Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:40 am"Better to rip off the bandaid, I say."
"Maybe..." he said noncommittally.
"So did your powers have anything to do with the chandelier thing?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:40 amRe: Practical Applications
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:15 pmRe: Practical Applications
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:15 pm"No, that's just training. I don't really have powers, per se."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:23 am"Per se?"
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:51 am"It means 'by or in itself'."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:58 am"No, I mean why per se?"
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:57 am"Because what they say my 'mutation' is, isn't.
They say that I train better. That my body adapts to things quicker, and internalizes new motions and things of that nature faster.
That's nonsense. I train hard, and I'm dedicated, and I get good results."
They say that I train better. That my body adapts to things quicker, and internalizes new motions and things of that nature faster.
That's nonsense. I train hard, and I'm dedicated, and I get good results."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:02 pm"How can you be sure?"
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 7:13 pm"Because I've been training since I was three years old. That's my life. No scientist can tell me it's anything but my hard work and effort that has gotten me this far. I didn't...win some genetic lottery."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:41 pm"Alright," he said, "Sorry. Didn't mean to upset you or anything."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:09 am"It's just...
I won my damn medals and trophies. I did. Fair and square. I did not cheat."
I won my damn medals and trophies. I did. Fair and square. I did not cheat."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 4:13 pm"Training easier doesn't sound much like cheating to me even if it's true. There's no superhuman ability there."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:39 am"Tell that to the people who stripped my medals."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:15 pm"Even your childhood ones?"
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:20 pm"All the competitions. I'm persona non grata."
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:46 pm"That's completely unfair," he agreed with some sympathetic anger.
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:56 pm"That's what I'm saying. But no, apparently, I was cheating."
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:47 pm"What sport are we talking about anyway?"
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 1:23 am"Judo."
"Well, primarily Judo," Carlos qualified. "A handful of other ones."
"Well, primarily Judo," Carlos qualified. "A handful of other ones."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:00 am"Ahh. I should have guessed martial arts from how you were moving up there."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:10 am"Yeah. It's my life.
Or was, anyway."
Or was, anyway."
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:43 pm"Martial arts aren't all about competition though are they? Here you can use those same skills to help people. That's what I plan on doing."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:37 pm"There are very few problems that can be really solved with a spin-kick to the face."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:16 am"Lucky for us this place has teams that deal with some of those problems," he said with a small smirk.
"Not that I actually want to hurt anyone," he qualified.
"Not that I actually want to hurt anyone," he qualified.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:11 am"That's kind of what you're proposing, with martial arts and the teams."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:43 pmWhat Carlos said did give him pause, but merely hurting one person to save another was different... right?
"I... just want to stop innocent people from getting hurt."
"I... just want to stop innocent people from getting hurt."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:49 am"That can be difficult to judge. I hate all this uncertainty."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:55 pm"Uncertainty about it just means you're sane."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:26 pm"Philosophical, but not helpful."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:07 pm"I don't know you, but if you ask me the fact that you question what the right thing is already makes you a better judge than most."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:17 pm"Maybe that's why the algorithm chose me."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:48 pm"Could be," he answered.
"I'm Chase, by the way."
"I'm Chase, by the way."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:28 pm"Carlos."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:09 am"Nice to meet someone else who can easily swing from chandeliers," he smirked.
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:01 am"Is that your thing, then?"
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:14 pm"Enhanced agility, dexterity, and coordination. So I would definitely have an unfair advantage in athletic competitions."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:25 pm"See, at least you have a clear definable advantage."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:18 am"It certainly makes some things easier."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:33 am"See, if that's what I had, it would make sense to strip me of my awards."
Re: Practical Applications
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:52 pm"At least you know you're skilled. I have no clue where my aptitude ends and my mutation begins."