Front Lines Communications

[Hector]

She can still get into my head. I don’t know how to deal with that. And I’m telling you here because I know, I know it’s crazy, but your fucking organisation need to know how that feels. When somebody isn’t involved. When somebody has tried hard, SO hard, not to be involved, even when I wasn’t one of you and definitely afterwards, how that feels. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t sign up for this. But I have a terrorist who can just pop into my head and look through my eyes and use my power when she feels like it. That is awful. So awful.

I don’t know what to do about it? I don’t. About what I’m meant to feel, or say, or do to combat it because no trainingI did mattered, nothing I worked for mattered, and the one thing I thought I could do was wrong. I thought maybe being a telepath would protect you in a way that you couldn’t. That you looked at minds, I could do something with them. And I was wrong. And I still don’t know how to feel about that.

Help me.

Is anybody else worried? About the implications of what happens if somebody finds out you’re an atavist, I mean. I’m a teacher. I’m in an uncomfortable position, being a telepath, ignoring some thoughts I hear from my students, acting on thoughts where I think I could help without it being unethical. I just wanted to know if anyone else has those problems.

It's getting to the start of the school year, which means I am officially back in work on Monday. I say that like I left, but someone has to do summer classes and it turned out to be me. Not that I'm complaining? Because it was nice to have the kids around when I was almost [...] back to normal, instead of having to excuse myself with a headache every couple of hours. Which is getting better! Sometimes I can shut my brain to other people now, with practice!

I did sort of perpetuate the falsehood that teachers stay in school even over the breaks, though. We don't! We sit at home and drink wine like other people do!

I guess what I'm trying to say is this is kind of where my year starts. Work New Year. So I hope everyone else has a good work year too.

[...] I don't post here very often, you might be able to tell.

I hope everyone who celebrated had a wonderful, happy Pride weekend. I couldn't come out to support, but I watched all the coverage I could find and it looked amazing.

And here's to your hangover today if you overindulged a little?

[Violet]
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[Hector]
I never thought I'd miss crowds. I'm never going to see a parade again, am I? I didn't think I'd miss being crammed into a small space with hundreds of people but there you go.

Not that I want a pity party, I don't? It's just [...] a weird observation I guess.

[Ksenia]
Hello, sweetie. How have you been doing? Settling into this whole [...] thing?

[Telepaths]
Okay, so when do you all want dinner? My treat.

so we just act like nothing happened?
so we just do nothing?

How was the P:A outreach day? I missed it.

I've been thinking too. What's your favourite place in New York? I've got into that habit of sticking to a routine. I need to branch out a little. And everywhere I go is really loud

[Birdie]
I am so sorry I cancelled coffee, I took personal leave from work, I totally forgot.

[...]

Now the network is working again, I just wanted to ask but wasn't really sure who to go to. Are there any other telepaths here? Or powers like that, at least? I was wondering how you deal with public transport. This week has [...] not been successful at all in that department, if I'm honest. Any help would be appreciated.