<hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i46.tinypic.com/2h6bqqe.png)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Connor Marks<br/><strong>Nom De Guerre:</strong>Planck<br/><strong>Position/Grade:</strong>Sophomore Ne'er-do-well<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Dorms<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any, Lara<br/><br/><hr/>He grinned at the tiny hint of a blush that betrayed her innocence.  "Course not," he agreed.  He let it drop, thinking it was a cruel tease anyway.  He remembered how badly scared she'd been, when they'd gotten so close, when his wanton disregard for the risks had made her take all the responsibility of it on her own shoulders.  It had been unfair of him.<br/><br/>He saw the banked heat in her eyes as she sized him up, and helped her to her feet.  He gave an easy smile as she accused him of being horrible.  "I do," he agreed, joining her laugh.  He'd be lying to himself if he said he wouldn't mind pushing her back on the bed and risking both their lives again  He remembered how close she'd come, twice now, the look of rapture and need on her face, and the towel which hid him from view shivered.   Connor ignored it, tamping it down, and focused on her question instead.<br/><br/>He held up his fingers to make a tiny inch of separation between thumb and forefinger.  "Just a tiny bit.  There was... I was trying to alter the electrical conductivity in the ionosphere - I had this hunch that your emotions affect the propagation of ions, and that if I could arrest the motion then I'd be able to stop your powers from affecting the weather for periods of time."<br/><br/>He paused.  "But it took more power than I expected.  Even for a small area like Nebula.  And some of the generators ...well, only one of the generators melted, but there was some confusion for a little bit if it was a run of the mill electrical generator or if I'd overloaded a nuclear generator.  It was just the electrical one, but no one believed me when I told them that."  He sighed heavily.<br/><br/>"So I was thinking about a more ... energy efficient method instead."