10th Sending [Audio]

[thequeensown]

[Talia's voice is clipped and clear as it sounds through the journals. She's about to rain on someone's parade in the most awesome of ways; and having learned what she learned she doesn't even feel bad.]Anna .. you advised that the residents show caution around the man you call 'Mads'. I have information for you, but I feel it is possibly of import

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[eyebeam_envy]

[Oh, there's an evil Professor X here? Super.]

How powerful is he?

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[eyebeam_envy]

[The silence makes Scott wonder if this woman is a mutant as well... probably. Thinking back over the post and their conversation, it occurs to Scott that she probably didn't get all this information on a dangerous telepath via conventional means. Is she a telepath as well? Is she reading his thoughts, or trying to read his face behind the bulky visor-- Either way, he gets an answer.]

Sounds like there's quite a few of us in the keep.

Anyway, Mads' telepathy. What can he do, and does he use his powers?

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[thequeensown]

[Talia makes a soft sound in the back of her throat, nodding.]

More Gifted than not, yes, although not all are open about their abilities without some fashion of relationship first. You'll find your journal a good resource if you haven't used it much, yet... People tend to write many things they perhaps forget are logged unless destroyed or sealed from eyes.

As to his telepathy... he will read those around him if it suits him. He seems to require 'permission' of a sort before he has access to ones' mind, but it can be something he considers as implied permission rather than direct. I do not think he has extended his abilities as of yet, but now that the knowledge is out I would not be surprised if he begins to.

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[eyebeam_envy]

[Scott nods at the first sentence. It's to be expected.]

I'll look into that, thanks.

That's not as bad as it could be. The telepath I know can read minds, and even take control of people and make them do things.

[There's a lack of concern when he talks about those powers. Hooray for powerful mutants on the good side.]

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[thequeensown]

[Talia's brows arch slightly at Scott's almost blaise tone.]

That might be the case, but there have been few whose minds I have encountered that leave me feeling quite so ill, Scott. Mads enjoys the pain he inflicts and has no guilt over it. He was responsible for tests done to his own mother..

I am uncertain if someone that can do more than Mads is a good thing or a bad... I can only hope that said person was amongst those you trusted, rather than one you did not.

[Seriously, Mads' brain was not a pleasant place to pick around. She'd never get those emotional imprints disconnected from his mental image.]

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[eyebeam_envy]

[Ah, confirmation that she is indeed a telepath. Now, if only she had some telekinesis and weren't married to a troll...]

Right, he's still dangerous. Is there anything we can do about him? More than keeping tabs on him and warning others?

In my case, it was a good thing.

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[thequeensown]

[Well, not really a telepath, but there weren't many that would know the difference between an empath and a telepath without asking. Where Mads could root through all thoughts, Talia can read and alter someone's emotions. Funny that... she's even a red head. S'up, bb.

At his question she sighs and chafes her arms.]

I doubt there is much to be done save for just that... Anna has already killed the man once and it will lead to her punishment when the Lord here deems it time. I cannot think of much to be done unless he acts out first. I can sense if a mind has been altered or coerced, but only after it's been done.

[She inclines her head sligthly to the last.]

I am glad to hear such, truly.

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[eyebeam_envy]

[...wait.]

She killed him? Did he come back?

[Hello, newbie here, how are you?]

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[thequeensown]

[Talia would have to be utterly dense to not miss the moment of 'buh' that passes over Scott's features. It takes her a moment to remember, 'duh, newb..' and she nods.]

If you were not aware, the natural laws do not operate the same here as you might be used to. Anyone dying will return, typically, between one and three days after the time of their death. They will suffer temporary amnesia that last a few days after their return, but otherwise the effects seem non-existent. I'm not willing to believe it's quite that easy, however...

Those found guilty of doing harm to one another, or to the Keep itself, are punished at the discretion of Lord Deior and the Headsman. The punishments are archaic and can be rather brutal and I would reccommend playing nicely with others if at all possible.

[Commentlog] I keep forgetting about this thread :c

[eyebeam_envy]

[...Holloways, wry u so strange?]

I'll keep that in mind.

So what has Mads been up to since arriving? How long has he been here?

[Commentlog] I still love you, bb!

[thequeensown]

[You think this is strange, Scott? Be happy you weren't on the Elegante, man. This place is a fucking cake walk so far in comparison.]

He's been here about a months' time now... and whatever it is he does, he keeps it to himself. Skulking about in corners and shadows...