002 - Take your protein pills and put your helmet on ; video

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Who: Clay Terran and all of YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Vanquish, bridge
When: 6/29, afternoon

[When the video comes on, Clay's looking at it with a big, excited grin on his face that seems to only increase in wattage once he realizes it's on. He sits back on his heels then, arms wrapped around his knees, though they probably won't stay like that for long.]

I haven't been here very long, but I've still met so many people with such cool powers! [And, indeed, he begins to gesture and lean forward as he describes each power.] Super strength, fighting with magic cards, reality bending, and flight! I never even knew those kinds of things were possible outside of comic books and tv shows!

[He rocks back again, arms winding around his knees once more as he seems to calm just a bit.]

So tell me about your powers. What are they like? Is it natural to you, or do you... I don't know, have to call on something in order to make it happen? And for you people who don't have powers, like me, what kind do you wish you had? [And the thought of it just makes him move once more, arms out and gesturing.] If I could have powers, I'd have flight, the ability to breathe anywhere I wanted, and super durability. Or maybe - maybe adaptability? That way I could go into space any time I wanted without getting into a heavy suit!

[... Aaand calm again.] So, yeah. Powers? I really want to know. It's of astronomical importance.

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[He's not even sure if Apollo would want to be here; Clay's the space nerd, not him, and he has his own dreams to keep fulfilling back on Earth. But - well, thinking too hard about it makes him just ache, so he'll just focus on this now.]

A healer? [He hasn't heard this one yet and OH GOSH.] Like - Like with magic, or something else? [LEANING IN. Please tell him he wants to know so bad]

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I use an energy in the body called "chakra". It's not magic, it's something that -- theoretically -- anybody can learn.

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[One could practically see the gears whirring in his head.]

So... I could learn it?

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[ino]

[ She looks amused. Yes, he's right -- but she barely knows the guy, and she's already got probably too many students. Still, she'll be friendly about it: ]

Maybe. If you found a teacher.

Typically it's not something that's taught outside of a certain group of people, though.

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[omggg he could LEARN THIS. Like, it's not even about super powers at this point, but learning to help someone when they're in need? That, that's what he'd love to have.

And yes, that's basically a sort of rejection, but his eyes are still bright as he leans in slightly towards the camera.]

Well. I would be very humbled to know how I can join this teacher's certain group of people, if they want to tell me about it sometime.

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[ino]

[ She laughs. Persistent, isn't he ...

Still, she's pretty confident she can distract him with this reveal: ]

You would probably have to be a ninja of some kind, but you didn't hear that from me.

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Whoa, a ninja. [And he instantly imagines people dressed up in all black flitting from place to place while doing the Naruto run.] I'm definitely not a ninja. I'm pretty sure someone would hear me the second I got into a room.

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[ino]

Common misconception. There are plenty of very loud, very obnoxious ninjas.

And on that topic, the "wearing all black" thing is also wrong. Unless you're feeling particularly depressed and -- what's the word? "Emo"?

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Hollywood misinformed me. Just like it misinforms a lot of people. [All their space movies? Totally and completely wrong. Clay's gotten kicked out of a theater once or twice for loudly expressing his displeasure at something the movie got wrong.]

So what's a ninja like in your world?

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[ino]

From what I gather, it's a lot more like your typical mercenary. There are missions that need people to do them that get sent to the village ... We take them based on our particular skillset, then we get paid according to how dangerous and long it is.

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Oooh... Merceninjas. [Yup.]

So what's your skillset? I bet it's awesome. [Is she the graceful and agile one? The fast one? The SUPER STRONG one???]