<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/244/2/d/laura_pol_paint_by_patricia_crvl-d7xjoof.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Tessa "Tess" Cantrell | Hourglass<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Pool area<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 3rd, Afternoon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Dazzler<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Hanging out with Alison<br/><hr/><br/>Tess didn't really know what Dazzler meant as for as why she obviously didn't like guys, but she felt like she would figure it out eventually. She didn't ask about it, not wanting to look stupid. Maybe this day would be one that she would end up repeating. Was it something she had said earlier?<br/><br/>After pulling herself out of the pool, she walked over to the lawn chair she had draped her towel on and wrapped it around her body as she sat down and watched her new friend swim. She couldn't help but smile, thinking she looked so beautiful, surrounded a fog-filled rainbow of colors.<strong> "My powers?"</strong>she repeated softly, having been a bit lost in thought as she stared.<strong>"They're really not that great. I can stop time, but I can only hold it for a few minutes. And depending on how much I do while everything is frozen, I get vertigo from it. It's a cool party trick, I guess, but overall I can't do much without suffering. And I can rewind up to about a minute. So, for instance, when I kissed you, I was worried about how you would react. So, I was ready to rewind to before I kissed you so you wouldn't feel uncomfortable around me. So we could still be friends,"</strong>she admitted as she rubbed the back of her neck, feeling a bit uncomfortable with telling Alison the truth about it.<strong>"I know that probably sounds wrong, but I really like you and even if we're only friends, I like hanging out with you."</strong>She chewed the inside of her cheek a bit, blushing in her embarrassment. She could easily rewind right now and take it back, but she wanted to be honest with her.<br/><br/><strong>"As far as controlling my powers, it gets to a point where the vertigo gets so bad that I lose focus and can't control it anymore. And there's a lot I still don't understand. Like, I can rewind up to a minute, but sometimes I have entire days that repeat themselves. Like something happens while I'm sleeping and no longer in control and all of a sudden I wake up and it's the same exact time and place that I woke up the previous day. And everything is exactly the same. I have the same conversations, watch the same news coverage, everything. And I can't control anything that I do. It's like I'm stuck on autopilot, y'know?"</strong>She wasn't sure if she was explaining it correctly, but she didn't know how else to explain it any better.<strong>"I just feel like I'm stuck watching from behind my own eyes and I'm stuck, sometimes for over a week. It gets... painful,"</strong>she added, lightly touching her branded cheek with her fingertips as she couldn't help but think about that day as it played over and over, keeping her trapped for a week and a half. Her eyes had zoned out, seeming to be staring into oblivion as she began to get lost in her own memories.<br/><br/><strong>"It's pretty awful sometimes,"</strong>she mentioned softly as she managed to pull herself out of her own mind before she got too far.<strong>"I'm sorry that my powers aren't cool or whatever. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to do much as far as missions go. Might just have to stay and watch you on the news when you go. Probably wear a big foam finger and cheer you on,"</strong>she added, forcing her mind to brighter places.<strong>"I can be your number one fan inside the mansion. I'm sure I can't compete with all those super crazy dick pic fans outside of here,"</strong>she teased with a genuine smile.