Part 3: The City of Crime

[Olvelsper]

"Right, then. Leets, I think it's time we really talked about that ability of yours. Lady, you're Ryder, right? I doubt he'd be streaking around...or give up that guitar that' he's been constantly clutching at. So, if you're him, why don't you tell me what you were talking about last night before you vanished. About Leets."

[Dracos]

"Well, I think he has some kind of don't notice me thing going on.  Causes people's eyes to slip off him if they're not looking for him."

Dracos

[Shukuen]

Leets stared blankly, processing the conversation before him. "You know how nuts that sounds, Smith? Isn't it just a case of people not paying attention to their surroundings?" he tried to rationalize.

[Olvelsper]

"Well, let's ask Ryder over here, then. When we met up with him again, he was staring directly at our group." He turned to look at Ryder. "Did you see him show up?"

[Dracos]

"Not until he spoke up."

Dracos

[Shukuen]

"But... wait, what about when we ran Greg? He didn't seem to have trouble seeing me. Doesn't that mess up your theory then?" Leets questioned.

[Olvelsper]

"The wolves would too, but they weren't normal. And neither was Greg." He reminded Leets. "Look at how many people seem to just...jolt awake whenever you remind them of your existence. The guards at the Wrights, most recently. You can't deny something is off if all these people don't notice you until you suddenly make your prescence known."

[Shukuen]

Leets frowned and slumped in his seat, unable to counter that point. "What's your point then, Smith?" He grumbled. "This is Wasteland, right? Does it really matter that some of us aren't normal?"

[Olvelsper]

"That's an easy question. Now that you know, you can begin to actively use it. Do you have any other abilities that we should know? I'd rather not be surprised in what my team mates are capable of."

[Shukuen]

"I suppose that depends," Leets shrugged. "Have any locks you don't mind being broken?"

[Olvelsper]

"You've always had these powers? Or were they a more recent thing?" Jan asked curiously. "I mean, you didn't even know you had that hiding in plain sight power."

"Somebody Elses Problem Field." Ryda piped up.

"Yeah, that." The negotiator blinked at the term.

[Shukuen]

"The bending metal and electonics is one thing I was always able to do," Leets shrugged and took off his hat when they noticed his eyes glowed an eerie green light. The air around him seemed to increase its charge of static electricity and Leets hair almost seemed to stand on end. He replaced his hat, ending the demonstration. "It's usually not as noticible when I wear this."

"Don't know about the 'Someone Else's Problem' thing, but that does accurately describe how people ignored me back home.

[Olvelsper]

"Hm. Well, regardless, this might turn out useful here in the Wastelands. Like you've said Leets, everything here has gotten turned upside down so it isn't that shocking to me, at least. Although, this does help give me a frame of reference as to why you were being chased when you arrived..by soldiers, right?" Jan leaned back in a pensive posture, hands steepled before him in thought. He looked at Leets curiously.

"They wanted your power for themselves, most likely."

[Shukuen]

"Doesn't explain why they saw me though," he muttered, leaning in his chair. "Bloody bastards should have minded their own business."

[Olvelsper]

"If they were after you like that, that only means one thing. They knew what you could do, maybe you were one of them, even. I know a lot of people would want someone like you on their side."