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Matt had exited as quickly as he had attended the brutality.

He stalked the halls quickly, moving to the Sensoriums, the only place in the world that would be safe from his wrath.

Locking the door, or so he thought, he strode into the room as it changed from stark white to a city.

Perfect.

"PERFECT SHI SHI HOKODAN!

The cityscape lit up with a giant dark blue mushroom cloud.

When it settled, Matt stood there, icy cold winds boiling off his body as he fired another depression wave into the city. And another. And another.

Blast after blast rocketed through the sky and slammed through buildings. Simulated people were vaporized instantly.

And holding up his hands to the sky, a enormous energy ball formed and rocketed upwards.

Roaring Lion Bullet. A attack filled on depression.

Well, Matt certainly had enough heavy chi to do this right now.

The ball came down, bathing the ruined landscape in a mushroom cloud.

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[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Surprised me too," said Matt. "It was near the end of the Book incident. We all got pulled into the nearly-completed book and Cedric fought to protect us, and Orube who he fell in love with."

He grinned at that, a little mirthlessly but amused. "Sometimes love is all powerful."

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"And sometimes love can be a little gross..." Irma said, remembering that in her world, Cedric was in love with Miranda, a shapeshifter who's usual forms were a spider and a young girl.

"But, I don't blame you there... sometimes it can do strange things..."

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"Yeah it really can," admitted Matt as he pulled his knees up with a sigh.

A long pause followed and Matt said, "Irma? Is it bad that... no, never mind."

He rest his arms on his legs. If anyone could tell him it was Irma or Hay Lin but... but how was he going to say anything that didn't make it sound like he was feeling swayed from his relationship with Will?

"Irma..." said Matt slowly. "When's the last time you saw Will? I mean, from the de-GlaDoSing."

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"That's... a good question..." Irma said, worrying. "I haven't seen her in awhile. I'm kinda worried myself... but, she's here, she's okay. She has to be!"

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"I know," said Matt, burying his face in his hands. "I worry night and day where she is. But all I get the feeling is that if GlaDoS did take her again, she wouldn't be in our minds but our hearts."

He groaned into his hands and ran them down his cheeks. "Irma... don't tell Hay Lin but..."

He bit his lip. "I think I may have feelings for someone else. ... other than Will. I'm sorry I shouldn't be talking about this in times of stress but... god."

And he buried his face in his hands. "How is my life so screwed up right now?"

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

The sound you just heard?

Is Irma's jaw hitting the ground in shock.

Matt? Falling for someone other than Will? Now, granted it's probably stress or something but...

Excuse her, Matt, let her brain start back up.

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With the metaphoric porcelain shattering noise, Matt groaned as he fell over, dragging his hands down his face. "It sounds crazy I know," he said, picking up a shattered piece of glass as it transformed into candy glass and he bit into it with a crunching noise of solid sugar.

"The thing is," he said in between bites of candied masonry and building supplies, "Remember when Will was gone for like 6 months? I found myself inadvertently getting close to Katara. we were just friends but something changed recently."

CRUNCH. Matt bit into candied brick. "My life's pretty screwed up huh?"

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"So screwed up you're eating pieces of building." Irma pointed out, her brain finally restarted. "I guess I could relate to that. I mean, look at me - Hay Lin shows up, disappears after a long while, comes back after my brush with death and here I am, admitting how much I care about her and..."

She stopped.

"...ah, yeaaaah..."

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"You too huh?" said Matt as he chuckled as he let the crumbled sugar fall from his fingertips. "Irma, are we destined to be just crazy in love or just crazy?"

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"Either which way? We're crazy, no matter what." Irma said, grinning.

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"Ain't that the truth?" piped up a voice from behind Irma, excitement shown in her eyes but confusion written across her face.

Yes, Hay Lin had seen the light show and raced to see what was the what - for a change, Irma had beaten her to the punch.

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"Hey Hay Lin," greeted Matt as he looked up. "Come to cheer us up?"

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

Irma, however, kinda tensed at Hay Lin's arrival. She didn't expect Hay Lin to show up... and knowing her luck, Hay Lin probably heard what she had said.

"N-Nice timing...!" Irma said, grinning sheepishly.

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She indeed had, hence the look of confusion becoming a sheepish one of her own as Hay Lin resisted the urge to reach up and rub Irma's shoulders.

"...Kinda my style! And, came to see what was with the light show Matt - your doing?"

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"Yeah. I saw something that really drove me insane, so I destroyed a city."

If to punctuate the statement, a big chunk of masonry fell to the ground beside them. "Yeah." said Matt. "at least I can't do that with that ability."

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"Makes me glad that I don't wanna go that far with myself..." Irma said, blinking at that. Losing her humanity once was bad enough. Twice and in THIS place?

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"Definitely..." Hay Lin wrapped both arms around Irma from behind, a look of concern truly evident on her face. "We don't have to worry about that...do we?" Her question was directed at Matt.

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"I doubt it," said Matt with a shake of his head. "The advanced powers will take some getting used to mind you, but they're more extensions of the true level of power you can accomplish without hitting a zenith point."

[magictrkswwater.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's good to know." Irma said, her hands moving up to touch Hay Lin's arms as they wrapped around her. "You know HOW long it'll take?"

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"...Only a purely hypothetical guess, but - I'd say we should've gotten pretty good at these advanced powers after 3-4 weeks of our getting them!" Hay Lin leaned forward into Irma's hands with her arms at that moment.

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Matt chuckled, both at Hay Lin's usual forwardness and Irma's reciprocation. It was about damn time really. Now if only he could convince myself lesbians were a good thing involving Will and Taranee.

"We'll get started on training up on the abilities. They shouldn't be too different, if a little awkward at first. I didn't give the full levels but then you'd be soaking each other or blowing me into the walls or something." added Matt.

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"Good idea..." Irma said, chuckling as she held on to Hay Lin. "Might end up doing something stupid, like... oh, I don't know... causing a major rainstorm and nearly killing each other?"

Irma paused at that. Why did that seem so familiar?

[guardian-haylin.livejournal.com]

"Not to mention cutting each other with sharp, gusts of wind that felt like blades?"

Hay Lin blinked herself while holding Irma close. That seemed pretty darn familiar to her, too.

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Matt tried not to think of the rather odd spectacle of deja vu. Why DID it seem familiar? Weeeeiiirrrdd.

Trying to not boggle, he cleared his throat as he waved his hand and changed the scenery from the slagged city to a normal back yard with a tree as he assumed thinkers position under the tree, his back to it. "I'm thinking we should at least give it a shot, see what kind of stuff you can create with the new additions of the Lamia."