Text; another poll

[alsohawkeye]

Hey everyone.

I'm sure some sort of demographics survey has been done in the past but I haven't seen one since I've been here and I'm curious. I've tried to keep it pretty basic. I know people are touchy about their privacy, and I know some aren't cool with being asked about special abilities/skills/powers/whatever, so obviously skip questions if you want to, no hard feelings. I'd rather just get name/age/planet than nothing at all, you know? Not like I'm going to hunt you down and force you to fill it out. But if you're willing to be more complete that'd be awesome and if there's something you think is important that I didn't include a field for, let me know.

Maybe there's a pattern here somewhere, maybe there's not, but at the very least it might be interesting or provide some useful data for department recruitment or something. Maybe you'll find some friends, whatever.

Thanks!

<font face=courier><b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> (if physical age =/= years lived please indicate? if you feel like it, whatever i can't make you) <b>Species?:</b> <b>Place of birth:</b> planet/country/kingdom, whatever <b>Place you were just pre-TQ:</b> <b>Date of the last moment you remember pre-TQ:</b> <b>Last thing you remember:</b> <b>Occupation pre-TQ:</b> <b>Special abilities:</b> <b>Relationship status:</b>

UPDATE: On request from several of our fellow passengers, I'm adding a 'relationship status' field. You're all welcome. Feel free to edit/update your entries accordingly if you want to.

(ooc: feel free to treat this as threadjack city as far as I'm concerned. if you squint it's kind of almost like an ic cr meme?)

Comments

[askedtobe]

As much as it'd be interesting to try out pro-knitting, it only works for special abilities.

[postscriptum]

too bad
just think of all the world records you could have broken

[askedtobe]

Wouldn't that be cheating, though?

[postscriptum]

So's taking special abilities though isn't it?

[askedtobe]

I'm not trying to break any records with them.

[postscriptum]

Fair point. So what counts as a special ability, anyhow?

[askedtobe]

Telepathy, telekinesis, terrakinesis, phasing, super speed, rapid cellular regeneration, shapeshifting, electrical manipulation....

Those kinds of things.

[postscriptum]

I can see how those'd be useful, yeah

[askedtobe]

Even more so when you've got more than one.

[postscriptum]

Do you?

[askedtobe]

Used to.

[alsohawkeye]

That was my question, too. Here's another: do they keep their ability while you have it, or is it a zero sum game?

[askedtobe]

They still keep their ability, nothing happens to them at all. I just replicate it for awhile until I touch someone else who can... do something different.

[alsohawkeye]

Interesting. And it just happens, you don't have to(/get to?) consciously choose whether or not to replicate it?

[askedtobe]

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. It's happened on accident a few times but for the most part it's my choice.

[alsohawkeye]

Cool. Do you have a favorite of the abilities you've tried?

[askedtobe]

Flying. Flying's always been a favorite.

Been a lot more useful ones in the moment- healing, for one thing. But nothing's knocked flying out of first place.

[alsohawkeye]

Yeah, I've always thought if I could only try one I'd pick flying. Teleporting would be handy, and telekinesis would be pretty awesome, but it's hard to say no to flying. My friends who can do it don't seem to appreciate it enough.

[askedtobe]

I've used all of them- they've all been useful. Can't complain about a single one. Probably miss telekinesis the most for when you need just about anything but you learn how to make do without them when they're gone.

Don't really appreciate any of them enough until they're all gone, though.

[alsohawkeye]

Yeah, I think telekinesis would be my second choice, it seems crazy versatile. Some people can even fly using it, so if I could have that kind, it'd jump up to first.

So have you always been able to do this, or was there some sort of experiment or freak accident or something?

[askedtobe]

Never seen anyone fly using it but i've seen someone cut through bone. I think it's more versatile than people first want to believe it is. Always impressive to hear new ways to use an ability, though.

Mine first developed a couple of years ago- genetic trait that didn't appear until I was 26. I had a different ability back then though, that I lost. Had stolen.

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[cargojet]

Flying's still your favorite?

[ Actually sentimental Petrellis. ]

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[askedtobe]

Out of all of them? Yeah.

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[cargojet]

And... Right. I guess I just thought you'd moved on to bigger and greater things. Never thought it was such a big deal.

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[askedtobe]

It's not a big deal, it's just my favorite. That doesn't mean that I didn't appreciate any of the other abilities I used to have.