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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]

That's generous.

[faceofthe4]

You think we'll get through this?

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[cmdreffingshepard]

Whatever this is, it's bad. If we get through it, it'll be well deserved.

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[andaway]

Last time someone got a hold of my cells they made clones out of me. Some didn't work out, others did.

The point is: No, thank you.

[subject223]

I know we will. After everything we've been through, a sick turtle and some missing powers aren't going to stop us.

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack shrugs and hangs up. ]

aaah back from hiatus, sorry for the wait!!

[cons]

-- Who's Clyde?

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[faceofthe4]

That's uncomfortable. Did they have the same karate chop action?

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[faceofthe4]

[And back to work.]

I'll let you know if I find anything worthwhile.

welcome back; no worries!

[faceofthe4]

The turtle.

[faceofthe4]

Thanks.

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[trainwrecked]

It's the best bet we've got.

Hey, maybe you'll get lucky and he'll show up to tell you, one way or the other.

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[andaway]

Well, no. Most of them died. And the one that didn't took a little longer than I did to develop certain other powers.

[cons]

Is that.. his real name, or is that the name you gave him?

[faceofthe4]

It's the best name he has. That's what's important.

[cons]

Clyde? That's the best you've got?

[ pretending to be more invested in this just to avoid talking about how superheroes aren't so super right now? yes. ]

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[faceofthe4]

Maybe.

Let me know if you find anything, Bucky.

[faceofthe4]

You could do better?

[He'll take that distraction.]

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[faceofthe4]

You have any weaknesses we should know about, in case it happens again?

[cons]

Well, I mean, I hardly know him. Haven't even introduced myself. It'd be tough to give a nickname to a guy I've never met.

But yeah, I can.

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[faceofthe4]

I don't know where you're from, but you don't really "meet" turtles.

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[refusing]

Don't worry, doubt I'd be able to forget it, even if I tried. [A pause.] I'm Rose, by the way. Rose Tyler.

[cons]

Um. [ ??!-face, all very exaggerated ] Would you give a name to a dog you've never met?

[faceofthe4]

If I spent weeks riding around on his back first? Sure. Think of him as more of an airline.

[cons]

That's just rude.

I heard the turtle has feelings. What if he can hear all this? Now he's going to be upset.