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ability  type  :  psychic  . notable  family  members  :  charles  xavier  (  father  )  .  //  unknown  to  david  .

'  thanks  for  joining  us  today  ,  david  .  we  just  need  to  ask  you  a  few  questions ,  make  sure  we’ve  got  everything  we  can  on  you  .  it’ll  only  take  a  few  minutes  .  right  .  first  things  first  : name  ,  age  , birth  date  ,  any  special  abilities  you  may  have  .  '

❝  …  is  that  it  ?  are  we  starting ?  oh  ,  okay  ,  uh  …  my  name’s david  haller  .  i’m  ,  um  …  i’m  thirty  …  two .  yeah  .  my  birthday’s  on june  seventeeth  .  everyone  likes  to  remind  me  i’m  a  gemini  ,  but  i  don’t  really keep  up  on  the  astrology  stuff  ,  so  i  don’t            anyways  ,  uh  .  i  can  do  a  lot  of  things  ,  actually  .  i  don’t  really  know  everything  ,  but  people  tell  me  i  probably  have  more  to  me  ,  but  i’m  still  learning  .  ❞                      a  beat  ;  doesn’t  realise  he  hasn’t  even  answered  the  question  yet until                                ❝ oh  ,  right  . i  ,  uh  ,  i  can  move  things  with  my  mind  .  telekinetic  .  i  can  teleport  myself  places  .  usually  on  accident .  ❞                      nervous  chuckle  .                                          ❝  i’m  telepathic  ,  too  .  then  there’s  the  astral  projecting          i  can  make  ,  uh  ,  i  can  go  places  in  my  mind  .  it’s           there’s  other  stuff  too  , but  i  dunno  what  those  are  yet  .  ❞

'  and how  long  have  you  been  at  the  academy ?  '

❝  shouldn’t  you  have  this  in  your  records  or  something  already  ?  ❞                      he  sighs  impatiently  . it’s  really  easy  to  just  …  go  for  it  , but  if  he’s  gonna  be  here  ,  he  knows  he  has  to  learn  some  patience  . may  as  well  start  early  ,  right ?                      ❝  only  two  weeks  .  about  two  weeks  ,  i  think  . i’ve  gotten  to  look  around  a  little  bit  ,  and  meet  a  few  people  .  not  as  much  as  i’d  like  ,  but  i  guess  after  i’m  outta  here  ,  i’ll  be  able  to  look  around  some  more  . ❞

'  what  made  you  want  to  join  the  academy ?  '

❝  well  ,  like  i  said  , i’m  still  learning .  i  figured  this  place  would  help  me  figure  out  how  to  control  my  stuff  better  .  all  my  ,  uh  … ❞                      click  of  the  tongue  .                      ❝  powers  . or  most  of  them  ,  anyways  . cause  it’s  like  what  they  say            can’t  put  the  responsibility  of  your  issues  on  other  people  .  that’s  what  my  ,  uh  , my  therapist          i’m  just            i’m  here  to  learn  ,  okay  ?  about  myself  ,  about  other  people  ,  about  all  these  …  powers  , since  i  can’t  be  normal          ❞

 '  all  right  ,  david .  it’s  all  right  .  calm  .  be  calm  .  just  a  few  more  questions  and  we’ll  be  done  here  .  now  , how  have  you  found  the  academy  so  far  ?  has  it  helped  to  develop  any  of  your  abilities ?  if  so  ,  in  what  way  ?  '

❝  yeah  ,  it’s  fine  .  it’s  …  it’s  a  lot  better  than  living  out  there  where  there’s  too  many  people  , cause  i  ,  uh            you  know  ,  before  i  knew  i  had  powers , i  was  ,  uh  …  they  thought  i  had  schizophrenia  .  ❞                     slow  breath  in  ;  slow  breath  back  out  .  just  breathe  ,  kid  .                      ❝  so  … fifteen  years  of  that .  and  then  ,  one  day  ,  they  come  in  ,  they break  me  out  ,  they  tell  me  ,  ‘ hey  , you  have  powers  ,  you’re  not  actually  sick , ’  which  ,  i            i  definitely  still  am  .  i  just           i  have  to  figure  that  out  . it’s  complicated  . ❞

