Guidance Counselor's Office, Thursday

[electrocynic]

And so another school term was drawing to a close. Normally, Electroclash would've been pretty thrilled about that, mostly because it meant they were all about to have a week off. Buuuut it was also her birthday in two days. And there was no one to take her on a bar crawl to start all the fights, this year. Well, no one with ginger hair and a poor attitude, anyway. Same thing really.

So, while some new counseling check-up emails had gone out, it was possible the counselor herself was going to be a bit... okay, even more unhelpful than usual. Unless you had something amusing to distract her with.

Fair warning.

[open office hours, mod yer emails, old and new.]

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[genesishero]

"But I don't know where my limits are," Evan protested. "The person I was-- I mean... He didn't have limits. There's a reason he could get away with calling himself a god, and... and I never learned how to do half the things he could. Maybe I can do a lot more than I ever thought I could and people have been getting hurt for nothing!"

He fell silent for a moment, ducking his head again, his cheeks coloring pink a little as he realized he'd been edging toward yelling.

"If I can do those things, I have to. I can't be so much Apocalypse and then not do everything in my power to be better."

[electrocynic]

Electroclash was unperturbed by loudness. Come on, a third of her communication was yelling at people. "And under pressure in a bloody dungeon is a great place to learn, is it?"

Hint: she didn't think so.

"I'm not saying you shouldn't learn about your powers. Please, I'm all for people figuring out their powers. And using them for fun! But not in a situation like that."

[genesishero]

And now Evan was going to just kind of look at her, confused.

"... For fun?"

He definitely hadn't been thinking about how much fun it would be to master all the powers of Apocalypse. How could that sort of thing be used for fun?

... Evan was possibly not the most imaginative shapeshifter in the world.

[electrocynic]

Electroclash used her powers for stealing cigarettes and annoying strangers. She might not have been the best person to talk about the fun in having powers.

And yet.

"Yeah, fun. It's not all heroics, you know." A beat. "Oh, I suppose you might not."

[genesishero]

"... Not really." Evan? Still looking confused. Wonder of wonders. "I was taught to be responsible with my powers, and to use them to help people. Which... I guess can be fun?"

He didn't imagine that's what she was getting at.

[electrocynic]

No, not really.

"Well, maybe it's not something you need to worry your wee little head about yet," she allowed. "Might wanna get more in touch with your powers first."

[genesishero]

"I... guess I might," Evan allowed, though now he was going to be stuck wondering. "I have a lot more to learn than I thought I did. And I wouldn't want to do anything that might accidentally hurt someone in the name of fun."

[electrocynic]

"Eh, sometimes people deserve to get hurt a bit in the name of fun," Electroclash said, because she was a terrible person. "But that's mostly idiot ex-boyfriends. You'll learn, though."

[genesishero]

Evan really didn't have much in the way of idiot ex-anything, so he was pretty sure she was right, there. He had a lot to learn.

"I'll have to," he decided, rubbing idly at the back of his head. "There are a lot of things I've missed out on that I'm going to have to learn. Apparently how to have fun is one of them."

[electrocynic]

"You'd be surprised by how many people are completely rubbish at fun," Electroclash said, like that was supposed to be reassuring. "I wouldn't worry about that too much."

[genesishero]

"With all of the other things I've been worrying about, I probably wouldn't have the energy to worry about that anyhow," Evan sighed. "One thing at a time, right?"

[electrocynic]

"I hear that's how it goes."

Personally she preferred to just yell until things straightened themselves out, but that wasn't for everyone. Especially not him.

"You'll probably be fine, kid."

[genesishero]

The last time Evan had actually yelled, he kind of blew up a building in the process, yeah.

"It's the probably I'm afraid of," he noted, "but I guess if you think so..."

He attempted a smile.

"Thanks."