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[Guest]

Hello all...

I have a problem and I am a Nova. Is that how I'm supposed to introduce myself here?

I recently became enlightened as to the reality of the world. With the realization came many other...some say responsibilities. I say opportunities. I don’t want to sound mercenary, but I hear one with the ability to destroy things with quantum and charm the pants off of pretty girls comes with a hefty price tag. Not to mention being darn hard to hurt.

I’m sorry, that was immodest. Forgive me. Let me move on to my problem.

It all starts with me I guess. You see, I have always been ok with the ladies. I mean, I cannot recall the last time I spent a weekend with an empty bed. It is just that now, there seems to be no challenge. It’s like the women have no will of their own any longer. Maybe something is in the water in Manhattan or something, but all I have to do anymore is approach them and they get that “doe-in-the-headlights-look.”

I have never been to one of those Rashoud clinics to tell me what I am or to classify my abilities. All I need to know is I am mostly inhuman now right? I have been wandering around for 6 months and nothing seems to be getting better.

Is there something wrong with me? Might I be poisoned by my Quantum, or tainted, or whatever? I mean, I still can…ahh,, do what I need to do once I get the ladies. But its just so easy anymore that its almost boring.

Gad! I cannot believe I said that.

Oh well. Please, anyone. Offer some sort of advice or …something.

[Apep]

Oh jeez are you messed up. Your are not inhuman, you are beyond human.

Stop looking at this as hinderance, weather it's taint or not, it's not a curse. Use it to your advantage, I'm sure you can figure out how to do that.

You're just going to have to up your standards on who you sleep with. I'm certain a lot of Nova females will not fall prey to your appearance. You shouldn't be sleeping with baselines anyways, eewww.

[Sandy Davis]

Apep, on thing you should understand.Inhumane means more than below human.It also means trasending human.I move at an inhuman speed.

As for sleeping with baseline.Why dooes your kind say that we should be what we want to be, but rember not to do anything with baselines.So, go out and do whatever you want want, but don't do that.

As for you Kara..I know how you feel,kinda.I have this strange fallowing of girls,and really I don't knoow what to do with them.I wish they were doe eyed,but I see them,and welll.I have had to push more than one away when they wouldn't take hints.

Now I am sure most women can say that men are like putty,I mean baselinee ones seemto melt at a giggle.Most novvas well,Let's just say I have need been alone when I have wanted to be with someone.

[Sakurako Hino]

Sometimes I wish I could be left alone.

{INCOMING MESSAGE}

DAMN! See what I mean? And I'm trying to enjoy breakfast here.

{Connection Terminated}

[Apep]

Sandy,

Don't fucking talk to me until you learn how to type. If this is a result of your incompetence with your "inhuman speed" then fucking learn how to catch up with yourself.

[Vixen]

I think you're looking for the wrong type of woman, to be honest. Looking for a little companionship for the evening is easy for any nova (except ones like me that are a little, shall we say, tainted) but building a solid, lasting relationship, with either a baseline or a nova, is a challenge for anyone.

If you want to be sure it's your quantum abilities, look into something called dormancy - it's a skill that lets you quiet down the node, along with any powers and any 'taint' that comes with it. I use it myself quite a lot. Some folks here would say that it's a denial of your quantum self and why would you ever want to switch it off and rah bah bah. I say, it's a nice way to determine what about you is still at a baseline level and what about you has moved beyond, and therefore it offers a clearer perspective on what you can do and who you are as an individual, not just as a 'baseline' or a 'nova.' Looks into it and make your own decision.

And don't let 'em razz you about sleeping with baselines. Even the Teragen's most prominent spokesman has been known to do it.

[Vixen]

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Originally posted by Apep:
Sandy,
Don't fucking talk to me until you learn how to type. If this is a result of your incompetence with your "inhuman speed" then fucking learn how to catch up with yourself.

Hey, now, there is no call for that kind of thing, okay? Not everyone gets inhuman skill in every facet of human life when the node turns on. My handwriting's horrible, myself.

