♦ } they say quitters never win

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[ So. When the devil gives you superpowers, obviously, you have to test them out.

Of course, Jesse doesn't know that he got his superpowers from the devil because he never asked. He took the powers and left - never look a gift horse in the mouth, obviously. So he heads out to the edge of the woods and decides that he's going to aim at the trees, and see if he can manage to hit any of them. He... misses, for the most part, and when he gets mad, frustrated, it gets harder to control. But the trees have a crapton of marks on them, so there's that, apparently.

And when he heads home later, he'll probably run headfirst into one of two people, simply because he's not paying attention to anything but his hands, trying to make sure they're not going to spark all over the place. ]

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[ ... She gets defensive. Jeeze. ]

I ain't changing the subject, you're being all shifty with your arm! What's wrong with it, what - [ And he stops dead in the middle of his sentence - he can remember during the hallucinations that it looked like Kenzi had been bitten. The same arm. The same scratching. ]

Kenz, what's wrong with your arm? [ He asks it calmly enough, but he's serious. ]

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I'm not being shifty, I just don't see why I have to answer stupid questions that aren't even relevant or anything!

[Galen's been helping her wrap it. Anna couldn't heal it. Bruce doesn't have any idea what it is or how to stop it and it's just not something Jesse needs to deal with, too. He's already got enough going on with Galen stuff and-- Oh shit. Yeah. She'd have to explain that it wasn't--

Kenzi turns around and heads back to where she dropped the crossbow to pick it up and just try to get the hell out of here.]

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[ It's relevant, and Kenzi just tries to walk away? Nope. Jesse needs to figure out what she's running from. What she's hiding from. He won't let her walk away - he strides forward and grabs her by the wrist, and he knows he shouldn't, because when he's this agitated, she's likely to feel a static-y sort of shock.

The second it happens he lets go, but still. ] Don't you fuckin' go, tell me. Or I'm gonna assume the worst, and you know what that is.

[onteamdyson]

Fucking Ow! [He gets another push for that. Abusing your powers already, are we? How fae of you. Kenzi glares, but at least she's facing him again.]

It's not what Galen had and that's all you need to know. Okay? I didn't get bit by some freaky dog and I'm pretty sure I don't wander around in people's heads, so you're gonna be fine. It's all peachy freakin' keen for you guys, don't worry about it.

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[ He doesn't mean to do it, and he immediately feels awful - that's not what he means to use this ability for. Jesse shoves his hands in his pockets and shrinks back. ]

You know that's what Galen said, yeah? 'I ain't wandering around in people's heads.' [ He snaps. ] I ain't concerned about me. It's you that's gotta be okay. [ Stupid. ]

[onteamdyson]

[Shit. Shiiiiit. Okay. Well... fuck. She sighs, setting the crossbow back down and shrugging out of her jacket so she can pull her sleeve up and show him the bloody bandages. Nope, he didn't hallucinate this.] ... I don't know what's wrong with it. I mean, I know what happened, but I don't know what it is.

Anna couldn't fix it-- for the love of everything, do not say anything to Galen! If you do, you have to immediately follow it up with your super power confession to take the heat off of me and put it on you. [STUPID!]

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[ He stares at it, expression dark. It looks awful, and Jesse is definitely not going to touch it or get close to it. He'll look. But that's all. ] I ain't gonna say anything. [ He rolls his eyes. ] I just wanna know you're good. You're okay, yeah? Ain't gonna keel over and die 'cause of this. 'Cause we can't have that.

[ He pauses. ] I'll help y'look for something t'fix it. I dunno what I can do, but I'll look.

[onteamdyson]

[Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhh--] Yeah. Yeah, I'm good. Had it since I got here, haven't died yet. It's fine. [Blatantly lying to his face. Good plan. She pulls the sleeve back down and shrugs her jacket back on.]

Thanks, man. You ... wanna practice your shit a bit more before heading home? Might be easier hunting with you than with medieval weaponry, and we totes need the food. [She smiles nice and bright, trying to be encouraging.] Having bffs with cool powers isn't exactly something new. Maybe I could help?