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« Nov 22, 2015 21:46:09 GMT -6 »
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"Captain Wormhole!"

He corrects her with a wink. He'd start wiggling his fingers.

"Tell you what. What's your favorite flower?"

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« Nov 22, 2015 21:49:37 GMT -6 »
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"Uhhhh," she pauses, having to think about it.

"How about a poppy?" Those are hard to find, right?

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« Nov 22, 2015 21:51:13 GMT -6 »
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"Sure thing Babe."

He'd wink and reach his hand forward. The air between them would rip as a hole formed in space and Eric's hand reach inside, pulling out a beautiful Poppy. He'd twirl it in his fingers before handing it over to her as the portal closed.

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« Nov 23, 2015 0:48:11 GMT -6 »
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She quirked an eyebrow at him, a mostly-silent snort passing through her nose at his name for her. It was the tearing through spacetime, though, that really caught her attention.

"Whoa." She accepts the flower, hold it up and smells it. She glances up at him from over the petals.

"Dude you could make a killing robbing banks."

She lowers the Poppy slightly. "Er, you know. If you were so inclined."

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"The thought never entered my head."

He said with a chuckle.

"Besides you should talk. I bet your sandform could fuck up all kinds of security systems!"

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« Nov 23, 2015 16:49:10 GMT -6 »
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"Not to mention what it can do to human flesh," she remarks offhandedly, thinking back to what a single moment of sandsplosion did to Mathew's face. To think what could happen if she kept up the assault...

She shrugs. "But I guess that's why we're here and not out there, huh?" She laughs slightly, inclining her head towards the Academy gates.

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« Nov 23, 2015 16:53:50 GMT -6 »
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"Well, I think out there isn't so bad. I learned how to use my power well enough out there."

And he never did anything too bad out there.

"It's just that in here we are actively making a choice to use our powers for the betterment of society, rather than just for ourselves, or treating it as nothing."

He shrugged.

"I mean we all have our reasons for being here, which is fine." He certainly had his own reasons. "But at the end it doesn't matter if we end up making things a bit better. Ya know?"

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« Nov 23, 2015 16:56:53 GMT -6 »
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She smiles. "Yeah, that's the idea, I guess. "

She tilts her head at him, regarding what he said a bit. "So you've been using your power for a while?"

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« Nov 23, 2015 17:01:31 GMT -6 »
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"Yeah. It manifested before kindergarten. Parents kind of flipped out and sent me to a bunch of specialists and special needs schools. So being around so many powered people isn't terribly weird I guess."

He always felt weird saying that, because he was always afraid someone was going to think he meant he was mentally slow.

"When did you start learning your power?"

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« Nov 23, 2015 17:10:19 GMT -6 »
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"I was twelve," she says, her eyes getting kind of a distant look as she remembers. Easier times, before her mom's training, before all of this.

"I was kind of a tomboy, spent a lot of time running around outside, you know the drill," she waves, dismissively. "Was always getting dirty. Even when I'd spend most of my days indoors, apparently."

She holds up one finger and extends her other arm. She shakes it a little, and a bit of sand would trickle out of her jacket sleeve. "Didn't take too long to realize that that wasn't normal," she'd laugh.

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« Nov 23, 2015 17:14:17 GMT -6 »
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"Huh. That's pretty subtle. At least you didn't like turn into mud in the shower. That would have been fuuuuuuuucked up."

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« Nov 23, 2015 17:19:29 GMT -6 »
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She laughs out loud.

"I was worried about that for a while! I didn't know what the hell was wrong with me!" Her face falls into a mope.

"Stupid brother gets the sleek sexy power, and his dumb sister just turns to mud."

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« Nov 23, 2015 17:24:06 GMT -6 »
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"Hey, I think a girl that can get dirty is pretty damn sexy."

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« Nov 23, 2015 20:22:15 GMT -6 »
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She rolls her eyes at him.

"What about a girl who is dirty?"

A beat.

"Wait that came out wrong."

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« Nov 23, 2015 20:51:08 GMT -6 »
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He snickered.

"Even better."

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« Nov 23, 2015 21:10:58 GMT -6 »
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"Ugh, shut up." She waves her hands, as if to resolve herself of all of this.

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« Nov 23, 2015 21:14:00 GMT -6 »
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He just grins.

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« Nov 23, 2015 21:20:18 GMT -6 »
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"Ugh no, I'm not-" she starts to walk away. "Go away, you're a weirdo!"

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« Nov 23, 2015 21:23:24 GMT -6 »
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"Hey! What did I do!?"

He doesn't follow her though.

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« Nov 24, 2015 1:37:46 GMT -6 »
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"Oh, nothing," she admits, squeezing her hands into fists and turning around.

"I just... it's just sinking in where I am, and what we're supposed to be doing here."

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"Is that a bad thing though?"

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"I guess not." She purses her lips and thinks about it.

"No, I mean, it's not. There are people who can't defend themselves against people like us. So it's a good thing."

She meets his gaze and smiles meekly. "Sorry I freaked out on you a bit just now."

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"It's all good. It can be a bit of an adjustment, so I get that it can be stressful."

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« Nov 24, 2015 19:12:54 GMT -6 »
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"That's for sure. Ah, thanks, I guess."

She twirls the flower in her fingers. "For getting it. And for the flower!" She holds it up and gleams brightly.

"I'll cut you in on any of the profits I get from processing it into drugs," she smirks.

"I'm gonna take off, still got some stuff to unpack, but it was nice meeting you, dude."

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He snorted.

"Nice meeting you too. I'm sure I'll see you around Sandstorm."

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