@william.maximoff

[wiccant]

Hey. There's a lot of old information on this, and that's great. Really. But it's also a l o t for newcomers to try and sift through. There was some talk of a guide, which would be awesome? Even if it's just a basic rundown of world stuff that isn't the wiki-ish pages of the internet that just assume we know crap, it'd be helpful.

Back home, I was on a team called the Young Avengers. We went on a multiverse jumping spree for several months, so this isn't my first rodeo. It is the first place I've been to where we woke up with our abilities locked away and given new ones. Super weird btw, I'm not fond of it. As someone who already went through the whole "traumatic event waking up your mutant powers" thing, I'm not up for round two. But it means I've got some history with jumping around to different places.

I've got a place outside the safe house already, but it's not really a space meant for more than one or MAYBE two people, and we've got three. So if anyone has ideas for an easy job to get into for new arrivals, let me know? Disclaimer: I've never had an actual job before. And I didn't have much of an idea of what to set up an ID with since, I really don't have any experience doing workforce things.

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@catherine.chun

[arkproject]

Not sure I can help with the easy jobs thing, but if you have any tips for the "traumatic event waking up your mutant powers", I'll take those.

[wiccant]

Self-help books. I can sift through some online stores and see if I can find any ones I recognize available for download, and link you to them.

[arkproject]

Self-help books? I was hoping for something more practical. Probably too much to hope there's a manual somewhere.

[wiccant]

There aren't many ways to handle stuff like that. Everyone learns to handle them differently. Some things come easy, some of them come harder. And every one is different, so there won't be one specific to you and what you need. Especially not here?

What can you do?

[arkproject]

I have no idea yet. We don't have things like this where I'm from, but I'm assured I got something. Is there a way to find out that isn't the hard way?

[wiccant]

Honestly? I don't know. All mine came under high stress situations so.

[arkproject]

Wow. Sorry. That sounds pretty bad.

... Does simulating high stress work?

[wiccant]

It could? If you can trick yourself into believing it or something.

[arkproject]

Virtual reality is extremely convincing! I could definitely do that.

[wiccant]

If you need any help, I could try. But I'm not the best at it either.

[arkproject]

It has to be better than waiting for my first life-threatening situation. I'll take what I can get.

@daisy.johnson

[evite]

we haven't met yet
i do powers training, if that's something you're looking for

[arkproject]

Hi!

That would probably be useful. Does that mean I have to know what my power is first?

[evite]

it's helpful but not a requirement
@prom.argentum and i made some headway in figuring his out recently

[arkproject]

I think I met him when I first showed up.

So... advice for figuring it out, then?

[evite]

depends on the ability, i think
some people seem to respond to extreme stress

[ her own back home and here, as it turned out, triggered by emotions gone into overdrive. ]

some people have found it easier to meditate on it
it's okay if you don't figure it out right away

[ she's begun to suspect that these abilities tie into people's identities in a sense, though not necessarily in an obvious way. she's always been thrifty, fitz had his history with portals, prompto and his camera.

she might be able to give better suggestions once she knew a little more about the person in question that needed them. ]

[arkproject]

I think I handle extreme stress pretty well, so I'm not sure about that, and honestly not thrilled about testing it, either.

I've never meditated before, but I could try. I want to know!

[ Being put back in a human body without her consent, being taken here without her consent, being given an unidentified ability without her consent -- Catherine is struggling for some grasp of control on this situation, and it's not coming easily. ]

[evite]

i don't blame you
it's effective, but not exactly fun either

meditation's not a bad route. i've got some tapes i pulled from a local zen garden project, maybe give these a go and see if you get anywhere?

[ self-help books, as damian mentioned, are still the rage even in the future, though they've mostly transitioned into multi-sensory vr technology these days. for the old-fashioned, there are audiobooks and digital pamphlets available in libraries and common collection; it's these that daisy sends over to catherine's network inbox. the collection focuses mostly on what would be considered more eastern lines of thought — unlocking your inner buddha on one, for example, likely considered outdated now, but the guided meditation has a digital dog-ear and scribbled notes from daisy and prompto's last session. ]

feel free to holler at me any time, inbox is always open :)

[arkproject]

It's worth a shot.

[ Catherine's not exactly a sit down and contemplate the universe type, but if it means she might get closer to understanding what's happened to her -- what's been done to her -- she'll do a lot more than listen to a guided meditation. ]

Daisy, right? Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.

[evite]

any time, seriously
and when you're ready for some hands-on samurai school, let me know.

[arkproject]

You just mean the meditation part, right?

Hopefully no actual swords. No one wants me with a sword.

[evite]

unless your superpower happens to include popping swords out of thin air, there won't be any swords.
i do training sessions for people so that they can get more familiar with their powers. when you feel up to it, come on down.

[arkproject]

I hope not. That would be extremely unlike me.

Thanks! So, maybe an obvious question... but what's your power?

[evite]

it's not too obvious! :)
i don't exactly have a fancy name for it, but it's basically superpowered recycling
i can take things apart and put the pieces back together into something else

[mercurio]

glad to be a successful guinea pig of the daisy johnson training method