Joshua Foley

Joshua Foley Elixir 17 High School Junior Member of The Xavier Institute RP

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polarisxi:

“It’s all genetic! It’s a super uncommon recessive gene, but it is one. If you’re born with it, your parents were carriers. It’s like… being left handed or Albinism. Or… Huntington’s disease.” She offered with a smile as she got more excited. She had always been interested in genetics, especially since her hair had always been green and she had known she was a mutant since then. “Oh well, I have powers over magnetism. Moving metal, being able to sense it… oh and my hair. All natural.” Lorna replied with a smile, trying desperately to hide the fact that she was all too aware of whose powers she shared. Especially due to the fact she had just been discussing how powers were genetic and she had admitted she didn’t know her father. “You will, if you want to.” The green-haired woman stated, quietly but still assertively. She could tell people what she does, but she couldn’t force anyone to do it. “The truth is that I don’t want to be a martyr. I want to win. I want us to coexist with humans. I want to be happy. I want to have a family. But… I mean, there’s a chance that I won’t be allowed to. There’s a chance that… people who despise who I am will hurt me and the people I care about just because I committed the crime of existing. I just want to live.” She couldn’t help but wonder how many other people had felt the same way. She had watched videos and heard speeches before, but she never thought she’d actually be saying things that echoed them. 

“O-oh,” Josh’s mind was slightly blown by that information; it meant his parents, his brothers, his grandparents... they all probably carried the same gene. He was just the unlucky one who’d had the damn gene decide to make itself apparent. Maybe if he told his parents this they’d finally accept a letter, or a phone call, or some method of communication. His eyes widened a little when he heard what she could do. It sounded eerily similar to the powers of a very frightening mutant who’d been the subject of more than a few rants by the leader of the Reavers in their meetings. Could this girl be... If she was Josh was gonna start running.

He didn’t want to. Any closer he got to acting like that was one step further away from his family, sure it wasn’t likely they’d take him back but he could hope! Maybe he could find a way to hide what we was and could go from there... In response to her Josh just looked away and let out a small sigh. “Just wanting to live is a privilege some would say we’ve lost.” He’d been told many times that mutants couldn’t be allowed to live because the threat as too great, or at least they couldn’t be allowed to live freely. “It isn’t fair. People don’t choose to be mutants.” He’d never chosen this, he never would have... Yet here he was.  

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xi-wanda:

“Josh, I like to think that we’re friends, but I need you to trust me when I tell you that you don’t want me to answer that question,” Wanda quietly said, not really wanting to get into all of it, “Thank you, but it was a long time ago.  I don’t really miss it, because anything worth missing is now gone.  And he is blunt, but once you get past that he’s funny and loyal.”

Josh’s eyes widened for a moment, then promptly narrowed. Great. Just what Wanda may have been inferring was beyond him but he didn’t like the guesses that came to mind one bit. “All right...” he paused a moment, “But, isn’t that it’s own kind of sad? That there’s nothing left to miss?” It just seemed so... final, like there had never been anything there at all. “He was kinda funny,” Josh allowed, “Can’t speak for the loyalty part though.” 

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xi-wanda:

“It won’t, I think that you should give them a little credit,” Wanda shrugged as she sighed a little bit, “That’s where you’re wrong. Humans are capable of the exact same kinds of destruction, they just are better at hiding it.  It doesn’t take powers to destroy someone.” 

“I just-” Josh paused before he could say what he really thought, “It’s too early to tell.” He sighed softly and shook his head, “Not as quickly, a single human could not walk into a room on a whim and set it on fire, or blow it up or make every gun turn on a security guard and fire.” he paused and added quietly, “It doesn’t powers to destroy, but they sure as hell can help.”

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jcelmago:

J.C. shook his head. “I don’t have parents. Well,I mean I’m sure I do but I have never met them. I don’t think I have siblings either. I was raised by a priest until he thought I was too much to deal with too.” He shrugged. “It’s a nice one. Nice knowing I’m not alone.” J.C. nodded. “I see. And how do you like it here?”

