What's the f*cking point?
- John
This is the 336th episode of unORDINARY.
Synopsis[]
The book Unordinary, under the moniker Untitled, has become popular among the students of Wellston Private High School. Concerned, Keene asks Headmaster Vaughn if he plans to take action, only to learn that Vaughn has also read it. Keene warns that as one of the highest seats in education, Vaughn must be careful, lest someone else see him reading it, but Vaughn says that with the Bureau’s attention on him, his time at Wellston is short, and he has no intention of using what little time he has left preventing the spread of quality reading material.
In his combat lesson club, John reflects on a recent development with his ability; now that he’s back to full strength, he’s become able to use a basic strength enhancement without needing an ability to copy. John believes this is a result of his body adapting to not being able to rely on his passive aura detection while his ability level was at half power. Testing this new skill, he punches a training bag hard enough to send it flying into a wall just as his combat class students arrive, impressing Dylan. John also wonders whether or not Zeke has delivered his message yet, and resolves to be ready when the Bureau comes for him. Evie asks if John is okay, having been curious about his absence, and John reveals that his father died before asking Sherri to help with the day’s demonstration. After demonstrating a jab-cross-uppercut combo, John instructs the others to find a partner to practice with.
While the others are pairing up, John overhears Wyatt gossiping with another student about rumors that his father wrote Unordinary and that John spread it around the school. On prompting from John, Wyatt asks if the rumors are true, to which John confirms they are, and that the Bureau killed his father for writing Unordinary. The stunned students listen as John tells them that his father didn’t have an ability, and that the Bureau saw no problem in getting rid of him as a result. John emphasizes the importance of their training: since this world favors the strong, most of the students in this room will be at the bottom of the food chain once they leave Wellston with nobody to have their backs and no protection from the authorities.
As John supervises the class, he notes flaws in several students’ forms. Dylan approaches him, eager to demonstrate the results of his practice, but when he throws the jab, John instructs him to hit harder. While Dylan tries to do so, John thinks to himself that his father was an expert hand-to-hand combatant who could even out-maneuver him in a fair fight, and yet the Bureau still easily got to him. Unsure what hope the students in front of him have in light of this, John gets frustrated and throws a punch back at Dylan, knocking him down, asks “what’s the f*cking point,” then leaves the room.
On the roof, John knows that he is supposed to be helping the other students and wants to care, but can’t seem to bring himself to feel as though anything matters since learning of his parents’ tragic fates and Sera’s departure. No longer caring for even his own life, or what happens to anyone else, John only wants the Bureau to come for him so he can unleash on them. Suddenly, he’s joined on the roof by Remi, who has been looking for him. Remi informs him that Untitled is doing great and with Isen working online, the book has even spread to neighboring schools. When Remi notices his subdued reaction, John expresses his desire to storm the Bureau, and Remi recounts that when Rei died, her determination to find his killer led her to act out of rage and endanger herself and those around her. She advises that he should try thinking about long-term goals to keep from slipping, things he wants to accomplish in the future. John decides he wants the world to know what happened to his father, to find where his mother is being kept, and to reunite with Sera.
Remi also gives John a heads up about Vaughn’s imminent dismissal, knowing that will be the cue for her, Blyke, and Isen to flee from the Bureau. She assures John that they have a place to go, and when she asks if he does, he briefly takes Cameron’s business card out of his pocket, but puts it away when Remi inquires about it. Remi tells John that if he needs a place to go, she can help him find one, and also invites John to join them as vigilantes if he wants. John seems surprised that she’d suggest it, but Remi thinks it fitting for the son of W.H. Doe.
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