"You can call me Estra." 

<Basic things about needs can be explained fairly simply,> she sends to Estra (and her loves as usual), <however our powers and broader goals will necessarily involve explaining complicated things. Which would you like first?>

She settles her hands on her lap gently.

"In that case, I think the best place to start is your goals and abilities, since I think that will help inform how best we can fufill your needs." 

She tilts her head for a moment, and hums, then nods. <Are you familiar with the concept of "plurality", or "multiplicity"?>

She inclines her head slightly. 

"While I'm not a psychologist or telereseacher, but I'm familiar with the idea, yes."

Maya nods. <There are five of us. As of a handful of hours ago, all of us were in one completely mundane, human body, and in a completely mundane world. We were granted... an upgrade, if you will, and we were able to use that power to give Hailey and I individual bodies, if not humanoid ones yet. Our overall goals are: make friends, do good, explore and grow our powers, get individual humanoid bodies for each of us, and travel.>

She nods empathetically. 

"That must have been a big change. Are you suffering from any Body Dysmorphia issues?" 

She hums softly, and types a few notes out on her computer. 

"Could you talk a bit about the powers that you have, and what you're comfortable with in terms of options to pursue those goals?"

Hailey shakes her head. <Not a lot,> she relays through Maya and Sable. <I had the most extreme change, and mostly I'm just glad to get out of that body and be able to move independently. Not having a humanoid alternate form is... not the best, but I love being able to fly, and none of us liked the original body>

"Even though we did put a lot of work into making it fit better," Sable adds with a rueful grin.

<I have essentially none at all, as this is a form I'd taken from time to time in our mindspace.>

"As for our powers... Maya is psychic, with a number of associated and tangential abilities."

<Telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, healing, hypnosis, sleep inducement, health-drain, confusion, and a variety of beam attacks — some of which are associated with an alternate form that can fly,> she lists off. <I need a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and grains should be fine as well, though I'm not certain about meat. I'll need a fairly high caloric intake.>

She turns to look at Hailey. <Hailey, however, is a phoenix, except aligned with lightning rather than the traditional association of fire.>

<Lightning blasts, travel through bursts of lightning, be reborn in lightning when I die (we haven't tested that yet), healing tears, carry heavy loads, and soothing and emotionally expressive song. Diet's approximately in the range of an omnivorous bird of prey, plus bits of loadstone and quartz,> she relays.

She nuzzles Sable's cheek. <This one is where it gets more complicated.>

She smiles. "Yeah, I've got a pretty wide spread: various minor style and hygiene powers, enough shapeshifting to look like whichever of the other three of us is fronting, the ability to swap outfits when out of sight, immunity to sickness and poison, implausibly convenient metabolism, automatic language acquisition, massively accelerated learning of anything known by anyone I have a personal connection to (including forms of magic I shouldn't be able to learn), super strength, implausible skill in any kind of battle, immunity to just about anything mind-altering or inspecting that I don't allow, the ability to gain the benefits of any heritage I encounter, and the ability to heal anyone I'm in a serious romantic relationship with a kiss."

She tilts her head a bit. "Those all apply to the other headmates who are still in here with me for now, but we don't know if they'll stick around when we get individual bodies, however. That merits a bit of considering later."

She shakes her head, then adds, "Oh, and I've copied heritage from both Maya and Hailey so far, granting me a set of psychic abilities and lightning affinity as well. It's unclear if I got the teleportation or rebirth, however."

<As far as options we're comfortable with, we do not know enough of the available range to say much. We're open to suggestions.>

She types dutifully and methodically, with the quickness of a scribe, with increasing little trembles in her eyebrows and lips at the long list of powers. 

"That's... quite a selection of abilities. Your upgrade must have been quite generous." 

She pauses, flicking open some tabs and taking a settling deep breath. 

"Assuming that those abilities are fully consciously controlled and the like..." 

