extraordinary means

❝ at least i know that i don't know anything at all. can you? can you look yourself in the mirror in the morning and admit that you are no different from every other bundle of bones on this planet? and maybe the only things that make you different are...

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( &. all that i am | ft. jyi ❜ )

          THERE WAS A lot that baekhyun still had left to learn about the world. even a self-proclaimed genius like himself had to admit sooner or later that the world was enveloped in constant mystery that was just begging to be solved. and though he wanted to rush forward straight ahead, he had learned the hard way that impulsively acting on things usually lead to failure rather than success.

( he also had to take into consideration the fact that he wasn't human, forcing him to follow certain paths to expand his knowledge as to avoid scrutiny by the global population---which isn't fun, by the way. )

and until he could confidently state that he knew everything there was ever to know about the universe they lived in, he had to lay low, to take baby steps to actually getting there---and the baby steps he was currently taking just so happened to those inside of a school (though, for argument's sake, xavier's was hardly your traditional school, so, at least in that sense, it wasn't that bad.) he assumed that after he received his second bachelor's degree that he'd completed the schooling portion of his life but apparently not.

for the first time in his life, he was at a home away from home, at a place that appreciated his gift instead of placing him on a pedestal to gaze at and criticize---and for that, he was immensely thankful. what he wasn't thankful for, though, was the fact that the classes at the academy not only contained mandatory physical education but also ran at a much slower pace than what he was used to. albeit, he was probably one of the more lower-ranked students when it came to classes involving fitness, but baekhyun thrived in academics---he didn't need a class full of people who could hardly learn at half the speed he could weighing him down.

but, he probably should save the whining for later when he wasn't in close quarters combat class (where he could potentially get his ass kicked for thinking too long.) per usual, the students were partnered together for routine sparring, a section of the class that he was slowly but surely improving at (though, he still sucked compared to most of the other students.)

( what did you say about people holding you back again, baekhyun? ) (nxmyein)

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( &. you shall know our velocity | ft. psy ❜ )

          IT WASN'T UNCOMMON for professors to pair their students up for certain lessons or subjects, especially those that pertained to honing abilities---baekhyun had lived in the academy long enough, had attended enough classes to become accustomed to the specific routine (but that doesn't mean he particularly liked it, though.)

because, you see, byun baekhyun wholeheartedly supported self-sufficiency---blame it on his continuous obsession with henry thoreau's novel walden or not, but the male wasn't exactly keen on the whole.. teamwork concept that xavier's so persistently projected. and no matter how much he could kick or screem or whine, his opinion didn't necessarily matter when he was attending their school.

and thus, he was forced to push aside his own wants and needs to abide to the mental mastery teacher's instructions as politely as possible. standing across from his assigned partner, he just briefly gave her a nod before holding out his hand for an introduction. "i'm baekhyun.” (nxmsunyoung)

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( &. the story of us | ft. kmn ❜ )

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nxmmina:

( ... )

“baekhyun?” she whispered, eyes widening at the sight of her friend. “what are you doing here? don’t you have class??”

clearly, baekhyun had no idea how to talk to girls---or, at least in the way that society expected him to. most of the time, he just spoke with them as if they were of the male species: simply. he never attempted to act all gentle or gentleman-like like he was suggested to do, instead treating them with the same indifference that he did with everyone else around him, essentially.

( and even if you told him to do otherwise, the demand would just remain unattended to because he was, well, byun baekhyun. )

but kwon mina was different. sure, baekhyun didn't exactly have the recommended amount of human interaction of his life to form an opinion of what constitutes as true friendship, but one of the things that he was sure about, as if it were a fact from an encyclopedia itself, was that mina, wholeheartedly, was his best friend.

( and the fact that she was a girl, out of anyone, was more surprising than anything, really. )

he liked talking to her, as she listened more intently than anyone ever did in his life. she was special in the sense that he had grown attached to her in a way that wasn't out of convenience but rather need, finding it hard to ever separate himself from her because of their friendship.

he smirked at her as his eyes remained on the professor lecturing up front, lifting a spare finger up to his lips to indicate that they should remain quiet. "i decided to be spontaneous today and sit-in on your class with you. fun, right?"

