one, video; un: sharpshooter

[endeudado]

[ This apartment may look a bit familiar. It's certainly the same one that Kaz was in in his previous post. This time however, the message features Jesper. Still decked out in his awesome 90s clothes, b-t-dubs. Yes, there are riots out there. And yeah, riots suck. But Jesper looks like he's doing pretty ok, thanks for asking. ]

Hey, so I know you guys are a real generous bunch. [ He grins. ] This might sound like a weird request, but given the way people were hoarding them back at the supermarket, I figure everybody's stocking up on canned food, right? Since I guess the food inside takes forever to spoil.

[ He shrugs. Yes, he was one of the people who looted the DollarClub. No, he does not look any worse for the wear. Instead Jesper produces a can of beans for the magitek. It's empty, actually, but he gives it a little spin if anyone needs to take a closer look before putting it down on the couch. ]

So I thought to myself, 'Jesper, I bet a lot of people are gonna just throw those cans away after they're done with them,' and that's a real shame. So if anybody has empty cans laying around, think you could send them my way?

[ He smiles again, this time the can seems to, um. Float? In mid-air? Does he know he's doing that? ]

I promise, they're for a good cause.

Comments

video. un: schbrodingers cat

[12inches]

[ He'll admit most people here are a great deal more crafty than him, so he's more than willing to be generous with the couple cans he's got, but more importantly... ]

You sure you need donations? Looks like they kinda come right to you...

[ He gestures... kind of around Jesper, as best you can over magi-skype, at that floating can creeping up into view again. ]

video; un: sharpshooter

[endeudado]

Huh? [ He turns. There is indeed a can floating there. This is what happens when he thinks too hard about cans, apparently. ]

Oh, shit, I didn't actually-- um.

[ The feed cuts off. Moments later, Jesper is back. No can in sight. ]

It's not like I'm gonna go around stealing rogue cans. I figure if people are gonna get rid of them anyway, they can give them to me.

[12inches]

[ Buddy, bro, dude, you're among weird-power pals here. The missing footage earns a snicker, but he won't press it. This is much more interesting. ]

You know, people usually like to know where their donations are going before they cough up their dough. How are we supposed to know you aren't gonna make some sorta tin can Magneto robot army and take over the city?

[ ... ]

Actually I would absolutely donate to that at this point.

[endeudado]

I dunno who Magneto is supposed to be, but I'm not gonna make any robots if that's what you're saying.

[ Good thing he learned what robots are in Perdition's Rest, eh? ]

As awesome as that would be, I'm really just interested in testing out my powers with 'em.

[12inches]

He probably wouldn't either, actually.

[ But you know... floaty metal powers. And robots. Robots should always be on everyone's mind. But come on don't be a tease we're all friends here he saw you!! ]

What, your mysterious video-interrupting powers?

[endeudado]

[ Jesper laughs. Right, those powers. ]

I can manipulate metal.

[ He can do other things too, but even getting this out isn't super easy for him, ok! ]

So I wanna practice with cans. Simple as it sounds.

[12inches]

So you are Magneto. And you thought you could get away by playing dumb.

[ He scoffs. Mostly teasing. ]

So, if not robots, what's the plan then? Are we talking like aluminum origami or are you gonna shoot them at stuff?

[ Sorry, he's just filling the silence, now that he seems to be up and about looking for donations. ]

[endeudado]

Who's this Magneto guy, anyway? Is he on the team?

[ Could he teach Jesper the ropes?? ]

I haven't decided quite yet. But you can do a lot with metals, even if it's small. [ He ponders this. ] I could make bullets or knives...

[ That's normal, right? ]

[12inches]

[ Oops. Right. Pop culture gap. It's still hard to not laugh at the question, though. ]

Nah, he's... Well, even if he was, he's not exactly a team player. But he let me tell you, he could bend a car in half just by lookin' at it funny. And that's pretty rad no matter how big of a dick you are.

[ Sigma's staunchly on Team Professor X, but villains always get the coolest powers. Anyway. ]

Oh, man, have you ever gotten yourself with the edge of a can? It's like a big metal papercut. If you made a whole knife outta that, it'd be an instrument of torture!

[endeudado]

Damn. Even a trained Fabrikator couldn't do that.

[ Unless... they took parem..... but nobody wants to go down that road. ]

They're pretty sharp, right? Could work if we needed to arm ourselves against those infected.