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[siriusly]

[there's a letter juuuust in view in the screen that Manabu glances down from repeatedly while addressing the camera.

his mouth twitches, trying to smother his smile while he reads.

ahem:]

'Mister Yuuki, we're pleased to present you with your General Education Development certificate, which fulfills high school equivalency requirements in the below listed states.' [he pauses, a little cheesy, pleased grin.

a-anyway:] Ah-- mm, aaand...those are the places it's good...dut-dut...mm, oh [reading quickly:]--'We, we hope this will encourage you to further your academic career and reach new educational heights.'

[a beat.

beaming:] So that's one thing down...Something that ought to be permanent here, in case I get punched back out of here for another couple years, haha...

Not bad, right?

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[knaval]

YOU PASSED THEM!!!

[siriusly]

[flinches, but laughs anyway.] I did! That hard work paid off.

[knaval]

Now you never have to think about them again! What's the plan now?

[siriusly]

Well, next I need to wait until I can apply for police academy. Which means...mostly training myself.

[knaval]

Aw, you lil' nerd! You really are a mini-Magnus!

[said a lot fonder than last time.]

--Wait, why is that training yourself? I heard even the Autobot Academy had pretty good teachers...

[voice]

[hellrisen02]

Heh, congrats, kid.

So next is... the academy, right?

voice

[siriusly]

A--[oh, hey you. he remembers.] Mm! That's the hope, anyway.

[beat.] Er...well, I don't know if I can get in right away. So at least I can train until then...

voice

[hellrisen02]

No? Ahh, gotta wait until they have... recruitment, applications, whatever it is they do here, right? Good luck on that too, then. Doubt you have anything to worry about.

[A beat. Unless the whole imPort thing, but...] Got your powers taken care of?

[siriusly]

[a faint, self-conscious laugh at the good-luck stuff, interrupted by the question.]

Eh? Oh--um. Mostly, yes! My friend got me a nullifier that does the job...it just needs some tweaking to be ideal. I...I kind of want some of those powers. The healing ones. Those are useful, so...

[hellrisen02]

[Duo grins- well, he had some confidence in the guy, even if he was unsure about it. That is, assuming there wasn't red tape to cross...]

Whoops. I guess it would be pretty complicated to target just one of your powers without some kind of [He pauses, trying to figure out how to word it] --marker, a determinant factor that can isolate specific powers, or what causes them...

[A thought occurs to him suddenly] Wonder if anyone ever studied how or... if imPorts powers are determined, biologically...?

[am_i_a_monster]

Congratulations.

I've thought about doing something like that. I was close to graduating high school once.

[siriusly]

Oh? Ah, well...It...wasn't too bad. [eyes wincing.] I mean, relatively speaking. Though the literature bits were tough, since I wasn't the most booksmart kid in school...

[beat.] But! But it was easy to sign up, if that helps...

[am_i_a_monster]

Did you have to go to classes and stuff or just take a test?

[siriusly]

No, no--I mean, I didn't go to a class. I just got some preparation materials and studied on my own time. I think classes cost more...

[am_i_a_monster]

So it was a test?

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[pale_blue_arrow]

you realize now i need to make you a cake to celebrate. i'm thinking boston creme pie cupcakes, but if you've got a special request my roommates have learned to let me take command of the kitchen at a moment's notice.

congrats, sunset. i knew you could do it.

[siriusly]

Haha I do remember you mentioning that was a requirement...
Well I appreciate it, whatever you make. You know I don't say no to food!
And thanks again for your help...I'm pretty sure a bunch of that score is because you helped me cram.

[pale_blue_arrow]

well i have multiple recipes here for boston creme cupcakes, so i want to try a bunch - which means i need your help eating them. for science. ;)

hey, if you ever decide to get a college degree or do the SATs or whatever, i'm always here for you. any excuse to talk shakespeare and get out of the house is a good one. but i hope now that you've seen your score you know i wasn't bullshitting you when i said you weren't dumb at this stuff, sunset.

[siriusly]

OK but...I also have some physical training to do, so please go easy on me.
That's also fair but I gotta admit it's pretty outside my usual scope...so maybe hearing about all that Shakespeare and other stuff on the side might be a good idea anyway. I think I can listen to it from you better than I could sit down and read it anyway.

[pale_blue_arrow]

healing with powers takes up energy and sugar is raw energy. it's nearly counterintuitive but if you get hurt again, like with the car? sugar and protein, immediately. it helps. once you get on the force i'm making you an emergency stash of sweets specifically for that purpose.

you're more of an audio-visual learner than a textbook one, yeah. the good news is, if you ever go into forensic sciences that'll actually give you an advantage. in the meantime it just means you can listen to me shit-talk romeo for his total abandonment of rosalind at the beginning of the play and not get TOO bored.

but if you don't mind my tangents then hey, i'll help you learn whatever you want. god knows i don't have much else going on.

acton;

[aboveand]

[Whenever Manabu finds himself in the kitchen, he'll find a small, store bought cake sitting on the counter that says "Congratulations!" crammed across it.]

gsdfd AWW

[siriusly]

Eh-?

[oh look, something left sitting on the counter that's not shaped like booze.

and it's...ah jeez.] Ha. Come on... [who did this. no card? no one's gonna take responsibility for this pastry?]

[aboveand]

[There are three other people in this house, two of them are brothers. The third would probably include alcohol somewhere in there.

It should be obvious.

Ace walks into the kitchen and looks up at Manabu.]

[siriusly]

Hi, Ace. [is today the day the dog gives him more than just an unimpressed snort? either way, Manabu sure isn't wasting his time stretching out a hand this time around.] Where's Terry and Matt at? They leave you home alone today?

[aboveand]

[Ace simply stares at Manabu for a few seconds, then up at the cake, then back to Manabu.]