video (backdated to the first day of the flood)

[fire_punk]

[Kevin appears, holding his head. It looks like he's just woke up since he's no even out of bed yet.]

What's going on? Why is everyone so noisy? No. Why can I hear you in my room?


[OOC: Kevin is effected by the Exchange flood. He's swapped with Jean Grey. Cue confusion.]

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[burnmythoughts]

[Uh-oh. Jean's pretty sure she's found her partner in this madness.

It's a bit hard, to look soothing when she's surrounded by flames, but she tries.]

Kevin? I think you got my powers.

[fire_punk]

[He stares at her just surrounded by flames but unharmed. Like he had been a few years ago. Now he's lost. Not relieved like he should be just... lost.]

And you got mine.

So I can hear people in my head now? Just not understand them?

[burnmythoughts]

I can understand them, but - your mind is different than mine. And it can be hard to untangle everyone's thoughts, if you're hearing it all at once. [She remembers.]

I learned to shut it off. [Eventually.] That's...really important.

[fire_punk]

How do you do that? Because this is really weird.

[burnmythoughts]

You have to...um. [How does she explain it?] It helps to picture your mind as a place. Any kind, really, I use a library.

And then you just - you shut the doors.

Have you ever meditated before?

[fire_punk]

So like my room?

No. What's meditating?

[burnmythoughts]

[Jean's nod is earnest.] Yeah, that works great.

Meditation is... [She gnaws at her lip for a second.] There's lots of different kinds. But it's basically training your mind - learning to understand and control it.

You have to be relaxed. I know that's hard, right now. [That was always the hardest part for her, anyway, that and chasing away racing thoughts.]

[fire_punk]

I don't understand. Don't we all control our minds?

[He sighs, frustrated. How do you relax when you're afraid of your own mind?
When your mind is a minefield of horrors?] I can't.

[hellofleshyones]

It's called a network. I have observed that people talk to each other over it often.

[DON'T MIND HIM he's just sulking]

[fire_punk]

Not the network. Duh, stupid.

[hellofleshyones]

Then maybe you should be more specific when addressing the general public.

And I am not stupid. I am highly intelligent, even if I am currently a meatsack.

[fire_punk]

Well, you don't talk like it. And you're an asshole.

[hellofleshyones]

Thank you. I do attempt to be one often. It brings me a great deal of joy and satisfaction.

[fire_punk]

Well, fuck. You. Too.