[Hugin]

Vixen, two small items.

First of all, the good Count's preoccupation with baseline women could be considered in the realm of a fetish at this point or as a publicity ploy so as to soften the face of the Teragen. The fact is, his fascination with baseline women is a tad disconcerting to many in the Teragen.

Second, the fact is, in this medium there is no excuse for MissFortune's abysmal posts. By simply taking some time, using any number of tools available to her she could avoid a vast majority of her errors. Now, I do not expect perfection, that is simply not a reasonable request. However, clear and understandable should be the norm. Her lack of attention to spelling and occasionally grammar muddy her message, lessening her contributions here. Also, her lack of dedication to providing us with lucid remarks shows a marked disrespect for everyone here. I believe, that if she chooses to participate, she should make every effort, which she has not.

Now, Kara, please understand, inhuman or transhuman, they are merely words. You very likely are now Nova, no other descriptive is necessary. If you are now one of us, which it sounds you are, I welcome you. Your life's potential has increased exponentially. Apep's suggestion is quite good. Nova female's will not only offer you a challenge, thus making the endgame that much more enjoyable, but Nova lovemaking, or just animal sex, hold pleasures that you have not yet imagined. My love of past was a talented telepath and my memories of our time together warms me to this day.

Welcome to your life. All up to now has merely been practice.

[Sandy Davis]

THat is the funny thing about teragen,they claim to wish to transend "humans".Also they say that every nova must find a path of there own.Yet you ,or at least some meber of you "movement" refuse to let others to exprese hemsleves in ways that are true to them.

You claim to want to transend humans,but not be inhuman?Explain that to me.I mean honestly tell me how you can transend somethign and be like it?After all just as cat are inhuman, so are angels.

So , stop saying two things.Your like the curch of micheal. preaching one thing for some peopel and another for others.But at least they do not lie to themslevves.So, now back to reason I was here.

Kara, it would be more morally right to not sleep around.It could be better to pick a nova, not for eason that apep has,but for the reasons that it would be easier to know that you are not somehow using them.It may also be more enjoyable.

But in the end, you have the right to find out what is true for you.Up untill a point,as the golden rules.Do on to others as you would have them do on to you.Not what they do on to you.If you fallow that, just about everything else is just taste,and not really wrong.

[Centipede]

I really don't see a problem. If sex isn't fun anymore, just stop, or try new things. If it was the hunt you enjoyed before erupting, I quess you will just have to set your goals a little higher.

In case your problem was, 'I have no idea what smallminded, superfast, moral police novas think about my situation', why someone else has already answered!

[Guest]

I am quite surprised at the number of replies to my note. I appreciate all the concern and apparently this is the sign of semi-acceptance, at least to some degree.

Anyhow; it is not that sex is getting boring. If it was I fear I would find the means to end my then miserable life. And do go thinking that I am a shallow man out merely to get my end wet. I have always made quite certain that my partner(s) have achieved that which they need as well. But that is another story is it not?

It seems that some of your advice for seeking out a nova plaything was more than merited. I happened into a place wherein many Novas frequent and had a blast. Of course the chase took a little while longer but I did not wake up lonely this morning.

Thanks for the advice.

[Asche]

Kara:

Long time no see. Where have you been hiding the last few months? I have a good friend that has been looking for you. I hope your not hiding.

[Gerald Haney]

Hey there Kara, welcome to the club.

Y'know, you and I are having similar troubles, in the bedroom at least. For you it's too easy to bed them down, for me, I can't do it anymore.

Damn my magic peepers. Everytime I scope out some delectable little beauty I end up seeing too much. The mark of every pimple she ever had, scar tissue too faint for nearly anyone else to see, imperfections in her makeup that look like she smeared it on with a trowel. Even on Novas I can see stuff that creeps me out. Irregularities and incongrueties that look alien and strange to me that lay just beneath the surface.

Guess I'm going to have to grow up and figure out a new concept of beauty.

How do you go about doing that?

