((Ooc set a couple days after the mansions destruction, after I’ll sho yu ramen.))

The mansion was destroyed. He’s heard from a staggering mystic named August of some of what had happened to its destroyer, in the end. He had seen some of the footage of the rest of the battle on television at his and Kealeys apartment after the event.

Shin had watched some of the students he had never really interacted with fight to save the mansion. Shin felt like maybe he should meet some of them. Talk.

He tracked the flying skunk down where ever they were staying. He thought some of the displaced residents had been staying at haven, others, with friends. Where ever Luna was, he found her. Blame it on his past life as a police officer.

He knocked on the door of the place.

When the door was opened, he waited to speak with Luna. Waited until she greeted him, then said hello. Introduced himself as Shin, a teacher from the mansion. In case they forgot.

“Do you want to go get a cup of cocoa and talk about the last couple of days?” The Asian asked. “Traumatic stuff. The guidance counselor is probably working overtime, counseling students. Figured I’d give her a bit of breathing room. I haven’t really talked with you ever, outside of school.” He taught math. Surely, she took math. “But anyone who flies around fighting wizards to protect my people, I buy a drink.”

She was not old enough for a beer, so cocoa, it was.

Luna still missed the wings, she had flown for an hour after the fight. An hour of pure bliss that had ended a life time to soon. Contributing had been hard, her powers not much suited for situations that called for power. The supreme had batted away her attempts like a fly and Luna had finally pulled back when told to and because the Supreme had used so much fire and her skunk juices were very flammable as was fur. The Monster from the depths of lovecrafts works she had been pretty certain it did not breathe so she had played medic and even caught someone in mid air. She had however managed to evacuate the medical room and ensure Doctor professor lived to heal them. She knew she had done something vital of course but it had been tough to see just how outclassed she was compared to many of those who fought and as much as she did not want to admit it, the fight had shaken her, it had been the first real fight Luna had ever been involved in.

She was staying at her moms house, it had been a few days and her mom was finally not being quite as over protective as normal. She was out when Shin knocked at the door. She jumped from her bed landing with a thud as tore through her hamper of should of been folded yesterday clothing. "One minute" she shouted as she threw on a light blue shirt and some jeans on carefully putting her tail through the hole she had made in them.

Her claws scraped wood which had long ago lost value do her feet and opened the door and was bit shocked or maybe just star struck. It also took her a moment to decide this was likely not about skipping math class. "I think that would be great and no never outside of school. Honestly i want to be anywhere but here right now. My moms out but she is very protective and the mansion thing has her playing warden" she said shaking her head as she scribbled a quick note and put it on the fridge.

"I...keep seeing the fight in my dreams...nightmares really. All the ways things could of gone wrong. Is that normal for someones fight real fight?" she asked trying to make conversation. She had no idea what to say but she did want to talk, she just wanted to not be here if case her mother drove in.

"Saw some of what you did out there as well, it was amazing. I had no idea you were that strong" she said honestly still trying to make conversation though a bit more excited.

>>”My moms out but she is very protective and the mansion thing has her playing warden"

An overprotective mom. How novel. Were his parents ever like that? Maybe. But they never got mad when he moved to America, an exchange student who just… wound up becoming permanent, somehow. So…

Shin nodded. “Okay.”

He let her leave her note, waiting patiently. Gotta let moms know these things. Mom gonna mom. Then, she came back and started sharing.

Shin listened.

>> "I...keep seeing the fight in my dreams...nightmares really. All the ways things could of gone wrong. Is that normal for someones fight real fight?"

“Yeah,” he said. “Soldiers sometimes have post traumatic stress. Nightmares, flashbacks. It isn’t unnatural.”

They would get her help for that, or at least a support group. Support meant making sure she didn’t feel bad about not being alright. Having a net to catch her if she needed it.

>> “Saw some of what you did out there as well, it was amazing. I had no idea you were that strong"

He nodded, and gestured for her to follow him as he started walking. There was a place not too far, according to his phone. He had checked.

“Been training most of my life. I’m sure I’ve had bad dreams, too. One time, a murderer kidnapped a friend of mine and stuffed her in a sack. I had to fly after her. When I caught up, he threw her at me, bag and all….” He was silent a few seconds, as they walked. He looked at her, serious.

“After it happened, I had nightmares. All the ways it could have gone wrong. And been my fault. You aren’t alone.”

