[video][mingle post] Show Me Your Moves: Redux

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif is in one of Legion World's lounges. There's a space future pool table behind him, set up for a game. ]

Hey Legion, how's it going?

[ Wait. No. He holds up a hand. ]

Rhetorical question, don't answer that, it's not what I'm here for. What I'm here to talk to you about today is superpowers.

[ He's found his stride, and taken an almost public-service-announcement tone. ]

Do you have strange new abilities since coming to space? Were you just extra cool before the rest of us and nothing changed? Cause I definitely want to know what you guys got in the Time Trapper lottery and please make it look as awesome as possible.

[ He grins a little. Superpowers are the best. ]

For those of you who are new, which is most of who I'm talking to here? I'm Grif. Doubletime if you want to go all codename on me but... Grif. Really. Sometimes I look like this:

[ He scoops a space-age looking helmet painted bright orange off the floor, presumably, then drops it again with a thunk. It's armor, he's not gonna break it, right? ]

And me? I got this.

[ Grif disappears in an orange blur and suddenly, the pool table clears itself in a flurry of indistinct motion. He comes back down from super speed and casually leans the cue against it. If anyone bothers to slow that down, it was an absolutely disgraceful display and he cheated at least six times. Grif is super smug. ]

So yeah. I kind of got the best power already? Sorry.

[ Oh right, there was something else he wanted. ]

And everybody else? Uh. Anything new that's cool? ...Or just tell me how the last mission went for you. I got to go into the past and wrestle Batman and stuff. He's kind of a dick, honestly.

((( This is a free for all mingle post! Grif will reply to everyone who responds, but this also an invitation to threadjack. If you want to have a character jump into a thread somewhere with anyone else you are absolutely welcome and, in fact, encouraged. This is set after Gods Among Us / To Have And To Hold / The Other Mother and before Time Ripples, so it is slightly backdated to give characters a chance to meet the regular versions of each other before the nonsense begins.
If there's anything I can do to improve your dumb Grif-assisted minglepost experience, feel free to ping me at zitasaurusrex.)))

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[turntex]

he says hes got the best power but he fails to mention that ive beaten him in a race
so take his boasting with a few heaping tablespoons of salt

[whyarewehere]

Dave cheats. Don't you Dave? Say you're sorry to the nice Legion.

[taumangaria]

How?

[You have his absolute, enrapt attention, Dave.]

[lovernotafighter]

Okay, details. Spill it.

[taumangaria]

[Sawtooth is absolutely fascinated by this display. He hasn't seen too many superpowers as of yet, and Grif's demonstration certainly is flashy. He has no idea what the table was supposed to be, or why doing anything with it would be important, but the speed is incredible.]

That's impressive! ...what was the table for?

[As to Grif's questions...]

And I don't think I got anything new.

[whyarewehere]

It's a game.

[ ...Oh shit this is a visual pun in the making, isn't it. ]

You shouldn't play it.

Anyway, you're a robot, right?

[ Grif squints a bit. ]

Being a robot definitely counts as a superpower, by space future standards.

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[thebioticwoman]

[Shepard's in her quarters, wearing her usual off-duty t-shirt-and-hoodie ensemble.]

I'm a biotic. I guess it's unique to my universe so far, but I bowed out before the techs could stick any electrodes in my brain so maybe they just call it something different here.

[She's had enough experimental procedures for one lifetime, thanks.

Shepard begins to glow with a blue-white halo, her eyes made blank and featureless by the light.]

It always looks pretty cool.

[whyarewehere]

Wait, why would they stick electrodes in your brain?

[ That sounds... I don't know, probably dangerous. But as for the rest of it... ]

Very Jean Grey, by the way.

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[ordinarily]

Yeah but you didn't save baby Superman.

[whyarewehere]

Superman's kind of a dick too.

[prettycoolguy]

[ The Chief considers his response for a long moment, then: ]

...Everything went better than expected. I don't think anyone so much as got hurt on Olum.

[ That's your official mission update. ]

[whyarewehere]

You really are a ray of optimistic sunshine, aren't you, Chief?

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[thedreamisdead]

Batman's noted in our history books as being something of an arrogant vigilante. Unfortunately useful when the Joker freed the Dark Judges, but hearing that he's got his head up his ass doesn't surprise me at all.

[Anyway.]

For those who don't know me, I'm Judge America Beeny. Other than Nova Prime, I seem to be the only actual member of law enforcement on the team.

Powers-wise, I have laser vision and can generate plasma in an explosive fashion. Very useful in our line of work.

[She holds up a gloved hand to demonstrate, small multi-colored explosions going off over it. It's hardly the biggest burst she can make, but there's no need to show off.]

[whyarewehere]

Tell them about the meat vision!

