The first half of the experiment was simple. See how many times Greer would switch without using abilities. going once every 5 minutes. 8 hours of testing was what it took before Greer finally ran out of juice. 100 switches. She couldn't even use the ability she gained until about 8 hours had passed.
The second day, they tried to see if faster switching gave the same result. 10 switches in less than five minutes and Greer was suddenly losing her balance. When she fell, time number 11 caught her and Greer looked and threw up over their shoes. When she looked up...
"....You're the reason I saw my boyfriends suddenly naked and nearly saw my brothers naked!" She shakily stood back up, covering her eyes. "I do not feel bad for your shoes."
"Alright, Sis. I think we should take a break... You could have told me you were getting dizzy..." Sato lowers his voice so only Greer can hear him. "Unless it was something else that caused you to suddenly puke on that guy's shoes..."
"I was gonna stop and then I fell and switched with him and that made me throw up.... I was gonna be good, I promised the guys..."
"It's okay. Now we know that rapid changes aren't good for you.... I'm guessing that power's the one you came home with the other day...? So you should be able to handle it for a bit while we let you rest before switching again. If not, you can use mine to rest..."
"...I'm too dizzy to change settings and everyone looks naked." She was focusing very hard on just his face before she closed her eyes. "I'm gonna just... nap and hope for things to get better later.... "
"Alright, Sorelle... You rest and I'll make sure no one disturbs you..." He makes sure she's comfortable on the couch in the room he had led her to before leaving her to rest.
She woke up feeling a bit better after 30 minutes. She checked her phone and started a group message. So... first off naked power guy is here. Second, 11 switches in under five minutes makes me vomit. I was just dizzy and was gonna stop.... but I fell and he caught me.So I switched again.
D: My condolences.
B: How are you feeling now? Sato told us you were resting.
L: Do you need anything? I'll be stopping by on my break to drop off lunch so I can bring anything you might need with me.
I'll be fine. Just trying to get it to switch outta gear. I was too dizzy to switch it out. I promise I saw nothing of Sato..... 5 of the other people in the room I can make no such promises. We'll find out what the switch limit is later.
She got up. Yeah she was better. She carefully peeked out the room and focused on switching everything back to normal. She let out a breath. Ok I'm better. I'm gonna see if Sato learned anything fun besides I vomit if I switch to fast.
As she walked out someone, without thinking, patted her on the back. "Oh good, you're feeling better. We were getting worried out here."
At the same time her hand swung forward and touched someone else's hand that was rushing by. She felt like she was giving a small electric shock. "Gah!"
Sato appears as if summoned by her voice. "You okay, Greer?"
"I feel weird...."
The man, Mark, looked awkward. "Sorry forgot to ask before touching her and gave her a pat. Ok I have water abilities, pulling water from sources to make balls."
Greer focused and.... water was forming in her hands but it was very slow compared to the other day. Greer started getting frustrated and her hand... started smoking... and then catching on fire with the magic fire May, who just passed by, has.
"Well, now... That's interesting. Seems you copied two at the same time..."
".....I want a room for target practice! Oh and take a picture for me to send to the guys. This is so cool!"
It didn't take long for Greer to get set up and start having some fun hitting targets. About part way through she started moving her hands around each other in a circular motion. Before long she had water but it was bubbling like mad. When she threw it, it hit the target and was obviously boiling. "That is so cool!! I wonder if I can do a steam blast...."
Sato sits watching her amused from a safe location as he works on something else at the same time. "You should try it..."
She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and running the motion again for a while before steam seemed to start forming around her. She shot it and... hit the wall. It was a nice blast of steam already. The paint was peeling now. "Oh MAN that... was... oooo.... overdid it..." She went over to get some water to drink. "So cool...."
"It is quite interesting... I should have had you come to my work long before this. The research potential... It's something else..."
“Stupid agent saying you can’t merge powers...”
"Right... Remind me again why Agent Myers believed it wasn't possible?"
"Cause he said if it was the top researcher for the government woulda thought of it. Which I dunno... maybe they did and it's like the back burner for now cause other stuff comes first?"
"The government's top researcher is a fickle guy that works on anything that interests him. He starts so many projects that he has lost track of tons of them... just checks in on each team as needed or when that specific one has caught his interest again. Of course, he's slowed down how much he does since getting a significant other... Still, he officially started researching merging powers... I think it was a little under a week after you moved in with us...."
Greer drank some more water before stopping and slowly putting it together. "..... Sato.... are you the head researcher?"
"That does seem to be the job title I currently have... Hope you don't mind me stealing your research idea..."
"No...I mean you're smarter than me and better qualified to make something of it. What was I gonna do besides barstool arguments about it?" She scratched her head. "I feel stupid for not realizing it sooner tho... I mean... I'm almost your age. Can we blame it on me being distracted by the guys and college?"
"And the fact that not many would expect someone so young to be in such a high position..."
"I mean I figured you were like... head of a local project not like all the projects. Cause gotta earn your dues and stuff. But I'm not really surprised."
"I did my dues.... at 15..." Sato shrugs. "A lot of the people in the government knew about me through my Mom... and how I first raised money for college since I wanted to pay for that myself. Once they realized I didn't have any interest in politics, they offered me a researcher position since they wanted to still have easy access to me even after I moved out of my parents' place..."
"Damn. That's pretty cool. I feel like a bit of an underachiever tho. My only big thing is I'm the first person in my family to make it into college. Like a real college not I took community center yoga college classes. Well... that and I made it into the 40% of the family that doesn't have a kid by 18."
"Well, include in that 'influenced the government's top researcher to research a topic' and don't forget 'caused major (needed) changes to what resources the government offers'... Your Ma might be the person physically screaming at half the government, but you're the only reason she's lifting a finger on the matter."
She nodded a bit. "I guess... it's just... you guys are all so amazing. Like stars and I'm this like pebble on the beach you know? I mean... I've read over Blakes shoulder and his book looks so good. And Dewi's fashion stuff is amazing. And then there's you of course... and Luce could probably work in any restaurant in the world if he really wanted to."
"And then there's you, who's only difference is you haven't found you voice in the world yet. You have such amazing qualities yourself but you overlook them as you compare how much better you think everyone is to you... I bet you understand machines better than over half of our maintenance staff and they're literally getting paid to know that stuff. And that's not even diving into all the other things that you demonstrate an affinity for..."
"Geeze you'd think you were my boyfriend too..." She chuckled. "Anyway... I think I'm done... I feel tired. Can we do more after the trip?"
"Of course, Sis. We'll schedule some more tests for after the break." Greer heads off, smiling at the pics Sato took for her. She sent them to the guys.
I did a thing
D: That's our hot girlfriend for you. Always up for trying something new.
B: H2Whoa do you look cool in these pics... 🥰
So Sato says no more stuff till after the break for sure. So I guess tomorrow is swimsuit shopping, then spa the day after. Assuming he doesn't kidnap me instead. He was flattering me quite a bit.
B: I let him have Lu so he's not allowed to have you too.
Oh well if that's how it works. Guess it can't be helped. Now, I'll be home soon. Let me know if you want a heads up on Ma or anything. We can go over some stuff tonight.
Sounds good. See you soon, Love. ❤️ - D + B
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