12290/Shaking up things

Shaking up things
Date of Scene:	04 October 2020
Location:	Skye's Brownstone, Greenwich Village
Synopsis:	Skye tries her powers on a willing Clint
Cast of Characters:	Hawkeye (Barton), Quake

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Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
It's early in the evening at Skye Johnson't appartment. Seated on the sofa are Skye and Clint Barton. An emty pizza box on the coffee table in front of them. Like many people, they prefer to eat on the couch, rather than use the kitchen table. Aerosmith music is playing in the background.

"We need to start eatin' better, Skye," Clint says matter of factly, "I don't think the extra mushrooms on that one would count for a veggie portion."

Without letting her time to reply to that statement, he totally changes the topic to a more serious one.

"Alright, whatabout you tell me about this trick, y'know. When did you start doin' it, hrm, is that a mutant thing?"

Quake has posed:
"Who says I'm eating those!" Skye sticks out her tongue, and sighs. "When you left, it was hard for me. For a while I stayed in the Trisk, but no matter where I was, I had memories of you, and the cats preferred here.. So I returned to here, and my old way of eating."

*sigh*

She had a lot of things to process, and one of them was eating.

"As for the other.." Skye grins. "After I mastered the bigger things, everything started to fall into place. I'm sorta on sabbatical, but I think it's time to return to work. With a little bit besides."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint winces interiorly at the memories this brings up, remembering that time and the mistakes they did, bad choices, mostly from his part. But he's not one to dwell on the past - well, mostly - and there's no point beating yourself for mistakes, especially when you are fixing them.

Clint turns to Skye, grinning, "Little bit besides? What d'you mean? Don't tell me I'm that /little bit/!"

Quake has posed:
Skye pokes him with a toe, "Hey, I did it too. Both of us. And let's face it, I didn't eat anything with you. We have a long time of breaking down my barriers when it comes to food." A mushroom is is stolen off his plate and disappears down.

"As for the other, Fury hasn't been open with what I can do. Egro the sabbatical. When I return to full time duties, most people don't know about it. I just took an extra bit of damage to my body, especially my hands. I will return to my job as one of those who gave my reports to him exclusively. Just like always."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
And there goes the last bite of his pizza. Placing his plate on the coffee table, Clint nods at that. "And we'll keep breaking these barriers, trust me." Yup, there are a lot of ethnic restaurants around, and food should not be limited to pizza, Chinese food and shawarma. But for now, there is a more important topic at hand.

"Awright, let's recap here," Clint says. "It looks like an amazing gift you've got here, and if you are up to it, I think some training would be in order. Tell me, how far can you apply this power, how long, how fast can you trigger it. You know, these are all essential information before starting to train."

Quake has posed:
"Sure, but I must warn you, I'm better now than I was then. Right now I've been practicing using it in my day to day SHIELD stuff." Of course, she hasn't given up on regular practice. Now she has more of it.

Skye thinks before she answers. "I'm pretty certain I can use it the way others use their weapons. Or faster." She didn't sound braggy, just matter of fact. "But I need constant practice to remain on top of my game. Like you."

She grins, and finished up her piece of pizza as well.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Lost in thoughts for a moment, Clint doesn't reply to that right away. From what he has seen not long ago at the gym at SHIELD, Skye's /gift/ has a lot of potential. Right now, he's thinking of all the posibilities it offers, which raises a lot of questions as well.

"I'd love to help you practice," he says, smiling, gently grabbing her hand to place a kiss on it, "You'd have to show me what you can do. Like, can you stop something you can't actually see, is it only on objects, or can you also stop individuals?"

If she doesn't stop him, Clint will come up with all sorts of training sessions, maybe even more than what SHIELD could even plan.

Quake has posed:
Skye lets him go on about the possibilities. There were a few of those she hadn't thought about.

"Well," she thinks, "What I do is manipulate the gravitational pull of objects, whether or not I can see them. But it certainly is easier to narrow the field down if I can see them. The smaller the effect is, sometimes the harder it is. Remember when I made the field on snow in the nearby avalanche happen? And before you can say, yes I can have those avalanches happen at a distance, but there isn't any control over it. It's too big to have precision to it."

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Yes, the avalanche! It wasn't quite clear at the time how this happened and heck - of lot happened since then too! They didn't have time to discuss it afterward because... because life happened and sucked for a time. For an eternity it seems.

Shaking his head to chase these thoughts away, Clint suddenly jumps to his feet, turning to Skye with that trademark grin of his.

"Ok, let's try something?" he starts. Oh oh, that might not be a good idea. "I'll come at you, and you'll stop me. I mean, stop, not kill. Can you do that?"

Quake has posed:
"Oh yeah, I prefer to knock out than obliterate. My practice has been getting them down and out, not dead!" Skye looks very serious. "I don't know I could do it if I had to take them out permanently. You know?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
"I'm game to try," Clint says, a decided look on his face. As he talks, he moves at the other side of the room, then turns to face Skye. He trusts her enough to try this. "Any damage, you'll have to nurse later. Not that you'd want to hurt /any part/ of my body, hey?"

He then winks at Skye, as if to say, show me what you can do.

Quake has posed:
"Ohh, where shouldn't I hurt you. Hmm." She winks and quickly gets up for the 'attack' to begin.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Well, it ain't a very large room, and Clint is not actually running toward Skye. The point is to experience what it does on the receiving hand. If curiosity kills the cat, hopefully it won't kill the Hawk! So he starts toward Skye at a quick pace, the short distance will also be an indicator of the reaction time she needs to deploy her powers.

Quake has posed:
Skye holds out her hands, just enough to slow him down. "If you want I can make it harder for you. Now that you know how it feels."

Skye was being careful, until he had a grip on this.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
It feels strange! Pushing forward, Clint can barely move a few inches forward, despite his best effort to advance further. "That's all you've got?" he grins, almost as a challenge.

He's joking, but at the same time, trying to find a way to counter Skye's powers. There /must/ be a way to counter this. And if there's one, they both need to know. You can't just be satisfied to know how effective your powers are, you also need to know their limites. Of course, this won't be discovered in Skye's appartment and for now, it's all fun for Clint. More serious training will come later.

Quake has posed:
As far as Skye knows, her powers have grown exponentially with her practice, until she's nominally invincible.. as long as she has an edge. Afterall, she's not Superman! If she's knocked out, or she's surprised..

But for right now, she's in charge.

She holds her hands outstretched as Clint can't move forward or backwards. He's stuck.

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Yes, completely stuck. There is no more moving forward possible. Try as he might, nohing gives. This is... almost embarassing. Good thing only the cats could be called as witnesses!

"Uncle!" Clint finally laughs, satisfied for now. And no broken bone to boot.

Quake has posed:
"Of course there are hiccups to it. Like if I am attacked from different sides, it can be difficult." She lets him go. "Or if I don't see your attack first, you could get the one up on me."

She offers him a kiss. "Neat, huh?"

Hawkeye (Barton) has posed:
Clint kisses her back, "With practice, you'll be the best," he says, smiling at her. "I knew you had magic hands, hrm, but / this/ is somethin' else."

He then grabs the empty pizza box and plates, cleaning the place.

"We'll talk about serious training tomorrow. Right now, I've got another type of trainin' in mind, if you know what I mean."