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[jivitadana]

[Splish--splish---splash.

That was quite the event. Minato was relieved that it was over when it was over. After he got some rest, he had to check on his friends, check on anyone who needed it, and then just find some way to relax. Try to get back to normal.

So he found himself out at the beach, doing something mundane. The ocean was still enough that he could do this: Skipping rocks.

Splish---splish------splash.]

Someone once said that Hell is on your last day alive, you meet the person you could've been.

What's Heaven like then?

[It couldn't have been as simple as not meeting them. There had to be other interpretations.

Splish----splish----------splash.]

Comments

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[watchmaker]

Hopefully that's not something I have to worry about. I don't think I really die ... maybe lose consciousness for a little bit. It depends on how it happens. It's complicated.

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[jivitadana]

[Not to spoil his party or anything, but Minato's just wondering.]

But could you get injured badly enough that your rapid cell regeneration isn't fast enough?

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[watchmaker]

Not that I've seen yet. If something impedes it from working for whatever reason, it just works to catch up. For example, if I were frozen, it'd start working again once I thawed out. I guess me being injured enough that it wouldn't be able to catch up is possible, say, if I were in the epicenter of a nuclear explosion, but where are you going to find a nuclear explosion?

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[jivitadana]

[Definitely not here.]

It really is convenient then. Didn't some people at home want that kind of power too?

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[watchmaker]

[sylar's like yeah dude ... me. but he doesn't say that lmfao.]

What do you mean? Want it for themselves, to experiment with?

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[jivitadana]

[Oh, Sylar, we still love you.]

That. Didn't anyone want to come after you for what you can do?

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[watchmaker]

A shady company tried to make me their test subject a couple times. Not for that, exactly, but other things I can do. It's hard to keep me tied down.

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[jivitadana]

What else can you do?

[Rapid cell regeneration wasn't enough? Was anyone allowed to have more than just one ability like that?]

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[watchmaker]

Telekinesis is probably the big one. But I can generate electricity, shapeshift, detect lies ...

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[jivitadana]

[Wow. That was a lot.]

... Is there more?

[One heck of a laundry list there.]

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[watchmaker]

It's a long list. We'd be here all day.

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[jivitadana]

How did you get all those powers?

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[watchmaker]

My base ability, the one I was born with, allows me to acquire powers from other people I meet.

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[jivitadana]

[Whoa. ... Wait, what?]

Do you think that'll still work here?

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[watchmaker]

It might, but I don't plan on finding out. I've bit off a little more than I can chew at this point.

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[jivitadana]

Is there a specific way you get someone's power though?

[Not just by talking to them, right?]

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[watchmaker]

[he goes for the family friendly version of the truth -- which is still true!!] Through empathy, mostly.

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[jivitadana]

[Empathy? He didn't expect that answer. But an interesting answer.]

But that's not something you want to try here.

[Well, that would be an even longer laundry list of powers. And who knew if those powers would clash?]

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[watchmaker]

Not intentionally. Like I said, I think I'm full up on powers for the moment.

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[jivitadana]

I didn't know empathy was something you could turn on and off?

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[watchmaker]

[he makes a face like this lil smartass kid. even though he brought it on himself by not being completely honest. but still sort of honest.] If I pick something up without making a conscious effort, then I guess I'll just have to deal with it at that point.

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[jivitadana]

[Maybe "empathy" here was a little more literal instead of figurative? Minato would just take Sylar's word for it though, of course.]

Is there such a thing as having too much power?

[Moderation, perhaps?]

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[watchmaker]

[it sure is hard to explain this when he's trying not to come right out with "i killed a bunch of people" to ... this high schooler, lmao.]

You don't realize you're coming to that point until you're there.

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[jivitadana]

[Oh, man, Minato has seen enough people die in front of him that he doesn't like it, but he's, sad to say, sort of used to it.]

Are you there?

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[watchmaker]

[IF ONLY SYLAR KNEW but alas.]

Yeah, I think so. Pretty sure.