[IC: Forward dated to Saturday 19 May]

[julienned]

[YEAH I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE IN HERE. it's a comatose teenager hooked up to a bunch of machines.

it's really boring.] 

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[mind_over_metal]

Who created the blocks?

[julienned]

First time around? Me.

[mind_over_metal]

And then?

[julienned]

I don't remember. I blacked out.

[mind_over_metal]

*nods*

Reach for your powers.

[julienned]

[he does so. quite literally. look some of us need crutches.]

[mind_over_metal]

*he slides onto the pathway of his power, tracing his way deeper, searching for any barriers or bindings*

[julienned]

[he twitches.]

Damn, that feels weird.

[but yes, there's some, and there's a sizeable reservoir of power underneath. i'm sorry charles, this kid is scary powerful, even more so than he has any comprehension.]

[mind_over_metal]

*ignores his twitchiness as he takes it in*

...all right. I'm going to ask you for a promise. That you won't just wait until the time that you feel it's necessary. That if you are going to have this be an open part of you, you learn how to actually use it. What it actually is. Because this is... amazing. You don't know how amazing, you truly don't.

[julienned]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[mind_over_metal]

No, you don't. But you will. I'm trusting you with this.

*and he starts loosening the blocks, one by one*

[julienned]

[the only clue Charles gets is that Julian sucks in a breath sharply.]

[mind_over_metal]

*is about halfway through*

I'm just loosening them, enabling them to be lifted. I can help you with that at first, while you're learning to control it yourself.

[julienned]

Can they go back after?

[mind_over_metal]

As things currently are, yes. I can't promise you that one hundred percent. Powers shift and change. But we can shift and change with them. If these can't go back, we can find something that will.

[julienned]

All right. Do it.

[mind_over_metal]

*removes the final restriction*

[julienned]

Ow.

[mind_over_metal]

[ the feeling of a smile ]

Easy, now.

[julienned]

So I got two weeks to get used to this before everything goes pear shaped.

[...he grins.]

Easy.

[mind_over_metal]

Are you ready to wake up now?

[julienned]

Come on, let's go. I know what i need to do.

[WE WAKING UP.]

[mind_over_metal]

*his eye snap open. he's pretty much slumped over Julian's bed as much as his positioning allows, both hands at Julian's temples. and he looks like kind of a wreck -- pale, dark circles under his eyes, disheveled. but he's smiling.*

[julienned]

[after a long moment his eyes open slowly, squinting at the light]

Oh. It doesn't hurt.

[mind_over_metal]

*pushes himself upright and briefly presses the heel of his hand against his eyes before sitting up fully, looking at Julian*

Feeling anything else other than not-hurt?