"I got Mackers!" You cheer as you open your bag.
"They toss all this out?" Cronus looked at the food in surprise.
"This is most of it. I got burgers, nuggets, fries weren't clean so no fries, and some of the pie thingies. Dig in guys!" You start eating a burger. Dirk doesn't even hesitate to start eating one of the hamburgers. The rest of the group eventually started eating them.
"You and Dirk don't mind?" Mituna was quiet.
"We had to for a few years, then we were found by some guys who took us into the Felt."
"Felt?!" Meulin coughed in surprise. "Isn't that the worst gang in town?"
"They were. They were busted, then Jake and Dirk were caught. Funny how the Felt 'cepted us but the orphanages would have tossed us to Scratch."
"Wait, were the four of you in the Felt?" Latula asked.
"Yeah, but not anymore."
"Is that why you guys have so much control of your abilities?"
"Sort of. What's y'ur guy's abilities?"
"Not entirely sure. Some of us don't have abilities."
"Every denizen gifts has abilities, the just aren't awake yet." You reach for your charm only to find your necklace was gone. "My charms gone!"
"Scratch must have taken it."
"Oh shit."
"What?"
"That charm is an accelerator! It makes you develope your abilities faster. Oh man, I hope he doesn't figure it out." You focus on making the charm, light flickering as it formed. You catch it in your hands before putting it on. You were also upset you lost your mothers charm, but you weren't about to go after it and leave everyone to try fending for themselves.
"That's your charm?"
"Yup. It reacts to my abilities so I have to be careful with it or I start making weird stuff."
"Like what?" Rufioh asked.
"Like, generic cubes and weird candy corn pieces." You make then as example, green cube and candy corn thing appearing in your hand. "The cubes are really easy to make though and take no energy."
"So you could build a tower of cubes without getting tired?"
"Yup, but I don't know what to do with them. Their really light and I haven't broken one before. Wait, do you know your ability?"
"No, it doesn't- what are you doing?" He eyed you as you held out your charm in front of him. It lights up and very quickly he is looking around everywhere. "Who is talking?"
"We aren't talking. It's just chirps and calls." Horuss states. Rufioh keeps looking around for the voices, but then he stops.
"I can't hear any animals, just voices."
"What if the voices are the animals?" Meulin smiled," That would be cool!"
"Not as cool as being able to hear."
"You've got that right! I'm glad I can do that again."
Rufioh smiled until he seemed to hear something, quickly trying to see what it was. "Oh, that was just a rabbit. Nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"You get the basics?" You asked.
"Yeah."
"Anyone who knows their ability?"
"Kurloz, you four, Rufioh, Mituna with the energy sparks, Porrim is really strong and fast, Kankri sees what will happen sometimes, Damara has a sort of sped up decay power, Meenah switches constantly, Horuss is insanely strong, and I can sort of read minds and control them, except Latula's and the people touching her when she's awake." Aranea smiled.
"What do you mean Meenah switches?"
"I mean her abilities change constantly. One day she's barely able to hold a pencil without breaking it, the next she can hold a teacup and make the energy sparks. Her abilities are always different."
"Not my fault my powers can't be tamed!" Meenah grumbled.
"Your eye color must be really cool. Can I see?" You are already trying to see past her unruly hair to her eyes.
"There stupid now drop it."
"Their really cool. Please show them." Aranea sat up from leaning on her. "Please?"
"There freaky as hell, so no."
"Can you show me what the ability of the day is?" You ask. She focuses only to almost burn her eyebrows off with a huge fire ball. Her hair was not spared as much, several parts burnt short in the front. Her eyes were like an ocean of colors, not really settling in any color division. "Hopy shit! Your eyes are amazing!"
"Of course, their my eyes, but I don't want anyone seeing them."
"Wha? Well, alright then." You make a pair of shades before handing them to her.
She slaps them on before checking her hair. Her hair had been down to her feet, but only parts of it were now. "Roxy, can you make two hair ties?" Aranea asked. You quickly make her two hair ties. She somehow cuts some more of Meenah's hair before starting to braid what's left into two very long braids and tying the ends. Meenah gave up protesting as soon as Aranea had started working on her hair. "Can you stand up now?" Aranea smiled excitedly. Meenah got up, her hair stopping a bit below her knees.
You make her jeans, a dark band shirt, socks and sneakers. She turns around and puts them on, turning back around when she has them on. You look around to see only Kurloz and Porrim still had medical gowns. "Oh, what clothes do you guys want?"
Kurloz was signing something, but you couldn't understand. "He asks if he can get a skull hoodie." Meulin interprets.
"You know sign language?"
"I had to, I was deaf."
"Cool. One skull hoodie coming up pronto!" You make a skull hoodie with some pants and shoes before handing them to him. "And for you?"
"Just a black dress. I don't need anything else."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." You make her a black dress that somehow reaches her ankles. She just changes without turning around and stands up. She does the twirly thing in her dress before nodding in approval, smiling slightly. "Thank you Roxy."
"No problem! Dirk, how close?"
"With our current speed we will be to the blue line within a few days, possibly a week. A week on the blue line with another few days of travel max and we should be their if Jaspers was correct. I think we should pick up the speed unless we want to be found. There is also the problem of crossing the Canadian border undetected. If even one of us are spotted then it endangers the rest by giving Scratch a trail." Dirk stood up," I mean it. Scratch is crafty and will be looking for anything, even if most people would skip over it. Something is off about him, not quite normal, but that seems to be giving him the advantage. Does anyone's powers work around him?"
"I can't get readings on him." Aranea stated.
"Kurloz says he resisted his control." Meulin exclaimed.
"Couldn't land a hit that hurt him enough. Same for everyone else it seems." Porrim frowned.
"Just as I thought." Dirk stated. "If it doesn't hurt him he is affected, otherwise attacking him seems nearly impossible. Since Kurloz's ability would technically cause harm it wasn't effective against him. Abilities seem to be weakened around him from what you guys have said, but why is the question. Also, why can't Aranea's abilities work?"
"That's a good question there Dirk." Jake seemed to think about it. "My ability didn't even work around him."
"What?" Dirk was surprised, but it was hard to tell with shades. "You alright Jake?"
"I'm fine. I just couldn't focus most of the time, but when I could it just wouldn't work around him. I guess it was better than being around him."
Dirk hugged Jake, letting the dog boy bury his head into his shoulder. "Uh, are we missing something here?" Latula asked.
"Yeah, what's Jake's power?" Meenah questioned.
"I don't want to talk about it." Jake's voice was muffled by Dirk's shirt.
"Tell us! It's not fair for you to hide it." Meenah crossed her arms.
"How about you show everyone your eyes before sawing that again." Dirk glared at her.
"We're all just stressed and tired!" Aranea spoke up. "Let's all get some sleep and see if that settles things, alright?" She clapped her hands together as if it solved everything.