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[mysterzie]

WHO "Adra" & YOU
BROADCAST Fleet-wide video!
ACTION Starstruck or waystations.
WHEN Tomorrow, April 19th. (Which means post-shuffle.)

Okay, as it turns out... it's really hard to get in contact with people when you don't have their names or their ships or their numbers. But—I'm trying this responsibility thing and I want to give those powers back. The ones I had to borrow last week? But I can't find any of you! Good job. Bunch of winners here.

[ SIGH. ]

Right, okay, I'm not who I look like, either. Not... Adra. Actually asked him beforehand, too, so fuck off about that. But if you gave your powers away last week, that was me. Let's see... Allen, Katara, and, uh, two short blondes. About so-high. [ Yep, there's a motion here for Steffa and Shirley's heights. SURPRISE, SHIRLEY. ] Let me know where you are, and I'll give them back. Like I said I would.

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[mysterzie]

[ He jumps a bit, then crosses his arms and gives a shrug. Playing it cool. There is nothing cool about him. ]

Sure? It isn't going to take long or anything.

[howcanihelp]

[ That's almost adorable. How completely uncool he is. ]

It depends how much of a hurry you're in, I suppose. The library's empty at the moment, though, so it'll be a bit more private, if you'd like.

[mysterzie]

A library?

[ why is there a library on a spaceship ]

[howcanihelp]

[ Because the Bishop is full of fuckin nerds. ]

Well, really it's just Krista's personnel room that we've put our book collection in. We're trying to build it up, and Hiro's programming a lending system, so we can loan them out to the rest of the fleet, like a library.

[mysterzie]

[ But books are so dumb. ]

I guess it's... something to do. [ He doesn't seem very impressed, sry2say. He shakes his head. ] But whatever. Less people around, the better.

[howcanihelp]

[ Alas, not everyone can be a bookworm, clearly

She leads the way to the library which is a bit more impressive than just "our book collection" - many many books of all sorts (including comic books), a sofa, a table, some beanbags. And, as she said, currently no other people. ]

Here we are!

[mysterzie]

[ It's not as bad as he was thinking, but to be perfectly honest it still isn't his thing. He sighs, moving inside and circling around as if to take the whole thing in its... glory. Bleh. ]

Your power is really weird, by the way. I couldn't get the hang of it.

[howcanihelp]

[ Steffa laughs softly ]

Well, I had to study and practice for years to learn how to use it as well as I do. It's not easy. I'm glad you didn't accidentally set anything on fire, I had trouble with that when I was little.

[mysterzie]

I know better than that.

[ He takes powers in all the time, after all. His self-control isn't the greatest but he has a good handle on keeping powers in line, anyway. ]

Been doing this a while, you know.

[howcanihelp]

I believe it. The number of books I scorched trying to do literally anything but fire, though... [ she shakes her head ]

Well, if you need my magic again, I'll have to give you some tips.

[mysterzie]

What else can this do?

[ He pauses, looks rather taken aback for that. ]

You'd let me take it again?

[howcanihelp]

Any number of things... Healing, in theory, though I've never been much good at it. Freezing, telekinesis, lighting... there are less offensive spells, of course, but most of my practical experience has been with those.

[ surprised ]

Well of course, if you need it. You've already proven you're perfectly willing to give it back, and if I can help, why wouldn't I?

[mysterzie]

Oh, it's one of those powers. [ More like a set all in itself. He's not so great at reading the powers he gets, but he can feel them out given enough time. ]

Oh... I don't know. A lot of people are getting really mad, and it's stupid. What else do they want me to do?

[howcanihelp]

It's ridiculous, you can't help what you need to survive, that's like getting angry with me for having magic at all.

[ she shakes her head ] But, as I said, if I can help again, just let me know, I've no reason to distrust you.

[mysterzie]

I think it was more with the face which—Jesus, I can't... [ He makes some frustrated motions and shuts up. Explaining himself hasn't helped anything because everyone's too stupid to get it. ]

Whatever. Come here, I'll give it back.

[howcanihelp]

[ Seffa looks sympathetic, at least, but steps forward without patting his arm or anything. ]

Same as giving it to you, I assume?

[mysterzie]

[ Which is a good thing. He doesn't know how to deal with sympathy or genuine outreach. ]

Except backwards. Just hold still.

[ The process really is much the same. He places a hand to his chest to extract the power, then holds her shoulder while placing the magic to her forehead and gently returning it to its rightful owner. ]

How's that?

[howcanihelp]

[ Steffa lets out a deep sigh of relief as the feeling of her magic washes back through her, like a numb limb finally regaining feeling. ]

Wonderful. Oh, I missed that.

[ She smiles at Aaron. ]

Thank you. If you need my help again, please let me know?

[mysterzie]

[ He gives her an odd look for that. ]

Sure, but probably... gonna do it in private next time.

[howcanihelp]

That's fine. I can give you my communicator frequency if you'd like? So you can reach me directly.

[mysterzie]

Oh... Yeah, that would be good. Way better than any other option we've got here.