1st Transformation [Action // Open]

[omnitrixter]

I swear you have the worst timing for a watch.

[Ben points accusingly at the green-and-black watch on his wrist whose face is currently red. As much as he'd like to help with the search for the transmitter Dr. Devious announced, right now getting a handle on his new alien powers ranks a little higher. He's not going to be very effective if he can't control his transformations.]

[Too bad the stupid alien watch likes trolling him.]

[So here he is on the roof of a building, the rooftop access door locked, and he's waiting for the watch to recharge to see if it'll be kind enough to give him something that can fly off of this thing.]

[With nothing to do but wait, he sits on the parapet, chin in his hand and thoroughly annoyed with the world.]

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[omnitrixter]

I don't...actually...live here. [Rubbing the back of his neck.] I mean, Mom and Dad are thinking about maybe downsizing to an apartment at some point, and this was just one of the places they were checking out. I figured "Hey, why not see what the view's like?"

[starsburn]

...

[ and suddenly that embarrassed look of hers gets very, very stern. ]

Then how did you get in? Are your parents looking around downstairs? Or... did you break in or something?

[omnitrixter]

It's not like the front door of this building's locked! I walked in and took the stairs to the roof.

[Not completely a lie. He's been in this building and used this rooftop before to get in some flying practice...when the watch decided to behave. Just not this time.]

[starsburn]

[ G L A R E ]

So you trespassed just so you could see what the view from the roof is like? You can't really care about the roof all that much, can you? Really?

[ she's squinting at him a little suspiciously now. ]

[omnitrixter]

Look, I know it's weird, but...I just really like looking up at the stars. I know there's a lot more light pollution in the main parts of the city, so I just wanted to know if I'd still be able to at least get a glimpse every once in a while.

[This is especially true after he got the watch. Sometimes he'd look up at the stars and try to imagine which ones were the ones his aliens' home planets circled along with trying to come up with what those planets might be like.]

[starsburn]

... mrrff.

[ Her strict look wavers a little into something more akin to understanding. He's got a point -- it is pretty hard to see the stars in the city and it's... it's not like she's sat around on a few rooftops, gazing up at the stars.

But she's never trespassed to do it. Well. Not technically. ]

Fine. You're not really supposed to be here but you've got a pretty okay reason, so Guess I'll let you off once. But you gotta promise you won't do this again, okay?

[ shooter, he's basically the same age as you, why are you lecturing him like you're a grownup ]

[omnitrixter]

[He grins and crosses his fingers over his head.]

Cross my heart. Kind of embarrassing to have to be rescued from the top of a building. I know superheroes have more important stuff to do.

[starsburn]

[ ah, what an ego boost. Shooter plants her fists on her hips and puffs her chest out proudly. ]

Heroes are supposed to help anyone who needs help, even if it's someone stuck on the top of a building!

[ then she suddenly squints at him, stepping into his personal space to do so. ]

Huh... how much do you weigh?

[omnitrixter]

Um...I dunno? [He rubs the back of his neck.] A little over a hundred pounds?

[Short, skinny dude is short and skinny.]

[starsburn]

[ grin. You should probably start being worried. ]

I can lift that much totally easy! [ she pumps a fist, that little grin growing even wider. ] I can give you a piggy back ride!

[omnitrixter]

Wait, what?! [She's gonna carry him?!] Hang on a second...!

[starsburn]

Well, you wanna get down, don't you? How am I supposed to do that without carrying you?

[ flawless, indisputable logic from black rock shooter. ]

[omnitrixter]

...Okay, that's a good point, but are you sure you can carry me? Getting dropped from the top of the building doesn't sound like a good plan.

[Though the watch just chirps as its face goes from red to green. At least he can try to change into something that flies, right?]

[starsburn]

Yeah, I'm sure!

... probably, anyway. As long as you stay still! And it's not that hard to give someone a piggy back ride, anyway.

[omnitrixter]

Just don't drop me, okay?

[He moves up behind her and wraps his arms around her neck. Don't think about it don't think about it...]

[starsburn]

No promises!

[ she's kidding



probably. ]

Hold on tight, okay?

[ Shooter backs up from the edge of the roof, just for a second and then makes a running start before leaping. They go flying through the air, a disquieting distance from the roof and plummet perhaps a little too fast--

-- but even though she lands with a lot of staggering and wavering from side to side, she makes good on her word and doesn't drop him. ]

[omnitrixter]

Wait! Whoa!

[He holds on tightly, yelling as they fell. To activate the watch or--]

Oof! [The sudden landing knocks the wind out of him. Wow, is this how most citizens feel when he rescues them like that?]

[starsburn]

[ now that they're both down in... relative safety, Shooter finally drops to her knees, letting go of him with a weak grin on her face. She laughs but it's... kind of a nervous laugh. ]

Ah-- ahahaha! See? Told you I wouldn't drop you!

[omnitrixter]

[He lets go of her.]

Yeah, thanks. You sure you're okay though? You landed kinda rough...

[starsburn]

Yep! I'm pretty used to it by now!

[ she says this with a big confident grin as she stands up, despite that being... not exactly something she should be confident about. ]

[omnitrixter]

[Ben isn't wholly convinced.] If you're sure...