Josh’s mouth dropped open a little but when the guy so casually told him that, “O-oh, I’m so sorry...” He wasn’t sure what to say to that; it put his own rather charmed life into perspective. “I guess...” At J.C. last question he looked away, unsure how to answer it. “It’s umm... It could be worse.” The other students could all know his past, “It’s just... I never imagined this was what my life would be like.” 

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polarisxi:

“It made some things make a lot more sense. My adopted parents weren’t ever really parents. More like… an aunt and an uncle, which is funny cause that’s actually what they were. It’s just frustrating when thoughts and memories interrupt my concentration with my powers.” Lorna replied with a slight laugh before noticing his lack of laughter. “If I don’t laugh and let stuff like that roll off my back, I’ll go insane with paranoia and neuroses ya know?” She explained, shedding some light on her world view. The green-haired woman was aware that her stance in regards to mutant’s rights could be perceived as very similar to the man whose powers were remarkably similar to her own. At his statement about not being around to enjoy it, she couldn’t help but be taken aback. “It’s not about me enjoying it. It’s about making a world where my children and yours can live free and not have to hide who they are. If I die, then so be it, but I’ll have died trying to help someone have a better life.”

“I guess... Can like... mutant stuff,” he tumbled a little over the word, “Be genetic?” No one else in his family had ever shown any signs of being... different. So why did it happen to him? Had his mother had an affair or something? “What can you do that you need to concentrate on it?” he asked. Again, curious despite himself about the other students in this hell hole. “Guess I haven’t reached that point yet.” He still took ever insult as though it were a dagger in the heart; he’d not had years to get used to this, he’d been bitch slapped out of nowhere with this... mutation, and now he was supposed to magically deal with it? “Well we’re not all built to be martyrs.” he said quietly. She was definitely someone the Reavers would hate; if she kept it up she’d only bring more violent humans down on herself and where would her ideals get her then? And children? Ha! Like anyone would want anything to do with him looking the way he did...  

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polarisxi:

“I guess. I dunno. I still want to find out more though. Especially considering I just found out I was adopted so that’s a whole thing now.” She replied, matching his shrug before looking away momentarily. “I wasn’t saying it’s a bad thing. I’m just not like… good at learning.” The green-haired woman elaborated. At his comments about abuses, Lorna made a point to try and stay as unemotional as possible. “Yeah there are, but that’s why we need to take pride in who we are ya know? If we don’t speak up, if we don’t show ourselves as being strong and powerful and good role models than the only people who control the narrative around us are the people who hate us you know? I’d rather go down proud and fighting, than register and be rounded up one day while everyone stayed silent.”

“Ohh... That had to be a umm... shock.” He wasn’t sure where to go with it, Josh had never really been that great at dealing with real problems; mostly because he’d never had to do so before, leading the kind of life he had. Now he was here... it might be time to get a little better at it. “Well, we’re all good at what we’re good at.” This girl seemed to have him ‘out-confidenced’ in spaces. He kept looking down as she replied, this was exactly the sort of girl the Reavers had warned him about, a mutant looking to stand up and take down anyone who wasn’t okay with it. He’d been told stories of mutants like this (like magneto) who had the same attitude and caused so much destruction... It worried him. “You’d still go down, so what’s the point? All that won’t mean much if you’re not around to enjoy it.” he said quietly, the coward in him shining through.   

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polarisxi:

“Well I mean, I don’t remember anything until I’m like… 6 or whatever.” She replied, slightly defensively at the hint of sarcasm.  “You know… I probably understood half the words in that sentence so I’m just gonna nod like what you said was totally correct.” Lorna responded, nodding her head slightly as she looked at the other mutant. “Oh but see, it is our job. It’s everyone’s job to make sure that the weakest can be protected as much as the strongest. Because without that we open the door for wild abuses. That’s why we have to speak up for ourselves if we fall in a minority. Mutant and Proud, ya know?”

