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Did you ever meet any if your Dad's relatives? The other Powers family members

I never knew my grandparents on my dad’s side -- my mom’s relatives are the ones I’m closest with...Aunt Bunny, Grannie Ronnie. But Dad’s side is a bit more mysterious to me. I’ve seen photos, though. I think Great Aunt Geri seemed to be pretty cool. I would have loved to pick her brain about technology, dad said she was awesome at that.

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What are your thoughts on Max Gibson?

I. love. Max. She is one of the best friends that I have. Sort’ve like a sister-mentor-friend all rolled into one. She watches gross reality tv with me, and eats cupcakes and supports all of my money making ventures. Plus, she has a list of my bullies and threatens to hack them all the time. I wish she worked less, though. 

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What are your thoughts on Terry McGinnis?

Terry is pretty schway, I guess. He works a lot and I don’t see him much, but he’s always offering to give me a ride or to hang out. He’s like another big brother to me. He makes me feel special. Sometimes he’ll take me on a ride on his motorcycle, which is really, really fun! 

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“You say that now, but just wait.” she said. She’d been growing distant since Johnny Sionis was growing more aggressive. Since the Randy nonsense had happened, Alex had at least been trying to make an effort. Who knew how long that would last, though.

“But it’s nice that you would say it.” 

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“Makes sense to me,” she shrugged, wrapping her arms around herself nervously. Meeting new people was often nerve-wracking and her defenses were going up. She’d much rather be alone than be vulnerable. She wondered what her father would do -- he’d probably scold her. Orion wasn’t much in the sociability department. Paxton was always the one full of charisma and charm. 

“I never laughed at you. I wish I had seen you as Puck, though. I’ll bet it was great.” she said, following Mary closely. 

Settling In

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She smiled when Mary chuckled. It wasn’t at her, it was with her, like they were old friends in on a joke together.

“I guess I’ve been keeping up with appearances for so long that I forget people are probably just as much of a wreck as I am. It’s easy to forget when everyone looks so effortless.” hip hop classes were much less intense, still technically difficult, but she felt a bit freer.

But Mary was a good person. She wouldn’t have taken this time to talk with her and to comfort her if she wasn’t. She was doing more than her own sister was at this moment in time. Everything went back to how stressed Alex was, to how heartbroken she was over Randy. How she wanted a baby, but she would just have to settle for an emotionally damaged teenager. How did she think Orion felt? She knew she had to fill Randy’s shoes, and she was homesick for her father. She was taken away from him only to be practically ignored for work and emotional breakdowns. Orion had no rock, she had no constant support. Everything seemed to be on glass, every time she made progress, she could feel it crack.

“Alright. I’ll try. Who are these girls?” she was much more comfortable around boys, they were easier, in her opinion.

“One of the best that I know. I don’t care if you say Macbeth is camp, I love it.” she giggled.

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“It’s just a waste of my time. I hate wasting my time.” she was very much like her father, efficient with her time, and who got to see her during the rare downtime she had. Kill half of the city? Now there was something she hadn’t anticipated hearing. She was about to ask before Mary cut her off.

She shrugged, tucking a piece of stray hair back into her bun meticulously. It wasn’t so wrong to try, was it? “I guess it is just intimidating feeling like the only weak link in the class. I want to make sure rehearsal goes smoothly, and we use each minute that we have most efficiently. I want people to like me...” she trailed off. Hard work would always be respected and admired, and the older kids would like her because she could hold her own. She nodded as Mary spoke. “But you’re having fun now, right? You don’t have to have a childhood to be happy.” 

Orion had stopped being a kid when she was ten, and Batman and the accident with her father all happened. She wasn’t always as serious as she was now, but she had lost both of her parents in what seemed to be one fell swoop. 

“You seem to know who you are and what you want...you’ve always seemed that way to me. How are you so confident so easily?”

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“I like you too, Danny.” she smiled, buckling her seatbelt. “I think they got in some new pumpkin pastries on the menu.” she did love pumpkin anything. It made up for the fact all the flowers were dying in preparation for the snow.

“I needed this night out, you know?”

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♖ for on of my muses guilty pleasures

She LOVES trashy reality television, regardless of the distinguished air she tries to give off. She especially loves dating shows. 

♟ for something my muse admires

Emotional strength, and consistency. Orion has never had much stability in her life, and she crumbles because of anxiety and abandonment issues. She looks up to people who are the calm in her storm. 

