Video/Action - it starts with a spark

[bringstheheat]

Egypt is hot. Blazing damn hot.
But it's not the heat that Mick currently hates. It's the goddamn sand.

Sand in his face, in his eyes, sand everywhere.
Friggin sand.

But it's the one place he can work on his new abilities with fire without worrying about unintentionally roasting his surroundings.

Fire flickers along his arms and hands. Sputters of flame followed by explosions of heat.

Clearly handling powers requires control which isn't something Mick Rory has ever really excelled at.

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[bringstheheat]

[Druse. Savage. So many he can imagine dying by the fire and it's satisfying as hell.

Finally Mick opens his eyes. Looks down at himself.]

Son of a bitch.

[vivifier]

That better? [ Genuinely, he is curious and wants to know. ]

[bringstheheat]

Yeah. Yeah it is. [He's still a little surprised that it worked, looking down at his arms and his hands where the flames dance and flicker evenly.] How did you know that'd work?

[vivifier]

I've made metahumans. Some of them needed help with control, at first.

[bringstheheat]

How can you go and make a metahuman? Is that what this is? Cause I don't remember any lab going up in a big explosion.

[vivifier]

I have...had a tool for it.

[ But that's back home, isn't it? ]

[bringstheheat]

Huh. [Whatever because Mick suddenly decides that he doesn't care. What matters is keeping his abilities under control.] So this'll always work? Thinkin' about someone burning?

[vivifier]

It should, yeah.

[bringstheheat]

[Should isn't a guarantee, but it's a start and it's more than what Mick had an hour ago.] It goes off random, sometimes. I don't want to be lighting any fires that don't need lit.

But this is a start.

[vivifier]

At least you don't seem able to burn yourself? You should probably see about finding something to fireproof your clothes.

[bringstheheat]

The fire doesn't hurt me, but it does burn anything else combustible. [Including people.]

I'll look around when I'm done here.

[vivifier]

Stay away from fueling stations, then.

[bringstheheat]

[Gee thanks Captain Obvious.
Mick gives him a sour look.] I know how fire works.

[vivifier]

I would hope so.