cape_kore | accidental video: (morning: day 69)

[It's obvious this is accidental video. The angle is sideways and shaky and the owner of said device isn't in view. Whoever it is, they're at the park and they're setting something up on a picnic table, one that's slightly a ways off from the others.

There's a brief view of Charlie, the girl clearly oblivious to the fact that it's recording, and then there is a view of a row of cans set up in a line. Some of them are dented, some look like they've been burned in spots.

Charlie moves away from the table, standing a couple yards away from the table. Her device shows part of the table, again at that awkward angle from before.

Nothing happens at first but then, there's a hissing sound and a bright flash of orange-yellow light. A small ball of fire (yes, fire) flies at the first can in a row, knocking it off the table. This happens over and over until all of the cans have been knocked away and then Charlie moves to set them up again.

It's when she bends to pick up the first can that Charlie notices the device is on. She sighs, rolling her eyes and her shoulders slump in mild defeat. She offers a half-smile, one that doesn't have a lick of amusement in it, before she turns the device off without saying a single word.]

[ooc: open to action, too! because charlie needs the stress in her life.]

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[Even if Charlie was expecting to be seen out in the open eventually and even after the device turned on her (traitorous piece of shit), she still jumps when Meyer speaks. The ball of fire she'd been controlling simply vanishes when she pulls her focus away to look at the man, recognizing him instantly.]

Hey, it's the rice guy. Glad to see you're you again.

[She'll just be ignoring the current situation for a moment.]

Hey, it's the vampire girl. Glad to see you're not stealing my rice again.

[That had been a strange week -- he's glad it's over. Still, he's fascinated by what she was doing, and can't help stepping a little closer, intrigued.]

So. You like lighting things on fire.

Charlie. But, yes. That was me. Sorry about that. I don't usually steal stuff.

[...that she doesn't actually need. At his next question, her nose wrinkles and she shakes her head.]

Not at all. It's just target practice. Out of sheer boredom.

[There seem to be an unusual amount of people here named Charlie or Charles. He smiles at her.]

Nice to meet you. I'm Meyer.

[He's still studying her thoughtfully.]

So how'd you do that?

[Target practice, where he's from, usually includes guns.]

[She clearly needs a nickname to differentiate between all five billion of them.]

Nice to meet you, too.

[Charlie's a bit unnerved by being studied so she watches him in return, one eyebrow raised. It takes her a minute to answer, needing time to remind herself he wasn't Shop as far as she knew, and he wasn't one of the assholes running the place. So she's relatively alright with answering.]

I'm a pyrokinetic. That means I can start fires with a thought.

[A couple weeks ago, he would have found that unbelievable, but these days, it doesn't seem out of the realm of imagination.]

And can you light anything you want on fire?

Anything I put my mind to. So far, anyway.

[She doesn't sound like she's bragging. More like she's uncomfortable with saying anything about it.]

Have you always been able to do it?

[It's not so much that he hopes to really understand her ability, but information is always useful, and he has a difficult time turning off the part of his brain that just wants to ask question after question.]

Rumor has it. [Charlie looks at Meyer again, smiling just a little.] It's been around as far back as I can remember, anyway.

Sounds pretty useful.

[A pause.]

And pretty dangerous. I'll try to stay on your good side.

[Charlie smiles a bit, a faint quirk of her lips before shaking her head.] I've already done my worst to you. The rice went beautifully with the fish someone got me a while back.

[She's teasing, honestly.]

Did you steal the fish from a vampire, too? Risky business.

[He smiles back.]

No. Should have, though. It's better eating that way.

[Grinning. Meyer wins at life.]

Yeah, I was always kinda under the impression that if my meals didn't involve the risk of having all my blood drained from me, it just wasn't satisfying.

So, did you?

[Consume blood.] I tried not to.

[He immediately knows what she's asking, and nods.]

Yeah, I did. Not because I wanted to, though.

Because you had to? I know that feeling.

So does that mean you did, too?

It was either that or eat my roommates. I kinda like them.

Yeah, I know the feeling.

[Although he had bitten his roommate. Multiple times. But that's not exactly his favorite thing to talk about.]

Well, that's over with now, and I guess all we need to worry about is you lighting things on fire.

I have a rule that I've followed since I was twelve. If it's not a threat, it's not torched. [She pauses, tilting her head at the cans with a small smirk.] The canned beans upset my stomach. Clearly, they were a threat.

I admit, the canned food around here leaves something to be desired. Lighting it on fire is probably the best thing that could happen to it.

Yup. I'm doing people a favor. [Even if the cans are empty.]

Yeah, it's basically a community service. We're all indebted to you.

A lot of people around here seem to have some kind of... powers. Like you. I wonder why that is.

[Charlie just shrugs.] I don't know. Maybe the people in charge are interested in seeing how we all interact?

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