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WHO: Duo, Claire, and Mr. Muggles
WHEN: backdated to the afternoon before the blizzard happens as well as during the worst of the blizzard
WHERE: Underground Mall
WHAT: Claire was planning on helping Duo find out what his power was for one night, and then all of a sudden the weather took a turn for the worst. Uhh-- Also, killer cyborgs will show up at some point for a bit.
WARNINGS: nothing??? will update if needed

She'd told Duo to meet her at the Mall for some 'power discovery'. She still hadn't managed to think of a good word for it, but it would work for now. She sat on a nearby bench, holding Mr. Muggles in her hands and trying to feed him a treat. He really was spoiled- any of the 'bargain brand' treats she tried to feed him, he wouldn't take unless he was nearly dying of hunger.

Franz had no doubt kept up the tradition of her mother spoiling him to death. Not that she minded, really; she wouldn't break her bank to make sure he had the best treats. It was his own fault if he didn't want to eat it at first.

The thought of Mr. Muggles having an ability of his own crossed her mind as she sat there waiting for Duo. The idea hadn't even occurred to her until Helen and Haruhi had mentioned it, and now it wouldn't go away. Though, really, how likely was it that she would be the owner of a super-powered dog?

... On second thought, maybe she didn't want to think something like that in a city like this.

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Fuck it was cold. Duo's breath plumed out in front of him in thick clouds, his shoulders hunched up to his ears and gloved hands in his pockets as he tromped towards the mall. He never really hated the cold, but right then he was finding many reasons to start doing so.

Finally he got to the mall and headed inside, grateful for the warmth. Finding Claire after that wasn't difficult. She was the only person sitting around with a dog right then, after all.

"Hey... sorry I'm late..." he muttered, bouncing on his feet a little to get the warmth back to his joints.

Claire seemed quite content in her cardigan and jacket combination, though she was sure her skin was cold even if she herself couldn't feel it. She stood, a small smile on her lips.

"It's fine, I was worried you'd chicken out or something." A million ideas floated through her mind, and she was determined to try them all out.

"Psh. Please," Duo rolled his eyes at that. "What's the worst that can happen? Bet the damn Core forgot to give me powers or something."

Famous last words there.

"You probably shouldn't say things like that in this city." A mix of light-hearted humor and seriousness. Though Shika had said that it was possible for people to not get powers here, so many Duo was one of the 'lucky' ones.

"Pro'ly not," Duo agreed, but he grinned after. "But you'd like it if I was some kinda freak, huh? More reason to tease me."

"There's nothing wrong with embracing your inner freak." She glanced around, then shot him an eager grin. "Are you ready to start? We can start small then move on to seeing if you can fly or something."

Maybe teasing. Or maybe she'll shove him off something.

"Being a Gundam pilot isn't freaky enough? Because I've embraced that already, thanks."

Duo shrugged a little, not really sure if he was "ready" for any of it but knowing there was no backing out now.

"Just don't break my arm or anything, okay?"

"Don't do anything stupid and that won't be a problem." She was on a mission to help him, and there wasn't any stopping her now. So, even if he wanted to leave, she wouldn't let him. (Not that she could do much against him but, you know--)

"But broken bones shouldn't be a problem. I'm not going to ask you to jump off anything today." Today.

Right. Don't do anything stupid. You've met Duo Maxwell, right Claire?

"Alright then. I guess my life is in your hands now..."

"You don't need to make it sound like a death sentence. I'm pretty responsible." She had to have some hope for him. Not that she could talk, considering the things she'd done.

"You can trust adults, Duo. We aren't all bad." Nevermind the fact that he was about a foot taller than her.

Duo made a face, holding up a finger.

"One, you're not that much older than me. Two, even if you were an adult, forgive me for being paranoid. I haven't had the best time when it comes to trusting 'em."

There was a pause, and his hand lowered.

"But you, I trust."

She could only smile at that. "Good. I'd like to think I'm the kind of person people can trust."

Mr. Muggles gave a restless whine, his tail wagging. "Alright, I guess Mr. Muggles wants to see something happen." Her ideas were pretty creative, she thought. She adjusted her weight onto her left foot, folding her arms and looking up at him. "Let's start with seeing if you can run 'faster than the speed of light'. You up for it?"

Too bad Duo hadn't learned not to trust Claire when she gets overly excited.

He really should have learned not to trust her in her excitement, but unfortunately he liked to believe that she wasn't out to get him.

"Faster than the speed of light? Uh... pretty sure I can still run like I normally do..."

"Have you tried it recently?" Daphne was pretty speedy, but she could still be 'normal' without trying. Claire was convinced that to make a power like that work, you had to think about it. That's what West had told her about his flight.

"Er... well..." he rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "Considering I kinda had to haul ass while injured a while back, yeah..."

"Oh." She adjusted her weight onto her other leg. "Have you tried lifting anything heavy lately? Maybe you have enhanced strength."

"Ehn!" Duo made a buzzer noise, shaking his head. "Every day at work. Trust me, it'd make my job a hellauvalot easier if I could."

She chewed on the inside of her lip, glancing up for a moment. "Okay, then, have you noticed any headaches recently? Or hearing people talk but they aren't?" She paused for a second.

"Not like if you were insane, before you ask."

"Nooope," Duo shook his head slowly, giving a hapless shrug.

"I think we're gonna run out of powers before the night is up... are you sure I ain't just one of the unlucky saps that the Core forgot or something?"

"No, you'd be surprised how many there are." She read a textbook on a lot of them, once. She turned her body to the left, tugging on Mr. Muggles' leash.

"I have a feeling the Core gave you one." Actually, no- for all she knew, he might have been right. But what was the harm in trying? "C'mon, I have an idea. Follow me."

"..."

Duo quirked an eyebrow at that, but followed obediently. It couldn't be any worse than standing around throwing out ideas that weren't getting them anywhere.

That's right, Duo, follow the short little blonde to your destiny--

Which, as it so happens, was into a candle store. She glanced back at Duo, nodding with her head for him to follow her into there. She crouched down and picked up Mr. Muggles, fully intending on smuggling him into the store.

This would be strangely reminiscent of something from his past... if she wasn't... a she.

He followed her in to the store, wrinkling his nose a bit at the smell.

"... what's this?"

"Candle shop." She liked the smell; it reminded her of her trips to the mall with Sandra in California. There were always weird tropical smells in the stores there, even the non-candle ones. She made her way to the back, glancing over her shoulder to make sure Duo was following and no employees were watching them.

"Have you heard of pyrokinesis?" She stood in front of a cabinet of lit candles, glancing over at him.

"Uh... that crap where people throw fire or whatever?" Duo ventured a guess, canting his head to the side.

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LMAO the fuck was going on in that tag sorry about that???? that must have been a late night

I have no idea xD;

/screams at keyboard

/pets

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