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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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[andaway]

I have a friend that knows every one of them and even some I don't know about. If something happened to me or any of my clones and turned us evil- don't worry, he'd be there to stop us.

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[trainwrecked]

Will do! You, too?

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[stagethreeclinger]

Most people with that much muscle can do fine in a bar fight. Just do what the superheroes that don't actually have powers do. Be awesome.

[faceofthe4]

You're right. I should apologize.

[Johnny turns to look away from the screen and yells:] I'M SORRY, CLYDE.

[This his attention's forward again.]

Feel better?

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[faceofthe4]

Johnny Storm.

It's nice to meet you, Rose, and it'll be even better in person.

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[faceofthe4]

Yeah, of course. Thanks.

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[faceofthe4]

Oh, I'm always awesome, but I don't really think that's going to help save the turtle.

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[faceofthe4]

No offense, but I'm glad to hear it.

[cons]

Hey, I feel fine- it's Clyde you need to be concerned about.

Although I'm actually starting to like the name Clyde, I think. Hm.

[faceofthe4]

See? It grows on you.

Like me. You think I'm annoying at first, but then, suddenly, you just can't wait to go to dinner with me.

[cons]

[ snort ]

Is that right?

[faceofthe4]

You don't feel that sexual tension?

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[andaway]

None taken, I'm glad as well. My point is we should be more careful about what we do with our blood, cells and other samples. We never know who can get their hands on them.

[cons]

I-

[ squint, deliberate pause ]

I can't tell if you're joking or not..

[faceofthe4]

Not about us having dinner.

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[faceofthe4]

Yeah, but we have to trust the people here. We're all in this together and if everyone's busy trying to cover their own ass, no one's going to get anywhere.

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[stagethreeclinger]

Awesomeness is not something you can achieve my state of mind alone, young Padawan. Can you handle any other weapons outside of a gun? Have any useful hobbies? Any large field of knowledge?

[cons]

Do people do that here? I would've thought with the whole rationing thing, there wouldn't be any dinner dates going on.

[ just stalling here ]

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[trainwrecked]

No problem.

[And, if after a moment's hover, there's nothing more, he'll disconnect.]

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[andaway]

I guess you're right on that front, but I'd still leave the samples for the very last minute.

[faceofthe4]

When you want it that badly, you make it work.

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[faceofthe4]

Different kinds of guns and missiles, sure. I was a pilot, too, and can fly and drive all kinds of aircrafts and some land vehicles. I ride motorcycles, rock climb, snowboard, and pretty much anything else that can get the blood pumping. I like going fast and I have great reflexes.

[Why does this feel like an online dating service.]

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[faceofthe4]

You leave yours. I'll give mine. If the people here are half as good as they seem to think they are, taking me out wouldn't be a problem.

[cons]

I'm guessing you mean 'you' in the general sense, yeah?

[faceofthe4]

Sure thing.