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I'm looking for people with powers to run some tests on. It involves being observed using your abilities, but that's it. Can't exactly give you much for it, unless you need an alarm system.

First wave of testing will take place in a week near the colosseum. There may be second or third waves in future. Testing is expected to take several hours overall.

Any questions?

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What do you need this for? What goal drives such research? [There's no way Glacius is letting himself be a test subject, he just wants to get a better sense of exactly how wary he should be over this proposition.]

I think I figured out why one of my powers hasn't been working right. Just want to confirm it and get it to work.

It's passive. No harm done.

( he doesn't have any powers, but this sort of thing does kind of concern him.

in the sense of people being used for test subjects, for whatever good it might end up doing. )

In my experience, even suggesting monitoring someone's powers might be enough to scare them off the idea of helping.

( helpful, isn't he? )

You might have a point. [ although it's one she's not very acquainted with, a moment of thought is enough for Kate to see the sense in that. ] But I don't think people want me doing this without their knowledge or consent.

[ because people don't usually take kindly to stalking, she's learned. ]

Don't get me wrong. ( because at least she's asking for volunteers instead of luring people away under false pretenses, and that's admirable. or something. ) You're going about it the right way, if ... there is such a thing for asking for volunteers for experimentation.

( welp. )

Why are you doing it, though?

[ aaaaay she developed morals in the last ten years! It's a miracle. ]

Observation. I'm not cutting them open, just asking them to use their powers for a few minutes.

+ It's the only way I can think of to get mine to work properly.

Would you be willing to share your results when the tests are complete?

[Yeah, Nick's got a question, all right.]

r u fuckin srs

I have powers! We test them-- all the time, back home. I help!

Not sure they'll be much use to anyone else but if people are alright with it, I don't see why not.

Alarm system?

Yes.

[ Because sarcasm doesn't translate well over text, have a blunt answer! ]

Oooh t his dsoesn't sound sinister atall!

Any information is better than none.

Is this power innate, natural, or was it something that was granted to you by outside forces? If the latter, it is possible that being displaced from your world severed your connection to the source... or that the gods are interfering, for some unknown reason.

Excellent. Can I get your name?

Yeah. Let's just say it's one of the uses of my own abilities.

It shouldn't. Not like I'm about to gather everyone up and off you all.

[ ... that probably wasn't the best reassurance. ]

-- All it is, is something to confirm a theory.

Had it since I was a kid.

[ Pause, pause, clicking fingers against keys. ]

My theory is that - because no one here is from my world - my enchantments need reworking. I can only guess that I need to reconsider the way powers work.

[ And that? Is going to take a while. Rethinking your entire foundation is not a simple task. ]

Fine. Willing to help me out by volunteering?

[That doesn't necessarily answer his question, but it's really not in his nature to dig or pry unless he really don't trust the person. Instead, he's simply curious.] Your powers sound like they work very differently from mine... but that is not surprising, given that just about all of the humans I met have their abilities gifted to them by some force or entity. So you want to... what... emulate the way others access or utilize theirs?

[ Gifted? Almost sounds like something you can return. Although, Kate doubts that. ]

You could say I want to know what wavelength they operate on. My power lets things respond to other powers.

... Hate explaining this, honestly. [ Because how niche. ] Other words: if someone can produce fire, I can make a weapon that will absorb that fire and use it. Or make something that'll let someone know if their powers are on the fritz.

... But I can't do that until I know more about people's powers down here.

[His response is mostly just of his goofy grin, so she recognises him in future.]

I am-- Koda!

THat's what someonew ho was about to gather everyone up aand off us all would say .

Is yopur theory that mages bleed when theyre stabbed because I can answer that for you

I don't have any powers, I'm afraid.

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