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[pacifistaggressive]

[Well, someone's calmed down from his last little speech on the network. In fact, this time he's not even upset about something--well, not in that way, anyway. He does seem a bit perplexed, though, sitting at his desk in his room while idly writing something down on a notebook (which was something he'd just gotten used to. Everything was typed where he was from. For once, he's out of that military gear and in what looks like a baggy t-shirt with an owl on it.]

Citizens of Heropa. I'm sorry to bother you so late at night, but I was hoping you could answer some questions for me.

I've been seeing things lately, just occasionally little glows around everyone I've talked to. It's not often, but it's definitely getting more frequent with the more people I talk to.


[A hand goes to his chin, thinking this over.]

According to my file, one of my powers is aura sensing. Which...would make sense, given what I've been experiencing. But it's still pretty confusing to me. 

[He'll cut right to the chase.] I need to see what these different glows mean. Going around guessing isn't going to get me anywhere.

So I'm asking for your help. Can you all tell me something you like, and something you hate? A food, an activity, anything. Any kind of story would be encouraged, so I could see a wide range of these. I have two goals here--[and two fingers go up.]

I want to see if it works over the feed, and the range I'm dealing with here.

[And because he promised he'd work on friendship...]

Thank you. I really appreciate any input.

[ooc: Metalhawk still hasn't quite mastered his robotic form just yet, so he's still stuck in his holomatter's form. ]

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[alchemicallybonded]

Can you sense auras over the network or does it have to be in person?

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[pacifistaggressive]

[He squints slightly, as if looking to see that just now. There's a faint glow, but it's dim, almost too dim to see the colour of it...only barely making it out.]

It's visible here. Although not as strong as in person.

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[alchemicallybonded]

[Maybe there's even two because Al is both a soul and a suit of armor. Being over the network probably doesn't help either.]

You should try asking some people to see you in person so you can look at it every way possible.

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[highhealplz]

Oh, that's interesting! What do they look like?

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[pacifistaggressive]

Right now...mostly colours.

[And he squints a bit, as while he's learning these do work over the feed, it's much less obvious on what it is.]

I think I see a light pink around you...

[highhealplz]

Really? [ he looks a little delighted, and... off-screen, waves his hand a little. a glowing blue light sort of mists in around him. ] What about now, still pink?

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[caladrius]

Auras? [What in the world are those?] I'd love to help, though you'll have to elaborate the nature of auras to me. Just something glowing around people?

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[pacifistaggressive]

[That'd make two of you, Hope.]

To be honest, I'm not certain on what exactly it is myself. My file wasn't all that in-depth on it. It's some sort of glow that I can see around you, but the type of glow changes, or looks different.

Not exactly the most helpful thing in the world, is it...

[The pen taps against his chin, though.]

Sometimes they look alike, sometimes they don't--maybe there's a theme to it all.

[He squints, slightly, looking into the feed.]

It's faint, but I see a white one around you. White or light pink.

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[caladrius]

... Oh. [That really doesn't help much, especially to a mind as demanding as his. He needs more to go on, but it cant be helped when both parties have absolutely no idea.]

Hmm.

[He cant see a glow about him, obviously, so that means something beyond the physical. More than the kind Hope knows anyway. And what in the world do white and pink mean? His hair color? Lightning's hair color?]

You say the glow around someone changes, and some are not alike. Perhaps the colors have some sort of meaning or connection to the individual?

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[longestwinter]

Aura sensing's a power now? Huh. Apparently there's a bunch of new age peaceniks I misjudged.

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[pacifistaggressive]

[Yep. He's pretty much a living mood ring]

Not the flashiest power, I know.

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[longestwinter]

I'm sure you could make a killing with it if you set up some incense and mood music and charged a few dollars a go.

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[runningstart]

Alrighty, okay. Uhhh...what I really like isssss a ton of food. A huge amount of food, as much as I can eat, like Chicken Whizzies and soft pretzels and burgers, pizza, green bean casserole, corn on the cob, pancakes, sausage and bacon oh my god bacon. Lots of food.

Yes.

...I'm hungry, I'll be right back.

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[pacifistaggressive]

[Wow Wally, you're pretty much a beacon right now to him. His eyes widen in both amazement at just WHAT the kid eats and and at the glow. It's a bright royal blue right now.]

Well, I have a feeling you're going to be a very reliable person to help me with this.

[Because wow, sir.]

...[He should have seen that coming.]


...Go on, I know you want to. I'll be here when you get back.

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[runningstart]

[Wally comes back in about ten with a bunch of sandwich fixings stacked around him and his comm propped up against a jar of mayonnaise. He's assembling a monster sandwich.]

Something I hate is uhhh...when people use terms like "magic" or "unexplained phenomena" and other cop-out excuses to get out of really investigating and experimenting with hypotheses to find out a real answer. [He really, REALLY hates not understanding stuff, is basically what he's trying to say.]

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[databoner]

Aura sensing. Can you see these auras through things? Through walls, for example?

[Because that's the only way this ability isn't completely useless.]

Also, what color is mine?

[Even if it's useless, he's curious.]

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[pacifistaggressive]

Hm...That'll be something I'll have to see. Right now, no. But they've been getting increasingly stronger as I'm learning to perceive them more.

[But at his question, he peeks into the feed slightly, trying to see just what it could be.]

White.

[And he writes it down on the paper, circling two names.]

A small white glow has been visible in someone else too that I've recorded. Although, sometimes the colours change. It might have something to do with inner emotion or feeling.

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[databoner]

Is that why you asked about something we hated?

[White. Possibly meaning neutral? That's accurate. But something he hated...

Well, that's not difficult. All he needs to think about is his Father. That alone gets him quietly seething.]

...And now? What color?

[taselikeabee]

Do you want a story from me too?

[pacifistaggressive]

Anything would help.

[He taps the pen on his chin, though.]

Your likes and dislikes?

[taselikeabee]

...What's my likes and dislikes have to do with story time?

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[heartboxer]

I am Alex Louis Armstrong! [ He smiles. ] I like portraiture, and displays of muscular success! [ In fact, he'll flex his ridiculously large arms and sparkle a vibrant, weird, pink. ] I dislike injustice and evil. [ Truth. ]

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[pacifistaggressive]

[Wow sir, you are practically radiating right now, enough to make Metalhawk's eyes widen considerably. And just for how open he is about it.]

Alex Louis Armstrong.

[His tone stays even, but his lips can't help but twitch a smile.]

It looks like you and I dislike the same thing. I can't say the same for my body, though.

[He's kind of a stick.]

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[viced]

That's -- a hell of a way to ask that question, isn't it? What does knowing someone's aura even do, really? Is it just color or...

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[pacifistaggressive]

To be honest...I have no idea. It seems to vary between colour, intensity, and...if this makes sense, style?

[He taps his chin a moment.]

I guess finding out the pattern would tell me what exactly the benefit is.