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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! ]

What's your name?
Age?
Place of origin? If you have a designation for your universe, that and planet/country/city of origin would be 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? Provided it's not too personal a thing to ask. 
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?

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That's the first thing they say.

Well, you can't expect everyone to just come and fill your form without asking why.

Not really. I've dealt with evil masterminds before. They're usually all about the monologing.

I didn't expect everyone to.

That's like so cliche. Didn't they watch Sunday morning cartoons or something?

I'm still debating whether I should even bother to try.

Probably not. I think they all have tragic childhoods.

I'd appreciate it if you did.

But you can even stream the thing! It doesn't have to even be Sunday.

Okay whatever.

What's your name? Ella Ellis
Age? We're gonna say 18
Place of origin? Let's say Earth
Species? Let's say human
What occupation did you have in your world of origin? It's Complicated
Do you have any prior experience with war? Oh yes.
Time travel? Probably not.
Alternate universes? Not until now.
Technology at the level the Initiative is operating with? Not even close.
Do you have any background in medicine? Not at all, but I'm trying to pick some knowledge about it.
What about the STEM fields? Nope. Might be useful though.
What kind of weapon did you choose upon entrance to Exsilium? A bag of marbles with teleporting capabilities.
Have you made use of the Initiative's training areas outside of mandatory training hours? Nope?
If you answered no to the above, why not? I forget?
What is your opinion on the Initiative and their missions? I have no idea.

Edited 2013-06-10 01:14 (UTC)

Streaming is fairly new Earth technology.

You have marbles with teleporting capabilities? How does that even work?

My Earth is pretty old, last I checked.

There are some white ones and a black one. Whoever holds a white one can teleport where the black one is. I guess it's meant to be used as a team thing.

Edited 2013-06-10 01:19 (UTC)

That's not how I meant that.

That seems like it'd be pretty useful.

I have a terrible sense of humor, I know.

Now I just need a team.

It seems like most people here could use a team. Or at least some more organization.

Yeah well, I'm no superhero.

I've been checking the network, there were several attempts to make people form groups but they all sort of failed.

Do you know why they failed?

I'm guessing nobody agreed of what to do and how to do it. Now, I think there's still one or two groups around, but I can't say for sure.

Are you thinking about starting something?

I don't know. I think someone has to do something--the way things are right now aren't working at all. But I'm not sure people would be willing to listen to me or work with me.

It mostly depends on what you do.

And I guess I would.

Probably on how I present my ideas to people too.

... Thanks.

Threatening people with slideshows is never the answer, K.

With you, not for you.

What about pie charts? [ this is a joke. mostly. ]

With is almost always better than for. Cooperation is way better than someone giving orders.

Only if you get people refreshments. [ Ella will trust she's joking. ]

Sounds good! Now it's just a matter of not doing the same everyone else is doing and, you know, do something. I think I know someone else that might be interested; somehow I think people in our age range might be easier to talk to, but yeah, without direction we're heading straight to slumber parties and braid making, and fast.

[ Breathe. ]

You say that like slumber parties and braids aren't a good thing.

But you've got a point. Very little of what I'm hearing people say here is good.

I've actually never had one of those, don't tempt me.

Yeah, this place kind of sucks.

It's okay, I've only had two sleepovers in my life and one ended terribly. I think the level of fun depends more on the people you're with than anything else.

To say the least.

Well then, if we can't make people pay attention to us we can have a pity slumber party, and if we actually come up with something we can have a celebratory one.

I'm being nice and all.

That actually sounds like a pretty awesome plan to me.

So we should probably see each other's faces first, and talk. You know, disclosure and all.

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