Oops, Did I Do That?

[doubled_speed]

WHO: Tommy Shepherd, OTA
WHERE: Network, Caves, Beach
WHAT: Tommy reacting to mintpocalypse, exploring a cave, and being TOO energetic
WHEN: Friday Oct 15th and Saturday Oct 16th
WARNINGS: n/a


Network - Friday Morning
this is so absolutely and completely not my fault at all so anyone who says so is an absolute liar


Network - Saturday Morning
okay but serious when am I getting my reward for a creative way of finding the beach?


Caves

So, hey, this was a thing. Tommy hadn't meant to, yanno, cover the whole damn place in mint. None of the species were supposed to be that bad, right? Not the earth ones. Maybe it was something about this world. What he knew is that he felt like shit on Friday morning. And then a lot more relaxed as he woke and found his way along the path on Saturday, a blur of motion and a whoop of joy as he found the ocean. Of course he took the moment to take credit before starting to explore. Not in the waves, not at all. No, Tommy instead heads along the shore until he finds a cave.

Tommy never would have considered his power related to energy, which is a mistake. If he had, he might have thought twice when he was using his phone as a light and it was SO bright. Then again, he wouldn't have put two and two together anyway. Just mused how it was interesting that the tunnel kept getting brighter rather than darker the further in he went. And if he had a sense of time like that of a normal human, he'd definitely have noticed how weird it was that the tunnel was passing by so quickly. As it was, Tommy was rushing through the caves at a break-neck pace, his hair shining with a soft white glow, and in the air behind him there was a lingering after image of white-green light. A pale mint trailing after him. Amusing, right?

So Tommy darts around, building up a charge, and not realizing that he might not be alone.


Beach

His body is screaming with energy, and there is so much that Tommy wants to do. He's well fed and he feels like he can take on the world. Probably can actually. He's got energy here, too much energy. Which means only one thing. Time for some damn FUN. He moves quickly, a burst of pale-mint colored light racing over the water, over the waves. And, when he realizes that there's a serious trail of light following him, Tommy's soon drawing patterns all over the waves, enjoying the way the light lingers and the shapes follow after him. His fingers trace his name in the air like the residual light of a sparkler, and his laughter follows him easily.

Then there he is, back on the shore, sparks dancing off his feet and hitting the sand, not that he notices. Instead he's busy chasing after the lobster-like creatures. Could probably eat those, right?

And when it's all done the young man, hair shining with an undeniable pale white light, eyes glowing green, stretched out on the sand and considering the sky. Nice. New thought, more time in the cave, because he's been feeling amazing ever since he went there.

Comments

Network - Voice;

[kallig]

Even if it were your fault, none could complain, as it ended in an advantage.

[They had been speaking about finding the ocean, after all.]

No precarious journey through foreign territory either. Yay, you.

[His tone might be dry sarcasm, but he is genuinely pleased to have access to the ocean now. After all, it is a wealth of resources.]

Text

[doubled_speed]

[There is barely even a second for Tommy to have received the voice response in before there's this lengthy text. Interesting, right? Maybe not.]

oh hey you it's life of the party guy
the oil is working out pretty well
except you know now I have WAY too much mint to work with
I was trying to be helpful
I know mint can be a bit of a thing back home but it doesn't breed like that
and no other plants have gone and escaped like that
guess I know why it was a chained off part of the greenhouse now
but hey there are glowy sheep
maybe we can make glowing clothes

Voice;

[kallig]

Life of the party guy, indeed.

[He can't help but be amused.]

And I imagine we'll be able to, should we manage to keep a few of them. It's already getting colder, so warmer clothes for winter would be beneficial for all of us.

Beach

[waterwhip]

Watching Tommy run is an amazing thing. Katara's never seen him let loose like this in the time they've been here, and it's truly a sight to behold. Even though he moves too quickly for her to follow him with her eyes, the overall effect is still impressive from where she stands on the mint-covered dune that leads down to the water.

When he's finally settled in on the sand, Katara jogs down the hill and out across the beach, leaning over him to block his view of the sky.

"Hey, you! That was amazing!" she says, a wide grin on her face. "And... you're glowing! Is that normal?"

Re: Beach

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When he sees Katara, Tommy beams and sits up when he sees her. One of his favorite people!

"Glowing, huh? I guess not. It's Billy and my Mom who do all the glowing. But today's been weird."

[waterwhip]

Katara sits next to him in the sand, her long hair in a braid today.

"It reminds me of my friend Aang from back home, actually. He has these tattoos that glow when he goes into the Avatar state--that is, when he connects with all his past lives to access all his power. It's like nothing you've ever seen."

She looks out over the ocean, running her hands through the purple sand. "It's really beautiful here, isn't it? It's so easy to get caught up missing home, but sometimes it takes you by surprise."

beach

[stillgotmyleftarm]

Bucky's been exploring the beach, just like pretty much everyone else. He hasn't made it into the caves yet - although when he does, he might be in for some interesting side effects of his own, given the shield on his back.