Well, I hope you figure your stuff out buddy. I can introduce you to some right nice ladies that frequent the Amp Room. One of the benefits of being a bartender, you get to meet everybody.

[Sandy Davis]

Gerald,I feel for you.I mean really i do.But I think I remeber you now..I go to the amp room, a little be too much,, just to get away,and for a wile at least pretend that I am just another preson.I am sure most people ehre can understand that part of beign a nova.

ANd please tell me you are not the bartender I hit on back oh say four months ago.I had a drink ,well I to this day don't know what was in it, but I do know that I made a show.

And I may know this girl that could live up to your standerds of beuty.I mean she could be thrown in mud,and still look clean.I mean her hair is always in the right place,and no mater what she always has well, just nothign is ever out of place on her.

[Gerald Haney]

Ok Sandy, I think I understand what you are saying, uhm, your post is a little hard to understand.

My standard of beauty isn't that high. In fact, I prefer woment that could be refered to as 'cute' rather than beautiful. I'm not that great looking myself, beautiful women kind of intimidate me. No, I just see flaws everywhere I look. It makes it tough.

[Sandy Davis]

She dosen't have flaws.I mean no flaws at all.You could mesure her haiirs and they would like be the right everything.Herskin as flawless as a mirror, if not more so.But I can see how some like her would intimidate you.

[Fortune's Son]

Quote:

Sandy Davis asserted:
She dosen't have flaws.

Sandy, he's talking about seeing pores with the same manner of clarity you would see a lunar crater with a telescope. Its a question of what level you're looking at. Gerald, I live in similar circumstance.

Count yourself lucky not to have enhanced olfactory abilities too. Not to put too fine a point on it but to this day I avoid woman at certain times as it's too distracting. On the plus side I can diagnose a victim of schizophrenia just by being downwind of them. Their body chemistry gives off a sickly sweet scent.

I use to wear dead black wrap around sun glasses just to cut down on the level of visual detail, which works, but it's a token remedy at best. Eventually you just get use to the world looking a little different than you remember but there are some drawbacks.

I can't tell you objectively how pretty or homely Geisha is just by looking at her. There's too much detail to shift through and I see patterns that baselines couldn't even conjecture about. On the plus side - no problems working with physically tainted novas. To be honest you all look odd to me and "beauty" is something that has nothing to do with visual cues.

Eventually you adapt to it. Or have a psychotic episode.

[Bastian]

What you call a flaw, I call a difference.

Find beauty in everything.

Don't be held to conventional standards, but make your own. Me, I drink deeply from every partner I have had the pleasure of spending time with and I share my ardor. It is what I want to do and were I want to be. Don't hold back and you won't be disappointed.

Brother/Sister Kara, do you appoach every encounter as just another night, or to you look for something special every time? I feel that it is up to us as the nova to go were our baseline partners can not go on their own. Each person is a different roadmap of pleasure. Look for that and you may find and end to your boredom and a whole new reality of pleasure.

If you would like, I could secure you an invitation to one of our special parties. Political consideration is not important, just a willingness to seek pleasure and fullfillment.

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

It's strange reading this - It's been a long time since I've had to worry about a sex life.

And the strangest thing is that I don't miss it - I was never the most socially inclined animal before my eruption, and since I have no sex drive, I've not worried about it now.

To me it almost seems a waste of time. I can understand why others wouldn't think so, though.

[Gerald Haney]

Bastian, I think it's Brother Kara, the phrase 'get my end wet' is very likely in reference to his penis.

Also, don't read me wrong here. It's not like I look at every woman and only think 'ugly', 'ugly', 'hideous'. I don't. Maybe I just haven't gotten the hang of the peepers, but it seems whenever I'm talking to a person, women especially, my attention focuses and I don't seem to see the person, merely individual parts. I actually met Alejandra at a Utopia function, even she didn't knock me over. It's like Jack said, I could see pore distribution, differences in symetry between left and right sides, color variations in her irises. It's weird.

