Iskaulit Mingle - Problems with Psychics

[notzubats]

Who: Anyone on the Iskaulit!
Broadcast: If you'd like?!
Action: Iskaulit!
When: Today, as Sora's augment glitch starts.

[It's your average day on the Iskaulit. Absolutely nothing seems out of place initially, but without any warning- you might find yourself or your friends experiencing some problems. What's up on that?

In other words, it's an Iskaulit mingle with a twist! Come on in everyone! You don't need to interact with Sora to have it effect you, so feel free to start your own threadstarter! Or talk to Sora, that's cool too. ]

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[mistyday]

[Misty squats by him again, then, with some effort - but much less than what it should have normally taken - slides her hands under his back and legs.]

Can you lift your arms at all? If you can, I want you to put them around my shoulders.

[thebestseller]

[Castle did so with a considerable effort.]

My hero.

[mistyday]

[Once he's secure she slowly tries to pick him up. It's a struggle, but she does it. They must make quite a funny sight right now, if anyone could see them.]

Holy shit!

[thebestseller]

[Castle couldn't help but laugh- and Misty might notice that he was getting easier to pick up now.]

Really, it's an impressive feat of stength, lifting a helpless old man like me.

[mistyday]

[Misty laughs too.]

I don't know how I did it but it's awesome!

[Experimentally, she lifts him a little higher, then back down again, like a really awkward dumbbell.]

[thebestseller]

You've got that magic touch.

[And after a few repetitions... Castle was clearly starting to float away.]

... Oh, come on, REALLY?

[mistyday]

[Misty yelps and tugs down on Castle's legs which uh... Probably hurts much more than she means it to.]

Hold on!

[thebestseller]

[Luckily Castle doesn't float much higher, but he grunted when Misty latched on.]

Something tells me this might end up with you floating me around like a balloon.

[Which... he doesn't sound entirely displeased with.]

[mistyday]

[Misty giggles, which causes her to accidentally let go.]

Shit! Castle!

[thebestseller]

[And Castle mercifully doesn't rise any higher, but he makes swimming motions in midair anyway.]

Wheee! Maybe we can make a synchronized air-swimming team!

[mistyday]

[She laughs.]

At least you're having fun!

[thebestseller]

I figure it's better to enjoy myself than flail and panic. The latter never helped anyone.

[mistyday]

That's true. D'you think this sort of stuff is happening to everyone?

[thebestseller]

Could be, except it's... strangely localized. It's weird that Snuggles and I were affected, but not you.

[mistyday]

Well it did, just in a different way. [She grins.] You don't think I could normally pick you up like that do ya?

[thebestseller]

Nah, I think not. I'm not exactly a small guy, after all.

[mistyday]

So maybe that's still a gravity thing like... how astronauts weigh less on the moon or whatever.

[thebestseller]

Mmmhmmm- now that you mention it, that makes a heck of a lot of sense. Could be our augments causing it, which... is a weird thing for augments to do, but then again, what CAN'T they do?

[mistyday]

Dunno. This is the first time anything's happened to me. What about you?

[thebestseller]

I remember gravity going wonky once, when I first arrived here, but it was a shipwide thing and affected everyone the same way.

[mistyday]

That sounds more like the ship's systems messin' up than the augments then.

[thebestseller]

Hmmmm... then maybe... ... nah, I got nothin'. I guess I'm just going to float along til it stops. We all float on, okay.

[mistyday]

...did you just make a Modest Mouse reference?

[thebestseller]

Why, yes! That's one of my favorite songs to play on Guitar Hero.

[mistyday]

Never got a chance to play that one. It's with the little plastic guitar though, right?