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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[Looks like he's calmed down considerably.

Which isn't saying a whole lot. He's holding a stuffed animal to the best of his ability, his ears are laid back as usual and he's pouting.]

This place is still stupid as shit. But I guess I'm supposed to get used to it or something. [Because that's what Fai would praise him for.] I'm looking for someone called Rainbow Dash, so... yeah. Someone help me find him. Or her. Or whatever. I need help figuring out how to fly right.

[This is probably a good idea, since the few times he's tried, his powers kick in the second he's off the ground and he starts bolting through the air.]

Comments

[action]

[io_non_ti_invidio]

[Excuse him while he just... shrinks back from her a bit and mumbles.]

I guess?

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[elementofloyalty]

You guess? Or you do?!

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

Seems kind of pointless to want it... [He draws circles on the ground with a hoof.] I've had 17 years to make myself brave and it hasn't worked, so...

[Wow what a great outlook.]

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[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow holds up a hoof to cut him off right there.]

Do. You. Want. To. Be. Braver?

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[He shrugs his wings and mumbles a bit more.]

...I guess- I mean... yeah.

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[elementofloyalty]

Again! Do you want to be braver?!

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[He makes a little squeak like an upset smoke alarm and takes a few steps backward.]

Y-yes?

[action]

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow rises up in the air a foot, spreading her forelegs.]

Again! Do you want to be braver!?

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

Yes!

[It's really not as loud as that looks.]

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[selfmadespeedster]

_{["This guy's powers are a crazy trip into physics. At least that's something I know well. But can I help him out?"]}

Fear of "everything?" _{[He tilts his head.]} Do you have a lot of phobias or... Just tend to be nervous?

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[He grimaces.] I'm scared of... lots of things. And nervous all the time. So it's kind of... both. [He tips his head back as he looks for a reasonable explanation.] Have you ever had a feeling, like when you're in enemy territory or something, where you just know in the back of your head the whole time that there's a million ways you could get killed the second you let your guard down? [His ears droop.] That's... how it feels for me all the time. And sometimes I just start thinking of how people near me could get hurt. And.. I'm scared of heights and spiders and demons and the dark and stuff like that, too, and that doesn't help either. But... I guess it can get fixed, I was getting therapy for it at the school. Mostly because... I tried to run away from the school and drag my brother with me. And once they taught us the school was really pissed off. [And getting a lecture directly from Charles Xavier's brain to his was kind of terrifying.]

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[elementofloyalty]

[But it's more definitive! Progress! Nevertheless, Rainbow draws herself up to look down at him.]

LOUDER! Do you want to be braver!?

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[One more bit of shuffling before he lets out a sonic boom of a shout.]

YES!

[Looks like something spooked him into powering up. Probably being shouted at.]

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[selfmadespeedster]

I'm no psychiatrist but I'll do what I can to help you out if you're up for it. I've been in a lot of the sort situations you worry about. Stuck in enemy territory overseas, stopping bank robbers, fighting super villains... I'm pretty sure my own teachers would say the best thing you can do is make sure you're prepared. So uh how about I teach you a thing or two I learned in my experience?

_{[He gives a small shrug.]}

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[He shuffles a bit.] Well.. I guess that makes sense. [He chews his cheek a bit before nodding.] Sure. Go ahead.

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[elementofloyalty]

[Completely unprepared, Rainbow tumbles backwards in midair from the sheer force. Once she gets her balance back, she flies back, bonking her left ear with a couple times to clear the ringing.]

Okay! Now we're talking!

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[He chuckles hesitantly and hangs his head.]

Sorry... are your ears okay?

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[elementofloyalty]

I'm a tough pony, don't you worry. Now, THAT's the kind of attitude you need to keep. Loud, confident! Maybe not that loud, but still. The first step in wanting to be braver is WANTING it!

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

You are pretty tough. [He smirks.] Iunno about confident, but... loud, I can do.

[selfmadespeedster]

_{[[OOC: Would you rather play out this conversation in more specific detail or should I just write in a general idea of what Wally tells him about?]]}

Uh. Any specific subject I should start with?

[io_non_ti_invidio]

[[ooc: Your choice, if you don't wanna write it all out you can just summarize.]]

Hey, it was your idea. Start wherever you think you should.

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[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow glances around, then ducks in to murmur to him conspiratorially.]

Speaking as a performer, sometimes all you can do is fake confidence. No matter how you feel, you go out there and do your thing like you're the best in the world. And sometimes if you fake it well enough, it becomes real confidence.

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[This makes him smirk.] If I didn't use that every day of my life I wouldn't be alive right now. Hasn't turned real yet.

[But now he flutters his feathers and nods.] I think I'm too scared to really get confident, but... I can try. I might as well.

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[elementofloyalty]

Hey, you're not doing it now. If you were that good at it, you coulda fooled me into believing it. That's how good you need to get. The important thing is you try! That's ALWAYS the important thing. No matter how hard the journey, you square your shoulders and start it!

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[io_non_ti_invidio]

[This gives him pause.]

So are you faking confidence right now? Or is it real yet for you?