Hey, Kara, good for you man. Glad you found something that works for you.

[Guest]

Wow gerald. You let vision trouble your job aye? Well damn, I can damn near see through the dames I been with the last few months but that dont stop what I Feel. And then you ought to smll them with amped olfactory as well. Woohoo! That will spoil the longest anticipated "interchange" really fast. I guess I am just shallow that way. You need to get better control of your senses my friend. when you read a book you dont focus on the fiber of the paper do you? Or the pixelation of the Vid screens you look at? If you look at anything under a microscope your bound to spot something you do not like. I cannot help you on a new concept of beauty however, I am still very pleased with whats out there, and with the recent advice, the Amp room is target rich.

BTW it seems some of you are wondering as to my gender. I'll steal the wording of Endeavor I believe: I am an output only.

And professor, damn! I feel sorry for you. get out of the books for awhile.

[Gerald Haney]

Actually Kara, the vision thing never bothers me any other time. I'm seeing a shrink, he seems to think it's a coping mechanism, looking too closely at people to avoid being able to actually connect with them. I dunno.

[Guest]

Oh I forgot.. Bastian.

I would love to have an invite. Let me get back to you tomorrow. My uncle is in need of some "assistance" in Cairo. I'll let you all know how it goes

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

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Originally posted by Kara Argot:
And professor, damn! I feel sorry for you. get out of the books for awhile.

See, there's the thing. I literally have no sex drive. Without the biochemistry that most humans have, there's no biological impetus for me to go out and reproduce. I don't "get horny".

Which is good, I s'pose. Since I'm intangible, sex would be a distinctly unfulfilling affair to say the least. I s'pose, if I wanted to, I could try making up a Holographic doll and interact with that, but that just seems empty to me. As I said, I am incapable of having an interest in sex.

It's actually not too bad, in a way. It just means that interactions with people come without sexual baggage. You can't really miss what you didn't use in the first place...

[Fortune's Son]

Far be it from me to cast aspertions on another man's "utopia" but I was wondering if you'd clarify something for me. You are actually, no kidding, incapable of being interested in sex? Or simpley not equipped?

I can see the sheerly biologic imperatives are out the window with the absence of all the seething hormone but I was under the impression that if was only the biophysic responses that were controlled by the hormones.

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

I'm not sure if it's truly incapable of having sexual feelings. It may be that I'm subconsciously supressing any sexual-emotional feelings I may have due to the obvious reasons of being unable to really reciprocate them, but you'd likely need a Freudian psychoanalyst to know for sure. But I can watch a person like, for example, Alejandra, and feel pretty much nothing. Same with any number of conventionally (and unconventionally!) attractive women. The attraction is simply not there on my part, on any level.

But I've not had to worry about sexual concerns for three years now. Actually, before that time I didn't worry about for particularly long periods of time either!

[Fortune's Son]

Well stick with whatever works for you, Syd. I gotta say that there are some really interesting applications for your "state" though. I imagine you'll get around to them eventually.

How's the new job going?

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

Just about finished all the training for the job. You know, basic psychology, applications to eruption states, basic combat, all the basics for intervention teams, as well as some basic investigation skills.

I've heard around here that they'll be confident of giving us real assignments in a week or so. And it's good to actually have soneone like Phillip who was on the old Special Interventions unit.

Can't wait for the first assignment, actually. I was always a fast study, so we're really just waiting for our third member, Alene, to get up to scratch. Her final Assessment is tomorrow.

[Centipede]

I'm not sure if it's truly incapable of having sexual feelings. It may be that I'm subconsciously supressing any sexual-emotional feelings I may have due to the obvious reasons of being unable to really reciprocate them, but you'd likely need a Freudian psychoanalyst to know for sure. But I can watch a person like, for example, Alejandra, and feel pretty much nothing. Same with any number of conventionally (and unconventionally!) attractive women. The attraction is simply not there on my part, on any level.

