{"id":33375,"date":"2012-10-02T09:06:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T09:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/02\/checking-in\/"},"modified":"2012-10-02T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T09:06:15","slug":"checking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/10\/02\/checking-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking In"},"content":{"rendered":"

tea-with-mutants<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s friction. I mean, I can do this,\u201d a pair of wings, shaped entirely of flame, appear from her back, \u201cand I guess I could do like the Human Torch and surround myself with it.\u201d The wings drop away to nothing. \u201cAre you excited because this is new, or the \u2026 \u201d Summer looks away, trying to find the right words. \u201cI\u2019ve fought with them. I\u2019ve hurt people with it. It\u2019s \u2026 it\u2019s hard, doing that, because I\u2019m having to dump their pain right back out, really fast, or get caught up in it. I can choose if they burn someone else, but I have to think about it, focus on it. It\u2019s only me that\u2019s wholly safe.\u201d That brought a twist to her mouth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt seems you\u2019re in full control of your ability.\u201d He watches the display amazedly. \u201cI understand you\u2019ve had to use your powers to protect yourself..\u201d His expression turns to serious. He furrows his brows, this ability reminds him of something, but he\u2019s not entirely sure what it is called. \u201cWho have you fought with? Just some normal locals or\u2014?\u201d He goes silent, waiting for Summer to finish his sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Never on ungifted people. Not the fire, anyway. It’s simple enough to be … keeping an ear on my surroundings, and most ordinary thugs are not going to bother with someone who even looks like they will fight back.” This sigh is long, and weary, and she looks at her open hands like maybe they betrayed her. “I’ve killed with it, in self-defence. A few weeks ago, some folk kidnapped me. They’re called the Midnighters. It’s a quiet group, but they take people who have magic, or gifts related to magic, so that they can steal those powers. I … some friends broke me out, after the Midnighters drugged me nearly insensible.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

tea-with-mutants: iamthefirechild: \u201cI\u2019m not sure it\u2019s friction. I mean, I can do this,\u201d a pair of wings, shaped entirely of flame, appear from her back, \u201cand I guess I could do like the Human Torch and surround myself with it.\u201d The wings drop away to nothing. \u201cAre you excited because this is new, or the … Continue reading Checking In<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4091,140,4090],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33375"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}