Independent Study

by **Emily Inque** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:04 pm

"Is everything all right, sir?" Emily asks.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:54 pm

"Eh, don't mind me. Just been an odd month."

by **Emily Inque** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:05 pm

"Yes. It has," Emily agrees.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:31 pm

"For you, too?"

by **Emily Inque** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:33 pm

"I have had an odd life, sir," Emily says. "This week has not been particularly different."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:05 am

"So, in that case, it was business as usual, yes?"

by **Emily Inque** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:08 am

"I suppose it depends on your perspective, sir," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:36 pm

"Enlighten me."

by **Emily Inque** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:00 pm

"I am afraid you can only find enlightenment on your own, sir," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:23 pm

"No, I mean, tell me what's odd, and I'll see if I can't make it better."

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:43 am

"I am living in a house. I have regular school lessons. There is no immediate danger and everyone is kind and polite," Emily explains.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:34 pm

"Are these good or bad things for you?"

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:50 pm

"Neither. They are different," Emily says. "That's why it is a matter of perspective."

"To some people, my life is odd. I am a laboratory experiment designed to create an altered form of darkforce," Emily says. "I only became sentient because I fed off the psionic energies of Mr. Varkan. I had to have the mental imprint of a slave projected into my mind in order to establish some order of sanity. My mother is an ex-slave and Batman cosplayer in a lesbian marriage with another mutant who spends her free time destroying slave rings in Madripoor."

"That is my baseline for normal. Others may have had different experiences."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:01 pm

"Frankly, I think you're one of the more normal ones here," Will joked.

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:22 pm

"Yes. This is a school full of deviants," Emily agrees.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:12 pm

"I don't think THAT'S the best thing to call us..."

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:14 pm

"No, I am pretty certain that is accurate, sir."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:16 pm

"Perhaps in a technical sense, as in deviations from the norm, but it still contains nasty connotations."

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:18 pm

"It does? I was unaware," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:05 am

"It does. It makes people think they are less than normal."

by **Emily Inque** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:22 am

"People being made to feel less than others? However would they ever be able to bear such a weight, sir," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:03 pm

"I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I say that we're dedicated to NOT letting that happen."

by **Emily Inque** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:58 pm

"And, might I says, you do an excellent job of fulfilling that ideal at this school, sir," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:43 am

"...I can't tell if you're being sarcastic."

by **Emily Inque** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:29 am

"It is a mystery, sir."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:36 pm

"I'm gonna get you, like, signs or something. Like, a big green one for when you're being literal, and a big red one when you're being sarcastic."

by **Emily Inque** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:24 pm

"But what if I began using the signs sarcastically?" Emily asks.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:01 pm

"I don't think that's allowed. The sign police would get you."

by **Emily Inque** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:59 am

"Harsh, but fair, sir."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:56 pm

"That's my motto."

by **Emily Inque** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:16 pm

"MIne is 'che mondo sarebbe senza nutella', sir," Emily says. "I try to live by that."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:32 pm

"...what the? Is that French?"

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:21 am

"Italian, sir," Emily says.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:26 am

"Where did you learn italian?

And what's this about nutella?"

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:30 am

"Here and there. It is not difficult. It is simply information, sir," Emily says. "And the approximate translation is something about honor and bravery. And hazelnuts."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:34 am

"No, it's not just information, it has context and connections. I;m curious--WHEN did you pick up Italian, and do you want some Nutella?"

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:40 am

"I have never tried Nutella, sir," Emily says.

"I am not sure how to explain it, sir. It was in a book. It seemed interesting and useful, so I took it."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:12 am

"You stole the book?"

by **Emily Inque** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:39 pm

"The information, sir."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:41 pm

"Ah. Makes sense.

So, you pick things up that easily? Fast memorization?"

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