thelegion | Video (Backdated to before plot)

[Vance is kicked back in his room, a couple of data pads spread around him on his bed, with one floating into his hand as the video comes on. Because telekines show off like that.]

[The camera picks up what's on the pad for a moment before Vance turns it to look at it. It's just a list. Or, rather, the way he scrolls through it, probably a bunch of lists.]

One of the things that I've noticed is that we're getting a fair amount of overlap in powers. Enough that even the anons have been commenting on it. And I know that, for some people here, it's the first time that they've had powers. Or the powers that they normally have have changed.

While the native Legionnaires have done their best in offering training to everybody who wants it, I might be a good thing for some of us with more experience to offer ourselves as well. Nothing that anybody would ever be forced to do, but some mentoring of those newly empowered might not be out of place.

[He pauses, them grimaces.]

I mean. If anybody else wants to do it. I'm more than happy to offer my services to mentor any other telekines, for instance.

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[ An incredibly suspicious eyebrow quirks up. ]

You can read minds?

[Vance laughs softly and shakes his head.]

Same prefix, but the root noun is different. You're thinking of a telepath. I'm a telekinetic. I can move things with my mind.

[For emphasis, the camera tips from one side to the other before settling back to it's previous spot, all while Vance sits still.]

[ Offhandedly, Videl wonders why the word 'telephone' starts the same way as two words that describe mind reading and moving stuff without touching it. ]

Wow, that sounds like the most useful power ever! You could do everything with that.

[ She is now imagining how much more effectively she could cook and run a household if she wasn't bound by the limitation of having only two hands. ]

[Vance laughs softly, shaking his head.]

Honestly, now that I've gotten past the learning curve where I kept injuring myself trying to do too much too soon? It's pretty fantastic. Though I still love the Legion's flight ring, even if I can fly on my own.

Did you used to use your power to fly? Wouldn't that be kind of like carrying yourself?

[ She scrunches up her face as she tries to imagine this, but the image she conjures is of a man being held by a gigantic gloved hand. That's probably not quite right. ]

I actually use my powers to fly all the time. And to get my friends around, keep them safe.

Though, now that you've put it like THAT, it sounds a bit weird.

[ She laughs. ] I didn't mean to. 'Promise!

It's so weird to think about, you know? [ Well, no, he probably doesn't. ] I keep thinking of those energy projections Hal does, but you don't need to create any kind of intermediary like that to do things like pick stuff up.

... You know, that's how we fly back home, kind of. We use our energy to push us up into the air.

It's totally different!

[ Then she stops to actually think about it. ]

Isn't it?

Not... really?

[ videl your husband has flown on a cloud before. ]

Wouldn't it be the difference between lifting yourself up and pushing yourself up?

[ And that didn't make much sense. ]

... I think you might be reading too much into it.

That... sounds like a really good idea, actually!

[ then again, gohan's a giant nerd who loves the idea of teaching and learning. ]

I'm actually surprised that it's taken this long to think about it, really. Especially with the overlap.

Not that the native Legionnaires aren't doing a great job with the training, but a little extra knowledge couldn't hurt, right?

It feels like something we should've come up with sooner. Just so we can all get used to working together and feeling out our powers.

I know that was a problem with me when I was here as a teenager. I... didn't really know how to work with a group.

There is a fair amount of training together, but most of the powers training happens with the original Legionnaires. But the more I think about it, the more it seemed like a good idea.

I actually have experience teaching people how to use energy. So if there's anyone interested in that, I wouldn't mind throwing myself out there as a teacher.