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[querulus]

UN: kidomega
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[querulus]

ugh god you are such a goody two-shoes. but don't you worry, a couple weeks of superheroing will cure you of that

it means i can sense just about every brain on this planet. you want me to track locations, vitals, etc?

[hexcope]

If you say so.

[He doesn't agree. He's been trying to be a superhero his entire life. Also distracted from answering Quentin's question;]

That's... a lot. Just, all the time? How do you hear yourself think?

[querulus]

my thoughts are way more interesting than anybody else's

[hexcope]

Sure they are. Locations and vitals would be helpful, but maybe not all the time. Maybe we let you know when there's something going on, so you don't have to keep tabs on us 24/7.

[querulus]

right yeah i have a macro for that

[Because it's so obvious what that means.]

[hexcope]

I'm assuming that means some sort of... mental subroutine?

[querulus]

good guess

i run a shared mental network using my brain as a hub, connected to anyone else i decide to add to it. self-sustaining so it doesn't require me to pay much attention to it. auto-filters all the boring crap like surface thoughts, alerts me if there's anything wrong, works as team radio and shared knowledge database as needed. pretty advanced stuff, not to toot my own horn.

[hexcope]

That's incredible.

[And he means it, genuinely.]

[querulus]

[Yeah, so. Funny thing about being the sort of arrogant little shit that Quentin is: he doesn't really get many genuine compliments that aren't buried in layers of qualifications or conditional statements or some other form of backhandedness. His head is big enough as it is.

But also consider this: Quentin doesn't actually know how to accept a genuine compliment???]

yeah

i mean obviously

i told you. genius.

[hexcope]

And if I had a dollar for every time someone called themself a genius and all they've done is try and reinvent the wheel, I wouldn't have to worry about funding.

I can't imagine how you do all that without burn out.

[querulus]

true dat

it's pretty simple really. my mutation is speaking "brain". that includes everything brains do, like all the shit you don't know it's doing. i route stuff through my autonomic nervous system, piggyback off all those background processes but leave them open to move over to manual control if i want. you know, like breathing. or blinking. plus secondary mutation: my brain processes at an accelerated rate.

in other words i'm built different

[hexcope]

And this is something exclusive to you? Not all telepaths can do this, right? It sounds like the telepathy is more a side effect of your main ability.

[querulus]

it's all telepathy. i just do my own thing with it. doing the same shit as everyone else is BORING zzzz
couldn't be me

[hexcope]

So others could do this, if they could figure it out, but you're the first one who has?

[querulus]

different priorities. personalities. different areas of expertise.

if i were feeling uncharitable i'd say all the other telepaths i've met are unoriginal hacks who just copy each other's boring, uninspired, derivative methods of using their powers with a few minor yet ultimately negligible differences. my demographic is sadly lacking in freethinkers. the irony is staggering.

[hexcope]

If you were feeling uncharitable.

[Buddy.]

Are you including Sophie in that?

[Aren't you friends??]

[querulus]

if i was feeling uncharitable yeah

my dude she's a clone of a different telepath and (formerly) in a hivemind of 4 other identical telepaths. "unoriginality" isn't a bug it's a feature

and before you get all high and mighty at me i recall you yourself made some disparaging remarks about people reinventing the wheel. now what do you suppose "the wheel" is in a powerset that includes access to and control of any brain? if you had to guess.

[hexcope]

"Unoriginal" isn't anyone's default state, it's just a mindset. She's working on breaking out of that. You should know that.

Reading minds and influencing thoughts. Creating illusions, hallucinations, mind-control. All things you can do, I'm assuming.

[querulus]

ok first of all calm down on the white knighting broski. second she would literally agree with me??? seriously just ask her.

can do. have done. it's the most obvious shit to do with telepathy, and most telepaths don't consider doing anything different. so before you @ me just remember i'm throwing shade at a bunch of assholes who spend their lives getting better at manipulating and being nosy.

[hexcope]

I know you're young, but you should be nicer to your girlfriend.

And I'm not asking for moral justification for why you think you're better than them. You proved your point when you described your accomplishments, everything beyond that has been unnecessary.

[querulus]

if she was my girlfriend i'd be nicer to her

you asked why i'm the only telepath who does what i do. would you rather i say i'm just smarter than the rest of them? the "unoriginal" thing seemed less mean.

[hexcope]

you should be nicer to your girlfriend.*

I think anyone would prefer you to just say you're smarter than call them "boring, uninspired, and derivative." There's a way to convey your skill without demeaning others.

[querulus]

edit accepted. also: no.

fine, i (a true iconoclast, a quintessential recusant) am more perceptive, innovative, and avant-garde than all of my conventionally talented and perfectly average peers.

better?

[hexcope]

Actually, yes. I'd say that's a fair assessment of your skill and comparison.

[querulus]

[What.]

okay well i was being sarcastic but you know what i'll take it. as long as we can agree that i'm amazing.

so am i installing this subroutine in your brain or what