Damn Paperclip [Open]

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian glared at the paperclip. Or, rather, the charred shard of metal that used to be a paperclip, which was sitting on the floor of an otherwise empty sensorium.

He had tried to pick it up and move it, something that should be a simple task for a telekinetic like him, but his precision control was still shot to hell. He ended up using too much energy in too small a space, which resulted in an explosion.

For the fifth time in a row.

It was getting annoying. He used to have perfect control. Hell, he was on the verge of learning how to disassemble molecules. Now, thanks to Emma unleashing him into overdrive, he can move a mountain through sheer force of will, but can't pick up anything smaller than an SUV without exploding it.

He was getting better at it with practice, but it was slow and frustrating. But damn it all to hell if he was going to ask for help. He could do this on his own. He'd just have to try again.

Which he did, having the sensoriums make another paperclip for him. All he had to do was concentrate, focus, grab hold of it, lift it and then.... then shield his eyes from shrapnel as that one exploded too.

"Dammit..."

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hope you don't mind.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie pokes her head into the sensoriums, taking a look around. Alright. So it is like Sofia said. She doesn't feel any stranger, and her other senses are fine as well. But then she sees that there was already a person inside the sensoriums, she realizes that she is intruding.

"S-sorry! I didn't really know that it was already occupied! I'm sorry!"

Re: hope you don't mind.

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian initially cast an annoyed glance towards the intruder, but it relaxed some when he saw who it was.

"Oh. You."

This was actually the first time her saw her since...

"You want something?"

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie flushes in embarassment when she sees who it is. Oh goody.

"Uhm...no, no! I came in her thinking I could see how the sensoriums worked like Sofia told me, but I didn't know that somebody else - you - was in here already." She looks down at her feet, then back at Julian. "I kinda wanted to see how they worked..."

[telekinetic_badass]

He folded his arms and turned to face her.

He really wasn't sure how to react to her right now. He wasn't terribly fond of her, though Cessily held a grudge against her, which was rare for Cess. But Laurie was more or less background noise to him.

"It works just like the Danger Room," he stated, like it wasn't really that big of a deal.

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

"Oh!" Um... "O-OK. Thank you, Julian." She considers hightailing it out of there to give him some privacy (or space, or whatever else he wanted alone in the sensoriums) and from past interactions with Julian back home, there really wasn't any reason to press forward any questions or the like.

"Do you...do you want me to leave you alone?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate was mostly healed from her injuries. The skin was still sore from the burns, but doing much better. Same with her other injuries.

She was just going to do a light practice in the Sensoriums when she noticed who was already there.

Oh. HIM.

The pathetic jerk.

Still she couldn't help a smirk, and commented in a snarky tone, "Somebody's got performance issues."

[telekinetic_badass]

That got a snort from Julian. He didn't even bother to turn and face her.

"Not when it counts, Princess. Now do you want something? Or are you just there to stare at my ass? Not that I could blame you if you are."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Actually I was looking for some place to practice only to find the room overly crowded with some jerk's overblown ego."

[telekinetic_badass]

"Some sexy jerk's overblown ego," he corrected, looking over his shoulder to smirk at her.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"My boyfriend's far more bad ass and sexier than you could even hope to be," She countered, her arms folder in front of her.

[madeofwyn.livejournal.com]

Wyn peeks in the doorway of the Sensoriums, trying to determine if it's being used-- and hastily shuts the door as something explodes a few feet in front of her.

"... all right, what just exploded?" she asks, poking her head back in after a second.

[telekinetic_badass]

"A paperclip, Honey," he stated, an amused smirk on his lips. He hadn't meant to nearly explode her, but that was a funny reaction.

[madeofwyn.livejournal.com]

"How did you manage that?" Wyn asks, creating a pair of goggles from thin air as she steps into the Sensorium. She's not sure if it'll happen again-- although the debris on the floor seems to indicate that it will-- but she wants to be prepared.

[telekinetic_badass]

He snickered at the goggles.

"Applied too much energy," he stated casually.

[madeofwyn.livejournal.com]

Hey, Wyn is taking no chances. "You were at the lab safety lecture, which means you should be wearing them too." she says, pointing one end of the goggles (which were more like wraparound sunglasses with polycarbonate lenses than anything else) at Julian.

"... so how'd you apply too much energy to the paperclip? Last I checked, you couldn't do that with a forcefield."

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Fate really, really shouldn't have been walking around. She was still hurting pretty badly from the fight with the Ohm, and she needed a crutch to support herself... but at least she had a reason to be out of her room.

A certain someone had snuck out while she was asleep, and now she was looking for that person. She had already checked the Jedi Temple, so the Sensoriums seemed like the next logical place to go. She saw that it was in use, and decided to check it out...

"Oh, I'm sorry!" She said, upon realizing that the room's occupant was not the person she was looking for.

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian would have been incredulous at the intrusion, but as the old saying goes, 'never waste a blonde'. Or something like that. So instead he just shrugged it off. "It's no problem, sweetheart."

He regarded her for a moment, appraising her, and decided he needed a closer look. "But since you're here anyway," he said, giving her a charming smile, "why don't you stay and keep me company for a bit?"

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Julian. That charming smile has no effect on Fate. She did seem a little flustered at that suggestion, though, and this became obvious when she spoke up next.

"Ah... I-I'm sorry, but I'll have to decline. I'm actually looking for someone right now, and the longer I wait, the harder it'll be to find her..."

[telekinetic_badass]

"Aww, really?" He asked, seemingly disappointed, yet he decided to walk over to her. She was cute, flustered. "Who are you looking for, though? I might have seen them."

Hey, if there was anyone who knew where the other girls on this ship were, it would probably be him.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

"Nanoha Takamachi," She replied. "The head of the Magical Department. She has blue eyes, brown hair in a side ponytail, should have one of her arms in a sling..."

She should, but she might not. So incredibly stubborn, that girl is.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

"You having trouble with a teeny-tiny paperclip?"

Kon sounded incredibly amused.

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian looked mildly annoyed. Be happy you're you Kon, or else you'd be exploded!

Well, probably not. But still.

"Quiet, you."

[supertshirt.livejournal.com]

Kon walks over, as Stacy makes another paper clip appear, picks it up, and his hand glowing blue, bends it into a teeny little pretzel.

He hums to himself the whole time, showing off.

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian gave Kon an annoyed look, then glared at the paperclip... then he smirked as he focused his tk on it.

You might want to toss your pretzel-clip before it blows up your hand, Kon.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

Too late. Invulnerability is a great thing, though. Kon glares at Hellion and brushes metal pieces off his clothes.

"You, sir? Are dethpicable."