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nThe morning came in a flurry. Asher had been too distracted thinking about life and the fact that Cara had straight up called him out for not taking Jane on a date. He had been a fool and completely ignored the relationship he had wanted to build since the moment he saw Jane.

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"Hurry up! I am going to beat you to the park today!' Art passed Asher and sprinted toward the park. As much as Asher wanted to let Art have this one, he was faster sprinting. Asher always had a little energy saved up and pushed himself in to an all out sprint. Asher easily passed by Art and nearly managed to cross in to the park first.

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"Really? How did you even manage that?

" The panting Art was mystified at how Asher had somehow focused and sprinted by as if it was nothing.

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"He doesn't try and keep up with me every day. Now get in to the circuit before everyone else gets here. It's the weekend, remember? We are doing solo training today so the only work out we will have is the basics this morning. All the extra stuff has to happen now or after everyone else gets here.

" Cara had planned out the weekend training and decided that everyone would practice by themselves to enhance their understanding of super powers.

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"Don't remind me. I am the only one that really can't train my super power. Even Jackson can learn to better control his larger body and Laura can slow herself down. How do I train my luck and jinx powers? Just go to a casino and hope they let me gamble? Then hope they don't stop me when I clear them out of all the money they have?

" Asher knee that a casino would kick him out in an instant. That was if he was even able to walk in the door.

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Many years ago the studies had found that those who got addicted to gambling were able to train themselves out of it with proper care and counseling. The study also found that children that learned and gambled at an earlier age made wiser decisions later in life. Therefore, the age for gambling had been lowered. Yet, that still didn't mean that a child would just walk in to a casino. Arcades were still way better than some smokey casino full of drinking adults.

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"You probably should go. You haven't seen the depth of your super power and a casino is the best place. You can go in and try your luck at something like cards. Just play catch twenty one or whatever. Then you can make people out to be your enemies since your opponents will try to take the money that I give you to play. And if you win you can take the money and pay me back. The rest just give to the childrens' hospital like a hero would anyways. Just donate it in our hero group name.

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"Art's right. You haven't even tried to figure out how wide of an area you actually affect. If you make everyone in the casino your enemy won't they all start to lose money? Or will the casino itself be your enemy and everyone will make money?

" Cara and Art had raised decent questions and ideas. Both made Asher stand for a moment thinking even more about his own super power.

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"I don't know what would happen. But should I really do that to people? They could lose everything? Or the casino could end up closed and people could lose jobs. I can't take your money either. Gambling is really not my thing…

" There was too much that Asher felt was wrong here and could go even worse.

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"Fine fine, but just remember, hero corp has no idea what your super power is all about. They would cover any cost or loss if you let them take the data. I can even call my mom and see iof her friends want to do it. You know how researchers are about new data.

" Art laughed while grabbing his phone and looking expectantly.

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"Just do it. Asger will suck it up and go give away some data, help the children's hospital, and get to know his super power better. Just make sure someone with a healing super power is there too. I don't have any idea how many people will stub their toes in that place when Asher jinxes them.

" Cara whispered the last part but Asher still managed to make it out and send a few glares at her.

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"Asher! Jane! Art!

" Jane ran over with Sammy and Louis on her heels.

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"Hey Jane, want to come and gamble at a casino with me later? Some hero corp people are going to come to take data about my super power and I thought it would be fun if you could come with me. I can't say I would be able to have any fun without you there to jake around with me.

" Asher gave Jane a hug while she debated whether she would go or not. But everyone already saw her nodding her head yes before the words even escaped her mouth.

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"Wait, so why is he going to gamble?

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"He's testing his luck and jinx. If he doesn't want to Art and I will drag him there. He has been too lazy about it.

" Cara and Sammy whispered about what was going on while Louis just started stretching and watching the situation unfold.

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"What are you two planning to do for practice today?

" Art knew that he would be spending time in the scrap yard. He had the goal of lifting increasingly heavier pieces of metal to push his mental limits and focus. Then he would start to control the smaller pieces with as much accuracy as possible.

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"I actually managed to contact a power plant. The underground plant that creates electricity from the underground river has a tour program for people with electrical super powers like me. It's also how they recruit people to work there.

" Louis sounded rather proud of his discovery. The program was almost perfectly made for him.

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"I said That I would practice with Jackson. I want to see if he can throw me up in the air and I can make the fall and rise higher or faster or slower or controlled or…well….anything. I just want to be able to control my wind more and Jackson is heavy enough not to get blown away and to also catch me while resisting the wind.

" For Sammy, it had been more about safety. She had to test herself in the air and if she lost her focus she would fall and become very hurt.

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"Who's partnering with you? When did I agree to that? Maybe I want to stay here and just hold a plank for an hour or two. Hmmm? HMMMMM?

" Jackson had jogged up just in time to hear what Sammy had said. He took the chance to tease her which prompted her to slap him on the arm to no effect.

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"Wow, flirting already. And here I thought you would all just watch em run circles around you or try and steal my nacks.

" Laura dropped a heavy bag full of various foods on the ground.

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"Opening a convenience store there?

" It wasn't just Jane that was wondering why Laura had so much food with her.

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"Well, I talked to the nutritionist that the school assigned to me since my super power really messes with my body. Aaand, they said that the higher calories I consume the better. So, I grabbed the calorie condensed foods from the aisle for people like me. I want to try them and figure out what the best ones are today. I also plan to do triple the workouts and focus on precision. I have really started to like that joint breakdown move section in that guide. I don't really care about what weapon someone has but those breakdown they are perfect for my speed.

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"You know what? I thought you would like them. If you use your speed and take someone down before they even see you it is perfect. You are basically the scout and assassin hybrid of the group.

" Art recalled the conversation that he and Laura had a day ago speaking about this stuff and started it all up again.

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"Alright, stop. We need to focus up.

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"Woah…that was weird.

" Jackson turned around and didn't see Cara anywhere. She had just used her voice to try something different.

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"I made my voice bend and tried to get it to seem like it is behind all of us. That's what I'm working on today.

" Cara looked very proud of the small success until she looked at Art's face.

"What?

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"Well…your voice was kind of like a super high pitched alien sounding thing just now. Maybe making it bend isn't perfect.

" There was a worried expression that Art spoke with right before saying this. He wasn't sure if Cara would be upset but was instantly relaxed when he saw her grab a notebook to take down what Art had said.. She was very serious about bending sound like this one day.

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