Goofing Around

[Aidan Riggs]

He was busy gathering vegetables from the garden.

Well, that's what he was supposed to be doing, at least. Said the others who put him on gathering duty for the day.

Really Aidan was lounging in the garden with a bucket only halfway filled with gathered food at his side while he stared at the clouds flying by. He thought it strange that somewhere up there, there was an invisible force field, separating the city from the sky. He couldn't see it. He could still feel the breeze when it was windy, and the rain when it was stormy. Was that field really there??

It wasn't the first time he'd wondered if there really was something blocking them. You started to think about all sorts of conspiracy theories when you lived around a bunch of people with strange powers. After all, maybe the psychics were brainwashing everyone, or the ones who could fly only pretended that they were stuck.

No, it was just denial. Aidan shook his head at his own thoughts and reached into his pocket for a cigarette. He stuck it between his lips and snapped his fingers, alighting a flame at the ends of his fingertips, which he used to light the cigarette with. Aiden then inhaled deeply, breathing in the cigarette's relaxing qualities. He turned his attention back to cloud watching, tucking his arms behind his head where he laid comfortably in the plants.

It wasn't long before he realized his head felt a bit warm. While he was impervious to burns thanks to his power, that didn't mean he didn't have any sense of temperature, and he knew hot when he felt it. He jerked, sitting up abruptly in surprise, realizing he hadn't fully put out the flame in his hand. "Shit!" he exclaimed, quickly squeezing his palm and dousing the flame.

Way to pay attention, Riggs, he scolded himself in his thoughts. He sighed and laid back down, only to realize the heat hadn't gone away. "What the..."

He glanced back, realizing the brush underneath him had caught fire. "SHIT!!" He rolled to his knees, twisting to face the small, but growing fire. He quickly shot out his hands, concentrating on it and trying his best to make it die down as fast as possible. "Thaaaat's it... cool down..."

He stomped the final flames out with his shoe, and then glanced around nervously, hoping no one had seen that. And hopefully no one would notice the tiny scorched section of the garden either...

[Toru Okinawa]

Toru stood behind Aidan as he burnt a part of the garden.

He was just wandering around because the others hadn't given him any jobs to do yet. He really wanted to help with something. So he made his way to the garden to see if Aidan needed any.

"What are you doing." Toru said after waiting to see how Aidan would do about the situation. He never really liked Aiden very much. He liked to burn this a little too much. Toru didn't hat him but wasn't extremely fond of him. "I come over to see if you need help, and I find you almost burning up the garden. You've got to get control of your power or you'll end up burning a building to the ground or something." He shook is head.

[Aidan Riggs]

Aidan jumped a little at the sound of Toru's voice, causing him to spin in surprise. He furrowed his brow at the other man, wondering how long he'd been watching him. Kinda creepy, really. What was with this guy?

"Oh come off it," Aidan scowled a bit, pulling his cigarette from his mouth. "I have total control over my powers. I was just... distracted." He ground down the last of the ashy brush with the sole of his shoe, trying to hide the burnt spot as much as possible. Damage wasn't too bad, he thought. Maybe no one else would notice. Well, as long as Toru didn't say anything. "Keep this zipped, alright Shadow Boy?"

[Victor Nash]

Victor had gone to pick a few apples for someone from the near by mini orchard when he got a faint smell of something burning. He glanced around but there was no real obvious smoke. Must have been something small, it was the only explanation. He picked a few more apples, placed them in his basket and headed back towards the gardens gate. On his way he saw two other people he'd seen around before and then the small charred piece of the garden. He stopped and raised an eyebrow.

"I hope that wasn't on purpose. You might want to hide some of the charred plant there before someone else sees," He suggested knowing how some of the others who work in the garden regularly, the girls in particular, would react if they saw. He then furthered his suggestion by adding, "Just bury the burnt parts and act like nothing happened, and you should be good to go." With a small smirk and a nod he started walking again.

Some kids, you just need to take as they are.

[Toru Okinawa]

Toru didn't really believe Aidan. If he really had control he wouldn't get distracted. But he didn't feel like fighting. Toru didn't care too much for the garden anyways. It just made him mad when people fooled around with their powers and didn't use them for good use. "Just be careful as all."

Then Victor walked by. He pretty much told Aidan to do what he just did. Toru's seen him around before. He kind of acted like a leader most of the time. It was good to have someone volunteer as a leader instead of the chaos that the some other groups go through. The ones that would just use the fact that there are no laws to their advantage and just do whatever pleases them. He didn't know much about Victor, he just knew his name and that he could phase through solid objects. That's be useful for stealth.

He turned back to Aidan as Victor walked away. "So do you need any help around here?" Toru asked.

[Aidan Riggs]

Aidan couldn't help but blink and stare as Victor wandered away. He glanced down at the brush he'd just tried his best to cover up, and then back up at Victor's retreating form. "Thaaaank you, Captain Obvious!" he called after him, shaking his head a little.

He sighed and flicked some ashes off of his cigarette--making sure to stomp them right away, just in case--and stuck it back between his lips. Then he picked up the bucket he'd been given to fill with some of the ripened vegetables. "Nah, I don't need much help. Just gotta finish grabbing some food for the others at the house."

Though to be honest he wasn't really good at this vegetable sorting business. He could never tell which ones were good and which ones needed to be left a little longer. It was the biggest reason why he'd gotten frustrated and distracted earlier and ended up cloud watching instead.

Probably not the best time for cloud watching, he realized.

[Toru Okinawa]

Toru nodded. "Just making sure." It was always nice to ask even if they didn't need any help. But he was also disappointed because he needed some thing to do. He could either go see if someone else needed help, scavenge around the abandoned parts of the city or go to gang populated areas and wait for a gang to do something illegal.

He decided to do the last option. It could also get boring but at least there was a possibility of some fun. "Well, bye then." He left the garden and walked down the street to the outskirts of the city center. He turned into a shadow to move faster. He moved the shadow up the wall of a tall building. He turned back into human form on the roof. He peered downwards, observing the city to see if any gangs were asking for him to intervene.

[Aidan Riggs]

"Bye bye now," Aidan waved him off as he started focusing back on the garden again. He shook his head, slightly annoyed by the way Toru had talked to him. Really, he didn't have problems controlling his powers. He'd just had a stupid accident moment. They happened.

He bent down to inspect the plants once more. Tomatoes. Right. That's what he was on. He started rummaging through the plants again, looking for red ones. He was pretty sure red ones meant they were good, at least. He felt a little frustrated once more, realizing he probably should have asked Toru for help, but he was still feeling a little sore over the suggestion about his powers and didn't feel like talking to the guy any further. He'd get over it in a little while though.

He plucked another tomato, inspecting it. Yeah, he was pretty sure this one was okay...