exploding_snaps (exploding_snaps) wrote,
@ 2012-02-26 23:27:00

Flashback: The Disabled Duo beginnings
Of all the stupid...a boarding school for the weird kids is where he'd been sent. He had no illusions about it, none. Caused his parents enough trouble being deaf and lashing out about it. But when they found out about his little snapping power? They took the first opportunity they could to send him away with all the other little society misfits. At least now he wouldn't ever stand out as a mutant freak. Nope, now he was in his usual disabled kid schtick. Not much better really, you either got made fun of or pitied. Unless of course you lashed out a little, then they just stayed away, which was preferable.

Grumbling for the fiftieth time that day, Simon pulls his suitcase and bags along to the door of the place and knocks. He just wanted this all over with already.

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exploding_snaps
2012-02-27 03:55 am UTC (link)

He nods along, pretending to hear, and takes note of a fire extinguisher nearby. Setting his bags down, he glances around the room quickly. Not bad, but not much to look at either, he's more interested in the rest of the place.

"I can look around now right?" Although he'd do it even if he wasn't allowed anyway. But why does he have a feeling she won't let him do the exploring on his own?

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	echokinetic 2012-02-27 03:56 am UTC (link)
	"Sure. I'll be your impromptu tour guide and show you the okays and not-okays of the place. A few places are off-limits and trust me when I say it's for our own safety." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Damn it. How to get rid of her? "I'm good, I was just going to walk around a bit on my own. It's fine really." There, he wasn't being rude. That should count for something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:03 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I have the time. And really, I'd rather not feel like an ass if you got into something that got you hurt. Besides, it's sort of my 'duty' since I tagged you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:10 am UTC (link)
	She didn't get the message. Wonderful. Not to mention she didn't seem like the type he could shake off. This day just got worse. "Duty? Look I'm not your duty, I'm fine on my own." Damnit he needed a smoke, which he doubted would be happening with her around. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"Duty, obligation, puppy, either way, you're stuck with me until someone knows you've gotten a handle on the grounds." Of course, the fact that he seemed to want to get rid of her only ensured she'd be hanging around. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"...is that a rule they forgot to mention?" Yes, there's grumbling now. No getting rid of this one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:25 am UTC (link)
	"More like using my brain. I let you off to wander around, I'm going to feel like a heel if you get in trouble, physical or otherwise. So, suck it up, buttercup." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Not going to get in trouble," he frowns at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:31 am UTC (link)
	"Not intentionally, maybe. But the other kids don't know you yet and there could be some.. miscommunication. So, like I said, deal. Now, you want that tour, or are you going to sulk in your room?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:40 am UTC (link)
	She had asked a question and he hadn't heard it at all. Damnit. "...yes?" Hopefully that was the right answer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:41 am UTC (link)
	He looked confused, and it wasn't like it was a hard question. "Are the batteries running low on those or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"What?" He self-conciously brings his hands up to his ears to cover the hearing aids. "No...I...they only help so much," he mumbles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, well, crap. I'll talk slower, then. Or is it louder?" She toyed with the frequencies around his head, carefully, to see if she could at least make their conversation a bit more legible to him. "Better?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 04:56 am UTC (link)
	"Look I don't need your pity or-," he stops for a moment. Did it all of a sudden become much easier to hear her? He gives her a confused look, "...yeah. It is. What did you do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"I told you, but maybe you didn't catch that bit. I manipulate soundwaves. I can make things louder, or quieter. Or break things..." Along with a few other tricks that she liked to keep up her sleeve. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"Huh..." Although he guessed this would be a one time thing. Not like she'd do this for him much, or ever again. "...Thanks. I don't like people bothering me about being deaf so I don't ever...yeah." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Sasha was extremely obliging, and for someone else who would likely have the same slant-viewed looks as she got, she'd be more so. "Hey, I get ya. You think I don't get the eye-shuffle when people notice my little difference?" She pointed at the slate-white orbs, shrugging her shoulders. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"I wasn't sure if that was because of your powers or not. Wasn't going to ask." He figured she was blind but, she could still see somehow which confused him. But asking would be rude and after what she'd done for him he didn't want to tick her off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

echokinetic
2012-02-27 05:31 am UTC (link)

"Kind of a part and parcel mix. Was born blind, but the sound manip came in when my powers kicked in. Fortunately, I was also born with echolocation, so I didn't walk into things as much as I could have." She didn't mind talking about it, not with someone who she felt had a similar experience. That, and she found talking helped open people up, which Simon seemed to need.

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	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"I thought I'd be the only...non-mutantly caused disabled one around here. So you can kind of see though. Not bad." He didn't mind talking about these things as much around her, especially since he figured she'd understand better than most. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 05:48 am UTC (link)
	"Nope, you're not alone, sweets. Granted, there's not a lot of blind, deaf or otherwise disabled mutants around, we're still there." She beamed at him and nodded her head at the door. "So, you want that tour or not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"Any other than you?" He gives her the first smile in a while, "Sure. It is the only tour I'll actually hear the commentary for..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-27 05:51 am UTC (link)
	"So far? Not yet. But, I have hope. And look, now I have a compliment to my 'See no Evil' gig." She smirked, leading him out of the room and down the hall. "You want outside or inside?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-27 05:53 am UTC (link)
	"So we just need a mute to complete the set is that it?" He smirks back at her, "I thought you were supposed to be the guide. Pick and show me the sights or in your case, best sounding places?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)