“I train a lot. That event made me realize how much I care for her. You train to protect things you care about… She’s my wife now. Heh. That’s Kealey. Never told anyone about those nightmares honestly. You’re the first. Guess I should have. If you need to talk, the teachers at the mansion will listen.”

She followed along thinking over Shin's response. She was glad to hear what she was feeling normal. it had been quite the worry for her. She hoped her mom would not be to annoyed by her leaving. She would deal with it later either way. She tried to push it from her mind for now, wanting to pay more attention to Shin. She had told herself more then once, she was all right but the dreams had still come. She knew she could have died a few times in the fight.

So Shin had done a lot of training it made sence given the man's control and what she had seen. She tried to imagine somone she loved getting tossed in a sack through the air, she could have tried to catch from below but she did not see that rescue working out for her. She could easily see how that may cause nightmares as well. Though she had saved the one guy who had been tossed in the air in the fight so maybe she was thinking about it way to hard.

Luna ran her claws through her fur in a bit of nervousness. She could have used to train more herself. She had a little bit with Cold Steel which had been fun. "Im guessing you caught her? I want to be able to help people like that" she said thinking of the bond that incident had clearly made for the two.

her claws clicked on the floor as she walked. footwear had been an issue and she tended to wear sandels for that reason, her nails could hang over. "My dream, is to be able to protect people. I can really clear an area " she said dramatically holding her nose. "Prolbely not good to hold things in, that's what Ms Gemma told me awhile back. Shes nice enough but her power and mine don't like eachother" she said recalling an early encounter with the woman. They had talked about Luna's lingering dear of humans a few times.

>> "Im guessing you caught her? I want to be able to help people like that"

Shin nodded. “I did.”

It sounded like she had determination. Good. If she wanted to be a full-time super hero type of person, it took full-time work.

He let her finish saying what was running through her mind.

He smiled a little, at the joke and the nose-holding. Skunks, yes. Smelly skunks. Pretty potent ability. If he trained with her, he was gonna do it outdoors where things could air out. Laying it on thick in the danger room could leave it smelling— was the danger room gone? He couldn’t remember. He’d have to check on that.

Pretty sad, if the place he had trained was gone. And Sam would need to reprogram all his scenarios, including the ones he didn’t think people had seen.

But, yes. Luna was talking. He put his attention back on her, mid-sentence.

>>”… that's what Ms Gemma told me awhile back. Shes nice enough but her power and mine don't like eachother.” Luna said.

“She makes me blind.” Shin stated. “And dumb. Turns off my math eyes. Affects my brain. I try to steer clear. But she’s a very nice woman and I think she has a lot of smart things to say. Whatever she told you, you ought to take it to heart.” He nodded. Blindly covering up for having missed what ever it was Gemma had told the child. With blind loyalty. Blindly.

“Ah. Here we are.” He said, as they approached the place. The place he had found that served cocoa. Their goal, though they’d had some good talk on the walk to it already. “Can skunks do cocoa?” He said, suddenly realizing. “Some animals can’t handle chocolate. Would you prefer tea? Soda? A blintz or a slice of apple pie?”

Was it rude to think maybe a mutation based off an animal had that animals dietary restrictions? He didn’t know. He just knew the next post would probably have velociraptors.

Wait, what?

She nodded not sure what match eyes were exactly but she wondered of they made general math easier. "She turns my tail off which also disabled whatever it is that keeps the skunk spray in, tough my sight gets better my hearing and smell feel so weak" she explained trying to be relatable in the situation. She did Agree that Ms Gemma words needed to be taken at value. It had helped her get past her old school days and the nightmares that had resulted from it. She thought it seemed odd the Mansion being destroyed had not been more frequent for her but she was certainly not complaining about it.

"well i can eat chocolate bars and be ok, so i think coacoa will be all right. " she said having not even considered the possible issue with it, she just had kept doing so after she changed, maybe more so. She made a note to herself to look up any other skunk eating issues she might have picked up. She had done some research already on skunk related things but had never thought to look that up.

"You know, i have never quite understood why adapteds are diffrent then humans. Their just people with powers to right? just one that shuts ours off. " she said miming flicking a light switch off as they enterd the shop, she looked around glad it did not seem to busy but she still looked at each person or group of people taking them in and noting where they were nervously. She ad gotten better around humans but they still scared her. She left out that she understood this new magic thing even less, it was strange and new and she was unsure how she felt about it though flying had been amazing.

another questioned popped into her head as they waited in line. "Ever wonder how our powers choose us? Like why i'm a skunk and you command geometry" she asked curiously knowing their was not an actual answer that explained why but she wnated to make some small talk though she was better thinking on her feet then long term planning.

