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what kind of horrible school actually has them forcefully dragging you into a timeout room? That is clearly not a place for you to get help, but a place where people can forget about you until they no longer have to bother.

you really should talk to your parents to send you to a normal place. In a normal school whatever issues you have that are the reason to be send to this horrible place, well, they won't be solved, but at least they won't get worse either, and you can at least get a normal graduation. If you stay in this horrible place, problems might just get worse, or new ones get added on top. additionaly, graduating from a school like this is a *please do not give me a job* sign around your neck.

I feel genuinely sorry for the bullshit you have to go through

Same here.

edit: will be on ##ta-ooc for a bit if you want to

Essentially the opposite here. See y'all in a few hours.

Manipulators use uncon and int for "ammo"

Wait, I thought they used manipulator batteries for ammo.

Kyle frowns and follows it.
"Sentience... EXCITING!"

It continues crawling away.
Also your definition of "sentience" is different than most peoples'.
...
EXCITING. Unlike the bang in the distance, which is boring.

Selina just lays there, hoping her injuries wouldn't kill her. She takes a few herbs, unfortunately raw, to help deaden any pain and hopefully induce sleep?

[1(oh come on)+1=2]
You eat some herbs. No clue what they're going to do to help but they don't hurt. You do start to get a bit hungry, though. And you think you hear some loud sound in the distance.

She rolls her eyes, sighing. "Well, at least I found her..." she murmurs to herself, looking for a way down into the ravine.

[3]
Well, you can climb down easily, and there are some nice roots that should hold your weight if you don't do anything crazy on them. You slide down to Selina, who has tied her clothes in tourniquets around her limbs for no discernible reason. Also lacking discernible reason is a distance crack.

"*gurgle* *sputter* *hack*" Kext said eloquently.

Seek medical attention!

You eloquently make inarticulate noises and locate a medic, who promptly begins trying to stop you from dying.
Endurance: [4]
No Malpractice: [4+1]
You are being treated and no longer need to worry about bleeding to death. For the moment. Probably.
Oh wait, there's an explosion! That sounds bad.
You: [3+1=4]
Medic: [5+1=6]
You are both unharmed.

"...any chance of you leaving me alone?"

Create a metal spear and strike

The bear does not respond.
Power: [5-0.2-0.2=4]
Control: [4+0.2-0.3=4]
You create an iron spear thingy. Grr.
Bear Attack: [4v1]
[3+1.2-0.2=4]v[2+0.4=3]
The bear mauls you, cutting your arm. [Bleeding]
You stab it.
[3+0.4-0.1=4v2][6+1-0.1=6]v[5+1=6]
You stick the spear into the bear's chest, getting it stuck. The bear doesn't seem to notice, but there's no way that isn't hurting it.
You hear a bang in the distance. Probably...well, worry about it later.

Gather the crystals into a pile, generate a forcefield around them and then tighten and collapse it on them to crush or compress them.

Alright. First, a shell around them.
Power: [4+1=5]
Control: [1-1=FUCK]
Oh my. Oh dear. Um. How does this turn out.

Well. You create a shell around the crystals. Then a shell forms around that one, and one around that one. You back away to avoid being grabbed by some of the shells. You hurridly try to compress and destroy the light shells.
Power: [2+1+1=4]
Control: [2-1-1.3=-1]
You smash the light shells together, causing an explosion of light shards and crystal dust, all moving at extreme velocity. You are at ground zero.

You: [5-0.2-1=3]
You take a shard of crystal to the shoulder. It hurts like hell, and you shouldn't use that arm for a while.

Now for the two rather important NPCs.
[2+0.2=3]
[6+0.4=7]
You seem to have clipped the prince.
"Do we not have enough problems yet?!?"

I vote it be like Northdale: The general area is known, but not the specific location.

What is Euhemerism?

A short version is that it's a method of rationalizing myths and stories as corrupted accounts of real-life stories. For instance, Euhemerus (the guy this method was named for) was of the belief that the legend of Zeus was based on a king whose tomb could be found on Crete. It can be applied to pretty much any fictional character or event; for instance...

This game is a simple one. Poster A posts a fictional character, event, or somesuch; Poster B thinks of some rationalization that covers, at minimum, the major unusual traits associated with the person or event. Then poster B appends a fictional character/event/etc and the cycle goes on.

Rules
1. You don't need to cover everything. Someone who gets Superman should explain Krypton, the secret identity, and Supe's major powers, but you don't need to explain S-throwing, super-weaving, or that time he burned the bathrobe he got as a Father's Day gift (unless you want to).
2. The simpler the better.
3. Remember, euhemerism assumes these were real people. Don't say Gandalf was based off of a guy in England who could use magic. An Easterner who brought fireworks to England would work, though. (Actually, that works pretty well...)
4. While these don't have to fit perfectly with reality, they shouldn't violate common sense too much (e.g, if your explanation involves Native Americans going to Japan more than a few centuries ago, you're violating this rule big time. And probably #2, actually.)
5. If someone ninja's you, you can (and are encouraged to) still post your interpretation, but the previous player's choice of the next fictional thing still stands. You can work on that in your post, though.
6. Have fun.

I'll get us started with Captain America.

"Okay..." Angel goes home and grabs some clothes.

They're, uh...clothes. Not much special. And I'm not good with clothesy stuff.

Wherever we put it.

-snip-

Angel is confused.

"Describe Kayla in more detail please. Maybe her relationships in the group as well?"

"She's boring, some monk thingy. Not even the cool kind. She controls rock and stuff, but doesn't talk much. Definitely no 'relationships' worth noting."