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Morty knows he shouldn't be screwing around with multidimensional shit. It's dangerous, it's impractical, it's blah blah blah. But it's a potential key to unlimited energy, how does nobody see that? He's built a dimensional siphon (it kind of looks like a cardboard box with a funnel and a TI-84 taped to it, but it damn well works), keyed in the dimensional coordinates to a random plane, and by God he's going to use it.
He flips the switch and waits for the energy bar to fill up.
It does! It fills up very rapidly. Then it explodes, along with the box. There's rather more smoke than there should be, and once the smoke clears someone is standing there.
"Oh my," Morty says faintly.
unmarred
...oh, come on, that's just unfair. At least vampires can't blush.
"Were you purpose-made to murder unsuspecting humans, if that isn't a rude question?" (Having sort of been purpose-made to murder unsuspecting humans himself, Mark feels that he gets to ask it if anybody does.)
"Were you purpose-made to murder unsuspecting humans, if that isn't a rude question?" (Having sort of been purpose-made to murder unsuspecting humans himself, Mark feels that he gets to ask it if anybody does.)
"Very few of us were purpose-made to do anything. Mutants are naturally occurring. Louis is of the opinion that I'm like this because my thirteen-year-old-self thought it would look cool, which is believable. Also, he was a bit more ambivalent on the subject of murder. I mean, killing people is all well and good, but if there's no good reason behind it it just seems a bit pointless, you know? Sort of declassé."
"Thank you." Peter preens, showing off his spiny plumage. (Louis, man and monster both, look terribly smug.)
Post-preening, Peter looks slightly awkward.
Louis' illusory manifestation clears his nonexistent throat. "Well, unless you plan to leap on each other at this very moment, which I wouldn't want to get in the way of, perhaps you should get started with the whole orientation affair?"
Louis' illusory manifestation clears his nonexistent throat. "Well, unless you plan to leap on each other at this very moment, which I wouldn't want to get in the way of, perhaps you should get started with the whole orientation affair?"
unmarred
"Seems reasonable."
The fact that vampires can't blush is extremely useful. So is the fact that Mark has a tendency to default to expressionlessness. See how calm and collected and not at all awkward he looks!
The fact that vampires can't blush is extremely useful. So is the fact that Mark has a tendency to default to expressionlessness. See how calm and collected and not at all awkward he looks!
Louis is inclined to take that as a challenge, as evidenced by the unnaturally clear and vivid mental image of Peter naked that pops into Mark's head. All of Louis' various faces radiate innocence.
Peter sighs. "I should, actually, probably show you around. If for no other reason than to get us out of Louis' domain so he can stop harassing you."
Peter sighs. "I should, actually, probably show you around. If for no other reason than to get us out of Louis' domain so he can stop harassing you."
unmarred
"Suits me," he says, still outwardly unruffled. "Is whatever that other person did to prevent me catching fire in sunlight still active?"
"Elizabeth says it's a 24-hour charm," relays Louis after a moment. "A more permanent solution can be gotten from Mystic Arts when it wears off."
Peter leads on!
First, Mark is shown around Hawthorne. Peter shows him various safety precautions, including an extremely mad-scientific fire extinguishing system and several rooms designed for flagrantly explosive mutants. "Since you don't exude nerve gas or anything, I don't think you'll need one of the special rooms. So your room is probably going to be more of a standard dorm than anything else, just fit with blackout curtains."
First, Mark is shown around Hawthorne. Peter shows him various safety precautions, including an extremely mad-scientific fire extinguishing system and several rooms designed for flagrantly explosive mutants. "Since you don't exude nerve gas or anything, I don't think you'll need one of the special rooms. So your room is probably going to be more of a standard dorm than anything else, just fit with blackout curtains."
"I'd introduce you to the other residents, but most of them are in class and the three who aren't aren't really fit for polite company, so it might not be the best time."
"Polite company, in this case, is anyone who looks human. And objects to potentially having their face ripped off."
unmarred
"Let's suppose that I would object to that. All right. Although I can look less human if it would help."
Peter nods. "Fun. Won't get you much shrift with the Monster Cabal, though, especially since you turn it on and off. You have the unfair advantage of not being made of acidic Jello."
"There's a few places we could go from here. If you're hungry, I can introduce you to the cafeteria. Otherwise, there's a library and various classrooms and a forest and such."
"Mark. This is Whateley. Of course they serve blood."
He starts off toward the Crystal Hall. "Most of the students who require blood can get by on synthetics, but if you turn out to be allergic we can get you a nice land mammal. Unless you need human blood, in which case you'll need to get acquainted with Xan."
He starts off toward the Crystal Hall. "Most of the students who require blood can get by on synthetics, but if you turn out to be allergic we can get you a nice land mammal. Unless you need human blood, in which case you'll need to get acquainted with Xan."