Harry Reesen (in_reserve) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-01-22 16:07:00

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Winter Wonderland
Finally Chicago had enough snow to actually use for some fun. Deciding to have a bit of fun for once, Harry teleports up to the roof (more privacy from the general public) for a change of scenery. He's there for a bit, starting on a superhero snowman when he wonders if he should get some of the others to come join in, maybe for a good old fashioned snowball fight. He makes a snowball just to test out the snow and picks an easy target to lob it at, the door to the rooftop.

Unfortunately his snowball gets there just as the door opens.

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	godownswinging 2012-01-26 11:04 am UTC (link)
	"Oh yes, know teams. And training. Did not know snow... useful this way. Interesting." Now she seems more intrigued than mad, really. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-01-26 02:10 pm UTC (link)

He's not quite comfortable describing snowball fights this way, it implied more violence than he really meant. "Well it doesn't hurt as much if you get hit with one and you don't need anything but good snow. All you do is gather the snow and make a bunch of snowballs," he explains while crouching down to demonstrate making a snowball. Harry hands her the snowball and makes one of his own. "Then you just throw it. Of course for a snowball fight we need more people. I guess you could use it to practice aim though." He tosses his snowball, this time not at the door but to the side of it. He didn't need to be hitting more people.

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	godownswinging 2012-03-10 01:05 am UTC (link)
	"Is good game." she agrees, packing a snowball herself, packing it down hard enough to almost become more of an ice ball. She aims at the spot he hit, the ice shattering against the wood and leaving a dent in the wood a few inches below the mark. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-10 04:25 am UTC (link)

"I'm sure it'd actually be a good training thing, just never thought of it that way," he shrugs while slowly levitating above the ground as an indigo aura begins to glow about him.

"Actually...we could do a flying snowball fight if we wanted now that I think about it," he muses while packing down another snowball. Although he thinks someone should explain about no ice balls.

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	godownswinging 2012-03-10 08:21 am UTC (link)
	"Is good idea, not very... how you say... practiced in flying? Could use work. And... at home, all games training. Preparing for later." she replies, while working on another iceball. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-10 07:21 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, me neither. I don't do it much, teleporting is faster and all..." He eyes her iceball, debating whether to mention anything or not.

"Uhh Saishu? Well...you probably shouldn't-I mean...usually when making snowballs you don't pack them so hard that they're...ice. It hurts people when they get hit with one." He floats over and hands her his snowball so she can see the difference. "See?" He hopes she doesn't think he's telling her she's wrong or anything, he didn't want it to be taken the wrong way.

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godownswinging
2012-03-11 01:22 pm UTC (link)

She assesses the two, feeling the different weights, genuinely curious. "Oh yes." she replies, pleasant enough in tone, not seeming to mind the correction. She's still viewing this as training, after all, and he knows how this is supposed to work.

She discards the iceball, and practices making another one, seeming rather dissatisfied with it, and ending up making four more before she gets one she feels is suitably like the one he showed her. "Like this?"

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in_reserve
2012-03-11 04:43 pm UTC (link)

He carefully takes the snowball from her then hands it back with a smile, "Yep, exactly."

He flies back a bit so there's some distance between them. "If you want to test it you can throw it at me. I hit you so...it's only fair." Taking a deep breath, he steels himself, although he knows it probably won't do any damage to him regardless of how hard she throws it. He just hasn't experimented much with his absorption powers to be confident about it.

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	godownswinging 2012-03-11 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	She ponders this a little, then flings the snowball, not putting her full strength behind it, since she's not sure of how his powers work. Without the full heft behind it, she's a lot more accurate. "I see use of this, yes. Will need to practice lots." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-11 09:16 pm UTC (link)

He knows that he can absorb the type of energy the entities give off without a problem. The normal everyday kinetic energy sort of hits? He's not sure. So far he's managed to figure out that anything above a threshold gets absorbed. But then again he hasn't been hit that hard, he's avoiding it.

The snowball hits him in the chest, and while it registers, it still feels a lot duller than it should. Well, at least he knows he can take some hits.

"One day we should get the others for a snowball fight I think. You'll have lots of targets to practice on."

Thinking for a moment, he makes another few snowballs and gently lobs them at her so she can catch them. "You can throw them at me and I can practice flying out of the way if you want."

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	godownswinging 2012-03-11 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	Throwing and dodging practice? Saishu clearly approves of this, as she gets the idea. "We should. Others will know about this snowball fight, yes?" she asks, as she begins packing a few more snowballs to make sure he gets in a good flying workout. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-11 11:04 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah they will. It'll be fun. And good training I guess." He tacks that last part on somewhat hastily, he's still unused to snowball fights being considered training.

Flying back farther so she'll have slightly more of a challenge, he shouts over at her, "Okay, you can start whenever!"

Now that he knows the snowballs (and probably the iceballs too) won't do him damage he's far more relaxed. Plus, she didn't get mad about him hitting her with a snowball by accident.

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godownswinging
2012-03-11 11:23 pm UTC (link)

In the mindset she was raised in, almost everything was training. There wasn't mass market toys. Farmers' children played in the dirt with small tools, hunters were encouraged to climb and swim and run and all. As a warrior, her toys were blunted small weapons, and her mother tested her almost fanatically, making 'games' of it. She doesn't have a lot of real concept of what normal children or a normal childhood might be like. As far as she knows, Cindy may well have been given a lemonade stand to run or some sort of math blocks or something to train her as a child - and she's less sure of the rest.

