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."

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[the_civilian]

Tadashi rolled his shoulders back, taking a deep breath and letting it out again to center himself. Then he raised his arm again to turn down the power suppression on his gauntlet.

He could do this. The fire wasn't going to hurt him. He could control it. He could--

FWOOMP!

--He could completely destroy the target by engulfing it in flame. Sarcastic yay.

"Not exactly what I was going for," he muttered under his breath.

[notwithoutafight]

Videl's eyes went wide at the sudden burst of flame. (She was admittedly grateful that Tadashi had told her to back up, even though the fire didn't come close enough to be threatening.) She put her hands together and applauded as the fire devoured the target.

"That's amazing!"

[the_civilian]

"It's impressive, yes," Tadashi agreed, after taking and releasing another deep breath. He might not be able to control the fire very well, but he could control how he responded to people who weren't the ones struggling with it. "Not what I'm going for, but impressive."