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[nailsandglass]

[Posted on some popular superhero internet forum. Kiddo doesn't have access to anything else, alas.]

How did everyone who possesses powers here come to learn of them? Are they something genetic, or is it possible that some people are just born with them with no identifiable cause?

From what I've heard and read it really seems to be all over the board but I do not know how reliable my reading material is. I've never really had much cause to research it before. My family hasn't been particularly helpful with helping me figure out how all this works nor have they tried to find anyone who can give me some sort of direction.

[Partly because Matilda had not told them about her powers, but she already knows what their reactions might be.]

I've read up on the Trailblazers, but I don't qualify for them. Are there any organizations for people who are younger than that age group?

((ooc; Originally was going to have Matilda start out after her family had left her, but though I might do it a couple days before, just to get some CR before she is on her own. If any plans are made they might not pan out since Matilda will be homeless in about 3 IG days but at least it could get some CR rolling.))

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posted by user "spiderheart", account's like 6 years old but hasn't been super active in a while

[cazamitad]

not really. if you can wait it out a couple years tho, i hear good things about the tb program!

[nailsandglass]

What kind of things?

[cazamitad]

that it's a good group, that the people in it like it.

or well tbh it's this one person i'm acquainted with is in it and she likes it a lot, but i've never really heard anything BAD about it.

[nailsandglass]

Tbh?

It does seem like it would be fun from what I've read. It would be nice to get the opinion of someone who has actually experienced it. Does she seem happy there?

[cazamitad]

to be honest - you haven't been on the forums much yet, have you?

yeah as far as i can tell. i don't know her all that well, but she is v enthusiastic about it.

[nailsandglass]

I have not. I only started today in fact.

What about you? Did you learn on your own or from someone else?

[cazamitad]

oh, well, welcome to the forums i guess!

i learned from someone else, sort of. i mean, it was more that i had people keeping an eye out and helping me as i figured them out on my own. but it was kind of a very specific situation.

[nailsandglass]

Was it hard?

[cazamitad]

sort of. i wasn't really expecting to have powers, and i had to do a lot of combat training and stuff at the same time. plus high school.

[nailsandglass]

That does seem like a lot to balance. It sounds like it was also fun. Why didn't you go into the Trailblazers program?