voice;

[defections]

I just want to put it out there that I only remember the Berlin Wall coming down and the fall of communism because I had a really right-wing teacher at the time and he wouldn't stop trying to teach us about the wonders of capitalism, so you'll have to excuse me if I missed the portion of history where superheroes helped protect the nation from the red menace.

[A pause.]

But that said, can someone tell me exactly how I'm supposed to figure out how these...powers work? And if they do work at all, because right now I'm running off a healthy dose of skepticism.

[ooc: linking his permissions again! Thank you!]

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[voice]

[glassinine]

Good day. Your powers almost certainly do work; even those who were ordinary at home find themselves here with unusual abilities.

[voice]

[defections]

Ordinary?

[A pause.]

Well if we're going by flying as a marker for extraordinary here, then I'm pretty sure everyone at home was ordinary.

[voice]

[glassinine]

That is the...benchmark by which I judge, yes. "Extraordinary" meaning those with superhuman powers.

We all were in my home, as well.

voice;

[symbionic]

Where I come from superheroes always helped protect the nation from whatever, dude. Long before the Soviets. You've never heard of Captain America?

And, uh, all I got is trial and error. Worked for me.

voice;

[defections]

Sure. In comic books.

What kind of powers do you have?

voice;

[symbionic]

Welcome to a comic book, then.

I make spiderwebs.

[That's a nice way of putting it.]

voice;

[altercate]

Trial and error, according to most people here.

[ this is clearly not derek's recommended course of action ]

voice;

[defections]

It seems like a dangerous way to check something out.

voice;

[altercate]

And that's why they're idiots.

[ derek hale, graced with such tact. ]

You might have something benign. Hope for that.

[aggressiveapathy]

Where are you even from?

[defections]

Chicago. Not originally, but I've been there long enough.

[aggressiveapathy]

So you should know all about shady organizations. The history rewriting is just a bonus.

audio

[powerkicks]

Here's a tip: don't try jumping off anything.

audio

[defections]

That won't be a problem. I like my legs whole.

audio

[powerkicks]

Good, you're at least smart enough to realize that. [ saves those who can actually fly the trouble of trying to catch them. ]

As for powers — does anything feel different recently?

voice.

[selfequipped]

They work. They definitely work. They don't really come with how-to guides, though.

voice.

[defections]

You would think that with the job description and the official housing numbers, we would at least get some kind of guide.

voice.

[selfequipped]

That would require them to know.

It's not like they have superpowers.

[Video]

[bullysandwicher]

I hear so much about capitalism and I still have no idea what that even is.

[Video]

[defections]

It's an economic model. Free market is the goal, in theory.

[Video]

[bullysandwicher]

Oh.

wait, you're saying this place has free market?

voice;

[slightlyoffchilt]

It seems there's some discrepancies with regards to historical events -- at least, compared to my world's sequence.

voice;

[defections]

I'm going to guess your world might not feature flying cars, either.

[thanatophobias]

What's your power?

[defections]

[Is that a kid?]

Nothing very interesting.