Let's Get Back To Work

[the_civilian]

Who| Tadashi and you!
What| Trying to learn not to light everything on fire
Where| Training gym
When| After diplomacy/disaster mission
Warnings/Notes| PTSD, pyrophobia, will update as necessary

You'd think a guy who was as afraid of his own powers as Tadashi clearly was wouldn't be experimenting with them outside of training. But for all that he'd spent their training sessions thus far failing to control the flames he generated, there he was, sitting cross-legged and concentrating on a target less than a foot away from him.

It did explain, however, why he was dripping wet and the target was in the middle of the pool. Legion flight rings meant never having to balance on a floatie while trying not to have flashbacks to being trapped in a burning building.

"Okay," he muttered under his breath, dialing down the juice on his power suppressor and extending his hand toward the target. "Test thirty-seven. Let's not dump ourselves in the water this time."

Comments

[nerdninja]

"Well, I'm probably the last person with qualified opinions about clothing."

You tended not to pay much attention when you didn't actually wear any.

To the question, he shook his head. "Nah, I'm just here to stake out a corner and work on my forms. And even I weren't, I get the feeling you probably need the pool more anyway." People generally didn't get wet for the hell of it; it wasn't hard to guess that there was something more specific Tadashi was trying to get out of this than a few laps of freestyle.

[the_civilian]

"I did that earlier." Tadashi jerked his chin in the direction of a corner with mirrors on both walls. "That's usually where I hang out when I'm practicing forms, so that I can see myself to tell if I'm doing it right or not. Though if you're not a visual learner, it might not be as much help."

He shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck. "It's not technically how the pool's meant to be used, but it seems like it's probably the best way to work on controlling my powers without tearing up part of the habitat deck."

[nerdninja]

"I'm used to doing it without mirrors, but I'm also used to having my father breathing down my neck if my posture slips, so the mirrors might be good after all." It was a different kind of experience, running through things alone without input from Splinter or good-natured needling from his brothers.

As for the rest - well. "Lots of things are good for more than what they're meant for. If it works, I'd say go for it."

[the_civilian]

"I usually did it with mirrors and an instructor, so I'm hoping Karate Kid will correct me before I get too used to doing something wrong," Tadashi said with a little smile.

He chuckled at Donnie's response to the rest of it. "Yeah, I've always been a big fan of solving problems by looking at it from another angle. Though I've gotten a little spoiled since I started college being able to build my solutions from the ground up."

[nerdninja]

"College isn't really an option for me," Donnie said, a hint of envy in his voice. "I have a friend with a pretty good lab, at least - before I met him I was building from...well, anything that looked vaguely fixable from dumpster diving. But it does force you to get pretty good at improvising and jury-rigging."