"The most obvious things we can offer are ability testing, a fund dispensation for room and board, our database of resources for newly empowered people, and then we can see about integration and the like, and helping with placements to give you a more traditional income source outside of something more transitional that we can offer. Getting your own source of income also means that you might be able to afford empowered services we can help facilitate that might otherwise help you achieve your goals." 

She taps her fingers against her thigh. 

"I mostly ask that question because a lot of people have different opinions about how involved in the riskier side of empowered life they want to be - whether or not you're comfortable with being in an organization that conducts combat operations, whether you're willing to personally undertake dangerous field missions, against the forces of nature or hostile fighters, that sort of thing. 'Doing good' can mean a lot of different things to different people." 

Sable hums thoughtfully. "They can, with the exception of a few of the style ones. Money almost certainly isn't an issue, though we're not likely to say no to getting paid for field work. Recommendations of where to acquire accommodations or tech would be very helpful, recommendations for empowered services would be great, so would power testing, exposure to skills I can learn or heritages I can mimic would be excellent, and..."

There's a brief pause while they all exchange Looks for a moment, then, "we would be quite willing to involve ourselves in dangerous missions as long as we had sufficient evidence that it was the right thing to do. For a few examples, stopping a natural disaster is almost certainly good and we don't need much more information than where to go and how to help, while combat would merit rather more explanation. That's not about risk on our part so much as wanting to be sure of the impact we're having, by the way. Due to my powers, I expect to be safer in combat than in comparably dangerous natural disasters."

"Oh? In that case, I can perhaps recommend to you getting a more personal coach from amongst our staff or contacts to help you adapt to this world a little more - from smaller consults to perhaps even a dedicated concierge or assistant. We can also recommend realtors who are used to dealing with more complicated cases, and of course, the power testing facilities we have here." 

She hums softly. 

"That makes sense. The most desirable application for combat powers is in quick-response units, which might make that a little impractical, but I think that a lot of that largely has to do with trust and the like? We can certainly work on cultivating that as we work with you."

<A more personal coach would be lovely, as would all those recommendations. And yes, you're correct that it's really a matter of trust. In addition to the usual slow route, there are shortcuts if someone we expect to be sufficiently knowledgeable allows one of us to telepathically verify their intent, or convey the entire breakdown of a situation over telepathy directly.>

She shakes her head. <To put it simply, the law enforcement officers in the world we came from had a serious problem of perpetuating or worsening systematic oppression, and we would like to avoid participating in anything like that in our new life.>

She nods gravely. 

"While I'm sure I could arrange that sort of telepathic communion with some time, I'd feel a little disingenuous if I didn't mention the existence of some methods designed to fool that sort of effect. Also, for reasons that I hope are fairly clear, that sort of invasive effect is interdicted by the wards here, and it's against policy to undertake without some further consultations." 

<Extremely understandable and expected,> she replies with a nod.

She waits a moment in case you have something more to say, then continues. 

"Is there anything that you'd particularly like to look into first of the items I've mentioned?"

"First order of business is acquiring local comms and shelter for the night. Recommendations on a suitable phone and where to buy it, along with a hotel that can deal with us and all of our us-ness," she gestures indicatively at the visibly unusual group, with her own enhanced beauty and somewhat odd eyes, and Maya and Hailey's obviously inhuman natures, "would likely help there. After that, an appointment with someone for tomorrow, and contact details for your recommended realtors. From there, if there's any time left in the night after we've got the phone and booked the room, maybe power testing?"

"I'd most recommend a basic E-type model - it's designed to mimic the functionality of a consumer device while being somewhat robust to electrical interference and more remote conditions. I can give you some purchase links for online retailers, if you'd like, or send you to the appropriate store. There's a handful of hotels that should be adequate in their discretion - though if funds truly aren't an issue I expect simply calling and asking for white glove service should be plenty sufficient, without worrying overly much about vetting, unless you're looking to be especially security conscious. I don't believe booking an appointment for tommorow should be an issue - just give me a time and I should be able to find someone to take care of your needs."