[Warden Filter + Doyle - backdated to After Alex's Post]

I want to make one thing explicitly clear: Ben was not responsible for the attack on Dr. Kozak. He's been thoroughly cleared, and it's fairly evident that someone is trying to frame him for the act. Rhade and several other people are investigating the matter thoroughly, and if anyone has any further information, we would appreciate hearing it.

[And anyone who goes after Ben anyway will have quite a bit of hell rained down on them. B(]

[CTS Spam for Erik, Jean and Alex]

( so come on, put on your war paint )

So much of what we just accept as a given about our physical characteristics is the direct result of adapting to better fit the environment we live in. Some of it's fairly obvious - having a roughly symmetrical body makes things like movement easier and vision more useful, that sort of thing - but some of the adaptations humans have made since the first homo sapiens was born are a bit more complicated to find specific cause for.

For example, eye color is generally considered a polygenic trait, which means that more than one gene pair is involved, versus just one, but blue eyes are the result of one very specific genetic mutation that occurred less than ten thousand years ago. That means there was one founder mutation that gave rise to everyone in Europe with blue eyes.

The trait spread rapidly across the European subcontinent, and while DNA generally gets shuffled and reshuffled each time a new generation is born, people born with this mutation not only have a remarkable number of other genetic markers in common, but this particular stretch of DNA remains so similar suggests that not only are blue eyes a relatively modern mutation, but also that evolutionarily speaking, the mutation had something to offer, otherwise the rapid spread and preservation of the DNA sequence probably would have been less pronounced and perhaps not even have been preserved to the modern era.

It's next to impossible to know what happened ten thousand years ago that made this trait beneficial to early Europeans, but it did, at some point, apparently have some desirable to offer evolutionarily. [He pauses for a moment, chuckling a little.] Or perhaps early Europeans just found blue eyes attractive.

[Private to Erik]

What do you think of David? [He isn't lying in a heap in a hallway somewhere, is he. :|]

[Private to Merlin]

Have you spoken to Arthur?

[Private to Arthur]

I have a favor to ask.

[Private to Barbara]

Do you have a moment?

[Private to Erik]

Have you spoken with her? [YOU KNOW WHO HE MEANS, man he is really excited but also really worried you've already been an ass to her because. You're you. No offense.

Although really he can forgive you for being a little >C about someone you've been told is going to maybe kill him someday, so.]

[Private to Arthur]

Would you mind coming up to the CES with me? [Someone wants to talk about the whole Morgana murdering a certain person thing. :V]

[Private to Merlin]

How are you feeling?

Despite the circumstances leading up to it, I think that's one of the few ports we've been to since I've come aboard that one might have considered pleasant. [He got to keep his powers, this is a major score. c:]

On an unrelated note, does anyone have any book recommendations? Nonfiction, preferably, I recently reread Silent Spring, and I suppose you might say I've been in the mood to continue in that vein for a while. [He spends a lot of time reading anyway, but some specific suggestions instead of just wandering into the library and pulling a book off the shelf would be cool.]

[Private to the Admiral]

I'd like the helmet from Mr. Stark's most recent Iron Man suit delivered to him in his quarters, please.

[Private to Steve]

I have something to give you on the behalf of Mr. Stark.

[Private to Erik]

I heard you've received some good news. [Please please please don't screw this up.]

[Charles almost doesn't want to say anything public reflecting on the flood, because he's still unbelievably frustrated in so many ways, but he can't not.]

It's interesting, isn't it, to think how simple things can have that profound an effect on our lives? I certainly don't want to pretend that the Admiral has some grand plan for us, but exposing us to other possibilities does seem to yield... interesting results. [And it was nicer than he wants to admit to be free of responsibility, even though the sense of being utterly alone in the world without proof there were other mutants, and without having someone to grow up with make it decidedly Not Worth It.

He misses Raven, and considers adding more, but closes off the feed before he gives in to temptation.]

[Private to Erik]

I need to speak with you.

[Private to Tony]

Check in, please, Mr. Stark.

[Filtered to the Lab Wardens + Maintenance and Repair Heads]

My inmate has expressed interest in working with both your departments. He's primarily an inventor, and I'd be interested in discussing what kind of supervision he'd be under and what sort of work you'd be up for him doing.

[Added Later: Private to Steve]

Captain Rogers, I'm afraid Mr. Stark seems to have wandered off with your warden item and let himself into the pub. [And while he could just make him come down, he'd really rather not more or less abuse his powers like that right off the bat. :\]