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]

[arms crossed, he waits. and waits. and WAITS. Jesus fucking Christ, woman. Eventually he clears his throat. Was that obvious enough?]

[tenminutes]

[ She glances back at him, then presses the first button.

Then the second.

The third.

Yes, she's going to press all of them and just take one of each drink. ]

[onewayroad]

[Just gives her a Look and drums his fingers, forcing himself to be patient. Is she done yet? And for that record, can she even carry all those drinks?]

[tenminutes]

[ She can sure as hell try. Which she is, right now. Balancing these suckers is difficult!! ]

[onewayroad]

[Welp, don't mind if he walks closer and, in passing, taps a spot of sidewalk near her with his foot. The action results in making a few cracks spread out under his shoe to form near and under her from the sheer force. While she ponders that and scrambles to handle all her drinks, he's going to go straight for the canned coffee]

[tenminutes]

[ When that happens, she promptly drops almost all of her drinks.

Somehow or another, she's planning on blaming Accelerator whether it was his fault or not.

Which naturally means, she's going to throw one of the cans she's still got at his head. ]

[onewayroad]

[it almost hits him. just as the impact is about to occur, however, transparent ripples appear and the can forcibly reverses direction at double the velocity. try not to get hit by it.

meanwhile, he retrieves his can from the machine's slot at the bottom]

I suppose I can't blame you for thinking that would work. Try not to do it again. You're annoying, but not that annoying.

[tenminutes]

How did you do that?

[onewayroad]

[He turns around with his drink in hand and pops the tab, all while looking at her with a neutral expression.]

My powers. They came back.

[tenminutes]

First a flying guy and now this...

[onewayroad]

[Sips at his drink]

Did his ability come back recently?

[tenminutes]

Yeah, it did.

[onewayroad]

Did he show up around when I did?

[tenminutes]

A little after. Probably about a couple of days.

[onewayroad]

[sips at his drink some more, thinking. After finishing the can he crushes it and tosses the lump of warped aluminum toward the recycling bin near the machine.]

Too many unknown variables to make definitive statements on what it takes, just that regaining powers isn't impossible.

[tenminutes]

What about gaining new ones?

[onewayroad]

Here? Haven't heard shit. If you're so interested, maybe you should poll everyone just to find out.

[tenminutes]

[ It looks like Yuri's thinking about something seriously for a moment. ]

I won't poll everyone but I'm going to follow up on that.

[onewayroad]

Do what you want.

[While he's still here he's going to go for another canned drink]