pretty_in_orange | Test scene: Ultra Boy

Monstress stepped into the kitchen, wrapped in a purple silk robe with a floral pattern. Her usually-immaculate hair was slightly mussed; she hadn't yet gone through her usual morning beauty routine.

She yawned, stretched slightly, and moved towards the cooler. They had an autochef, of course, but she was more interested in preparing her own breakfast this morning.

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The fist hit rapidly, faster than anything, and it was tough as steel as it connected. His fist ricocheted off her abdomen, bouncing off harmlessly.

"It tickles!" Candi chuckled.

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superpowered_teen_solo

Recovering from his own attack, Jo snorted at Cadni's reaction. If nothing else, he made his new friend laugh. This thought caused him to smile.

Jo hopped back a bit. "While that wasn't quite the effect I intended, still good to know. 'Use super speed then invulnerability to tickle Candi' is something to remember."

"Mind if I try that again, this time switching to super strength?"

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pretty_in_orange

"Jo, I haven't found anything yet that can seriously hurt me. Go ahead." She steeled herself for the attack.

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superpowered_teen_solo

'...Mmmm. We might want to find out under controlledish conditions rather than find out on the field. But that is for later.' Jo thought with a frown, concerned about that unknown and the potential consequences. Then he smirked "Challenge accepted!"

He went half way across the gym, switched to super speed and dashed towards Candi. Once again aiming for her stomach, he waited until the last possible moment, this time actively noticing and making a note of how long that seemed to take, before switching to super strength.

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pretty_in_orange

She arced gracefully through the air, before hitting the distant wall on the opposite side of the gym with a loud clang. She collapsed to the floor in a heap, leaving a thick dent in the wall.

As she slowly got her way to her hands and knees, she began to tremble.

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superpowered_teen_solo

"Oh grife!" Seeing the admittedly impressive results of his blow, Jo gets concerned and switches to super speed to reach Candi.

"Are...are you alright?"

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pretty_in_orange

But the shaking gives way to laughter. She falls over and rolls onto her back, still giggling, unable to form a cohesive sentence.

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superpowered_teen_solo

Relief washed over Jo as he watched his new friend laughing on the ground. 'Apparently she's fine.' He thought grinning. Glancing at the wall, he shuddered to think about doing that to civilians. Pushing that thought from his head, Jo joined in with the laughter, glad she was fine.

After a few moments had passed, Jo asked "You okay?"

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pretty_in_orange

"Oh, definitely. I may have left an imprint on the wall, though." She got to her feet, still chuckling.

"Clever thought, swapping powers like that for effect."

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superpowered_teen_solo

Looking at the wall, Jo couldn't help another chuckle.

"Thanks! I can't remember why I thought of it, but I was hoping it would work. And I noticed something while I was using the super speed. I think I was able to process everything faster in order to keep up with my body. Perhaps that can help process the information I get using the x-ray vision?"

Jo was lost in thought about this possibility, and simply stood there absently, rather than put plan into action.

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pretty_in_orange

"Except if you've got super speed on, can you use X-Ray vision?" she prompted.

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superpowered_teen_solo

Absently waving that aside, Jo responded "It doesn't seem so. It seems only one power can be active at a time, but I was thinking of activating x-ray and switching to super speed immediately afterwards to help process the information. Ideally, I won't need to do this forever, but it might be helpful for the first few times. Probably still hurt, though."

Bracing himself, he was about to activate X-Ray vision when he realized where he was looking. Flushing a bit, Jo turned back to where the target had been and activated the vision for a moment and switched to super speed.

Jo stumbled a bit, but stayed upright, once again clutching his head.

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pretty_in_orange

"Did that help?" she asked gently. She noticed he had looked away before turning on his x-ray vision; she wasn't going to bring it up and embarrass him, though.

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superpowered_teen_solo

Shaking his head, Jo righted himself and muttered, "Huh. I wondered why I hadn't seen a pool in here."

Turning to Candi, "Yeah, that helped. I think switching to super speed allowed me to process the information better at least before the pain became overwhelming... Sorry, I don't think I am explaining this well. I'm not sure how to explain this properly, but it seems to have helped."

Pausing for a moment as a thought came to him, Jo continued "Or I could simply be adjusting to the power and will eventually be able to use it with feeling pain. Either way works for me."

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pretty_in_orange

"Let's hope it's the latter." She smiled gently at him. "Let's see... super-speed, super toughness, x-ray vision, super speed..." She grinned widely as the thought came to her. "That's right! Flight!"

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superpowered_teen_solo

Completely forgetting about the potential reasons for the X-Ray vision hurting less, and the potential uses for it both moral and immoral, Jo perked up at the possibility of flight.

He flipped the mental switch for flight and jumped up excitedly.

And promptly bounced off the ceiling.

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pretty_in_orange

Monstress leaped into the air to catch him before he came down to the ground.

"Woah there," she warned. "Careful."

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superpowered_teen_solo

"Oh goody, more pain for my head." Rubbing his cranium, Jo looked up to face Candi. "Thanks for the save! And yeah, I'll try that again more carefully. Ummm...while I can't complain about the position, could you put me down?"

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pretty_in_orange

"No problem," she smiles, placing the other teen on the ground.

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superpowered_teen_solo

"Thanks!" Closing his eyes and taking a few calming breaths, Jo focused on simply trying to levitate about a foot in the air, rather than try to impersonate a ceiling fan.

Edited Date: 2015-06-26 01:26 am (UTC)

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pretty_in_orange

She stood back and watched.

"I think it's working, dear," she grinned.

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superpowered_teen_solo

Jo opened his eyes upon hearing that and looked down.

'Sprock! I am flying! Wooho-whoa!' He started losing control but calmed himself before he hurt himself again. After regaining control he started moving about slowly, eventually going to more reasonable speeds.

After a few minutes of goofing off, he landed in front of Candi, stumbling slightly. "That. is. AWESOME! Though I think it might be best to test that more thoroughly in open spaces."

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pretty_in_orange

"Well," she grinned, "maybe after you also get a backup power source for it, too." She flashed her Legion ring. "Once you get one of these, you can use it to fly, too."

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superpowered_teen_solo

Jo smiled at that. "That will free me up to use one of these other powers in flight! Depending on how it works, that might even allow for some interesting tricks to pull off!"

Jo's mind was racing with the possibilities that flight would afford him that wasn't self powered. He did intend to find out if his own flight powers, to see if there was any difference between them and the ring.

"Can you think of any other powers I might have that we can test?" Jo couldn't think of any other powers he might have gained and figured asking Candi couldn't hurt.