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( &. carry the ocean | ft. kji ❜ )

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nxmjongin:

( ... )

“Anyway, we’re not doing experiments on me. That’s creepy. How about we do experiments on you instead?” Jongin asked him with quick smile, “like how many girls will reject you before one finally agrees to go on a date with you.” he suggested, was obviously joking as his voice settled playful between them.

"Physical exercise wasn't exactly my strong suit before coming to the academy," he replied, squinting as he had the adjust to the pain in his chest from flopping so hard onto the ground. He ran a hand through his slightly disheveled hair, glancing down at himself to dust off any dirt that may have come into contact with his clothes. He shook his head, giving himself one last look-over before searching for his glasses---nineteen years of living clearly did nothing to improve his clumsiness whatsoever.

Even to this day, watch where you're going was one of the more common phrases told to him daily. And arguably, it was considerate advice ( if you didn't take into account that, most of the time, those warning him were doing so out of mockering than actually worry. ) As Jongin held out his hand for him, he nodded his head in thanks before accepting the other's help, lifting himself up off the ground with a grunt. "I read faster when the words are on actual, physical pages and not projected on an electronic screen of varying light," he simply answered before gathering up his belongings that tumbled down with him.

Sighing to himself, he brushed off the cover of the book before looking back at the other male with an expression of somewhat disappointment. "What if we don't call them experiments, then? What if they're.. tests? Or simulations? Does that sound better?" he suggested, not letting his idea go of figuring out his friend's limits go.

( And clearly ignoring Jongin's next statement in the process---whether that was intentional or not was a mystery in itself, though. )

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( &. of human bonding | ft. scm ❜ )

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nxmchangmin:

( ... )

running a hand over his face, the telekinetic blearily focused his attention on his pillow and pulled it back to his hand, before casting a solemn gaze on his roommate, “what did i tell you about waking me up? these things can wait until morning, you know?”

to say he was stunned by the action would be a lie, considering how used he was to his roommate berating him for his irresponsible ways. so instead, he remained silent as to not irritate changmin anymore, opting to take the time to fix his hair after being attack by a pillow of a flying projectile. he removed his glasses from his face, cleaning the lenses with the seam of his t-shirt before slipping the faces back in front of his eyes.

"knowledge doesn't wait for morning though, changmin---any time is the best time to learn something new," he calmly responded as he repositioned himself on the floor right next to changmin's bed. "but now that you're awake, how about we play chess?---oh! what if, if you win, then i'll let you go back to sleep? that sounds like a wonderful idea to me."

( mind you, baekhyun was typically insensitive when it came to taking into consideration other people's feelings, and for a genius, he sure had a one-tracked mind. )

anyone with eyes could clearly see that changmin did not want to be awake right then in that moment, but the younger male was too absorbed in his own wants and needs to take that into consideration. he just didn't know when to quit. so there he was, staring up at his roommate all bright-eyed and blank-faced as he waited for the other's response. "so?"

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( &. sweethearts | ft. jsj ❜ )

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nxmsoojung:

uh…? ( * no doubt about it, byun baekhyun is cute – had soojung been the type for soft hearts and bright smiles ( had she not been the type to r u i n ), she would have been enamored, would have been a tiny bit more than flattered at the riveting difference between treatment of herself versus the rest of the female body in baekhyun’s subconscious. she could spot a crush from miles away and byun baekhyun——byun baekhyun has it written across his forehead in pastel pink curves ( soft & smitten, it’s him right down to the very shade that sometimes dusts his cheeks ). he’s cute, soojung would give him that — but unfortunately nothing else. ) i guess it is—but this seems more like something you and sunggyu could nerd out about than with me… ( * and she’s teasing, not bothering to hide the lilt in her tone in the slightest as slender fingers lift to brush her hair out of her line of vision ( still very much so fixated on the boy before her ), pink lips curved in muted amusement  ) how about it? y’got any other facts that might relate to me?