'  wait  a  second  : broke  you  out  ?  '

❝  yeah            yeah  ,  i  was  in  a  ,  uh  … a  mental  hospital  for  like  , six  years  cause  i          i  did  some  stuff  i shouldn’t have  . nothing  bad  ,  just          it  was  my  powers  ,  but  i  didn’t  know  i  had  those  ,  and  neither  did anyone  else ,  so  ,  uh  …  they  put  me  in  clockworks  for  a few  years  . till  i  …  got  out .  ❞                      but  there’s  no  way  he’s  gonna  talk  about  that  right  now  .

“   thanks for joining us today,   nox. we’re just going to run through a few questions with you.   are you ready  ?   alright,   firstly:   please state your name,   age,   birth date,   any special abilities you may have.   “ 

                             “   nox arron,  19 years old,   i can’t remember what my birthday is.   formally,   toxikinesis.   this means that i can...   specifically manipulate poisons.   i’m also immune to poison.   and before you ask i don’t drink arsenic for a joke.   “   the girl was blunt as ever,   she didn’t particularly care for the social interaction this kind of thing had to include. 

“   how long have you been at the academy  ?   “

                              shoulders rose and fell,   you had never been one to actually attempt to monitor time passing.   seemingly counting on her fingers,   it was a moment before she looked back up.   “   about two weeks.   “ 

“   and how have you found the academy so far   ?   has it helped to develop any of your abilities   ?   if so,   in what way   ?   “

                           “   nothing yet.   it’s only been two weeks though.   “   but you were impatient,   there was a part of you that was losing hope that you were going to be able to do anything to be able to suppress them enough at the right times.   your emotions set it off,   and you had more than enough emotions for three people.   “   i’m only here so i don’t hurt people   -   we’re lucky my dad is even still here now.   “

“   what happened to your dad   ?   “

                           expression turned cold almost immediately.   remembered your mother screaming at you   -   she’d been like you too;   so she was unaffected.   but he was upsetting you,   your presence had be literally poisoning him.   the anger radiating off of you had almost killed him.   after that any freedoms you had were lost,   money having been spent on hospital bills.   and money now wasn’t spent on you.   “   i happened.   but it doesn’t matter;   i’m here so you can stop me from hurting people i shouldn’t.   plus my mom doesn’t like me around anymore so it’s a win   -   win for her.   “

“   so you lived with your parents before now   ?   “

“   was that not obvious enough   ?   “

❛ hello, alia. i assume you already know what you’re here for ; we’ll need your answers for the record. first of all, the basics: please state your name, age and birth date, as well as any special abilities you may have. ❜  

the girl sits ramrod-straight, her hands crossed in her lap. she stares into the camera with grim determination. ❛ my name is alia...mayeux-keralis. ❜ her voice catches on mayeux, as if unused to the sound of it. ❛ i turned eighteen on the 21st of may. as for abilities, i’m a warbringer. it’s— well, as far as i’m concerned, it’s a gene, transmitted through helen of troy’s bloodline. she inherited it from her own mother, nemesis. i used to be able to stir conflict wherever i walked by simply being there. i rid myself of that curse in june of last year, and i believe it’s now under my control. ❜ 

❛ we’ll come back to your abilities in a minute, but — keralis ? are you in any way affiliated with the keralis foundation ? ❜

❛ yeah. ❜ a nervous huff of laughter. ❛ my parents ran it. we were no stark labs, but they did some pretty innovative research in biology and genetics. for gene therapy, new vaccines, i’ll spare you the list. kind of famous, if you’re into that stuff. ❜ ( academy’s note: alia’s parents were NIK KERALIS and LINA MAYEUX, formerly directors of the keralis foundation. keralis and mayeux died in a car crash in 2012. investigations have been made under the suspicion that the crash was no accident, but yielded no results. ) 