“That’s pretty normal. Most people don’t. Besides, baby memories would be probably be pretty boring; it’s not like we were out doing great things so much as sitting in a high chair most of the time.” he shrugged slightly. Josh ducked his head, “Sorry, I uhh... I like learning.” The library was probably the one saving grace of this damn school. “I’d say there already are wild abuses. There are people in the world what you... What we, are.” he said quietly, “And that’s never going to change. We’re just targets for people to hate now because of what we can do.” There was nothing in that for them to be proud of... 

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nightcrawler-kurt:

Ah, seems like you know your stuff. But which side do you take?

I’ve tried to get ahead of Professor Frosts curriculum. I guess more of a literary, I was never exactly religious. But theology is interesting too; what about you?

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nightcrawler-kurt:

I’ve never heard it referred to as “literary fan-fiction.” It’s not a claim that can be denied, truly. Except it’s more along the lines of religious fanfiction, wouldn’t it? 

I guess that all depends on whether you’re coming at it from a literary or a theological point of view. Different scholars come to very different conclusions depending on what they go into their research looking for.

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polarisxi:

“It might be. I really wouldn’t be surprised. I don’t remember anything from when I was really young.” She replied completely honestly. “So you’re saying it could just be some deeply repressed memory? Wouldn’t be the most out of the world thing. What are you, some sort of psychologist?” The woman responded, curious as to why the man had such an understanding of the issue. “But hey, we still gotta help those who can’t help themselves.” 

“That’s the trouble with being a baby; your memory isn’t that great.” he said, the sarcasm in his voice hidden slightly by the softness of his voice. “I dunno, maybe? And no I’m not. I mean I’ve been looking at a few text books on medical procedure and one of those was on the cognitive processes of memory so I kinda just pulled it from that.” Josh shrugged. the classes here were pretty easy for him so he did a little extra work to keep his mind busy. “We’re teenagers... that’s not our job.” 

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xi-wanda:

“Whatever one that you want, there are places that are more mutant friendly, you just have to find them,” Wanda pointed out, even though while she knew about them she wasn’t exactly the most knowledgeable about those places with her background, but she knew that they did, in fact, exist, “They aren’t that bad except they tend to lead to something else, but thank you,” Wanda nodded, “It is.  There was an accident, years ago in Novi Grad, and it killed most of the population, that’s when we left.  And Pietro is blunt, but he does mean well.”

“Great, so about three businesses then?” he deadpanned, looking away once more. Sure a place would hire one mutant (if they had to) to fill out an equality quota and win over some liberals but would they have the chance for promotions? To reach higher levels? No way in hell. Any career he’d hoped for was no gone. “What’s the something else?” he asked despite himself. He nodded, “I remember hearing about that on the news, I never paid it any mind though... I’m sorry.” he sighed, “Yea... I mean, he’s nice just... blunt.”

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xi-wanda:

“No, I haven’t seen anyone fight like that in the school, but I haven’t been here that long either,”: Wanda shrugged, though she really couldn’t imagine that they would unless it was some sort of emergency, “That’s not exactly true.  I think here they prefer talking over fighting, they dream of a world where mutants and humans will actually get along.  But people like the Brotherhood, they’re people who have spent their entire lives being prejudiced against, and in their experience talking does nothing, talking gets them hurt, and they feel like there is nothing left to do but act. And yes, they take it to the extreme, but I’m sure that there are humans who are the same way.”

“I’ve only been here about a month myself.” he said after few moments, “I mean, I like to think if it happened it wouldn’t be without good reason, but...” It was still a terrifying thought. He’d heard what some of the professors could do and it was scary as hell. Apparently his math teacher could spot laser beams from his eyes, what the hell was that!? “Mutants and humans are never going to get along.” he said quietly, “Trust me.” He’d seen those who opposed humans the most and they were never going to back down, they turned on their own like feral dogs when they needed to... “I know some humans do but... One human could never cause as much damage as one mutant with a dangerous ability.” 

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jcelmago:

He shook his head. “I was always on the streets. I traveled all over South America. I learned uh…como se dice…how do you say??? I learned as I went? Picked up languages and I had a few mentors that helped but I have never been exposed to an educational system until I got here two years ago. It’s a change but I’m used to it.. “Nice to meet you, Josh. How long have you been here? I think I’ve seen you around.”

