approximately three minutes after the alarms start going off

[thesettingsun]

SOME OF US DON'T HAVE POWERS THIS BINGO IS RIGGED

[Glad we got the complaining out of the way.]

Comments

[thesettingsun]

Does it count if the source of my power is the fear of getting fired?

[feistytrader]

A power is a power. Doesn't matter where it comes from.

[thesettingsun]

There are worse superhero backstories. And powers. Did you ever read Chipmunk Girl?

[feistytrader]

Nope. Tell me all about her.

[thesettingsun]

Okay, so, she's a mutant and she has a couple of powers - prehensile tail, superhuman speed, strong teeth - but her main power and claim to fame is:

She can understand and communicate with chipmunks.

[feistytrader]

Dude, that's awesome. Chipmunks are everywhere. You would have your own little network of chipmunks to help you out wherever you go.

[thesettingsun]

It's practical, I guess, it just isn't very cool. Or intimidating.

[feistytrader]

It's totally intimidating. Could you imagine minding your own damn business, then getting warmed by an army of chipmunks? One might not be threatening, but by ten you've got a big problem.
And being able to get information or locate things with your chipmunk friends?
If it's not cool, it should be. That's an underappreciated gem in the superpower world.

[thesettingsun]

You've got a point. If I ever go into the superhero genre, I'll give somebody animal powers for you. Maybe the power to talk to very small alligators.

[feistytrader]

Man, I wish. Aoi's so hard to understand.

[feistytrader]

Make that cats with pink feather crowns instead.

[thesettingsun]

Why that specifically?

[feistytrader]

They sound cooler.
Definitely not because I just remembered a bunch of them.

[thesettingsun]

Definitely not. But if you did, I'm glad they were cooler.

No offense to Aoi.