{ ` baekhyun was entirely clueless when it came to the world of schoolboy crushes and the like---he believed that love was simply the happening of chemicals reacting in your brain, stimulating emotions and feelings that most people express as "love." he didn't fall for the trivial nonsense that the human species engrained in society's daily routine---posters, tv shows, movies constantly on display to project this idealized version of what "love" really was. he chalked it all up to a marketing scheme, to a method of increasing and supporting the endless capitalism that embodied the world's economy---he was a man of logic, of science, and science was telling him that love was a load of bull. } { ` yet, here he was---seemingly falling "head over heels" for the one girl he never expected to become so obsessed with interested in in his life. funny how the world works. } i-i want to talk to you about it, though---they say that if you wish to have a closer relationship with someone, then it's recommended to share your interests with that person, so.. { ` cue the clearing of his throat to subdue his awkwardness. } a-ah, did you know that there's actually an ideal ratio to the perfect face? the perfect female face has a distance between the pupils of 46% of the entire face and a distance between the eyes and the mouth that is 36% of the distance from the hairline to the chin.

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( &. leaving time | ft. cjr ❜ )

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nxmjinri:

( * to say she wasn’t fond of libraries wouldn’t be a total falsehood – after all, the disquiet of the quiet the venues always seemed to hold left her with a slight heaviness on the lungs at times, the tendency to close her eyes and remember white, bleached and burning.  rather, it’d be most accurate to call it , an occasional annoyance she would storm through ) where is it – ( * eyes narrow as she fails to find the volume she’s looking for ) – ( * an index finger traces many a spine, pausing only at the sound of chatter, coloured both animated and pensive.  she peeks from behind the shelf, meeting the bespectacled gaze of its source, blinking for a few seconds )  me?  (  * a small smirk settles on her lips, gaze falling as she mulls the question – or series of – over )  

well i think it’d depend on the user – i mean, if you can’t manipulate your own element to the t, you’re either a weakling, newbie or both.

{ ` he nodded his head at the other's answer, not even bothering to remove his eyes from the current page his sight was glued on. skimming the sentences by seconds, he pursed in lips as his mind contained to entangle itself with thought. } inexperience, though, is one of the few things that a brain can learn from. humans have the capability of distinguishing this from other species, allowing us to discern solutions to our past mistakes. and that saying---what was it again? { ` he paused. } ah, yes---practice makes perfect, which, arguably, is true if you take into consideration enhanced memory due to repetitive physical actions. and by your definition of perfect, then maybe practice doesn't make perfect---

{ ` there he was, rambling again---completely forgetting that, yes, there was another person in this conversation and not just him. }

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nxmoliver:

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“Ahhh.. Man I’m sorry I didn’t see you there.” Oliver stumbles, reaching down to pick up the other students belongings and return them to him. Of course when he wasn’t paying attention for one second he could almost knock someone over. “I should look where I am going more often.”

Nice going, Baekhyun. Sure, clumsy was literally his middle name by this point, but even he doubted that he'd be so absentminded as to just walk into another person. "N-no, you're fine," he stumbled once the initial impact of falling down passed. "The situation is mainly my fault, so don't feel inclined to apologize because of that."

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nyxnxm:

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“That’s it, I’m done with this.” Nyx proclaims, smacking the papers down on the desk. “I am not good at math, this is bullshit, I want alcohol and thus am leaving, goodbye.” Arising from her seat, she begins to angrily trudge away, leaving the other in the dust. 

It wasn't unusual for him to take up odd jobs of tutoring whenever the opportunity arose, so he was pretty used to his "students'" constant agitation and frustration with whatever subject they were struggling with. "B-but!---" he exclaimed, hoping to stop the other from leaving. "Humans have the largest brain in terms of size ratio when compared to other creatures in the world, so that means that there's just so much more space in your brain for knowledge. I-I believe in you!"

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( &. tracker | 150731 ❜ )

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nxmforge:

waiting on

soojung (bh & sy)

mina (bh)

jongin (bh)

changmin (bh)

jinri (bh)

nyx (bh)

oliver (bh)

jonghyun (sy)

replying to

no one

starting for

yein (bh)

bogum (bh)

sunyoung (bh)

yeri (sy)

sunggyu (sy)

plotting with

so many

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hey fam like this for a starter from baek and reply to this for a starter from sica ok thix :~)

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hey fam!! so my parents kinda sprung the fact that we’re leaving for nyc today (and gave me no time to pack whatsoever) so i just wanted to give you all a heads up since i already messaged the main sO ill be on a hiatus until i get back on july 28th!! until then dont miss me too much lol xoxo

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( &. ask the passengers | ft. self ❜ )

byun baekhyun didn't go outside.

instead, he opted for a nice journey to the library, or a grand adventure amongst the classrooms, or a fun trip along the various science labs. but outside?

never.