❛ any other connections we should know of ? ❜

❛ i’ve got a brother. his name’s jason. he’s four years older than me. ❜ alia’s face seems to grow somber at that. ❛ you probably know of him already. do i have to do this ? ❜

❛ of course, of course. let’s proceed. ❜ ( academy’s note: the aforementioned brother is JASON KERALIS, age 22, now also known as the villain ACHILLES. jason used his late parents’ research in archaeogenetics to retrieve the dna of ancient mythological monsters he then recreated in labs and unleashed onto the world, hoping to unite mankind against a common threat and introduce a new age of heroes. ) ❛ where were you before the academy ? how long have you been here ? what made you want to join ? ❜ 

❛ so, i mentioned this warbringer stuff, right ? i found out while going through jason’s files. there’s a whole genealogy of them, dozens of girls whose blood brought about pretty much every big war you can think of, just like helen did for troy. the dossier mentioned a spring in therapne, where i hoped i’d be able to get rid of the curse. i got there on my own, before jason caught up with me and told me what he meant to do. ❜ the girl drew in a shaky breath, but carried on. ❛ it’s pretty insane, to find out your brother wants to use you to cause world war iii. i was on the run until ten months from now, and i joined hoping that you guys could protect me. ❜

❛ and how have you found the academy so far ? has it helped you develop your abilities as a warbringer ? how so ? ❜

❛ i can control my powers, since therapne. i guess the training here just helps me...focus. make it targeted, and decide what exactly i want it to do. listen, it’s not the most useful ability out there, but it’s not the only way i can help. ❜

❛ what do you plan to do, then ? ❜

❛ i’m a bioengineer, sir, or at least the beginnings of one. i can help with tech and biological weapons. if jason can make monsters, then so can i if it’s about fighting him and others like him. ❜ ( academy’s note: alia has been questioned to test her for any remaining loyalty to her brother. we can affirm she will not betray the academy or its principles. ) 

❛ i imagine you’ve already gotten started. wonderful — well, there’s only so much left now. anything to add, before we're done ? ❜

❛ yes, please. i’ve got friends in new york. if you could ask after them, let me know if they’re alright ? their names are poornima chaudhary and theo santos. ❜

' thanks  for  joining  us  today ,  jurian .   we’re  just  going  to  run  through  a  few  questions  with  you .  are  you  ready ?   alright ,   firstly :    please  state  your  name ,   age ,   birth  date ,  any  special  abilities  you  may  have .  ' 

your  knee  shakes  ,         fingers  tapping  gently  against  kneecap .     you  hadn’t  gotten  used  to  touch  quite  yet   .        you  clear  your  throat ,    eyes  flickering  up  towards  lens .        ‘     JURIAN  BLACKBOURNE .     i’m  twenty - one  ,       but  everyone  keeps  telling  me  i’m  much  older  than  that .     my  birthday  is  october  5th.       and  i  have  control  over  the  earth   - - -         GEOKINESIS.    ’

 ' how  long  have  you  been  at  the  academy ?  '

‘     only  a  month .       and  i’ll  be  glad  to  keep  my  time  here  as  short  as  possible .    ’

 ' and  how  have  you  found  the  academy  so  far ?   has  it  helped  to  develop  any  of  your  abilities ?    if  so ,  in  what  way ?  '

‘   well  ,        considering  this  was  the  place  that  gave  me  them  ,    i’d  say  it’s  been  pretty  fucking  shit  so  far .       but  still  ,       it  gives  me  a  roof  over  my  head  while  the  whole  world  seems  to  have  IMPLODED .     ’ 

 '  may  we  remind  you  to  keep  that  language  to  a  minimum .     what  made  you  want  to  join  the  academy?  ' 

a  nod  of  your  head ,   acknowledging  the  words .      ‘   right  ,        sorry .     i  didn’t  have  much  choice   in  that  matter  ,       i  was  told  to  join  and  i  haven’t  decided  to  leave  yet .    ’

 ' where were you before you came here? '

