Maggie the Magneto: Ending up even more annoyed than usual.


    any way, then the only place to do it was Verdant.


    What a pain, but slacking off on one''s exercise is never an option on Mars.


    If I go through the public areas, I will have to look at all of those school kids with their groups of friends...


    Let''s just go through the back streets. It''s not as if there is anything of any danger to me.


    Damn that girl!


    She thinks, they all think, that I just get my ability from out of thin air!


    I can''t just drop my practice and go to a coffee shop just like that!


    And then, when I tried to explain, clearly explain, my situation, the whole thing just blew up.


    Geez, it''s not as if anyone was hurt or in danger! Just a few bits of metal flying around. Totally under my control!


    I need someone to be a bit more accommodating to my needs, you know.


    And, like, perhaps, less intimidated by my power - I mean, I don''t go around hurting anyone - Ah, there is definitely no need for anyone to be frightened of me!


    Oh, this is all too hard. Using impossible physics to demonstrate impossible magnetic super powers is waaaaaay easier.


    Again?


    Right. Again. This is such a nuisance. Doesn''t the word get around the local gangs about me?


    And the authorities never, ever, seem to be on time. What''s the point of all of those cameras and computerized monitoring systems, then?


    Sigh. Still, I can try to warn them.


    Oh well, looks like I will have to give them the extreme problems instead.


    This.


    I hope they spend the night in a cellblock.


    And I really hope they tell their friends all about me.


    Humph! Saying I have easily gained powers!


    It took me and a couple of researchers at the Esp Developmental Centre six months of hard work to develop that particular usage.


    So don''t tell me it''s easy, you morons!


    always late to these little ''conflicts'', and they never seemed to be bothered to clean out the gangs once and for all.


    Whatever.


    Teylon: Is saved by a teenage girl


    not a police officer. So no heroics! No getting into things beyond your depth! If you feel the situation calls for a police presence, then call them up, either by using your mobile, or pressing the emergency button."


    Let''s see, this is definitely the industrial area, All of these factories are a big hint. But I don''t quite know how I ended in this dark and interminably long alley, I thought I was following a main road. Well, I suppose I could always call up a map on my wrist screen.


    everything then his skills would start to atrophy.


    Let''s explore to the end of this lane, and then if I still can''t recognise my location, I''ll break out the Mars GPS.


    Crap.


    Now what do I do?


    Teylon’s Soul Reading of: Maggie


    What a nuisance. Now those thugs are attacking other people.


    Teylon:


    I get it. She''s important to my task, also.


    I, a middle-aged man, am being lectured on safety habits by a teenage girl. A cross looking teenage girl. What bloody cheek - err, maybe she has a point.


    Teylon’s Soul Reading of: Maggie


    No problems, old man!


    Teylon:


    This soul reading is almost cheating! I can safely ignore her spoken words and go by her internal words.


    Teylon’s Soul Reading of: Maggie


    Really, I might meet some potential friends?... Sigh, it''ll probably go bad just like all of my previous attempts. But, still, I can try. And having someone buy me ice cream sounds nice. Not that I need to save money, mind you, but still. It''s nice to have my special skills appreciated.


    Teylon:


    Teylon: At the Frenzy with three teenage girls


    Middle-aged man, this time with three innocent teenage girls - I hope Grandma Frenzy doesn''t call the police on me.


    Yeah, girls. I see potential problems here, also.


    Phew, touched a nerve there. Let''s change the subject, shall we?


    Wow, they are certainly gung-ho in their approach to developing extreme esper powers.


    I''m starting to think they take the principle of laissez-faire a bit too far. Furthermore, they actually allowed her to develop this latest use of her ability without the slightest quibble?


    Well, it''s early days. Give it a few more times and they will be confident about asking each other for outings without me.