Most get the stereotypical stuff; super strength, super speed, xray vision, flight, the stuff you see in the movies. Some lucky few get them all, a nuclear combination of skills akin to Superman. There are a spectrum of powers, and the list is ever growing.
I landed on the "totally useless" end of the spectrum.
Powers manifest slowly throughout childhood, usually starting around 2, and ripen at 13-14. You can imagine the antics a teenager with xray vision or super speed would get up to, and these antics shape the kind of person they'd become. I wasn't so different, really, just more limited. instead of stealing clothes from the locker rooms, I'd hide things you'd never have noticed before until you didn't have them. Test next period? your calculator and pencils are nowhere to be found. Heading to the library to catch up on some homework? Gee, I wonder your binder is.
It became a party trick, a way to pick up girls. Or, an attempt to pick up girls. Who wants Mr. Disappear when the flying fuckwad is there. Still, i had to try. "mark, do that thing!'' Todd shoved his cup in my chest, spilling some on my shirt. I looked at the stain, and grimaced at him. "shit, my bad man" he smirked "let me get that for you".
Todd had an almost equally useless power, he could evaporate moisture instantly. Like me, he never turned down a chance to show it off, and what better time than at a party surrounded by girls. "thanks" I said half-heartedly. I put his cup behind my back, let go, raised my hands above my head in A true display of showmanship, and the troupe of slightly impaired 17 year old's around me lit up.
"Ha, never gets old!...have you ever done that with a person?''
meindawg t1_j61x71x wrote
Reply to [WP] Your superpower isn’t anything special. You can make stuff disappear behind your back then pull it back out again. When a friend at a party asks you to do it to them it sounds like a great laugh. But when you pull them back out they look older, disheveled, and are frantic to be sent back. by A_GOOD_NINJA
Most get the stereotypical stuff; super strength, super speed, xray vision, flight, the stuff you see in the movies. Some lucky few get them all, a nuclear combination of skills akin to Superman. There are a spectrum of powers, and the list is ever growing.
I landed on the "totally useless" end of the spectrum.
Powers manifest slowly throughout childhood, usually starting around 2, and ripen at 13-14. You can imagine the antics a teenager with xray vision or super speed would get up to, and these antics shape the kind of person they'd become. I wasn't so different, really, just more limited. instead of stealing clothes from the locker rooms, I'd hide things you'd never have noticed before until you didn't have them. Test next period? your calculator and pencils are nowhere to be found. Heading to the library to catch up on some homework? Gee, I wonder your binder is.
It became a party trick, a way to pick up girls. Or, an attempt to pick up girls. Who wants Mr. Disappear when the flying fuckwad is there. Still, i had to try. "mark, do that thing!'' Todd shoved his cup in my chest, spilling some on my shirt. I looked at the stain, and grimaced at him. "shit, my bad man" he smirked "let me get that for you".
Todd had an almost equally useless power, he could evaporate moisture instantly. Like me, he never turned down a chance to show it off, and what better time than at a party surrounded by girls. "thanks" I said half-heartedly. I put his cup behind my back, let go, raised my hands above my head in A true display of showmanship, and the troupe of slightly impaired 17 year old's around me lit up.
"Ha, never gets old!...have you ever done that with a person?''