[quote=@TheUnknowable] "I'm not sure if we're going into an xmen senario or not. After that kid and I used our powers we got looks from several people in the crowd. The ref even had to step in and say that because powers weren't forbidden in the rules and because we hadn't cheated the kid could continue. Lost to you in the last round, but I wouldn't be surprised if we weren't allowed to use our powers, or even participate next year. It took decades before things really went down hill for the xmen." He paused for a moment. "We need a professor X." "As for my powers, I fell down some stairs." He was going to stop there, but realized it sounded like he was trying to cover up abuse. "Really, broke my neck. I was in the hospital unable to move and it got ridiculous. the nurse had to bathe me, feed me, carry away my shit, wipe my ass, everything. I just wanted to be able to do something by myself. That's when the tv remote came to me. After that I got the healing, for obvious reasons, and when my cousin with super strength started to train me I got durability, again for obvious reasons. You?" [/quote] "Again," spoke Alexander, "I lost friends to the virus." Deciding to elaborate, he continued: "I always wanted to be a hero, wanted to be the light in the grim darkness of our world. But, what I ended up becoming was a self-righteous asshole; I myself don't know if I've changed. I had a habit of making friends, then alienating them, and then the Martian Virus struck my hometown; I remember hearing about my family fearing for my life, or my friends dying. Just before my powers manifested, remember...wanting to go back to those times, as well as wanting to...pierce my delirium and reveal the truth behind things..." "You're also right on how the situation may not have deteriorated yet. But, I didn't use my powers, so that might...I'm just being optimistic." "As for a 'Professor X', that'd be convenient, but for now, we should assume we're thrown on our own resources."