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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[snowandfrost]

[Look who's bored and in Paris?]

Controlling is the hard part about powers. But then again, why would you want to?

[video]

[bringstheheat]

Because Snowflake, I'm getting damn tired of burning through shirts. Don't even know what trips it half the time. [And yes, Mick is damned worried that he might wind up burning down the building they all live in, hurting or killing the people that he's come to care about.

.. not that he will ever admit as much.]

[snowandfrost]

Didn't think to ask your friends for fireproof clothes? Or just like bringing everyone to the gun show?

[bringstheheat]

Can't access the fabrication room on the Waverider.

And they got more important things to worry about.

[snowandfrost]

Not an expert on this friends thing but considering you are one to them, wouldn't you be something important to worry about?

[She also jerks her thumb behind her at the rest of STAR Labs]

I'm sure these nerds have something.

[bringstheheat]

No.
[And it's not that he doesn't believe that Sara or Cisco or even Savitar wouldn't do that for him or that they don't think him their friend.

.. Mick simply isn't used to having friends.
He's used to handling things on his own and he sure as hell isn't good at asking for help because for most of his life? Help wouldn't have come.] Fixing time is important.

This shit? I'll figure it out.
[Maybe.

He hopes.]

[snowandfrost]

Right. Hey, don't let me stop you from wanting to show off to everyone.

[She picks up her latte and gets up from the little cafe, making her way outside and back toward STAR Labs]

But if you'd rather not ruin a favorite shirt, there might be some flame resistant undershirts that this team made.

[bringstheheat]

Yeah, I seen the kind of stuff they make for Red, or that stupid bright yellow for Kid Flash. No. [Deflection ahoy.]

So how do you do it? Flip from the Doc to Snowflake?

[snowandfrost]

Friends. The fact that they helped me. You have those. I've seen them.

[bringstheheat]

[Yeah see that's not gonna work for him. They need Mick as backup. To be the strong one who holds things together when shit goes sideways.

He's not the needy one.
He's not. He won't start now.]

Ain't that used to having friends.

[snowandfrost]

Get used to it.

[bringstheheat]

I'll get right on that Frosty. [No he won't. He's just being a wiseass because while Mick might have things like emotions, they're messy and he would much rather pretend they don't exist, thanks.]

[snowandfrost]

[She doesn't like messy emotions either.]

See that you do. Otherwise, I can think of a few people who would be happy to help you along.