Paranoia & First Aid, Period 3, 14 May '08

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

"Good afternoon," said Mohinder from the front of the classroom, leaning against the wall as everyone filed in. "I'm Dr Mohinder Suresh, this is 'Paranois and First Aid', and I sincerely hope none of you will need any of the skills taught in this workshop." He paused in thought, a moment. "Optimism aside, I can't say that's entirely likely though."

"But first, introductions - I'm sure you've done this in your other workshops, so..." Mohinder shrugged. "You know how this works. Name, where you come from, blood type, and any allergies or serious injuries you may have." Glancing down at the notes on the desk beside him, Mohinder looked back up and added, "And this is where you tell me of any medical skills or healing abilities you have."

After the introductions Mohinder, now sitting on his desk, said, "Paranoia is an irrational fear of danger, even persecution, from others." He leant forward, intent, "The key here is irrational. When the stakes are high and the danger similarly great, how do we accurately judge a threat? Does our behaviour become become paranoid when we can no longer explain it to others?"

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Re: Introduce yourself

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Johnny nodded. "Yep. Would you like to know why?"

Re: Introduce yourself

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

"As long as it's not a tendency toward arson, yes," Mohinder answered.

Re: Introduce yourself

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He smiled. "Absolutely not." Standing, Johnny extended his arm and lit it up, just like that.

Re: Introduce yourself

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

"Right." Mohinder didn't take a step back at that, but he did blink. "And you don't feel pain from your fire?"

Re: Introduce yourself

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Not at all. This is just a sample. I can enflame myself completely and fly at the speed of sound. I can go Supernova but it's not recommended that I do," he said, explaining.

Re: Introduce yourself

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

Supernova didn't sound like a good idea, not for anyone in the immediate vicinity. "Are you completely fire-immune," Mohinder asked. "Or is it only to your own-" he waved a hand, "-flame?"

Re: Introduce yourself

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Completely immune," he said and pointed off a ways at nothing in particular. "Start a fire over there and I can absorb it into myself, extinguishing it. I... can also launch fire missles. Not that I ever would. Unless it was called for, but never just, you know, for sport."

Re: Introduce yourself

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

"Of course not," said Mohinder, dryly. "Though I'm sure it's a skill that requires practice."

Re: Introduce yourself

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"It used to," Johnny remarked as he extinguished his flame. "Not any more."