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xavier_institute_logs2015-06-30 08:45 pm
spes_phthisica) wrote in xavier_institute_logs2015-06-30 08:45 pm
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This is where a joke about balls goes, right?
WHO: Souji + a tennis ball machine + OPEN
WHAT: A theoretically great idea which has a couple of flaws in practice.
WHERE: The school grounds.
WHEN: June 30th.
WARNING(S): DUCK.
***
A school with extravagances such as the Danger Room and the jet available is bound to have some other, more mundane commodities, and Souji has found one of them. To wit, a tennis ball machine. It really is a rather excellent way for him to learn how to better control his powers without exposing any actual people to the possibility of grievous bodily harm. And to prevent the actual machine from suffering a terrible fate in case he loses control, some bright spark has surrounded it with with some kind of stainless steel mesh.
All well and good. Souji has a net set up behind him so the balls won't go too far on the off chance that he misses, he has a practice sword borrowed from the kendo club in his hand, and he's ready to spend the afternoon learning how to not turn into a complete loose canon in combat. However...
After having practiced for a while and subsequently turned up the speed each time, Souji is starting to realize that the simulation lacks difficulty simply because he can see the balls coming. This problem is of course fairly easily solved, since all he needs to do is blindfold himself, that way only relying on his precognition to find the balls.
The problem lies in that Souji's precognition is very much focused on objects approaching his direct vicinity. Meaning that with his eyes covered, he can't actually tell if some innocent bystander approaches to see what is going on, or just happens to pass by some distance away. This, in turn, will inevitably result in said innocent bystander having a tennis ball launched in their direction with all the force of moderate super strength behind it.
They're hardly deadly projectiles, but if it does hit, it's going to hurt like five hells and leave a nice big bruise. If not... well, maybe it would be best to tell this genius to stop what he's doing anyway?
WHAT: A theoretically great idea which has a couple of flaws in practice.
WHERE: The school grounds.
WHEN: June 30th.
WARNING(S): DUCK.
***
A school with extravagances such as the Danger Room and the jet available is bound to have some other, more mundane commodities, and Souji has found one of them. To wit, a tennis ball machine. It really is a rather excellent way for him to learn how to better control his powers without exposing any actual people to the possibility of grievous bodily harm. And to prevent the actual machine from suffering a terrible fate in case he loses control, some bright spark has surrounded it with with some kind of stainless steel mesh.
All well and good. Souji has a net set up behind him so the balls won't go too far on the off chance that he misses, he has a practice sword borrowed from the kendo club in his hand, and he's ready to spend the afternoon learning how to not turn into a complete loose canon in combat. However...
After having practiced for a while and subsequently turned up the speed each time, Souji is starting to realize that the simulation lacks difficulty simply because he can see the balls coming. This problem is of course fairly easily solved, since all he needs to do is blindfold himself, that way only relying on his precognition to find the balls.
The problem lies in that Souji's precognition is very much focused on objects approaching his direct vicinity. Meaning that with his eyes covered, he can't actually tell if some innocent bystander approaches to see what is going on, or just happens to pass by some distance away. This, in turn, will inevitably result in said innocent bystander having a tennis ball launched in their direction with all the force of moderate super strength behind it.
They're hardly deadly projectiles, but if it does hit, it's going to hurt like five hells and leave a nice big bruise. If not... well, maybe it would be best to tell this genius to stop what he's doing anyway?