There was a whirlpool of thoughts in my mind. What it means to me, to the world and to the powers? But also what is that feeling? Oh yeah, I'm hungry. Scion can wait, I'm grabbing a sandwich.

On my way towards the fridge, I look outside the window and notice that it's still bright. That doesn't seem right, surely I spend more than a couple of hours of reading based on my stomach. I blinked into existence at 15:42 (?) and arrived home at 16:17 (again ?), I don't know when the Sun sets around these parts but it definitely should have been dark. I check the clock and find that it's 05:50… is the AM/PM thing?

NOPE, did I just spent over 11 HOURS in front of the computer? Whoa... It's not a record but it's close. Also, I'm… not… tired? That warrants further look but for now my bodily needs. Next to the PC was a cup of water, which I apparently refiled five times, plus apple core.

Screw sandwich, mind as well make this a big breakfast. Eggs, bacon, sausages, and toast (where's the actual bread?) prepared and devoured in a blink of an eye and we're back in business.

I do some calisthenics but nope, still not tired. I'm sensing a possible superpower and a theme.

I grab a knife and focus. Few minutes of intensive staring and some tries to activate it (there may have been attempts at voice control, I'll deny everything) but nada. I guess I won't be calling myself Militant.

Still, apparent perfect memory and not needing to sleep? Hell yeah! I don't need or want anything more, those are awesome! I want something more. Let's stay within the boundaries of Thinker powers first. I calm myself and push.

Time slows to a crawl and I can focus and analyze everything in my vision. Information floods my brain but I have no problem sorting and viewing all of it. I use several lines of thought to review myself. Noctis Cape, Perfect Mind and Shroedinger. I recognize those. I'm getting greedy but what else do I have?

Further testing and analyzing with my powers and my other powers called common sense and intuition reveals some results.

Protocols are the one thing I'm sure of, however, there are powers that I can't test without something or someone else or they work passively and because I didn't get a manual they might be already working. Peak condition for example. I think I have better stamina and motor control but that could just be the training.

I'm not going to be punching out Lung but these fit me perfectly.

Thank whoever is responsible that I didn't get Tinker powers *shudder*, those would have been Protocolled away instantly. I have major respect towards scientist and engineers, plus if Warhammer 40K exist here and people haven't connected Tinker 'technology' with Ork magitech I will be severely disappointed.

Perfect Mind and Shroedinger work beautifully together, when they're activated I have all the time in the world to survey the situation and make a decision, however, it's SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE SHOOTER I'VE PLAYED IN YEARS!) kinda effect. Like I said, mentally I have the means but physically I'm just a dude (with a very particular set of skills, skills that make me a nightmare for my opponents). I imagine in a fight it will be mighty useful but not all-powerful like actual super-speed.

Protocols are difficult to test to their full extent. I don't have friendly (or hostile) Master on hand but I'm hoping it will work against that. The mechanics of the power are however fascinating. As far I can tell Worm psychic powers work through strictly physical means rather than mental (I suspect Panacea can counteract most if not all Master effects). So my messing about is changing my brain chemistry and neural commands. That is good, that means I can do a whole lot. For example, if in the future I happened upon Armsmaster with his lying kit (he only dreams about for now) I can stop the time, write the correct script and voila, it's gonna read truth because I convinced myself that I'm truthful.

Tattletale (did she even triggered yet?) is a different problem. Her power is a mixture of enhanced perception, post- and pre-cognition. So it will muddle up the info she's getting but it won't be 100%.

Speaking of precogs. The most important question is whether I have Blindspot or not. It's not active power so I can't even test it, I guess it will depend on my inevitable contact with Contessa. I mean, as soon as I see her I'm throwing the nearest thing at her and Blindspot is the one thing between epic fail and her mightly surprised face as that random object impacts.

I've spent a couple of hours on probing and prodding and I'm getting hungry again. I think I'm gonna take a walk and buy some fast food. Shower, a bit of grooming, put on some normal clothes, gather the essentials and I'm ready to meet the world.

My apartment building is close to the city center so I don't take a car or a bike (we're gonna get close very soon). Walking through the city and looking for some joint to eat from you could hardly tell that this is probably the worst city on the east coast. Sun is shining, birds are singing and skinheads are at least trying to blend in.

Except for those two fuckers throwing shady looks at a black guy across the street. I see you. I try to make my displeasure to be noticeable but they were too wrapped up in their little pathetic world. Well, how lucky are you that I have perfect memory? I'm gonna pay attention to see If I come across you later in my more Enthusiastic walks.

I get a burrito at probably the only Mexican place in town. Based on the location and the number of people inside it's pretty popular and because of that they're allowed to operate here. Well, that and the photos of various superheroes on the walls as they munch down on the local cuisine. I guess nobody wants to mess with the Protectorate favorite patrol food. Imagine that.

That is another point against the Nazis (if you need more). I'm not a big food guy, I mostly eat to survive not the other way around, but if your organization is against good food than maybe something is wrong and you need to rethink your Ideology.

After finishing my meal I'm basically just wandering about as I come upon Army surplus store. Might as well. Besides, forget about galavanting across the rooftops, there are some things I need for everyday use. The shop is empty so I browse for a moment until the shopkeeper calls.

"Can I help you with something?" He is a generic looking dude in his forties with a glorious beard. He has a full set of hair and no tattoo that I can see but unless I want to strip him from his T-shirt that doesn't mean anything.

"Mainly I'm here for a pocket knife but I can see some other cool stuff."

He goes from behind the register and towards knife display case. "Do you have some preference?"

I look at my hand and follow him. "It shouldn't be more than a what… 8cm? long but aside from that no."

He turns his head looks and at me weirdly. Ah, yeah, I'm forgetting where I am. "3 inches or so."

We go over the various types and I end up with nice stainless steel one with a partially serrated blade for 60$.

"Anything else?"

"Sling bag big enough for a laptop," I also need to buy the laptop "and I'm gonna try out some fatigues." I'm wary of buying anything more combat orientated. Gonna have to get some info on this guy or some other store in town for that.

300$ for the purchase but I don't care much. Oh, have I forget to mention that I'm rich?

You remember that stack of papers in the now not-so-locked drawer? In the middle of those was a handwritten note with all the logins and passwords I could ever need. One of them was my bank information and in my account was happily sitting slightly over 300K. That's not even talking about my soon to be conquested riches. It's not Bruce Wayne type of money but I don't think I'm gonna starve anytime soon. There is also savings account that generates not inconsequential amount of money. I can retire right now and live out the rest of my life in… well, not opulence but comfortably.

As I don't have to worry about monetary means I began to think about gear. That's gonna be the bigger problem. I can buy all the knives that I want and stab vest or even a plate carrier, hell just in that one shop was a whole selection of them, but getting proper equipment will take some doing.

Not to mention guns. Can't forget about those. Well sure I can get them legally (and maybe I should get carry license) but the problem with that is traceability. And yeah, once I go out into the world I'll be able to collect all the guns I could possibly want but the first few incursions are gonna be tricky.

It's not that late and I already have the bag so I at the nearest tech shop for a laptop. I'm two weeks from my first class (which I'm still iffy about), just for that laptop is useful. I wasn't really around the tech world back in 2009 so I can't compare the specs, plus there is the difference between our level of development, but I almost choke looking at the latest models. I'm not planning on running Crysis on this thing so it shouldn't matter all that much.

Back home I began to plan.