( well, not exactly never --- it wasn't like he could live on as a hermit for the rest of his life. )

but when the headmistress announced a field trip that day, which sounded more suspicious than not to baekhyun's ears, he couldn't just pass up the opportunity because of his terrible physique and hatred for exercise. so there he was, standing in front of the school at five o'clock sharp, as stated. he mixed in with the rest of the crowd, with only his green shirt existing as the only sort of distinguisher between him and the other students.

a book, per usaul, was resting in the palms of his hands, and as his eyes scanned the lines of words among the pages, he noted the fact that the color green was globally recognized for symbolizing ecology and the environment --- pretty fitting for the event, right?

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( &. tracker | 150714 ❜ )

waiting for

no one

replying to

soojung

mina

jongin

changmin

jinri

nyx

oliver

plotting with

like all of you lmao

working on

blog pages

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( &. sweethearts | ft. jsj ❜ )

nxmsoojung

u-um, d-did you know that your blood takes a very long trip through your body? yeah, um, if you could stretch out all of a human’s blood vessels, they would be about 60,000 miles long. that’s e-enough to go around the world twice. i-isn’t that fascinating? { ` yes, baekhyun, because the best pick-up line in the world is about how long all of the world's blood vessels are. why couldn't there be a textbook on how to talk to girls? --- but even then, after reading the whole thing word by word for a total of three times, he'd still be entirely clueless about the whole thing. bless his heart. }

{ cue the awkward hand fidgeting and inability to stare into her eyes now. why was it that he could be perfectly fine lecturing to a hall of hundreds of students but couldn't manage to muster up the courage to talk to one girl? because that one girl was jung soojung, that's why. }

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( &. leaving time | ft. cjr ❜ )

nxmjinri

did you know we actually live about 80 milliseconds in the past, because that’s how long it takes our brain to process information? so basically, our bodies are in the present while our brains are in the past. { ` he pleasantly mused as he read the fun fact from the trivia booklet he had currently been reading --- he had been searcing for a reference journal about the biology of amphibians that particular day in the libray, but, for some strange reason, that certain topic wasn't as stocked up on as random jeopardy-style trivia was. }

it'd be interesting to take that into consideration with a mutant who has the ability to manipulate time, don't you think? would the time difference between body and mind decrease or increase as time is changed? or would it not change at all? how peculiar.

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( &. the story of us | ft. kmn ❜ )

nxmmina

okay, in baekhyun's defense, it wasn't exactly skipping class ---- though, that depends on how you actually define ' skipping class '. and according to his definition, then what he was doing right now wasn't skipping class but rather.. finding something else to occupy his time with.

defensive manuevers was one of those classes that baekhyun didn't exactly have to invest all of his time in to fully comprehend the lessons. unlike most of his other classes, it was based around written information rather than hands-on learning (which he heavily struggled with.) they were reviewing a past defensive strategy that baekhyun had already engraved in his mind, so instead of wasting his time going over something he already knew all the ins and outs of, he somehow reached the decision that sitting in a different class would be an incredibly better way to use the class period.

and with his best friend having a class just down the hall at the same time, well.. it was like fate wanted him to ditch his own class for hers.

( not that he exactly believed in something as abstract as fate, of course. )

so there he was, nonchalantly shuffling into the classroom ---- he predicted that it was only a matter of time before he was caught and forced to hurry back to his own section of the hallway. they did go to an academy for mutants, after all. ---- to spot a familiar brunette who fortunately seated herself near the back of the room. not even taking into consideration of blending himself in with the other students, he walked straight to her to slide into the seat right next to hers.

( and if he wasn't lectured for his act of rebellion by his teachers, then mina would easily get the job done by herself. )