“But, what about your parents? Brothers and sisters?” he asked, wondering what sort of childhood that could have been. It sounded unsafe, terrifying in comparison to the (arguably strict) routine he’d been in since birth until everything had changed. “I guess it must be a real change.” he paused a moment before answering, “Not very long, about a month.” he said, “I’ve uhh..kept to myself mostly.”

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xi-wanda:

“Then don’t be.  But I do think that no matter what you do, you’ll be good at it,” Wanda softly said, with a comforting smile, “Honestly, I do not know. Sokovia is still a mess, where we were before, I just do not fit…I just want to actually get to go to school.  Try to be as normal as I can while still being around people who won’t look at me strange when my eyes glow.  And I did, I know I’m not good at showing it, I just get anxious, but I actually convinced my brother that we should come here.”

“Yea, right.” Josh scoffed, unable to contain it, “What sort of life could I possible have outside of this place? Look at me.” He was like a walking parody of the Midas-Touch, a twenty four karat freak, any future he might have had died when he started looking the way he did. “In the grand scheme of weird here glowing eyes ain’t that bad.” He didn’t even realise what he’d said might have been comforting, “Wait, Sokovia, that’s where you’re from?” he asked, “I met your brother as well. He’s.... blunt.”  

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xi-wanda:

“As X-Men, yes.  I saw it before I came here, I thought that was common knowledge,” Wanda admitted, shrugging a little bit as she bit her lip, “They want to keep people and mutants safe, sometimes fighting is the way that they do that.”

“As X-Men, right, that makes sense. I thought you meant in the school.” His knowledge of the X-Men wasn’t great, he’d been told they were trouble makers who caused as much damage as dangerous mutants like the Brotherhood. “Why does it have to be? People can talk, they just don’t want to.” Maybe it was his thing, maybe it wasn’t, but the thought of any violence made his stomach knot up.

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Power Play | OPEN

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insynchwithyou:

“Sure, it’s just not my thing unless I’ve got an umbrella,” Everett stated with a nonchalant shrug. He then listened to Josh talk about what sorts of interactions he had, or didn’t have with mutants from where he was from. But he did have to agree about some people being able to do some scary things. “Yeah… but I guess it’s better that they’re here with people who can help them, than just being out in the world not knowing what the hell they’re doing at all and no help at all.” And speaking of not knowing, Everett shook hsi head, “I, uh… don’t exactly know yet. I’ve only done one thing once and it was when Storm…or Professor Munroe–whatever we’re supposed to call her. But she was around and saw me when it happened, so… she got me to come here and I’m not exactly a fan of the idea of following the teachers around while I try to figure myself out.” He shrugged again but arched a brow at Josh, “Oh yeah? That kinda sucks, especially…well now. Does that mean they don’t approve of you?” 

“Lucky you got one then. You must not have got caught a lot in the rain as a kid, huh?” he asked quietly, him and his older brothers had loved playing outside in it, then they’d get yelled at to come inside and dry off by a fire. It was almost a cliche memory, but one that still made him ache for his old life. “But what if we mess up in here, we can still hurt each other, or anyone else.” he said quietly. Josh felt like he was inside a powder keg and it was only a matter of time before someone lit a match. “Professor Munroe,” he nodded, Josh’s always called the professor’s by their formal names, despite what opinions he may have about it they still held their positions in authority. “Isn’t that what they’re here for though? To help people get better rather than others just experimenting?” As bad an idea as he thought it was to practice with powers it was even worse when it was done without supervision. He looked down, swallowing before he answered that last question, “No... They don’t approve of me at all.” They’d disowned him...  

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nightcrawler-kurt:

Dante’s Inferno is a gorgeous piece of literature and I think everyone should read it in their lifetime, even just once. I mean, look at how gorgeous this is: “L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”

It’s an excellent piece of literature, one of the most critically acclaimed pieces of literary fan-fiction. A lot of people have used it in debates of authorship; Professor Frost mentioned it in English class  once.