xp_logs | Entries tagged with p: collective soul

(Backdated to March 2nd) Marie-Ange has been reliving power issues from the past.

( I wish it was that easy of an answer. I love secrets, but Arthur I hate mysteries. )

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Backdated. Hope, Quentin, and Arthur look for a pattern after compiling all of statements taken from other mansion psionics. Some cases don’t come together.

( Could be that whoever or whatever is orchestrating this is purposefully being chaotic to misdirect us . . . )

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Haller and Shatterstar have a small moment before the latter leaves for Muir. Haller and Arthur . . . less so.

( We hope you fix things. )

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At an impasse with the investigation into the psychic phenomena, Jean takes the step of scanning mind-by-mind. She begins with Artie.

( I see it. )

After preliminary assessments are complete, Jean enlists Hope Abbott for her unique perspective.

( Dr. Grey, there is definitely something going on with the psis being connected to a focal point... )

Assessment complete, it falls to Jean to deliver her conclusion.

( You didn't know. None of us did. )

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Arthur concludes his interviews of mansion psionics to discover the scope of what's happening.

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Doug hasn’t noticed any issues with his powers.

( But perhaps my interactions with the 'friendos' might have been a bit more sluggish than usual. )

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Jean makes a confession and intends to take action.

( I don't usually torment myself and others with nightmare illusions when I'm awake. )

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Haller and Arthur discuss the investigation as a whole, and Arthur gets details on how Jim has been feeling.

( Until now I've only ever experienced bleed from Jack and Cyndi's powers, not them from mine. )

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(Slightly backdated) Arthur continues his interviews of mansion psionics to discover the scope of what's happening.

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Questioning reveals that Darcy’s inner thoughts have been bleeding into her interactions with technology.

( Sometimes it isn't about fault. It's – it's. . . fuck. I can't do my job with issues like this, Arthur! )

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Fourteen hasn’t noticed any issues with her powers, but something in her account feels off for Arthur.

( I do not suppose anyone has been complaining about gaps in their memories, have they? )

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Emma divulges that she might be suffering from the far too common affliction of telekinesis. Arthur has a glimpse of the future.

( Let me be terribly blunt about the whole thing; is there a possibility I could be suffering from telekinesis? )

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(Slightly backdated) Arthur continues his interviews of mansion psionics to discover the scope of what's happening.

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Quentin suggests interviewing Jono, even if Jono isn’t convinced he’s telepathic. He hasn’t noticed anything off.

( I highly doubt I have a power if there are no signs of it. )

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Artie shares the details of his power issues that started during the arrival of Hope Summers.

( But it's hard right now. Everything just splinters. )

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North shares that he’s been having unexpected flashes of the future.

( Visions triggered unintentionally at the most random of moments. )

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Arthur seeks to interview those with psionic powers to paint a full of picture of what’s happening at the mansion after conferring with Hope Abbott and Quentin Quire.

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Topaz shares her experiences after unexpected happenings when meeting with Arthur and Haller.

( Let’s start there, set the stage. Easy questions. )

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Beatrice’s interview is less straightforward.

( I have not had any experiences like you’ve described. )

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Meggan has likewise not noticed anything. Arthur can’t help but ask about empathy.

( Hey, if it helps you even a bit in the end, then at least you’ve tried it. )

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Arthur and Hope Abbott connect for the first time since Arthur’s powers returned. They talk of his recovery, the weird psychic events happening around the mansion, and how to find out more.

( One strange power development can happen, two is a weird coincidence, but six people is a clear pattern of some strange happening. )

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Shatterstar has a chance to give Arthur the gift he promised before the break, but finds that Arthur is not in a good place with his spiraling powers.

( Yesterday his powers were what he was used to. Today, they were worse. )

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Arthur, exhausted and frazzled by his psychometry, seeks out Haller for a path forward. Felix facilitates.

( What happens when I touch something that I can't bury? )

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On New Year's Eve Haller makes the characteristically unwise decision to push himself a little too hard too fast. Fortunately Maya is around to bail him out.

( I think you need a timeout, don’t you? )

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(backdated) Jess finds a conscious Haller in the hallway and is soon joined by Bea.

( I've never put myself into a fucking coma, so no, )

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Beatrice tries to find Arthur, but finds something else instead. Arthur's psychic powers continue to leave their traces across the mansion.

( This was all overset with a filter of rage, loathing, and confusion. Like sepia. )

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Quentin has no time for Haller's gratitude, so Cyndi forces him to not be a total jackass.

( And you tell him not to poke his nose in my business. )

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After Hope and Quentin's successful retrieval mission, it's up to Jean to put the pieces back together again.

( At least he has the power of choice out there. To make different choices...or not. But it's better than just ending here. )

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Arthur's psychometry continues to blur into imprinting his own memories into the objects he touches.

Illyana tries to set up an appointment in the med lab, but gets something else.

( There was no longing, no lust. Just fondness. )

CW: Harmful self-soothing/self-harm, dissociatiation

Shatterstar receives a vision of his mother that he did not ask for.

( That sense of being utterly enraptured only bloomed... )

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Sharon experiences something out of the ordinary while exploring Terry’s office.

( But the feeling… contentment. Calm. )

Amanda experiences something different.

( Like getting everything you want for Christmas. Like being in a movie. )