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Post by Mittens on Dec 27, 2016 22:02:26 GMT
Lucio looked at Ed with a very confused look.
"I think I must not be as good as English as I thought. Did- di you just ask me to hit you? I really don't want to do that. You've been nice to me, why would I hit you? What if I do have superpowers and I break your arm off?"
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Post by Zero on Dec 27, 2016 22:06:25 GMT
'Well, this has not at all been how I thought second year was going to start.'
Alex stretched out his back and forced fresh air into his lungs. He felt like crap and that had nothing to do with Olem. Just too rough a morning on too little sleep. 'And good luck with that whole vigilante thing,' he said to the others, particularly Olem and Ed, 'I hear Olympus are coming down hard on those guys. Honestly, after all this, I'm surprised you're already thinking about running off into battle again. Bunch of crackpot robots not enough for you?'
He looked around the group. Chris seemed a bit better now and it was good to see Lucio - Bella, he liked Bella, didn't he? - back on his feet. And then there was Ed.
'Okay. Fine. So, we have a dog person now. Zoinks.' The rest of the Street was lined with dead Drones. Dead Drones and the wall of the bar. 'What time is it? Seven? Seven-ish? Is the bar open yet? I know it's early but, given the circumstances, I could really go for a drink.'
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Dec 27, 2016 22:09:34 GMT
"We were waiting for Lucio to punch Ed first though," Herbert added.
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Post by Sleuth on Dec 27, 2016 22:11:14 GMT
Ed looked at Lucio with all her of not inconsiderable concentration. "Do you think you might? Punch off my arm?" She bounced on the spot, her fists still up. "It's either this or throwing you off a building, and there's only one way that can end if you ain't got flying."
Ed reached out and bopped Lucio on the arm. "There, now I hit you first. Claim self-defense. There's only one way to know for sure if I'm gonna explode into body parts, tiger, and that's to give it your best shot."
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Post by Mittens on Dec 27, 2016 22:14:04 GMT
"I'm not punching anyone!" Lucio shouted, somewhat angrily.
"I mean, wait, no, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout, dolente, dolente..." He backed off and raised his hands in apology. He hated shouting, and he very rarely did. The stress of today and seeing people nearly die must have gotten to him.
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Post by Zero on Dec 27, 2016 22:25:54 GMT
'Okay,' said Alex, 'maybe no punching? I think we've all done enough of that today and maybe we need a bit of a breather from all this superpower stuff? We're students! Aren't deadlines and exams enough to worry about without adding superhuman abilities to the list?' He turned to Lucio. 'How you doing, anyway, Bella? It's good to see you back on your feet.'
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Post by Sleuth on Dec 27, 2016 22:30:49 GMT
Ed put her fists down. She could be a little dense and walk right over a boundary line without meaning to, if she had an idea and didn't want to let it go. Lucio's distress was self-evident, and once Alex pointed it out, she was still aching from being woken up by being flung into her belongings. "It's, it's OK, Bella. We can figure it out later. No hurry on this."
Her knuckles from where she'd tapped Lucio began to sting, which was when she remembered that she'd previously used that hand to punch out a window. "I can be a little rash," she admitted. "Smashed a window to get out of my room when I could've used a chair or something." Now that Ed was looking at it, and not riding high on adrenaline, the urge to find out what the hell was happening to her campus, and the need to get away from the murderous robots -- her knuckles looked all swollen and she'd broken the skin in a couple of places. "Ow," she said quietly. "Anybody got a plaster? Or some p-painkillers?"
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Post by Mittens on Dec 27, 2016 22:36:32 GMT
"Hang on-" Lucio pulled his first aid kit from his belt "It's ok, I'll have a look." He took out a small plaster then reached out to take Ed's hand. "I wouldn't give you any painkillers, because we don't know how they'll affect you, but I can see what else I-" At this point, he had taken Ed's hand in his own. As he took a brief look at her injuries, the swelling dropped down and the skin, where it was broken, re-knit itself. His jaw dropped.
"Merdia."
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Dec 27, 2016 22:38:32 GMT
Herbert looked around agiated. "No...," a blur of silver and blue shot of and skidded back, throwing up gravel as he stopped. "But I have some now. Here," he passed a pack of first aid supplies over. "Will that help, Lucio? You okay Ed?" He jerked back as he saw the skin healing unnaturally.
He moved closer to them, frowning. "Whoa!" Herbert scratched the back of his head.
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Post by Sleuth on Dec 27, 2016 22:50:00 GMT
Ed lifted up her hand, still in Lucio's, and gave it a sniff. "Huh," she said before breaking out into an enormous toothy grin. "You got some magic fingers, Bella. Much cooler than superstrength. I think that calls for a drink, don't you?" She slung her arm around his shoulder, despite the height difference, and pulled him into her side. "I'm beat. Getting turned into a dog takes it out of you."
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Dec 27, 2016 22:56:19 GMT
Herbert put his hand gently on Lucio's shoulder. "Now that, Lucio, beats superspeed. If I crash into a wall, I'm fucked. You, well, you'll just heal yourself up and go on crashing," he grinned. "Drinks everyone? Alex and Ed have the right idea before lectures tomorrow." He turned to Lucio. "Hey, you're classics right? Think you;d want to go to the lecture together?" He asked nervously.
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Post by Mittens on Dec 27, 2016 23:06:06 GMT
Lucio released himself from the hug, smiling. "A drink sounds good, but first-" he held his fingers up and did jazz hands, "Anyone else hurt? Might as well test this power, see what it can do. Also, if we're heading to the bar, should we contact Aurora? Just so she doesn't worry. She looks like a worrier." Lucio laughed. He was feeling much better already; he had superpowers! Well, possibly. The niggling thoughts of "WHAT ABOUT OLYMPUUUUUUUUS" that began in his mind were pushed away. For now, he would make sure his new friends were ok, then he would relax. "And yes," he said to Herbert, still smiling "We will attempt the lecture tomorrow together. At least I've got someone to annoy then if it is boring."
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Post by Flynneus_Knight on Dec 27, 2016 23:15:15 GMT
Herbert smiled in appreciation; at least he'd have one friend. He has the impression he'd annoyed everyone else. He gestured towards the direction of the bar.
"Everyone feeling a scene change?"
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Post by Plague Doctor on Dec 27, 2016 23:15:49 GMT
"I haven't since her since shit went south" Olem muttered, "She should be fine. I think" he added "I still need to find a way to control my powers, randomly bumping into people and making them ill is not a good way to go around without appearing as if I'm evil - or an arsehole" he adjusted his stance slightly. "I wonder if anyone else got a power, or whether because we've got them we're gonna get targeted by 'the bad guys' or something" he shrugged
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Post by Zero on Dec 27, 2016 23:25:48 GMT
'I'll drop Aurora a text,' said Alex, fishing his phone out of his pocket. 'Oh, and Olem,' he turned to face him, almost putting a hand on his shoulder but stopping when he remembered Olem's powers. 'There are no 'bad guys' coming to get us for our superpowers. We're students at a university, who got caught up in an accident. We're not living in some Saturday morning cartoon.' Alex looked back down the Street. 'That is, ignoring the dead robots and the talking dog. No offence, Ed.'
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hope your grandad gets better 
(of my fanfic that is haha)