evolutionarily advantaged

i have a vision of the future in mind, one that you might not survive.

[autumncaburn-deactivated2015011]

It always brought her joy to see the men of the town stumble into her shop. With each came a small challenge to pick out the right gift for their girlfriends or sisters or co-workers. “Future?” she echoed. “How wonderful! Congrats to your brother.” She walked over to the purses and waved for him to follow. “I’m sure they’ll be taking a lot of trips together. You can never go wrong with bags. They’re cute and useful when traveling.” 

[professoratwell]

"Yes, indeed," he said, dryly. He was spectacularly unamused by the antics of both his brothers. "A purse would be a good idea," Alexander mused as he followed her. "She wears a lot of...country club colors, I would say. Pinks, whites, greens, yellows. Tennis player. What would you say she'd like best?"

[wrightjamie]

"Single-handedly, I nearly ruined Christmas." Jamie crinkled her nose as she took a sip of her coffee, the aroma of peppermint assaulting her senses. "I mentioned how Santa wasn’t real and Falcon heard me. The look on his face will haunt me forever. ‘Santa isn’t real?' Luckily, Lizzy was there to save the day, and crisis was averted. God, she's a good mum.”

[professoratwell]

"I think it's ridiculous to lie to children anyway," Alexander offered, taking his order from the Ground counter. "They aren't stupid."

[autumncaburn-deactivated2015011]

"Be right with you!" Autumn shouted when the door to her shop opened. She tucked her new fabric samples under her arm and made her way to customer.

[professoratwell]

Alexander frowned, looking about the shop. He really had no idea what he was getting himself into with this. Family was always the worst part of the holidays, but his brother insisting that he get his new girlfriend a gift? Ridiculous. Who gave a damn if they were going to be engaged on New Year's Eve? Alexander wasn't impressed. "Yes, hello. I'm looking to buy a present for my future sister-in-law. I figured you would have something she'd enjoy."

[solitarysilhouettex]

I’ve had Hercules music stuck in my head all day, and if “bless my soul, Herc was on a roll” loops through my head one more time, I may just lose it. So, sorry in advance for any potential mental breakdowns on my part.

[professoratwell]

Hercules is a musical?

[lovejaelynn-blog]

Jae waited for a moment, then raised an eyebrow. “You tell me first. You have to give me a reason to trust you,” she said.

[professoratwell]

Alexander raised an eyebrow. "Very well." A part of him felt bad about lying to her about the full extent of his powers, but he didn't see how anyone else with his power could come clean about them. They were simply too great. A few snowflakes began to fall seemingly out of thin air above them. "I used to only be able to freeze a puddle of water, but now..." He gestured to the snow which slowly began to dissipate.

[thecourtney-davis-blog]

"A partial of the lab report. I guess Gossip Blog missed this portion," she said, angling it toward him so that they could both read it. "They tested the water from the north side of the lake, closer to the forest. There’s all kinds of…raw data. I don’t know what most of this means," she said, handing it off to him. She excelled in almost every subject, but she was no science expert.

[professoratwell]

"Fascinating," he whispered, voice hushed by the mass of information flooding his brain. "This needs to be studied further, back at the lab."

[lovejaelynn-blog]

Jae nodded. “Yeah. I’m in for as soon as possible. Now would be great. What we do, Prof?”

[professoratwell]

"First, I'd like for you to explain your power to me. As much detail as possible, including any irregular instances where your power did something you never expected or something it had never done before. There is no such thing as too much information here, even if you have doubts about what exactly happened yourself." He took out a pen and notebook, ready to take notes.

[lovejaelynn-blog]

"Well I’m willing," Jae said, lifting her legs to put her feet up on the desk, realized she wasn’t at home, and quickly placed her feet back on the floor. She cleared her throat and leaned forward. "Honestly, I’ll do anything. I need your help, and that’s not a sentence I say often."

[professoratwell]

He noted the movement, intrigued by her casual nature. "Would you like to begin now?" An eager and genuine smile crossed Alexander's face. This was progress, this was fun.

