Room 401, Saturday Morning
Nov. 17th, 2012 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
It wasn't like Victor spent a lot of time zapping stuff. Electromagnetic bursts of lightning were not exactly something you needed to get through your average day of classwork and video games.
But when he woke up feeling vaguely, indefinably off, it didn't take him long to work out that that was what was missing. His other abilities still seemed intact, and a systems check showed he hadn't come down with a virus or anything (ha, robot humor). But when he reached out with that power, nothing at all happened. It was as if he'd never had it to begin with.
Disconsolate, he laid back down on the bed, barely noticing he'd plowed through a whole box of Pop-Tarts while he tried to figure this out. In fact, he was still a little hungry: Maybe he'd go into town for some waffles and see if those helped.
[OOC: And I am done with the open, establishy posts. Victor got the Rory Gilmore appetite. Weekend SP in effect.]
But when he woke up feeling vaguely, indefinably off, it didn't take him long to work out that that was what was missing. His other abilities still seemed intact, and a systems check showed he hadn't come down with a virus or anything (ha, robot humor). But when he reached out with that power, nothing at all happened. It was as if he'd never had it to begin with.
Disconsolate, he laid back down on the bed, barely noticing he'd plowed through a whole box of Pop-Tarts while he tried to figure this out. In fact, he was still a little hungry: Maybe he'd go into town for some waffles and see if those helped.
[OOC: And I am done with the open, establishy posts. Victor got the Rory Gilmore appetite. Weekend SP in effect.]
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Date: 2012-11-17 02:39 pm (UTC)because she is everywhere this morningto see if anything was up with him, too. "Good mooooooooooooorning!"no subject
Date: 2012-11-17 03:12 pm (UTC)Almost too much so, in his opinion. Like something was up with her too.
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Date: 2012-11-17 03:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-17 06:02 pm (UTC)He was annoyed his power was gone, but it was little more than an annoyance: After six months, he knew not to take anything strange that happened on a Saturday too seriously.
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:10 pm (UTC)'Hurrying' being a relative term. She was there in under a second.
"Ta da!" she proclaimed, beaming as she flung out her arms.
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:23 pm (UTC)It worked for Tommy Shepherd!
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:49 pm (UTC)He sounded vaguely melancholy about it.
"I figured the island might be in a mood, but it's cool you got something out of it."
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Date: 2012-11-19 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-19 12:46 am (UTC)He was secure. He could put up with being carried by his girlfriend if it was life or death.
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Date: 2012-11-19 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-19 12:58 am (UTC)He didn't think she was dumb; she seemed pretty normal so far. But a quick test would help prove it to her, too.
[OOC: That was one of my favorite typos ever.]
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:07 am (UTC)A pause, and then, "So it's probably just the math then, I guess."
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:41 am (UTC)It was his turn to pause. "Actually, do those ever come up?"
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Date: 2012-11-19 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-11-19 02:28 am (UTC)Case in point.
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Date: 2012-11-17 02:48 pm (UTC)Instead, he hovered in mid-air and experimented with lightly kicking the top of the doorframe. It probably sounded the same as a knock, but it was the principle of the thing.
"Hey, Viiiictor."
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Date: 2012-11-17 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:03 pm (UTC)So, yes -- if it were him, he'd be gloating too.
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-17 06:26 pm (UTC)As he said that, he groped into his nighttable drawer. He could swear there were some M&Ms in there last time he looked.
"Can you fly, or just float?"
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:29 pm (UTC)Sigh, science knowledge. HE MISSED YOU SO.
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:37 pm (UTC)He tilted his head at Topher, forgetting the siren call of the M&Ms for the moment. "You shouldn't have had to ask me that."
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Date: 2012-11-17 06:51 pm (UTC)SIGH.
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Date: 2012-11-17 07:02 pm (UTC)Not that he'd want to try it.
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Date: 2012-11-17 07:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-11-17 07:17 pm (UTC)He was so concerned by the possibility he didn't even eat the M&Ms he'd finally located.
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Date: 2012-11-17 11:41 pm (UTC)He had the grace not to argue.
"True," he agreed. "It's not a subtle thing. And -- I mean, you could fuck somebody up by shocking them? But my blasts aren't strong enough to kill anybody by accident. Or at least, I never have."
These were the silver linings you found when your main offensive power was gone.
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Date: 2012-11-18 07:32 am (UTC)The face probably wasn't the most sensitive target, Topher, no. But good try.