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[Today is a good day for serious business, apparently. There's a certain something he's been putting off for a while, and after one-too-many dreams interrupting his sleep, he's had enough: this morning when Billy wakes up, the first thing he does is jot out a note in the journal-]
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Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?
[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.
After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]
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I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.
There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.
[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.
In the end he just leaves it be.]
...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
[Private to Ben Grimm]
Hey, would it be okay if I swung by to ask you a few things?
[He'll work through his morning routine until he gets a response, after which he'll go for a visit and get a hell of a lot more than he bargained for.
After that, his mood for the day is drastically altered; he'll skip out on school, trying to sort out his feelings on the matter. Tommy's still AWOL, and he's trying not to worry Teddy, but what he's just been told has really got him thinking- about people, and heroes, and the unfairness of mankind in general. And eventually he'll just go ahead and return to his journal for it. He's kind of in over his head here.]
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I know Luceti's full of heroes- seems kind of a standard trait for most of us, for whatever reason. Back on my world, super-humans aren't that uncommon, and in general they're revered for everything they do for the world. Some of them were born that way, and some of them are from other planets, and some were altered to get their powers, and some have a lot of talent or skill instead of powers. But they're all considered to be super heroes. There's bad guys, too- just as diverse and unique as the heroes they fight. People fear them and celebrate their defeat.
There's another group, though... humans who got their powers because of evolution. It's much more natural, in a lot of ways. Some are heroes, some are villains. Some are just trying to get by without becoming one or the other. But regular humans fear them, and hate them for it, even if they save the world just as much as the heroes they love. They're called criminals or monsters, no matter how innocent they might be.
[He hesitates- it's probably obvious to some, what he's talking about, and he's not sure if he should lock it from the mutant population, or apologize, or something, but it relates to them even if it's not by name. Hiding it wouldn't be right.
In the end he just leaves it be.]
...Sorry for the ramble. But it's not fair, and... I just can't understand why. Why hate one and love the other, when they're basically the same?
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[Figuratively, if not literally. Depends on where you live and the kind of trouble you've managed to cause when manifesting powers decide to blow something up.]
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[There isn't much to say to that, is there?]
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[NOPE, NOT MUCH. Which is why, after a moment, he tries to steer things away a bit.]
I'm Billy, by the way.
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[omg Teddy mentioned him to Professor Layton kyaaa]
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Excellent. He told me you were a fan of puzzles.
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Layton has officially made his day.]
Y... yes, I do! I love them! I play puzzle games all the time, actually.
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Is that so? You must share them with me when you can. Better yet, we could have a puzzle exchange.
[He's been starving for puzzles since he got here.]
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[He's trying to rein in the fanboyism, but it's hard, ugh. Hopefully he just comes across as particularly enthusiastic.]
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Wonderful! And Teddy is welcome to join in too, of course. But I see no reason to delay the puzzles until then. Would you like to hear one I've had on my mind lately?
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[He's beaten the games though, so- so- it's probably okay. Yes. He's too excited to worry, anyway.]
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You find yourself in a three-way duel with me and a boy named Luke, your two most bitter rivals. We are each given a pistol and unlimited ammunition. Unfortunately, you are the weakest shot and only hit your target 1/3 of the time. Luke hits his target 2/3 of the time, and I hit mine every time.
We agree to take turns shooting. You will go first, then Luke, then I. We will continue this cycle until only one of us remains. At whom should you shoot first to maximize your chances of survival?
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Well... the obvious answer would be to shoot at you first, since shooting at Luke would result in you hitting me right away even if I did manage to hit him. Still a long shot, but possible.
I'm thinking that's too obvious, though.
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You think correctly. While there's still a chance you can emerge victorious by shooting me first, Luke's 2/3 chance of hitting you next is a serious risk. There must be a better option.
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...Do I have to shoot at one or the other?
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[In other words, no.]
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[It's spoken with a dry tone, but he doesn't sound particularly serious. Now that he has a confirmation of more options, he's got a better solution.]
I say shoot to intentionally miss, then. If I hit 1/3 of the time, then by missing in the first round and surviving the second by you choosing to shoot Luke, then my odds go up to 50-50 for the third. Better odds than what I started with, anyway.
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I'm glad I got it right, though!
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