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[skort]

Hello, fellow Transports! I know we're in a bit of a pinch right now what with this super-virus mutating and infecting some of the population, but if you have a minute I've got some questions I'd appreciate some answers to. Some of them may help either now, if we're going to be trying to treat this virus at all, or in the future should anything like this happen again.

What's your name?
Age?
Place of origin? Planet, country, and city of origin would be the most helpful.
Species? If you're anything other than a baseline human, does your biology differ in any notable ways?
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? "Student" and "unemployed" are perfectly valid answers.
Do you have any prior experience with war?
Time travel?
Alternate universes?
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with?
Do you have any background in medicine?
What about the STEM fields? For anyone who doesn't know, that would be Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? If it has a special function, feel free to include that at your discretion.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours?
If you answered no to the above, why not?
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions?

Feel free to skip any questions you feel are too intrusive, or encrypt things if you would like to answer but would rather not answer to the whole network. Similarly, if you would like to answer but don't trust the Initiative's technology, I can currently be found in the library (the one not in the Hold) and would love to either talk face to face or take answers written elsewhere. Look for the blonde in the Metropolis University sweatshirt. Any and all private communication will be kept completely confidential and is only to satisfy my own curiosity. Thank you in advance for any answers!

And, out of the interest of fairness, I'll give you my own answers to this little survey.

What's your name? Kara Zor-El.
Age? Functionally somewhere around 19/20.
Place of origin? Earth, United States of America, Metropolis. Originally from the planet Krypton.
Species? Kryptonian. We look fairly human on the outside, but our internal organs are vastly different from those of the Homo sapiens sapiens. Radiation from a yellow sun also affects our bodies in ways baseline humans don't experience.
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? Full-time superhero. I've also sold some technology to a business with a large R&D department.
Do you have any prior experience with war? Yes.
Time travel? Yes.
Alternate universes? Sadly, yes.
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with? Possibly, yes. I haven't had time to analyze all of it.
Do you have any background in medicine? Nothing more than basic first aid, but I'm interested in learning more.
What about the STEM fields? Yes. I was part of the Science Guild back on New Krypton. These days I mostly focus on mechanical and electronic engineering, with astro- and temporal physics being a hobby.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? A small sphere the functions of which are unknown.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours? I have plans to.
If you answered no to the above, why not? N/A
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions? I haven't been here long enough to form a complete opinion, but so far I think they're in over their heads a bit. Messing with time is always difficult and usually inadvisable.

[ ooc | here, have a textbox with the survey in it to make filling it out easier! ]
<strong>What's your name?</strong> <strong>Age?</strong> <strong>Place of origin?</strong> If you have a designation for your universe, that and planet/country/city of origin would be helpful. <strong>Species?</strong> If you're anything other than a baseline human, does your biology differ in any notable ways? <strong>What occupation did you have in your world of origin?</strong> Student and unemployed are perfectly valid answers. <strong>Do you have any prior experience with war?</strong> <strong>Time travel?</strong> <strong>Alternate universes?</strong> <strong>Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with?</strong> <strong>Do you have any background in medicine?</strong> <strong>What about the STEM fields?</strong> For anyone who doesn't know, that would be Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. <strong>What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium?</strong> Provided it's not too personal a thing to ask. <strong>Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours?</strong> <strong>If you answered no to the above, why not?</strong> <strong>What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions?</strong>

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voice

[skort]

It's nice to meet you, Physis.

[ and man kara is excited about all these people who don't come from earth. ]

voice

[terrot]

[ well, trace it back far enough and they do, but still. ]

Likewise, Kara. My people are called the Mu. We are like humans, we were born from the same blood. But while they are greater in physical power, ours is mental. Psychic. My position among them was as a guide, an adviser to our Soldier.

voice

[skort]

When you say psychic, do you mean more telepathic abilities or something more like precognitive abilities?

voice

[terrot]

Precognitives were not out of the question, but not among the standard. [ pretty much it was just her. ] But knowing the mind and heart of another was within our power. Other psionic manifestations are also common.

[skort]

That's pretty cool.

[terrot]

[ she lets out a small hum, pleased. ]

It can be. Only one other of my kind is here, but he was our strongest, his power going beyond us all. With him was the ability to defend us all.

I suppose that leads into the next question.

[skort]

Your occupation. I take it you had something to do with the other person that's here?

[terrot]

I was referring to war. As I told you, I advised our Soldier.

[skort]

Oh. [ whoops. ] So you do have experience with war, then?

[terrot]

If it could be called that. It was more of a hunt than a war.

[skort]

What made it different? If you don't mind my asking.

[terrot]

Is it a war when you find a spider in your room and decide to crush it? When you declare that all spiders should be so crushed on discovery?

The spider may not think so.

[skort]

Good point.

I guess the next question would be about time travel...?

[terrot]

Only here. This may be in my past, compared to the time I came from. It's the same for alternate universes, I hadn't heard of the concept before my arrival.

[skort]

This must be very strange for you then.

[terrot]

I'll admit that it did bring some discomfort at first. But at least I don't have to go through it alone.

[skort]

I always feel a little strange when I think this, but having people you care about in situations like this does make them easier, even if it sucks that you're both stuck in a terrible situation.

[terrot]

Yes, but sometimes the situation behind you wasn't so favorable, either.

[skort]

True enough.

[terrot]

If given the choice, I wouldn't have been the one to be sent here to Terra. Even if the conditions aren't kind, there are others who would have served them better.

[skort]

It seems like most of the Transports here aren't exactly what the Initiative is looking for.

[terrot]

It seems they couldn't choose, perhaps. That they simply stretch out their hand and grasp what falls within and must work with what they are given.

And so we must simply make ourselves useful in whatever ways we can.