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Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, Nighttime
Where: The clearing, now no longer a beach

[ The beach fades away, leaving everyone back in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of the clearing and their-- beloved?-- train. There are some new stars in the sky, twinkling in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple, senna terracotta, jasmine blue, and clover pink.

The sound of a giggle fills the air and leaves behind bubbles-- touching one will give the uncontrollable urge to hug the nearest person. They will persist throughout the night. ]

Comments

[time5kip]

Makes sense. They were based on technology, not any one's person own ability, were they?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Nods.] Slipspace technology. Same thing our ships use.

Most of our abilities are based on technology. If there's anything like natural superhero abilities, it's not a commonplace thing to happen. Genkins, Church, and....Caboose? Are the only ones who might not be a technology thing that I could give a specific example about.

[time5kip]

Considering how advanced the technology shown in your memories seems to be, that checks out. Doubt they'd have bothered to make advancements like that if people could do those things naturally.

Abilities like mine aren't common in my world either. My siblings and I are the only ones I know of.

[schrodingerscockroach]

At least do it naturally and have it be widespread. Competition is a hell of a motivator.

Really? So like, a sudden gene mutation, or was it an actual experiment?

[time5kip]

No experimentation, as far as I'm aware. Luther and I are from the same mother, but for all I know, that was the only case. There were 43 mothers across the world who gave birth simultaneously, despite not having been pregnant when the day had started.

My father got his hands on 7 of us. Everyone else, well. They probably died.

[schrodingerscockroach]

That is....certainly some weird other worldly powers at work there. That might actually be weirder than Tucker having an alien baby.

[time5kip]

No, a guy having an alien baby is still definitely weirder.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....yeah, does push it over a little bit that he's a guy. Alien should be hard enough, let alone whatever that did to his system to work.

But it is close. Mass spontaneous pregnancy is still really weird.

[time5kip]

Maybe it was aliens in our case too. It's as valid a theory as anything else.

[schrodingerscockroach]

True. Would explain the odd number of forty-three. Forty-four babies if you had a twin?

Not sure why the short incubation period though.

[time5kip]

Had a busy schedule. You know. [ making a gesture toward him ] They had to impregnate your friend as well. Aliens these days can't catch a break.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He snorts.] Keeping up the population of a new hybrid species is busy work.

[time5kip]

We should have said those with the intention of making a bond out of it. Wasted chance.

[schrodingerscockroach]

That's a simple fix.

How do you get an alien baby to sleep?

[time5kip]

Are we going full black humor for this or is it a normal answer? Because mine would involve bullets.

Especially considering some of the movies involving aliens I saw as a child.

Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

Eh, babies may not be so bad if the species is intelligent.

And the answer is you rocket.

[time5kip]

Nice one.

[ he's actually smiling ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Yes, winning.]

Thank you.

Can you teleport moving objects?

[time5kip]

Theoretically. Whether it's moving or not doesn't really matter, but my powers require a concentrated effort. I wouldn't be able to do it in time depending on the speed of the object itself. If a bulled is coming at me it'd be easier to just teleport myself away rather than switch it around.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Nods.] That's good to know. [Sometimes it's important to know if your teammate can dodge or deflect bullets.]

Switch it around? Like fire it back or...?

[time5kip]

When it comes to objects I don't just teleport them. I switch them around. Like this.

[ He's going to show it off again - switching around a pair of pants with a shirt ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Huh. Is that a limitation, or just more fun?

[Because one thing to another is cooler okay.]

[time5kip]

It's a limitation. "Teleportation" isn't correct - what I do is manipulate space and time. Well. Just space in this case, really.

I can move myself from one place to another, but when it comes to objects I can only replace them with another.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Objects need to be of similar mass, I take it?

[time5kip]

Not necessarily, but the more similar they are to each other, the easier it is. I probably wouldn't be able to switch around a car with a pen, but I can handle a certain degree of difference.