the physical and metaphysical environment within this new realm, and our place in it. We've all been thrown together in a space we don't understand, affected by it uniquely, with no record or formalised effort made into understanding the interactions of so many disparate worlds and rules, and the laws of nature that now govern us all.

To talk very briefly about myself -- if you don't already know, my name is Professor Charles Xavier. In my home world, I studied genetics, and the development of extraordinary talents gifted to a new minority. Where I left off and came here, I was in the process of forming an institution that would allow fellow mutants to explore their powers with an aim to provide an educated perspective, both on the mechanics of their unique talent as well as the scientific commonalities between themselves and those like them. I come, now, bearing these experiences, but I know that it isn't enough.

None of us, on our own, are enough -- no matter how educated or informed we may be.

However, I think I can provide a useful perspective, with the help of other useful perspectives. It's my belief that aside from the original crew [ and the corner of his mouth ticks up ] we're all eligible for being classed under xenobiology. I will see to it that this division will, eventually, offer physical or psychic therapy to anyone who may require it, be they witch, mutant, or something else. Additionally, there are several of us who find our natures have changed since arriving on the Tranquility, and if you would like to know why, perhaps we can discover that answer together.

Joining me is Professor Severus Snape, who I'll defer to in all matters of an explicitly magical nature. If you'd like to be a part of this division, then please reply with what you would like to contribute, as well as what you'd like to get out of it yourself. Or any questions you might have, of course, if you're not sure of either. We will also need a filing clerk, eventually, and anyone with a good grasp on hardware, you know, those things I'm at a personal deficit with.

We're also the only division that doesn't currently provide critical functionality to the ship, so you can count on casual Fridays and drinks after five.

[ His hands tap flat against the edge of the desk, pushing himself away from it slightly. Pleased with himself. That was some xavier.txt teal deer. I apologise. ]

But no, thank you for listening, I'll stop rambling on now.
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (don't assume that i'm talking to you)

// action

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Far out of reach of any recording, Severus is sitting across the table from Charles, which is a feat in itself considering the amount of tidying required to set the heavy laboratory counter back up. He remains skeptical of mentioning his involvement given.. givens.. but he's already voiced that concern, so doesn't mention it now. ]

That was almost political of you. [ --aka he did fine. ]
skillz: (Really?)

video.

[personal profile] skillz 2014-03-23 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It's curious that you don't mention your criminal activity, nor how dangerous you are. Not even a peep either about how your friend enjoys stealing things and assaulting people.

I suppose, if you did that, it might make it a bit more difficult for you to lure them into your trap.
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (couldn't i have just gone to prison)

not here

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe Severus should have put money down on who'd get the first objection between them BECAUSE NOBODY SUSPECTED IT WOULDN'T BE SNAPE ]
culver: goodjobself @ dw (the mighty fall)

text.

[personal profile] culver 2014-03-23 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean begun anew?
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (not actually smiling shut up)

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, god's not real.

[ And then silence, because Severus has his device out also - keeping an eye on things - and he leans on one hand, looking at Charles. Because. Really. ]
culver: iconsfortherain @ lj (half breed)

text.

[personal profile] culver 2014-03-23 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you want to rebuild the genetics lab?

[she just wants to be sure.]
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (the guts to kill me)

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Valiantly, Severus does not laugh. After all his cautioning about 'yo a couple people in SEC want me dead, that might be a thing', the very first response is slandering Xavier and not himself. ]

It sounds fascinating.
culver: winnar @ lj (not ready to make nice)

text.

[personal profile] culver 2014-03-23 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Monsters came from there. It should be left the way it is.
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (not letting you in)

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You may yet get to. [ Dry. The day is still young, etc. ] What did happen?
culver: ajna @ dw (tornado)

text.

[personal profile] culver 2014-03-23 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The giant rats and the mutant dogs. There were probably more. Nothing good comes out of it.
culver: nanabbang @ lj (red high heels)

text.

[personal profile] culver 2014-03-23 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
And you think you are the right person.
It is better to leave it alone.
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (i'm not really dead)

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-23 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
What would he need bullet proof anything for? [ --is probably not a pertinent question but a) not a ton on board and b) Magneto???

Rudely nitpicking other peoples actions aside, ]
And this ended perfectly amicably, I'm sure.
sorrycharles: (i dont believe you)

[ private video / 0% encryption ]

[personal profile] sorrycharles 2014-03-24 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Inevitability appears in the form of Erik Lehnsherr, halfway through the process of getting dressed. His collar is unfastened and a tie hangs loose about his neck when he stoops to eye level with the lens. ]

I'm slow on the uptake with all of this new technology, but do you know -- I've made the damnedest discovery since we last spoke.
Edited (ops) 2014-03-24 00:12 (UTC)
darkart: ( commission, dnt ) (to happen twice)

[personal profile] darkart 2014-03-24 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ An 'oh well' kind of noise. What can either of them do about their wild cards, anyway? Even if Xavier's is a grown man with degrees of fondness and not a completely unreasonable teenager, he knows it's an impasse. ]

Did this person get his things back?

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