one - [video] - i'm stronger than all of this

[videocamera]

[The screen clicks on and Andrew appears, his face extremely pale except for the reddish patches of scabs and scarring on the right side of his face. There's remnants of blood below his nose and on his chin, like he just had a nosebleed and didn't wipe it off completely. Which is exactly what happened. He speaks quietly but his tone hints at both fear and anger.]

What is this, huh? What did you do to me? I can't-- [He interrupts himself with a more frantic note in his tone] Is this some kind of, of joke?

[His voice gets flatter.] I shouldn't be here. I'm stronger.

[The journal starts to shake, the picture jittering slightly. Then Andrew's nose starts to bleed again and the shaking stops, position slightly changed, now angled to give a shot of a messy bedroom behind Andrew's shoulder. His face is mostly off screen now but you can see his hands held up to his nose before the feed shuts off]

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[myresponsibility]

[So there is a very, very good chance that you're not at all who you look like to Peter, and he knows that. Seriously, he's been here for a year and a half almost, he knows better than this. People show up looking like someone you know all the time: he's already met someone who could be Gwen's redheaded twin sister he's never met or heard of before.

But the gut reaction is still the same, and so the words come out before he can stop himself.

So have a borderline frantic looking stranger broadcasting to you, Andrew. 83]

Harry? What happened, are you okay?

[patheticvillain]

[Cassel watches impassively. It's . . . interesting, that's for sure. He's about to say something about the nosebleed when Andrew catches it, and then he just snorts softly, like he just heard something hilarious.]

If it's a joke, I feel like it needs a better punch line.

How much stronger?

[lydiascreams]

[Lydia is staring at him with a worried look on her face. Because-- he doesn't look good. At all. In fact, he looks terrible, like he needs to get to the infirmary right now.]

It's not a joke.

But no one did anything to you. At least, probably no one who is here.

[diealone]

The infirmary's on the second floor if you need it.

[Either you've got superpowers gone wrong or a brain hemorrhage, so might as well pass that along now and save everyone some time.]

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[notsoneedy]

Shouldn't be here, yeah. And yet you are. We've pretty much all got the same story. Well...most of us anyway.

[mistconduct]

Slow your roll there, buddy. Your powers are mostly gone.

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

[Just because she hid this reaction when she first arrived doesn't mean she doesn't recognize it intimately. It gentles her tone some, but she does not coddle.]

What's your name?

[fireincarnate]

[She was concerned already, and this - well. It's not like she hadn't messed up her own room enough times, at that age.]

You need to be careful. Your abilities have limits they didn't, before.

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[voluntaryapnea]

[The kid looks worse than Stiles had when he'd first shown up.]

Hey man. You all right?

[interns]

You're okay. You're going to be okay.

[ okay no, she has no idea who this guy is, technically. he looks like someone she's only seen in pictures, but he's not registering as that right now. all she sees is a boy who's freaking out, has a nosebleed, and other injuries. she's been kicked into Big Sister / I CAN HELP!! mode. ]

Where are you? Are you hurt?

[strangehistorian]

Hello. You're on a ship called the Barge! I would advise medical assistance, but I see I'm not the first one.

[pvtparts]

The Admiral takes away the abilities of some of the more powerful inmates as a safety precaution. I'm sure you have plenty of questions, but from the looks of it, you'll want to get yourself to the infirmary first.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena is definitely never one to turn her back when someone is clearly in distress.]

Hey, it's okay. You're safe here.

[For the time being.]

If you had abilities before you came here, they're not gone. They're just... Think of it like a light switch. It's just flipped to 'off' right now. You'll get them back eventually.

Right now, you should probably focus on seeing someone for medical attention. Do you know where you are? I can get you to the infirmary if you don't know where it is.