Second Vector * Action

[onewayroad]

[It's late afternoon, early evening, the sky's just started to get dark. A slender figure exits from the woods. He looks oddly solemn, if a little satisfied. As he approaches the sidewalked parts of campus, he pauses to survey the buildings. He taps a foot against the grassy earth beneath him; nothing special, just aimless tapping. He nods his head silently without looking down. Then he bends his knees and, with the swiftness of a spring-loaded catapult, jumps onto the roof of the nearest building in one fell swoop. There, he begins racing across the rooftops, springing upward or sprinting forward until he lands on the top of the tallest building. Distance and height are no obstacle. His speed is insane.

So if you're outside this evening, you just might spot a blur of a figure running from rooftop to rooftop until he finally leaps from the tallest building. At the last second he lands easier than a leaf that floats its way onto the ground. He straightens, brushes his hands together, and heads for the nearest vending machine.]

Need a drink. And after that, it's time to check the perimeters of this place. Just how large it is.

Comments

[onewayroad]

[The guy's landing looks completely unnatural. Most people who'd survive a jump from that height still need to deal with absorbing the shock of landing on the ground and coming to a stop. He doesn't. There's hardly a sound and his knees barely need to bend before he straightens completely.

He happens to glance aside just in time to see someone staring at him. He stares right back, unimpressed.]

. . . Did you want something?

[Hand on hip and shifts his weight. That stance screams confrontational, as if daring the other student to say a single thing.]

[tsunball]

[ See, Leon is a coward. But at the same time he's too dumb to not snap back when he's being confronted like this, so his confusion quickly turns into a frown instead, as if his anger takes priority. ]

Y.. yeah, of course I do! What the hell was that just now supposed to be?!

[onewayroad]

[His tone remains perfectly even and matter of fact, as if stating the obvious.]

Exactly what it looked like. Everything's back to normal now.

[tsunball]

Don't just pretend it was nothing! [ Seriously, what's up with all the weird people around here? First that flying guy who said he was some sort of alien, now this person.. is this some sort of afterlife for weirdos only?! ]

Nobody can do that kind of shit!

[onewayroad]

[eyeroll]

Yes they can. Psychic powers were scientifically proven years ago, dumbass. You must have lived under a rock or something to not know about it.

[Guess who doesn't know about the multiple worlds thing? This guy.]

[tsunball]

Whaaaat?! Who's the retarded one here, you're the one talking about something that never happened! [ Leon is the same, really. Which makes this an awful kind of misunderstanding, especially since he wouldn't easily realise.. ]

If something that big happened, I'd know about it for sure! I watch TV all the time, man!

[onewayroad]

It's been common knowledge since before I was born. You must not watch the right shows. After all, most of what's on TV is just stupid crap.

[tsunball]

Dude, if you weren't making all of this up, then I'd know! It's not like they'd keep that very secret!

[ Maybe everyone is just really crazy here. Only logical conclusion at this point. ]

[onewayroad]

[lets out a scoff]

It isn't secret. Only the method to giving people abilities is. Guess you just suck at being observant.

[tsunball]

Who says you aren't just making shit up?!

[ But how does that explain the jump then, Leon.. ]

[onewayroad]

Everyone should know that Academy City's known for two things: scientific technology and psychic power development. It's not my fault you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Try again.

[tsunball]

[ .. Academy.. City..? What kind of place is that supposed to be, he's never heard of that before either! Shit, but if he says it, then this guy might think he really is stupid, right?! Ugh, this whole situation just sucks.. ]

They would've talked about that stuff in Hope's Academy too if it was really that important! I mean, shit, we would've had a Super High School Level ESPer in the school if there really were people who could do that!

[onewayroad]

Unless that person was one of those rumored super rare Gemstones, not likely.

Now it's obvious you already saw what I was capable of. Do you plan to continue claiming it's not possible, or do I need to demonstrate again? It'd be such a pain, but not difficult in the slightest.

[tsunball]

M.. maybe I was hallucinating! Or dreaming! [ Then again, isn't that what he thought about the last guy too? And that one turned out to be real in the end.. ]

Just show it again if you really want to prove it..!

[onewayroad]

[taps lightly on the ground. Cracks in the pavement immediately spiderweb around the both of them]

There. I doubt you can claim that was a hallucination or a dream, dumbass.

[tsunball]

[ He jumps back a little at it, but it's mostly out of surprise more than any conscious reaction, staring at it with wide eyes. No way, no way.. something like this can't be real, can it?! Not even in some afterlife, this is way too strange..!! ]

S.. so are there more people who can do that in this place?!

[onewayroad]

[Sighs. typical reaction from someone unused to seeing powers at work.]

Possibly. I don't make a point of getting to know others.

[tsunball]

[ And so Leon arrives at a very elegant and eleoquent conclusion: ]

This place is just fucking nuts!

[onewayroad]

You must have lived a very sheltered life.

[Accelerator, you are not one to talk here.]

[tsunball]

Not at all, man! I was super popular at school [ that's.. sort of a lie.. ] and even way outside that! [ the same. ]

There's no way in hell you can call me sheltered!

[onewayroad]

Popularity and shelteredness aren't mutually exclusive.

[eyeroll]

In fact, frequently they go hand in hand.

[tsunball]

How the hell does that work?!

[onewayroad]

Because being popular doesn't make you worldly. You can be the big shot of the fish tank you were born and still know jack shit about everywhere else.