[ Don't hold out on them, America. He has a duty to his people. ]

[rushing_by]

Barry Allen, the Flash. I'm a speedster, although I've been one longer than Grif has.

Also? I'm a CSI in my day job, and I really like musicals.

[whyarewehere]

This is Barry. He's the world's fastest nerd.

[ He loves you bro, really. ]

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[savinglives]

[ He chuckles, more than a little amused. Sure, why not? ]

I reckon I can introduce myself, sure.

[ Raynor pulls the omnicom away, giving him just enough room to tip his head at the camera in greeting. ]

Howdy folks, name's Raynor. Been here more than a few days now, although I'm technically not part of the Legion. [ Yet. Maybe. He was still deciding. ]

Still figuring out how my powers work, but from what I've figured out, I can talk to people telepathically, and create anything out of thin air. So long as it ain't too big.

[ And to show it off, a small blue blip forms in mid air, beside him. His hand coming up to grab it, causing the blue glow to disappear, and revealing a lighter. ]

Only lasts an hour though, so you don't want me to make anything to eat or drink. Learned that one the hard way.

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[thebioticwoman]

That was a terrible night.

[That's what you get for drinking the shady booze-from-nowhere, Shepard.]

[fantasykiller]

[Touma scratches his head in thought.]

Now that I think about it, I have no idea if anything has changed since I got here. I already had a special ability before coming here so I just kind of assumed I still had it. I haven't actually used it since coming here.

[kingtyrantranger]

Well, they wouldn't let you play ball if you didn't have something, so if you don't have anything new...

[circusbat]

[Dick's kicking back in a chair that's...definitely not in his quarters. One, it's a lot darker than his quarters and...there might be a giant penny in the distance.]

Well, I'm pretty new here and this is the first time I've seen this. So may as well get it out of the way. I'm Dick Grayson, codenamed Nightwing. Powers seem to be a heightened ability to heal and access to a personal dimension where I can store things.

I will note that the one you wrestled wasn't exactly Batman, either. And I seem to remember being the one doing most of the wrestling.

But he is kind of a dick, so that's fair.

[whyarewehere]

I helped.

[ Grif rolls his eyes. Details, Dick. ]

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[araignee_du_soir]

I am called Widowmaker. I am immune to emotional manipulation and envision location layouts relevant to my current position.

[Her tone of voice was very bored and she seemed to be doing her nails while conversing with everyone.]

[whyarewehere]

Is being scary a superpower or is that all natural?

[ Not that he doesn't respect scary, it's just. Really really apparent to him. ]

[gonebyebye]

Ray Stantz, Ghostbuster, and I have power of tactile intangibility. Nice to meet you all.

[whyarewehere]

Is it weird working with Danny, considering you guys are Ghost Boy and Ghostbuster?

[ Grif has had a shower thought about that one. ]

[bachido]

My name is Kubo, and my Legion name is Paperboy. The Mighty Beetle is my father, and I got this power from my mother, who used to be here.

[It's still super important to him to brag about his parents at every possible opportunity. Kubo plucks out a riff on his shamisen. His paper folds itself clearly into little orange and blue armored folks who engage in a little slapstick routine through a rural landscape that ends with one of them upside down and to his waist in quicksand, the other chained by his own handcuffs to a tree.]

Father and I tracked down a butterfly scientist lost on a forest planet! There was a lot of quicksand.

Grif, could you tell me the full story of that mission in the past one of these days? I'd like to tell it at lunch sometime.

[gonebyebye]

Any rodents of unusual size?

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[grumpylady]

2B.

I've been told that I'm practically invulnerable, but I find that hard to believe.

[whyarewehere]

Weren't you looking for volunteers to try to beat you up before? How'd that go for you?

[sir_vancelot]

I can't remember if I did this the last time you had this up or not, but it never hurts.

I'm Vance. I go by Justice in the field and I've been doing the heroing thing for...a lot of years now. I'm a telekinetic and if you have a similar power, I'm happy to do some training with you.

[He settles back in the frame, arms crossed and comm absolutely steady, though the angle is definitely not from a desk. Basically, he's showing off a bit.]

Olum was weird, though. I don't think I've ever even HEARD of a place where you had to be MARRIED in order to do anything interesting.

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif makes a face at the mention of Olum. ]

Yeah there are a number of reasons I didn't go for that.

[ The space resort would've been so relevant to his interests, if not for that. Grif couldn't have comfortably faked the married bit. ]

[unrecovered]

Agent Washington, Wash for short, codename Freelancer. I have a healing factor and power nullification.

[The last bit is delivered with an audible smirk. He rather likes being Agent Shutdown.]

[tenzero]

Wait, power nullification?

Like any powers?

[That's absolutely terrifying and of course he might be quite upset at that idea.]

Like, only super powers or like powers that keep people alive?

Hypothetically.

