text. anon.

[flightforfreedom]

[ With BB-8's help he scrambles his ID for this, but everyone else will show up with their usual IDs unless they have abilities to the otherwise. ]

so uh

does anyone else have a power that they don't use exactly so much as it just happens and when it happens it affects other people

i mean it affects me too but not the point

do you know how to control it? is there someone who can teach me?
bonus points for mind-based stuff - i'm not setting anything on fire in the literal sense
just the metaphorical one

before you suggest it, power dampeners aren't an option

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[subroutined]

[ Green scrambles his ID by using a random IP, less so because he wants to stay anonymous and more because, well, when in Rome... ]

I've one. It happens whenever someone draws a weapon near me, whether it's to use against me or to use to defend me. The weapon gets turned into a toy.
It's either useful or frustrating, depending whose weapon it is.

[flightforfreedom]

that's

a weird one

but at least you aren't hurting anyone? potentially

you're still disarming you enemy in the same way you're disarming your friends

[subroutined]

It only works close up, though.
Doesn't do much against weapons like guns that are more than three metres away.

[flightforfreedom]

okay, significantly less useful




always keep your friends 3.1 metres away?

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[drivesadesk]

I have acid blood. I just have to be really careful if I'm injured to make sure no one gets hurt by it.

[flightforfreedom]

that sounds pretty generally avoidable, at least

you could wear one of those medical bracelets

[drivesadesk]

There's an idea! I think I'd need one custom made. I'm not sure 'acid blood' is a common condition on this planet.

[flightforfreedom]

i think a lot of them are blank and then you get it engraved on

there's a lot of weird shit out there

do you know there are people on this planet allergic to dust

like

how

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[photophobic]

If you have discovered a power that exists beyond you, outside of you, attempting to control it will do nothing but exhaust you.

Your focus should be on determining the mechanism that connects you to it, if one exists. If you can discover which of your thoughts, feelings or actions allows it to use you, you may find something you can control.

[flightforfreedom]

[ The reply comes late because Poe spends four minutes just swearing.

But in the end he replies anyway. ]

it's not
like that

i can't even feel it happening

it just happens

no warning, nothing

it's just something dumb the porter gave me it's not like
the for

[ He had been typing too fast. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck abort abort abort-- ]

the forces of nature
or fortune telling
or the forbidden
something
things




not like that

[photophobic]

[ With a surprising show of patience, he gives Poe (because it is Poe, of course it is, and it makes sense of so much of his recent behaviour for Poe Dameron to be struggling with a power he doesn't understand) time to work through his panic, waiting for the flurry of text to slow and come to a stop. ]

You can't control something you don't understand.

[ Trust him on this. ]

Most power is potential, requiring direction. You breathe without making the decision, but your body is still responding to instruction. Begin by observing it. Testing it. Determine its patterns. If you are tethered to it, you must find how the connection functions.

If there is none. If this power doesn't respond to anything you do. You will never be able to control it or anticipate it.

[flightforfreedom]

i have absolutely no interest in testing it

i just want it to stop

and thanks for the vote of confidence there buddy

[slightlyoffchilt]

Try therapy.

private. un: poe dameron | black leader

[flightforfreedom]

[ If it had come from someone else, he would have thought this was a joke at his expense. But it's not from someone else. ]

trust me i'm pretty sure i damn well need to anyway

but can that actually help with the power thing

private.

[slightlyoffchilt]

[There's a brief delay in Chilton's response, given Poe's identity reveal. But he recovers swiftly enough, and his fingers are quick to enact.]

Therapy with me can, yes. I employ my own abilities to help my patients, as they are conveniently conducive to treatment.

[flightforfreedom]

okay

okay then

yes

please

absolutely

because this is sort of a nightmare and i don't want to put anyone else through this


there are a few things i can't do, though, with -
power stuff
but we can talk about that

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[forkingbullshirt]

I can make it rain garbage. Can't stop it- I do something I know is bad, boom! Garbage rain.

Also can't say fork properly. Which is forking unfair.

[flightforfreedom]

that's



what kind of garbage??

that's random as hell


also i assume you mean fuck, there, and that's just a shame

[forkingbullshirt]

Nasty garbage. Like, really nasty.

Yeah, that's what I mean. Telling someone to fork off just isn't the same. I forking hate it- you think after everything that I could at least say fork or bullshirt or call someone a motherforking ash-hole here.

[flightforfreedom]

okay that's

really cute though

[adamantlyardent]

May I say it's quite commendable for you to come forward in ANY matter to admit you've got some strange, passive power you're plaguing others with, rather than simply refusing to take responsibility. I've known others quite the opposite who make life QUITE a trial because of it.
I would also say that CONTROL would require quite a bit more detail than "mind-based stuff - of the metaphorical fire-setting sense." So while it's a good first step to admit there's a problem, you'll need to go a bit farther than that.
Also: Are you new to this world, then? Because I'd like to assume there are establishments in place among this community designed SPECIFICALLY for such situations, ready and prepared to aid you in your struggle. Considering how long I've been told this has been going on, it'd be absurd for there to be a lack of such a thing, yes?

[flightforfreedom]

there's no point publicising how dumb my power is if there's no one who can even remotely help

and no - not new at all
old hat
new power

but xavier's school is long gone - i would have gone to him first thing, otherwise. he's been ported out for over a year, now

i don't know anyone who picked up the practice after him

[adamantlyardent]

Well that's alarming.
Gods forbid yours or someone else's "mind-based" ability involve a total mental dissolve of PSYCHE or something!
Am I to understand there are currently NO countermeasures of any kind in place for highly dangerous abilities getting randomly distributed?!

[flightforfreedom]

hey

hey look i didn't say anything about dissolving anything!

that's not
that's not the kind of trouble it causes
alright?
no one's actually going to get physically hurt

i mean
the government has power nullifies
but as i said
not an option in this case. besides i doubt i could get them to give me one anyway.

[not here]

[onlydoubts]

[ not here, but watching, even going as far to type out a response and delete it ]