exploding_snaps (exploding_snaps) wrote,
@ 2012-02-26 23:27:00

Flashback: The Disabled Duo beginnings
Of all the stupid...a boarding school for the weird kids is where he'd been sent. He had no illusions about it, none. Caused his parents enough trouble being deaf and lashing out about it. But when they found out about his little snapping power? They took the first opportunity they could to send him away with all the other little society misfits. At least now he wouldn't ever stand out as a mutant freak. Nope, now he was in his usual disabled kid schtick. Not much better really, you either got made fun of or pitied. Unless of course you lashed out a little, then they just stayed away, which was preferable.

Grumbling for the fiftieth time that day, Simon pulls his suitcase and bags along to the door of the place and knocks. He just wanted this all over with already.

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	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 08:13 am UTC (link)
	"Hey hey, don't start what you can't finish," he teases. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 08:15 am UTC (link)
	A smirk, and then as she's pushing to her feet, she had a pulse of the blue note hitting him, grinning as she dusts herself off and blows him a kiss. "Just be lucky I went with that one and not another." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 08:18 am UTC (link)
	He might not be able to hear it but he's prepared for her retaliation and snaps a few times so the air between them is full of minor explosions, the soundwaves from them breaking up her pulse. Grinning back once the sound dies down he shouts at her, "Nice try Ying! Now I know what to expect from you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 08:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh, he thinks so, does he? Well, let's see how he likes this. She focuses on the area around him, enveloping him in a cocoon of muted space, then blowing another kiss, letting the note hit him from behind as she releases the mute zone, instead of the front. "What was that, Yang? Expect what?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

exploding_snaps
2012-02-29 08:25 am UTC (link)

When all sound disappears he instantly becomes suspicious. Sure his hearing was bad even with the hearing aids but it never got this silent. Well if her notes were sound pulses she could theoretically have them come from...oh shit.

He quickly starts snapping, making explosions to encircle him, luckily one mostly diverts her blue note but he does get grazed by it.

He smirks at her, "Well looks like you almost got me entirely there. You haven't won this battle or the war Ying! Unfortunately for you, you've found the yang that has the best chance of avoiding your skittle powers."

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	echokinetic 2012-02-29 08:28 am UTC (link)
	Unbeknownst to him, she was currently sending a very light wave, one that could build up gradually. Yeah, he'd be feeling that right about now. "I hate to rain on your parade, Yang, but it's not over till the fat lady sings. And I swear, if you say anything implicating that I'm said fat lady, the blue note is going to be the least of your worries." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 08:31 am UTC (link)
	He certainly was. Growling a little he starts the snapping again, this time not letting up but varying the sizes and timing. Thankfully it was lessening the effect, but of course not entirely getting rid of it. "Well you're the only one making noise here. And even I can tell that's some bad singing, lady." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 08:33 am UTC (link)
	"Someone gets cranky when they're revved up." She snickered, watching the fireworks show around him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 08:36 am UTC (link)
	"Not cranky. I'm just stopping you from taking advantage of me," he jokes. "Although gotta admit, I'm not the only tone deaf one around here. You gotta work on that." Yep snapping is not stopping until he's sure there's no blue notes his way. He's cooling down too, so clearly it was helping. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

echokinetic
2012-02-29 08:38 am UTC (link)

Well, considering she doesn't want a fifteen year old boy humping her leg, yeah, the note lessened. She'd just been making a point. All the snaps in the world couldn't stop her if she put her mind do it. Which made her curious about something. She concentrated on his hands, muting the sound around him. Would he still be able to snap his way out of things if he couldn't 'snap'? "Keep bad mouthing my perfect pitch and I'll throw green or brown at you."

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exploding_snaps
2012-02-29 08:44 am UTC (link)

He pulls the hearing aids out for the moment, because if she could manipulate sound they were useless to him anyway. Still snapping, when she takes away the sound the explosions continue. If she couldn't tell from the way he lit his cigarette before, it was now clear. The snapping was a way to control precisely the explosions, the sound itself didn't matter. But of course just the physical act of snapping still made sound waves that she'd continually need to take away. And it would take some of her concentration to keep it up.

Smirking, the next snaps cause explosions right under the soles of her shoes, and they're strong enough to lift her off the ground. Although he doubts this attempt at flipping her will do any damage.

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echokinetic
2012-02-29 08:47 am UTC (link)

She may not have been expecting that, but her sessions in the Danger Room had been honing her senses. At the first tremor below her, she was already arching into a backflip, turning the frequency of her blasts up to a more physical effect as opposed to an audiochemical one. He wanted to play, oooh... she'd play. Leaping towards him, she dodged and weaved her way over, the distortion of her echolocation actually assisting in locating the bangs as they happened.

Grinning she leaped up and used one to propel off of, flinging herself at him. "Bonzai!"

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exploding_snaps
2012-02-29 08:52 am UTC (link)

The snapping gets a lot faster now and it almost sounds like rapid fire, but he can't hear it almost at all.

He's still sitting in his spot on the grass when she leaps. He waits for her to be airborne (try and dodge this he thinks) and snaps a few small explosions under her, making a burst of air that would have her sailing over his head as he ducked instead of the tackle she intended.

Turning around he smiles, "Heh, that was fun."

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	echokinetic 2012-02-29 08:54 am UTC (link)
	You think she hadn't been expecting that? Think again, buddy boy. She used the propulsion to flip over him, leaping at him from behind as soon as her feet hit the ground. She gets him just as he finishes that little quip, tackling him and pinning him to the ground with a wide, bright smile. "You're damn straight it was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Considering he'd been sitting down during this whole playful confrontation, he fully expected her to tackle him eventually. Unable to read her lips while being tackled, he just chuckles in response to whatever snarky comment she no doubt was throwing his way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	With a triumphant 'Hah!', she slides off him, victorious in her mind. Hey, at least he could be gracious about it and not fly into a hissy-fit like some people when you got the upper hand. She was liking him already. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

exploding_snaps
2012-02-29 09:19 pm UTC (link)

He's clearly amused at how happy she is at tackling him. To be fair she did have more training than him and it's not like he had done much more than sit and snap on top of that. But hey, he didn't mind losing to her, she'd been nice to him. People who bothered him were the ones he wouldn't let himself lose to.

Sitting up and shaking his head in amusement, he puts the hearing aids back in and adjusts them. "Thanks for not squishing me too much," he teases.

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	echokinetic 2012-02-29 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Was that a fat comment? Do I have to take back my offer of feeding you?" She grinned, prodding him in the belly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	"I offered to feed you back! Although you don't really need my help do you?" He laughs and dodges the next poke he sees will come. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Again with the implications, you rapscallion!" The poke turns into a grab, and she begins tickling. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I didn't say anything! If you jumped to that conclusion..." Laughing, although not at the tickling, he isn't ticklish, he wrestles her to the ground using his slight (for now) height advantage. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm gonna jump your conclusion, you muted bastard," she laughed, struggling against the hold. "I'm also going to get a few more lessons on judo, so I can kick your butt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Got you now Ying!" Holding her down while she squirms is hard, but given that they're both laughing it evens it out a touch. "And I'll come to those lessons just so I can get the chance to kick your butt there," he grins as he tightens the hold a little. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	echokinetic 2012-02-29 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"You've got squat, Yang!" She wriggles her legs free, wrapping them around his ribs and locking her ankles together behind him. Using the lock as leverage, she squeezes him. "I crush you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	exploding_snaps 2012-02-29 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Chuckling at that he starts tickling her, "To crush me you'd need to be on top." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)