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[faceofthe4]

[Johnny's sitting awkwardly in front of the console in his suite.]

Why is no one freaking out about this? From the sounds of it, all of our powers are gone. Just like that. [He snaps. No flame appears. He throws his hands up in frustration.]

Seriously. There should be alarms going off. People should be taking blood samples and looking at ours cells. Someone should be creating some sort of system to track different.. I don't know.. thermal.. geo.. radio... something. Is it a sun spot? Aliens? We have no idea, because we're all sitting around trying.

Something's coming. Great. That might be the cause, but if it's not? We should probably figure this whole no-powers thing out before it gets here.

[He looks down at his hand and shakes it, as one might shake a Nintendo controller when the game glitches. He stops shaking it. Nothing happens.]

Oh COME ON!

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[faceofthe4]

Energy tracking? Have you asked Stark about using his lab?

[faceofthe4]

What makes it different now?

[backinakidflash]

It's more than just the speedsters.

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[definingfuture]

I'm borrowing his lab. But, no, I haven't asked.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

Last time I was pretty close to dying. [He's really hoping it doesn't get that bad now.] I ache all over, my throat feels like I tried to drink sand, and I can barely move my right arm...so I've been better.

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[faceofthe4]

Close enough.

I'll meet you there later. We can try to figure something out.

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[zerotoawesome]

So you're like... The third fifth person that can do that.

[What he's trying to say is that your power isn't as awesomely original as his. Thing doesn't count.]

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[definingfuture]

Sounds like a plan to me. I don't suppose you know how to magically jump start a turtle?

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[the_other_eight]

Ask for Bruce Banner.

[voice]

[faceofthe4]

Already have.

Thanks, Pepper.

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[stagethreeclinger]

Ooor maybe it's just a good time to pick up a new skillset?

[ innocent face hurr :O This is the thing he finds so funny about powered heroes - once said power is gone or doesn't work, seems like they start flipping their shit and forget they're capable of other things. said in a mostly joking manner, though.

:T mostly. ]

[subject223]

[ He’s quiet for a second, taking that in. So not the Johnny of his world then, he realizes. That one would know him. ]

My apologies. In my world, the Fantastic Four, the Future Foundation, works closely with the Avengers. I mistook you for the Johnny Storm I know.

My name is Steve Rogers. Where I'm from, I'm the leader of the Avengers.

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[traumatizing]

That's fair, but it's also an avenue worth exploring that already has a degree of proof to it. We already know that Tu Vishan is what's sustaining us on this world and when we're away from it our powers stop working.

Given that his illness is terminal, it's not a leap to think that it's probably a factor - if not the reason - in what's happening right now.

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[cmdreffingshepard]

It's not that simple. [Shepard frowns a little, rubbing the bridge of her nose.]

We all have different sources for the things we can do. It's weird that we've all lost them at once, yeah, but without our abilities, it'll probably take us a good long time to find a common source of the problem. I've seen people here who are humans and claim their powers come from genetic mutations - people who say they simply do magic - people who say they're aliens and it's just part of their alien biology. Some people who just use tech. All of them are going screwy. So what's up? Do you have any theories?

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[faceofthe4]

Can you still eat and drink? Where are you?

[faceofthe4]

You're not the first to think that, Steve. Apparently the other Johnny is a lot more popular than I am.

[He sighs the tiniest amount at that, trying to sound more chipper about the whole his-other-self-is-more-popular thing than he actually is.]

So who are the Avengers?

[faceofthe4]

So it's everyone, as far as I can tell. People born with it, radiation, mutations. That has to mean something.

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[faceofthe4]

The first and the only, where I'm from, and I've only met a couple here who can do the same. Unlike you, right? Who's an ugly version of Ben.

video; You have a thread in Johnny's open log if you want it! C:

[faceofthe4]

A lot of electricity?

That's not really my specialty.

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[faceofthe4]

How far away do you have to go for your powers to stop working?

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[faceofthe4]

Maybe. I think someone from space might be stopping us.

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[faceofthe4]

What do you suggest?

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[alpha_squad_leader]

I haven't tried eating but I've gotten water down. I'm in my apartment.

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[cmdreffingshepard]

What's your evidence for this? [She's taking him seriously - for now. And "evidence" to her can cover quite a bit - right down to "I had a vision", so.]

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[zerotoawesome]

Please. Grimm only wishes he was awesome and sexy as I am.