But for now, he's kinda looking at Tommy with so much skepticism on his face. And maybe even the tiniest tinge of worry. "Are you... supposed to do that?"

[doubled_speed]

Tommy shifts his attention from the sky and to Bucky, and smirks.

"Do what, Cap Scruffy?"

Because really, he wants to hear someone else say it. Prove he isn't crazy right now.

[stillgotmyleftarm]

Bucky snorts, but he chucks his chin at... well. Tommy.

"The whole Fourth of July display. It ain't Steve's birthday yet, far as I can tell."

text;; friday

[reconstitution]

Whenever somebody says they're not to blame with that much conviction, they're probably to blame.

[doubled_speed]

totally didn't do anything, vanilla scruffy

[reconstitution]

what the hell is a vanilla scruffy

text, saturday

[ladiesss]

I thought you said the whole mintpocalypse thing wasn't your idea...

Re: text, saturday

[doubled_speed]

that was before it was a good idea that solved everything

[ladiesss]

Oh, so ideas are transmutative now.

Can I say that the weird lobster things are my idea? Because they’re freaking delicious.

Beach

[brooklyn_boy]

Steve is out on the beach trying to get some of those lobsters for food testing when he sees...well. A glowing kid on the sand. Amused, Steve walks a step or two closer and watches Tommy trace his name in the air. Okay. That's pretty cool, even he has to admit.

"Should I be looking around for radioactive spiders or are you just battery-powered, now?"

Re: Beach

[doubled_speed]

"Pretty sure I don't look like Spider-Man, so not radioactive spider, I think," Tommy shrugs as he raises his hand and writes 'Cap Stuffy' in the air. Then strikes it out. Needs something better.

"So battery?"

Caves

[art_of_war]

Thrawn was picking through the scraps of fabric and electrical components when he noticed something bright casting Shadows on the cave wall. Curious, he followed the tunnel to find the source of that light.

When he did find it, he had the difficulty of light-based vision conflicting with an infrared vision since Tommy was glowing brightly but not giving off a matching level of heat. Thrawn had to stop and rub his eyes with one hand since he was getting a headache.

"Is there a reason you are glowing so brightly?"

[doubled_speed]

Well, when you put it like that, Tommy has to stop. And mostly, he has to get defensive. Like hell he has any control over this.

"Yeah, I'm a Christmas tree."

Okay, that might be a bit too defensive. The kid moves to cross his arms over his chest, leaving an afterimage of the motion in minty green light.

Caves

[wearingthestars]

Tommy's hard to find or keep up with at the best of times, but Billy's been able to track him this far. He knows his brother had felt bad about the mint yesterday, but today it seems as though the whole thing was a blessing in disguise.

The caves seem like the obvious place, definitely the sort of thing that would lure Tommy in, and once he's a little ways in he can feel the familiar sort of displacement his brother tends to leave in his wake.

Meanwhile, his powers have left him doubly affected, a familiar blue glow growing around him as he walks, though he can't figure out why. An unconscious spell maybe? Something to give him light? And then the sneezing starts, fingers letting loose an uncontrolled burst of electricity that startles him.

"...Never done that before."

And suddenly he's distracted by a light that's not his own, one that's speeding past him, but most definitely belongs to- "Tommy?"

Re: Caves

[doubled_speed]

Oh, Tommy knows that voice. He comes to a very sudden stop and goes back to his brother just as fast. Which, of course, means leaving a trail of light behind him. Not a blur like he usually does, just light.

"Hey B, whatyadoing here?" he asks. Not like Tommy to have that much of a problem with controlling his rate of speech, not these days.

Beach

[complicatedliar]

Loki watches Tommy running around like an absolute loon with no small amount of amusement, though he keeps his distance. He's felt the energy too, and it's definitely put him in a better mood, but not like this. Even if he'd definitely be out there chasing lobster things if he was about 700 years younger and Thor was around.

Right. This is weirdly making him miss Thor.

Once Tommy's still for a bit, he wanders by. "You seem in a fine mood."

Re: Beach

[doubled_speed]

The stranger makes Tommy look up, and for a moment he frowns. There's something familiar about the stranger, but he's not quite sure he can place it. It's like an itch in the back of his mind, but ultimately he shrugs it off. Unlike his twin, Billy, he hasn't exactly had one on one interaction with Loki back home, so it's not like he recognizes the Asgardian raised Frost Giant off the top of his head.

"I mean, yeah. I haven't had energy like this since I got here. It's frustrating, to have to be a snail all the time."

text - Friday morning

[unbearablynaive]

I'm inclined to believe you. The containment protocol is still in place, and the rest of the greenhouse is not overrun.

[Granted that the "containment protocol" is mostly a chain and a door, but even the weird mint from this planet doesn't sprout and take over that quickly under normal circumstances.]

[doubled_speed]

uh just so you know the 'containment protocol' totally isn't in place at all
someone broke the chains over the door
though the door is still closed
don't know why someone would do that at all
must have been a crazy person
but the greenhouse doesn't seen overrun