Nightshift 39: West Wing, South Hall 1-B

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Yukari peered up and down the hallway, deciding against shining her flashlight this way and that; she didn't particularly want to attract any monstrous attention. Mentally going over the maps, she tried to remember where she was going. Ritsuka had said M35, right? So that was the next block over... she'd have to go through the West Hall, but hopefully could get through without getting attacked her first night.

M35... why did that ring a bell?

Giving a shrug, the youkai headed on her way.

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[gottabetactile.livejournal.com]

Kon deflated slightly. It made sense to ask about his powers since everyone's didn't work right here. Well, duh! If they did there was no way this crummy prison could keep him or Bart or any of them locked up. But he really didn't like talking about how not helpful his TTK was right now. He couldn't just ignore the question though.

"Not so much. I think it can still make me stronger and I can still control stuff with it and open doors or whatever." He hadn't tried anything bigger than that. He probably should just to see what he could manage. Man! He should've practised in his room earlier but he had been avoiding it since he didn't know when his powers would stop working. Kon looked away uncomfortably, he wasn't going to mention that either. Skuld didn't need to know that his powers could hurt him and it wasn't something he wanted to share.

[innovator-skuld.livejournal.com]

It still got Skuld's attention; she missed her telekinesis for a lot of reasons, and here was someone who still had a little of theirs. "What kind of doors have you tried? Some of these locks can't be picked normally, but with telekinesis, then maybe..."

Actually, she could think of a lot of applications for his power. "And how does it make you stronger?"

[gottabetactile.livejournal.com]

"Uh, doors with locks? Locked locks?" Kon stared sceptically at her. Just how many types of doors did she think there were?

"And it makes me stronger so I can hit things harder. Normally I can toss trucks buildings around without breaking a sweat." He didn't get the question, what was difficult to understand about 'my powers give me superstrength'?

Unless she was asking how his TTK worked. Which wasn't the sort of thing Kon had ever really thought about. His powers had never not worked and while he'd been training to use his TTK in different ways his superstrength had always just been there. It wasn't something he'd ever had to explain. He was Superboy. He had superstrength. It just was.

[innovator-skuld.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but to what?" Skuld retorted. "Some doors here are a lot tougher than others, and so far there's some nobody can get through." She was thinking of making a key, but since she wasn't sure it would work that might be a big waste of energy.

Well, maybe she could do it the night she was sort of supposed to do something for that demon guy, and just happen to "forget" him as a result.

But if this Superboy could do it instead... hmm.

[gottabetactile.livejournal.com]

Kon continued to stare blankly at Skuld. There were some doors that were open. And some that weren't. He could open the ones that weren't with his TTK. That was it.

No, wait, that wasn't true. There had been a few he'd tried to unlock that his TTK just wouldn't work on. He hadn't been able to figure out why but it just didn't.

"I know what you mean. There are some I just can't open. I dunno why. It's weird they just," he waved a hand about vaguely, "I can't touch 'em somehow." It wasn't just his TTK that didn't work on them from what Skuld said. Nobody could get through them. He felt a little better about being stopped by a stupid door but he was Superboy and it shouldn't matter if no one else could do something, he should still be able to manage it.

Sighing, Kon slumped against the wall. "This totally bites."