Superheroing- Community Center- Wednesday

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Kitty had sent messages to the class to meet at the Holoscene for class today, since an actual community center wouldn't cut it all of the time. And the only reason she didn't walk through the wall for this particular class was because she didn't know the tech well enough to know that she wouldn't short it out.

"Powers," she began. "Most superheroes have them. It's not a prerequisite, you can just be really skilled at something. But people do link superheroes and powers. You can even base your whole identity off of them, though I would personally recommend keeping that to your superhero identity and keeping your own stuff separate, but that's a topic for another class. And honestly, they're great for most people. I've also known people who have had powers that make it hard to fit in, were hard to contain, or just made life more difficult. It can be a mixed bag.

"I, for instance, can phase through solid objects," she said, dropping u to the floor up to her knees like it was nothing. "My natural state is intangible these days, and for the most part it's great. I haven't known where the keys to my office at the bar are for years and I don't need them anyway, I can get in anywhere, and most things can't hurt me. However twice now I've also gotten stuck intangible and had to be contained in tubes or suits so I didn't dissipate and die. Like I said, a mixed bag. So I want to know your powers, if you have them. If you can safely demonstrate your powers here, go for it. If there are downsides, you can talk about it. And then, we're gonna try some other stuff."

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Sign in

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Powered.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve Rogers

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[sith_happened]

Anakin Skywalker

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[needsacatchphrase]

Jane Foster

Talk before class

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Maybe you want to talk before class!

Powers!

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What can you do? Wanna demonstrate?

Re: Powers!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve very much did not care to demonstrate. He'd felt enough like a show pony on the USO tour. He gave everyone a smile. "Well, most of you are familiar with my stuff, but just in case: I'm stronger, quicker, and more resilient than your regular soldier. I do what everyone else does, just a little faster."

Re: Powers!

[sith_happened]

"Sorry I missed last week," Anakin began. "There was a bit of a family emergency. I'm Anakin Skywalker, and I'm a Jedi, which in my home galaxy is shorthand for 'diplomat with a lightsaber and telekinesis.'"

Well, it was more complicated, but that was a pretty decent summary. "I have enhanced reflexes and can pick up on others' feelings and thoughts--though after more than fifteen years of teaching teenagers, I'm very good at blocking those out--and can lift and throw things using the Force." He blew out a breath. "And the Force is our way of explaining the energy that holds the universe together."

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[needsacatchphrase]

"Well, like Captain--Steve--" Was it weird to call him that as an ex of his friend? Maybe. But she was going to power on. "--said, I'm pretty strong and durable too. And I can fly with the hammer. Oh! And control lightning. God of Thunder and all."

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[hasaknightjob]

"Well I'm the avatar of the Egyptian god of the moon," Steven said. "That comes with extra strength, speed, fighting ability, healing. Er - can fly. Or there's the option. I leave that one for - "

Steven looked uncertainly at some of the others in class and decided not to complicate things more than he had to. "Right. Also can come back from the dead, if it comes to it. Did that once. Not looking for a repeat. Can't say it's not handy. But to do all that I've got to put my suit on, you see. Sort of summon it, which I guess also counts as an ability. If I'm as I am now I don't have any of that. Except being able to summon the suit. And not die. Those are an all the time thing, long as I've got the job."

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[drumsticksandd20s]

"Oh, is that all?" Steph asked with a wry, but gently teasing, laugh. "Damn, dude. Never would have guessed."

Re: Powers!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Hey, I'm Steph," said the girl casually lounging in her seat with a cheerful grin like it didn't bother her at all to be the only person in here who didn't seem to have some kind of superpowers. "I am a badass radio DJ and very good at running any tabletop game system, not to mention I look hot as hell behind a drum kit. Also I'm kind of rusty at it now, but I used to be able to put the fear of god into a whole ass theater company with my stage manager voice."

None of which she could exactly demonstrate at the moment, but pfft, she didn't feel like she needed to.

Re: Powers!

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"Honestly, I see a lot of good skills in there," Kitty grinned.

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[what_the_shock]

"It's a spider thing," Miguel said. "I'm stronger and faster, sure. I can also shoot webs out of my arms," there might be a slight emphasis on that, after being teased one too many times about where webs came from, "I'm venomous, and I can climb anywhere or cut just about anything with my talons. I see better in the dark, too, which is why the glasses don't come off that often."

Activity

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"I've gone ahead and programmed a couple things in, if you want to test out some powers, or some new ones," Kitty said. "You can fly, or you can have simulated super speed, or I can show you firsthand what it's like to phase."

Choosing flying would show you what it's like to fly over the mountains, choosing super speed would be running with a city zooming past you, and phasing means you get to leave the room and walk through a wall, lol.

What'd you pick?

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve was 100 percent going to fly. He was so envious of Tony's suit, practically bouncing on his toes in his eagerness to try out the simulation.

Re: Activity

[sith_happened]

"How do you phase?" Anakin asked Kitty with a small smile. "I've always wanted to know."

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[throughaphase]

"The short version is that I can move my molecules through the molecules of other things, including objects or like, air or water. It stays where it is, I move in between," she explained.

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[hasaknightjob]

Steven thought the technology was amazing. He'd never seen anything like it before.

Since he already had flight (and didn't care to try it) and speed (nowhere near as fast as a speedster but still) he opted for the phasing. Maybe it was only walking through a wall but he was thrilled. "Brilliant! Imagine all the places you could explore! You wouldn't damage anything that way, would you?"

Re: Activity

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"Electronics will short out if I phase through them," she said. "Iron Man has learned not to make me mad."

Re: Activity

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph was absolutely going to try and fly any chance she could get, so... guess who was whooping gleefully as she tried to do loops?

And maybe silently judging the mountains for not being the Colorado Rockies. Shh. Damn, this would've been an amazing aerial tour of Haven Springs...

Talk to Kitty

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Present!

Re: Talk to Kitty

[hasaknightjob]

When the time came for everyone to leave, Steven hung back to see if Kitty looked like she had a moment.

Re: Talk to Kitty

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She did! "Hey, what's up?"

OOC

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This took forever because my work bestie is finally back today and it is chaos.