*Bored.* ~OTA~

[silverhypnosis]

*El sat in the Rec. Room. Curfew was in 25 minutes and she figured she should head off to her room, she hadn't even met her room mate yet. She'd left all the lights off, and parked herself down in the corner of the room, her head resting against the wall.

She flicked her tongue against her teeth, forgetting she'd had to take her tongue piercing out

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[hunteroffreaks]

*Jack walked into the dark room. It was his night for patrol, but he was getting an early start on it. He managed to stub his toe on the edge of the couch. Unlike some of the team, he wasn't able to see in the dark.*

Sonuva-!

*As he swore, he grouped around for a light switch.*

Who was the idiot who had decided to leave the lights off?

[silverhypnosis]

*El looked up at the curse and let out a pained cry when light flooded the room. er hands came up protectively to her eyes, but she feared the damage was done.*

Can you turn that off and find a smaller one?! Jesus Christ, I'll be blinded for a week.

[hunteroffreaks]

*One way to make an impression on Jack: tell or order him to do something when he was in a bad mood. And what was up with this girl? A newbie, to be sure. He limped over to the light switch, dimming them, his tone full of bite.*

Can't stand a little light? What are you, part vampire?

[silverhypnosis]

*El didn't answer, just continued to clutch at her eyes. She was going to have a headache for a week, she could feel it forming at the back of her eyes.*

There a reason for the lack of warning? Maybe you should just watch where you walk.

[hunteroffreaks]

*He was now getting a proper look at the girl. A blonde, in her twenties. Pretty perhaps, but not to him. Maybe her power related back to her eyes.*

Didn't know I needed my night vision goggles indoors.

[silverhypnosis]

Yeah, well most people don't need sunglasses at night.

*She groped her pockets hoping to find them.*

Fuck!

*She'd left them in her room.*

[hunteroffreaks]

Something wrong?

*She was grasping for something, that was obvious. Whatever it was, she wasn't finding it. As he watched her, a feeling of deja vu came over him. Oh, please tell him this wasn't another mutant he had hunted. But no, she was too young to have been on any recent hunts. So what was it?*

[silverhypnosis]

Lights on. No sunglasses.

*She had her teeth clenched, her headache was forming and she couldn't find her damn sunnies. Her eyes watered when she pulled her hand away. The light was dimmed, yes, but any amount of light tended to hurt.*

[hunteroffreaks]

*As much as he was enjoying watching the mutant writhe in pain, he listen to his better judgment and reluctantly shut off the lights. For all he knew, her power was to spontaneously combust when she got pissed.*

Better?

[silverhypnosis]

Yeah.

*Her eyes still stung and her head still throbbed but now she could look at the man, and she was pretty sure he couldn't see her. At the very least, he couldn't see her well.*

[hunteroffreaks]

What sort of freaky powers do you have that make you light-sensitive?

*He squinted in the darkness at her, hoping to jog his memory. If he heard her name and/or powers, it might be enough.*

[silverhypnosis]

I don't have any clue what relevance my hypnosis has to the sensitivity to my eyes.

*She smiled though he couldn't see it.*

LA SWAT didn't seem to think it was freaky when I was talking down a man in a bank with a bomb.

[hunteroffreaks]

*Hmm... hypnosis, was it? And the name, Ella, or something like it. He'd have to keep an eye on this one.*

Guess standards are really slipping if they've been reduced to hiring the likes of you.

[silverhypnosis]

*She snorted her laughter, rolling her eyes.*

Has anyone ever told you what a wonderful person you are? I'm sure, with that lovely personality, you have an amazing social group and everyone wants to be around you.

*Her voice was dripping with sarcasm as she leant back against the wall.*

[hunteroffreaks]

*He glared at her, as much as he was able to in near darkness. Another smartass, lovely. He took a few steps toward her, his voice near a growl.*

All the time. I'm not here to win popularity contests. I'm here to keep the likes of you and your kind in line.

[silverhypnosis]

*El laughed then.*

Okay. Have fun with that.

*Eye contact, one quick look in his eyes and he'd do whatever she wanted him to do. She wasn't overly concerned, yet. And she could do it with her sunglasses on, so they weren't an issue.*