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Post by DekuNut on Nov 16, 2016 22:16:34 GMT -8
Excellent pie Chris decides, heading to his dorm. He's halfway there when he stops. He feels it again. The hunger. It's been around a month since Chris satiated his needs last. He was surprised he'd held it in this long. But today was the day that he gave in again... he could feel it. But not on campus. He'd vowed to do all his dirty work elsewhere, if only to better protect his identity. Chris got on the bus. He didn't know what line, but he decided to ride it for a while. See wheee it took him.
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Post by Pendio on Nov 17, 2016 4:42:43 GMT -8
For a split second Lionel looks at Vesper with a suspicious and surprised look on his face. He looks as if though he thinks she has figured him out. That facial expression quickly turns into a smile though. "That's a good question. Looking at certain heroes, like Delta for example, I can't imagine him wanting to do anything other than what he's currently doing. But you never know. I bet there's a lot of people out there who posses magnificent powers, but that we don't know about because they aren't comfortable with whatever powers they might have. Besides, I imagine some 'powers' can feel like more of a curse than an actual super power." Part of Lionel feels like maybe Vesper has uncovered the truth about him somehow. Why else would she bring this subject up? Or could it be because she's suffering from an unwanted ability, same as himself? Lionel was unsure of what to think for the time being. "How about you? What do you think?" he returns the question.
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Post by Lonker on Nov 17, 2016 8:34:04 GMT -8
"I think someone should fund a way to take powers away. That way if someone doesn't want them, they don't have to have them." And maybe if such a thing existed, she'd be able to talk to her parents about doing the same and forgetting their super lives. Focus on being a family together. Though she'd have to reveal the identities of Sun Forger and Green Father to the two of them. What if that made things worse? What if they decided they no longer wanted to be together because of that, or decided that only their super lives mattered and they should continue fighting? "Do you think it's possible to take someone's powers away?"
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Post by Pendio on Nov 17, 2016 15:37:02 GMT -8
Lionel looks down at the table in shame. "I honestly don't know for sure," he starts. He then sits in silence for a few seconds thinking. He debates with himself about whether or not he should tell her. She seems awfully keen on the idea of a cure. Why would she be acting this way if it wasn't because she's in the same boat as he is? Still unsure of what to think, he decides to trust his gut feeling. He stands up and walks over to the door, closing it to make sure nobody could listen in on what he was about to say. Then he walks back and reclaims his seat opposite Vesper. He leans a bit towards her over the table. "Believe it or not, but for the past four years I've actually been working on finding a way to expel extraordinary powers or abilities from the human body." He then takes a deep breath. "But don't you dare talk about this with anyone. It's a project that I carry out in this laboratory by myself in complete secret." He looks rather cautiously at her.
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Post by Lonker on Nov 17, 2016 16:00:43 GMT -8
He said he's working on a cure. She didn't think someone actually existed that was looking for a cure. For the first time since she found out about her power, she felt excited. She smiled for the first time in a long time. "Dr. Zoller" She grabbed a knife off of the table and put it in the palm of her hand. She closed her hand around the knife and slid it through, wincing a bit in pain as she did it. She then opened her hand so he could watch it heal, rapidly. "I can heal others too. I'm not sure everything that I can do, but I don't want it."
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Post by Pendio on Nov 17, 2016 17:16:55 GMT -8
Lionel's jaw drops slightly at the sight of Vesper's rapid healing. "That's... pretty impressive," he says, his face turning very serious. "Have you had this ability since your birth, or did you gain it somehow?"
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Post by Lonker on Nov 17, 2016 17:27:19 GMT -8
"I'm not sure. I just discovered it a couple months ago. I guess I could have had it since birth. I dint ever remember being sick." If this was the case, wjat else didn't she know about. Did her parents know already?
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Post by Pendio on Nov 17, 2016 17:35:02 GMT -8
"I understand," Lionel says, very eager to learn more about it. "So then I assume there wasn't anything in particular that triggered it. Could it be genetic? Do you know if either of your parents possess a similar ability?"
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Post by Lonker on Nov 18, 2016 20:28:18 GMT -8
"I'm not sure really..." She had to spill it. If he was really working on this cure, he'd eventually need to know anyway, probably. That way they could learn more about her powers for testing out the possible cure. They'd need to know how they happened, where she got tem, all of that. "How much do you know about Sun Forger? And The Green Father?"
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Post by Pendio on Nov 19, 2016 2:46:45 GMT -8
"As I said before, I have read quite a lot about Sun Forger. I can't say the same about the Green Father though, I've heard he's some bad guy, but that's about it." Lionel takes the last bite of his piece of the pie. "Why do you ask?"