The explanation of the adapted effect on the skunk earned a nod from Shin. Pesky adapteds. Always doing… stuff.

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"well i can eat chocolate bars and be ok, so i think coacoa will be all right.”

“Oh thank god,” shin said. A life without chocolate was wow.

>> "You know, i have never quite understood why adapteds are diffrent then humans. Their just people with powers to right? just one that shuts ours off. " she said miming flicking a light switch off as they enterd the shop.

Shin shrugged. “Ask Thoth. Or any god, really. Dunno why that specific one popped into my head.”

Was a good question though. What made adapteds special. Less human? More? Were they just the friction in basic human genes that had violently resisted mutation? They got in line as he pondered.

>> "Ever wonder how our powers choose us? Like why i'm a skunk and you command geometry"

He laughed. “No one commands geometry. It does as it pleases. And I think we’re just born how we are. We may be able to train our minds or bodies , in an attempt to influence how we develop, power growths and all of that. But maybe that’s just us trying to be true to our real selves. And the powers respect that. I really don’t know. Do we influence the mutation, or does it influence us? Or am I being too deep?”

He was being psychological and philosophical. He knew some got powers totally counter to everything they wanted in life. Some were detrimental. People are born with genetic disorders or diseases all the time. Mutations with nothing to do with turning sunlight into rock candy, or whatever.

All of a sudden, Shin’s communication device went ping ping. He answered. He swore.

“Okay. Be there.”

He turned to Luna. “Come on. There’s dinosaurs causing trouble and I could use skunk help.”

Without listening for a reply, he turned and walked out. He started summoning shards to form their ride. A pink and purple polygonal duck.

There were velociraptors, finally. A few blocks away. Mystic, probably. Sigh.

Luna had no idea who Throth was or what pantheon he was from Still she got the Message he had no idea either and maybe no one really did. Some seemed way more helpful and powerful then others and some she had seen seemed to have little use at all. Still she supposed it mattered less why and more what they did with them. "You ever meet a god?" she asked curiously and while she assumed not after what had happened she would not of been shocked.

"It's hard to think where my powers could go from what they are but more range would be really nice or a human mode" she asked curiously not really sure where her own power could go from where it was but it made her consider that she could become stronger or get new powers as time went on.

Her help? She almost levitated with excitement. "wait Dinosaurs? Those old giant reptiles?" she asked as she looked at the ride. It looked like something from a cartoon but she had faith in Shin and climbed on. She would prove herself here she just knew it. She looked down at the dinosaurs as they flew. [/color=blue]"So what's the plan teach?"[/color] she said her tail twitching an anticipation. "I can hit them from twenty feet" offered waiting for his signal not sure if he wanted to lure them somewhere or just straight hit them. She failed to mention hitting things while moving was quite a bit tougher for her.

Her nose twitched s she breathed in the scent of the reptiles, they smelled real though she knew their was no way that possible, then again....she thought and scanned the nearby area while keeping the raptors in sight. Did they have a powerful sense of smell? She had no idea but she grabbed her tail in case shin wanted her to take a shot.

Had he met a god?

“Think we all did, at the mansion battle.” Shin said. “Heracles or something?” His voice rose a little with uncertainty. It was really unclear, but the scuttle butt around the once-mansion was…. The man at least thought himself a god. And he had a magic weapon.

Shin shrugged.

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>> It's hard to think where my powers could go from what they are but more range would be really nice or a human mode"

“I vote skunk wings.” He joked. But those other things were probably better.

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He finished forming Porygon, then they were gone. Flying across the city. Only a few blocks, though. They passed over the group, and Luna asked if she could hit them.

20 foot range, huh?

He stopped moving over the group. It wasn’t like there were 100 raptors, there were maybe 10. He hovered 15 feet above their heads, not enough to have them leap at him, enough she could hit as many as she could.

“We will try that and see where we get. I’ll hold steady so you can aim, is it a cone attack or a straight line? You tell me where to move, I’ll move there. If they get mad and start rampaging, I will Shepard dog them around. How many shots do you have? And the main goal here is to flush out whoever caused this.”