007: AMAs, Third Round

[tarnishedavenger]

So, we've got a load of new people, and that means it's time for me to do the only thing it feels like I get on these comms to do anymore: AMAs.

For you new people, I find it helps when we get together and explain a little bit about ourselves, any powers we have, and our skillsets. That way we know what we're starting with and what we can build off of. So, please, come and introduce yourselves and be willing to answer questions.

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[hallelujahjunction]

How do you mean, you ain't allowed to practice them?

[passifloraincarnata]

Well, everything was so upsetting when I first got here, I just didn't think about it at all. And then - [Setsuna hunches in on herself, some, eyes darting side to side for a minute, as she catches her breath and forces it steady.]

You must have arrived afterwards. That's probably good, it was an awful thing, anyway. I've been recovering from ... an attack, in the Rig hospital, for ... I guess it's been a few months, now. Rose Tattoo ... I had to have a few surgeries, and was ... they said I was comatose, for a while, and that they had to keep me that way for longer, for my safety. They said I was lucky ... [She trails off, looking very young, very small, and very haunted.] I almost permanently lost the use of my legs, I'm told.

[She smiles weakly, papering over the unhappiness she feels about Jorgmund doing more "operations" on her with an effort at sincere relief.] Good thing they've learned a few interesting ways to put the Stuff to some actually good use, huh?

I've been recovering with ... therapy, for a while, since then. But they wouldn't let me risk exerting myself till I'd met ... [A little shrug. A small, faintly embarrassed smile.] The requisite physical qualifications, just this week. So even if I'd wanted to dance, I wouldn't have been allowed to.

[hallelujahjunction]

Right. You were one of the kids who got attacked. I'm so sorry. [Dan was here for that, but new, orienting himself, not sure who or what was happening. Had he had his footing more, he likely would have tried to reach out to the people who were hospitalized.] I'm glad you've made a good recovery, and that you'll be able to dance again.

If I'm gonna teach you or Stacia anything on the pole, it won't be very dancerly. It'll just be climbing and holding yourself up in different ways and the like, and I don't want you to injure yourself if you ain't fully healed. If that still interests you, I might could teach you some fundamentals.

[passifloraincarnata]

Yeah, I'd like that. I think it could be fun!

[She pauses, then beams at him.] And ... thank you. I'm glad too.

[hallelujahjunction]

Alright. You, me, and Stacia, and we'll start by learning how to climb up and down and suspend our weight, then go from there. I'll hit y'all up on the inboxes when I figure out a time.

[Like hell is he teaching either of these girls even a basic fireman's climb one-on-one.]