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Mark laughs at this. "Well, my hair's never behaved. Never truly curly or straight, so a bit of static hanging about is the least of my worries."

"Good point. High altitudes and extremes of temperature don't bother me, not to mention having lightning arcing through me."

Mark nodded. "Very true. Do you ever wonder if travelling at those speeds is doing damage to you?"

He nods. "I guess I'd like to study something like environmentalism or meteorology. Obvious choice I know, but it sounds interesting..." He sighs. "Sorry, I'm really wittering here. I do that when I'm nervous."

"Well, maybe I can't be..." He smirks at this as he indicates Megan. "I dunno, how do you prioritise your own needs over innocent people's? People always need help, and I'd feel terrible for denying it them. I'd just feel awful if something happened that I could have prevented." He shrugs, dismissing the thought. "So what are you studying at college?"

Mark looks away from her when she asks the question, like he's embarrassed to answer. "Well, I've been thinking about it, but this hero gig seems to take up so much time... I don't know if I'd be cut out for it, to be honest. Do you plan to go?"

He thinks for a moment. "Yeah, probably about the same. Seems a lot longer though." He smiles, looking away nervously. "I think your powers are pretty cool, to be honest."

Mark thinks about the question. "It's... hard to describe, to be honest. I know they say weather is this massively complex system, but I tend to just do it by instinct. The trick is to not control it, to be honest. If I get too distracted then I do it without thinking about it, which is pretty bad if I'm feeling angry or upset. The main thing I learned at Claremont is how to keep concentrating even when things are going to hell all around me." He takes a sip of his coffee. "So how long have you had your powers?"

Mark nodded understandingly. "I can see why you'd keep it from them. I've told my parents and my mom does nothing but worry. Plus she figures that if I'm out there saving the world, a few extra chores around the house shouldn't tax me." He smiles at that. "You make using your powers look easy, I guess. I'd just worry that I'd crash into something, going so fast. Does that mean you think super-fast too? Does the world just seem like it's going in slow-motion to you?"

"Oh, a cheerleader? That must be pretty cool. I've seen Bring It On, there's a lot more to it than most people think." He smiled at the Barista, indicating he'd like a latte with some hazelnut syrup, then looked at Megan to see what she'd like. Once they'd been served, he located a table away from the main press of customers and sat down. "So how did you learn to control your powers? Did you go to Claremont like me?"

He smiles, grateful that he hadn't blown the whole thing with that blunder. "No, not been waiting long at all. You're right on time." His smile widened when she took his arm. "My name's Mark. So... pretty crazy few months, huh? Talk about a rocky start. Hope you're recovered after the whole..." He waved his hand, hoping that would encompass the incident of her being hit by some freakish toy.

Raindance noticed her at the last second, having already come to the realisation that she could look like almost anything, and had been frantically scanning anyone who looked female and approximately the right height. It was her face that clinched it, but he still looked a little taken aback at her appearance. "Oh, hi! You made it! Hope you had a good journey!" There was a note of bright optimism in his voice that betrayed a hint of nervousness. "You want to get straight to it? Er, coffee?" His unintentional blunder made him blush furiously, and the skies darkened momentarily as the sun passed behind a stray cloud that a critical observer would have sworn appeared out of nowhere.

Raindance stood outside the small coffee shop he'd arranged to meet Velocity at. Today he was just plain old Mark Cooper, wearing his civilian clothes. Plain black pants and a powder blue Oxford shirt, he checked his watch again for the third time in two minutes. He took a brief glance at the sky so as not to seem too preoccupied, but of course he knew what he'd seen. He'd given the weather a nudge a few minutes ago, ensuring that it would at least remain dry and mild. He was on the lookout for Velocity and suddenly realised that he'd never seen her out of her uniform. That thought made him blush instantly, even though he knew what he'd intended. He hoped he hadn't overdressed. Or underdressed. He checked his watch. One minute since he last checked...

OOC thread for this topic, should it require one.

As the hatch to the jet opened for them, Raindance turned to smile at Velocity. "Well, guess this is our ride..." He turned away from her, then turned back. "If, you know... you want to, I dunno, go for a coffee some time, maybe, I dunno, discuss hero stuff or something, y'know, whatever, I guess that would be cool. If you want to."

Raindance shrugs. "I don't mind. Gives us a break from the mayhem. Plus I have time to think." He seems to consider for a moment. "But I suppose when you're one of the fastest women alive, waiting around must be a killer." He smiles.

He looked from Velocity back to his communicator on news that Valkyrie was injured. "Okay Emissary, understood. Anything you need from us down here?"

I think it's unclear where we go from here, so a call from Daedalus might help.

I was pretty much just going for a "lightning storm", so Blast with the Burst Area.

He couldn't help but laugh in the face of Velocity's infectious smile. "I'll get to work on the other factories!" The sky had already begun to darken by the time he had turned around. In less than a minute strong breezes were stirring the dust, then fat raindrops were saturating it. The rumble of thunder was only a split-second before the bolts of lightning began to rain down on the factory where they'd fought the giant toys, as if an angry god were smiting it on the heroes behalf.

Works for me, I'll probably go with Extra Effort to do a Burst area Blast to destroy as much of the factory as possible. Will I need to roll to damage a static target?

In relation to destroying the hangar, is it possible for Raindance to summon up a huge storm? Or will I have to roll dice?

Raindance heard Velocity over the com and immediately sprang into action, imagining her in grave danger. Deciding to be a little more subtle now that there were no girls to impress, he simply blasted at where the locking mechanism for the nearest door was likely located so he could gain access to the hangar.

Raindance drifted over to the hangar, leaning up against the wall where Velocity had just passed through. "Do you see anything?"

Unless Velocity has a preference, I don't mind. One hanger seems as good as another at the moment.