An Introduction

I am the Ephemerist. Your regularly scheduled Watcher is busy hosting issues of 'What If?', and can't be concerned with a paltry, dark and miniscule piece of the Multiverse like the one I'm about to show you. No universe-spanning Star Empires, no higher beings running around in human bodies, no time-travel, very little in the way of magic or the paranormal. Science rules the day, and so does the passage of time.
Heroes age here; heroes die.

Welcome to Earth-659.
Welcome to Earth Prime.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Xavier File 011


x011 -- Summers, Scott


Vital Statistics

Height: 6' (184cm)
Weight: 180 lbs (81kg)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
D-O-B: 28-12-1979

Classification: Homo Sapiens Superior - Beta
Codename: Cyclops

Mutant Abilities: Concussive Optic Blasts

Xavier's Notes: "As much as it pains me to say this, there are times when I see Scott as the son I never had. Rationally, I know that I am a father; I have a son, but David has been so difficult for so long, and Scott... it seems like Scott's always been here at my side.

"Scott came into my life when he was very young, not long after the boy lost both of his parents to a plane crash. He was so frail and afraid then, so unwilling to ask for help or even to accept help as it was offered. That fierce self-reliance and introversion is with him even to this day. I wonder how much I have contributed to his impersonation of Atlas himself, carrying the world on his shoulders alone.

"Scott's abilities are impressive but have proven uncontrollable. I wonder sometimes whether my attempts to help him with his powers have truly helped him at all. Ten years have passed and Scott still relies on the rare mineral ruby quartz to keep them at bay. The span of years spent here, with the school and with me, has strengthened him in other ways, however; they have honed him into a man that I feel confident will only become stronger as time goes on.

"When my age finally catches up with me and I pass on, I fear Scott may become even more embittered than he is now. He has taken the death of Jean so hard, even harder than the deaths of his parents. Time has done little to heal those wounds, I'm afraid. My second largest failing with him has been my inability to help.

"I do know that beneath this harsher, colder exterior Scott has been exhibiting recently, the idealistic man within him still exists, though he strives so hard to pretend it doesn't. Perhaps one day, Scott will come out of his shell. If I ever retire, I hope to leave my school to him. Maybe, one day, he'll be ready."

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