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Lucas ([personal profile] a_gentle_boy) wrote2010-07-23 12:06 am

Fourteenth PSI

[It is time to sum up what Lucas has been doing all summer.  This is the culmination of hours of hard work and dedication.  This is the pinnacle of success for the boy who has been deprived of a normal childhood.  It is also the first time the player has tried a post of this sort.

Four scenarios will be presented.  One is welcome to respond to as many of them as one wishes.  Numbering the initial comment may be helpful.
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First Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  But what is that horrific racket?  As the alarm rings insistently, smoke pours out an open window accompanied shortly after by its source, a flaming brick of some sort that unfortunately lands in a rosebush and immediately sets it on fire.  Closer inspection would reveal that this was once formerly a cakepan.  Closer inspection is, however, impossible due to the fact that a coughing, choking Lucas covered in soot has just run out the front door and is now blasting the burning bush with the hose.  He does not look pleased.]

Second Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  But what is that horrific racket?  Again?  In the park, birds, humans, and anything with ears quietly begin to edge away from the child ostensibly playing a recorder on a bench.  In actuality, he is managing to hit a note that has never been recorded before in the history of mankind.  This is a great achievement and is followed shortly after by the world record of 'most incorrect notes played simultaneously on one instrument'. 

After about twenty minutes of this, Lucas sighs and places the instrument on the bench beside him.  He does not look pleased.]

Third Scenario:
[It is a peaceful day in Mayfield.  It is difficult to make a horrific racket while drawing, so the town is spared, for now.  He is again in the park, but this time, stares intensely at anyone who happens by.  Those who come up from behind may notice that his artwork is . . . Well, actually, it's not terrible.  He doesn't seem too pleased with himself, though, and there is soon a large pile of crumpled paper around him.]

Fourth Scenario:
[It is not a very peaceful day in Mayfield.  There is a boy in the middle of his yard yelling, screaming, and performing the most bizarre form of martial arts ever invented.  It seems, somehow, to involve a lot of kicking and a lot of . . . yo-yo tricks.  Walk the Dog leaves a trail of burning grass, Around the World breaks off a tree branch with concussive force, and the Forward Pass is . . . actually headed straight at your face.  Whoops.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
OK, OK . . .

[He hands it over to her, turning to the middle in the hopes that she'll start there and go to the end.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Someone said the recorder was the easiest thing to learn how to play. I figured I probably shouldn't try anything else if I couldn't manage it.

[Lucas tentatively reaches out a hand to see about petting it.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas beams. This is the first time he's asked that someone hasn't made up an excuse about needing to wash their hair or vacuum the dog.]

I'll bring something out for you. Wait here.

[He turns off the hose and heads inside, returning a few moments later with a small tray and a few pieces of assorted cake in varying stages of oxidation. There are a few that look OK, though.]

[identity profile] numanstan.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I'm no good at instruments. They're well cool, though! They've got strings on 'em and they go like this!

[And then he promptly starts air guitaring. Like a boss.]

[identity profile] resurrectinto.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[When Lucas returns, Margot looks at the pieces of cake with trepidation.

She has done countless brave things, but looking at this cake...

Suck it up, honey.]

They, uh, look great, kid...

[Takes a piece.

Takes a bite.

OH GODS.]

[identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I've never tried it, so I can't vouch for it. But perhaps you just need to try another kind of instrument! Perhaps a string instrument. Or the piano!

Oh, Hephestus here loves people! No need to be afraid.

[Heph coos at you. He sounds like a 3-foot tall pigeon.]</i?

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately for him, she flips allll the way to the beginning before she starts going through it. But on the other hand...]

...Whoa. You're pretty good.

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I meant Ether-users.

[identity profile] wolf-wolves.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Not when you put it like that.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
They told us to say 'no' to that stuff in health class.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
If you think so. The violin has strings, right? But I've seen Luke play and it looks really hard. The piano might be easier . . .

[His hand makes contact with the dodo's back and Lucas begins to stroke.]

Hello, Hephestus.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I went a little too far. Sorry.

[identity profile] wolf-wolves.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Over a little thing like the yard? I don't give a shit about that. I was just curious on how you got a yoyo to do all that.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
R-Really? You think so? You're not just saying that 'cause we're friends?

Aw Lucas, you're making me smile

[identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Amused.]

No. I suppose you could say it's...the source of power. Whether you call it magic, or psionics, or anything els, it comes fromame primary source.

The Ether.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh gods it is the most delicious thing she has ever tasted, right? Lucas looks so happy. Can you bring yourself to break the news?]

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. These are even better than mine.

[Better cherish that phrase, Lucas, because there's no way she'd admit that to most others.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Oh! Hold on, I think I've seen that before. With the DCMC. Yeah, Duster was really good at it, but he said his wasn't just a normal one of those, it was a, um. Base?

I am in a silly mood.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Ohhh. Oh, you mean my PSI. No, there's only a few psychics here as far as I know. There are a lot of magic users, though.

[identity profile] resurrectinto.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't. She really can't.

Swallows.]

I-it's great.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
. . . It's a pretty powerful weapon, even if it is a toy. You could probably do it, too, if you tried.

[Lucas silently offers the yo-yo to Free. If Free has psychic powers of his own, he'll likely be able to duplicate the tricks. Otherwise, it'll behave like a normal yo-yo.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
You like to draw, too, Shiraasan? It's the first . . . hobby-thing I tried when I got here. Can I see yours sometime?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
You mean it? I'll have to try to remember what that one was, then. Did it taste more like chocolate or peanut butter?

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes. Usually when I'm bored. The books here are even more boring than the ones at home.

Maybe next time I draw.

[identity profile] resurrectinto.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Neither.]

Uh. Peanut butter. Like peanut butter, yeah.

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