AKIRA

[voidbreaker]

awww shit here they go again

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[voidbreaker]

[ he just. wanders back to look at the display case for those yo-yos and... ]

"Screaming yo-yo".

... Okay, but... why?

[survivaltricks]

[he has no idea, but]

[he's cracking up now]

[voidbreaker]

[ .....


he picks up the rest of them and drops them.




they all shriek at akira ]

[survivaltricks]

[-- LAUGHTER TURNS INTO YELLING]

HEY CUT THAT OUT!!

[voidbreaker]

[
















he lets the yo-yos fly back up, and catches them. ]

[survivaltricks]

[oh my god]

[SHOVES AT ASH'S SHOULDER]

[enjoy that static electricity shock, buddy]

[voidbreaker]

[ ow??? wow hey??? ]

Ow?

[ terrible way to treat your date, akira. ]

[survivaltricks]

[says Ash who just dumped a ton of screaming yo-yos at him??]

Payback.

[points at eyes, points at Ash]

[voidbreaker]

[ that was funny, static shock is rude and sad. ]

Ugh, is that part of whatever weird shit's going on with us this week?

[ r u d e ]

[survivaltricks]

Probably.

[a light laugh]

Fortunately it doesn't happen every time I touch someone. Just. . . sometimes.

[voidbreaker]

Specifically that time, huh?

[ he's onto you, akira. ]

[survivaltricks]

[spreads his hands in front of him and just shrugs innocently]

[voidbreaker]

[ he just

pushes his shoulder.

ash's hands might feel on the warmer side. they probably did earlier too i just have a sieve for a brain. it's fine. ]

[survivaltricks]

[IT'S FINE. rocks back with the shove, noting the warmth but not commenting. he just seems amused]

So where should we go next?

[voidbreaker]

[ he's distracted for a moment by what genuinely looks like a pile of fluffballs with eyes, making little squeaking sounds, before he glances back to akira. ]

Might as well wander down the row of shops, yeah?

[survivaltricks]

Mmm. Might as well.

[to the shop exist they go! what is the next, the pink cafe?]

[voidbreaker]

[ who knows what the layout of hogsmeade is so.... yeah. i'ma say it is. ]

At least retracing our steps'll be easier.

[survivaltricks]

[a hum]

At least there's that.

[anyway. and then a thoughtful pause as they walk towards the pink cafe]

[. . .]

Hey, Ash--

[he looks like he wants to say something]

[voidbreaker]

[ it's all still so quaint. this whole place is so much. ]

Yeah?

[ say your words akira. ]

[survivaltricks]

. . .

[a tiny huff]

It's a new week, so it should be safe. . .

[what is he mumbling about]

[anyway--]

My power is to nullify the effects any power or this camp might have on a person for up to twenty-four hours.

[voidbreaker]

[ hm. ]

No healing kisses then? Maybe it really is carrot-top with that kind of power after all?

[ still he nudges akira — it’s not gentle but it’s nowhere near the sort of power he could or would normally use ]

[survivaltricks]

Hah.

[he seems amused]

Yeah, maybe. But I'm the one who shielded Dick on Thursday night and Friday until eleven.

[a beat]

By the way, thanks to SOME PEOPLE-- [he coughs] I had to make sure I or the people close to me wouldn't get punished after it came up at trial.

. . . fortunately, so long as nobody confirms it, it seems fine to speculate on powers. Even if the speculation is correct.

[voidbreaker]

Ah, so that was the delay.

[ he tilts his head ]

Does Chatterbox know your powers? I normally assume if Lili knows something he does too, unless you specified she keep it to herself.

[ in that case, he might as well ask: ] Whose powers do you know now? I don’t think telling people who without revealing what’ll count, right?

[survivaltricks]

Thaaaat was the delay.

[. . . MAKING A FACE when Kara comes up]

And he doesn't, though Lili has encouraged me to share it with him. Lili definitely knows, but she's covering for me right now. I don't know how many people genuinely know or believe the power is mine, but nobody has asked me about it so far. And if anyone asks her, I'm pretty sure she'd tell them that it isn't.

[probably because they know better]

. . . not counting those who have died, I know yours, Lili's and Chuuya's.

[voidbreaker]

[ hey, at least he’s hot ]

She likes to encourage things, huh. You don’t have to tell him shit if you don’t want to — if she tells him to back off you, then that’s that. And even though you were getting really passionately into that argument, it isn’t an automatic flag that you’re involved.

[ a shrug. ]

Hm. So you knew one of the recently dead’s powers then, but I guess they’re common knowledge now.