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(This is a July catchall kind of post for Light/Snake so tag where you'd like or let me know if you want to work out something via plurk! You can also call him either name as both pretty much apply.)

A.

Nothing like moving across the ocean and having to figure out where to go in a new town. Especially in a place like London. Light "Snake" Averly, armed with a braille map, takes the time to explore London when he's not teaching at university. Each street and bus route he can travel safely is another piece of London memorized. Perhaps he might also meet friendly (and not-so-friendly) faces as he travels...

B.

He's heard about Redbright, now that he's been in London for a little bit. He'd heard rumors about the school having something to do with the supernatural, but nothing concrete. Snake would love to do nothing more than excise his powers from his brain, but the science hadn't gotten around to that. Yet. He didn't really feel any kinship to other supernatural, having stayed far the hell away from anything back home in Washington State. Still, he can't help but have some curiosity for the Institute.

C. Choose your own adventure.

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"What a ways out. Well, you made it. Welcome to the Redbright Institute." He has to wonder if he's just a normal human, or he's more than that. But it doesn't really matter if he's supposed to be a teacher. Or he'd like to become one.

"I've been in London forever, and I've been here two years. Tell me if you need any help." He drums his fingers on his arms for a moment before speaking again. "Redbright's from gradeschool and up, but we've also got extra classes for people who want them."

"It's fortunate that London has wonderful public transportation. It's just memorizing it all that's a pain." Snake has had to learn to be very good at memorizing lots of things in order to navigate the world. Still, it took time!

He did tilt his head in puzzlement. "Extra classes? You mean, you offer classes to the general population? That's rather generous of the institution."

"You'll get the hang of it eventually," Ekko's not sure why Snake needs to memorize it, but there's probably a reason behind it. But London's transport can be a little daunting at times.

"More like for supernatural types," if he's here it's safe enough to talk about, right?

"For supernatural types?" It's said so casually that he's taken aback. "You mean...to help train them? There's an actual place for supernatural people to go?"

For him, it is casual. As long as he's at Redbright, he doesn't have a problem revealing he's a supernatural something or other.

Ekko nods for a moment, "Yeah. To help them get control and learn about that part of themselves. It's been here as long as I can remember. It's just a matter of finding people who need help."

Snake's squeezed his already shut eyes tighter in thought. To get actually trained by someone else? Oh, not to really use his powers, perhaps, but trained better how to control them?

"Suppose, hypothetically speaking, an individual who does not have great exposure to the supernatural world has learned power control through sheer willpower. Said individual would like nothing more than to lose powers but as that wouldn't happen, said individual might enjoy learning to control power to a better degree. Would said individual still be able to attend a class?"

"Willpower can definitely take them a long way," and he believes it, because that's what he's done. It was definitely weird relieving minutes because he didn't have his power under control then, but he made it work eventually.

"I think they could talk to a witch about sealing away powers. The stronger ones can do that. But if they just want to control their power, they can definitely take classes. That's what Redbright's here for."

Sealing it away? As in forever? No more headaches when his willpower started to drain on him? On the other hand, if he trained his power more, wouldn't that also work? All he'd be training to do was to keep his mental shields up so it would never be used. Either way would be wonderful.

"That's very good information to know...who am I speaking with, again?"

Probably forever? Ekko's never really wanted to get rid of his power, but he can sort of get it if people don't want theirs. Especially when it comes to meta-humans because theirs is one hell of a mixed bag.

"I'm Ekko. I'm a prefect and a senior. Feel free to talk to me if you need help with anything around here."

Unfortunately when your career is in academia and you have mental powers, being a called a cheater doesn't exactly advance your career.

"Good to meet you, Ekko. My name is Light Averly. I might seriously consider coming back here...given what you've told me about my hypothetical scenario."

That's rough, buddy.

"Our doors are always open," at least to the supernatural types.

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