forum Superhero Roleplay [Closed]

Started March 06, 2018 by @Imperfect_Autumn group

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Avery blinked.

"Okay," she said quietly, taking a step closer. She then reached her hand out to take Dylan's, though her own were shaking. Taking his hand, she sat down next to him, fear and worry making her eyes shine.

Dylan felt Avery's hand, though not where he should have felt it. It seemed lower than where his hand was, but when he looked it was there, holding his own. The sensation soon faded, as did the rest of his feelings. The lights retreated and the sound returned, and his feet and hand slowly separated from the bulkhead. He held on a little bit longer, just taking in her eyes, before letting go tentatively and getting to his feet. He said nothing, just nodded at the ground in shock.He was feeling like himself again. It wasn't him and the boat. Just him.

Avery stood as well, her heart pounding and head swimming with overwhelming thoughts and feelings.

"I– I– Ohmygosh, I need to go," she stammered quickly, her throat feeling like it was being squeezed tightly. She rushed out of the room, went to her cabin, and collapsed onto the bed.

What just happened?

Dylan looked down at his hands. There was no glow of light from the right.

What did I just go through?

It was like the boat had become an extension of him. Or he had become the core of the boat. For a minute, he could feel everything the boat was feeling, see everything the boat would be able to see. He temporarily became the boat. It hadn't happened voluntarily though. It had just…. happened.

He called down the hall and found there was strength in his voice again, "Avery? Are you okay down there?"

Avery breathed heavily, trying to fight back her fears and worry, along with the other thoughts and emotions that kept clawing their way into her mind.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied. Her voice caught on the last word, her emotions too strong for her to hold back.

(Sorry, didn't think I'd get so tied up.)
Dylan went to check on Avery, knocking on her door before stepping in slowly.

"Did I do something to you?" Dylan asked, concerned. "You helped me before, at the cabin, I thought it would work here too. I didn't realize it…"

(Np, it's fine.)

Avery sat up and took a deep, shuddering breath before replying shakily, "No. No, it wasn't your fault. I was just… just scared. I was scared for you." She shook her head. "I'm sorry I worried you," she said quietly, not meeting Dylan's gaze.

"I think I ought to be the one apologizing." said Dylan, offering a weak smile, "I threw you into that mess as soon as I called your name. Anyways…" Dylan turned towards the door, "…I'm going to grab the laptop. Then we can sketch out that route?"

"Mm-hm," Avery agreed simply, nodding.

Dylan went back to his door, this time unimpaired by his ability's throwing a hissy fit. He took the laptop bag by the handle and left, heading back to Avery's room. Once again, he knocked softly as he entered.

"Here we are," he said, opening the laptop and setting it in front of them. He opnened the map and pointed as he talked, "So we think the stone's here, and if I'm right we'll land here."

(Sorry, I was gone all weekend!)

"So the quickest route would be this way, then," Avery pointed out a route as she spoke. She'd shaken off her emotions while Dylan was gone and went back to "leader mode."

Dylan felt odd,acting as though he hadn't melded into his own ship just a few minutes ago, but he went on, "Well, that would be the fastest route, but that runs right along the other possible sites. I don't think they'll be too happy if they see us passing by. We could probably pass unnoticed in the truck, but just in case security is tighter than the reports say, we might wanna take this path instead," he traced his finger along a route on the other side of a dense forest, "A little bit more driving for a lot more piece of mind."

Avery nodded as she examined the route.

"Yeah, that seems better. Hm, it's too bad we couldn't bring Oscar with us. He'd be able to calculate all the possible routes with their danger levels. Since this one seems good, should we mark it?"

"Mark 'em both. We'll do well to have a contingency plan."

"Good idea," Avery said, using the laptop to draw a line down both paths. "Now… maybe we should go check on Vaughn? I just kinda left him standing there…"

Dylan nodded, and together they climbed up to the outside.

"Heya, Vaughn!"

Vaughn was still half leaning over the water when he heard Dylan shout his name. He pushed off the railing and turned to look at the pair, eyes narrowed in suspicion. “Everything fine?”