She begins pitching the snowballs, now quite engaged in this. She takes a bit off the throws, certainly, but tries to make sure its plenty challenging for him.

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in_reserve
2012-03-11 11:31 pm UTC (link)

Having never been particularly confrontational, Harry had been wary of snowball fights when he was younger. It took some friends to get him to join in on one of the less competitive ones for him to see the fun. Still, he was uncomfortable with making it seem so war-like for Saishu. But if it meant she'd understand the concept better and maybe have some fun, then he'd live with it.

Harry flies through the air, awkwardly twisting and a few times he finds himself in an uncontrolled somersault, but he's largely doing rather okay for dodging her snowballs. This was probably one of the few times he'd really experimented with flying. Teleporting was easier, even if it took more of his reserved charge, and far less noticeable. But he'd admit this was rather fun.

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godownswinging
2012-03-12 01:46 am UTC (link)

As she gets used to it, she throws with just a little more power, testing his skills with her aim. As for seeming less warlike - its what she knows. Most things naturally associate back to it somehow. Throwing objects and dodging them is just an easier association than a lot of the things she's learned since her arrival - many of which just confuse her.

"You are learning the flight quickly. I am not so good."

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in_reserve
2012-03-12 01:55 am UTC (link)

He gets better at controlling his movements in flight, managing to look slightly less awkward, but it's still clear he's learning. As the snowballs come faster it gets harder to dodge them, but he's improved enough that although less of them are missing him, they're mostly skimming or hitting any flailing limbs, no dead-center hits.

"Thanks but I'm still not so great," he flushes at the compliment. "If you want you can try flying while throwing them at me. Might help you practice too you know. If you don't want that...I guess you can put the red flames on the snowballs? Although I'm not sure if it'll melt them or how that works..."

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	godownswinging 2012-03-12 01:59 am UTC (link)
	She levitates upward, mostly steady, but nothing fast or precise, a few snowballs tucked on one arm so she has ammunition. "Good idea. Need to practice flight. I... not angry with you, the red flame will not come. Just as good for practice without." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-12 02:07 am UTC (link)

"Oh. Sorry, I don't know how people's powers work exactly," he apologizes, looking somewhat embarassed. But at the same time he's got a large smile stuck on his face. Because now he knows for sure she isn't mad about the snowball stunt, and he's feeling a lot less intimidated by her and more relaxed. Harry makes a mental note that red flames equal Saishu mad at you.

"Well we both need the practice so...hit me I guess." Harry levitates in place and waits for round 2 to begin.

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	godownswinging 2012-03-12 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugs. Good for teammates to know something about powers. She flings a couple more snowballs as she talks. "Do not know how works. Always strong, fast, can fly, breathe in high sky and water. Get angry, or in fight... get stronger, can do red fire on weapons. Not breathe like red lanterns. Mostly just stronger, faster." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-03-12 10:40 pm UTC (link)

He flies to and fro as he dodges snowballs, listening and taking note about how her powers work. "So you can only do red flames when mad? Got it. But it sounds better than that red...vomit thing I've heard of." He realizes that unless Saishu got mad at him, it wouldn't be too helpful to ask her to hit him with some of those flames for a recharge. It was always awkward asking for that stuff anyway, so he tries to keep a list in his head of people who can do that for him easily. Now he'll try not to bother her or ask about it.

"Umm well, my powers let me teleport and absorb energy as far as I can tell. But the teleporting takes energy so I need to have enough saved up," he offers. It was only fair she knew how his powers worked too.

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godownswinging
2012-03-12 11:34 pm UTC (link)

She continues to throw the snowballs, adjusting a bit as she learns his dodging tendencies.

"Can do flames on weapon when fighting too, gets stronger more fight goes, or when mad." she offers, in slight correction. Like all her powers, her intensity and temper affect her powers - but they are based as much in her Amazon heritage, affected by the red, as in the red itself.

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in_reserve
2012-03-13 04:32 pm UTC (link)

Harry flies to and fro, trying to dodge her throws. She's got his habits down, so he starts experimenting, not always successfully, but he's looking like he knows what he's doing a bit more. Not much still.

"That seems useful. Mine kind of rely on the rest of the team's a bit. I mean...I can do stuff myself but the...colours I guess, give me more of a charge. So...I'm sorry ahead of time if...well if I need to ask for any help with that," he says, looking rather embarrassed. That aspect of his powers always made him uncomfortable, and he really only ever got a good charge after one of the team's training sessions.

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	godownswinging 2012-03-13 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	She had some practice with thrown weapons before, which helps, and when it comes to athletic and combat skills, she's a quick learner. Still, this is practice for both of them, and she tries to make sure they both get a useful training session in with these snowballs. "Why sorry? Is what team is for, yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-03-13 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Well...yes I suppose," he stops dodging to try and explain. "But I don't want to bother anyone s-mmph!" He's cut off by a snowball to the face and goes into a flailing backflip. "Okay, that was fair since I did it to you," he laughs a little while brushing off snow (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	godownswinging 2012-03-14 12:16 am UTC (link)
	She grins at that. "My power, maybe not best for help. But do not think team will mind. More effective when all work together, yes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)