[noahspride-blog]

I think you’re just being nice but if you say so - I’ll stop being as paranoid that I’m gonna make a fool of myself. Life’s too short for that anyways. One could say? Aw, Professor Jackass I’m flattered. You’re such a damn beautiful bastard when you slip in those scholarly words. But you already know that! But real talk, that is really nice to hear! 

With your interviews you’re starting up - I may have to start making new riddle posters to hide. We haven’t had a meeting in a while.

[professoratwell]

I think having another meeting would be a marvelous idea. I'll keep my eye out for a poster.

Are you free to join me for another run tomorrow morning?

[thehealing-touch-blog-blog-blog]

Please do. I know it may sound pathetic… but I just need to know that there’s something that made me this way… that I’m not just a freak.

[professoratwell]

You're not a freak, Adrianna. No matter what my research uncovers, you are not a freak. What you have is something special that you should never be judged for, made to feel lesser for, or subjugated for.

[noahspride-blog]

Noted. I never know how to act around you, you know? I mean you’re a friend and I call you jackass but you are a wise professional that I respect. It’s an odd line. 

Honestly, I’m kind of shocked you put up with my ass.

[professoratwell]

The way you act around me is just fine. One could say that I enjoy putting up with you. Despite your...idiosyncrasies, I like to surround myself with pro-mutants who are passionate and intelligent like yourself.

[thecourtney-davis-blog]

Courtney sighed, taking one last sweep around. She saw a corner of a piece of paper tucked behind one of the desks and thought nothing of it before, assuming it was a scrap of paper. But she picked it up and it turned out to be a partial part of the lab report. “Actually, there is something,” she said, scanning over it.

[professoratwell]

"What is it?" He quickly went to her, intrigued.

[lovejaelynn-blog]

"No," Jae said simply, walking into the office and already beginning to look around, picking up small items off his desk or running her fingers alone the spines of varied books. "Nice place," she said and took a seat in front of him. "I heard about you from one of your students. I heard you can help people with their powers. Is that true?"

[professoratwell]

Alexander blinked, considering her question. "Yes, but it's more complicated than that. I'm working to understand how powers come into being through studying our DNA and how we can better control them. I've been practicing with my power of ice creation for years nearly every day and no longer experience any issues with control. I've successfully been able to push it to places I never would have thought possible before. So I do believe I could help someone with their powers if they were willing to put in the time and effort necessary."

[professoratwell]

[voice mail]: Saw your flyer! If you need any help, let me know! I have been missing mutant activities lately. Maybe it will help me feel more like myself. Yeah. If you need me, let me know. Cool. Talk to you later. I mean call me back. If you want. You're a beautiful snowflake....Yay mutants! Bye.

[voicemail received]

[noahspride-blog]

Right, uh, sorry for invading your personal space. 

[professoratwell]

It's quite alright. It was just unexpected. Not a bad thing.

[professoratwell]

Alexander looked up from his work with a start at the knock. Checking the time on his watch, he blinked with surprise. He'd been working for nearly three hours straight. An interruption would normally have been exasperating, but Alexander could stand for a break. "Come in."

"Miss Love. What a pleasant surprise," the professor said, reaching out to shake her hand. He paused, cocking his head slightly. "Was I expecting you?"

[noahspride-blog]

That’s what I used to think until I started this whole second guessing myself, not a good look! 

I thought you were about to stop at just that. Or go into some sort of science ramble. Which you know I wouldn’t have minded. I’ve never been so nervous in my life. have you ever felt this way, Atwell? Is that so? Well then I guess I do not. You are much wiser than me after all. You think I’m attractive? You’re not too bad yourself, old man! But seriously, thank you. I respect you so much and it means a lot that you’re willing to talk about this even though it doesn’t better mutant pride or push us forward. I respect you so much.

So yeah, just thank you.

[professoratwell]

You're welcome, Noah.