reactive adaptation.

damn right i can adapt to this armando munoz / darwin

[drwin]

gclden-glider:

“Maybe its instinct based. God knows they have an… emotional connection.” She says with a roll of her eyes before pausing briefly. Though she craved to understand other’s powers to help her better understand her own; she wasn’t exactly ready for everyone to know about her abilities. Quickly slipping in a lie to cover herself. “Or at least thats what others have said when I ask them. Its actually refreshing to not hear someone talk about that part.” 

“Yeah, I notice that a lot of others’ abilities do rely on their emotional stability. It’s quite interesting. They surely do train a lot, just so they can keep their abilities on track.” He observed. Darwin looked at her and with a small smile, he offered. “D’you wanna see? There’s a candle right there.”

[allthatglitter56]

Lisa looks at Darwin with nothing but curiosity. “So you can adapt to anything? Anything at all?” While Lisa had often questioned the point of some powers, this one had her truly intrigued. “How does that work exactly?” She asks as she places her elbow on her knee and rests her chin in her hand as she leans forward in her chair to listen to his answer.

@drwin

[drwin]

Darwin smiled. “Yeah, so far, so good.” He liked questions about his powers. It allows him to think more deeply about them, too. He shrugged. “I don’t know. I don’t think I get to pick, honestly. I don’t really tell my body to turn into steel so I don’t burn. I guess..my power decides for itself?”

[drwin]

illuminxtinglove:

gaze flickers up from the magazine resting in her lap, quick to focus on the words being spoken. truthfully, cassandra had never even tried a resolution before. “i’ve always admired people who dedicate to their resolutions but i’ve never made one myself if we’re honest.” she admits. “but hey, it’s the new year, maybe i could start.” 

“i’ve never completed my lists before, either. i always seem to quit when it comes to anything involving food.” he flipped through his pad of paper, and ripped out one empty page, holding it out for the other. “here, have a piece of paper. maybe we can figure some out together.”

[fvstmvn]

“whoa i’ve never been to…” he checked the newspaper date. “1974. that’s when disco was all the rage right? or is since we’re living in this era. right now. all of us. i still can’t believe it, wow.” the speedster gave his surroundings a once-over. “pretty neat place too. i can get used to this. but anyways! what’s been happening while i was away? whose butt are we going to kick next? what is the 411? i just have so many questions, sorry.

[drwin]

“disco is very much a thing, yeah. i don’t know how many people in the mansion actually go out to dance, though..” he trailed off, then let out a breath as he realized it something. “i should be going out and dancing. it..it never really crossed my mind..wow.” he shook his head as he turned to the other. “well...robots, thanksgiving, christmas, new years..i don’t know what else. i’m bad at recapping things, so..”

[mutantmorales]

“I will give you….$10 to go and grab me a chinese take out right now.”

[drwin]

“$10 for takeout? all for you? why not just come with me and i’ll pay for my food? cause i feel like you just want someone to come with you.”

[drwin]

❂❂

here! ♥

[drwin]

❂❂ + @lornahhhdane

he stacked plates to be put back in the cupboard. tedious, sure, but anything to justify him not going out of the mansion to hunt for jobs. truth was, he was a little discouraged. he knew he could always go back to driving taxis, but he thought to try his luck on other kinds of jobs. as time went on with no fruit to show for his effort, his mind circled back to his old job again. as he heard someone enter the kitchen, he barely gave a glance as he went ahead and put the plates back in the cupboard. “hey, how are you?” he greeted, tone cheerful until he saw a chip in one of the plates. “so, is that supposed to be a bad thing?” he asked, picking the plate up and showing the other the chip. “i mean, it’s not that bad of a chip, right?”

[triggershappy]

“i’m getting real tired of all this time travel bullshit…” the red and black mask covering wade’s face may have obscured his annoyed expression, but it did nothing to hide the frustration in his voice. he stood in front of a recognizable mansion, already having some suspicion regarding the reason for his fourty-five year time jump. determined to make a grand entrance, there was no time before the mercenary was approaching the building, swinging open front doors dramatically with a loud, “guess who finally made it to superhero camp!”

[drwin]

“superhero camp?” the man asked, tone a bit incredulous. darwin had just arrived inside the mansion himself earlier, back from job hunting. he didn’t quite recognize the other, but he was probably a super hero. that’s what the costume was for, right? “i don’t know, man. i’m pretty sure we’re more of an academy. though we don’t really function quite like that right now.”

[prvestley]

               cerulean skin and flamed hair had been replaced with her current visage- one she had found herself more comfortable with than others. and while she was uncertain of where exactly she was, raven knew that this was not anywhere near the present. with less advanced technology and more radios than televisions, she had a good guess of the time period. there was obviously a reason for the mutant being there, and she was not going to go into a crisis for something she could not change in the foreseeable future. finding the nearest resident, raven made her way to them with a light sigh. “the seventies, right?”

[drwin]

he dusted his hands off as he had just finished some chips. darwin didn’t feel like coming back to watch some more television, instead, he opted to take a walk outside the mansion walls. charles’ gardens were truly beautiful ; he was glad he was able to be here to see them. as he walked, a voice stopped him. turning to the other, darwin had to do a double take. it wasn’t a face that he’d seen for quite a while - raven darkholme. “yes, it’s the seventies.”

[drwin]

cfdaisies:

“right – i’m daisy. nice to meet you.” she took the offered hand with slight caution. her last instance in time travel hadn’t involved a friendly welcome wagon but he seemed kind enough. “so this is the normal around here? people just show up from different times? whose doing it?”

he shook her hand, then released it. darwin wanted everyone’s welcome to be stress-free, and maybe even a bit informative. he was luckier than most, he guesses, as he arrived by the mansion in the middle of their thanksgiving feast.  “nice to meet you too, daisy. and well, it’s not normal to time travel in general. but there are people that travel back on purpose and there are those that don’t. i’m the second one, if you were curious.”

