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[biwinning]

[Backdated to a few days ago, after Equius decided to totally decimate Sollux's room. He's decided he's done taking Equius' and Eridan's endless torment.]

2O WHO WANT2 A NEW BLOCKMATE??
becau2e ii am 2o fuckiing done wiith the one2 ii have.

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[biwinning]

That'th thtupid, and a wathte of time. Throw it out the window and I'll catch it.

[hornedomen]

[At first, he assumed Sollux just meant to throw it out the window and leave it there.]

You will? But aren’t you worried about getting hurt?

[He held onto a drawer shelf. It was broken but still not small enough so he split it over his knee.]

[biwinning]

No.

[As he neglects to mention telekinesis...]

I'll go outthide.

[And oh hey, telekinesis becomes a thing now, what with him suddenly levitating, and flying out the window.]

[hornedomen]

Ah!

[He jumped back in surprise and stepped in the honey. In the back of his mind, he may have wondered why his sandal did not melt off but he was marvelling over this telekinesis revelation.]

How did you do that?

[He leaned out the window and looked at the ground below. The scraps of wood were still in his hands so he prepared to throw it at Sollux.]

[biwinning]

I uthed my mind.

[He shrugs, like that's an accurate explanation, and prepares to catch the pieces of wood. Again, with his mind.]

I've alwayth been able to do thith.

[hornedomen]

[It sounded familiar to him and Equius had used a strange word to talk about it. He threw what remained of the drawer and then scratched the base of his right horn.]

So, is that psionics then?

[He put more scraps onto the pile and grabbed another armful to throw. Most of the mess was in a neat pile now except for the broken bed frame.]

I SWORE I TAGGED THIS BACK??

[biwinning]

Yeah. How'd you know that'th what they're called?

[Sollux catches all the bits of furniture being thrown with ease, as he continues to float outside the window.]

THAT'S OKAY BACKTAGS FOREVER!

[hornedomen]

Equius told me about it, but I don’t understand it.

[He began throwing the scraps one after the other without pause.]

What else can you do with it?

[biwinning]

[Once Sollux has all the scraps, he grins slightly.]

I'll show you.

[And then, whilst floating still, he crushes the pile of scraps to compact as much as possible. He lowers his glasses, and then, BAM LASER VISION. He manages to control it enough to keep it small and controllable as it sets the ball of furniture pieces on fire.]

[hornedomen]

[Ico had assumed that Sollux could crush objects but the eye lasers were a surprise. It shocked him so much that he fell back. The fire alarmed him.]

How can you do that? It doesn’t hurt your eyes?

[biwinning]

[And that was the reaction he was looking for. To be a show-off.]

Nah. It'th part of my powersth. It only hurtsth when I can't control it.

[hornedomen]

How do you lose control of your own power?

[There was still the broken bed frame left. He pulled it over but it was too large to go through the window.]

There’s more still. Should I break it apart?

[biwinning]

... It'th eathier than you underthtant.

[A shrug.]

Jutht leave it. I jutht had an idea ath to what to do with it.

[hornedomen]

What will you do with it?

[He dropped it but now he noticed something was under the debris. It was sharp, purple, and it looked dangerous.]

Is that your weapon?

[biwinning]

Put it in the room of the perthon who did thith and thet it on fire. A warning.

[Sollux floats back into the room, moving through the window and putting his feet back on the ground.]

Oh that? Yeah. it'th a ninja thtar. Kind of pointleth though, I don't uthe it.

[hornedomen]

[That sounded extreme. Then again, so was the devastation in Sollux’s room. If something like that were to happen to him, he would not be above revenge.]

Does it have to be fire? It could burn down the entire building.

[He sat next to the weapon and looked at it. The way he folded his arms and tilted his head indicated that he was thinking about how it would be used in combat.]

[biwinning]

What elthe could I uthe?

[No, really, he can't think of anything better.]

I want to thend a thignal that thaysth, "don't touch my thtuff."

[hornedomen]

You don’t have to use anything, just tell him. If he won‘t listen, then you fight.

[He lifted the weapon to feel its weight.]

Why would you get this if you won’t use it?

[biwinning]

I'm not going to fight him tho thoon. I've thtill got bruitheth from latht time.

And I don't know. Maybe they want me to uthe it, but I jutht don't.

[hornedomen]

Then you should train more often. You’ll be better with your weapon and prepared for another fight.

[He looked at Sollux, particularly at his arms.]

You could use your psionics with the ninja star.

[biwinning]

I'm too lazy for that.

That'th what I'm thaying I shouldn't do. The thtar windsth up wanting to go one way, when I'm trying to thend it another. It... The thtar doethn't like my pthionicsth.

[hornedomen]

[That was a problem, even if he did not understand how a weapon could like or dislike anything. He held it in one hand and spun it around. It was large and awkward and he still did not know how to use it.]

Can you switch it for another weapon?

[biwinning]

For what? I don't really uthe weaponsth. I picked thith one becauthe it wath cooletht.

[hornedomen]

Then what will you use in battle?

[biwinning]

My pthionicsth. What I jutht uthed right now.