etrayalogs | Ramsey Farm open mingle

WHO: Etrayans!
WHEN: Post-mission.
WHERE: Ramsey Farm.
WHAT: An open mingle log for people to hang out and do stuff at Ramsey Farm. See Accelerator's network post for details.
NOTES\WARNINGS: None, please put any CWs in subjects.

An idyllic, well loved little farm house that looks like it has been transported right from the fields of Kansas. The garden in the front has flowers and the back garden is chock full of vegetables. There is a chicken coop and a bale of hay is strung up from a tree like a tire swing for a little goat's enrichment. There is also a shed in the back, designed to look like a small version of the farm house, with a summer outdoor couch set up shoved against the back wall, piled with all weather cushions, and various lawn and small gardening equipment hung on the front wall. Towards the edge of the grounds, in a patch of large wildflowers, sits a large stone acting as a grave marker. Instead of names, it has been engraved with "#1 - #10 031."

The farm is being used as a safe space for children by Accelerator. Kids under 15 are allowed to use it as they wish. Kids over 15 are allowed to use the space if they help with upkeep. Adults who have been vetted by a kid are allowed on the ground to do work. A security system has been added to the farm house that sends messages to Accelerator's ear piece depending on the threat level.

The goat's name is Mena.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

( She watches him look away, tipping her head just slightly to the side. Trying to get a read on someone whose story she only knows in the smallest portions as told by what he's said, or what he hasn't, isn't much to go on. But he's looking away now, and something about it settles uneasily on his shoulders. )

Yeah. That's what I believe.

( The external forces aside. Those are things they're trying to take steps to help mitigate. As one does. )

[Thankfully for everyone, he isn't jealous. However, it's hard to avoid a comparison when you're talking about two people who have been labelled 'the strongest,' with one of them doing unequivocal good with that power, and the other one being little more than a horrible monster. It's his own baggage and he doesn't want to drag it out into the open when it won't help anyone. Doing so would be childish, like throwing a temper tantrum or something, so he clamps down on those feelings and focuses on why he was asking. This is an information exchange, so regardless of how it makes him feel it's useful to know.

He sighs heavily, reaching up to rub the bridge of his nose. Okay, okay, an extremely powerful person who, under normal circumstances, has a strong moral compass.]

I'm guessing he thinks he has a lot of fucking responsibilities. That's a lot of pressure on one person. He's never gotten stressed out about it?

( Lois considers his question, ultimately leaning back and shrugging her shoulders. )

He may. I don't know if it feels quite like we'd expect or not for him. I'd say he's the only one who can really tell you. Anything I say is speculation. I'm not inside his head, and I don't want to put words in his mouth that he hasn't said.

( Stressed out by it? She goes quiet for a moment. Eventually: )

He's someone who has to be really good at self regulation. In everything he does. I... don't know if we really ever understand what that has to mean for him.

( Lois has known this in a logical way. She hasn't broken it down to consider it from different angles. What, in the end, does it mean to be someone as inherently powerful as Clark Kent, as Superman, and yet unmistakably gentle with how he interacts with the whole of the world? )

[Does this mean he needs to talk to Superman, now? Because this is something he can relate. It's something he had to deal with ever since he was a child, and he still has to maintain control even when he uses his ability today. Self-regulation has been a huge part of his life for years.]

It's unlikely.

[Normal people don't have to worry about being able to kill someone just by touching them, and it isn't something you can understand without experiencing it firsthand.]

And it's all the more reason to have a contingency plan in place. Sometimes the difference between being in control and not is a thin line.

[His experience with that is why he had agreed in the first place.]

( Can't hurt to talk to Superman directly, Accelerator. For many reasons, he's the best source of information on himself. )

It is. We're working on our own contingencies.

( She says, which isn't saying anything about Accelerator's being asked historically, or her assumptions by now that it could indeed be universal. People see threats in possibilities. Even slim ones. She gets it. (She hates it, but she gets it.) )

But you're welcome to talk with him about it. Just like you may want to for how he handles stress.

[He gives a small nod. Good to hear they're being responsible adults!]

Yeah, maybe. [Likely! When he's feeling motivated and somewhat sociable.

At any rate, he moves to grab his crutch and stand.]

Oh, and the library might have the kind of printer you're looking for. Otherwise you'll probably have to ask Aurora for one.

( She shifts, moving to stand much as he does. No further comment on what Accelerator chooses to do with his time, but hey, no reason to be. It's not her ... business in any viable way that Lois would try justifying to herself.

Ergo, she nods her head to the suggestion. )

Thanks, I'll check out the library. If I don't run into anything there, I'll reach out to Aurora again.

( And gives him a little wave. )

Thanks for talking, Accelerator. See you around.

( Best to make sure she's following his cues on this, and this? Feels like a decent exit cue. )

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