Dorm Roof, Lunchtime, Friday

[ultron_junior]

Okay. So Victor had managed to tweak his programming and reset some hardware in a way that meant Maglev flight should be a cinch. And the theory had worked perfectly when he'd tested it from the ground; he hadn't gone very high, but he'd zipped around the trees in the preserve with ease (and only a few crashes).

So the next logical step was stress-testing. Which meant jumping off something high. Which was why he was sitting on the edge of the dorm roof, swinging his legs, trying hard to remember that he was self-repairing as he willed himself to jump.

[OOC: Primarily for one, but open if you don't mind SP!]

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[ultron_junior]

"I know!" he shouted back, then looped around the building twice more before coming back to the roof and flopping on his back, exhausted.

"Proof of concept," he said. "Awesome."

[spin_kick_snap]

He was met with wild applause--at least, as wild applause as could be generated by just one person.

"You're okay, right?" Kathy asked, rushing over to him. "Everything okay?"

No need to call Tophers or Tonys or anyone else?

[ultron_junior]

"Everything is awesome," Victor told her, sounding dazed. "Give me a couple weeks and I'll be giving people rides."

[spin_kick_snap]

"Is there a sign-up sheet?" Kathy asked. "If so, put me down in the number one spot!"

She would probably be terrified the whole time, but wouldn't it be worth it anyway? LA!Kathy would never have volunteered for that, even if, say, the Mighty Dragon swooped down and offered her a lift. Which was just one more reason why Kathy would.

"What was it like?" she asked, not that she knew he was okay. "How did it work? Oh! Can I get you anything, like a water or something?"

[ultron_junior]

"Nah, I'll get one later," Victor said. "But thanks."

He was sitting up now. "Basically it's maglev. I have magnetic powers anyway, so I enhanced them so they'd repel against the minerals in the earth and the pipes underground. Feels more like floating in a pool than anything. A really big pool."

[spin_kick_snap]

"That's a lot of enhancement," Kathy said, frowning in thought. "So you probably couldn't fly over, say, water, unless you were traveling over a boat, right? I wonder if there's something you could do to make that possible, too."

[ultron_junior]

Victor ran his hand through his hair again, thoughtfully. "Maybe. Maybe build on a storage component so I can save energy for later. That and the minerals in the water might be enough."