[video] Show Me Your Moves

[whyarewehere]

[The camera bobs and judders as someone sets it up, catching flashes of a scruffy, unkempt face and pale arms and the sky for a moment.]

Okay so I've been thinking, we've got super powers here, right?

[The picture steadies pointing out at what appears to be a beach, but is more likely to just be a simulated section of beach on the Legion World. It falls over, and Grif swears as he rights it again.]

...Anyway. By super powers I mean amazing things you couldn't do before, because otherwise you're just from some world where you can do cool stuff most of us can't and that's not superpowers, that's just life being unfair to the rest of us.

[Satisfied that the comm is stable, Grif steps out in front of it as he continues.]

So, I want to see what you guys can do. And because I am all about being fair, I'm going first.

[He swings his arms a little, takes a couple breaths, then bolts to the waterline. He's nothing but a speed blur followed by a trail of thrashed sand. He stops at the surf and charges back just as quickly. At the end he's doubled over in front of the camera, hands on his knees, huffing and wheezing.]

Whoo!

[He laughs as he catches his breath, which makes it somewhat harder, and is grinning despite how much that tiny display of super speed seems to have taken out of him. In good shape, this guy is not.]

It's like... it feels like everything's normal speed to me when I do it and everything's all slowed down. It's crazy shit, man.

[Grif plunks down heavily in the sand and picks up the comm again, still visibly panting.]

So. That's me. Show me what you got.

((OOC: Feel free to threadhop each other and talk about powers if you like! Grif is encouraging sharing.))

Comments

[nomoresparkle]

Do superpowers have to make sense? [She's asking honestly]

I mean, in my dimension there's certain guidelines, but at the same time there's always new weird things popping up.

[whyarewehere]

I think it would be better if they made sense.

But things don't usually do what I want them to anyway, so I'm used to disappointment.

[nomoresparkle]

The multiverse rarely seems to care about making sense. Sometimes I think it's actually morally opposed to the idea.

There are probably rules though. It's just a matter of figuring them out.

[whyarewehere]

Like I said? Super glad we have nerds on our side. Nerds are good at that kind of thing.

I kind of hope this wasn't random, but when we find out whose fault it is I'm still not sure if I want to punch him yet.

[nomoresparkle]

Do we have anyone with superintelligence? At home if something major like this happened, I'm sure they'd have put one of the gadgeters or something like that on it.

Why aren't you sure? I mean, I'm not totally unhappy about being here, but I still don't exactly like having been pulled into another world.

[whyarewehere]

That Brainiac guy seems to be on it. He's kind of a dick, but I guess that doesn't really matter for this.

And me? I don't know, I kind of like it here. So it's either I don't punch them cause they did me a favor, or I punch them on principle.

[nomoresparkle]

I've found a lot of folks with those sorts of powers... come off that way. I guess it's because they're thinking on levels so different from everyone else.

[She gives a short laugh]

You remind me of a... friend of mine. She was a firm believer in punching problems.

[whyarewehere]

[Grif shrugs.]

Hey, don't knock it. Punching might not work, but it sure makes you feel better.