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Post by Lonker on Nov 19, 2016 3:14:13 GMT -8
She took a deep breathe, preparing herself for what she was about to say. All these years she had kept her promise to both of them not to let their secret out, now she was going to do it. Dr. Zoller's calmness was helping her, even though she wasn't aware of how. "They're... They're my parents..."
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Post by Pendio on Nov 19, 2016 6:54:16 GMT -8
Lionel's right eyebrow raises in surprise. "That's interesting. Extremely interesting in fact," he says. It's visible on his face how much he is thinking. "This would explain why you've got your ability... Who else knows of all this?"
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Post by Lonker on Nov 19, 2016 8:02:37 GMT -8
"No one. They don't even knkw of each ither's powers." All that excitement, the happiness that maybe one day she'd get rid of her powers, gone. "That's why I don't want my powers. I don't want my powers to somehow reveal their identities to each other. I don't know how they'd react if they learned how different their lives were. And both would try and get me to help them a d I don't want to fight either one." She was starting to tear up now, barely getting through her last few words.
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Post by Pendio on Nov 19, 2016 9:52:11 GMT -8
Lionel gets slightly uncomfortable when Vesper starts tearing up. He understands her though, and he feels genuinely sorry for her. "It's gonna be alright," he says. "We'll find a way to cure us. As long as we want it enough, there's no doubt in my mind that we can rid ourselves of our unwanted powers." At that moment he realised he had been referring to both of them, so he decides to spill his own beans right there and then. "You see, the reason why I started working on finding a cure in the first place... well, it's because I am the Sun-Beast. That savage flaming monster I told you about earlier. It's me."
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Post by Lonker on Nov 19, 2016 10:19:44 GMT -8
"Dr. Zoller I'm... I'm sorry." She wiped her tears away quick and looked at her phone. The admissions office would close soon. "Oh. I need to go sign up for classes and such. What classes do you teach?"
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Post by Pendio on Nov 19, 2016 10:25:16 GMT -8
"I teach physics and chemistry," Lionel replies. "And I substitute in biology when necessary. Anyway, you'd better hurry off now so you don't get there too late. Thanks for the pie! We'll talk more about all this at a later time."
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Post by Pendio on Dec 9, 2016 8:12:18 GMT -8
Lionel was getting sick of staying in his lab. He didn't even know how many hours he'd been in there now without leaving. So he decides to go out for a stroll around the campus area. He puts on his long, thick coat and turns up the collar over his neck. Then he dons his hat and sunglasses and puts on his gloves. This should keep him and everybody else safe, he thinks to himself as he walks out of the school building. It's very sunny out, much too sunny for any normal person to be dressed the way he is. But Lionel was just happy to get some fresh air. He starts walking in a calm pace along the pavement around the block.
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Post by Pendio on Dec 12, 2016 7:37:49 GMT -8
Lionel was out walking for a good long while. It felt refreshing. He was still out while the sun set, so when it had set completely he took off his hat, his gloves and his sunglasses and unbuttoned his thick coat. It felt good. He could feel the breeze, but it was cold now that the sun was down. He goes back onto his lab at the university and locks the lab door behind him. After having taken off his thick coat and put on his lab coat instead he walks over to his work station. He had decided that he would work hard tonight again. He would never give up on finding his cure. Especially not now that he knew of someone else who was relying on him. He starts by carefully letting some of his uranium-238 capture neutrons and undergo negative beta decay to become plutonium-239, which he requires for his current plan. He knows how risky it is and that one wrong step could unleash the Sun-Beast, but he has no other choice if he wants to return to a normal life again. After having added some iodine-131 to the mix at a later phase of his experiment he takes a breather. His body is feeling very tense, and it isn't helping that he hasn't slept for several nights in a row. But he is now more determined than ever. He is no longer completely alone, and just knowing that gives him a much more positive outlook on life and on his situation. He is certain that he'll be able to rid himself of his curse.
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Post by Pendio on Dec 26, 2016 16:31:45 GMT -8
Nachi walks cautiously through the door that Delta had opened. Not knowing what to expect she raises her hands and holds them out in front of her to be ready to defend herself if needed. She soon notices there is just a single man in the lab they entered. He looks very surprised and quickly runs in front of the table he's working at, as if to hide his work behind himself.
"The school is closed I'm afraid," Dr. Zoller starts in a nervous voice. "W-who are you two? And what are you doing here this late?"
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Post by DekuNut on Dec 29, 2016 16:00:47 GMT -8
Brian offers his hand, "Delta. Vigilante, celebrity, heart-throb, nice to meet ya," his trademark cheesy grin is firmly planted on his face, "My friend and I are on the trail of a scientist and one of our chemical leads led us here. Would you by any chance be using any radioactive materials here?"
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