Question The Big Idea

The Wiki wrote: A Package Deal Psychic (PDP) is a mutant who has the esper, telepathy, and telekinetic talents, all at once. Mindbird of the Wild Pack is a PDP. Unlike the more conventional esper, telepathy, and TK talents, this appears to be a single trait, although usually the possessor can only exercise one of the three parts at any time. Also, PDPs manifest "mainstream" applications (clairvoyance for the esper, mind-reading for telepathy, levitation or a PK shell for PK), rather than the more exotic applications. Still, PDPs can learn to apply their talents in ways that can mimic the more exotic applications. Additionally, most PDPs fall into one of two physical categories — either they are extremely healthy, athletic, attractive individuals who could easily be mistaken for a low level exemplar, or they are very poor physical specimens who can't get in shape no matter how hard they try. Those who study mutant biophysics find this syndrome very confusing.

One very strange part of this particular puzzle is that the first mutant with the modern meta-gene complex, Gian Han, was a PDP.[1] However, the PDP package was quite rare until recently.

Cryptic wrote: the perp didn't have to be a Package Deal Psy, they could have been a Psy who did have all the required traits but could use them all at the same time.

Both Ace and A-Plus blushed beet red. “But … Semi …” Ace hissed. “What about KAIJU?”

“Mister Bond, Welcome to High School!”

Malady wrote: Did Kaiju have a crush on Ace?? I never got that impression... Am I missing something?

'Cause after Ace and A-Plus's LoveConfession by Proxy:

Both Ace and A-Plus blushed beet red. “But … Semi …” Ace hissed. “What about KAIJU?”

“Mister Bond, Welcome to High School!”

Malady wrote: Did Kaiju have a crush on Ace?? I never got that impression... Am I missing something?

'Cause after Ace and A-Plus's LoveConfession by Proxy:

Both Ace and A-Plus blushed beet red. “But … Semi …” Ace hissed. “What about KAIJU?”

“Mister Bond, Welcome to High School!”

A gleam came to Kaiju's eye. "Well, I was thinking ... If I'm supposed to be a suspect, shouldn't someone, you know ... interrogate me?"

Harlan shrugged. "Well, I suppose it couldn't hurt... "

Without her realizing it, Kaiju's tail started wagging. "Could you make sure that it's Ace?" The gleam in her eyes was a full-fledged sparkle.

Malady wrote: ^ W-well, it's a long story, okay?! And Kaiju's name appears like, 100+ times!

“What’s that ‘Ace’ fool doing?” Adalie asked.

“Oh, he’s just covering the other side of the question at hand. Romy, I understand that you’ve witnessed Delta Spike questioning-”

“WHY is her tail doing that?” Adalie ignored him.

“Well, I understand that she tends to display her emotions with it, rather like a cat,” Harlan hedged. “She may be coping with the stress of being questioned that way.”

“Why is she WAGGING it?”

“Ace must really be getting to her,” Harlan said, stifling a smirk. “ANYWAY, Romy- Romy?” Romy wasn’t paying any attention to him. Rather, she was watching Ace and Kaiju closely, with rather the same sharp intensity that A-Plus was. “ROMY? MIGRAINE?” Harlan said, trying to get her attention.

“Oh?” Romy snapped back to the present. “What was it, A- er, Harley?”

‘Score another one for the Exemplar boy with the rippling muscles, male model features, and bad-boy act,’ Harlan silently grumped to himself.

A gleam came to Kaiju’s eye. “Well, I was thinking … If I’m supposed to be a suspect, shouldn’t someone, you know … interrogate me?”

Harlan shrugged. “Well, I suppose it couldn’t hurt…”

Without her realizing it, Kaiju’s tail started wagging. “Could you make sure that it’s Ace?” The gleam in her eyes was a full-fledged sparkle.

Harlan couldn’t help but reflect on all those ‘teenage’ dramas and comedies. He noted that the plain, chubby, awkward, shy and/or nerdy girls who decried the superficial obsession with physical attractiveness never wanted the plain, chubby, awkward, shy and/or nerdy boys to see past their appearances and see the beauty underneath. NO, the plain, chubby, awkward, shy and/or nerdy girls always wanted the cute, buff, athletic, outgoing and/or cool boys to see past their appearances and see the beauty underneath.