[taumangaria]

[He was a little too distracted by Grif's display to do a proper introduction - which was evidently the point of this post. Might as well take care of that now. He's got the omnicomm propped up on a surface somewhere and is standing several yards back from it.]

My name is Sawtooth, and...I can do this.

[He leaps into the air and transforms, his trident form landing on its tip and balancing perfectly, fifteen feet long and almost too tall to fit in the frame.]

So I'll probably need a partner on missions.

[On one servo, he feels bad not telling everyone about his powers; on the other servo, there are a lot of people here and already some he doesn't think he can trust - keeping his powers a secret would allow him to defend himself from them if it came down to it.]

[It's not great teamwork, but for now, he'll stay quiet, at least publicly. He can talk with the people he already trusts and go from there.]

[nofortunateson]

[North gives a low whistle, clapping his hands a few times in appreciation on the display. Maybe not the flashiest, but it's definitely a new one.]

Nice. Does the trident form have any special features?

[Not that 'heavy as anything' and 'pointy ends to stick in the other guy' aren't already damn good features, but if he has one trick up his sleeve he might well have a few more.]

[tenzero]

Oh! Okay, that's actually really cool, you're right! [Speed powers are always cool, that's a universal rule.]

Uh, no name but I guess you can call me Tenno? Oh, oh, or if we're going superhero names I'm Laughing Sun because that's cool right? [No it isn't, Tenno.] I make fire! But it's good fire, don't worry, it's helpful! And I'm 10000% sure that it won't hurt anyone here unless they're actually a secret villain.

Please don't let there be secret villains. That's gonna be awkward to find out in the field.

[whyarewehere]

That's... uh.

Not actually cool. I just need to be straight with you about that.

[ Code name opinions are always the most important thing here. ]

[nofortunateson]

[Show and tell seems like it's pretty popular, and North actually spends awhile watching the responses before realizing that yeah, he probably should chime in - which he does, as soon as he listens to Theta's whispered play-by-play of the video analysis and the cheating in question.

He opts not to comment, though. cheating too fast to be appreciated by the naked eye is still a superpower. In a way.]

All right then. North here, Legion handle Hardball, and I make shields. [He turns his communicator down to the table he's sitting at, and a blue-white dome pops up, which he knocks on in illustration.] I have thermal vision too, but that one doesn't really have a good demo.

[whyarewehere]

Do yourself a favor and don't tell Tucker what your code name is. Just... trust me.

[ But it's already out there so it's probably too late. ]

I can't believe we are, as a team, so collectively bad at this.

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[leverageintceo]

[ A blond twenty-something in all black appears on-screen. Judging by the direction her ponytail is pointing, she is currently upside-down. ]

I'm Payback and I run the Legion Espionage Squad. It has been said that the best way to get in touch with me is by leaving credits or chocolate in the ventilation system.

[ There are technically more efficient ways, but best way? Yeah, money or chocolate. ]

I do touch-based power negation, but mostly I'm sneaky. As a skill-set, not as a super power.

[whyarewehere]

You can also reach me with those methods too. You know. Just leave 'em where someone can reach them.

[the_civilian]

[ Tadashi grins lopsidedly at the camera. ]

Hi everyone, I'm Tadashi. If Grif won Time Trapper's Super Power Lottery, I lost it; my power is fire creation and theoretical control -- emphasis on 'theoretical'. Fortunately, this: [ he raises his arm to display a metal forearm gauntlet with an unblinking light ] has only gotten crushed once, which is pretty good considering I'm one of the people who's been here the longest at this point.

[ He scratches his chin thoughtfully. ]

Back home, I was a robotics engineering student. Here I'm mostly just another guy tinkering in the lab.

[whyarewehere]

I still say fire is cool.

...And also really hot, but you know what I mean.

[ He knows Tadashi's not entirely okay with it, but clearly the best way to deal with that is by pretending it's not there. ]

[fourstars]

Alright, um...

So uh, my name's Gohan. I have super strength and I can fire energy blasts. I've been working on trying to do something new with energy blasts though, coming up with new techniques. It's just kind of hard, since I'm not really the most... creative person.

Anyway, on missions, you can call me the Great Saiyaman, or just Saiyaman for short. [ He smiles at that, because he likes his stupid codename. ] I'm a superhero back home, although um... honestly, I've been a superhero here longer than I've been one back home. I only just started fighting crime when I started going to high school. Before that, I was home-schooled my entire life. But um...

[ Alright, what's the easiest way to say this... ]

I have... plenty of experience fighting big threats. I've fought aliens and monsters trying to destroy my home ever since I was five. The superhero thing kind of started just so I could keep going to class and not have everyone think of me as a freak.

... I was really excited about going to school.

[whyarewehere]

Gohan, I say this in the most loving way possible, but I am never gonna understand your priorities.