Bringing up Freud made me think in a wider perspective, Freud's definition of 'lust' was somewhat wider than we use it today. So, do you actually feel anything anymore, professor? If you still have feelings I see no reason why you shouldn't still have a sexual drive, interest in women (or men). Do you get excited by a new discovery? Do you tremble with fear or elation?

I am myself capable of changing into a state of 'living electricity' but have no feelings whatsover in that form, though my emotional life has lessened since my eruption. Perhaps your lack of feelings is related to mine, a result of eruption but not because of your new form.

(Dear Elites and others on this board, please don't call me thunder god or anything like it, I am not inclined to violence, least of all the physical kind.)

I have also succesfully imbued a kind of limited awareness to electricity but never seen any reason to suspect my puppets to have feelings. They are of course nothing like you professor, but I mention it since this could perhaps help me in my research.

[Fortune's Son]

Centipede

I only use that particular perjorative when dealing with people that begin to identify themselves with the power. The first warning sign is usually a statement that starts with, "I am..." and then goes on to describe energy or weather states and almost always includes a ton of adjectives like "raging", "untamed" or "wild".

Truthfully it's not so much the abilities that annoy me as the romance novel mentality.

Syd

Watch out for darkness, shadow and light related powers. Please don't take this personally but when Elites are sitting around playing cards we often talk shop about how to take down various novas.

Your name has come up.

[Hugin]

Quote:

Originally posted by Jack Chance:
Please don't take this personally but when Elites are sitting around playing cards we often talk shop about how to take down various novas.

My goodness, what a bloodthirsty crew. Just curious, of the posters who frequent this forum, what names have come up? Oh, and of course, what were the suggestions offered?

I ask only out of morbid curiosity. I assume mine was something horrifically boring, ie. gun to the head, grenade down the pants or some such brutal act. I'm really not that tough.

[Jordan]

Quote:

Originally posted by James 'Prodigy' Meehan:
I'm really not that tough.

*Cough* Bullshit *Cough*

[Apep]

Quote:

Originally posted by Jack Chance:
Watch out for darkness, shadow and light related powers. .

Quote:

Please don't take this personally but when Elites are sitting around playing cards we often talk shop about how to take down various novas.

My name ever come up? C'mon now, out with it, I want to know too!

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

Quote:

Originally posted by Apep:

My name ever come up? C'mon now, out with it, I want to know too!

Well, that'd be simple - Light, Illumination and Shadow-related powers

We'd have to actually test against each other to see which one cancels which (or whether it's a case of mutual annihilation).

Be an interesting experiment to try though. Then again, I've been doing some expansion on my capabilities during off-times in training. Even if you were favoured powers-wise, I may still get out alive...

[Sandy Davis]

Prof,I am s misstress of light in some levels.I could see what you could do to me.I would be as gentel as I could,and as careful as possable.I could fit you in say monday?

But if your worried about safty,I understand.

[Apep]

Syd,

That's exactly why I keep a few extra tricks in my bag.

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

Sandy: I'd rather not, if that's OK with you. This week's shaping to be rather hectic at the moment.

Although, I may be willing to let you experiment on a hologram that's pretty much me...

Apep: You keep a few tricks up your sleeve for people who try and leave in one piece?

Why am I not surprised?

[Sandy Davis]

No,I am going to track you downmand um.Oh I would be happy to put a date that would work for you,and this would be more oof a learning thing than a need.As for fightign with Troll,it is to se waht I can do.I am thinking of changing paths in life..

[Apep]

Syd,

No dummy, that's not quite what I meant. I just meant that there's more to me than my control over Darkness.

I swear, the things people think of me, wherever do these impressions come from?

[Prof. Sydney 'Photon' Holland]

Sometimes I should work at using emoticons. They cut down on miscommunication so much. They're just a bugger to actually say...

I know exactly what you meant. Let me try this : ). Hmm, I'm sure that's not right...

Anyway, for your reputation, I blame that N! doco, Terat Destroyers. You had a whole 10 minute segment dedicated solely to you and the few combats that actually showed up on camera...