Hope for the human race: Part 1a

Hey, it's Tempest. (Who else is it going to be? It's not like anyone took me up on my offer of using this blog) here to catch you up on some of the training that we did with SOLAR. I won't tell you everything, Ragnarok is going to do some, but I really want to tell you about the training matches.

So, Ragnarok brought his team over (Expect this 'quell' boy I've heard so much about, he 'doesn't DO training' or something, anyway he didn't come) and the old VHS members that were able to come (Playwrite and Diffy (Obviously), Don, and Tingle) and me all went down to what I like to call 'The training room'. Basically the shop has a basement, and I turned it into a room for us to practice our skills and keep our moves fresh.

Healthbar couldn't make it, but she texted me to say she'd sent us something to help. You know how her ability has that strong connection to the Sun? She'd sent us a sunbeam. It poured into the main room of the shop, filling it with a golden glow. She sent her power down it, making a beam of healing light for us, incase any injuries occurred. That girl never ceases to amaze me!

So, training. First there were a bunch of tips and tricks, we tried to teach power channeling (Sort of successful, wish Dragon had been there, Rag will explain), things like that, a lot of stuff we'd been taught, we did our best to pass on.

Then, we had the sparring sessions. First, Tingle suggested he had a one on one match against each of them. Incognito found this rather funny. 'Can't you only tell if someone's lying? No, I'm sorry, you 'See through concealment'. How can YOU win?'
'Isn't your power entirely based on concealment?'
'Oh..but I'm not lying, and I'm ALREADY SEE-THROUGH.'
'We'll see. Or...not...'
First:
Tingle v. Ragnarok: Challenger loses.
Yep, weird but true. I have to admit, I had no idea how this would work out. Neither did they for the first 30 seconds. They stood, facing off against each other, Rag unsure of how to start.
'It's not like I can, I dunno, absorb or become your power, it's not energy, is it? Uh, oh well, here goes...AAAAAArgh!'
He had grabbed Tingle's arm. Having grabbed exposed, bare arm, his hand instantly started to smoke, and he flinched away to see his palm was red and raw. Tingle winced.
'I should have guessed. Your power is a sort of warper, so my power would do it's 'Harry vs Quirrel' effect. Go and hold it in the sunbeam. Sorry.'
'Aaarh...not your fault. See you in a sec.'
As he rushed off, Tingle looked at the others. 'A lesson, I hope, to the rest of you. NEVER underestimate anyone. The simplest or mildest seeming of abilities can have hidden surprises.'
Tingle v. Skyblade: Challenger wins.
The guy can solidify air. Tingle doesn't have a way of beating that. Pinned against the wall by a solid slab of air. Ouch. That power may have really bad memories for VHS, but I have to admit, he's got some pretty good skills.
Tingle v. MaxMin: Draw.
MaxMin grew huge, but then had the same reaction as Ragnarok when he tried to hit Tingle. His body had been warped. Tingle's power can sense and combat warping, it's a form of changing of concealing. Counted as a draw because by the by the time MaxMin reacted, he'd already knocked Tingle to the floor.
Tingle v. Incognito: Challenger loses.
Duh. He became invisible, saying 'You'll see, I have the upper hand. All I have to do is not touch you.'
Tingle sighed. 'You are free try and grab me, you won't have the bad reaction, invisibility isn't warping the body, it comes under illusionary typing. You're over there.' With this he pointed, he'd been following the now invisible boy with his eyes the whole time, and seemed to have no problem locating him at all.
'Or am I?......Damnit!'
As we all focused on the area the voice had come from that Tingle was pointing at and Incognito realized his mistake, Tingle strode over and grabbed an invisible limb.
'You see? Fine. Oh, and-' he kicked out at what I assume was a shin, and there was a yell and a thud 'I win. Next!'
Tingle v. Glutton: Challenger wins
Long story short: The acid was gross and it finished when Glutton was poised to bite Tingle's ear off. He didn't of course, but it was clear that in a real fight he would have won.
Tingle beat two, lost to two, drew to one, but all five of them learnt valuable lessons.

Playwrite next. He was in a corner, reading, and didn't even look up when we asked if he wanted to go next.
'Playwrite? Want to go next?'
'What? Yeah, fine.'
'Want to do a one on one, or-'
'Nah, I can take all five at once, that's fine.'
'Ok.'
I grinned at SOLAR. 'Well, whenever you're ready.'
'Isn't he even going to stand up and stop reading.'
'Don't count on it.'
'Pfft, too easy!'
Only Rag looked nervous as they advanced. Seeing no sign of attack from Playwrite, the other four laughed and ran forwards. Playwrite calmly turned a page of his book.
Then Incognito popped suddenly back into sight, sighed, and fainted. MaxMin shrank to a few inches tall, and Skyblade, who was just behind him, froze and toppled straight onto him. Glutton turned as he ran to launch acid at Rag, and ran into the wall, while Rag, holding up his hands in protection, made a small 'hisssssss' noise as the acid struck, his hands glowed, and he dissolved completely, into a fizzing puddle of acid.
Playwrite turned another page. 'Yeeeeeeah, that was easy. Don't beat yourselves up though - I already did! Seriously though, I'm a tough opponent, don't worry about it.'

I'll leave it there for now, but it gets better, I promise. There is hope for the future of the human race.