thelegion | [video] With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility

[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. )))

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Oh, hey, you're Dipper's sister, right?

Actually, she's my stunt double. That's why we look totally alike except for her being a girl and me being a boy. There was a rigorous casting process, thousands of potential Dipper-a-likes tried out.

[They're twins. That look like twins. He's going to razz anyone and everyone that questions if they're related.]

In the movie we filmed, there's this great scene where it looks like I backflip off a truck onto a motor cycle and you can't even tell it's her instead of me. It was really good editing.

Oh, right, you actually need stunt doubles, huh.

[ Not doing the backflip yourself, whatever! MAN UP, DIP DOP. ]

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.

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. ]

[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.

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?

She used to crush on the guy that's on the 10 dollar bill.

You're not hideous, you're a superhero, and you're vaguely near our age.

You're doomed.

Wait, the ten dollar bill guy?!

[ h o w ]

[Enough teasing at her and Sam's expense.]

She's just...kind of excitable. Like, all the time. About everything? So she gives even her crushing a respectable 110%.

I think you might be lowballing it.

Well, it's kind of like when Chernobyl blew, and all the guys cleaning up thought it was safe because the geiger counters didn't actually go high enough for them to measure the radiation.

[There's no meter that goes high enough to measure Mabel's excitability accurately.]

Fortunately, her enthusiasm leaves way more survivors. Usually.

Comparisons usually work better when they're something the other person's actually heard about, dude.

[ He is slightly distracted pondering the amount of radiation that must've been now. And how he's probably flown through worse. Too bad the cleanup crew wasn't made of Novas. ]

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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. ]

[Dipper is about to say a thing but he just stops and facepalms.]

[ 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.

On who?

[ Yep. Forgot Dipper exists. ]

Hi Sam, what are your feelings about space romance and marriage?

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.

You've experienced heartbreak too...

WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON, don't we?

I dunno if it was heartbreak? Maybe just kind of heart-minor-pain.

It's okay to let it all out, Sam.

[ And only the tiniest of pauses before ]

I know what will cheer you up! Want to go gaze out at the moon chunks with me?

[ Even if it's in little pieces, it's still romantic, right? ]

Flying in space is better than watching it.

[ Said without thinking, because Sam has a lot of Feelings about space and how great space is. ]

Oh, right. Of course!

[ Except she hasn't really done that, so doesn't know if it's really an option. ]

What else is there to do in this place? Y'know, what does everyone do for fun?

[ "Yeah, talk about his interests, that's the way to reel him in. Good job, Mabel! Thanks, Mabel!" ]

Well, the threshold hub means we can pretty much go anywhere, so it's super easy to find a planet that sounds cool and head down for the day.

Also, the TV here is really weird. Like they have shows where you can vote for the ending, and some of the sports are really off the wall, and the news looks more like a talk show?

And sometimes I just head out the airlock and go for a flight, it's kind of a nice way to get away from people.

Wait wait wait. HOLD THE PHONE.

[ She picks up the omnicom and laughs at her own joke before getting back to the matter at hand. ]

Can anyone just go space flying?