I13DT - The Corridors of Power

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed May 14, 2014 11:52 am

Miranda was wandering around in the lighthouse... well, as much as Institute students were allowed to wander there. She was wearing a particularly oversized hooded sweatshirt, big enough to pull the hood down over her eyes. Somehow she managed to make it look a little sinister, even though the sweatshirt was bright red.

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by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:05 pm

"Miranda?" Will called from his office.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:42 pm

Miranda turned her head to look at Will, "Hello."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:42 pm

"How is it going? Settling in nicely?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:45 pm

"Relatively pleasantly. I'm meeting others and piecing my head back together." Her tone was unusual.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:46 pm

"That's good, that's always good to hear."

Will tilted his head a little at Miranda's odd voice. "What...what brings you to the lighthouse?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:47 pm

"I believe it's called 'reasons'," she said, "I don't really know."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:48 pm

"Oh? Not just wandering around, then?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:51 pm

"A little of both? Learning the place, but mostly wandering."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 5:58 pm

"Well, I could show you around here some, if you'd like, though there's not a lot to see unless you're nostalgic."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:09 pm

"If you have the time. I wouldn't want to impose."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:11 pm

"No imposition at all; I was just browsing E-Bay."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:13 pm

"That's an internet site, right?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:16 pm

"It is! It lets people sell things to other people."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:17 pm

"Sounds like a useful site if you can find what you're looking for." She moved out of the way to let him out of his office.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:18 pm

"Yeah, but there's a lotta junk out there too. Just gotta have patience."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:25 pm

"Kind of like researching anything."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:39 pm

"Precisely. If you want it to be perfect, you've gotta put in the legwork."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:47 pm

"What legwork are you putting in? If it's not rude to ask."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:51 pm

"I'm just trying to cheer up a friend. She helped me out of a tight spot recently, and has the weight of the world on her shoulders. So I'm just looking for something fun and silly to help her out."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:59 pm

"I'm in a similar situation. Someone helped me recently and I'd like to do something for her, but I don't know what."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:04 pm

"Well, simple random acts of kindness rarely go awry," he said, pausing for a moment.

"...Rarely."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:06 pm

"Things can always go wrong."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:14 pm

"Yeah, but if your heart's in the right place, it goes halfway there.

May I ask what you're thanking someone for?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:15 pm

"Showing me some movies and making popcorn for me. Simple stuff I guess, but it means a lot."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:18 pm

"Well, normally I'd suggest you show her some movies of YOURS, but that's probably not possible in this case, huh."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:25 pm

"That isn't really a possibility, no. I'll think of something."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:53 pm

"Well, if you need help, let me know. I'm pretty good at these spontaneous things."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:17 pm

"I will keep that in mind. So tell me about this place. Miss Weaver has said a few things about it, but not a lot."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:49 pm

"Yeah, alright.

This is a reconstruction, actually, that Professor Weaver, Miss Valentine and Mr. Hall worked on, together. It recreates the original Braddock Lighthouse, which was destroyed by a woman named Meggan."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:13 pm

"Interesting. Miss Weaver doesn't strike me as an architect."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:44 pm

"She's not. While she made sure to stick to the original plans, I think it's more important to her as a place of mystic import. The lighthouse is a beacon between dimensions, or so they say."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:49 pm

"That might explain the distortion," she said, looking around.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:50 pm

"Distortion?" Will asked, looking around at the perfectly straight walls.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:56 pm

"Hard to explain," she said, waving a hand in front of her face. "Everything looks fine... but not fine."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:58 pm

"Huh. Well, that could also be the effect of the return of the Phoenix. It's my understanding that her power kickstarted the power of the lighthouse."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat May 17, 2014 11:17 am

"The Phoenix?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:16 pm

"An entity that claims to be the source of creation.

Also a meddling Spanish girl, but only in this incarnation."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:28 pm

"Likes things really hot?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:41 pm

"I believe so. Something about a White Hot Room and all that."

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