Wandering

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:06 pm

Gideon was wandering the ground's seemingly lost in thought. His hood was up, which was perhaps somewhat strange given that it was September. It was just something he was growing accustomed to doing given the circumstances.

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by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:50 pm

Haley was laying on a blanket, reading a book for English class, enjoying the sun and even enjoying the book quite a bit for required reading.

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:41 pm

Gideon was walking past the nascent telepath/telekine. Haley could probably 'hear' a very quiet telepathic white noise that followed him. If she tried to focus on the white noise it would sound like many voices whispering over one another though she probably couldn't quite make out what they were saying.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:34 pm

It was certainly distraction enough to make her set down her book and look around.

What the hell...

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:12 pm

Gideon stopped walking when he heard Haley's thought and turned towards her. The whispering sermed to grow louder for a moment. Haley could feel the emotions they represented rather than the words themselves. They felt like terror, anger, violence, pain, sadness, hope and bloodlust. Though as quickly as they seemed to grow stronger they vanished leaving an eery silence in their wake.

Gideon's eyes seemed to glow both red and blue beneath the hood. The gaze felt like it was piercing into her, measuring her, and her reaction.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:26 pm

Haley locked her gaze with Gideon and froze, like a deer in the headlights. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end and a shiver ran down her spine.

Shit...shit...am I dreaming again...?

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:54 pm

"Why would you be dreaming?" Gideon asked staring at Haley strangely.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:31 pm

shit...I'm thinking loud again. Damnit.

"Uh...hi," she managed, trying to imagine her brain being walled off to maybe keep someone else out or at least her thoughts in.

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:34 pm

Gideon considered probing the barrier for a moment.

"Not the worst mental barrier I've ever seen," Gideon said, "I'm guessing you haven't been here long. Is this your first year here?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:45 pm

"Yeah...first month, really...not really sure what the hell I'm doing...guess it sorta worked?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:53 pm

Haley Crusek wrote:"Yeah...first month, really...not really sure what the hell I'm doing...guess it sorta worked?"

Gideon smiled slightly.

"No," Gideon said, "But it's a good start. Mine were much worse when I first arrived at the institute."

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:00 pm

"So you're one of the college students then?" she asked.

It was pretty clear she was extremely nervous around Gid.

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:05 pm

"Yes, I was an X-man," Gideon said, "Dont be so nervous I'm not going to hurt you youngling."

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:59 pm

"O-okay..." she said. "I'm Haley."

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:03 pm

"Gideon," Gideon said evenly before pulling down the hood of his sweatshirt to reveal his face, "It's nice to meet you, Haley."

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:01 pm

"Nice to meet you too," she sighed, relaxing a little now that she could see his face a bit more clearly.

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:10 pm

"That reaction surprises me every time," Gideon said, "So you've been having nightmares, eh? Probably some problems shielding and broadcasting too?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:15 pm

"Yeah...to all of the above. I barely sleep from he nightmares which makes the other control things even harder."

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:24 pm

"Control as a telepath is a tricky thing. Something that requires a great deal of discipline, practice, and focus. So there's really no easy solution for your problem," Gideon said, "Practicing your mental barriers, meditation, and even exercise can help with keeping your emotions stable and intrusions out.

Sometimes though the more traditional method of downing a couple doses of nyquil works just as well."

GIdeon's tone gave away that the last part was meant as a joke.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:38 pm

Haley chuckled a bit, "So you're a telepath too?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:48 pm

"That I am," Gideon said his lips not moving though his voice still sounded crystal clear. "There aren't too many of us at the Institute or the University."

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:27 am

"Are you a TK too?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:50 am

"No, unfortunately that's not one of my gifts," Gideon said, "Beyond telepathy I can channel psychic energy into constructs and to increase my own physical abilities.

If you're looking for help with your abilities you'd want to look for Nick Varkan. To my knowledge he's one of the few telekines at the University. He's also somebody who is actually authorized to tutor people."

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:00 pm

"You aren't?" she asked, curious.

by **Gideon Rede** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:23 pm

Haley Crusek wrote:"You aren't?" she asked, curious.

"The faculty and your parents would probably prefer that I had as little contact with developing mutants as is possible," Gideon said.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:34 pm

Haley had a bad feeling about that explanation, but she pushed for more anyway.

"W-why?" she asked, growing more on edge again.

by **Gideon Rede** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:57 pm

"Do you think they'd let me wander around if they thought I was to harm somebody?" Gideon asked to try and make Haley more comfortable. "I was... the embodiment of our potential to do terrible things on a grand scale."

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:52 pm

"What...does that even mean?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:05 pm

"I'll be the first to admit it sounded much more descriptive in my head," Gideon smiled. "Lets just say I did some very bad things for Apocalypse. Things that got me stripped of my status as an X-Man."

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:49 pm

Haley's eyes widened. "You...were like one of those people who attacked the school in New York...?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:04 pm

"I did a number of regrettable things," Gideon said looking past Haley. "Things that will haunt me for the rest of my life. What happened at the Institute was just one of them."

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:19 pm

Haley chewed on her lip nervously, a flood of uncertainty about what to say rushing through her mind.

"That...was pretty scary. Did you know the other people he...recruited?"

by **Gideon Rede** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:16 pm

"One of them, yes," Gideon said, "We were dating before, during, and still are after what happened."

"If you want to join the teams expect things to be frightening. If you ever reach the point where you aren't scared that's when you know you need to stop."

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:26 pm

"I...never really thought about it I guess. In a way it was sort of...exciting helping fight. Scary as hell, but exciting too, I guess."

by **Gideon Rede** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:32 pm

"The adrenaline rush of combat is something else," Gideon said, "There's something special about experiencing your life being on the line. The only thing standing between you and utter annihilation your training and the people fighting beside you."

"It's almost like a drug and I was addicted. Which is probably part of the reason that Apocalypse chose me. Fear is one of the things that will can keep you from descending into those depths. Discipline is another."

by **Haley Crusek** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:07 pm

"Well I've got plenty of fear..."

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:39 am

"Normal nightmares or something else?" Gideon asked.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:07 am

"I don't know. They're pretty weird cuz they're every single night."

by **Gideon Rede** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:42 am

"Every night since you got here or have you been having them for a while?" Gideon asked sounding curious.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:13 pm

"every night since getting here," she explained.

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