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♗ for a tip for getting my muses romantic affection ♖ for on of my muses guilty pleasures ♞ for something that my muse wants to do ♟ for something my muse admires ☁ for something that make my muse sad ☂ for something my muse wants to protect ♨ for something that relaxes my muse

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“I just thought it was silly how people did a lot of whining but never really did anything about their problems. It seemed counterproductive.” she was all business. 

She sat when Mary told her to, her posture perfect. She tried to be delicate and graceful in all that she did, but the conversation about meeting new friends was stressing her out. She was lonely, and the last group of friends she’d made outside of Bucky and Matt ended up to be gang members trying to recruit her. Hopefully Mary would be right, and this would go better.

“I mean, I don’t want people to see me when I’m not polished. Which was why class with better dancers made her anxious, it was like going onstage unprepared. The other girls would size her up, and suss her out as weaker, right? “Isn’t it normal to want to be perfect? Especially in the arts?”

She nodded, reluctantly allowing herself to trust Mary, at least for now.

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“My dad’s made me try to get help, anger management, and it just made me angrier.” Orion grumbled, rubbing a scuff mark on her slipper. 

“I mean, I’m here to dance. I just...I’m not pushing myself enough, right? That’s what stage fright is, isn’t it? A fear of failure because you haven’t practiced enough?”

She softened when Mary patted her hand. Physical affection in her household was hard to come by. Now she couldn’t even look at her father for prolonged amounts of time, much less hug him. She never liked to hug her mother. 

“Even nice girls tend to think I’m weird.” the only female friend close to her age she had was Nicole Lovelace, and she didn’t see her often enough for her liking. Max Gibson, and Riley were both way older than her. More like surrogate sisters than friends.

“My dad’s a meta supervillain, my brother’s been in jail, my sister’s Clayface’s step-mom. And I am an out of control teenager. I don’t feel like I know how to talk to people my age.” she was surprised she had the four friends she did, even if she was usually serious.

“But I guess I can try. Who do you have in mind?”

Settling In

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“I find that hard to believe,” the teenager said. “You’re so nice, and you’ve always been nice for as long as I’ve known you. Making friends easily? I’d have to see it to believe it.” not many people withstood her initial iciness.

“At my old dance school I never really liked recitals. I like classes, though. I wish mom and dad could have seen me do a recital here. That would be schway.” her face sank, but quickly became hopeful again. “But I think Paxton will come, and maybe Alex.” 

Orion raised a brow when Mary mentioned making friends. “I don’t know...everyone here seems to have their own little groups. Do you really think I’d fit in?”

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“It’s okay, I suppose I’m just a little on edge lately. New place, and all.” trust did not come easily to her. As a child she had to compete for her mother’s attention with other children, wearing fake hair, fake teeth. Each crown bought it for a little while...or at least for the car ride home. Sophia Powers had a prize-winning daughter, and a handsome athletic son. She must’ve been the envy of other mothers, right? She loved Orion when it made her look good. They were the portrait of a happy home from the outside. At least her father loved her. He wasn’t proud of her, but he loved her.

“I don’t make friends easily.” she said, messing with a bit of fabric from her leotard. “People probably think I’m stupid because my legs lock in class.” she didn’t want to speak and prove them right. Orion was also never an overly friendly girl initially.

“It’s nice to see you, though. I haven’t seen you since the audition to get in here.” 

Settling In

Orion’s nerves were not doing so well as of late. She had started a new school, and the bullying had come to almost a complete stop. However, that came with the fact that she had to make up a new routine, and find some new friends. She was doing what she typically did in her spare time between class, which was practice. People probably thought she couldn’t dance because her legs locked and she got such terrible stage fright in front of her peers. 

After what she considered a rather sloppy attempt at a pirouette, she hit the wall, figuratively and literally. What was she even doing here? It was probably just because her dad gives money to the school. Usually, if there was one thing in the world she was confident in, it was her dancing. Now her confidence was shaken, and she missed her parents terribly. It wasn’t like Alex paid much attention, and Paxton was busy planning his wedding to Deanna Clay to take much notice. 

She was alone, she was still angry, and she couldn’t stop the tears of frustration that began to spring up.

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He hadn’t messed up, but Orion was very much a Powers, she wanted him to come to her and clearly state his intentions. She wanted to be sure she was right, since Danny was a nice boy, and nice boys didn’t typically go for Orion Powers. 

“You know, I’m always so impressed you go out of your way to remember my order.” she said with a small smile, allowing him to hold the door for her, entering and winking over her shoulder.

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