// Electric, it's a natural hiiiigh~

[starofchaos]

[Of all the things Liquid might have expected, this was not one of them.

He had walked into a room earlier almost without thinking, mistaking it for one he regularly visited. Realising his mistake he had, of course, swiftly left as fast as a man could leave without giving signs of fear. But as the day passed and little happened to harm him, he grew steadily more relaxed. That was, at least, until the electricity coursing through him began to manifest. A brief spark of annoyance, an unconscious exertion and shattered glass from the exploding corridor lights adorned the floor like snow, leaving a stretch of hall in total darkness. Liquid stared down at his hand as sparks crackled over it.

...that was actually both painful and entertaining.]

...the hell?

[Surely that was new.]

(ooc: So yeah, thanks to chat, Liquid now has lightning powers! ...for three days, at least.)

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[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[Ocelot wrinkles his nose at the smell of static-charged air. A Volgin must be close... he frowns, waiting for the man to appear.]

[starofchaos]

[Except, likely to Ocelot's surprise, it's not Volgin that strolls into sight. Rather, it's Liquid, his hair slightly singed from electricity as he clutches one crackling hand to his chest.]

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

!

[His frown turns into a worried scowl.]

Liquid-- did the colonel attack you?!

[starofchaos]

Stay back. [This had to be his Ocelot if he was worried. He let his voice soften a little, despite knowing his words wouldn't help.]

Nobody's attacked me. [Not that the lack of explaination for this would make it easier. Electricity crackles over his entire body and he bears it unflinchingly, feeling increasingly on edge.]

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[He takes a couple steps closer anyway.]

...What happened?

[starofchaos]

I'm not sure! I was in the hall and then it simply began out of nowhere. Careful.

[The more concerned he gets, the more the electricity rages over him.]

[comp-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

[Sniff sniff. Ions in the air. Strange... She investigates this phenomena, only to find Liquid. Who is sparking electricity.

What.]

[BLANK STARE]

[starofchaos]

[It takes him a moment to notice her, too pre-occupied with this oddity. When he does, he steps back slightly.]

...don't get too close. This could be dangerous.

[comp-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

[She kind of figured that. It's not every day people become living Tesla coils.]

What kind of effect room did you walk into?

1/2

[starofchaos]

No good asking me. It just happened out of nowhere.

[He slumped, a little irritated. Except...]

[starofchaos]

...this could be useful.

[...having powers like Volgin's could be very useful. Now where were Talib and Volgin?]

[comp-kunoichi.livejournal.com]

You're not going to hurt people, are you?

[Not that she really cared much, but that would still be pretty mean in her eyes.

[starofchaos]

Not right now. I need to get control over this. Because you may not believe it, but this hurts like hell.

[badtouchgoesmoo.livejournal.com]

[It is now oddly dark, and he doesn't like that at all. So now the Gekko is blindly wandering through the dark corridor, trying to find out where he is.]

Moo...?

[starofchaos]

[If he's observant, he might notice flickers of light from Liquid's electrified person. Liquid, on the other hand, knows that sound.]

Ah- it's you.

[badtouchgoesmoo.livejournal.com]

.. Papa? [Looking around quickly, he wanders towards the flickering light, holding his arms out.] Is that you, papa?

[starofchaos]

[And human, no less. He wonders faintly how many times that boy has gone into that room.]

It's me. Follow the light to get out but don't come too close.

[badtouchgoesmoo.livejournal.com]

[Far too many, he might become immune after a while.

... God forbid, he'd snap and sulk for ages.]

O-ok, papa... [Keeping his distance, he follows his father like a good dog.]

[starofchaos]

[And that would be worrying. He waits for the boy outside of the darkness, still trying to control the lightning coursing through him.]

There you are, kiddo.

[...he really needs to give the kid a name or something.]

[ku-wa-bara.livejournal.com]

[Volgin sees a man covered in crackling sparks]

[He summons a ripple of lightning over his own body.]

Amateur.

[starofchaos]

[Oh look who it is. Liquid just glowers at him.]

Thankfully. This wretched thing should pass in time.

[ku-wa-bara.livejournal.com]

Wretched? You should be grateful!

[Lightning dances over Volgin's body, bathing the dark hallway in flickering blue light]

[He extends his hand in front of him, toward the wall] Focus your fury into your fists and let it fly!

[KABOOM]

[That is, what used to be wall. Now it's scorched rubble.]

This is the power of the god of thunder!

[starofchaos]

[NOT IMPRESSED]

[...although that is fascinating. Very fascinating. And very useful. He wonders faintly how flattery will work on this deranged giant.]

That is impressive. How do you manage to control it so well?

[ku-wa-bara.livejournal.com]

[It's super effective!]

[Hunh. Blondie's not as dumb as he looks.]

Talent and practice. [and burning the shit out of himself many, many times as he was coming into his power.]

Treat it as a weapon and part of yourself, like your fists. Does your hand go anywhere you don't tell it to? No! It is YOURS to command! Let it do whatever it wants and you'll end up with pretty scars like mine.

It helps to find a good pair of rubber gloves.

[starofchaos]

[If it could be controlled... commanded at will, yes, there could be many uses for this. It's enough to let him turn his prejudice against Volgins down a little. Yes, he knows he has the will to control it.]

I'm most grateful for the advice. Thank you.