‘     why  don’t  you  tell  me  ?    apparently  you  all  found  me  ,       only,   what   ?      a  month  ago   ?           /         where ?          you  guys  won’t  tell  me .        i  can  only  guess  that  you  don’t  want  me  to  know  for  a  reason .     ’

 ' that  information  will  remain classified  until  further  notice ,    mr  blackbourne .       now,  have  you  made  any  friends  here  so  far? ' 

‘     i  wouldn’t  necessarily  call  her  a  FRIEND .    more  of  a  training  partner .         nox  aaron   ---         she  doesn’t  LIKE  ME  much  either .     i  tolerate  her  ,       she  tolerates  me .      ’

' you ask a lot of questions — it’s just for record purposes, i already told you. can we start now? i need your name, age, birth date, and abilities. ' 

she has a lot of questions, and she’s less uncomfortable in silence than when someone’s ( even her own ) mouth is running. ❛ all i’m saying is you’re kinda late. my name’s cassandra lang, seventeen, and my birthday’s november 23rd, i’m a sagittarius ! i can grow, and shrink, and fly, and talk to insects.. kinda. the last two are only when i’ve got the suit on, but it counts ! ❜

 ' right, the suit. you were doing hero business before the academy too, huh? '

❛ i did what i could, i don’t... didn’t take any of the hard classes and didn’t make it onto the basketball team so, like, i had some free time. ❜ she would’ve made time anyway, she can’t remember the last time she felt satisfied thinking about the concept of a normal life. 

 ' why come here, then ? if you already had it down pat ? you got here pretty soon after this place started running. '

there’s a pause, the first lengthy sliver of silence since this interview began. ❛ my mom.. disappeared, like a lot of other people did. i wanted to stay with dad, but he didn’t wanna risk it before anyone knew what was going on. so we compromised, he’s out there saving the world and i’m in here learning how to do it just as good. eventually. we argued about it for months, but then this place popped up and it seemed... alright, i guess. ❜

 ' your dad — ant man, right ? you two close ? ' 

❛ yeah ! he’s great, he’s the coolest person i know. we’ve always been really close. like, i love my mom, but she didn’t really get me for a long time. ❜ she still misses her, still has some sort of hope that she’ll come back.

 ' that’s... fair. you think being here’s helped you in some way? '

❛ definitely ! i still have trouble with the whole growing shrinking thing here and there. it’s super wrapped up in like, certain emotions. so, it’s been really cool to try and... not do that when i’m having a bad day. ❜

“   firstly;   state your name,   birthdate,   age and the special ability you possess.   for the record.   “

                              ever confident in herself,   never shied away from what had happened.   dr.   carson had said it was a mistake,   your mother agreed,   but you never did.   “   pandora yaros.   my birthday is november 11th,   which makes me eighteen.   the formal name would be necromancy.   “

“   so,   your mother dropped you into our care the first second she could.   why was that   ?   “

                            this question was to be expected right   ?   you simply assumed most of the others hadn’t had such simple circumstances that brought them here.   and also what kind of good mother would really abandon her daughter.   “   you mean she didn’t tell you   ?   i should be dead,   so now she thinks that i’m a mistake or i’m cursed.   “   though said with a hint of sarcasm   -   part of you might believe the latter;   from vague memories that dr.   carson passed off as side effects. 

“   wait,   dead   ?   “

                            “   not surprised she didn’t care to mention that part.   yeah,   clinically i was dead for a whole five minutes.   she took me to one of her doctor friends,   dr.   carson,   seems he wanted to try an experiment whilst he was at it.   if you want the science you can go ask him yourself.   “

“   alright then pandora,   how long have you been here   -   for the record.   “

                             eyes rolled,   surely they could have just written this part down somewhere.   “   3 months and counting.   “   you answered.   arms crossed,   you could feel your attention waning from your interviewer.

“   and how have you found the academy so far  ?   has it helped to develop any of your abilities  ?   if so  , in what way  ?   “ 

                             “   well...   i already had reasonable control over what i can do.   i guess now i understand what the limits are,   how far i can push it before it becomes dangerous to me.   it’s not really something that you can understand easily.   “