[drwin]

custom starter _ @illuminxtinglove

“i think i’ll make a new years’ resolution list.” darwin stated to the other, a pen already in hand.a pad of paper in front of him as he sat at the desk, a glass of water by it. “it is a few days until the actual new year, but it wouldn’t hurt to start now, right?” he turned to cassie. “are you a fan of them?”

[cfdaisies-blog]

time travel sucked. it was a quick deduction, dark eyes traveling to take in the sights around her. the fashion choices found on the few people daisy had seen walk by spoke for themselves, giving her the quick indication that she was no longer in her own time. “well, can’t be as bad as last time.” she murmured the words to herself in a sigh, before quickly taking off in search of anyone that could provide her with more thorough answers. turning a sharp corner, her body collided with another. “sorry – my bad, just looking for someone to tell me what the hell is going on.”

[drwin]

darwin dropped the small hire me sign as he collided with the other. “that’s quite alright.” he responded, stooping to pick up his sign. after he did, he looked at her, quickly understanding the situation. “you’re not from 1973, huh? i guess we all arrive in different places, then.” he said and held out a hand. “i’m darwin, what’s your name?”

[drwin]

luckydxmino:

“I can’t make people be nice. But I can make it possible that your fellow applicants do worst than you will,” Domino said. “Once again, what’s in it for me?” She said as she put her feet on the counter.

darwin nodded as she explained it. it didn’t sound too bad, as long as it got him what he needed. “well..” he paused, thinking. “i can.. i don’t know. what do you want me to do for you?” he asked, stumped on what to offer the other. it wasn’t like he was rich - in 1973 or otherwise.

[drwin]

darkhclmc:

asking for too much was an understatement and truly raven understood his place to question, it’s something she’d do herself and frankly wouldn’t step down unless given answers. but darwin wasn’t that type, which she was a lot more grateful for. he was the type to clue in on her actions and knew to back off just as quickly as the question came out, it’d been an odd thing to be grateful for in a person– some would literally just call it human decency but raven hadn’t been around the best of people the last few years. “ food sounds amazing. ” she let out a pleased sigh, peering over at the other with a small feeling of reassurance that she’d enjoy some aspects of being back here. “ you assume right– whatever way we can stop them right? ” the realities of her words leaned more so on whatever way than she lead on. raven wasn’t about to throw out her entire reasonings with darwin, they’d just been reunited and perhaps she’d save the whole ‘you’ve changed’ talk for another time. 

“yeah. whatever it takes. i heard there was an attack already some time ago, right before i got here.” he explained. darwin quickly shook his head, thinking it might be better to discuss such heavy topics in the future, not now when the two could just enjoy the reunion. “enough about that for now, though. how about that food? come on, i’ll eat with you.” he offered, a smile on his face appearing.

[drwin]

💬 + you're adaptable

"absolutely true!"

[drwin]

darkhclmc:

“ what you missed? okay well how much time do we have, an eternity? ” she joked, giving a nonchalant shrug with her words. raven wasn’t about to be the person to tell darwin all that he missed, especially with a majority of the points only being directed at ‘ we’re all done with each other and surely some of us perished shortly after. life sucks but hey you’re back? ’ there was a small bit of effort though, her attempt at pulling some sort of normalcy between the two was off but what could one really do a the moment. raven wasn’t one for breaking the news to darwin, especially with whatever views or thoughts he might’ve held of her– she knew, at the end of the day, she wasn’t the same person he last saw. 

darwin gave a short laugh. “i might have been asking for too much, yeah.” but he stayed hopeful. angel, sean, hank, and alex. of course, charles and erik, too. even moira. the last few people he could remember, even though the memories themselves aren’t so clear. “well, i know you missed a heck of a thanksgiving. people donated food and everything. so if you’re feeling hungry, i can bet that there will be food still in the refrigerator.” he stated, a smile on his face. he’s patient. he knew it wasn’t fair to raven either that she had to tell him everything. if anything, darwin should’ve went to hank. “and of course, the sentinels. apparently, that’s what all of these people are here for. and me. and you, i’m assuming?”

[drwin]

darkhclmc:

the entire moment felt far too unreal, even with the time change raven held no vision of seeing or hearing about darwin. to be frank, his loss ( or so they thought ) of life was more of a guilty memory to her, one she worked hard to suppress and pretend hadn’t troubled her during dark times in her life. “ i– how? we saw you.. i saw you- ” her words were jumbled, just as her thoughts were and really could anyone in her place fully put together the mess of words in her mind currently? peering down at his hand, a small breathe escaping her as she stepped forward once more to pull the other into her embrace. it was weird, she could admit and possibly not something she even partook to these days. but in the case of darwin she needed to make sure– it was real, he was real, this was real, his death had taken such a toll in all their lives and to think that he’d wandered alone or for the most part to her, raven couldn’t help but wonder what could’ve been between the original group– had the entire incident never gone down like it did. her embrace was short but very much needed, her arms naturally fell back as she adjusted herself back to her original stance. “.. you’ve missed a lot,  ” her attempt at redeeming the moment itself, was it okay to even act normal at this point?  

he stayed silent, letting raven compose herself. as he finally figured out what to say, he felt her hands around him, wrapping him in an embrace. he immediately hugged back, emotions almost overwhelming him. it had been too long. his friends haven’t seen him in forever and it had been too long. darwin didn’t have much of a conscious as he was piecing himself back together. even now, he’ll remember vignettes of what could be memories. once she pulled back, darwin let his arms fall back to his sides, taking in raven’s face. he gave a small smile. “i bet i did.” he paused. “care to tell me some of what i did miss?”