Humblebragging intensifies

[momentaryspring]

[ Imagine a dramatic sigh right here. ]

It's finally happened. I've become TOO STRONG.

For all those of you that I might have beaten into a blubbering pulp before, I apologize. It was my every intention to give you a second chance at redeeming yourself for your prior SHAMEFUL SHOWING. But I can no longer do this in good conscience.

I'd just end up wiping the floor with you too hard.

Comments

[momentaryspring]

Are you kidding me? You look like you'd break your hand punching someone. And you only have one arm!

[ The idea being, of course, that this dude would end up writing his letters with a pen in his teeth during the MANY MONTHS that he would no doubt be recovering from such an endeavor. ]

[redarm]

That does it--!!!

[TAKING A SWING WITH HIS GOOD HAND]

[momentaryspring]

[ Well I mean this guy was basically asking for it so Ryoga did the clearly magnanimous thing and flicked him in the forehead.

Unfortunately, he did it with enough force to send a man flying, most likely with a mild concussion. What was this, a kung fu movie? ]

[redarm]

[And Noah goes flying!! He slams into the ground, but it's by some sheer force of luck he lands on his back and not his head. Which wow. He was.

he was definitely not expecting that. He gives a pained sound as he sits up.]

!!!!!

H-Holy shit! Did you just flick me?


[there's a beat before he responds]

Fuck! That's awesome!

[What?]

[momentaryspring]

[ Was Ryoga going to cave. Was he consumed with self doubt, and the sure knowledge that for now and ever after, he'd be doomed to be a freak of nature, required to hide his identity from everyone he loved in order to be considered normal?

Would he look fearfully ahead to a future in which he might be used as an experimental test subject, or required to register himself with the government or be chased down by angry robots?

Was he going to show any sort of foresight and contemplate the use of a secret identity to hide his personal information from those who might try to exploit or attack him? ]

I know. It's great.

This is the best day of my life.

[ no ]

[redarm]

[That's right Ryoga. Be proud of you who you are, even in the face of angry government robots]

Shit, I bet! That's like...superhero strength!

[Noah always had a chip on his shoulder, but Noah can also respect real strength. He moves to get up, jumping to his feet with the skill of an acrobat]

Sorry mate. When I saw your post, I thought you were just talking shit. Didn't know that you... how did this happen?

[momentaryspring]

It's certainly true that there's a lot of shit talked on Retrospec.

[ And for some reason, no one believed him about anything, not even that possible Yeti sighting. POSSIBLE COOL SUPERHERO CODENAME: CASSANDRA. Wait that was for girls ]

To be honest, I'm not sure. I've been working to improve on my technique all my life, but it's just been within the last few days that this has happened.

[redarm]

[What about...CASSANDBRO.]

Huh. Weird. Maybe you got bit by something and didn't notice.

So how strong are you now? That was just a flick!

[momentaryspring]

[ PERFECT. ]

I considered ways to test it out, but I'm not sure how to do so in the city limits. I'm sure there'd be a big hubbub if I broke something big.

[ Thinking... thinking... ]

Do you know if there's a junkyard around here?

[redarm]

Yeah good point.

[Damn...laws, getting in the way of your superhero montage]

I dunno. But there should be with a city this size, right?

[momentaryspring]

[ Now where was he going to beat up his evil twin ]

Yes. And surely no one will notice an extra car that was going to be smashed anyway!

[ What a brilliant plan clearly nothing would go wrong here ]

[redarm]

Yeah! Great idea!

[Noah sees no problem in this plan. No way it could possibly go wrong or that there's anything wrong with breaking into a junkyard to smash stuff. ]

[momentaryspring]

Then it's settled. But it'll have to be at night, I think....

Say, would you like to come along? Since I wouldn't have thought of the idea without your suggestion.

[ There was certainly no way this was going to result in a literal dumpster fire. ]

[redarm]

Really?

[he shrugs, even given what looks like a small smirk.]

Sure! Not every day you see shit outta a fucking comic book.

Oh, I'm Noah.