♦ A Bad Day ♦ Jinx

[azarath]

Jinx walks into the Tower's main living room to fix herself some breakfast. Today's a bad day, she knew. She always had to be careful in days like this. Anything she touched was in danger of breaking.

Bread in the toaster, milk in the bowl, juice in her cup. So far, everything was good. As long as she wasn't distracted, nothing bad would happen. Just then a flying game controller hits her on the head and falls into her cup, short-circuiting and causing the juice to explode in her face.

Moments later the toaster pops out, burnt like charcoal. Her eyes turn thin as her patience, but she tries to remain calm and wipes away the juice from her pale face. She then walks out the door, not a word said. A few concerned eyes followed her out. "Forget breakfast" she whispered to herself.

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Jinx has been getting along well with the Titans since her arrival, all except for Raven. "She just has issues trusting new members" the echo of Beast Boy's words rung in her head, "She'll warm up to you eventually". Heading outside, she makes her way to the training obstacle course, hoping to vent off some of this negative energy. Plus, she could use the practice. Being a good guy wasn't an easy thing to get used to.

"You need to control your powers" whispered the memories of a familiar blue voice. Raven's powers were always under control thanks to her meditation, but hers were, by their very nature, chaotic. "You don't know anything about my powers" she remembered saying. She was right.

Jinx's powers are more complicated than what people think. Unlike most Titan's powers, hers work in a very inverse manner. The trick to her magic is that it does the opposite of what she wants to happen. If she wishes for tails, her magic will make it always land in heads. If she wishes for the ground not to break, it will. Always antagonizing her.

In the Hive academy, she learned how to use this to her advantage and began to think inversely in order to align her powers with her motives. She could think "I hope that fan does not suddenly fall on those people" and violet sparks of magic would strike the fan, and make it do just that.

This means that, though she was a villain, she was always thinking positive thoughts. She always wished for good, and caused bad. And so deep down she was/is a good person.

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After slicing up a few boulders, and leaving the course in worse shape than Terra had, back in the day, she sighs and sits down on a nearby boulder that escaped her destruction. Her thought turn to Flash. "What do I do?" she thought to herself.

She was afraid to let Flash any closer to her. Nothing in life had ever turned out right for her; this would be no different. Sooner or later her mind would slip, and she'd let it wander into a bliss - wishing the best of fortune on her beloved yellow friend - only to cause destruction on him with her cursed powers.

Her life was jinxed. She was Jinx.
A thin trail of liquid crystal ran down her cheek..

[kevin]

Kevin was told by Starfire, that he was free to use their training facilities whenever he pleased, being an honorary Titan and all. So today, he made it his business to get in some hard training. He was going to, as he liked to put it, 'Put his nose to the grind stone' today. And so, after a full and hardy breakfast prepared by his mother, he put on his favorite purple training gi and walked out the door towards Titan's Tower.

Of course he couldn't run at top speed through the city in normal clothing, so he pressed the red button on his wrist watch and transformed into the Amazing Kayaman! Now he could move as fast as he wished without restraint, and he did just that. He zoomed through the city, looking like a green and white blur and made his way to his destination.

After less than a minute he had reached his desired location. He pressed the button on his watch again, changing him back into his normal clothing. He quickly headed to their training field, wondering what it would look like. He hoped he wasn't intruding on someone else's practice, if so he could always leave and come back some other time. Luckily, from what he saw there was no one else around. He tightened the belt around his waist as a smirk appeard on his face. "Let's get started." He said to himself as he started his stretches.

He had begun his training session, throwing punches and kicks through the air at top speeds, push-ups and sit-ups, and the occasional barrage of energy blasts into rocks and targets. After a while he started to get tired and decided it was time for a break. As soon as he stopped, he heard the sound of destruction from nearby. Apparently, one of the other Titans had decided to train today as well. Guess his time was up, unless they wanted to share the course?

He peered down at the newcomer to see a girl with pink hair demolishing anything that stood in her path. "Wow, she's good." He thought aloud as he watched her display of skill. He watched her tear through the course, then sit down on a boulder, most likely to rest. But then he noticed something amiss. There was a trail of liquid flowing down her face. Was she crying? Knowing he'd probably regret it later, he decided to go see if he could cheer her up.

He leapt down from his perch and walked over to her. "Hey, you alright?" He asked, approaching her slowly with a sympathetic smile on his face.

[azarath]

Jinx rushes to her feet, startled by the question. "Who are you?" she asked rather impolitely - unaware of Kevin's connection to the Titans - and also not wanting to appear vulnerable.

She cringed at the thought of someone having seen her cry. She never cried in front of people. Ever. But her arrogance quickly melted as she realized.. "It's useless" she thought to herself "If he's asking if I'm alright, clearly he must have seen me cry".

"Don't you dare tell anyone!" she threatened, wiping away the last of the moisture from her face.

[kevin]

Kevin took a step back, kind of figuring she would respond apprehensively towards his advances. He puts his hands up in defense, showing he meant no harm. "I'm Kevin, Honorary Titan." He introduced, adding in the title so she wouldn't attempt to strike him down where he stood. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. But why were you crying? If you don't mind my asking."

[azarath]

"I sprained my wrist in training" she lied. "But I just don't want the others to know. I'm supposed to be strong, y'know? Can't be crying over a little sprained wrist." Her lie was accompanied by just the right tones to make it as convincing as she could.

"So.. what brings you here.. Kevin was it?" Jinx asked, trying to change the conversation away from herself. "I don't think I've ever seen you before.Then again, I'm a new member of the Titans. My name is Jinx, nice to meet you." She reached out to shake his hand. Her manners were completely different from before; transformed.

[kevin]

Kevin nodded, fully understanding the situation. She had hurt herself. That was a good enough reason to cry to him, but apparently she didn't feel that way. "I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you cried if you were in pain." He replied, the smile never fading away from his face.

Kevin nodded again, confirming that Kevin was indeed his name. "I'm not an official Titan, I just stop by every now and then to say hi, that kind of thing." He explained, scratching the back of his head. "Nice to meet you Jinx!" He said taking the pro-offered hand in his own. "By the way, nice work through the course! You really tore it up!"