Case o6 [Action, Front Gates]

[bratbeyond]

[Ever since classes resumed, Damian'd kept a low profile. He "barely passed" his fighting courses from last quarter, so he figured he should probably step up his game and figure out how to fail-without-actually-failing

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[pyromatics]

[Just great. Here's Zuko, trudging along with a frown, grateful to be outside because damn is that alarm loud and irritating.]

A little late to have a combat drill if you ask me.

[bratbeyond]

... Fire drills and combat drills aren't the same thing. The faculty's just making sure people know how to evacuate in case a fire happens.

[He's starting to feel like a walking PBS special.]

[pyromatics]

[This is strange talk to a firebender. Zuko frowns.]

That's smart. But useless for a firebender.

[bratbeyond]

... What's a firebender? [Damian has a sinking feeling he already knows the answer, though.]

[pyromatics]

I'm a firebender. [Side glances to him.]

[bratbeyond]

.... So a metahuman who has fire elemental powers? Not half-bad.

[pyromatics]

And a metahuman is what exactly?

[bratbeyond]

Someone with superpowers. If you have powers, you're either a meta, a magician, or an alien. No exceptions.

[pyromatics]

Uh... huh. I'm none of those, just a firebender.

[bratbeyond]

[blinkblink] Oohkay. What can a firebender do, then?

[pyromatics]

Create and control fire.

[bratbeyond]

... That would make you a meta in my world. [beat] Wait. Are you and Aang from the same place?

[pyromatics]

Aang? Yeah, we are.

[bratbeyond]

Huh. ... He called himself a "bender" too.

[pyromatics]

He's the Avatar, although I don't expect you to understand if you're not from our world. But he can bend all the elements, not just air.

[bratbeyond]

I know. [sounds a little defensive] Just 'cause he's your world's Superman doesn't mean he's not a schway kid too.