[quote=Krein]
"Hm, interesting. I've heard of gifted students being able to get out of school way before their time, so it must have been something to be proud of. I could probably easily do the same you did, but then... I'd probably have nothing to do other than maybe use my powers for the good of all and all that typical superhero talk. Keeping an aspect of 'normal life' can be a good distraction now and then too, if that makes any sense."Gabriel began to wonder what he'd actually do with his abilities. So far the most he'd done with them is replicate a scene from Alien with his stepdad's visage and burn a hole through an obstacle course. He had done some other things with them in between, but nothing too extraordinary or noticeable. Taking up the role of a superhero seemed interesting, but their methods and philosophies were... inefficient in Gabriel's opinion. He was more for the philosophy of a vigilante going by the name of Abaddon. A symbiote-super, like Venom and Carnage, but with a plethora of other abilities at his disposal. This guy didn't screw around, he would actually make disturbing massacres of gangs, criminal organizations, and pretty much anything that decided to prey on "innocent" people. If his targets didn't wind up looking like something like a real life SAW victim, they'd wind up missing without a trace.Now that was effective vigilantism right there. No "give them a chance", no stupid Superman ideal of "they are good at heart and have the potential to show this". Swift, brutal justice."Sorry, got a bit lost in thought. Sad thing to hear that your parents branded you as abnormal. I never got why 'humans' view our kind as a disease. If anything, we're an improvement to human condition..."
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Kijani shrugged lightly, acting as if she didn't care. "It's not that they particularly hated my powers, I think. They never liked me to begin with. I wasn't enough like them to matter, and then when my powers started to show, it was really all over from that point on." Nothing had brought her parents' love back, not even... Her hand strayed to her torso and she flinched as phantom pain shot through her side. "I get what you're saying, though. We're different, and the world always fears change. The nail that sticks out must be hammered in, and all that. The gentrification of the human race..." She smiled a wan smile. "I don't know what I'll do with my powers. I had to be bribed into coming here at all- I've got a hefty reward coming if I graduate with honors." Her grandmother had promised her a possible job, and ranking, in several different places. All she had to do was prove what she was worth, and the world would be open to her.