Push it to the Limit ((open))

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:00 pm

Nailah is in the Danger Room, wearing her full hero outfit. She's loaded up what's essentially three tennis ball throwers some distance away from her. Facing away from them she takes a couple deep breaths.

"Start program. Ten minutes to start." The computer dings in response and only a couple seconds later the first tennis-ball fires. Nailah tilts her body to the side and dodges it. What follows is a series of balls fired at seemingly random intervals from one of the machines as she ducks and weaves out of the way. After about three minutes of this the computer seems to start trying to fake her out, shooting two balls in rapid succession, making the firing sound without actually firing, then following it up with one launched in complete silence. She takes a couple hits, most of them just grazing, but soon the program seems to have narrowed in even more, catching her in the middle of a breath or when her footing shifts a little and she doesn't have the right traction to move fast enough. And soon the room has dialed in on the way she moves and balls are being fired to where she's going to be, at which point she starts taking hits at a steady pace, which only puts her off her game more, followed by being hit by more shots. The last minute or so has her basically just dodging from one hit into the next, wincing and stumbling until the program concludes with a merciful ding.

"Restart the program in five to ten minutes, random timing."

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by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:34 am

At some interval far less than five minutes, several tennis balls strewn on the floor around her started vibrating then slowly rising into the air, swirling around Nailah from some distance away as the lights began to dim. The Jaws theme began blasting over the speakers shortly thereafter.

Meanwhile Haley giggled from the control room.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:17 pm

Nailah narrows her eyes suspiciously at the orbiting tennis-balls, then seems to realize what must be happening.

"Ha ha, very funny." she chuckles. "Who is this? Will? Janice?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:18 pm

Haley cackled into the mic as she tapped a few buttons and the balls started to swoop towards Nailah menacingly (but generally nowhere close to actually hitting her).

“Guessssss againnnnnn,”

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:03 pm

"Of course." she chuckles, rubbing her sore shoulder. "How's it going Haley?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:08 pm

“I miss you, bitch!” Haley giggled, “Can I come help?”

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:00 am

"Language!" Nailah laughs. "And sure, I'm just trying something very particular, I guess. S'not really working yet, I don't think."

by **Haley Crusek** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:15 am

Haley bounded out of the control room and into the DR proper. “Whatcha workin’ on? I bet I can help.”

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:20 pm

"So... I kinda got my butt kicked and it was cause it felt like I couldn't keep up predicting their next move. It was like I couldn't adapt fast enough or something."

by **Haley Crusek** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:29 am

"I have a hard time picturing you getting your butt kicked at all to be honest. You're kind of a badass." she offered. "But if you want me to experiment with you to see if we can figure stuff out, we totally can."

After a beat, a sudden smirk cracked her face.

"Phrasing," she giggled.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:48 am

"Okay a, you can't set yourself up for a phrasing joke." Nailah snorts out a laugh. "And b, that's cause of my carefully curated image of being extremely dope."

"But seriously. I got spanked. It was like I saw what was going to happen but then the timing was all wrong. Like missing one step on the treadmill and suddenly you gotta hustle just to even begin to try and get back and I just couldn't do it fast enough to get ahead of it."

by **Haley Crusek** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:58 am

"Listen, a, I can do anything I damn well please, I am a single, strong, independent woman, and b, it's not just an image, you *are* badass," she chuckled.

"Was anything different about the fight where your powers were all screwy?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:26 am

"Wasn't really my power that was off. I guess it was kinda like fighting Domino?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:52 am

"You were fighting a shitty pizza place?" Haley asked confused.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:52 pm

"The mercenary, you goof. Black and white skin, does some kind of probability luck thing?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:49 am

“Oh. Right, her...” Haley replied, vaguely remembering reading about this woman. Or maybe it was in a lecture.

“So. Like. It felt like you were just having really really shitty luck?”

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:33 pm

"Kinda, but more like... Ooh! Like when you drop your phone and you try to grab it? But you just end up slapping it across the room. You did the right thing, but it was at the wrong time?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:48 am

"I have broken, literally, six phones that way. Three before my TK were still usable after the slap. The three after my TK were sorta. Uh, not recognizable as phones anymore." Haley explained.

"But yeah. I get that feeling. So what's your theory on why it happened?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:21 pm

"Musta been her power. Maybe better precognition or super-speed or some probability thing or something. Been trying to recreate the feel of fighting her, but it's hard if you don't know for sure what it is, so I've just been trying to get faster at my own split-second predictions."

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:31 pm

“Well, how can I help? I’ve been a shitty partner lately, so I want to see what I can do to fix that,”

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:06 pm

"With the training or with the crazy villain?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:23 pm

“Yes.” she smirked.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:12 pm

"Alright! Well, first I think we need some more intel, cause while this whole setup was rough it didn't really feel the same. How do you figure out what someone's power actually does?"

by **Zandra Rogers** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:18 pm

A new voice came in from the DR control room.

"Well, that's what the new Power Testing Lab is for, right? Push you to your limits so you can find them and break through and all that?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:31 pm

Nailah tilts her head slightly at the new voice.

"Not my power. Somebody else's. Who isn't gonna sit through a... hmm... Hey, control-room-lady, do you have, like, test sheets and protocols or what have you for that Power Testing? I wanna... be prepared and all."

by **Zandra Rogers** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:45 am

"You mean you wanna cheat, right?" the voice laughed.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:15 pm

"What? No, I wanna see what kinda stuff you do to figure this kinda thing out. I'm gonna ace the test." she adds dismissively.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:36 pm

“She’s a badass. She totally will!” she shouted.

"Who the fuck is that?" she asked her friend telepathically.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:59 pm

"Not a clue..."

by **Zandra Rogers** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:12 pm

"Well, you're a precog, right? It'll probably be a bunch of choosing the correct door and stuff like that. Or dodging things without visual clues. Oh, and you'll probably have to, like, fly through some rings or something? People seem to like flying through rings on these things."

It's clear Zandra doesn't actually know what's on everyone's individual tests.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:23 pm

"Right, yeah, makes sense but isn't there some kinda way to figure out what someone's mutation is? If I... say, have a friend who doesn't entirely know what their power is. How would you determine it? You know, hypothetically."

by **Zandra Rogers** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:25 pm

"Alright, uh, has your 'friend' shown any signs of mutation? Anything obvious and visual?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:09 pm

"No, I don't think so. She just got very... methodical? Moving like... clockwork! Not, like, mechanical but that's what it was! Like everything's in a perfect rhythm. Ooh that's why she's got the marching band uniform!" Nailah slaps her forehead with sudden realization and kind of forgetting her cover story for a moment.

"Uhm... I mean, she likes to wear it a lot now." she adds with an awkward grin.

by **Zandra Rogers** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:28 pm

"This sounds like something you want to bring in to the faculty, yeah? Dr. Lippencott probably can hook your, uh, friend up with some tests to find out just what's going on. Because otherwise, it sounds like you're just talking about a Drumline fan."

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:40 pm

"I'm, like, super not used to there being things we have to bring to the faculty here...the fuck is with these new teachers?" she looked over at her friend.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:41 pm

"Hrm, alright. I'll look into that."

"I think she's one of the prefects? But probably best not to actually go bug the headmaster about this."

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:23 pm

"Oh hell no. We can totally handle this ourselves."

by **Zandra Rogers** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:02 am

Nailah Weaver wrote:"Hrm, alright. I'll look into that."

"In the mean time, you two want to go doubles?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:46 pm

"That a challenge?" Nailah grins.

by **Zandra Rogers** » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:59 pm

"I mean, zuh, it's obviously a challenge."

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