redeyesummers (redeyesummers) wrote in marvel_my_way, @ 2010-07-03 06:55:00 |
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Current location: | Xavier Institute Sub-basement |
Current mood: | proud |
Entry tags: | cynical_techie, redeyesummers |
Boys And Their Toys...
~Continued from Baird's entry thread~
The elevator stops, and opens upon a whole different world from the old-world poshness of the headmaster's study. Blue-white flourescent light gleams from hidden sources down white hallways and steel floors, with massive, circular doors lining the corridors, each one embossed in the school logo of an encircled 'X.' Roundness seems to be the order of the day as well...there's not a single sharp edge or corner in sight. This softening of the angles lends a touch of comfort to what would otherwise be a cold, sterile environment.
Scott walks down the hallways with Baird in tow as he heads for the tech lab, which he hopes the engineer will like enough to want to stay on-board. He doesn't know if this 'dimensional nexus' even has a Forge or a Beast yet, or where they'd be from if they were here.
For all I know, we could get a Hank with roughly the intellectual capacity of the Hulk. It's happened before. Still, at least now we might have a backup.
"I've never much liked these corridors...a little too stark, even for me. I keep telling the Professor we should have inspirational posters or something up, but they won't stay on the walls."
He smirks slightly as he puts a hand on the rounded, curved structure of the corridor, next to one of the sealed doors. A palmpad appears under his outstretched digits, and scans it.
"AUTHORIZED USER: CYCLOPS. ACCESS GRANTED."
The doors slide open with a ponderous hiss of air, revealing the technological R&D lab. A shop major's wet dream, the room contains the tools and resources to build virtually anything...complete with a vast row of scrap boxes as tall as a man and twice as wide, and next to that, something that looks like a 31st-century smithy.
"Well, here we are. Luckily, the place looks like its basic design came from my Institute."
Though Xavier's office looked completely different...I wonder if this mansion amalgamates the various parts of the schools across the Multiverse, or if it just changes depending on who's down here?
"This room was installed when a mutant named Forge joined the team. Up until then, the whole sub-basement had been designed and built by Professor Xavier and Magneto, the founders of the Institute. The Professor maintained it himself after Magneto quit, until he could train a few of us in its basic maintenance...Hank is the best at keeping things running, but none of us are slouches. After it got destroyed and put back together a few dozen times, Forge came onboard as a technical consultant. He remodeled the entire place, applying Xavier's basic operating system to a truckload of new features...the cloaked DNA scanner was his idea."
He looks away for a moment, the light behind his visor dimming slightly.
"If he shows up here, you might get a chance to meet him. In the meantime, everything he had access to is at your disposal."