Third floor common room [morning]

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Cade hadn't noticed anything was different yet today, which was why he'd gone through his normal Saturday morning routine: thinking about jogging (deciding not to), shower, then into the common room for a box of Cocoa Puffs in front of whatever was on the television at the time.

It was a thrilling life Cade led here. He was (weirdly, for him) more interested in hearing about your day today.

And then leveraging that information to his own benefit, naturally. How Peter Wiggin of him...

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"Remember me when I'm gone," Sparkle chuckled, "as that guy who never did anything worth really getting excited about, except that one time he played chicken with the stove burner and won."

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"Which is extra impressive since countless chickens play that game every day and lose," Jessica noted.

[myownface]

"But their superpower is being delicious."

Which was also an impressive superpower, if you weren't the chicken.

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"Actually, that's a coincidence. Their superpower is actually crossing roads. I heard it from some guy once," Jessica said. "I think he was waiting for me to laugh, but I didn't."

That didn't stop her from sharing the joke now, of course.

[myownface]

And it wasn't going to stop Sparkle from laughing, still a bit giddy over the whole 'fireproof' thing.

"See, if that's a superpower, then I've been way more impressive my whole life than I ever thought. What other superpowers have I had all this time without ever realizing?"

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"Probably the ability to make your hair do the thing," Jessica said, trying to mimic it with her fingers above her head when, you know, Sparkle's hair was right there on his head.

[myownface]

"Huh. You know, you'd think I would have figured that one out? I mean, enough people comment on it like it's not normal or something."

His hairdo was perfectly usual, wasn't it? It wasn't just the heaps of product he used or anything?

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"Superpowers are always showing up where you least expect," Jessica said with a shrug as she opened the cabinets to get everything she would need for the pancakes.