Twenty-Fourth PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

U-Um.  Sorry about all the weird stuff I did this weekend.  I don't think I actually hurt anyone, but . . . I think I said a lot of rude things.  The, um.  Psychic PSIclone is setting down his cape.  Permanently.  And if I did hurt you, let me know and I'll make it up to you.

I'd like to make a request of you all.  It's a little strange, but.  It would help me a lot.  I'm asking for someone -- or several . . . ones -- to attack me.  The more powerful you are, the better.  And . . . you can use PSI or magic or anything else you know how to use, too.  . . . Maybe even a gun.

Thanks.  Just come by my house if you want to try.  I don't have anything else to do today.

Comments

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Ah... yeah I didn't get powers back this time. I didn't really get anything useful.

[He really didn't want to talk about it.]

So defensive right? Lets see if it can take a solid blow.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

OK. Then hit me as hard as you can!

[Lucas was fairly sure not even a golf club would hurt too badly -- He'd fought tanks before with the same shields. But maybe the Captain's world made golf clubs a lot stronger.]

Try this first!

[After the initial glow, the bubble of light that Lucas had used in the past surrounds him. This was his standard Shield.]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Well that was something. The only time he used that around The Captain, The Captain had been dead.]

Well, let's go.

[They weren't exceptionally strong. He swung the golf club as hard as he could aiming for the kid's side.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Unprepared for real combat after eight or nine months of being out of practice, the swing hurt a lot more than Lucas expected. Although the golf club appeared to bounce off the Shield, the blow was still enough to send him reeling a bit to the side.

As a matter of fact, the blow had been reduced in force by exactly 50%. There is a crack in the Shield now. Lucas recovers himself.]

OK. . . . Please try it again.

[The light that shines from his palm sinks into his body and begins to expand, leaving strange markings as it dances around his body. Defense Up Omega.]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Winces after seeing the kid reeling.]

You sure about this one?

[Though who was he to question. He swung again, this time a chop from the other side, still aiming at his ribs.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[A cry tears from Lucas's lips as the golf club strikes, though it is less a cry of pain and more of a . . . well. Battle cry of sorts.

He barely even moves this time, although he does reach down and apply some PSI to his ribs.]

OK! One last time; knock me upside the head!

[Defense Up! If the Captain were to touch his flesh, he would find that it was almost like stone. Lucas is a little too excited about this.]

1/2

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

....

Whatever you say kid.

2/2

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Swings a hard downward chop, right at the top of the kid's head.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Thonk.

The shield shatters into shards of psychokinetic power that absorb back into Lucas; the Defense Up spells, however, continue to infuse Lucas's body with light.]

Thanks, Mr. Captain. That's a good base . . .

[He doesn't seem much perturbed at all. It had felt like someone had thwacked him with a karate chop, but that wasn't enough to make him do much more than flinch and rub a bit at his head. Full damage reduction: ~80%]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Blinks at that. Nodding slowly.]

Kid, you are going to be a ☠☠☠☠ terror if someone things they can ☠☠☠☠ with you.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

A-Ah, thanks. But those were only normal hits and attacks and stuff. I don't know how well it would stand up to some of the superpowers people have around here . . .

And the important thing is --

[Lucas raises a hand and the Shield materializes around the Captain.]

I can do it for other people.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Blinks. Grins.]

Now that is something kid. Hopefully I'll get my invincibility back and won't need it but...

[Well he wasn't quite invincible back then but still!]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

PSI has a little to do with your personality. So . . . the thing I wanted most was to be able to protect the people I cared for.

I hope you do, too. B-But! Be careful when you're not, OK?

[No more killing yourself in front of him.]

When there are soo many other children to die infront of?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

That's pretty great kid. I'm not sure why my powers work like they do. They're just kind of my generic package of super powers.

Probably better that way, I don't even want to think of what PSI would do with me.

[Not quite getting what it is but liking what he sees.]

Bad mun. =(

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Well, PSI is usually helpful no matter what it is. One of my closest friends learns how to set things on fire or freeze them or blast them with meteors.

Re: Bad mun. =(

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

I had a friend who could hit things with light. Another who made things explode. Also there was a robot. And another one of my friends had the power to shoot things dead.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

O-Oh.

Don't guns already do that last one pretty well?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but she's immortal and can tell you what kinda bullet to use. Like silver against werewolves. Or some funky wood against those demons with five ☠☠☠☠.

I hate the demons with five ☠☠☠☠...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty useful. My dog can do something like that -- smell weaknesses.

Five . . . whats?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Five ☠☠☠☠. Uh...

Girls have a ☠☠☠☠, guys have a ☠☠☠☠ sort. The thing had five of them.

It could have at least worn pants, ☠☠☠☠ demons.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I'm not really sure what you're saying, but I'm just gonna assume having five of that is bad.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Bad if you're on the receiving end.

Not sure how it felt about having those, though it seemed pretty ☠☠☠☠ proud.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Huh.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Anyways, that's not here so it's not something we have to worry about.

So your dog can sniff weaknesses? I'm sure my friend would have loved that. She just kinda studied a lot as a kid or something.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm not too sure how it works, but he tells if we ought to set things on fire or electrocute them and things like that.