video: un: samporterbridges

[greatdeliverer]

[Sam's a little more used to the devices now, so when the video starts, his face is a normal distance away from this time. He waves and gives an awkward kind of half smile, rubbing at the back of his neck.]

Hey. I'm Sam. I just got here a couple weeks ago. You've probably seen me around. I deliver for SuperWaiters. Uh, what else.

I'm from Earth? America, but maybe a different America from yours. From the East Coast, mostly. I was a delivery person there, too, so I traveled a lot.

[There are some small, sleepy noises in the background and Sam murmurs Oh she's up before swinging the camera around to show a pod with a baby in it, carefully nestled into the crate with blankets]


That's Lou. She's my little girl. She uh, she's a preemie. The pod helps her.

Anyway. [He clears his throat and brings the camera back to him, waving again] I'll probably see you around town.

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[greatdeliverer]

They're called DOOMs, where I come from. Those of us that have them are DOOM sufferers. Some have them stronger than others, but all of us are able sense the dead things. Some of us get dreams. Visions, I guess. Some of us get other things.

[iseegoblins]

Where I'm from we try not to think of our gifts as something we suffer from. Though I guess calling them DOOMs kinda ensures that from the start.

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[greatdeliverer]

I guess it could be considered a gift. Do you have gifts, too?

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[iseegoblins]

I mean, I'd be lying if I said I didn't think of it as something that doomed me when I was younger. But yeah, I do. We're called mutants and most of us have different gifts from one another.

[greatdeliverer]

Mutants, DOOMs. Not very nice ways of saying, "Hey, you get special powers."

I can um. If something kills me, I get yanked right back. I can die, but it's only for a few seconds before I'm up and moving again. [He moves the phone a little so the camera catches the odd looking handprints on his shoulder, panning down to show they go all the way down his arm before his face is in frame again.]

The dead leave their marks on me. I have more handprints every time I come back.

[iseegoblins]

Mutant seems better than DOOMs but they're both kinda not the most flattering.

[ Her eyes widened and she frowns a bit at the handprints. ] Do... the marks hurt?

[greatdeliverer]

Not really, actually. They just look how they look. I stopped minding them a while ago.

What about you? You said you had some medical knowledge I know, but I don't count that as a super power.

[iseegoblins]

That's cool that it doesn't hurt.

I got the knowledge because of my powers, so I guess it kinda counts. [ She looks just a bit awkward and rubs the back of her her neck. ] The shortest explanation is that I'm telekinetic and telepathic.

[greatdeliverer]

Telepathic, huh? That's gotta be useful. Or -- terrifying, depending on whose mind you look into.

[iseegoblins]

Bit of both. When it first manifested I couldn't control it at all. I just...constantly heard everything from everyone all around me. That was pretty terrifying. Now, I can mostly control it, but it also means I don't get many birthday surprises.

[greatdeliverer]

At least you can control it, now. I know people who can control their DOOMs, do amazing things with them. But I'm not that high level.

[iseegoblins]

Sometimes I have a problem with it and some other aspects. It's a lot easier now though. [ She shrugs a bit sheepishly. ] If you ever want some help trying to learn more about your abilities, maybe I could help? I kinda worked for a school that did that.

[greatdeliverer]

[He shoots her some awkward finger guns] That'd be great, actually. We could meet up some time. Talk about -- being mutants.

[iseegoblins]

[ She laughs. ] I'd like that. As long as you don't do that again.

[greatdeliverer]

[Sam laughs a little and flashes her a peace sign] That better?

[iseegoblins]

[ she holds her fingers together in a pinching motion ] Little bit. But I can live with it.