MoM IC Contact

[khajidont]

Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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[khajidont]

I mean I could take the bus but I can also fly. So either one

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[runningstart]

oh right i forgot u could do that

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[runningstart]

yeah fly im gonna run

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[khajidont]

OK just meet me outside of city limits then so I can follow you because I actually have no idea where this place is

[Or he could track Wally's genetic code, but he's actively working on not being creepy.]

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[runningstart]

[what's a little genetic tracking between friends]

ok the taco bell on madison be there or be square

action? I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING ACTION

[khajidont]

[It occurs to Jaime that Kaidan must think that he's really weird. He acts like a homebody - because, for all intents and purposes, he is - but he's hardly ever home, and seems to go out on a whim.

Which, to be fair, he does. Having speedsters around tends to only exacerbate that fact. At any rate, he's out the door without so much as a goodbye, and it's only a matter of time before it's easy to spot the guy in the bright electric blue bugsuit hovering above Taco Bell.

This time he's donning his wings, which Wally hasn't seen before, but considering what Wally has seen, it probably won't come as much of a surprise.]

AKSHUN

[runningstart]

Ohhh, it's a bird! It's a plane! [wally apparently has decided to be a smartass, but at least he's in uniform] No, it's some kid in a big blue bug outfit! [rude]

AKSHUN

[khajidont]

Thanks. I appreciate the commentary.

[No, he would call him something back, but he's the world's worst banterer. What would he call him? Guy in yellow suit? He swoops down to hover just in front of Wally, though he's going to get a little more altitude when they get started.]

So? What's the deal with this haunted house thing?

[runningstart]

[Oh Jaime, there's so much material there and you can't even see it. Ask him how he found a mustard bottle as big as he is.]

Just the usual stuff, [Wally calls up to him.] People swear they saw a lady in the window, lights on when the power's been out for years, strange noises, blah blah blah. Everything that can be explained if someone would just go inside and take a look around.

[khajidont]

Well, it's not as if they've got anyone native to this place born with superpowers, so I guess it'd make sense that they don't have any magic either. I'm really more of a science guy.

[Which is not to say he doesn't believe in magic - he has had too many run-ins with magic to count, and he hates it. Magic's just more of Traci's territory, is all. She'd be able to tell them what's up in a second.]

[runningstart]

[THIS GUY DOESN'T]

It's not magic, and it's not a haunting. There's no such thing as ghosts, and magic is all either tricks or science we don't understand yet.

[khajidont]

Dude, really? We go through all this, and magic's where you draw the line?

[Wally, you're weird.]

We even have a ghost here.

[runningstart]

[Wally jabs a finger in Jaime's direction.] He does not count! There's something going on there, but he's not a ghost. It's probably some kind of astral projection or density shifting.

[khajidont]

What do you mean he doesn't count? A ghost is still a ghost even if you call it astral projection. And it's definitely not density shifting when you can literally possess people. That's a ghosty thing.

['Ghosty thing'. Jaime's a man of science.]

[runningstart]

[WALLY IS QUESTIONING THAT

YOU ARE NOT TRUE TO THE CULT OF SCIENCE, HEATHEN]

No, that's different because I don't mean woo-woo astral projection, I mean like using electromagnetic signals and audio manipulation- did you know that if there are subtle vibrations in the air, you can unsettle someone to the point of them hallucinating ghosts? This is fact, there's been published studies. It's called infrasound. You hit a frequency below 20 Hz just right, and people get that feeling of dread, start seeing or feeling things that aren't actually there. Throw in a little brainwashing and bam, you've got a possession.

[khajidont]

[It should be difficult to look so skeptical with his eyes covered by smooth lenses and without any eyebrows to emote with, but somehow, Jaime seems to manage it.]

Dude, I have a supercomputer in my spine. I smell electricity and see signals. Also, not brainwashing - brainwashing's when it makes you think it's your idea, and you can actually fight the guy. It's got nothing to do with feeling things or thinking you've seen a ghost; every single person who got possessed by him had no idea what happened in the first place.

[Except him, but details.]

I mean, don't get me wrong, I think this place you wanna dig through is a phony, but that guy was definitely a ghost.

[runningstart]

I'll give you "currently unexplained phenomenon" and that's it. [Sticking to his guns here. The boy is stubborn.]

...wait a second, a computer on your spine? Are you talking about your armor?

[khajidont]

[Unexplained phenomenon you mean magic, Wally.]

Oh. Yeah, did I never mention that? It's why the armour comes outta my skin.

[runningstart]

[NO HE DOES NOT]

Um no, you conveniently forgot to mention that. Doesn't it hurt? I just thought that was how your powers worked!

[khajidont]

Oh. Whoops. Okay, so: I have an AI in my spine. Surprise? [He hums in thought.] And it used to hurt, but it doesn't really anymore.

[He doesn't stand around dry heaving anymore when he suits up. He's pretty happy about that!]

It just looks super gross and that's about it.

[runningstart]

Dude, what the heck. You're okay with having that thing stuck on you?

[khajidont]

Well, yeah. I mean, it was this whole thing when it first happened, but now I'm as cool with it as you are with your powers. Which I'm assuming you're totally cool with.

[Because super speed is cool, and why wouldn't anyone be cool with that?]

[runningstart]

[Which he is.] Wait a second- Wait a minute! So all those times you've been talking to yourself, were you talking to the AI?!

[khajidont]

Yes? Wait - man, did you think I was just crazy? Why didn't you ask earlier?

[Jaime is not nearly as subtle as he thinks he is, and he doesn't think he's all that subtle. Robin, he ain't.]

[runningstart]

Why the heck would I ask?! If you catch a guy whispering angrily to himself like he's talking to someone, do you assume he's nuts or do you assume he has an AI fused onto his spine that can speak to him telepathically?! You don't just ask a crazy guy if he's crazy!