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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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[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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[faceofthe4]

Well it's affecting everyone, so it doesn't make sense for it to be magic or radiation or something. Back on my world, before I came here, this guy arrived from space and he could completely cut off my powers like none of us had seen before. He changed my blood just by touching me. With the satellite crash here not that long ago and people talking about this kind of thing happening before in other cities?

I'm not saying it's the best idea, but it makes sense.

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[cmdreffingshepard]

It could be something connected with the satellite thing. Or those weird electrical ghosts that were running around for a while there. Maybe a delayed reaction to something in them?

Though, I wasn't possessed by one and my powers are just as affected. Maybe it's some kind of emission?

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[faceofthe4]

Have we accounted for all of the satellite? Maybe we missed something and it's still active.

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[cmdreffingshepard]

I don't know about that. I guess I assumed when those... things disappeared, that was the end of it.

Would we have any means of tracking something like that?

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[faceofthe4]

[He frowns.]

Maybe? Probably not. What do you suggest?

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[cmdreffingshepard]

With all my tech on the fritz, I wouldn't know where to start.

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[faceofthe4]

Are you a scientist?

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[cmdreffingshepard]

Just a soldier.

Though I know a couple of people back home who'd probably enjoy this little challenge a lot.

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[faceofthe4]

You and me both. When this whole mess is over, I'll buy you a drink and we can swap stories.

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[cmdreffingshepard]

If we get this figured out, I'll buy everyone involved a round of drinks.

Even if it breaks the bank.

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[faceofthe4]

That's generous.

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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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[faceofthe4]

[And back to work.]

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