There were times that I felt that this was right [Active, open]

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Characters: Billy Kaplan, anyone who wants to join him
Location: Gymnasium (the one without lasers)
Time: Late afternoon
Content: Billy is experimenting with his powers in an effort to make combat class less terrifying. Feel free to drop in!
Warnings: None

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[gammapulsed]

Bruce had not counted on there being so many people at this school. Weren't mutants supposed to be a minority? So it's a very frazzled man that slipped inside the door. He wasn't sure where it led, but it was away from people. Just a little time to hide, then he could go to his room and rest.

It's not until he actually turned away from the door that he saw he's not alone. Bruce tugged down on his baseball cap as he stepped back toward the door. "Sorry, didn't think there'd be anyone else in here."

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The basketball he'd managed to levitate nearly a full foot off the ground bounced back to the floor as Billy's concentration was broken. He let out a whoosh of breath he hadn't been aware he was holding and glanced toward the door, embarrassed to be caught at this latest attempt to make his powers work properly.

"Oh, yeah, sorry," he said to the guy--one of the teachers, Billy assumed, though he was kind of scruffy-looking for a teacher (then again, look at Wolverine). "I was just, uh." As usual, his tongue tied on admitting that he was trying to make his own powers work. "Experimenting."

[gammapulsed]

Bruce looked surprised at the bouncing ball, still unused to mutants. He looked back at the teenager after he finished speaking.

"Oh. Well," he offered, trying to sound encouraging, "it looked like you were doing okay?" Not that he knew what this boy's powers was, or what it was supposed to look like. Or was any kind of expert in this sort of this. But it's the thought that counts, or something.

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"Thanks," Billy answered, and he had to wonder--what looked okay? Managing to get a basketball a few inches off the ground? Yeah, that had to be impressive. He didn't even want to know what powers this guy had; that would only make his embarrassment complete.

"Oh--I'm Billy Kaplan," he added, and then, because the man looked kind of lost, "Were you looking for something?"