grey fox
KMC Magik Founder
Burt Jolk was an average Joe , he ate right , slept early and often wore white. He has a secret though , a most disturbing and unusual secret. Burt is addicted......
......to SALSA !
Burt just can't get enough ! The sheer feeling of his taste buds alight, as the capsican simulates the brains endorphin function . It is...breathtaking.
Upon his local store run though he is discovered by a bum with a bag-bottle, the light around them turns a dull grey, the wino reaching out and drop;ping a handful of red seeds into his unresisting hands
"Here kid, you might need them"
The word around them, returns to normal and the wino walks away ; chuckling into the night.
Feeling disorientated Burt steps outside for a little fresh air , this doesn't help unfortunately and our Protagonist begins hallucinating while sweating profusely. On his merry trip through gumdrop lane (at least in his mind he's going through gumdrop lane) he wanders into the 'bad area' of town and is confronted by three behemoths .
They declare themselves 'Smash , Crush and Boom' (wearing Red , Blue and Green respectively) . While explaining who they are the three casually destroy a dumpster to display their abilities (namely Super Strength , pressure increase and Kinetic Energy ).
" Oh $&*! , your supers aren't you"
" Guy's a little slow; eh bro ? "
" Damn right, let's smack this fool up for stepping on our turf !"
Scared out of his mind Burt feels sick , his stomach gargles intensely and he raises his hand to his mouth ; hoping to keep down his dinner (his puke splattered corpse was not the last image he wanted the word to see...) ,a single seed inadvertently drop into his mouth though in his attempts to stop the retching.
We see the Wino in the background , he smiles in a 'oh this WILL be amusing' way and the steps back into the shadows of an alley , content in the situation.
Burts eyes flicker, pain wracks his entire body and he doubles over gripping his stomach , at the same time his blood oxygen level increases dying his once pale skin scarlet, he can feel every liquid in his body boil .
"Arghghg"
"Whatsa matter bro ? "
" The guy's skin..it's..it's like it's on fire of somethin' ! "
Burt raises his head, hair lank from the sheer amount of sweat, a drop hit his forehead and sizzle while he smirks. The pain is still there, his skin tingles and itches and screams. All at once, yet he can't do anything about it ? He even enjoys it a little ; not understanding why that it feels good, only that it does feel good.
Steam shoots forth from his nostrils, simple exhalation having never been much of a topic for him Burt ignores it. He focuses upon THEM.
Boy is he mad.
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I got this Idea after reading V for Vendetta while eating a Jar of the red stuff myself. He's basically a normal person whose addicted to Salsa ( technically it COULD be endorphins) his powers themselves come from what he later dubs 'Power Peppers' ( mentally scolding himself for sounding like a 'cheesy 30's comic' ).
The pepper seeds burn away Burts body fat , amping his strength and ( in the short run) giving him 5 ton strength, added in with a form of pyrokinesis. He creates fire by (basically) barfing it up . From this he can then control the fire , molding it into balls, whips, ect . When 'put out' with water the flames reduce to a natural tear gas. Not only this but his skin clocks in at 500 degrees , causing his punches to hurt even more then a natural 5 tonners should.
Finally as an added element the guy haters Salsa now, he just can't get the hit he used to from it. Only being able to satisfy himself with the full body pain that is his Superpower.
I need a name though....
