Note: Dang, just as I'm typing a part about getting shot at by a jet on account of being a misterious object flying over the border and way too close to new-york for comfort, a part get's written that contradicts it. I knew I shouldn't have waited for my dinner break to write
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"GOD DAMNIT!"
I had done it again. For some reason, my transformation into Yukiyo also included the uncanny ability to break electronical devices, and I had just broken the microwave while attempting to heat up some leftovers. How I managed to do it when that's something I do several times a week, I don't know, but I managed it. My mp3 player, my alarm clock and my toaster were other things that I managed to break in not even 24 hours.
As I was holding my burning hand under the plate, I glanced at my computer. I hadn't touched it since the transformation, partly because I didn't know what had caused the transformation, and partly because I didn't want to break it. But, due to my lack of television, it was still my best bet for information.
As I ate, I decided that I needed to see if it was possible for me to manipulate electronics without breaking them, so once I was done, I took my cheap old clock and tried to change the hour breaking it.
I focused on it, and I had no troubles. But then, something distracted me and, during the minute I was not looking at what my hands were doing, I managed to make it stop working entirely and I had absolutely no idea how I did it.
I could only hypothesise that, as long as I was entirely focused, I could succeed but that if, at any point, my hands were allowed to work without supervision, I would fail. I tested that with the few electronics that still worked, and as far as I could see, I was right.
I kept practicing and, after several minutes, I had managed to train myself to stop moving my hands whenever I wasn't looking. Taking the habit of crossing them over my chest whenever I got distracted also helped improve my odds of successfully going online to check the news high enough for me to risk it.
Almost immediately, I saw that I wasn't the only victim of whatever happened. Actually, several articles said that it systematically affected everyone who had been playing in Virtue at the same time I was struck. I suddenly realised that a large proportion of the Legendary had been playing that evening, so I immediately 'seek-and-poke'ed the URL and checked. Nope, I definitely wasn't the only one and the situation seemed to be bad enough that Bob had offered that everyone regroup at his house.
I quickly wrote the address down and flew off towards the US. Almost immediately, I wondered how I was supposed to actually find my destination. However, a moment's thought brought to mind a spell that Yukiyo often used for such things, and I quickly casted it.
I plummeted a few feet before I recovered from the dizzy sensation of gaining an extra sense. It was odd really, I now knew exactly what direction to go, and how far. It was sort of a real life equivalent of the compass in CoH.
It took a surprisingly small amount of time to get there, the game severely underestimate the speed you fly when it's triple slotted for speed. I quickly landed and, hoping I was not late for the meeting, I knocked on the door.
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There, Yukiyo has arrived. It's around 4 or 5 PM eastern on the day following the transformation, I'm not sure where exactly that sits in the timeline.
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"GOD DAMNIT!"
I had done it again. For some reason, my transformation into Yukiyo also included the uncanny ability to break electronical devices, and I had just broken the microwave while attempting to heat up some leftovers. How I managed to do it when that's something I do several times a week, I don't know, but I managed it. My mp3 player, my alarm clock and my toaster were other things that I managed to break in not even 24 hours.
As I was holding my burning hand under the plate, I glanced at my computer. I hadn't touched it since the transformation, partly because I didn't know what had caused the transformation, and partly because I didn't want to break it. But, due to my lack of television, it was still my best bet for information.
As I ate, I decided that I needed to see if it was possible for me to manipulate electronics without breaking them, so once I was done, I took my cheap old clock and tried to change the hour breaking it.
I focused on it, and I had no troubles. But then, something distracted me and, during the minute I was not looking at what my hands were doing, I managed to make it stop working entirely and I had absolutely no idea how I did it.
I could only hypothesise that, as long as I was entirely focused, I could succeed but that if, at any point, my hands were allowed to work without supervision, I would fail. I tested that with the few electronics that still worked, and as far as I could see, I was right.
I kept practicing and, after several minutes, I had managed to train myself to stop moving my hands whenever I wasn't looking. Taking the habit of crossing them over my chest whenever I got distracted also helped improve my odds of successfully going online to check the news high enough for me to risk it.
Almost immediately, I saw that I wasn't the only victim of whatever happened. Actually, several articles said that it systematically affected everyone who had been playing in Virtue at the same time I was struck. I suddenly realised that a large proportion of the Legendary had been playing that evening, so I immediately 'seek-and-poke'ed the URL and checked. Nope, I definitely wasn't the only one and the situation seemed to be bad enough that Bob had offered that everyone regroup at his house.
I quickly wrote the address down and flew off towards the US. Almost immediately, I wondered how I was supposed to actually find my destination. However, a moment's thought brought to mind a spell that Yukiyo often used for such things, and I quickly casted it.
I plummeted a few feet before I recovered from the dizzy sensation of gaining an extra sense. It was odd really, I now knew exactly what direction to go, and how far. It was sort of a real life equivalent of the compass in CoH.
It took a surprisingly small amount of time to get there, the game severely underestimate the speed you fly when it's triple slotted for speed. I quickly landed and, hoping I was not late for the meeting, I knocked on the door.
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There, Yukiyo has arrived. It's around 4 or 5 PM eastern on the day following the transformation, I'm not sure where exactly that sits in the timeline.