Therapeutic violence [Action, WTR classrooms]

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

[A grinning Snow is casually pummeling a training dummy in the classrooms. Whatever oddity of time compression has stripped off his brand and replaced it with some other power, he doesn't know, but after some of the earlier adventures he's endured through its questionable charity, he intends to just ride this out.]

[So now he's playing with this new power: density control. And frankly doing quite well at it. The punch he hurls at the dummy starts off light and fast, barely dense enough to engender any resistance even from the air; then, a moment before it lands, his body coalesces into a far more dense form. The punch hits with alarming force, sending the dummy flying.]

Huh.

I think I might've overdone it.

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[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

Whoa!

You all right? [He's all but racing over to check on her.] I didn't -- when did you even get here?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

No, that was my fault. Should've been paying more attention to what I was doing. I'm sorry.

[spareglasses]

[Yukio's just passing by in the halls when he hears a rather loud crash, so he hurries over to the classroom and looks in. Nothing looks terribly out of order--aside from one dummy that's all the way on the other side of the room.

He turns to look at the lone individual in the room.]

Is everything okay, instructor?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

Pretty good. Time Compression's decided to make life interesting for me, that's all.

[He heads over to pick up the dummy.]

[spareglasses]

You too?

[He steps inside.]

May I ask what sort of skills you've been given?

[After all, the guy doesn't exactly look like he needs any additional help in the "I can punch things really hard" department.]

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

I can weigh more. Or less. A lot more in either direction...

[He becomes, abruptly, tenuous and transparent, demonstrating just how less he can weight by putting his arm directly through the training dummy without effort or apparent impact.]

[spareglasses]

[Yukio nods appreciatively and offers Snow a smile.]

That's impressive. Was it difficult to master?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

It was hard to get under control. I kept going through things I didn't want to. Think I put some footprints into a floor or two. But I've got some experience in getting used to weird new powers fast.

[He looked down at his bare left forearm, then slapped it lightly with a grin.]

It probably won't last, but why not get good at it while it does?

[spareglasses]

I suppose it would be useful. If nothing else, it'd probably be good to at least control it enough to make normal life livable.

[Which is about as much work as Yukio's put into his own abilities. He's not, admittedly, too fond of his own new powers.]

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

So far so good. But it's not just enough to make it livable. I've gotta be able to use it well enough to make sure I can do what needs to be done. The hero business can be hard work sometimes!

[spareglasses]

Hero business?

[Yukio's bringing up thoughts of shounen manga heroes.]

Is that your profession in your home world?

[paradisiacally.livejournal.com]

You'll have to pay for that, you know.

[Poof. Where did Ashe come from? She's.. still getting used to her power, Astral projection. ... Okay, really, there's no getting used to it.

Ashe is slightly transparent at first, and floating in the air, but when she lands, her body is perfectly solid once more.]

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

I wondered if anyone else was having this sort of thing happen. Yours didn't look quite like mine does, though.

[He moves over to pick up the dummy, looking it over.]

This thing's fine. I've given it worse. Kinda not at my full strength right now.

[paradisiacally.livejournal.com]

It would seem the entirety of the Garden is experiencing peculiar changes.

[Ashe sighs.] I, however, am not to pleased with it. It's nearly impossible to control, and I cannot access any of the powers I had before.

Hard to believe you can get more powerful than that.

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there's some way to control it. You just gotta figure out how. I suppose I'm lucky, this is the third bizarre new power I've had to learn in my life.

[He chuckles a little, sardonic. Lucky, huh?]

[bahamutgal.livejournal.com]

Hittin' it a little hard there, aren't you?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

Not on purpose. This whole change of pace takes some getting used to! I've only had to learn to use new fancy powers once before, after all.

[bahamutgal.livejournal.com]

At least you've had practice, unlike some of those other folks. Don't let it get to your head. I can see you makin' everything go flying just outta excitement.

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

[That's a bit unusually kind for Fang... which leads the wheels in his head to start spinning.]

You picked up some weird power too, huh?

[bahamutgal.livejournal.com]

Somethin' like that, yeah.



Never could do that before. Far as I know, anyway.

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

That... is a bit odd.

I mean, I still say being able to turn heavier or lighter is weirder. That one at least looks like magic we know. Still, that packed a bit of a punch.

[bahamutgal.livejournal.com]

You Cocoon folk are always weird, anyway.



I'm guessin' we aren't the only ones. Think this is permanent or what?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. If for no other reason than we're not that lucky, just getting rid of a brand like that.

Did I ever tell you I ended up going back to Cocoon, once, when I was here?