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[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturday is sitting up in an infirmary cot, swaddled in bandages - including her throat.  The tablet is hovering in front of her, near her head, and her heavily bandaged hands are obscured in her lap.  She's focusing fiercely on whatever she's got there, and appears to be typing.

In a moment, the distorted voice of Alexa reads out what she's trying to say.  The speakers on the table are just good enough to hear it, though it sounds reverb-y and echoed.]

 Hey.  Just wanted to join the sickposting club.  It's really fucking boring here -

[The robotic way Alexa breaks 'fucking' into two distinct syllables briefly cracks her up]

 - and I can't talk or even use my hands that much.  Also Alexa keeps correcting my grammar.  Doctor says I am gonna heal up though, one hundred percent.  So, what did I miss?  And does anyone wanna come keep me company?

Comments

[walkingballpit]

Yeah. I am, and I have to honest - it’s kind of weird for me too. Because everyone doesn’t have powers in my world - there are planets where the entire species has superpowers like Braal, where everyone has powers... not everyone wants to be involved.

But I do. I don’t know if I always did - I wasn’t a big cape fan as a kid. I think it only really turned into the dream when I got powers. And yes, we have comic books. I don’t think I’m in any of them, not as Speedball. Some of them are based on the older heroes when they were younger, mostly the clean cut ones that no one has a problem with. But most of them sidestep reality and superheroes because like... you’re asking how it works and the truth is that sometimes it works better than others.

[ He pans his outstretched hand across an invisible title. ]

Serial purse snatcher caught by - The Masked Marvel!

[ And his hand drops. ]

The truth is it’s hard to find the small stuff like muggings. You have to be in the right place at the right time.

I don’t know if that’s the answer you’re looking for. “How does it work?” is kind of a big question.