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all_powerfull ([info]all_powerfull) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-19 00:21:00


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Entry tags:mourning dove, tyler darnell

After the Death of Gods, what's left to say?
Ty didn't spend much time in Atlantis. His wounds weren't physical, and Arthur quickly made it clear that Ty was somehow to blame for all of this, and wasn't welcome. Not near him, not in Atlantis, and not near the body of the Princess. And no, she was not coming to the surface for burial or anything else.

He's been in his workshop ever since. Now and then he tries for some semblance of order, trying to put the dust and scraps back together into pieces, and pieces into something vaguely recognizeable as machinery. Trying to reassemble his star charts, his blackboard full of equations, his notebooks full of warp theory calculations. It never goes far... either things just don't reassemble right, or frustration kicks in and he destroys it all over again.

After all, that's what he does. He destroys, he loses. All the power in the world, all the powers in the world... control over time, and he was too late. The might of a god, and everything slipped through his fingers. One of the greatest psychic wills in existence, and he still lost control. And worst of all, brilliant minds, use of 90 percent of his brain and total recall... letting him relive and replay every instant. Every minute detail. Every sound, every sight. Reviewing everything he should have done over and over.

They'd been so close. Vacation, normalcy, holidays with his mother now that, with Cait's help, he had achieved a semblance of control. His plans for Christmas... and now it was all gone.



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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 07:20 am UTC (link)
He's quiet for the whole time, to the point that when she speaks, he starts, just slightly.
"I don't see any reason to. Sleep is unnece... sleep was something I did to help Cait rest when we were linked. My room is just storage space and a bed."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 07:28 am UTC (link)
If she'd never met Mr. Curry, Ruth would ask at this point if the family would need any of Cait's things from her room sent back.
She had met Mr. Curry.

"What're your views on eating?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 07:37 am UTC (link)
Its sad that he has to think about that. He'd stopped almost entirely before he met Cait. Not necessary. Then started again, because it was a social thing to do and she enjoyed it.

"Depends on what, I guess. I shouldn't go anywhere though."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 07:51 am UTC (link)
"Tyler...what do you need right now?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 07:56 am UTC (link)
He looks at her helplessly, then hangs his head. "I don't know. Everything is so on edge. I've almost broken down two or three times, and that's just sitting here. For so long, she was my grounding influence... she wasn't just my girlfriend, she kept me steady. I just feel totally adrift right now. The only thing I'm sure of is that I need to not lose control... what if he came back? I can still hear his voice in my head. Its why I'm not using telepathy... its like I'm afraid he's still there."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 08:00 am UTC (link)
"Okay," Ruth says calmly. "You're right about not losing control. But the 'not using telepathy because you're afraid he's still there' thing can't go on indefinitely. I'm sure you know that. If you think it's a serious problem, maybe we can get another telepath to come listen." A deep breath. "Or maybe you could just try something real simple and see how it handled."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 08:08 am UTC (link)
He considers. "I've been working on getting used to telekinesis again. I don't think I'm ready for telepathy... this manifest was... it was different. I've never felt such... not even evil. Just... emptiness. I couldn't do anything but watch... I didn't... I couldn't have done that."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 08:14 am UTC (link)
"You were in really serious shock when it happens. I don't know anything about how you normally manifest, but it's not that surprising that it would be a pretty hard break, really disassociated from your normal self."

"Practicing what you can a little at a time sounds good."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 04:29 pm UTC (link)
Anything else to talk or think about, even manifestations, is good. "Its always a little different. Usually its just that its me, but with a new power that goes out of control. So, like, Chemo just means I'm spilling toxic chemicals everywhere and poisonous, and can't stop. Then sometimes, when its part of who they are, I get some quirks... like, Captain Stingaree's powers are that Captain Stingaree is a pirate... so I went all pirate. The Riddler's 'powers' are being an annoying git, so I had to ask someone a stupid riddle. This one... it was like I totally became... it."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 05:48 pm UTC (link)
"So you generally end up with a power you didn't know you had before, or just couldn't access before?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 08:43 pm UTC (link)
He nods. "My own powers are technically sort of like my father's and grandfather's, except that I copied the people my mom was around before I was born. I can use the powers of the heads of the society... her main associates, but the other 200-some members... I've copied them, at least apparently, but I can't access their abilities intentionally. When I get too stressed, the absorption cells brings one of them up, seemingly at random. I get their abilities... and sometimes more, depending on the person. Because of the overload, I can't copy any new abilities either."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-19 09:05 pm UTC (link)
Ruth listens and nods. "With 200 people, that definitely makes sense."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-19 09:37 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, its a wonder sometimes that its not worse. Amazo limits out at about a dozen powersets, and that's the most advanced one we know of. My father was somewhere around the same. But that may partly have been less a matter of hard limits, and more safety protocols."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 04:35 am UTC (link)
"It sounds like good plan, if it was. I realize it's a purely academic point for you."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 04:53 am UTC (link)
He sighs. "Ivo is a genius. Even now, roboticists still don't know how half his technology works. Of course, he was always trying to push his limits... hence my father."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 05:14 am UTC (link)
Ruth nods a little. That whole thing really was very unusual and hard to follow. "Did you ever know your father?" she asked.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 05:18 am UTC (link)
He shakes his head. "He committed suicide less than a month after he met my mother. He never knew she was pregnant. He was so troubled, trying to determine what he was... human, machine, hero, villain... I can't help but think if he had known, it might have helped some of that."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 05:20 am UTC (link)
"I can definitely see what you mean," Ruth says quietly.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 05:31 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, I'd always wondered. I mean, he and my mother weren't that close for long, so I don't know what would have happened, even had he survived."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 05:35 am UTC (link)
"Always hard to say," she agrees. "Easy to speculate about what might have happened, but hard to say."

A long pause.

"Iris says the Titans have certain memorial traditions," she says quietly, simply.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 05:52 am UTC (link)
"I'm glad that there'll be something, at least. Arthur isn't going to let me attend the funeral."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 05:54 am UTC (link)
She listens and nods. "So when do you think you'll be comfortable getting out of this room?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 06:19 am UTC (link)
"I don't know... even if I will. I mean, sure, eventually, but with no ground... and this on edge, I don't think its safe."

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[info]whydowescream
2010-10-20 06:27 am UTC (link)
"Well, we both know you can't just sit here indefinitely wondering which of your powers will turn on you when. Can you explain again why the telepathy is scaring you more than, say, the telekinesis? I understand that the guy from your last manifestation was horrific, and you're worried about something lingering, but what do you think'll happen if you talk in somebody's head?"

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-10-20 06:36 am UTC (link)
"Because... when he was in charge, he talked to Oceanus like he wasn't done. I can't tell what, or why, or exactly how... but normally when I manifest, there's no 'awareness', just the powers, or some weirdness. He talked like he was making plans, and killing Oceanus was just the beginning. Telepathy... its easier just to shield, close that off until I figure out why this one was so much different. Besides, Cait i...was my anchor. Every time I reach out, she's not there. It just makes it that much more... immediate, I guess."

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