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[ringen]

[ Tonight, the video feed shows Gaby tossing a roughly palm-sized object up into the air and catching it repetitively; for those who venture to look more closely it's a door knob. For those who venture to look even more closely, there is a nearly-unhinged door somewhere in the background. Sorry, Heropa 006. ]

I'm curious. Now, I'm sure this question has been posed many times before, but I'd still like to know. How many of you already had powers before you were brought to this place? And how many of you were--for lack of a better term--completely ordinary beforehand? And how did you adjust to your newfound powers, if at all?

You see, I've been here for quite some time now, but still find it a little difficult to compensate for this--hm, unnatural strength? [ she doesn't want to call it super strength ] That I've been given. I assumed I would get used to it over time, but perhaps there's something more to it than just that.

[ She sighs, and stops tossing the thing up and down, now holding the broken-off doorknob up to be seen. ]

In other news, there doesn't happen to be anyone here with the power to fix doors very quickly, does there? I can certainly fix it myself, but I'm afraid I might make things worse instead.

Comments

[pillz]

i got door creatin powers man
& i like this superstrengt hshit
this asshoel i know has it

controllin the power si hard thats all. doesnt always > turn on when i want
sometimes spikes hwen i dont want
not a big problem jus annoyin

[ringen]

Door creating powers. Really.

I know what you mean at least. Some days I know what I'm doing without really having to try and other days I just forget and then the door comes off.

[pillz]

im not fuckin around. i can do it. will mail u a sample if u want

yeah the powers r a pain
least people don't sue unless it's shit like
u took off a kids arm at the convention
(did u)

[ringen]

Actually, yes, why don't you mail me a sample.

I wasn't at the convention, and the only things I've forcibly taken off are doors and wine corks, sadly

[pillz]

next time tehre a patrioci zombie attack u should show up
get some kudos
& fanart.

ok ill send u 3 samplez.
u tell me which one is the hardest 2 open
& which one u want 4 urself
even if those 2 things r different. u get me?

[kavinsky enjoys a challenge, as any enterprising young abuser of magic might.]

[ringen]

[ dear god gaby can't keep up with these 21st century kids and their odd typing ]

So then you make one that's hard for me to open and that I like. Clever

[pillz]

u know u know wsup baby

[kavinsky probably represents of the worst of that demographic, it's true.]

can u send me a pic of the door u got now & the part where the knob broke off

[ringen]

Sure.

[ It takes a while for her to send them, because look this is basically like if your grandmother had to learn how to use a cellphone and worse, a smartphone. But sure enough, he gets the requested photographs after a few minutes. Maybe the contrast/brightness are a bit off, but there they are.]

Will these do?

[pillz]

y

[damn. she'd just ripped the damn thing straight out, hadn't she? kavinsky stares at the twisted metal in the photographs. he's not exactly a forensic analyst, but it's not hard to tell that took a surprisingly careless brute effort.]

aight.
should i mail shit over or u want 2 try it out in person
ps arm-wrestling xprencies so far, tell me abo them

[ringen]

[ look, she was having a bad day! ]

In person would probably be best.

And I've never challenged anyone to that, although now that you bring it up... that would be fun.

[pillz]

ok.
wut city r u in i can b anywhere
jus need a ocuple days 4 sparkle magical fabrication
& breaks 4 sex & beer

u should challenge some1. there has 2 be someone else wit ur powers around. i knew 1 guy but i think he fucked off & got replaced by mark 2.0 frm the multiverse if oyu get what im sayin

[ringen]

[ What is it that these young people say these days... "too much information" yes that was it. Never mind that Gaby is 25, she may as well be 80 years old given she was born in the late 1930's. She doesn't particularly mind it, at least, but it's still... odd. ]

I am in Heropa. But please, feel free to take your time. I'm not really in a rush.

I think I understand what you're saying. This place tends to do that often doesn't it?

would you prefer to go to action or handwave? i'm easy!

[pillz]

not shit
takes a lil bit of the ga ysparkle out of a guy's unique & beautiful snowflake

[kavinsky is certainly one of > those young people. but occasionally his appetite for novelty and weird powers will come in handy.]

ill shoot u another text when its done