whyarewehere: (L)
Dexter Grif ([personal profile] whyarewehere) wrote in [community profile] thelegion2016-09-20 09:25 pm

[video] With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility

[ Grif is in high spirits today. He seems to actually be in one of the training rooms for once, which makes that a lot weirder. ]

Hey guys. There are a bunch of weirdos running around and it's been a while since we talked about powers. So guess what we're going to do today?

[ 'We' because he expects participation, dammit! ]

And because I'm feeling generous, I'll start. Guess who learned a new thing?

[ He points at himself with both thumbs and backs up, revealing a line of targets. He steps back, lines up his shoulder with them, and winds up his arm like a softball pitcher. He doesn't stop. Grif's arm blurs as he speeds up, and finally the force of the moving air is enough to tip over the nearest target. But only the nearest one. He stops, gestures at it with definite pride, and continues. ]

So let's talk about your powers because we already know mine are pretty awesome.

[ Of course they are, Grif. ]

Has anybody else figured out anything cool? And if you're new: I'm Grif and this is basically my job around here. Tell me what you got, because I'm still way disappointed about the lack of eye lasers we got going on on this team. I could read profiles, but who has time for that crap?

If I know you already... I don't know. Injury status report? What did you have for lunch? I'm just bored, okay?

((( This is a free for all mingle post! Grif will reply to everyone who responds, but if you want to have a character jump into a conversation with anybody you are absolutely welcome and, in fact, encouraged. Feel free to have characters ignore the point, talk about other things, etc etc. Threads are assumed to be public unless you mark them otherwise. This is set after the Ambush of TTHS but the Investigation is still ongoing. )))
bleventeen: <user name="chesswar"> (pic#10569896)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
A teen!!

[ She points at her screen almost accusingly. This might be one of the boys Dipper sort of mentioned then refused to elaborate on. ]

I mean... That's me!

[ She does her best "charming" laugh, which is actually really loud and lasts way longer than it should. ]

[personal profile] justicecoulduseanap 2016-09-21 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[That's okay, she didn't need what's left of her sense of hearing at her age.]

Hold it a little bit further away, dear. It's fairly sensitive.

[As were her ears now.]
captainbuzzkill: (048)

[personal profile] captainbuzzkill 2016-09-21 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Dipper is about to say a thing but he just stops and facepalms.]
bleventeen: <user name="chesswar"> (pic#10569902)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Right??

[ She's stepping backward and miming a baseball player. ]

Oh oh! I'm gonna catch it! Where is it?! BLAM!

[ She stumbles backward over a kitchen chair. ]

HOME RUN.
captainbuzzkill: (045)

[personal profile] captainbuzzkill 2016-09-21 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
MABEL, HICCUP HAS A DRAGON!

Like a real, live dragon! Remember how I spent the summer before last reading the entire [25-book. It was 25 books.] 'Dragon-wranglers of the Mountains of Earth, Ice, and Flames' series instead of going outside?

He has one! For real!

And he owes me a dragon-ride, actually.
bleventeen: (05)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
YOU HAVE A DRAGON?

[ It definitely no longer matters that Dipper now knows her plans to wreck their kitchen again. ]

HI TOOTHLESS! Why is he Toothless? Does he breathe fire? Does he like being petted and wearing sweaters?
captainbuzzkill: (050)

[personal profile] captainbuzzkill 2016-09-21 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Listen, Mr. Invincible. Some people aren't that in their home universes, okay?

Oh yeah, by the way, batten down the hatches. Like, whatever it is you do to stave off cooties, engage cootie avoidance protocols now.
headinjuries: by about 3 inches. of course i'm being safe (bottle rocket just missed my head)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-21 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sam has been hilariously awkward enough times in his life that he has no room to judge, frankly. ]

So, you've got all the embarrassing dirt on him, right?

[ A beat. ]

Kidding, kidding. Hi, I'm Sam.
wherenoonegoes: (Hiccup watching you)

[personal profile] wherenoonegoes 2016-09-21 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
As soon as Toothless's wing is fully healed. We crashed during the whole thing with the Fatal Five and he the ground pretty hard with it.
headinjuries: you are a moron (help me help you realize)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-21 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Cooties? Come on, dude. I'm fifteen, not five.

[ He manages to sound surprisingly chill about it for someone who completely loses his ability to act smooth around Ms. Marvel. ]
captainbuzzkill: (005)

[personal profile] captainbuzzkill 2016-09-21 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ooow. Is he going to be okay?
wherenoonegoes: (Hiccup Peg Leg)

[personal profile] wherenoonegoes 2016-09-21 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
To answer your questions, retractable teeth, he breathes explosive balls of plasma, yes, and I've never tested it, but I doubt it.
bleventeen: (19)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
On who?

[ Yep. Forgot Dipper exists. ]

Hi Sam, what are your feelings about space romance and marriage?
bleventeen: (17)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Put them in Dipper's shoes.

[ As if that's the most obvious answer there could ever be. ]
captainbuzzkill: (050)

[personal profile] captainbuzzkill 2016-09-21 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Looks downthread.]

Annnnd there it is.

Hi future brother-in-law. We should do camping trips. That's what brother-in-laws do, right? Manly, brotherly, camping trips.
headinjuries: (in theory it seemed like it would work.)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-21 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Uh.

[ wut ]

An alien girl told me she hated me once but Mom said that means she actually likes me? So space romance is apparently exactly as confusing as it is on Earth, I guess.
bleventeen: <user name="chesswar"> (pic#10557298)

[personal profile] bleventeen 2016-09-21 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, I'm going to make him one, but maybe you could just talk it up a little. Mention how cold it is, and how comfy sweaters are...
headinjuries: & the girl beside me didn't fill in any bubbles she just wrote in huge letters RETIRE across the whole sheet (i had to do a class evaluation today)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-21 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Is it? Mom was an only child and Dad...I think was an only child.

[ There's been a real lack of family reunions or even...family stories, from the Alexander side. But that's just the non-awkward thing, which is easier to talk about than the awkward one, because - ]

So this is...a thing? That happens a lot?

Page 6 of 18