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thelegion2016-01-03 08:59 pm
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[video] Show Me Your Moves
[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.))
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.))
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[Also, there's a giant black reptile right behind him.]
...I think I've got this thing working.
I can manipulate metal, apparently. Make it float in mid-air, change shape, and other things like that. Just not sure I have the control to show off.
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Hey dude. Hold still. Don't panic.
There's something behind you.
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[Hiccup was promptly smacked with Toothless's tail]
Ow, hey! It was just a joke, Toothless.
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[What the hell kind of awesome world has dragons for pets? Where can he sign up?]
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[Hiccup had been known to some dragons pets, but Toothless was a little too smart and savvy to really qualify.]
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[Because what he's getting from this is that Hiccup is the kind of guy who owns a cat and calls that socialization.]
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Lame.
[That's all he says. Just "lame".]
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[Yes.]
I mean, it's just a big lizard.
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Wait, where are you-
[There's a splash off screen, as Toothless jumps into the seawater surrounding Hiccup's habitat.]
No clue what that was about...oh. OHHHH.
{It's difficult, but Hiccup spots what Toothless did. Behind Grif, in the distance, there seems to be cliffs rising out of the water.]
Yeah, ah, question. Does this coastline look familiar to you?
[The view on Grif's end changes from a messy haired dragonrider, to a distant view of a Hawaiian coast. With a black figure, bobbing in and out of the water, quickly moving towards it.]
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You're a metalbender. That's rare back home.
[A pause.]
By rare, I mean only one person can do it. My friend kind of invented it.
[He's pretty sure he can say that now, that Toph is his friend. (Right?) They included him in the group hug and everything.]
Can you Earthbend? Can you move earth or is it just metal?
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...Toph would hate that.
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I have no idea. We weren't friends then so I didn't hear how she figured it all out.
[Y'know, on account of Zuko being a bad guy.]
All I know is she just does it.
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Or something like that, anyways. I'm kinda out of my depth here. Powers like that don't happen in my world.
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[Not that he knew a ton about metal but it did make sense.]
You need to find a master. If people in this universe can metalbend maybe you can ask the Legion to find you one that can teach you.
[Because Umbra can only teach shadowbending and that's not the same thing.]
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Do you know how to fight with a weapon?
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-although, looking at some of the metals and alloys here, I might be able...
[Hiccup grabs a stick, and starts doodling plans onto the ground, before remembering he's still part of a conversation. He looks back at the comm sheepishly]
Sorry, got off track there for a second. I should add that Toothless and I are together way more often than not, and he breathes explosive balls of plasma.
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[That actually sounded impressive. It sounded like something Sokka would be in awe over.]
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marking off for AC