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[alsohawkeye]

Obviously we have a few unexpected guests with us now but there's actually one more everyone should know about. Some of you may be familiar with the name Felix Laurens. Or the face, he looks like this (and really loves having his picture taken):



For those who don't know he was captain of the Scylla, a pirate ship that tried to raid the TQ during jump cycle 17. I'm not going to recount his whole history, you can find more info here. To sum up: as far as we knew, Ward murdered him along with his captive crew during that jump. You may have seen him on the network since then anyway. We don't really know how or why, but he in some fashion survived, trapped. A friend and I finally found him, and he's been in quarantine in Medical for the last couple months.

We've let him out now. He's surly and weird but we don't believe he's an immediate danger to anyone. He hasn't behaved violently with us at all, he just wanted to get out of that place and have access to a gravity couch. So if you see him around or at the jump, a few suggestions:

Don't freak out, and please don't attack him

If you see him standing outside a normal door like a kitchen or library or something, please let him in. He doesn't have nanites, so he can't actually open any doors in this place himself.

If anyone has any ideas how to get him nanites, please let me know that also.

Do keep an eye on him and do be on your guard. He may not have any personal desire to harm us, but he is susceptible to the same types of compulsion that we all are, that make us do things we would never otherwise.

If he does or says something strange, or goes somewhere he shouldn't be, let me or Charles Xavier or Dr. Gallo know asap.

If there's a problem, also let us know and we will handle it.

If Ward or Resnik show up, let us know that, too. We think they'd have come by now if they really wanted to finish the job that badly, but who knows.

There isn't much about this that I can really explain, but if you have questions this is the place for them.

ALSO: if anyone has a spare comm, let me know? I know there were a few around somewhere at some point.

Comments

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[vdova]

you know he has no personal desire to harm us as fact?

[alsohawkeye]

Yes, as much as it's possible for that to be a fact.

[vdova]

that's reassuring

[ Natasha's not even sure if that's supposed to be sarcastic or not. ]

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[fullmoon]

[ Re the above— ]

Charles had a look at him?

[alsohawkeye]

Yep. I'm afraid there's no prize for guessing first, maybe next time.

[fullmoon]

I think the words you were looking for were 'five points to Gryffindor'.

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[sorrycharles]

why are you allowing him out into the population

[alsohawkeye]

Because Charles and I decided it was the best option. Constant confinement isn't doing him any favors.

[sorrycharles]

[ There's a distinct delay in answer. ]

how humanitarian of you

I notice you've neglected to mention the circumstances surrounding his tryst with your brother in metal arms

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[technologist]

couple months?

[ Excuse you. ]

[alsohawkeye]

[ whoops ]

Give or take? I was in a coma for a while and the hallways for some more, I'm starting to lose track.

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[glacius]

[Upon seeing the provided link, Glacius has spent a good amount of time doing his best to comb through all of the information there. Some of the terms are unfamiliar, confusing, worrying--it's a lot to be hit by when you just showed up here last month!]

All this happened on board this ship?

[alsohawkeye]

And that's just the stuff people remembered/were willing to tell each other about. Welcome to the Tranquility.

[kutte]

You sure letting him wander around unsupervised is the best call?

[ for him or them, tbh. ]

[alsohawkeye]

Better than keeping him locked up or babysitting forever. He's spent I don't know how long trapped all alone; I don't want to extend that if we don't have to.

[wiped]

Is he going to answer questions? If we get him a comm and nanites and a grav couch?

[alsohawkeye]

It isn't as easy as questions and answers, there are a lot of things he's prevented from saying and it's frustrating trying to find ways around it -- for him and for us. But he does answer them if he can, he has before.

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[axeyou]

Who's this "we"?

[alsohawkeye]

I'm not sure which 'we' you mean but probably Charles.

[bracingly]

i hate to poke holes in your otherwise REALLY REASSURING informational decree but

that man does NOT look like he photographs well

[alsohawkeye]

What are you talking about, he's incredibly photogenic. Here, look at the rest of my series:

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[ryuuzaki]

A device for him? Comms has at least a few spare devices from the Scylla, a few from here. I'm not sure which will work, if any, given the disparity between the systems.

[There's a shrug in that tone, one that implies that they won't know until they try.]

[alsohawkeye]

Since he doesn't have nanites, I suspect it'll need to be a Scylla device if they still work.

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[servator]

Seems like our collection of strangers keeps getting bigger.
Everyone else has already drilled you on security concerns so I'll just say good on you for actually opting for trust.
Pretty hard to find these days.

[alsohawkeye]

Thanks. It's definitely a limited trust, but it seems fair at this point.