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It was way too nice to stay inside. Way too nice. Will remembered this as being perfect running weather. Not too hot but not too cold. He wouldn't overheat or catch a chill and you could run for hours without feeling it. Will loved it which is why after he'd had his run, he wandered up to the roof and breathed in the fresh air.

#9: WATCH, LOOK, AND LISTEN, OR YOU WON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MISSING.

Enjoying the scenery and the weather might have been a more literal interpretation of his dad's rule but it seemed to fit. He could recall a few times when he and his parents had camped out in dense forests with little to see but dirt, bark, and tree branches. His father though pointed out small things like patches of moss, four leaf clovers in the midst of overgrown weeds, and a small birds nest on one of the highest tree branches.

The thoughts made Will smile as he hopped up on the roof's ledge and sat down, swinging his legs. In the distance, he could see the town and maybe he every once in awhile, he tried to pull at one of the benches or light posts he could barely make out just to see if his abilities extended that far. He wasn't trying too hard but he could feel the pull, just that tugging about his mind, that maybe he was succeeding a bit.

[Open place so of course the post is open too]

Will thought he deserved a lazy night after the whole group therapy thing. It'd been a little strange to talk about some things with people who weren't completely in the know but he felt a little better to know that some of his feelings weren't completely out of whack.

Regardless, he wasn't thinking about his issues and his emotions tonight. Tonight, he was eating ice cream for dinner (it was amazing all the different flavors that were out there) while he watched some ridiculous movie he swore had to be a joke. But, it was apparently something someone had made and people had gotten paid for.

He was going to need a lot of ice cream to survive this movie through to the end.

[Open place & post]

Will had dreamed of his parents last night. It wasn't unusual for him to do that but this one had shaken him up a bit. The dream had started out normally, actually. It'd just been him and his parents, eating a quiet dinner while rain fell against the the window. Will recalled turning to his mother to ask her a question and seeing, to his horror, several Ride Alongs crawling across her face, distorting her from Will's sight. When he'd swung around to tell his father, it hadn't been his father but Mr. Hobbes, smiling malevolently at him.

Will had woken up and hadn't gone back to sleep. He'd gotten through his class and was grateful that he could come back and actually not do anything for while. Training was going to have to wait. He thought about attempting a nap but the visuals from the dream reared their ugly head again and he ended up settling down in the common room. He switched on the television set but couldn't find anything to his liking so he just settled on some sports recap show.

Instead, Will was going to see if he could use his Grid indoors. He'd tried before and it had worked but it was clumsy. But, he figured he could give it a go again. He closed his eyes and pulled up his enhanced sight. Immediately, he felt a little seasick but the vision eventually settled and walls started following away. Will started looking around, noticing energy signatures from people in the halls and in their rooms. He looked up and could even see where people were on the floor above.

Will kept his eyes closed and his Grid up, trying to pick out common rooms from dorm rooms from other rooms on the third floor while he was sitting on the couch on the floor below.

[Open place and post. Will's Grid can't make out people individually (aka he wouldn't be able to say 'John Smith is in the hallway above me') but he can see where energy is centered, can see through walls, and around corners etc. To squirrels, it'll just look like Will's dozing, though.]

It smelled like it was going to snow. Will had spent enough time in Wisconsin to pick up the scent of what an upcoming snow smelled like. The air was definitely getting chillier and the clouds in the sky looked like they were going to bring more than just a cold rain.

Will was really glad he'd brought along the heavy duty winter gear he'd gotten while he was at the Center. It meant that he could still go out and run tomorrow and wouldn't end up getting hypothermia and frostbite. Even if he did have enhanced healing, he still didn't want to go through the pain.

It wasn't cold right now so Will was out on the roof in a light jacket. He'd come up with a good way to practice while laying in bed earlier. Right now, he was tossing various coins off the roof and trying to use his telekinesis to locate, picture and bring the coin right back to him before it fell and hit the ground.

He'd been pretty successful but there were probably a few nickels and dimes on the ground below. He'd go and find those later. Maybe.

#8: ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO IMPROVISE. If he couldn't be at the Center, then he'd make sure he was ready when he did eventually go back.

[Open place & post]

#46: IF STRANGERS KNOW WHAT YOU’RE FEELING, YOU GIVE THEM THE ADVANTAGE.

One of the luxuries that Will had been allowed to keep was his 'computing device' from the Center. Ajay had managed to keep Will connected to the Center's intranet (Will didn't ask how) even while he was away. It meant he could keep himself up to date on things going on and hopefully not feel quite so far away. He didn't (and couldn't) keep himself in a constant and obvious funk.

"Power on," Will said and watched the tablet seemingly come to life. Legs unfolded in the back and raised the entire unit to a comfortable viewing angle. Then, the screen expanded in size and powered on with a musical chord. As everything powered on, Will almost smiled when he saw the visual representation of himself staring at him from the computer. The background changed and soon it was mimicking the common room he was sitting in.

Will picked up a few of the potato chips he'd picked up in town and ate a few while the tablet got itself caught up. "Open mailbox."

His mailbox opened and Will scanned through some emails from Elise and Nick. There were some announcements from the Center and one from Dr. Robbins but nothing else. Will opened the email from Nick first and started laughing at his friend's sarcastic whining tone about being bored. He'd even sent a picture of himself lying on the pod's couch, looking sad and bored.

It made Will feel a little better. He got to work composing a reply while the television droned on in the background. Every so often, Will looked up to see what was on but nothing really caught his attention.

[Open common room. Will's tablet is pretty technologically advanced. It only reacts to him and there's a very, very accurate representation of himself on the computer screen. It sounds like him, moves like him and is kinda creepy but helpful!]