« Prev 1 2 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Reading in the Dark (Matt) (Read 285 times) Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 21:45:01 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Paradigm's library is a pretty interesting place, what with students and agents and books on all sorts of weird things. It's even more interesting when a section of one corridor is randomly covered in a cloud of darkness! « Last Edit: Oct 21, 2015 0:31:39 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:00:52 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Matt walks by the library. Then he backpedals a few steps. "What the hell?" He walks in to inspect the shadows! Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:08:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top The shadows aren't solid, it's just like he's walking down a pitch black hallway! Because nothing can be seen though, he might want to step carefully lest he bang his shins on something. Nobody sounds like they're objecting to the darkness, probably because it doesn't extend very far into the library. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:12:29 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Bang his shins is what he does. Beyond an exclamation he isn't too worried. He heals! "Uh? Hello?" He figures it's not electrical seeing as the other lights were fine. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:24:58 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Oh, sorry!" The darkness abruptly disappears! Aaron is sitting on a sofa in a little reading area off to the side near the library entrance, and hadn't noticed the expanding cloud until alerted by the exclamation. "You okay, sir?" He only really knows Matt as an authority figure. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:27:09 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I should be asking you, what with the perpetual darkness." He gestures to what was. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:31:46 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sometimes that happens when my mind wanders. It's weird." Matt might know that there's a family history of depression listed on Aaron's file, thanks to his mother! Aaron is pretty sure he's not depressed though. "I threw up a little cloud for privacy while I sketch, just around me. Guess it grew." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 22:39:10 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top While Matt has certainly read it, he hasn't come across Aaron enough times to have the details all memorized, unfortunately! "Why do you want so much privacy?" He peeks over at what he's drawing. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 23:13:32 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top It looks like a couple character designs and an attempt at a landscape! It's decent, not something you'd put in a gallery but not bad. Aaron looks as if he's going to shove the notepad away, then thinks better of it and leaves it in view. "Work better when people aren't watching. Guess I get stage fright." That's partly a joke. "It's not all the time, just sometimes it helps to have the shade around; kinda like throwing on a coat when it's cold out. You know how when you're going to sleep, people say to turn everything off? It helps me relax sometimes, using my power just around myself. Besides, people said if I use it a little while doing creative stuff, it might help develop it more." Plus working on his ability to call up darkness quickly is kind of helpful in a fight, if he ever has to get into one. « Last Edit: Oct 19, 2015 23:20:59 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 23:39:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It's not that strange." Not that Aaron said it was, but he tries to reassure him regardless. "That's pretty good though. Do you draw alot?" Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 23:48:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah. Mom does art in her spare time, says she would've gone pro if she hadn't joined Paradigm, and she taught me how to draw stuff as a kid. Said it helped her get so good with her powers, too, so when mine developed she got me to practise more." Aaron smiles a little talking about it, so the reassurance probably worked. "Never done anything serious with it, pretty much random doodles. You have to be pretty creative to get the most out of a power like this, so it helps." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 19, 2015 23:53:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What all can you do with it?" He's read the file and remembers this part, but he likes to hear it first hand. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:06:42 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Make darkness, control shadows a bit, fire shadow bolts, solidify darkness, see in the dark... it's gonna be a while before I can do the crazy stuff Mom can do with it. I can't make super detailed constructs with it, move through shadows, or anything like that, not yet." Matt's shadow reaches up and taps him on the shoulder! "Still, with creativity, what I've got goes a long way until I get stronger." « Last Edit: Oct 20, 2015 0:18:05 GMT -6 by Aaron Silverman » Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:11:30 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Ah!" He falls for it! "Dont...do that..." He sighs. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:14:47 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sorry." It's genuine! Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:26:03 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Its okay. If I had a heart attack I think I'd recover at least." He smiles, feeling bad if he made Aaron feel bad. He wanted to encourage power use! "That was pretty talented too, though." Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:36:44 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Thanks. I've been trying to figure out the 'rules' of this power, lately; super strength, pyrokinesis, that stuff? Easy to figure out. This?" Aaron shrugs. "In theory anything I can imagine can happen as long as it involves darkness. In practise, I have a long way to go before that's the case. How can you push your limits if you don't know what they are?" He does a lot of thinking in all that time he spends not talking! Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 0:40:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I'd like to think the same is true for any power. But I see your point." He nods. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 20, 2015 14:01:51 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What about yours?" Aaron has no idea what Matt's is. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 0:01:00 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "My what? Power? I regenerate." Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 0:15:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sounds handy." Well, the dude's a senior agent for a reason. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 0:22:06 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Its convenient, that's for sure. As far as getting stronger, I"m not sure I'm capable, but I can still try to find new uses, such as helping others." Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 0:34:59 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "We can always use healers." He knows people with healing powers like that are a thing! At least some of them work in the infirmary under Dr. Husher. "Sounds pretty powerful already, regenerating that is." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 0:38:31 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "We do, but I only use it for emergency situations. For a while I liked to use it whenever I could to help others, but it became a crutch. People got sloppy because they could." He frowns. Back to Top   Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Reading in the Dark (Matt) « Oct 21, 2015 1:04:14 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Wouldn't you want people back in action as fast as possible, though?" Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first